DonDon365

Lets Talk Loadouts! Is everyone done complaining yet? I love this game, and thank 343i for continuing the Halo series. Below are my staple loadouts. Post your own loadout below, but you have tell us why you use what you use! The go-to anything but BTB or Dominion loadout: #1 DMR - Why would you use anything else? Well, only if you can land your shots... Assault Rifle/Suppressor - Great to whip out in CQC, usually I use the Assault Rifle because it has a more medium range, but the Suppressor is a beast up close. Frag - They bounce and are deadly, enough said. Regeneration Shield - This is huge for me. I play bumper jumper and I'm not gonna do that "claw" the controller BS, so Hard Light Shield and Jet Pack are out for me. PV is kinda pointless, use your motion tracker, it is basically the same thing if you know what you're doing. Being invisible is fun, but having to crouch walk kinda sucks (I use this for fun sometimes). Regen Shield is the best - losing a DMR dual? Drop this, now you have a constantly recharging shield, you win. If you really wanna be a pest, put on the shield fast recharge too, haha, you are freakin invincible. Also, maybe its just me, but if I see teammates hurt in a dual, screw it, I run up drop this and join the battle save your teammate and win (I think I should get points for that... oh well). This things just saves my life SOOO much and it is the only one that helps your team too! I can't bring myself to use anything else. Fire Power - For the Assault Rifle. Dexterity - When I use this load out in medium to close range, I'll take 2-3 shots with the DMR then switch to the Assault Rifle and abuse the hell out of bumper jumper more than before. This "perk" makes that faster (the switch), and the reload too? Awesome. BTB go-to loadout: #2 DMR - Same as above. Battle Rifle - In big maps I switch to this because its easier in CQC, (taking bases in Dominion) however if my DMR runs out of ammo in a ranged battle I have it as well. Frag - Same as above. Regeneration Shield - same as above. Fire Power - Same as above. Ordinance Priority - I use this on big maps because ordinance drops, a lot of times, drop helpful items for taking out vehicles. As far as ammo goes, everyone runs BRs or DMRs, ammo is plentiful. Smaller map - stealth: #3 Battle Rifle - An all around rifle with burst is good for CQC. Boltshot - This thing is a shotgun in CQC, combined with the camo, yeah the magic wall just shotgunned you in half. Plasma - Hiding with camo makes sticking people fun. Active Camo - The basis of this class - fun to confuse people, especially those with PV. Resupply - To abuse grenades. Increased Explosive Damage - So I can abuse grenades even more!

Ok, so in Halo 2 I made one of the most fun custom games ever (IMO obviously!), and I was trying to recreate it last night and couldn't. I figured out a way to get around the problem but it is just no the same. Here is the game: its basically SWAT Magnums with a HUGE twist. It's a FFA, first to win 3 rounds. 100 points (10kills) is the round limit. You get a kill +10 points, someone kills you -10 points, you kill yourself -20 points, and as I'm writing this I'm also going to add +20 for an assassination. This game is the S**T with 8+ people, 16 is off the freakin chain (best played on Lockout/any other small map). I have seen some incredible comebacks and utter collapses, one of the best custom games ever. However, Halo 4 doesn't have true FFA the leader is always visible with that stupid tag. I turned the tag off (or so I've tried like 10 times) and its still on, WTF 343i, don' ruin my fun. If there is a way to turn this off let me know, I was a little, shall we say, under the influence with a lobby full of people yelling at me to hurry the F up when setting it up. To combat the stupid "king" tag, I found a solution that seems to work okay. (NOTE: I still want it gone but this was the best I could do) If you are the "king"/in first place you have unlimited promethean vision. Yes this sounds stupid, but we play tested it, hear me out. That tag over your head has a triangle/arrow pointing to your head. OHK with super mega pistols? Yup and we know where you are at all times. So fair is fair, you get P-vision. The only difference is you can see the player outline. Also, you don't get P-vision until after you die. So you have to die and respawn STILL in the lead. It's not how it used to be =( but its close enough. After playing a few rounds, this seemed to work the best cuz if not, the player in the lead just gets wrecked so hard. Any suggestions or fixes? The game is perfect minus that damn indicator. Can I set it up for 16 teams of 1 player each? IDK, I'm gonna mess with it more tonight. BTW, if this sounds like your cup of tea, hit me up DonDon365. Lets play, also I'll play anything else, love this game. Minor gripes but good job 343i, for the most part.

