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

**DarkHalo003** · March 7th, 2012 12:35 PM

Originally Posted by Warsaw

Halo 1's netcode makes me giggle...so many badkids who can't figure it out.

This. While I did just spend $3000 on a new rig, the truth is you can build one that is pretty fantastic for ~$500 if you scrounge. That's $200 for a machine better than any console and that can do more than any console.

Oh no, it's not that I didn't figure it out, it's that there is SO much more I'd rather do that it simply can't.

**Warsaw** · March 7th, 2012 12:40 PM

Not saying you didn't figure it out. Also, the one thing I want out of it that it can't do is online co-op.

**TVTyrant** · March 7th, 2012 04:06 PM

Originally Posted by Bodzilla

steam outsells every console combined, so i dont know where your getting this big community on xbox thing

also you dont need to spend 2000 to get a good computer that shits over anything the consoles have.
re-use screens, keyboards DVD drives, mice, case's power supplys harddrives ect and you save your self a ton. Thats what i did.
the only things that really need to be upgraded to make a computer a decent gaming computer is CPU, ram GPU and a motherboard that supports them.

Eh. Thats fair about the community thing, but

about the other part. Its less expensive than it sometimes seems, but at the same time I don't have most of those things to scrounge in the first place. All the machines we have are laptops, and with a lack of funding (I only work in the summer) it makes that even harder. I payed 250 for my XBox, and I have never had any problems with it. I do think shooters are much more fun on the PC, but its tough when you don't have a good one and all of your funding goes elsewhere.

**Warsaw** · March 8th, 2012 01:33 AM

Well, you can at least scrounge hard drives from a laptop...

**DarkHalo003** · March 8th, 2012 03:19 PM

http://halo.xbox.com/blogs/Headlines...tin-30712.aspx

Nice stuff in this Bulletin.

**Kornman00** · March 8th, 2012 03:24 PM

http://halo.bungie.org/halobulletins/40

Some things that stood out to me:

The HUD shown in the gameplay clips lacks a health bar. Will this change, has this changed, or will Halo 4 use the same health system as the one in Halo 2 and 3? -Gravemind
Health has been changed. There are no health pickups, but we'll have more news on how that system works in gameplay at a later date.

What will the ranking system be like? -xMcCarthee
It will be altered. More news later.

In the new footage we see the game type set as Slayer yet the score goes up not by individual kills but by points. Is this a custom game? A new Slayer variant? Or is this how the default Slayer scoring is going to be? -zNiTeY
The footage of MP you saw is taken from our internal Network test build and actually features a mashup of various game styles and UI elements, so don't spend too much time trying to figure out what's happening in it, because outside of surface elements, it's not going to teach you a lot about any particular game mode. However, our new implementation of Slayer will score differently than the traditional 0-50 method of yore, and is one of 100 things we'll share with you more deeply in the coming months.

Will there be any Covenant presence in Campaign or Multiplayer? Be it weaponry, equipment, architecture, etc. -Lloyd Jo en es
Yes. The Covenant will definitely return, albeit in a completely (graphically, politically and sonically) overhauled form, but they may be the least of your problems.

Does the BR have spread? Is it hitscan? -xBrutaIity
The BR is a three-shot burst weapon. It is hitscan. In its current tuning, it has recoil (not bloom) which causes it to rise slightly (in a predictable and suppressible way). It is not a replacement for the DMR as has been discussed in the community. You will not see bloom as it currently exists in Vanilla Reach on any weapon, but there will be different methods for reticle targeting that vary depending on the weapon, and players will have a wide arsenal of weapons to choose from. More news about that later.

Is Jen Taylor voicing Cortana? Who were the woman and man in the motion capture part of the Halo 4 video? -Jedi Otter
The man and woman in the video were incredibly talented actors. Their roles in Halo 4 are pivotal and essential to the story we're telling, but we'll talk more about those and other actors in the future. I think Halo fans will be calm and happy about our casting, including MP V/O, but we're not revealing more at this time.

"The Covenant will definitely return...sonically) overhauled form". We can has babelfish again? Fuck that Reach shit, I like to hear my grunts freak out in english.

"including MP V/O". I hope that means they've kept with JS for VOG.

e: go away DH, no one wants that waypoint crap. HBO archive FTW!

**DarkHalo003** · March 8th, 2012 03:50 PM

Originally Posted by Kornman00

http://halo.bungie.org/halobulletins/40

Some things that stood out to me:

"The Covenant will definitely return...sonically) overhauled form". We can has babelfish again? Fuck that Reach shit, I like to hear my grunts freak out in english.

"including MP V/O". I hope that means they've kept with JS for VOG.

e: go away DH, no one wants that waypoint crap. HBO archive FTW!