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  • Dr_KeenbeanDr_Keenbean Dumb as a butt Planet Express ShipRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    AoR_Final wrote: »
    Yeah, I've had a harder time. Spent a minute in the bathroom on Powerhouse trying to find one...

    I'll go through both maps in theater mode and see if I can't find them.

    Never even seen 1. Any way you could post a screenshot? I'm at work until 4. :?

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  • FyreWulffFyreWulff YouRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2010
    Awesome. We just won a stockpile game by a mile.

    The entire time the other team was flag throwing.

    We never did.

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  • xzzyxzzy Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    AoR_Final wrote: »
    Yeah, I've had a harder time. Spent a minute in the bathroom on Powerhouse trying to find one...

    I'll go through both maps in theater mode and see if I can't find them.

    Never even seen 1. Any way you could post a screenshot? I'm at work until 4. :?

    They look a lot like Halo 1 health packs.. a square with beveled corners, stuck in little wall mounts at about eye level. Greyish in color with a red cross on it.

    The first one I found was in the generator room thingy on powerhouse, you can see it at about 1:10 here:

    http://vodpod.com/watch/3517163-halo-reach-powerhouse-walkthrough

    You can also see on on the left at 0:35.

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  • WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    It's a red H, not a cross.

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  • Romanian My EscutcheonRomanian My Escutcheon Two of Forks Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    List is up, screenshots to follow.

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  • xzzyxzzy Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Willeth wrote: »
    It's a red H, not a cross.

    FINE, JESUS. WHY MUST YOU HATE ME.

    It's not like I'm pausing to study the damn thing when I've got an artery geyser going on and four dudes stuffing grenades down my pants.

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  • xzzyxzzy Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Which, you know, I think Bungie should put in. If you have a grenade available and you do the assassination animation, you should jam a grenade into dude's underpants and leap away from him.

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  • mxmarksmxmarks Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Kotaku just posted a bunch of beta codes. I saw it updated the second it popped up.

    Then I shortly found out my work blocked the REDEEM CODE PAGE of XBox.com. Just the marketplace section. I have never been so angry.

    Ive tried to enter them via iphone, but sometimes it goes through and says nothing (and nothing appears in my download queue), and most times it says code has already been redeemed.

    So. So. Angry.

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  • Local H JayLocal H Jay Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    mxmarks wrote: »
    Kotaku just posted a bunch of beta codes. I saw it updated the second it popped up.

    Then I shortly found out my work blocked the REDEEM CODE PAGE of XBox.com. Just the marketplace section. I have never been so angry.

    Ive tried to enter them via iphone, but sometimes it goes through and says nothing (and nothing appears in my download queue), and most times it says code has already been redeemed.

    So. So. Angry.
    they were all gone in seconds anyway, i waited and waited only for them to get sniped almost instantly.
    it's killing me inside

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  • Dr_KeenbeanDr_Keenbean Dumb as a butt Planet Express ShipRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    xzzy wrote: »
    Which, you know, I think Bungie should put in. If you have a grenade available and you do the assassination animation, you should jam a grenade into dude's underpants and leap away from him.

    Yes.

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  • Romanian My EscutcheonRomanian My Escutcheon Two of Forks Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Screenshots are up.

    EDIT: Also, FFA would be a lot more fun if people would actually vote for the occasional Slayer game... :(

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  • RenzoRenzo Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Where in hell is the grenade launcher on Powerhouse.

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  • WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Renzo wrote: »
    Where in hell is the grenade launcher on Powerhouse.

    There's a tiled bathroom near the rock garden. It's in the showers.

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  • RenzoRenzo Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Willeth wrote: »
    Renzo wrote: »
    Where in hell is the grenade launcher on Powerhouse.

    There's a tiled bathroom near the rock garden. It's in the showers.

    So if I'm looking down at the map from above, with the generator room at the top, the launcher is at bottom right?

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  • WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    I don't know the map too well, but I would say top-right.

    It's in the lower floor of the building right next to the upper Stockpile point.

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  • Romanian My EscutcheonRomanian My Escutcheon Two of Forks Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Renzo wrote: »
    Willeth wrote: »
    Renzo wrote: »
    Where in hell is the grenade launcher on Powerhouse.

    There's a tiled bathroom near the rock garden. It's in the showers.

    So if I'm looking down at the map from above, with the generator room at the top, the launcher is at bottom right?

    Yeah, right down in the river below the generator room.

