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Darmak

DarkMecha wrote: »

Darmak wrote: »

DarkMecha wrote: »

What's the name of that covenant gun that fires red bolts of kinetic doom? Man, that + jetpack gives me a Tribes vibe I haven't felt in years. Maybe I'm just nostalgic, but the jetpack is like my fav armor ability. Not so much to fly through the open air (kind of gets you killed), but to dodge grenades, use terrain well, and occasionally deal death from above. So fun!

Are you talking about the concussion rifle? It's kinda like a grenade launcher in that the projectiles have a bit of an arc?

edit: and I agree with you that the jetpack is pretty awesome. I think last night I used it and every other armor ability very well, especially hologram and armor lock.

Yes that's it, the concussion rifle. Fun times.

I actually think there...isnt a single weapon in this game that I don't like at least in some way. Even the needler is fun to use in Reach.

What do you mean, the needler has always been awesome. But I almost agree with you, I like every weapon in this game except the sniper rifle (but I've never liked sniping in any game so it's nothing wrong with Halo's sniper rifle).

Willeth

Tridus1x wrote: »

FyreWulff wrote: »

Go into Score Attack and select Score Attack, or vote for plain jane Firefight in Firefight, and select the Grenade Launcher loadout and go to work

So anytime a challenge says "firefight matchmaking" I can jump into score attack and it'll count? I didnt know that and that's pretty awesome.

Do you get more CR if you aquire a higher rank title? Like silver or gold? I was kinda thinking of doing campaign on normal and farming out iron commendations for easy CR but not sure if it's worth it, compared to gruntpocalypse.

Yes to both of those. Be aware that there's a credit cap, though, and Bungie have been throwing out credit bans for people who've been exploiting Gruntpocalypse.

0Replace4Displace

Willeth wrote: »

Tridus1x wrote: »

FyreWulff wrote: »

Go into Score Attack and select Score Attack, or vote for plain jane Firefight in Firefight, and select the Grenade Launcher loadout and go to work

So anytime a challenge says "firefight matchmaking" I can jump into score attack and it'll count? I didnt know that and that's pretty awesome.

Do you get more CR if you aquire a higher rank title? Like silver or gold? I was kinda thinking of doing campaign on normal and farming out iron commendations for easy CR but not sure if it's worth it, compared to gruntpocalypse.

Yes to both of those. Be aware that there's a credit cap, though, and Bungie have been throwing out credit bans for people who've been exploiting Gruntpocalypse.

Define "exploiting"

if "exploiting" is "playing the living shit out of for easy credits" then... fuck

T4CT

Tridus1x wrote: »

FyreWulff wrote: »

Go into Score Attack and select Score Attack, or vote for plain jane Firefight in Firefight, and select the Grenade Launcher loadout and go to work

So anytime a challenge says "firefight matchmaking" I can jump into score attack and it'll count? I didnt know that and that's pretty awesome.

Do you get more CR if you aquire a higher rank title? Like silver or gold? I was kinda thinking of doing campaign on normal and farming out iron commendations for easy CR but not sure if it's worth it, compared to gruntpocalypse.

Yes, Score Attack counts as FF Matchmaking.

And yes, the higher level of commendations increase the amount of credits you get when you earn it. So in some cases it's better to earn the easier commendations at higher levels than to pump out a bunch of iron ones.

Willeth

0Replace4Displace wrote: »

Willeth wrote: »

Tridus1x wrote: »

FyreWulff wrote: »

Go into Score Attack and select Score Attack, or vote for plain jane Firefight in Firefight, and select the Grenade Launcher loadout and go to work

So anytime a challenge says "firefight matchmaking" I can jump into score attack and it'll count? I didnt know that and that's pretty awesome.

Do you get more CR if you aquire a higher rank title? Like silver or gold? I was kinda thinking of doing campaign on normal and farming out iron commendations for easy CR but not sure if it's worth it, compared to gruntpocalypse.

