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Double SMG's will beat an Assualt rifle at close quarters. The regular weapons are not "vastly" superior in CQC.

It will be good once the playlist sizes increase...which I'm hoping for in the next generation. For the time being though, it would be nice to have it in forge, customs and campaign BUT theres no critical reason for its implementation in Multiplayer while Halos games are still relatively small scale. Once we get up to huge maps with 24 players or whatever, maybe then.

This "roleplaying" stopped being in good taste a long time ago Fal. Take it less seriously, I mean it.

Im gonna say honestly I'm getting every bit as annoyed by these counter threads as the original "OMG HALO is become TEH COD!" threads. Its just redundant. As redundant as the COD threads. Also, second point, can we all just get out heads out of our @sses and admit that, yes, for better or for worse Halo is becoming more like COD? I ain't saying thats a bad thing.I ain't making any qualitative judgments at all...I'm just saying, with the introduction of things like customizable loadouts, customizable weapons and Spartan ops, we have a more COD esque formula. The point is, we have to weigh each of these elements in turn. Not simply generalize the quality of the entire game based on arguments like which go like "OMG HALO IS GOING COD THEREFORE BAD" and then, in response, "BUT OMG HALO ISN'T BECOMING COD". Beacuse, newsflash, Halo is becoming more like COD and that, by itself, is neither a good nor a bad thing. It is entirely dependant on the peculiar design elements. This argument is getting pretty stupid on both sides. Tired of hearing about how Loadouts automatically equal fail and also, frankly, tired of hearing about how we should just have "faith".

Agree with the Director that the graphics were not too good in HWar's actual gameplay..but the gameplay itself was dynamite. Frankie and other people at 343 have routinely left the door open to another Halo Wars and considering the first one was a fair success, I think Microsoft will push someone to do it assuming enthusiasm for the rest of the franchise remains high.

If your Covie go with the vampires Or Brute Chieftain...he's the best leader for taking out Scarabs. For UNSC beating the Engee Scarab combo is difficult if your not playing Anders...if you are playing as Anders you can just cryo them. Otherwise, you just have to hope you have enough small cheaper units to surround and overwhelm the scarab and take out the engineers 1 by 1.

If its a holographic deck which is capable of generating complete synthetic maps out of thin air, wouldn't they be able to temporarily graph Elite stuff unto a Spartan? IDK, honestly the whole Infinity training deck is a cool idea, and I have no problem with it from a gameplay or aesthetic standpoint, but it really doesn't make that much sense .

I'm betting the armor customizations are going to follow something along the lines of, for example, "Stealth Specialization" and it might make your footsteps quiter, your name less prominent when targeted, and your range to motion tracker detection less...and maybe throw in a few cosmetic elements like the camo cloth (I forget what its called) that Jun had in Reach. I highly doubt individual pieces of armor, such as helmets will apply changes, though personally, I would actually like that form of modifications since that has never been done before in a major FPS.

I feel like the whole "Spartan training" simulator was a good but nontheless BS reason for there to be no elites. After all, if it was a training sumulator, wouldn't you have people playing the opposing forces, armed with realistic weaponry, armor, tactics, etc, etc? So if its a training simulator it makes more sense for the Elites to be in then out. Point is, I think the primary reason 343 ditched Elites was beacuse they didn't want to take the time to implement a comparable number of cosmetic customizations for Elites as they did for Spartans...

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Bet you didn't use the word belated tho

Oh, dont be such a debby downer.

I'm going out Mel Gibson style. FREEEEEEEEEEEEEDDDDDDDOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMM! (from internet facists). If that doesnt answer your question you need to google Braveheart. WYR explosively decompress in space or exprossively COMPRESS in a submarine thats collapsing?

Eggs...of course. Would you rather skydive unto solid concrete or get decapitated?

I'm betting these guys, at the very least the crawler, are probably ambient life and not the forerunner/precursor whateva da' **** it is threat. 343 has been talking about having some weirder background critters in this one.

Unless I have exams the next day, I am staying up all night.

Welcome to the forum sir. All the cool kids are doing their intros late. BTW, did I introduce the term belated with my intro? +influence points!

They, as in, they the authorities (yes them), haz been referring to the thick oblong objects in the upper far right. BTW, as we all know, Azaxx likes thick oblong objects. Just saying.

Building (last) 5 mobile AA and recruiting 2000 infantry.

Oh btw, that ship thing on the far right is also on the far left. Just makes me think its not a ship but a static part of the environment. YAY!

This boxart is boss. Really impressed. Would have been dissapointed if they kept that old pic of Halo 4 with Mr.Chief's head looking like a bucket. Its a bit of a different approach from Bungies Halo's but I don't mind. It might be my favorite piece of cover art in the series yet. Really glad this is good beacuse I thought Reach's box art was lacking as well (yet another minor detail which annoyed me about reach) Even if the Gameplay in Halo 4 sucks, the art direction is so good...sharper, more complex, and a bit more organic than previous Halo's but still maintaining enough of the classic feeling to fit right in... Someone needs to give the art lead a medal. This made my night.

Got a real comedian over here...a funny man, if you will. Thinks he's gonna take his humor out, just lay it on the table, thought we wouldnt notice? Oh hold on, hold on, let me rephrase that. He unzipped his humor, pulled it out, grabbed it with his right hand, and slapped it down on the table. Well you know what? I see you. I know what you did. And I didnt laugh. Be warned.

I sure as hell aint voting for you, fascist.

Building 5 Mobile Artillary and recruiting 2000 infantry.