Dawn Wolf

(Wow, this forum is pretty easygoing on 1 post members posting questionable threads) A lot of Halo is about weapon balance over excessive customization, and obviously, select fire or anything like it for these weapons would make balance a whole lot harder to achieve. Besides, that's why we have the AR, the DMR, and the BR.

Well, the system often works that way because of casual and hardcore Halo players. See, with escalating ranks, more casual players who only have a hundred or two games can feel like they have climbed a lot of ranks. Statistically, when raw exp is compared to a harcore player who has played thousands, they might just make the Yao Ming face at them. But the casual doesen't have to be reminded of that all the time. It gives a sense of progress to those who play a little, and a lot. Not touching on the whole, actual rank/level/skill system here.

That is a pretty incoherent OP. Ugh, I understand why that might be a good thing, but I hated the performance based rank in the Reach Arena playlist. I disliked how it encouraged kills over team play and winning, and made you feel like you had to keep running around beating your allies to power weapons to get all the kills. And stuff.

Ugh, I don't know... I just keep waiting for all the "normal" looking helmets to show up... But they never do. I'm not liking this, "let's dispense with the visors" thing going on... And the Halo 4 Scout looks very different from Halo 3 Scout... And I loved H3 Scout. :C

The Pit There were great fan remakes in Reach, and it always bugged me that they didn't use them in place of the lackluster, awkward maps they kept shoving into map rotation.

So far, my biggest complaint with the armor is that it seems like it's losing more and more visor. Gungnir was an exception, now very few armors seem to resemble the Halo 3 motorcycle helmet look, which worked very well.

To clarify to people, I don't think we'll be able to use ANY before we reach level 60.

343 would be wise to have a lot of the BTB maps also be playable for 4v4. This was the major problem for Reach compared to 3. Last Resort and Valhalla on 4v4? No problem. Spire and Boneyard? Ugh... No.

Yeah, if you look at some of the TS vids, its more red. But yeah, there is a bit more of a watered down look to those colors. Odd since the spartans themselves look bright and bold again like in Halo 3.

You are aware that Sprint is toggle in Halo: Reach, right? You don't need to hold it down. Why would they change it?

I just want my VIP back. We NEVER actually EVER had a playlist for it in Halo 3. Not even a x2exp weekend IIRC (We need to bring those back!). VIP was awesome, and GREAT for customs. I was very angry and Reach for removing it.

Dang, that armor at the end (cosplay) looked sick.

I loved letting them stick me, then going right back down to shed the sticky into their face.

Huh, unexpected. While the lack of a nice little "list" will take some getting used to, I like the look. It's very suave.

Well, I realize that of course. But I'm mainly talking about these armor mods. Assuming all other things are equal. The Stalker player could have anything the player who hasn't unlocked armor mods has. I'm not against these mods, but they are more radical than I expected. I never thought we would see something like Fast Track. We're seeing the personal ordinance now in essentially all basic gametypes, not just Inf. Slayer, and limited to those of a higher rank. That's not what we expected. This means that any of the problems that come along with it (People spawning an over shield at really opportune times, being able to camp in parts of the map without going out to get weapons) can permeate all game modes. Not saying I don't like it per sey, but it's pretty extreme stuff.

To play the devils advocate here, aren't you concerned about an ability (That's unlockable, late, no less) that will allow you to see exactly where an enemy is? I mean, consider doubles...

I don't understand why people are worried about the overcharged shot as much as everyone rapid firing. It's easier, and downs shields in CQB just about as fast, especially if we're talking about ridiculously quick melee kills. (AND ARMOR LOCK ISN'T NOOBY! > :[ )

I'm still surprised we have virtually no footage at all of the Thruster Pack. Is it not included on the E3/Gamescon loadouts?

https://halo.xbox.com/blogs/Headlines/post/2012/08/15/The-Halo-Bulletin-81512.aspx Lots of news in here, most of which I believe is new. Much of this is... Very unexpected and strange, I'm sure many will feel this news is unsettling as well. I'm still playing with these ideas in my mind. To me, they sound like ideas that sound good on paper, bad to us on paper, but end up actually being a little better than we thought, and a little worse than they thought. It turns out, if you put your letscomparehalo4tocod hat on, these may be the equivalents of prestiging, only with the addition of armor and armor mods, and without losing your rank. Give it a read, and post your likely negative thoughts below!

Well, I mean, I preferred a lot of the community maps that were released later on than the forge maps made by Bungie. I really do not like Uncaged, Pinnacle, and Asylum. My concern is partially with forge maps messing with the frame rate and performance, not because I care terribly about that, but because of 4 player split screen. When I found out that Bungie ended a lot of 4 player options in playlists, I was very unpleasantly surprised. Halo has always been THE four man crew game, and you can't even take 4 guys into TS.

Halo 3 Scout! Reach Scout was alright, but was nothing like Halo 3 scout! That helmet is SO unique and dynamic, even though it wasn't very popular. It had so many angles and cool aspects of it, and I think after Reach scout, people have forgotten what it looks like! And Halo 4 Scout looks more like Reach... : /

I wonder if one can scope with it.

Cortana stripped him naked in cryo for the majority of the trip. She just recently had to put his armor on.

As long as they don't have maps dedicated to the one gametype like reach did. One of the reasons for Reach's map deficit.

The OP should consider possibly adding pictures of confirmed maps and armor abilities? That would be coolz. I see that this thread will only get smexier as the weeks go by.