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CrunchyTaco posted:If we work together we can defeat the true threat-- the speed limit. *hops on mongoose and does wicked stunts, dodging the landmines in that one desert map* God drat, I miss the griefing thread.
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I said come in! posted:343 is going to have a zero tolerance policy against sexual harassment and I assume racism on Halo 4; http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2012/11/good-riddance-halo-4-creators-threaten-permabans-for-sexist-comments/ I applaud this decision.
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ClemenSalad posted:I don't really understand why this matters or is some huge loss to non pro people. Because the purpose of TrueSkill is to match you with people with similar TrueSkill to your own so that you have a reasonably competitive and therefore fun match. There is no reason for the player to even be aware that exists, much less have any knowledge of the actual value. Halo 3 conclusively demonstrated that if you show players their TrueSkill, they will deliberately manipulate the system in order to artificially lower their own TrueSkill so they can stomp noobs or artificially raise their TrueSkill in order to be extra elite and then drag down the teams of actual skilled players.
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Will this change let people see people's TrueSkill for "not pro" playlists? If not I don't see the problem. Let the 'pros' epeen over how good they are against other 'pros'. E: vvv Too bad this game doesn't have the Riot Shie- Wait. 
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Trueskill was never designed to tell players how good they were, it's a matchmaking tool design to make sure players have fun and challenging games. By exposing TS in Halo 3, and tying it directly to the game's advancement and armor unlock systems meant that some players played "Trueskill" instead of playing "Halo 3" I don't know how well others enjoyed Reach's arena because I played a grand total of 4 games in it, but it seemed like a fresher way to approach leaderboard gameplay. After watching a few hours of the Machinima stream, I do like how points are awarded for various actions that contribute to you team. I saw a guy get 5 points because the enemy were shooting him and he died, but this allowed his team mate to kill the enemy. I'm going to get so many distraction medals!
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madadric posted:Trueskill was never designed to tell players how good they were, it's a matchmaking tool design to make sure players have fun and challenging games. By exposing TS in Halo 3, and tying it directly to the game's advancement and armor unlock systems meant that some players played "Trueskill" instead of playing "Halo 3" As far as I know, unlocks and rank progression in Halo 4 are not tied to trueskill. They are tied only to how many points you make per game.
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Nov 3, 2012 02:40
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I really hope they don't listen to the MLG crowd. I played Reach at a friends this week and there were so many annoying changes. Most game types had most powers taken out, you were limited to 2 people on a console for anything but 3 game types and they severely limited the amount of maps available, lots of gametypes with a focus on BRs and no radar or shields. It was just very hard to get any variation or even maps with vehicles.
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Davincie posted:you were limited to 2 people on a console for anything but 3 game types and they severely limited the amount of maps available
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Nov 3, 2012 03:21
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Davincie posted:I really hope they don't listen to the MLG crowd. I played Reach at a friends this week and there were so many annoying changes. Most game types had most powers taken out, you were limited to 2 people on a console for anything but 3 game types and they severely limited the amount of maps available, lots of gametypes with a focus on BRs and no radar or shields. It was just very hard to get any variation or even maps with vehicles. I'm hoping that the sheer amount of poo poo they're throwing at the wall with this game will discourage them from editing most of the fun away at a later date.
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Nov 3, 2012 05:01
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fivegears4reverse posted:As far as I know, unlocks and rank progression in Halo 4 are not tied to trueskill. They are tied only to how many points you make per game. I've been watching the stream, and this is what i've been able to figure out. You earn XP or credits or whatever playing games, which you need to go up Spartan Ranks. Some armor is unlocked at certain Spartan Ranks, other armor gets unlocked when you complete a certain challenge, like getting Wheelman to master. You don't seem to need to buy the armor, it just unlocks once you meet the prerequesite conditions. To unlock weapons Armor Abilities, and perks, you spend Spartan Points. SP are awarded whenever you go up a Spartan Rank.
