The Director

I want 30+ hours of new and exciting campaign gameplay, and 180+ hours of multiplayer gameplay that's fun and difficult (but not impossibly hard). What more could I ask for? That would be the best game ever, even if it wasn't Halo.

Did you know that the reason that the member of the month was decided halfway through the month is because the mods were waiting for Twinreaper to be on at the same time they were to award him with it? (need a check on this, not sure if I remember it right xD)

Oh, and an update for you (didn't think of it before) is to try putting your X-Box on coasters on the wood finish. You need one coaster for each corner (to prevent it wiggling and throwing the disk). You can pretty much use anything as a coaster. I've done the same for my laptop but with Monster cans xD

Nope, it's going to be released like Title Updates are on Reach, on a weekly basis. Not sure if you can play the same one twice or not though.

Welcome to the forum. I am also a Swat player We need more Swat players here lol I'm sure you'll love it here, be sure to check out the Forge section (at the bottom of the Community Index).

As in Brussel? D: Ew lol I like MRE's the most. But I'll eat anything really xD

When they are finished getting things set up, you will be able to do it at halo.xbox.com They are still working on it though, so it will be a while.

That's how it's going to play like, but on a week to week basis It won't be like challenges, but it probably will be challenging. I saw Frankie say something about Elite Ops but it may have just been a mind slip. I'll let you know if it gets confirmed. You are welcome

Thank you. And agreed. The info they have been releasing has been confusing to the general public because of how they say it. It is kind of a bother having to explain things right after 343i does. lol

Why thank you kind sir.

Alright, so first, Spartan Ops is a placeholder name until they find something more suitable to name it. They really could have dodged a bullet by finding a better codename for it though, huh? xD How it works: Spartan Ops will work much in the same way that Weekly Challenges do for Halo Reach. Their reward will be similarly classed as well. Every week, a new Spartan Op will be released. Spartan Ops will follow a storyline. They will be a mini-campaign that will have a new story every week. Spartan Ops will allow you to watch your spartan evolve in the story, and still let you make customizations and whatnot that may effect the dialogue in the story. How in depth the story will be has not yet been revealed, but we've been assured that it won't be just a guy saying "Defend this zone spartan" as you are fighting enemies. Similarities to Spec Ops: The only similarities I've seen is that they are not part of the campaign of the game and their names. Other than that, they are completely different. Spec Ops was a game mode that people could play if they got bored, and had little or no impact on the overall game itself. Spartan Ops, on the other hand, you get rewarded for playing (more so than an average Matchmaking game) and has a storyline to it. Things we do not yet know: What the missions for Spartan Ops will be, what the storyline will be, how many players can do a spartan op together (it's been revealed as a cooperative mode, just not how many can cooperate), and what the final name will be. For more information, please see the Gameinformer interview here. http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2012/04/18/spartan-ops-the-bold-new-co-op-of-halo-4.aspx

Granted, but he won't talk to you. I wish that I had unlimited wishes.

Oh thank Twam xD I was about to be like "BULLETSTORM! How could you screw THAT up?" xD Also ^ this image is supposed to be of Frank O'Conner relieving concerns that fans have over Halo 4. He did a FAQ, and answered as best as he could. Whether or not that actually is Frank, though, I cannot say for sure because I was not there. However, I'm told it is by a couple of credible sources. One last thing, Frank has said before in Sparkkasts that Spartan Ops, Spartan Points, and whatnot were just placeholder names until they come up with something better. Which makes the post (which, btw, if you ask around someone has a link to the actual forum this was posted on) even more believable.

This came up as I was researching the previous post. No. No no no. The Sangheili fought the San'Shyuum, which the resulting war ended up created the covenant. Then more species were added to the covenant. All of this happened nearly decades before the Covenant's first contact with humanity. They teamed up for the "great journey", not to take out humanity. The only reason that they decided to destroy humanity was because it was revealed that humans may actually have been forerunners who were left behind from the great journey, which threatened the very foundation of the Covenant if revealed to the masses. This is why three new hierarchs came to power, and this is why these hierarchs decided to try to eliminate humanity.

