Twinreaper

Nice one man. Bloom ahs been in halo in every game...why can't people still accept that...and yes, that was directed to you Fraggy. Bloom was just visualized for you on the HUD rather than in the projectile contrail itself like it was in 1,2,3 and ODST. And yes, CoD has the formula right. They don't make drastic changes, and because the game is predictable in terms of mechanics, players will always flock to somethign they can COUNT ON. You can't bash a series that outsells Halo, and make bold statements about how CoD players are weak, stupid, unskilled etc...without properly addressing the root causes that halo has first. To a CoD player, Halo has no skill and is weak in comparison. In the end, CoD has and always seem to outsell Halo. There is a reason. You don't have to like it, but you cannot dispute facts and the overall sales volume and population of a title. CoD unfortuntaly is > Halo.

Can't be done. The widgets for the HUD are locked and are not able to be edited. The source for all HUD resides in the globals.globals tag which is locked in either the mainmenu or shared.map files. Editing or allowing the editing of this would em an that players would need to be able to create new encryption signatures to map files, and the map files would have to be the same all across the board. Only solution would be giving each specific helmet it's own HUD attachment. Good idea though, I always have wanted to have my own personal hud over LIVE and not just locally modded.

The BR coupled with it's z-up recoil and 3 shot burst makes it hard to master in this one. It operates nothing like the BR of old and requires a lot more skill and lower sensativity to master. As they have said already, try using a low sensativity first and progessively move up. FOr me, I can't seem to use it as good as I still do in Halo 2. Since I can't seem to find my nitch, I just stick with the DMR. Funny thing is, I couldn't use it to save my life in Reach, but it's my go to weapon now.

Here is the biggest problem with the two games. CoD contains a usual present or past time story behind it. Because the story doesn't involve weird aliens or evolved human timelines of weapons....the game remains relatively the same so the storyline and characters never get lost or jumbled or even stretch far too past it's own meaning. Halo on the other hand has been continuing a story that already started in the future. Because each game is showcasing a new amount of recovered or discovered tech from Forerunners or Earth scientists....the gameplay and new features have to be added to keep that story going. Halo kinda can't really stay in the same mode as it had with Halo 2 or Halo 3. If it stayed fundamentally the same in terms of mechanics or gameply...the player wouldn't really feel as if a reasonable amount of progression has been made in the timelines. I mean c'mon..... could you imagine what it would be like trying to tackle those damn Promethian Knights WITHOUT the aid of some of the AA's and sprint? Seriously...go play legendary and don't use any AA or sprint for the whole game, then come back and say how easy it is without them. Halo will always have to evolve the gameplay to meet the story standard and expectations of fans. Just not all changes are going to be accepted. We are going through a new generation of gamer right now, one that is light years away from the ones I have seen in my youth. For most of the older 1st gen and 2nd gen gamers...Halo will never measure up.

Halo 2 Vista is no longer a supported product by Microsoft. They ended official support about 9 months after it was released. As for the server issues...if some servers are locked, that is because the host is only allowing friends or players by invite only. My advise to you...start hosting a server yourself to avoid some of those headaches. As fro other issues, you can always hit me up or my team the H2MT over at Monstrmoose for some serious official map making endorsed support. To my knowledge we are the only team to ever be acknowledged and have out team advertised on the official Xbox Halo 2 page.

So what you want added is soemthing similar to the teleport weapon from UT? If I understand correctly. It could work...but I can't be sure on that one. Typically, teleporters area special netgame flag that has to be set on it's own as a "netgame" flag and cannot be attached to a weapon as an effect. Again, not 100% on this one, but I like it. It would add a few new aspects if you could lay a couple down and move kinda like Promethian Knights...

Too much effort for little payoff. Animations for simple things like walking even with MOCAP, take quite a few weeks to perfect and have game ready. I can't imagine the poor team of guys that would literally have to coordinate, capture and tweak the animation sets. Your talking 8 months alone roughly just for animations for this idea. Won't happen and a complete waste of time. bubble popped....