Halo 4: First Impressions

maximoose · 14-01-2013 11:46am

I don't think it's THAT bad tbh, don't agree with these 'play more and you will be rewarded' systems but I dont think I've had many situations where the perks have really distorted the balance between players. The vehicle perks I only found out about at the weekend there and before that I don't think I've noticed any vehicle taking massive amounts of damage without dying.

Haven't changed my loadouts since the first week I started playing but I might have a tinker around tonight and try some of the unlockables and see if they are worth it.

Synyster Shadow · 14-01-2013 11:49am

the one thing that gets me about loadouts is the choice of starting weapon....especially the bloody boltshot....hate running past someone camping and been boltshotted....the pinnacle of noobish it is.

and why is the AR suddenly so powerful? >:(

14-01-2013 4:42pm

Synyster Shadow wrote: »

the one thing that gets me about loadouts is the choice of starting weapon....and why is the AR suddenly so powerful? >:(

Leave the AR alone. It's been a useless pile of crap for way too long. It's actually half decent now, a viable weapon. One of my fave loadouts is pistol as primary, and AR as a mop up/spray and pray back up weapon.

I miss being able to pick up grenades from of dead enemies & team mates. It's made the grenade-play part of the game much less relevant as everyone only has 2 now, short of using perks. Is "resupply" worth using up your perk slot for? Seems like it might be handy in tight maps like haven and adrift, where a lot of dying goes on in a small space so there'll be frags & stickies lying around?

maximoose · 14-01-2013 4:50pm

Yeah I do miss being able to pick up grenades, and ammo also. Far too often find myself with feck all ammo left and given how quickly teammates' guns disappear when they die and the fact there are no standard spawns for basic weapons it's a right pain in the arse!

Synyster Shadow · 14-01-2013 9:02pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Leave the AR alone. It's been a useless pile of crap for way too long. It's actually half decent now, a viable weapon. One of my fave loadouts is pistol as primary, and AR as a mop up/spray and pray back up weapon.

I miss being able to pick up grenades from of dead enemies & team mates. It's made the grenade-play part of the game much less relevant as everyone only has 2 now, short of using perks. Is "resupply" worth using up your perk slot for? Seems like it might be handy in tight maps like haven and adrift, where a lot of dying goes on in a small space so there'll be frags & stickies lying around?

i only use br but now 4 shotting someone with a BR against a AR doesnt seem to do it anymore...yeah i use Resupply the whole time its a must in my opinion

14-01-2013 11:01pm

Wasting my time playing tonight. The network is terrible.

-=al=- · 15-01-2013 12:56am

The Ar is actually a viable weapon nowadays, In my experience never really was that great online

maximoose · 15-01-2013 10:04am

Deleted User wrote: »

Wasting my time playing tonight. The network is terrible.

Were you playing spartan ops?

I find it laggy at the best of times

DeSelby83 · 15-01-2013 10:47am

maximoose wrote: »

Were you playing spartan ops?

I find it laggy at the best of times

same as that, i havnt actually touched spartan ops because of this, i thought it was just me. i end up playing it solo which isnt much fun really

15-01-2013 11:03am

maximoose wrote: »

Were you playing spartan ops?

I find it laggy at the best of times

Well i was, but that's always laggy. Spartan ops is like playing in soup. The main problems i was having last night were in matchmaking for Slayer, BTB, and SWAT. The games were jumping all over the place and kept switching hosts and dropping people out.

It was frustrating, especially in swat because you've only got a second to react. I normally never have a problem hitting one bullet headshots with the DMR across the map. Last night i was popping off five and six shots at targets and hitting nothing.

By the way, thanks for the invite last night, i was just finished up when you messaged me. Gaming time is at a minimum at the moment, i'm lucky if i get an hour most nights during the week. Next time.

honeybadger wrote: »

play spartan ops in co,op mode and get at least 7 kills in every game and make the game last 8 minutes or longer and you'll get 7731 for every game you complete...