Yes, this this this this! Nothing better than BTB CTF or Assault

How about BTB Objective? Yes, killing people is fun, but for some reason in my head BTB is more about.objectives and epic CTF games.

This seems like a no-brainer!

I hit the cap as well. 2/3 of the way to Sr25. I bought mine at game stop so apparently that came standard? (2x xp) Idk. This is the only gripe I have. Never had a problem with servers and the game works great and is a lot of fun. A nice refreshing new take on Halo. If they had made Halo 3.1 I would have been so mad. Just go play Halo 3 bro. It's what you want! I actually wanted a new game unlike the way COD handles their games.... Come on 343i WTF?!?!?! A level cap that isn't 50??? Yes maybe because you want to "balance" in all the new people. But you get access to the DMR no matter what and the BR after one game! Blah. Oh well maybe after midnight I can POP it in again and actually earn something....

Hey guys, I'm new to the forum, just joined today. Been reading around the past couple days and decided the world needed to hear my 2 cents. Halo is one of my all time favorite games, but I must admit, Gears of War is my favorite. I play shooters almost exclusively, the main exception being Starcraft. I have been hearing a lot of moaning about the ranking system and game-play (armor abilities, customization stuff, OMG ITZ COD IM GONNA GO KILL MYSELF). So her is my 2 cents, I'm not a "fanboy" of any game in particular, I am mature and open enough to enjoy all games for what they are. Please don't take this personally if I offend you. I don't know how I would, but if so, I am sorry, these are my thoughts only. The ranking system: Ok I get it, I really do, I find it beyond stupid that there is no old school 1-50 skill rank system. It was fun to always play someone at/around your skill level and keep the games competitive. I would try very hard with my friends to coordinate and try to get as high as we could (for reference my highest in Halo 2 was 34 and my highest in Halo 3 was 43). I'm not that top of the line guy but I can compete with anybody. The problem, especially in Halo 2 (for me), was the good ole stand-by. People who are so obsessed with this rank, get a life, who really cares? Yes we all yell at the TV when some sword **** or rocket ***** keeps camping the spawn and owning you, but it is just a video game. I do understand its fun to show off cool armor or a high rank, but if you care that much, please go jump out the nearest window, the world doesn't need/want you. People cheated and de-ranked and ruined many games, not all, but enough to make it an issue. The new system will suffice for now, it gives people a reason to keep playing cuz lets face it, no everyone could hit 50 in Halo 3 no matter how long they played. Maybe they will incorporate some sort of 1-50 skill rank in the future (I'm sure they will), but until then buy the game and enjoy a new kind of Halo. Which brings me too... The game-play: Yeah, after watching some videos, this is far from Halo 3. Looks like Reach on PEDs. I can understand that a lot of people say "its not Halo, it just has that name stamped on it". Okay, true, it is not the same. But is that what you really want? I would much rather buy maps for Halo 3 than pay $60 for nothing but a few new guns and maps. Don't get me wrong, I would buy it cuz its Halo, but I'm actually really excited about all the new stuff. If I want to play the "fanboy" definition of "Halo", I'll pop in Halo 3. But Halo 4 is going to be faster twist of some of the other games I truly enjoy. This game is going to be sick. It looks beautiful and a little more "fresh" graphics wise. And this is why it will be awesome, Halo 4 takes a little bit from a lot of different games. Love or hate these games, most people have played all of them at some point: Halo (duh), COD (oh no! I'm gonna stop reading and start cutting myself because someone said COD), Battlefield (yeah this one is a stretch but I'm going for it), and Gears of War (my all time favorite shooter). From everything I read/watch/play, this is my take on what Halo 4 will be like. You have the fluid game play of Halo mixed with customizable guns and armor abilities of a COD type game. Add in some recoil from the likes of the DMR, sniper, and other guns (I told you the Battlefield reference was a stretch, but lets be honest, there is no recoil in COD, lol), plus the execution moves of Gears of War. This game sounds awesome and very different, but come on, its Halo at the core and its gonna be great. I even took of work on the 6th so I can play all night! Ha, such a closet nerd. Happy fragging everybody, this game is gonna be sick!