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Halo 3/ODST: Reach 9/14/10, E3 trailer up!

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  • LeitnerLeitner Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    halo-3-marriage-proposal.jpg

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  • T4CTT4CT BAFTA-NOMINATED NAFTA-APPROVEDRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    That's pretty cool. If your girl is into that stuff.

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  • MechanicalMechanical Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    The last video in the weekly update is fantastic.

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  • KadokenKadoken Giving Ends to my Friends and it Feels Stupendous Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Leitner wrote: »
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    Reminds me of that one episode in arby n chief.

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Man that picture is from like two years ago.

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  • SnowblindvictimSnowblindvictim Flying casual Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    The pictures of that Halo themed wedding are so sad it's pathetic

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  • Romanian My EscutcheonRomanian My Escutcheon Two of Forks Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Starting to worry about balance issues a bit after reading the Update.

    Armor Lock/Focus Rifle sound like they might screw the game up a bit.

    Also, no customizable Load-Outs = :( .

    Still, that was the Infinity Ward theory on development, and we've all seen how well that turned out.

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  • Local H JayLocal H Jay Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    i much rather they determine loadouts so we can avoid the inevitable crazy cheese combos
    i'm already worried about airborne pro-pipes but we'll see

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  • T4CTT4CT BAFTA-NOMINATED NAFTA-APPROVEDRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    I had a dream that these locked-in loadouts led to a more TF2-like Halo. One that helped you realize what an asset your teammates were and required teamwork to get things done.

    It's a nice dream.

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  • Ratsult2Ratsult2 Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    You will be able to customize loadouts in custom games.

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  • SnowblindvictimSnowblindvictim Flying casual Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    CoD uses loadouts and it's an MLG game right?
    I really hope these loadouts kill the Halo MLG community. I can dream though.

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  • Local H JayLocal H Jay Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    watch as the MLG crowd refuse to migrate from halo 3
    or if they do they will alter the settings to make it no loadouts/abilities

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  • Romanian My EscutcheonRomanian My Escutcheon Two of Forks Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    watch as the MLG crowd refuse to migrate from halo 3
    or if they do they will alter the settings to make it no loadouts/abilities

    They'll migrate.

    They're just going to bitch and moan the whole way though. You know, like always.

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  • Ratsult2Ratsult2 Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    ...it might mean that as the game goes on, you’ll have access to more and more choices based on a number of factors we can fiddle with.

    This really sounds like they are talking about an assault like gametype. They might even be talking about a unique balancing system. Down 0-2 in a CTF game, you now have access to X loadout.

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  • KorKor Known to detonate from time to time Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Proof that elite heads are in fact smaller:
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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Need a wallpaper size of that.

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  • Mx. QuillMx. Quill I now prefer "Myr. Quill", actually... {They/Them}Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Ooh, I can see many hilarious instances of using the jetpack and grenade launcher to leave a little explosive present in a corner as you hide up on some ledge that only other jetpack guys can reach and cackle manically as some poor sap walks past the grenade.

    I'm guessing the Scorpion and Wraith aren't much different if they didn't talk about them aside from saying that they're still around.

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  • EvilBadmanEvilBadman DO NOT TRUST THIS MAN Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    watch as the MLG crowd refuse to migrate from halo 3
    or if they do they will alter the settings to make it like Halo 2, again.

    I have rectified your assumption.

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  • FyreWulffFyreWulff YouRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2010
    I really really hope we get access to the same loadout control levers and switches as Bungie does. I think we might have some simplistic scripting/logic ability for gametypes for this go round.

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  • SnowblindvictimSnowblindvictim Flying casual Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    EvilBadman wrote: »
    watch as the MLG crowd refuse to migrate from halo 3
    or if they do they will alter the settings to make it like Halo 2, again.

    I have rectified your assumption.

    It's true. Everytime my roommate gets out BRed he bitches about how if it were Halo 2 he would have won.
    There was some sort of downtime on XBL some time ago or whatever. Anyways I have a video of him playing Uno with his MLG edition Astros and the regulation Viewsonic. He plays it the same way he plays Halo. "Like a pro" screaming his head off

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  • FyreWulffFyreWulff YouRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2010
    Also confirmed in the Weekly Update that Reach is 16 max.

    Sketch sez:
    Earlier in the project there were discussions and some playtests done around supporting slightly larger player counts for some specific gametypes that were being prototyped. At the time it was believed that would carry over into something that shipped in the final game but ultimately it didn't work out as planned (for far too many reasons to get into). Reach will continue to support a maximum total of 16 players.