This is brilliant. I used it last night, and it's a great way of ranking up. I just picked spartan ops matchmaking for some of the shorter episodes, and made sure i got 8 kills and 8 mins playtime, and then after that jumped in a ghost and stuck to splattering enemies to get things done faster. Great tip, thanks!!

I'm gonna use this to grind for some XP for a couple of hours over the weekend if anyone would care to join?

kaimera · 15-01-2013 11:08am

actually, if anyone is interested in spartan ops or wargames or co-op campaign

kaimeraXBL is me on xbl oddly enough!

Synyster Shadow · 15-01-2013 11:16am

yeah i'd be up for it too.....psychowarren102

15-01-2013 11:29am

Yep me too. Want to kill lots of covies nice and quickly for XP. Would be up for partying up over the weekend...

GT=MackDaddi

maximoose · 15-01-2013 11:40am

Added the two of you there (maxi ni)

Synyster Shadow · 15-01-2013 11:44am

yeah added 2 of ye too

15-01-2013 11:45am

Does anyone use beacons? They were added in an XBL update a while back. A custom beacon is very handy for telling people what you want to play and getting people to join you or party up.

If i set one that says "join me if you want to play spartan ops episodes" anyone on my friends list who loads up halo 4 will get that beacon message and can jump in to my game easily.

PS-I'll add any of yiz who aren't already on my list later when i'm on.

Synyster Shadow · 15-01-2013 11:47am

Deleted User wrote: »

Does anyone use beacons? They were added in an XBL update a while back. A custom beacon is very handy for telling people what you want to play and getting people to join you or party up.

If i set one that says "join me if you want to play spartan ops episodes" anyone on my friends list who loads up halo 4 will get that beacon message and can jump in to my game easily.

PS-I'll add any of yiz who aren't already on my list later when i'm on.

yeah i use them for H3 there very handy...must set one up for H4 too

DeSelby83 · 15-01-2013 11:59am

can i get in on this action please. wouldnt mind a few games, im not sure how often il get on, it changes daily. anyway my GT is jwallace007 and hopefully I'll see ye in game at some stage

kaimera · 15-01-2013 12:13pm

added the last few GTs.

Doesn't seem to be possible to add a beacon via xbox.com

Also, I can't seem to find my headset. Bleh.

maximoose · 15-01-2013 12:24pm

kaimera wrote: »

Doesn't seem to be possible to add a beacon via xbox.com

If you've an iPhone or android phone get the Xbox smartglass app, can do it on there and handy for adding people on the go!

Synyster Shadow · 15-01-2013 12:33pm

oh by the way this is my wifes Boards a/c my i'm a man on XBL lol

Mickeroo · 15-01-2013 1:04pm

I'll add whatever folks I don't already have later on too. My GT is in my sig.

15-01-2013 8:07pm

Going On for some games in the next 45 mins or so if anyone would like to team up and play through some of the special ops missions, preferably with mics.

Synyster Shadow · 16-01-2013 12:11am

i do muay thai tues eve's an thurs most other eve's i be on

kaimera · 17-01-2013 9:43am

Last night was my first venture into H4 online. Good craic, wasn't sure if my headset was working, apologies for the swearing as I got to grips with the game!

Sorry for the tk

it was my first day. quack quack etc!

maximoose · 17-01-2013 10:19am

pfft, I wouldn't worry about the swearing. I swear like a sailor when things aren't going my way :pac:

Synyster Shadow · 17-01-2013 11:22am

haha still not as bad as me....and yeah your mic was working kind of..."check check" i heard ya :P

kaimera · 17-01-2013 11:41am

Synyster Shadow wrote: »

haha still not as bad as me....and yeah your mic was working kind of..."check check" i heard ya :P

haha. i couldn't find my own, borrowed a friends and i couldn't tell if it was working or not

Good craic tho.