    EDIT: Oops, that's the rocket launcher. :P

    To get to the launcher from top generator, go across the bridge, go through the shack right next to the bridge, head down the hill, into the other shack on the left that overlooks the center of the spillway, head down the stairs, and turn around. The showers are there.

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  • ShrikeTheAvatarShrikeTheAvatar Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Hooray for oversleeping for work for the first time in a looonngg time, thanks to a late play session last night.

    Headhunter is fun, but it's gone back to that maddening display of incompetence until I am able to figure out all the angles.. kind of like the way oddball was the first time I played it.

    I think I had the most fun playing Covy Slaver (even though they call it Elite Slayer once you're in the game).

    Also, am I missing something, or do the armor upgrades not tell you what the actual prerequisites are? It only ever says I haven't met them.. and I'm not talking about just price.

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  • FyreWulffFyreWulff YouRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2010
    Press A on the armor pieces. It's usually a rank requirement.

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  • Romanian My EscutcheonRomanian My Escutcheon Two of Forks Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Hooray for oversleeping for work for the first time in a looonngg time, thanks to a late play session last night.

    Headhunter is fun, but it's gone back to that maddening display of incompetence until I am able to figure out all the angles.. kind of like the way oddball was the first time I played it.

    I think I had the most fun playing Covy Slaver (even though they call it Elite Slayer once you're in the game).

    Also, am I missing something, or do the armor upgrades not tell you what the actual prerequisites are? It only ever says I haven't met them.. and I'm not talking about just price.

    Click on the armor to see the prereqs.

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  • WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    If you try to buy something you can't get, it'll go into more detail about why.

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  • FyreWulffFyreWulff YouRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2010
    TRIPLE KILL

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  • RenzoRenzo Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    AoR_Final wrote: »
    Renzo wrote: »
    Willeth wrote: »
    Renzo wrote: »
    Where in hell is the grenade launcher on Powerhouse.

    There's a tiled bathroom near the rock garden. It's in the showers.

    So if I'm looking down at the map from above, with the generator room at the top, the launcher is at bottom right?

    Yeah, right down in the river below the generator room.

    EDIT: Oops, that's the rocket launcher. :P

    To get to the launcher from top generator, go across the bridge, go through the shack right next to the bridge, head down the hill, into the other shack on the left that overlooks the center of the spillway, head down the stairs, and turn around. The showers are there.

    Oh, in there. Okay. I guess every time I looked over there, it had already been taken. Thanks. I'll make sure to rush the hell out of it next time. I never got the chance to use it last night.

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  • KorKor Known to detonate from time to time Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Willeth wrote: »
    If you try to buy something you can't get, it'll go into more detail about why.

    Are you sure? Mine only tells me "requirements not met"

    Even if I have all the cRs I need.

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  • Romanian My EscutcheonRomanian My Escutcheon Two of Forks Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Not loving the new melee system. Seems like more of an excuse to get into some cheap-ass fist fights, rather than try to actually shoot.

    Then again, that's the point isn't it? :P

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  • Romanian My EscutcheonRomanian My Escutcheon Two of Forks Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Renzo wrote: »
    AoR_Final wrote: »
    Renzo wrote: »
    Willeth wrote: »
    Renzo wrote: »
    Where in hell is the grenade launcher on Powerhouse.

    There's a tiled bathroom near the rock garden. It's in the showers.

    So if I'm looking down at the map from above, with the generator room at the top, the launcher is at bottom right?

    Yeah, right down in the river below the generator room.

    EDIT: Oops, that's the rocket launcher. :P

    To get to the launcher from top generator, go across the bridge, go through the shack right next to the bridge, head down the hill, into the other shack on the left that overlooks the center of the spillway, head down the stairs, and turn around. The showers are there.

    Oh, in there. Okay. I guess every time I looked over there, it had already been taken. Thanks. I'll make sure to rush the hell out of it next time. I never got the chance to use it last night.

    You're better off trying for it if you spawn bottom hill, since you'd be closer to it then.

    EDIT: And is there anything more fun than raining rounds down on a flag carrier when you're flying around? Damn, I love the jetpack. :D

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  • FyreWulffFyreWulff YouRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2010
    Oh, and the answers for the buckets (whoops, forgot)

    Bucket 1: Backwash

    Bucket 2: Posted before, since I forgot Snowbound I basically put in everyone that got a "vast majority" of the maps when I drew.