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  • RenzoRenzo Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Hey, Fyre's back.

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  • FyreWulffFyreWulff YouRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2010
    DAMN STRAIGHT

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  • FyreWulffFyreWulff YouRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2010
    Also watch MLG switch to Elite for Reach because they can run at sprint speed natively and can roll around.

    edit: lol

    I hope this doesn't mean we'll be forced to play as an Elite.

    I don't care how fancy their new evade roll is, or how uber kewl their new shields are. I never want to play as an Elite. Ever.

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Reading about the "Pro Pipe" is making me dream up scenarios where the passenger in the Hog has a grenade launcher, and bloops a grenade out behind the vehicle, holding the trigger down until the pursuing enemy is over it.

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  • NocrenNocren Lt Futz, Back in Action North CarolinaRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    Reading about the "Pro Pipe" is making me dream up scenarios where the passenger in the Hog has a grenade launcher, and bloops a grenade out behind the vehicle, holding the trigger down until the pursuing enemy is over it.

    That brings to mind, I wonder how big the levels are going to be.
    Also, which H3 map has the most open terrain to drive around in?

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  • EvilBadmanEvilBadman DO NOT TRUST THIS MAN Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Avalanche, I'm fairly sure. Or possibly Sandtrap.

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    FyreWulff wrote: »
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  • LeoniusLeonius Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Clicking your link to support your Bioware habit :P

    ...I wish Guass hogs were on a map by default. I have fun memories of the H2 Gauss hog.

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  • LeitnerLeitner Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Anyone else find it interesting that on the shown loadouts they don't have camo?

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    Wonder how many aprox we're going to get to choose from. I thought originally it would be 1 ability + 1 weapon but this dispells that.

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  • EvilBadmanEvilBadman DO NOT TRUST THIS MAN Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Leitner wrote: »
    Anyone else find it interesting that on the shown loadouts they don't have camo?

    ui.jpg

    Wonder how many aprox we're going to get to choose from. I thought originally it would be 1 ability + 1 weapon but this dispells that.

    Those are an example set based on a playlist/match type.

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  • DekuStickDekuStick Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Is there any video footage or pictures of that Grenadier gun. Because from that outline I can only imagine a pirates gun.

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  • MechanicalMechanical Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    About 6:30 into the first ViDoc there's some use of the launcher.

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  • Spartan 0092Spartan 0092 Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    This game looks really good.

    Just thought I'd say it.

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  • Mx. QuillMx. Quill I now prefer "Myr. Quill", actually... {They/Them}Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    There's also a scene in the Multiplayer Vidoc that shows someone use the Pro Pipe to blast a guy just entering a doorway. I think that the Grenade Launcher might act as a replacement for the Trip Mine if that's not an Armor Ability. Seems like it could serve the same purpose of knocking a vehicle off-course.

    I wonder if there willl be any other Elite or Spartan-exclusive Abilities. We already know that only Elites get Evade and Spartans get Sprint, plus they have their natural passive abilities wherein Elites run faster and have better shields but are much larger targets than Spartans, but I think that the Jetpack might be Spartan-only. It would look a bit weird to see an Elite flying around.

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  • YardGnomeYardGnome Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    well, if we can have jetpack brutes, why can't we have jetpack elites?

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  • KorKor Known to detonate from time to time Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Is there some reason we're giving a brand new weapon, that none of us have used, such a derogatory nickname?

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  • Mx. QuillMx. Quill I now prefer "Myr. Quill", actually... {They/Them}Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Bungie called it that, as a direct insult to MW2's grenade launchers.

    I dunno, an Elite with a jetpack just strikes me as odd. Then again, it could be hilariously awesome to see a full team of TBK flying space dinosaurs.

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  • InquisitorInquisitor Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Kor wrote: »
    Is there some reason we're giving a brand new weapon, that none of us have used, such a derogatory nickname?

    The Pro Pipe? I believe that's what a bungie referred to it as in one of their videos. To contrast it to a noob tube, or maybe I'm just imagining that.

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  • RenzoRenzo Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Kor wrote: »
    Is there some reason we're giving a brand new weapon, that none of us have used, such a derogatory nickname?

    This guy

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJKvdYB1t1w

    gave it that nickname, and Bungie seems to have adopted it. I don't think it's derogatory.

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  • KorKor Known to detonate from time to time Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    It's such an awful nickname. I will never call it that.

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