Halo Discussion thread

[Zilla]

I was looking around with Halo Reach, and found 2 Comic-con clips about Forge. The crowds gave me many laughs. "For example, you can set the spawns colors to red, blue, orange, purple, etc." -Nerdgasm happens-

 

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T-OceiL7uE < Part 1

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N75gJCm_cTY < Part 2

 

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While watching it I noticed that huge island, I think it might be around the same size as the Silent Cartographer island, I can't find any good pictures through but here is a little bit of a comparison. Also you can tell in the picture there is a little island next to the large main one, its about 40% the size of the big island I think, so that island is BIG.

 

 

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If you look you can notice a bit of an inside structure on the Halo Reach island, and who the hell knows how big that will be. I'll add a better picture of the room in the island.

 

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[Faux]

silent cartographer has the best intro gameplay in the whole series

[Overdoziz]

That entrance into that rock on the island goes straight to the other side. There's no inside structure.

 

/dream crusher

[Zilla]

That entrance into that rock on the island goes straight to the other side. There's no inside structure.

 

/dream crusher

 

Dang, at least I can probably make it look like a teleport that sends you deeper into the structure, and create some large complex away from sight. Like in the Gulch.

 

While I have kept it with a conversation with a few friends, lets start sharing ideas for maps/gametypes when Reach comes out, I have been thinking of creating a Bad Company 2 style gametype, Forge world is almost perfect to create Isla Innocentes. It has a little beach area closer to the Rock tower, an Island, and the Gulch could be used to create the last two defender areas, as there is a path across land leading to the gulch, and a path over water. Invasion works well, hopefully we can use several gametype pieces, like generator defence with the Invasion game-mode.

 

Loadouts- Assault, Recon, Engineer, Medic.

 

Assault

 

Primary Weapon- Assault Rifle

Secondary- Pistol

Armor Ability- Sprint/Evade (Spartans can use Evade in the full game, Elites can use sprint also.)

UT- Decreased Radar, but more Damage.

 

Engineer

 

Primary Weapon- Assault Rifle/Concussion Rifle (It acts like a Brute shot with a slower firerate and no arc.)

Secondary Weapon- Plasma Pistol (Rocket Launcher might be overpowered, the PP EMP works well through.)

AA- Armor Lock

UT- Stronger Shields

Recon

 

Primary- Sniper Rifle

Secondary- DMR/Target Locator.

AA- Camouflage/Jetpack ( To reach a higher vantage point for scouting and sniping. )

UT- 90% Speed, but Enhanced Radar

 

Medic

 

Primary- Shotgun/Turret/Spiker (If we can spawn with a turret, the Spiker is now a Rifle according to Bungie.)

Secondary- Pistol

AA- Dropshield

UT- Increased Health

 

 

Also, I'm just guessing that we will have Unique Traits in Custom Games which "Hopefully" has been upgraded like every other popular part of the game. Perhaps in the load out section we can edit it, and hopefully Spartan only Invasion.

 

Remember, tell me your suggestions to improve the gametype. Also remember to post your Ideas!

[Overdoziz]

I'll probably make a reacetrack that covers most of the map. :)

[Zilla]

A map called "Grand Tour" which is a giant racetrack will ship when the game comes out, but the more tracks the better, you will probably do better then Bungie :P

 

I noticed Zealot has a space portion of the map, I wonder if the space out there is large enough to create a little space castle/ship of a sort...

[silasinth]

Finally got the overkill achievement and now im 1750/1750 on 3 :) Had an oddball match on guardian, i messed it up with the bubble shield, but got 2 kills from an ar + well placed grenades, then picked up the ball from the second dead guy and picked up the triple and over :) Now im only missing 200k points on chasm ten on odst and ive got all the odst/halo3 achievements ! :)

[Zilla]

Finally got the overkill achievement and now im 1750/1750 on 3 :) Had an oddball match on guardian, i messed it up with the bubble shield, but got 2 kills from an ar + well placed grenades, then picked up the ball from the second dead guy and picked up the triple and over :) Now im only missing 200k points on chasm ten on odst and ive got all the odst/halo3 achievements ! :)

 

Congrats, I have: 1520 of 1750 for Halo 3, and 750 of 1000 for ODST =/

 

I should try and get as many of the Halo 3 achievements as I can, as Halo 3 multiplayer begins toning down when Reach comes out, for ODST it isn't as bad but still. Missing most of the Vidmasters, and Legendary/Mythic achievements. The big factor for me with ODST is the Audio Log achievements and several firefight, including all of the 200k point ones. Hopefully I can find a power cable for my Xbox soon since there is a month and a half before Reach releases.

[Zilla]

I love Bungie now, I am so glad they implemented this feature, now Forge is like the perfect Lego set now. <3:

 

*Tries to hide video in without anyone knowing*

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1AyNLYbP_k

 

Even through the guy sucked a bit, but it seems AI got a very nice improvement and buff. I'm guessing it was on Heroic, I can't tell that well with the quality during the beginning.