Synyster Shadow · 17-01-2013 6:19pm

kaimera wrote: »

haha. i couldn't find my own, borrowed a friends and i couldn't tell if it was working or not

Good craic tho.

yeah was i bit of a laugh...lag was driving me mad though...dono why H4 servers are so unsteady

DeSelby83 · 18-01-2013 12:08am

Finally got on for a few games tonight, god I need the practice. Even by my own low standards I was bad tonight :-)

Synyster Shadow · 18-01-2013 12:10am

DeSelby83 wrote: »

Finally got on for a few games tonight, god I need the practice. Even by my own low standards I was bad tonight :-)

custom games work well with practice

Mickeroo · 18-01-2013 12:29am

DeSelby83 wrote: »

Finally got on for a few games tonight, god I need the practice. Even by my own low standards I was bad tonight :-)

Hah, I was pretty brutal this evening too! We still managed to win a few matches though, good thing maxi was there to carry the team :P

DeSelby83 · 18-01-2013 12:40am

Do ye always play big team slayer or do ye mix it up a bit?

Mickeroo · 18-01-2013 12:46am

DeSelby83 wrote: »

Do ye always play big team slayer or do ye mix it up a bit?

When its just the two of us on usually tends to big big team, happy enough to mix it up too though. Were playing capture the flag a few nights ago with Bolshevik (not sure what his boardsie name is).

I'm happy enough to play any game mode at all really, not a big fan of objective stuff if i'm playing on my own though.

Synyster Shadow · 18-01-2013 1:42am

will ye be on tomo night?

Mickeroo · 18-01-2013 1:43am

Synyster Shadow wrote: »

will ye be on tomo night?

Yep, pretty sure I will be

kaimera · 18-01-2013 9:52am

Synyster Shadow wrote: »

yeah was i bit of a laugh...lag was driving me mad though...dono why H4 servers are so unsteady

had no lag issues myself. could hear one of you whinging about lag :P

by tomorrow night you mean tonight fri or tomorrow sat? lol

Patsy fyre · 18-01-2013 10:01am

I should be on later on as well if yer playing a few games.
Gt. Buddy holly 36

DeSelby83 · 18-01-2013 10:23am

Ye I should be online for a while tonight for a few games GT online is jwallace007

18-01-2013 11:44am

Synyster Shadow wrote: »

custom games work well with practice

I love custom games. No online idiots, and usually much more teamwork and fun than matchmaking. I've got a few good remakes of the pit, lockout, zanzibar, ascension and the likes if anyone's interested in partying up.

Theres' a good chance I'll be on tonight or tomorrow night, I'll keep a look out for all of you, and feel free to jump in or invite me if you see me. I've been playing BTB and SWAT a lot lately.

maximoose · 18-01-2013 12:08pm

Lads, if any of you are after a cheap mic I have a black official ms one that can be yours if you throw me €2 for p&p! Kaimera's alllllllll over it!

Been price watching for ages and finally got myself a Turtle Beach headset

Synyster Shadow · 18-01-2013 12:34pm

hah yeah was me complaining about lag...we should all set up a custom game tonight so....could be a bit of a giggle without the "American" lol

DeSelby83 · 18-01-2013 12:36pm

Synyster Shadow wrote: »

hah yeah was me complaining about lag...we should all set up a custom game tonight so....could be a bit of a giggle without the "American" lol

I'd be on for this anyway, we'll surely get 8 people at least. Stick with base maps or will we try some forge remakes?

18-01-2013 1:44pm

DeSelby83 wrote: »

I'd be on for this anyway, we'll surely get 8 people at least. Stick with base maps or will we try some forge remakes?

Me too, if at all possible. Is it worth setting up a time? Anytime between 8-11 would work for me.

Synyster Shadow · 18-01-2013 5:26pm

yeah between 8 and 11 is good. well any maps at all would be good...if you have forge maps all the better to shake things up

kaimera · 18-01-2013 5:54pm

I'm in like flynn

DeSelby83 · 18-01-2013 7:03pm

I'll be on around 8 ish so

Synyster Shadow · 18-01-2013 9:52pm

i be on bout half 9

Browning2010 · 21-01-2013 12:37am

I'M online now if anyone wants a game.

GT: GoodManLads

A Funky Unicorn · 26-01-2013 2:19pm

Stuck on lvl 70
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Halo 4: First Impressions

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