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

[Limited]

Gonna play Halo 4 next week, anything you guys want me to like try to focus on and remember about it? I've barely read any of the posts in this thread for months so going in pretty blind.

[Tnnaas]

I'm simply glad that they brought back the beam rifle. Fuck the focus rifle, srsly.

[Masterz1337]

I always liked the idea of the focus rifle, but I don't think the idea was well executed in reach. It's no beam rifle replacement.

[ODX]

GT TV did Halo 4:
http://www.gametrailers.com/full-epi...h/gt-tv-halo-4

[DarkHalo003]

The Focus Rifle was alright, but it did lack a proper niche in Multiplayer since the Sniper did a better job at, well, sniping. It needed to do more damage against Vehicles or something.

I don't really like any of the sounds because the sound so different than Covenant sounds did in the past. The Carbine is still awesome, retains that pew pew noise, but it like the rest just doesn't sound entirely alien like it should. The Beam Rifle, FRG, and Energy Sword are the only few that actually retain an alien-like feel. Gravity Hammer sounds like a Gauss Cannon.

[=sw=warlord]

Halo 4 now has Flood mode, infection means you are infected into flood.
http://www.halodestiny.net/news-2184...ance.html#skip

[DarkHalo003]

Looks like Halo 4 may have the Flood after all.

[Donut]

i still dont understand why we need a shotgun, energy sword, and gravity hammer. like, i understand griffball wouldnt be griffball without both the sword and the hammer, but is that the only reason theyre both in here? thats been bothering me since halo 3.

[DarkHalo003]

i still dont understand why we need a shotgun, energy sword, and gravity hammer. like, i understand griffball wouldnt be griffball without both the sword and the hammer, but is that the only reason theyre both in here? thats been bothering me since halo 3.

Well the problem is that we haven't had it be a rock, paper, scissors match yet in terms of gameplay. Shotgun counters sword, but sword doesn't counter hammer. Hammer doesn't counter sword and nothing counters the shotgun. Frankly, if they made it where shotgun counters sword, sword counters hammer, and hammer counters shotgun, then they could all coexist well in one game. However, you are right, the three are currently superfluous, however I doubt they will all exist in one map together.

[Warsaw]

Too many weapons replicating the same role starting in Halo 2, and Halo 4 is even worse.

As for the sounds...ultra-derp. Personally, I feel like a plasma bolt is going to make something of a small thunder-clap since it's so friggin' hot.

E: Rock-paper-scissors a good game does not make.