"Halo 4: I Get a Woman!" - Sgt. Mjr. A.J. Johnson, RIP

I get lag all the time, too. I just thought it was my connection, though.

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Originally Posted by DarkHalo003

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You honestly think I only am talking from a technical standpoint? There is quite a difference between CoD joining-mid-game and Halo joining-mid-game. The gameplay is entirely different and as a result the experience is going to feel different, if not crass. Halo is one of those games where spontaneous shit happens and it's silly to not expect that out of a Halo title, even with this. You're right about the technical aspects because consoles are really computers used for gaming. However, the difference in gameplay changes how those aspects play out.

As far as being thrown into shit games, there really isn't much to say here. Shit like that happens. Unless for some reason you get this pissed-off when you join Halo PC games midgame, don't take it so fucking seriously. You could also, I don't know, not use the feature? Try waiting for a game maybe? Point being, YES, you are acting like this game is utter shit because one feature has bugs and borks.

Regardless, you and I are opposites, so you can state the inverse. However, I value my money and investments DIFFERENTLY than you do. I find more joy in different things than you do. I love some of that extraneous shit they want me to use. I don't find a problem with it. I don't mind the spontaneous insanity that happens in Halo games. It's why I play them in the first place. Just because I am not as critical about them doesn't mean I chuck my money out the window. It means I can enjoy something even if it isn't always up to the best possible standards. Honestly dude, I don't know if it's how you're writing, but you're looking like a brat.

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Funny you use that emote, since you started the drama after I rejected your explanation...because your explanation is completely off-base. There is literally no excuse for why this can't work and whether or not it is on a console has literally nothing to do with it. There is nothing so special about Halo that makes this hard to implement; it's a pretty generic science-fiction shooter with really good production values. If it's hard to implement this feature it's because they overlooked something major, there are no if, ands, or buts about it. So stop putting this game on a pedestal.

On a separate note, I think it's high time this was stated directly: you are a spineless, manipulative weasel who lacks both observational skills and tact. You are incapable of making a point on your own without leaving yourself an exit plan in case people vehemently disagree with you because you made an uneducated, presumptuous, and distasteful assessment or statement. You are always trying to save face by attempting to explain your asinine comments in a way that makes you both look good and disown said asinine comment. Was I blunt in saying that the game-play has to be generally shit for this feature to not work properly? Yes, yes I was, and perhaps mistakenly so, but I didn't make it into a personal attack. You, sir (and I use the term apprehensively because I am pretty sure you are a madame), completely misread and twisted almost every point, pulled an argument out of your overstuffed asshole, and are now trying to frame me as the perpetrator of a dramafest. Stop being such a thunder-cunt faggot and inject some fucking integrity into your brain-dead excuse of a personality.

I'm a stubborn son of a bitch, but at least I'm not crawling around in the fucking mud.

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Originally Posted by Zeph

This was pretty much explained in Halo 1 dev when they talked about getting the shotgun in last minute. You really only need to add a weapon if it fills a niche that otherwise wasn't already there. By the time you have to resort to spreadsheet tactics to keep your myriad of weapons balanced, you've saturated your gameplay mechanics or have become reliant on gimmicks. That is, to say, when you balance one gun by the stats of another you've lost the game.

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And I bet if you asked them about it today, you'd get a modified answer. The reality is that in this day and age of sequels and persistent online unlocks and loot ladders, an elegantly minimalist weapon repertoire just isn't going to cut it.

Even Halo 1 had role redundancy (AR/PR) and gimmicks (needler, PP). Then with Halo 2, they had to add stuff, so they added a Beam Rifle to match the SR. The Carbine and BR were introduced. Hell, there was an Elite PR and a Brute PR. So let's not paint the picture that 343 has dropped one of Bungie's core design principles. They were only marginally committed to it and the needs of making a sequel has outweighed it time and again.

With regards to Halo 4, I can't tell you the difference between the Scattershot and the Shotgun. But I didn't wonder how a Scattershot got onto a Forerunner ship. I think it was important that players understood intuitively that this was the Forerunner version of the shotgun. It was not a failure that it didn't read as something entirely unique; it was a goal.