 

Several Elites used sprint and caught up to him, the Skirmishers were very menacing, I saw the one with the two shields rushing the guy, running past him shooting, he tried shooting the Skirmisher with the fuel rod, and the Skirmisher did a Parkour type of move over a crate, but proceeded to be killed by a pistol shot.

 

During one part I saw an Elite take TWO point blank shotgun shells, since this is Heroic, I'm guessing Elites will take at least 3 point blank shotgun shells before they are dead, when a Zealot (the one that took two shells was an Ultra) or a few pissed Ultras are chasing you down with a sword, and you only have a shotgun- be terrified.

 

About Zealots, on legendary a Zealot would probably take 4 point blank shots (unless they don't have better shields/health), there is two more Elite ranks- General and Field Marshal, the Field Marshal will probably be in game in some way(I think they stated that all Elite Models are taken from the Campaign, or something.) Imagine pumping a whole clip of shotgun shells into a Marshall's face, and you simply pissed it off.

 

While it will be very fun, I will probably use a noob combo for those cases.

[H2PM]

I love Bungie now, I am so glad they implemented this feature, now Forge is like the perfect Lego set now. <3:

 

 

Even through the guy sucked a bit, but it seems AI got a very nice improvement and buff. I'm guessing it was on Heroic, I can't tell that well with the quality during the beginning.

 

Several Elites used sprint and caught up to him, the Skirmishers were very menacing, I saw the one with the two shields rushing the guy, running past him shooting, he tried shooting the Skirmisher with the fuel rod, and the Skirmisher did a Parkour type of move over a crate, but proceeded to be killed by a pistol shot.

 

During one part I saw an Elite take TWO point blank shotgun shells, since this is Heroic, I'm guessing Elites will take at least 3 point blank shotgun shells before they are dead, when a Zealot (the one that took two shells was an Ultra) or a few pissed Ultras are chasing you down with a sword, and you only have a shotgun- be terrified.

 

About Zealots, on legendary a Zealot would probably take 4 point blank shots (unless they don't have better shields/health), there is two more Elite ranks- General and Field Marshal, the Field Marshal will probably be in game in some way(I think they stated that all Elite Models are taken from the Campaign, or something.) Imagine pumping a whole clip of shotgun shells into a Marshall's face, and you simply pissed it off.

 

While it will be very fun, I will probably use a noob combo for those cases.

Could you possibly link this information? And the video?

[Zilla]

I love Bungie now, I am so glad they implemented this feature, now Forge is like the perfect Lego set now. <3:

 

 

Even through the guy sucked a bit, but it seems AI got a very nice improvement and buff. I'm guessing it was on Heroic, I can't tell that well with the quality during the beginning.

 

Several Elites used sprint and caught up to him, the Skirmishers were very menacing, I saw the one with the two shields rushing the guy, running past him shooting, he tried shooting the Skirmisher with the fuel rod, and the Skirmisher did a Parkour type of move over a crate, but proceeded to be killed by a pistol shot.

 

During one part I saw an Elite take TWO point blank shotgun shells, since this is Heroic, I'm guessing Elites will take at least 3 point blank shotgun shells before they are dead, when a Zealot (the one that took two shells was an Ultra) or a few pissed Ultras are chasing you down with a sword, and you only have a shotgun- be terrified.

 

About Zealots, on legendary a Zealot would probably take 4 point blank shots (unless they don't have better shields/health), there is two more Elite ranks- General and Field Marshal, the Field Marshal will probably be in game in some way(I think they stated that all Elite Models are taken from the Campaign, or something.) Imagine pumping a whole clip of shotgun shells into a Marshall's face, and you simply pissed it off.

 

While it will be very fun, I will probably use a noob combo for those cases.

Could you possibly link this information? And the video?

 

Woops, forgot to add the video, here you go, sorry for the shaky cam, best video I could find.

 

 

And here is the Armory video, showing the Field Marshal, general armor, etc.

 

http://xbox360.ign.c...age_072210.html

 

EDIT: That is also the initial armory, Bungie said there is a few more stuff that isn't in there (such as the Halo PC and Halo 2 visual flairs.)

[H2PM]

I love Bungie now, I am so glad they implemented this feature, now Forge is like the perfect Lego set now. <3:

 

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Could you possibly link this information? And the video?

 

Woops, forgot to add the video, here you go, sorry for the shaky cam, best video I could find.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1AyNLYbP_k

Thank you much.

