VivaLebowski

Good to hear they are having some sort of Beta...Beta's are only good for fixing balance issues and glitches. It can't save games from the kind of mistakes that Bungie made with AA's in Reach. So as long as they are doing some good quality control in house should be fine.

Reach Banshee: Op most of the time, severely Underpowered when it reaches the end of its time.

Stop being a ****. Also, Halo 1 had multiplayer without elites, even moreso if you count Halo for the PC. Considering ODST and Reach, you only have two Halo games with Elites.

343 probably didnt want to devote the time making a comparable set of cosmetic armor for the Elites. Simply a matter of production. Its a hard choice for them, but it probably came down to the fact that most people dont use Elites and don't care.

Larger Scale campaign battles and large scale MP battles...Forgeable AI, Music, Skyboxes, Weather, Text Based objective markers, etc etc. and ability to mix Movie clips with Forge maps to make their own missions. Better Music courtesy of Mr.Davidge.

If it was overpowered before, thats when you nerf it. Not completely remove it.

I liked the samples they released but this stuff sounds way better. Also 0:0 to 0:17 in the main video...that is definitely a new version of one of the themes in Halo 3, I believe its in the second or third track. When Sgt. Johnson finds the Chief. Good to see that the old stuff still has a bit of a foothold here. Also good to see how Davidge sounds really different from Marty but at the same time exactly like Marty. I'm loving it. Thats what I hope Halo 4 is, incredibly different, incredibly the same.

Its odd how, beacuse you can kill vehicles with the DMR easily in Reach, the banshee often feels underpowered, than at other times, it feels completely OP beacuse you have the right map and someone who manuevers literally every second. They should have limited to manuevering not the boost.

I wouldnt bet for any increase in Game size until the next xbox comes out...then you could easily see 12 v. 12 or larger in Halo.

Having many different varieties of Grenades would seem like a prudent thing to do considering we need to be buying loadouts now...so now we need all those weapons which might have been taken out in the past for seeming redundant. I'd like to see a return of the fire grenades.

Thats good to hear. Honestly, I'm on your side , sorta, seeing as how I'm an Elite player as well.

Do you think the real tangible world is subjective, or just our perceptions and opinions of it? Is there such a thing as objective and solid truth? Seems simple enough.

Ahh, infinite Rockets on either side of your prowler on the Ark. Death machine right there.

Gotta die someday right?

Hmmm...m'kay. Not sure how to respond to that.

The ODST trailers trumped Reach trailers. The one with the music playing and the kid turning into a badass ODST is classic.

Now I feel like a dumbass.

I like the more Halo-1 ish approach they are taking...throw us back into a completely alien envirenment, no idea wtf is happening...lots of big buildings and skyboxes...that kind of thing.

Do you guys get off on this whole roleplaying thing?

Anyone else feel these hard core elite players are rather crazy?

I just meant in terms of the future, like H5 and H6. Agree that they are definitely not going to be in regular MP, though maybe a small possibility that they will appear in certain playlists like in Reach, but I doubt that.

I bet Elites are going to playable in some form or another at some point in H4 rather in Ops, customs, forge etc. Also bet that at some point they are going to be back in regular matchmaking beacuse as some point you will be allied with them in the campaign again.

No problem sir! Anyway, If 343 really wanted to push the envelope, they should release a version of their map creator for people to develope with on their PCs. By map creator I mean actual topographic/geographic creation of new maps with all the landscape items 343 has stored, not just forging certain existing elements in. Then, they could charge people a small fee to submit the maps to a special playlist following basic 343 tests to ensure the map is playable of course. If the map is positevely reviewed by the community it could be brought into permanent rotation in certain playlists...maybe even offer cash prizes for the best map submissions. That AND they should release stuff for the Forge on Consoles to make and edit custom AI, skyboxes, etc. pretty much all the stuff I suggested in the previous post. Just imagine, completey community made maps (not just forged) and Campaign levels co-existing with premium 343 content. Maybe not possible on existing hardware, but hey, theres always H5 and 6.

I just want ODST's silenced SMG. So badass.

Im inclined to think that the new Weapon is some type of Forerunner assualt rifle...too many clear geometric spaces to be a UNSC weapon.