Believe it or not, there are weapons used by the covenant that were adapted from Sangheili weaponry. You see, it wasn't immediately established that the San'Shyuum would be the "guardians of the forerunner's gifts", so it's likely that the weaponry based on Sangheili weapons were, in fact, developed by Sangheili themselves. The reason that the San'Shyuum became the "guardians" was because the Sangheili had more military prowess, and so they ended up having to compromise to make things equal. On the actual OP, hasn't this matter been settled already?

743K is an Ethernet cable and 250Z is either a car or an audio cable.

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You're right lol this idea has been floating around several forums for quite a while. I really hope 343i will take this into consideration someday. The idea I had for it was a custom game lobby for Reach, but that's a moot point these days. However, if they did do this then they would have to make it unranked and non-profitable. Otherwise there would be people who would create custom games that allow them to boost by spawn killing or having superior weaponry (like you see in certain custom infection games).

They were similar, but the addition of equipment created a whole new sandbox which created a whole new experience. And I understand your skepticism, but remember, once people heard about Halo 2, there were many people saying the same things you are now. With Halo 3, it was "It's going to be way too much like Halo 2." With Halo Reach, there was an uproar with posts the exact same as this one. However, a lot of people liked Halo 2, 3, and Reach. It's going to be the same with Halo 4, if history teaches us anything. Some people will not like it, just like Halo 2, 3, and Reach, but a lot of people WILL like it. I don't think you will have trouble finding full lobbies in Halo 4. Pretty much what it comes down to is trust. As I said previously, many of the members of 343i are former members of Bungie and have worked on previous Halo titles. So the question is, are you willing to trust them?

Actually, biology has nothing to do with this, but nice try. ;D

While I appreciate your opinion, I have to take into account that the game has not been released or played yet by any members of the public. See, I'm being nice because what I was GOING to say is "Halo 4 will ruin Halo, No one will play it, the Y2K bug will destroy everything, the world will end in 2012, Clinton will destroy America, Bush will destory America, California is going to sink into the ocean in 2005, Facebook is going to start charging it's members in March of 2011, and Perfect Black is going to be a Halo Killer." See, everything listed above are theories. Actually, wild assumptions based on enough evidence to make a wild assumption. I get what you are saying, I really do, but frankly, I'm tired of hearing it. I'd argue with you using some of the information that's been released, but if previous experiences with this sort of thing have taught me anything it's that you will completely ignore all of it. Also, being a "true" Halo fan is a MASSIVE amount of opinion. In my opinion, you can't be a "true" Halo fan unless you love everything about Halo. This includes, but is not limited to, every single matchmaking gametype, the story (books included), the weapons, the armor, the characters, and everything else that has been in Halo. You, good sir, seem to be a fan of the multiplayer. Otherwise you would be bloody thrilled that master chief is making a come-back, and wouldn't really care about what they are going to do with multiplayer. The fact is Halo 4 is going to be different. Of course it is. New people are playing, new people are getting good at it, new technology is coming out, and new competitors are on the market. If Halo released the same game over and over with better graphics and newer weapons, it would be the definition of COD. You cannot name a single Halo game that was the exact same as the previous one, or even one so similar that you could go from one to another without having to learn new things. THAT is Halo. If Halo doesn't evolve, it will get left behind and die. And all we will be left with is COD and BF. What you are asking for is for Halo to commit suicide. As far as borrowing some ideas from COD, well why not? COD borrowed ideas from Halo to make their games better, so why can't Halo do the same? Don't judge a game that has given you so many hours of entertainment before you play it, or before it's even finished. This is 343i's first Halo game, but many of the 343i employees have worked on other Halo games. They aren't newbs. They KNOW what they are doing, and if you are a true Halo fan then when they ask you for your trust (which Frank has quite a few times) then you would give it. /rant

Which ones?

Balls. q.q Alright, I'll do it lol It will be done before halo.xbox.com's fileshare thing is done. Can a mod please lock this thread and the poll?