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Nov 3, 2012 06:50
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Davincie posted:I really hope they don't listen to the MLG crowd. I played Reach at a friends this week and there were so many annoying changes. Most game types had most powers taken out, you were limited to 2 people on a console for anything but 3 game types and they severely limited the amount of maps available, lots of gametypes with a focus on BRs and no radar or shields. It was just very hard to get any variation or even maps with vehicles. What gametypes were closed off? I had an FPS night at a buddy's house, and we weren't really missing much in Reach  Then again, I played the beta of that game more than the final online multiplayer.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6HQteJNk3A I like it. 1 hour and 17 minutes long as well. -A n i m 8- fucked around with this message at 08:41 on Nov 3, 2012 |
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Nov 3, 2012 08:39
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_o9y79QrIE edit: 'bitch, bitch, biiiiiitch' 
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victrix posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_o9y79QrIE Hahaha, this stream has gotten less and less professional.
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Nov 3, 2012 09:06
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Namaste posted:Hahaha, this stream has gotten less and less professional. The guy on right now literally complained about getting assassinated after he walked in front of someone else. Fake edit: and now he's crying about dying in two shots after getting hit like six or seven times
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Nov 3, 2012 09:19
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Yeah his whinging seems to boil down to the fact that he's picked some weird control layout that he doesn't like (he changed it at the start of this round match for some reason and has been whining about it since) and that he doesn't like his armor ability he's picked.
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Nov 3, 2012 09:21
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^^^His whining about getting killed by the Needler was priceless. He may as well have been saying "OH MY GOD YOU DIE WHEN YOU ARE KILLED  "Promethean Vision is pretty good, so I dunno what the whining is about. Basically, if you're any good, you can use it in a short burst before rounding a corner and line up headshots on dudes before they're ready.
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Yeah fill me in on how the ability to SEE THROUGH loving WALLS is somehow not a strong ability Once upon a time we called that wallhacking  How do we get rid of these guys edit: SICK FIREFOX BURN BROOOOO victrix fucked around with this message at 09:36 on Nov 3, 2012 |
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Nov 3, 2012 09:29
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My copy just showed up. I know what I'm doing today. Fuuuuuuuck yeah.
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victrix posted:Yeah fill me in on how the ability to SEE THROUGH loving WALLS is somehow not a strong ability In my day we fought off assholes with FarSight XL's and didn't complain.  Sultan Tarquin posted:My copy just showed up. I know what I'm doing today. Fuuuuuuuck yeah. Lucky sod. Doesn't come out here until Tuesday. 
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Nov 3, 2012 09:39
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It said it would have been delivered on Monday I have no idea what the hell it's doing here this early but I'm not complaining!
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The guy's a whiny gently caress and not very good but I have to agree that the TTK seems too low.
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Ah Pook posted:The guy's a whiny gently caress and not very good but I have to agree that the TTK seems too low. Every time he whined he was getting shot at from multiple directions while out in the open, or he got supercombined by the Needler, or he got assassinated, or he got melee'd twice in the face while he failed to even keep his view pointed in the general vicinity of his opponent. He's basically terrible, but believes he's actually some sort of MLG superstar and should be doing better. When you're bad at a videogame, and are playing on a lack of sleep, you are probably not a good judge of much of anything about game balance in multiplayer. I should know, I'm basically the worst at multiplayer shooters 
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fivegears4reverse posted:Every time he whined he was getting shot at from multiple directions while out in the open, or he got supercombined by the Needler, or he got assassinated, or he got melee'd twice in the face while he failed to even keep his view pointed in the general vicinity of his opponent. He's basically terrible, but believes he's actually some sort of MLG superstar and should be doing better. When you're bad at a videogame, and are playing on a lack of sleep, you are probably not a good judge of much of anything about game balance in multiplayer. I should know, I'm basically the worst at multiplayer shooters Isn't he an actual mlg superstar or is this some other guy?
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Ah Pook posted:The guy's a whiny gently caress and not very good but I have to agree that the TTK seems too low. Turns out people actually die if you don't force AR starts.
