I dont know if this was posted yet, but just in case it wasnt:
Frankie posted on neoGAF clarifying a bit further that they will not be random as we think…
> You need to learn the map. They do not spawn in random places, or times. There are systems within systems for time. They can be learned. And there will be new strategies for drops.
Frankie post
hopefully this helps (:
edited with a bit more info…from frankie posting on this site for those who did not see it.
> I will point out that they are neither truly random, nor unpredictable. It will still require map control, it’s just going to be a more fluid, mobile kind of control. Camping wouldn’t be a clever way to do it, necessarily. And then only on the gametypes where that’s utilized.
thanks frankie (:
i take this to mean that it will not be in every gametype…which is a good bit of info. (:
I haven’t seen this…Good find!
> I haven’t seen this…Good find!
thanks! it was posted around 5 hours ago, so i wasnt sure if someone had made a post about it here yet…
this is the best news of the day to me. helps me ignore the things i am wary about (:
> > I haven’t seen this…Good find!
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> thanks! it was posted around 5 hours ago, so i wasnt sure if someone had made a post about it here yet…
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> this is the best news of the day to me. helps me ignore the things i am wary about (:
No problem 
Me too!
> > > I haven’t seen this…Good find!
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> > thanks! it was posted around 5 hours ago, so i wasnt sure if someone had made a post about it here yet…
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> > this is the best news of the day to me. helps me ignore the things i am wary about (:
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> No problem Me too!
i wonder though, how this will work…
sniper spawn a, b, c…a time is 1:30, b time is 2:00, c time is 2:30…so the game would start at c at 12:00…a comes up at 10:30, b comes up at 8:30, c comes up at 6:00?
something like that maybe might be really interesting…
Nice maybe it wont be all that bad…
Although im still hoping its in a playlist all its own kind of thing…
> Nice maybe it wont be all that bad…
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> Although im still hoping its in a playlist all its own kind of thing…
there was a post a few days ago from frankie alluding to it not being in every playlist…i think he actually posted it here if i remember right…
Oh Nice, Not as bad as it first sounded then :3
edited to answer F U N Z B O B and add a little more clarification on the mystery of random weapon droppage (:
> Oh Nice, Not as bad as it first sounded then :3
yeah, hopefully more info will come out of the podcast and stuff…not comfortable with all these changes, but i want to wait till all the facts are clear before loving/hating them.
glad you appreciated the post though :3
> > Oh Nice, Not as bad as it first sounded then :3
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> yeah, hopefully more info will come out of the podcast and stuff…not comfortable with all these changes, but i want to wait till all the facts are clear before loving/hating them.
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> glad you appreciated the post though :3
Same here, Untill all facts and what not are 100% clear I’m not going to really hate or overly love any ideas just yet.
& Welcome :3
> > > Oh Nice, Not as bad as it first sounded then :3
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> > yeah, hopefully more info will come out of the podcast and stuff…not comfortable with all these changes, but i want to wait till all the facts are clear before loving/hating them.
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> > glad you appreciated the post though :3
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> Same here, Untill all facts and what not are 100% clear I’m not going to really hate or overly love any ideas just yet.
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> & Welcome :3
now if only more people would sit back and wait…at least until the podcast.
btw, has there been any news about when that is coming out?
So it doesn’t sound as retarded as it first seemed but since the main thing we’ve got to go on is it’s designed “to lessen the advantage experienced players have over newer players” I still have no faith in it.
You should be rewarded for your experience.
> You should be rewarded for your experience.
You will be! With experience you’ll be able to buy shinier armour and better guns 
> So it doesn’t sound as limited as it first seemed but since the main thing we’ve got to go on is it’s designed “to lessen the advantage experienced players have over newer players” I still have no faith in it.
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> You should be rewarded for your experience.
well, it seems like this is rewarding. harder to learn, but advantageous still.
also, @o0MrCheesy0o…all weapons are available normally in the sandbox. no unlocking for weapons. frankie confirmed it and i posted it a day or so ago.
well this makes me excited for the sparkcast…hopefully it comes out tomorrow (:
> Just listened to the upcoming @HaloWaypoint Sparkcast. MUST LISTEN for clarity on multiplayer. Great job, guys.
twitter link
> well this makes me excited for the sparkcast…hopefully it comes out tomorrow (:
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> > Just listened to the upcoming @HaloWaypoint Sparkcast. MUST LISTEN for clarity on multiplayer. Great job, guys.
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> twitter link
Yes! Hopefully we can listen soon! I’m all ears for this info. also, I’m very happy to hear about the extra info on weapon drops, so thanks for that. While I am very interested in these new weapon drops, and how they work, we all worried for the chance that they would be messy and random. Franky calms this fact with much of what he says about it, but that concerns me too.
The chief reasoning when mentioning the Weapon Drops was that new players wouldn’t be disadvantaged against more experienced players, which in some sense infuriated many of us because good players shouldn’t be punished for being good, new players should seek to up the ante or settle for being lesser. However, with more and more info coming out and more being pointed in the direction that it is indeed not “random”, how does help the goal they set out to accomplish in the first place?
Sure, I’m glad they’re more predictable (whatever the hell that means), however I don’t understand what they’re trying to do here. If it’s a more complicated system, that requires more effort in timing (which is what it seems like at this point) then it would seek to do the opposite of what it was intended to do- as stated by them.
Assuming of course that the drop system is even remotely complicated to begin with. It’s all so confusing, I wish we could just see the damn thing in action already.
oh same here, I would really like to see out in action already.
thanks for the appreciation! ill keep trying to find little tidbits as they emerge
that sounds like they will be on a sequence.