I beg to differ ;).
Haven't had much of a chance to play, because of uni work.
Finished campaign on legendary though.

Need to play with you guys...

Got this with an Xbox bundle, but have never played a Halo game before, so last night I played a bit of Halo CE and will work my way up to the new one.

Just play it, it's not Mass Effect.

My best Halo Reach Forge map, Holdoff, is looking to be return in glorious form. I hope I can use the pieces economically enough. I think I'm about 45% done on the geometry. Spawns and weapon placement is another story.

Fucking hate the energy sword.

So, beat this on legendary solo, which I'm pretty proud of. The story was great, and i loved the focus on Cortana and Chief. After that I finally delved into multiplayer, which I scored first or second overall in every game.

The bar is definitely raised for the franchise.

I trust we will team up soon. There's enough of us to playtest my creations soon.

I have a few days off coming up soon, see me online send me an invite.

I have bought the following games recently"

Black Ops II
Dishonored
WWE 13'
NBA 2k13
Dead Island
Need For Speed Most Wanted

I have had and have yet to play:
Arkham City
Rainbow Six Vegas
Sniper Ghost Warrior
Alien vs Predator

Plus new DLC for skyrim, and practicing Tekken Tag 2

All that means I am probably dropping this. Was alright, but there's just so many other things I'd rather invest my time in.

The gaming industry has given us more then we can handle.

Some details and some leaks regarding DLC and map modes coming soon for the game.

343 Studios announce next week the "Free For All Throwback" playlist will be added to the game's multiplayer lists which also includes non-team versions of Oddball and King of the Hill modes.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ing-next-week/


In terms of leaks, the release dates for upcoming DLC was accidentally uploaded on the German version of the Xbox 360 dashboard before being taken down quickly. All are map packs with the first arriving on December 10, each pack contains 3 maps, and are part of the War Games Pass.

http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...man-dashboard/

Ill be on in a bit if anyone is around?

Later on yes.

FINALLY 50!

So, now it's time to work on my Pioneer...

Only choices I had were Operator and Wetworks. Finished Operator and halfway done with Wetworks. I hope the other options show up soon.

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2 new multiplayer modes are on their way and should arrive once the Crimson map pack is released.

First is Extraction mode:
The other is Team Regicide and its expected to replace the "Free-For-All" playlist once it arrives. SWAT will stay for at least another week.

http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...layer-updates/

After a nearly hour long game to 2000 points of spawn camping hilarity, my Ragnarok photoshoot map has been adjusted for mayhem and some semblance of balance. Vehicles are everywhere, spawns are all over the place, power weapons are grouped together (human outdoors, alien in the bases). There's a random teleport chain for the four major areas and a man canon chain as well. Buffs for speed, power, and health drop at random in the four main areas.

The gametype buffs your health a bit and highlights top killers. Personal ordinance is the only way to get a sniper rifle (static 70pts with no subsequent interest). Winning score is now a healthy 1000pts, with plenty of ways to get bonus point. I may increase the score, I don't know. It should be crazy.

When the fileshare goes up on Waypoint I will host these games to show off armor and crazy 'halo moments' on TPdub, Facebook, and my blog site. Service should be up this month according to Waypoint.

I got the Specialization code in my email for playing since launch and many of you should have as well, so check your email connected to your XBL account.

I was planning on trading Halo in for credit towards GTA5. I think I will keep it now.

And before you assholes jump on me saying that, its because I enjoy Black Ops more so due to customization.

The photoshoot games will be well before GTAV comes around.

Because I had the "big boy", all mine were revealed from jump.

I think the standard editions show two at a time... but pretty much anyone who has all of them revealed immediately went for Rogue if they didn't pick Operator or Wetworks anyway.

I'm more curious about the Fast Track ability I'll get for completing Pioneer that can feisably make all the others easier to attain. Plus, there is NOBODY rocking this helmet yet.


Makes me feel special.

They added 'binary slayer' in custom games, and I really want to play it with a group of people.

What is that? Like Team Snipers?