Yes to both of those. Be aware that there's a credit cap, though, and Bungie have been throwing out credit bans for people who've been exploiting Gruntpocalypse.

Define "exploiting"

if "exploiting" is "playing the living shit out of for easy credits" then... fuck

They've been deliberately vague about it.

T4CT

No.

Exploiting is sitting in gruntpocalypse with your sticks elastic banded so you earn easy credits

playing it over and over again is not a big deal.

DogEight

Bungie Weekly Update wrote:

Will I be banned for playing <my favorite gametype>?
Nope. You won’t be banned for legitimately playing Reach. If you find some particularly fast way of earning Credits because you want to be the first person on the planet with thunder and lightning swirling your visage, we won’t ban you for that, either. Assuming you’re actually playing, your efficient means of farming Credits will only expedite your trip to the Daily Cap – it won’t send you to Banadu.

T4CT

Willeth wrote: »

0Replace4Displace wrote: »

Willeth wrote: »

Tridus1x wrote: »

FyreWulff wrote: »

Go into Score Attack and select Score Attack, or vote for plain jane Firefight in Firefight, and select the Grenade Launcher loadout and go to work

So anytime a challenge says "firefight matchmaking" I can jump into score attack and it'll count? I didnt know that and that's pretty awesome.

Do you get more CR if you aquire a higher rank title? Like silver or gold? I was kinda thinking of doing campaign on normal and farming out iron commendations for easy CR but not sure if it's worth it, compared to gruntpocalypse.

Yes to both of those. Be aware that there's a credit cap, though, and Bungie have been throwing out credit bans for people who've been exploiting Gruntpocalypse.

Define "exploiting"

if "exploiting" is "playing the living shit out of for easy credits" then... fuck

They've been deliberately vague about it.

What? No they haven't.

Bungie Weekly Update wrote:

Will I be banned for playing <my favorite gametype>?
Nope. You won’t be banned for legitimately playing Reach. If you find some particularly fast way of earning Credits because you want to be the first person on the planet with thunder and lightning swirling your visage, we won’t ban you for that, either. Assuming you’re actually playing, your efficient means of farming Credits will only expedite your trip to the Daily Cap – it won’t send you to Banadu.

e: Damnit dog

programjunkie

Catalase wrote: »

Someone explain to me how crashsite is meant to be easy credits? Because the damn thing starts getting pounded by the DROPSHIP before I even get my hands on a fuel rod cannon. Followed by a thousand sticky grenades before I can get a FRC.

You get the FRC on wave 1. Wait until the generator is in danger and then lock it down right before it starts taking damage (or hell, after the first hit). Remember to use your near invulnerability to your advantage.

0Replace4Displace

Ok, phew.

This is good.

programjunkie wrote: »

Catalase wrote: »

Someone explain to me how crashsite is meant to be easy credits? Because the damn thing starts getting pounded by the DROPSHIP before I even get my hands on a fuel rod cannon. Followed by a thousand sticky grenades before I can get a FRC.

You get the FRC on wave 1. Wait until the generator is in danger and then lock it down right before it starts taking damage (or hell, after the first hit). Remember to use your near invulnerability to your advantage.

I couldn't find a FRC wave one, since sometimes it's only Plasma Launchers. So I grabbed a plasma pistol for the jackal wave and wound up getting a Killionaire. Shit melts through their shields/face with the extra damage you deal.

The Dude With Herpes

Yes, farm gruntpocalypse to your hearts content.

They put in the system, and you're actually, honest to goodness, legitimately playing and earning those cP; as boring as it may be.

It's your time to spend.

You're only going to get banned if you're actually exploiting the system, i.e. literally cheating, botting, or what have you.

Tridus1x

T4CT wrote: »

Tridus1x wrote: »

FyreWulff wrote: »

Go into Score Attack and select Score Attack, or vote for plain jane Firefight in Firefight, and select the Grenade Launcher loadout and go to work

So anytime a challenge says "firefight matchmaking" I can jump into score attack and it'll count? I didnt know that and that's pretty awesome.