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Ah Pook posted:The guy's a whiny gently caress and not very good but I have to agree that the TTK seems too low. The people he's been playing against have been playing nonstop h4 for like 30 hours? They know the maps back to front by this point and they're playing as a team so yeah he's gonna die like a chump while he learns the buttons. Because there's instant respawn, both teams are at full strength 90% of the time. I don't know strategy for poo poo but I wold guess that means you gotta play more defensively if you want to survive for any length of time. Or get used to playing a game with faster, more hectic firefights? I watched most of sarks shift, and he actually seemed like a pretty chill guy. They spent some time in customs checking out bullet spread and shots to kill with a bunch of weapons and kept dragging his buddy into big team so they could goof off in vehicles. 
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-A n i m 8- posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6HQteJNk3A I think it's terrific. all of it's on Spotify as well by the way.
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Sultan Tarquin posted:Holy poo poo multiplayer is fun. Absolutely. I was playing earlier today with some friends (review copy, whatup) and Dominion is fantastic, a really clever and horribly entertaining mode. Love Grifball too, first time I've played it and god it's a blast. Little bit disappointing that I couldn't trial it all online though. My copy arrived late and all the game journos on Live were playing Infinity Slayer and only Infinity Slayer. Jerks.
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Pigeon Shamus posted:Absolutely. I was playing earlier today with some friends (review copy, whatup) and Dominion is fantastic, a really clever and horribly entertaining mode. Love Grifball too, first time I've played it and god it's a blast. I like how when I fired up MP to just test it out the game showed me a message that basically said "hey, games not out yet. It might go down. Contact your PR representative!" I have PR? 
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Sultan Tarquin posted:I like how when I fired up MP to just test it out the game showed me a message that basically said "hey, games not out yet. It might go down. Contact your PR representative!" Call the business you ordered it from, I guess they'll count. "AH YEAH THIS GAME THAT YOU SENT ME THAT DOESN'T TECHNICALLY RELEASE UNTIL TUESDAY, WELL I GOT IT AND NOW I'M TRYING TO PLAY SPARTAN OPS AND I DON'T KNOW--WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING, YOU ARE MY CONNECTION WITH MICROSOFT, DO YOUR JOB"
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Sultan Tarquin posted:I like how when I fired up MP to just test it out the game showed me a message that basically said "hey, games not out yet. It might go down. Contact your PR representative!" We'll have our people call your people and they'll contact you to confirm whether or not they indeed exist.
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Nov 3, 2012 13:44
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HYPE TRAIN! Can't wait. Can't loving wait.
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Sultan Tarquin posted:Holy poo poo multiplayer is fun. How's Theater Mode for multiplayer? Are there any new features? Halo Reach Theater Mode was pretty awesome.
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I said come in! posted:How's Theater Mode for multiplayer? Are there any new features? Halo Reach Theater Mode was pretty awesome. No idea, never used it in Reach. I'll check it out after this match. Anyone got any questions about MP in general?
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Sultan Tarquin posted:No idea, never used it in Reach. I'll check it out after this match. Anyone got any questions about MP in general? Trying to think of some that 343 didn't already cover. :X 343 knew they had to explain everything they could about the multiplayer because so many people were concerned they would botch it up due to not being Bungie.
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Oh, duh. I have used theatre. Just watched a replay of a match and the UI is basically identical to what it was in Reach only a little cleaner. Couldn't see any new features but then again I don't really know what I'm looking for.
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Sultan Tarquin posted:Oh, duh. I have used theatre. Just watched a replay of a match and the UI is basically identical to what it was in Reach only a little cleaner. Couldn't see any new features but then again I don't really know what I'm looking for. Cool cool. I just like taking screenshots of my sweet kills. 
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Just got my Limited Edition. What does the number on the front mean? Edit: Oh it's like a serial. Gunder fucked around with this message at 15:12 on Nov 3, 2012 |
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