    Bucket 3: The answer I was thinking of was

    Halo 1: Megg, Pillar of Autumn
    Halo 2: Ron Perlman, "Megg, please pick up the red courtesy phone. Megg, red courtesy phone."

    however the secret dialogue grunts from h1 and 2 also counted, and so did another one that I have now already forgotten.

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  • Mx. QuillMx. Quill I now prefer "Myr. Quill", actually... {They/Them}Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Kor wrote: »
    Willeth wrote: »
    If you try to buy something you can't get, it'll go into more detail about why.

    Are you sure? Mine only tells me "requirements not met"

    Even if I have all the cRs I need.

    It says that you need to be X rank and have the necessary cR when you select it.


    Also, Armor Lock is now Iron Man, and the ground to air assassination is the Volleyball Spike.

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  • RenzoRenzo Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    I'd be nice if you could pick and choose your armor pieces. Still locked by rank and price, but not require you to buy previous items.

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  • Johnny ChopsockyJohnny Chopsocky Scootaloo! We have to cook! Grillin' HaysenburgersRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    I kinda hate all of you, mostly because I either work or sleep past the code giveaways and Gamefly is being stingy with a copy of ODST for me.

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  • FyreWulffFyreWulff YouRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2010
    I kinda hate all of you, mostly because I either work or sleep past the code giveaways and Gamefly is being stingy with a copy of ODST for me.

    You can come over and play!*


    *After I clean up

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  • FyreWulffFyreWulff YouRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2010
    Actually wait I could just loan you my ODST disc.

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  • Romanian My EscutcheonRomanian My Escutcheon Two of Forks Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Fuck the Focus Rifle. That thing needs a damn nerf.

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  • xzzyxzzy Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    AoR_Final wrote: »
    Fuck the Focus Rifle. That thing needs a damn nerf.

    I'm not sure why, either. Is it just the lack of shot spread that causes problems? Or maybe the lines of sight in the available maps?

    Because one would think that a hitscan weapon be more powerful, and yet you don't hear anyone complaining about the sniper rifle.

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  • T4CTT4CT BAFTA-NOMINATED NAFTA-APPROVEDRegistered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Damn you people and your beta keys

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  • RenzoRenzo Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    xzzy wrote: »
    AoR_Final wrote: »
    Fuck the Focus Rifle. That thing needs a damn nerf.

    I'm not sure why, either. Is it just the lack of shot spread that causes problems? Or maybe the lines of sight in the available maps?

    Because one would think that a hitscan weapon be more powerful, and yet you don't hear anyone complaining about the sniper rifle.

    Maybe it's because the Focus Rifle is pretty easy to find, so people see it more often?

    Where is the sniper on Swordbase, anyway?

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  • xzzyxzzy Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Renzo wrote: »
    Where is the sniper on Swordbase, anyway?

    First floor, behind the grey pillar things.

    When you load up the map and are in spectator mode, the sniper rifle is right behind your point of view.

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  • ShrikeTheAvatarShrikeTheAvatar Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    One thing I'm really enjoying is the aesthetic improvements to the existing weapons. The AR actually sounds like it's firing real bullets that would harm someone, rather than just an airsoft gun.

    The plasma pistol overcharge really feels and sounds powerful and dangerous. Same with the shotgun.

    And yes, the Focus Rifle feels like it's always on the verge of exploding in your hands.


    that's what she said

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  • xzzyxzzy Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    Yes, the weapons look and sound fantastic, but I'm finding I have serious problems detecting whether I'm actually hitting my target or not. There's certainly lots of cues.. bullets hitting scenery leave sparks and clouds of dust, and bullets hitting enemies cause flinching and shield sparks, but keeping track of all that in a firefight is really difficult.

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  • RenzoRenzo Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    I really like that 'press button, turn on' thing your character does when you equip the plasma pistol.

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  • Angel177Angel177 Registered User regular
    edited April 2010
    FyreWulff wrote: »
    Oh, and the answers for the buckets (whoops, forgot)

    Bucket 1: Backwash

    Bucket 2: Posted before, since I forgot Snowbound I basically put in everyone that got a "vast majority" of the maps when I drew.

    Bucket 3: The answer I was thinking of was

    Halo 1: Megg, Pillar of Autumn
    Halo 2: Ron Perlman, "Megg, please pick up the red courtesy phone. Megg, red courtesy phone."

    however the secret dialogue grunts from h1 and 2 also counted, and so did another one that I have now already forgotten.

    Was this Johnson and the elite by any chance! anyway just annouce a winner and put us all out of our misery.

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