I actually need a group to playtest my Halo 4 rendition of Holdoff. Unlike Halo 2/3, I haven't been making new friends playing Halo. Mostly because I fucking despise these players.

Played a 1v1 vs a friend earlier and it was fun.

Binary rifle primary
Sword secondary
Unlimited thrusters
Dunno about other bonuses

It was kind of ridiculous and fun at the same time.

edit: kept reading the thread.

ANYWAYZ

kinda dig team regicide, but i have found a lot of the time those who are the first king, kind just remain king. you just keep gaining medals and gain more points than anyone else when you kill. find it slightly irritating. wish it could be different. not even fun when i am the king the whole time.

Essentially Snipers, I see. Probably crazy with a lot of people in a small area.

Yeah I got mine.

but the binary will kinda make for less sneakier snipes, as the red shit when you zoom just gives you up. so it would require some quick zooming and stuff. kinda interested in it

Anybody gonna hop on soon?

I started on Stalker just so I can get the chest piece:

https://spartans.svc.halowaypoint.co...y?target=large

It was worth it, it has the right amount of bulk and flat surfaces to go with my helmet.

Achievement list for the Crimson DLC map pack was revealed recently.

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The pack itself arrives on December 10 at the price of 800 MS Points.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ents-revealed/

Damn, have already done most of those. Too bad they don't count already.

Not leaked, it's been on the Waypoint site for days now.

yea got the season pass, so i will be on this some more

Gonna fire up the game and I would like to build a party to test out two maps of mine.

yea im gonna win me some mega bloks

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Maps are better than I thought.

There is no word on when the Halo 4 file-search/share will be up on Waypoint.com, let alone how they will handle rendered films for clips. They said December and I'm being very patient (I have more than enough clips to make a new YouTube montage). I loved sharing shots in Halo 3 and Reach, and it must be said that these services were up and running from launch. Still; new studio, give them time to set up shop.

My Holdoff remake seems much too big for anything but BTB, which is a problem since getting that much people in a lobby is something I don't see myself doing for some time. I either have to start from scratch and make a smaller map, or deal with creating something that will not see very much gameplay. Ugh.

In the meantime, I have successfully recreated The Box, a very small literal box that started as a joke in Halo 3. It has a surprisingly good flow about it for instantaneous carnage.

- Small symmetrical arena for 2-6plyrs (6plyrs is pushing it).
- Spawns are outside of the box on platforms, you have ten seconds to enter the match. Use the time to scan the arena before diving in.
- A hut lies in the center, providing last cover or hosting intimate death meetings. Use the rooftop for a high vantage over enemies.
- The corners have window panels for slight cover while offering no actual obstructed view. Power weapons spawn in two of these corners, so keep them in mind. Above these particular corners are angled ceilings to make 'Nades fall upon enemies who camp too long for weapons.

Box Games:

- Box Battle: FFA slayer with regulated classes. Choose between Thruster, Hologram, and Xray classes to suit your approach (all have AR/1 grenade). Score the most kills within four rounds. Kills by yourself nets you the full 10pts, but if somebody assisted you, you both share the kill and each get 5pts (a scoring system that may spread to other gametypes).
- Box Brothers: Team slayer with regulated classes. The three choices of class return with two added support classes; Light Shield and Regeneration Field (with Pistol as primary). May reduce rounds to two.
- Box Hill: Solo King of the Hill with the same regulated classes.

Oddball gametype will come eventually. And speaking of KotH, my creation from Reach will certainly return for ultimate KotH battles. The old gimmick of the 'teleport lottery' will return, but I'm going for some interesting ideas for each floor. And it will be in space (Impact).

My Photo shoot map has been renamed War Land as it's a damn good map/gametype in itself. It's a wacky rendition of Ragnarok where just about anything can happen. I'll still use it for potential pics and clips, but it has certainly become it's own thing.

Catch ya online, and perhaps some of this stuff will go up on my Fileshare soon, idk.

Started on the Pathfinder Specialization, mostly for the shoulders to complete my look but the perk sounds cool.