[silasinth]

Finally got the overkill achievement and now im 1750/1750 on 3 :) Had an oddball match on guardian, i messed it up with the bubble shield, but got 2 kills from an ar + well placed grenades, then picked up the ball from the second dead guy and picked up the triple and over :) Now im only missing 200k points on chasm ten on odst and ive got all the odst/halo3 achievements ! :)

 

Congrats, I have: 1520 of 1750 for Halo 3, and 750 of 1000 for ODST =/

 

I should try and get as many of the Halo 3 achievements as I can, as Halo 3 multiplayer begins toning down when Reach comes out, for ODST it isn't as bad but still. Missing most of the Vidmasters, and Legendary/Mythic achievements. The big factor for me with ODST is the Audio Log achievements and several firefight, including all of the 200k point ones. Hopefully I can find a power cable for my Xbox soon since there is a month and a half before Reach releases.

 

Cheers :) The chasm ten one is getting annoying now, my friends who i did all the other firefight achievements already have it, and my twin (whos normally pretty good to do it with) keeps on failing, we can never get past set 1, and last time, for my 4 deaths he had 9 >.< (and 4 is pretty bad anyway normally!). I would do it myself but chasm 10 is just so big its pretty ridiculous. Im just gonna have to beg my friends to do it with me, but i just wanna have all the achievments now :(

 

Edit: Done chasm ten now, 1750 on halo 3 and 1000 on odst!

[Overdoziz]

Some gifs:

 

 

[Zilla]

Some gifs:

 

 

 

Damn, I'm loving the First assassination, the 2nd one was good also. It makes Elites seem ever so brutal and dangerous.

[Zilla]

Tomorrow Bungie is going to show a new trailer soon, probably tomorrow since they are showing something at London.

 

They leaked a single screenshot of it, looks like a cutscene of a sort.

 

 

http://m.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=347387&id=128203443864347

[Overdoziz]

That part was seen in another ViDoc (Once more upon the breach I think.) but it was unfinished back then and didn't show any colours, textures and shadows. Also, good thing it's in London which is only 1 hour off of my place so that means I don't have to wait till 3 am next day to read about it. :thumbsup:

[Zilla]

That part was seen in another ViDoc (Once more upon the breach I think.) but it was unfinished back then and didn't show any colours, textures and shadows. Also, good thing it's in London which is only 1 hour off of my place so that means I don't have to wait till 3 am next day to read about it. :thumbsup:

 

Your right, it is from that Vidoc, this scene in particular.

 

[Zilla]

They released the campaign trailer, looks very good to me, It might be almost as good as Halo CE.

 

 

 

I saw at a part Noble Six clenching a dog tag in his hands, I think somebody on Noble died as New Alexandria was being glassed, and near the end he looks injured, trying to shoot the phantom, and then he is alone with the cruisers glassing the planet.

 

 

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Also, does anybody know what is happening in that scene, I see an AA Gun, a few cruisers and a bunch of purple lights... Is it a huge covenant camp on Reach?

[K112]

Also, does anybody know what is happening in that scene, I see an AA Gun, a few cruisers and a bunch of purple lights... Is it a huge covenant camp on Reach?

 

I'm hoping that's a scarab, although it's probably not.

Scarabs still haven't been confirmed or ruled out (as far as i'm aware).

 

 

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Nice wallpaper I found

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[Dizzle229]

Am I the only one who REALLY didn't care for CE?

 

The levels were bland, the multiplayer was bland, killing enemies wasn't really satisfying. Imo, the best of the trilogy was Halo 3, especially if you consider ODST an expansion. Though I have to admit, I lol'd hard in Halo 2 when I went up to Regret's hoverchair thing and realized there was a hijack option :thumbsup:

[Zilla]

Am I the only one who REALLY didn't care for CE?

 

The levels were bland, the multiplayer was bland, killing enemies wasn't really satisfying. Imo, the best of the trilogy was Halo 3, especially if you consider ODST an expansion. Though I have to admit, I lol'd hard in Halo 2 when I went up to Regret's hoverchair thing and realized there was a hijack option :thumbsup:

 

Halo 2 was my favorite, even through Bungie never really got to finish it. (They scrapped a huge portion, they tried to add too many things but never finished them all.)

 

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It appears Bungie lived up to its VGA Standard they promise, and it looks good.

 

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Looks good, and all you need to do to get the VGA effect is increase contrast and add a green filter.

 

Also, Noble Six doesn't jump bad for a Spartan-III, over 10 feet in a half ton suit of armor.

 

[Overdoziz]

Halo CE is the best. Levels like Halo, Assualt on the Control Room and The Silent Cartographer are amazing.

[Zilla]

Ironically those are my favorite CE levels too. <3:

 

also, here is a gif if anyone want's to use it for their avatar.

 

 

Also, I can't get a good enough view to see what the tag says, could somebody zoom in, increase sharpness, etc. to see if it is of importance?

[K112]

 

Also, I can't get a good enough view to see what the tag says, could somebody zoom in, increase sharpness, etc. to see if it is of importance?

 

 

You can try changing the sharpness, but I don't think anything is there...