Do you get more CR if you aquire a higher rank title? Like silver or gold? I was kinda thinking of doing campaign on normal and farming out iron commendations for easy CR but not sure if it's worth it, compared to gruntpocalypse.

Yes, Score Attack counts as FF Matchmaking.

And yes, the higher level of commendations increase the amount of credits you get when you earn it. So in some cases it's better to earn the easier commendations at higher levels than to pump out a bunch of iron ones.

Can you explain this a bit more, because i'm still confused about it how that works. I should wait until i'm a major or such before getting a lot of easy irons out of the way?

ShimSham

I played someone who had the swirling hearts armor effect. I thought it was really lame and GBP is way cooler. When you kill them it basically looks like a bunch of flies appear above the body, and they disappear as quickly as the confetti does in GBP, except there's no YAYYYY!

GalagaGalaxian

The original hub-bub about "exploiting Gruntpocalypse gets you banned" was apparently some people found a way to reset the daily challenges and were using G.Poc to complete them over and over then got banned for it and whined.

T4CT

Tridus1x wrote: »

T4CT wrote: »

Tridus1x wrote: »

FyreWulff wrote: »

Go into Score Attack and select Score Attack, or vote for plain jane Firefight in Firefight, and select the Grenade Launcher loadout and go to work

So anytime a challenge says "firefight matchmaking" I can jump into score attack and it'll count? I didnt know that and that's pretty awesome.

Do you get more CR if you aquire a higher rank title? Like silver or gold? I was kinda thinking of doing campaign on normal and farming out iron commendations for easy CR but not sure if it's worth it, compared to gruntpocalypse.

Yes, Score Attack counts as FF Matchmaking.

And yes, the higher level of commendations increase the amount of credits you get when you earn it. So in some cases it's better to earn the easier commendations at higher levels than to pump out a bunch of iron ones.

Can you explain this a bit more, because i'm still confused about it how that works. I should wait until i'm a major or such before getting a lot of easy irons out of the way?

Oh no, I was confused about what you were asking it seems.

Your rank in-game (i.e. Warrant Officer, Captain, etc) has no bearing on the amount of credits you earn from completing a commendation. Might as well nail those irons out now.

The Dude With Herpes

GalagaGalaxian wrote: »

The original hub-bub about "exploiting Gruntpocalypse gets you banned" was apparently some people found a way to reset the daily challenges and were using G.Poc to complete them over and over then got banned for it and whined.

Well yeah, that obviously would be bannable.

Willeth

Whoops, sorry guys.

Darmak

ShimSham wrote: »

I played someone who had the swirling hearts armor effect. I thought it was really lame and GBP is way cooler. When you kill them it basically looks like a bunch of flies appear above the body, and they disappear as quickly as the confetti does in GBP, except there's no YAYYYY!

The flies is the pestilence armor effect, not the hearts.

The Dude With Herpes

Darmak wrote: »

ShimSham wrote: »

I played someone who had the swirling hearts armor effect. I thought it was really lame and GBP is way cooler. When you kill them it basically looks like a bunch of flies appear above the body, and they disappear as quickly as the confetti does in GBP, except there's no YAYYYY!

The flies is the pestilence armor effect, not the hearts.

The hearts have wings and look like little heart flies; I think that's what he was referring to.

Pestilence/lightning are always-on effects; not on death effects like GBP and Hearts. Though I guess with Hearts occasionally you'll let loose a little heart bug.

Darmak

The Dude With Herpes wrote: »

Darmak wrote: »

ShimSham wrote: »

I played someone who had the swirling hearts armor effect. I thought it was really lame and GBP is way cooler. When you kill them it basically looks like a bunch of flies appear above the body, and they disappear as quickly as the confetti does in GBP, except there's no YAYYYY!

The flies is the pestilence armor effect, not the hearts.

The hearts have wings and look like little heart flies; I think that's what he was referring to.