Also, not all roles are created equal. The BR/DMR/LR/CC/Magnum occupy a supremacy role. You always need to have one with you and I'm grateful that it wasn't always the same weapon that I was toting around. Since the gameplay differences were almost negligible, I didn't particularly have a preference and could enjoy each one. It kept things really fresh for me and I used the entire spectrum of weapons in the campaign.

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Originally Posted by Warsaw

Funny you use that emote, since you started the drama after I rejected your explanation...because your explanation is completely off-base. There is literally no excuse for why this can't work and whether or not it is on a console has literally nothing to do with it. There is nothing so special about Halo that makes this hard to implement; it's a pretty generic science-fiction shooter with really good production values. If it's hard to implement this feature it's because they overlooked something major, there are no if, ands, or buts about it. So stop putting this game on a pedestal.

On a separate note, I think it's high time this was stated directly: you are a spineless, manipulative weasel who lacks both observational skills and tact. You are incapable of making a point on your own without leaving yourself an exit plan in case people vehemently disagree with you because you made an uneducated, presumptuous, and distasteful assessment or statement. You are always trying to save face by attempting to explain your asinine comments in a way that makes you both look good and disown said asinine comment. Was I blunt in saying that the game-play has to be generally shit for this feature to not work properly? Yes, yes I was, and perhaps mistakenly so, but I didn't make it into a personal attack. You, sir (and I use the term apprehensively because I am pretty sure you are a madame), completely misread and twisted almost every point, pulled an argument out of your overstuffed asshole, and are now trying to frame me as the perpetrator of a dramafest. Stop being such a thunder-cunt faggot and inject some fucking integrity into your brain-dead excuse of a personality.

I'm a stubborn son of a bitch, but at least I'm not crawling around in the fucking mud.

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Feel better? The only drama created out of this was you because you made it out more than what it is. The fact is that you expect gold to be delivered to your hands in bars when it was just mined. It's been a week. Give it time. If it had been a month or a half a year, I would understand. If Ad Hominem is your way to avoid wanting to accept this, then go ahead, insult me. Look at what your responses are in comparison to mine. You get so bent out of this that you would go so far as label me as degenerate and judge me based off of my opinion of why a feature isn't 100%, even though said feature can be remedied in feature patches/fixes/updates. I'm putting this game on a pedestal because it deserves a shot at being there from public opinion and the limited time I've had at playing it. You simply keep knocking it off even though you're not actually playing it.

I'll say this once and only once. I found the holes in your argument and I exploited them to prove your argument wasn't solid because it isn't in the current context. It's nothing personal. I was simply trained for a year to tackle arguments like a lawyer and that's what I currently do unless I go on prolonged routes of research for better solutions. Like I said, nothing personal and I never intended to make it personal. I called you a brat at first (I edited that out almost immediately with better judgment, but alas it was quoted too fast) because I genuinely though you were taking the extreme of one. I apologize, but I feel for the first week of release you're holding your standards a bit too high.

As I said before, neither you nor I play this game currently. I'm basing my information off of everyone I talk to, all of which are saying it's pretty good. You've stated several times you're just assuming. Please don't assume anything. It makes an ass out of you and me.

Tackling arguments like a lawyer just makes you a cunt, I wish I was more like you so I wouldn't have to put thought into making terrible posts, must be nice to just be able to shit them out.

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Originally Posted by Cagerrin

Tackling arguments like a lawyer just makes you a cunt, I wish I was more like you so I wouldn't have to put thought into making terrible posts, must be nice to just be able to shit them out.

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Yeah dude, just letting it out feels pretty good I tell you!

*popcorn*
look at dis high school setting.

Fuck you guys. I came here to learn about Halo 4, not see bitch fights between a fan boy and a rational dude.

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Originally Posted by Amit

Fuck you guys. I came here to learn about Halo 4, not see bitch fights between a fan boy and a rational dude.

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I dont see why you are repeatedly using the rubbish reason of "its only been out a week". The game has been in development since 2009, how can you over look a feature such as turning off in-game joining?

Using your petty excuse is valid for things such as the very rare and messed up kill cams, and the fact it doesnt always show the last kill to everyone (COD style).