Pestilence/lightning are always-on effects; not on death effects like GBP and Hearts. Though I guess with Hearts occasionally you'll let loose a little heart bug.

Oh yeah? Well then, nevermind me, I'm just talking out of my ass. :rotate:

0Replace4Displace

I love filling bars. I wish there was a way to track them in-game. Each grunt with a hole in its head, accompanied by the joyful cheers of little children would fill me with joy.

Halfway to whatever-the-hell's-after-gold for Dome Inspector, almost gold for about three others.

The Dude With Herpes

Yeah it'd be real nice if you could track your commendations in-game. It's silly to have to go out to bungie.net to do so.

FyreWulff

Start -> Player -> Service Record -> Commendations

DogEight

Start -> Player -> Service Record -> Commendations

e: goddamn. same format and everything. that's just creepy.

0Replace4Displace

I mean when actually playing, like the quest tracker for WoW.

FyreWulff

DogEight wrote: »

Start -> Player -> Service Record -> Commendations

e: goddamn. same format and everything. that's just creepy.

oh jesus

AuburnTiger

I'm not sure why there's this mad dash to boost credits; pretty much everyone will get Lt. Colonel before they lift the rank cap, I'd guess. If you fly through it you'll just be stuck at Lt. Colonel for a long while, right?

0Replace4Displace

AuburnTiger wrote: »

I'm not sure why there's this mad dash to boost credits; pretty much everyone will get Lt. Colonel before they lift the rank cap, I'd guess. If you fly through it you'll just be stuck at Lt. Colonel for a long while, right?

Yeah, but I'm trying to get all of this shit done before BLOPS.

The Dude With Herpes

Well silly me. I tried to find them before and had no luck. Guess I didn't look hard enough.

LookFreeGrenade

I hope they make heart attack free for valentines day

Kadoken

It seems like active camo is pretty much 50% less useful than its Halo 3 counter part, but that doesn't really stop me from wearing it. I kind of wish that when your crouching the radar jammer would go away, since your already sacrificing mobility, and now people are going to have an easier time finding you.

Kor

I like to use active camo in team games, as a psychological weapon. As in, I'll get near a flag, or base, and activate it without really moving forward. That way the rest of my team doesn't have to sneak to move around.

Spooch

Damn that ONI legednary run through is harrrrrd ><

Ninja Snarl P

Aside from having to move at a crawl to be nearly invisible (I've still assassinated folks who wre pretty invisible because of how active camo works), the radar jammer element is also good for cloaking both the positions and numbers of teammates with you. So run with a group of guys, then activate the camo right before you think you're getting into radar range. Yeah, all the red dots will let people know there's an active camo guy coming, but they won't be able to tell about the other 3-4 guys with you until it's too late.

Obviously not something you'd want to do for defense (you just end up obscuring the enemy positions), but it's a not half-bad bonus for offense when taking active camo. Kind of a low-level cloak for your entire team.

Joolander

ahhhhhhhh

10,000cR away from captain D: and I have no commendations close

0Replace4Displace

10 gruntpocalypses, ~hour and a half.

Magell

0Replace4Displace wrote: »

10 gruntpocalypses, ~hour and a half.

Gruntpocalypse is such a depressing way to play the game after a while. I did four to get the challenge the other day and couldn't wait for the final one to end.

Willeth

Found a Nokia headset that fits my controller. Unfortunately it doesn't appear to work.

Oh well, I'll get a new 360 one on Tuesday.

0Replace4Displace

Magell wrote: »

0Replace4Displace wrote: »

10 gruntpocalypses, ~hour and a half.

Gruntpocalypse is such a depressing way to play the game after a while. I did four to get the challenge the other day and couldn't wait for the final one to end.

I like grinding shit for some weird reason, plus nobody is playing multi right now, so fuck pubbing.

Noble Six Actual

If Gruntpocalypse wasn't so fucking fun, and fast, I wouldn't play it so much.

The Birthday skull is starting to actually get old, though. That's sad.