Man this actually a post to praise 343 again. Like I know this is bold but this will be the greatest Halo ever. I completely have fate in 343. I’m still finding more lil but big things in the trailers what a week later. Everytime I have a fear I go back n watch them address it in the trailer but we missed it.here a example:
Pocketing of overshield n camo is seen as Controversial, but even that the balanced. 1. With the long animation to active them. 2. I’ve just noticed it’s a trail like the flag emits that indicates(red by the Spartans waist) the player has the overshield pocketed so u know before you engage him.
I’m assuming it will be a blue trail if they have camo.
But 343 snuck so many hints n this tells me they thought of everything for balance. Bravo 343. I’ve seen enough. I trust you guys. Gone ahead n make your game guys. You finna knock it out
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> Man this actually a post to praise 343 again. Like I know this is bold but this will be the greatest Halo ever. I completely have fate in 343. I’m still finding more lil but big things in the trailers what a week later. Everytime I have a fear I go back n watch them address it in the trailer but we missed it.here a example:
>
> Pocketing of overshield n camo is seen as Controversial, but even that the balanced. 1. With the long animation to active them. 2. I’ve just noticed it’s a trail like the flag emits that indicates(red by the Spartans waist) the player has the overshield pocketed so u know before you engage him.
> I’m assuming it will be a blue trail if they have camo.
>
> But 343 snuck so many hints n this tells me they thought of everything for balance. Bravo 343. I’ve seen enough. I trust you guys. Gone ahead n make your game guys. You finna knock it out
Haha I feel this is a bit hyperbolic but sounds like you are hype as hell so hope it lives up to your expectations.
I just hope that the Indicators for them are noticable enough and use the classic triangle eye and cicle box visual language that is baked into my skull.
I’m expecting damage boost and speed boost to return also.
For me the bigger news is how this is applicable to campaign and how like CE had power ups on halo 04 zeta will bring power ups to campaign again.
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> Man this actually a post to praise 343 again. Like I know this is bold but this will be the greatest Halo ever. I completely have fate in 343. I’m still finding more lil but big things in the trailers what a week later. Everytime I have a fear I go back n watch them address it in the trailer but we missed it.here a example:
>
> Pocketing of overshield n camo is seen as Controversial, but even that the balanced. 1. With the long animation to active them. 2. I’ve just noticed it’s a trail like the flag emits that indicates(red by the Spartans waist) the player has the overshield pocketed so u know before you engage him.
> I’m assuming it will be a blue trail if they have camo.
>
> But 343 snuck so many hints n this tells me they thought of everything for balance. Bravo 343. I’ve seen enough. I trust you guys. Gone ahead n make your game guys. You finna knock it out
I enjoy the idea as well. It is balanced and just seems natural to the game.
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> > Man this actually a post to praise 343 again. Like I know this is bold but this will be the greatest Halo ever. I completely have fate in 343. I’m still finding more lil but big things in the trailers what a week later. Everytime I have a fear I go back n watch them address it in the trailer but we missed it.here a example:
> >
> > Pocketing of overshield n camo is seen as Controversial, but even that the balanced. 1. With the long animation to active them. 2. I’ve just noticed it’s a trail like the flag emits that indicates(red by the Spartans waist) the player has the overshield pocketed so u know before you engage him.
> > I’m assuming it will be a blue trail if they have camo.
> >
> > But 343 snuck so many hints n this tells me they thought of everything for balance. Bravo 343. I’ve seen enough. I trust you guys. Gone ahead n make your game guys. You finna knock it out
>
> Haha I feel this is a bit hyperbolic but sounds like you are hype as hell so hope it lives up to your expectations.
>
> I just hope that the Indicators for them are noticable enough and use the classic triangle eye and cicle box visual language that is baked into my skull.
> I’m expecting damage boost and speed boost to return also.
> For me the bigger news is how this is applicable to campaign and how like CE had power ups on halo 04 zeta will bring power ups to campaign again.
It is once u know what to look for. U see a after trail. Now when I watch it’s so obvious to see. I was wondering what that was then it made sense
I can’t lie, I’m going to miss the big orbs. I just loved how they looked.
That being said the power ups will be really cool as now you can’t just run and grab it/burn it like in the old games, it will be a much more tactical fight to obtain them meaning it will be that much more rewarding when you do get it.
The first time you kill someone while they’re equipping overshield will be hype.
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> > Man this actually a post to praise 343 again. Like I know this is bold but this will be the greatest Halo ever. I completely have fate in 343. I’m still finding more lil but big things in the trailers what a week later. Everytime I have a fear I go back n watch them address it in the trailer but we missed it.here a example:
> >
> > Pocketing of overshield n camo is seen as Controversial, but even that the balanced. 1. With the long animation to active them. 2. I’ve just noticed it’s a trail like the flag emits that indicates(red by the Spartans waist) the player has the overshield pocketed so u know before you engage him.
> > I’m assuming it will be a blue trail if they have camo.
> >
> > But 343 snuck so many hints n this tells me they thought of everything for balance. Bravo 343. I’ve seen enough. I trust you guys. Gone ahead n make your game guys. You finna knock it out
>
> I enjoy the idea as well. It is balanced and just seems natural to the game.
Yep. I’m getting alot of apex legends vibes. I like that. Apex has such good visual and audio cues that smart players easy pick up on. I can tell when a guy is reviving someone, recharging a shield, using health from a mile away with seeing anything just by sound alone. I really hope halo has that match audio cues as well. It’s those lil thing that make handphones so important
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> > > Man this actually a post to praise 343 again. Like I know this is bold but this will be the greatest Halo ever. I completely have fate in 343. I’m still finding more lil but big things in the trailers what a week later. Everytime I have a fear I go back n watch them address it in the trailer but we missed it.here a example:
> > >
> > > Pocketing of overshield n camo is seen as Controversial, but even that the balanced. 1. With the long animation to active them. 2. I’ve just noticed it’s a trail like the flag emits that indicates(red by the Spartans waist) the player has the overshield pocketed so u know before you engage him.
> > > I’m assuming it will be a blue trail if they have camo.
> > >
> > > But 343 snuck so many hints n this tells me they thought of everything for balance. Bravo 343. I’ve seen enough. I trust you guys. Gone ahead n make your game guys. You finna knock it out
> >
> > I enjoy the idea as well. It is balanced and just seems natural to the game.
>
> Yep. I’m getting alot of apex legends vibes. I like that. Apex has such good visual and audio cues that smart players easy pick up on. I can tell when a guy is reviving someone, recharging a shield, using health from a mile away with seeing anything just by sound alone. I really hope halo has that match audio cues as well. It’s those lil thing that make handphones so important
Funny you say that. When I played Apex Legends for the first time I thought it played slightly like Halo.
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> I can’t lie, I’m going to miss the big orbs. I just loved how they looked.
>
> That being said the power ups will be really cool as now you can’t just run and grab it/burn it like in the old games, it will be a much more tactical fight to obtain them meaning it will be that much more rewarding when you do get it.
>
> The first time you kill someone while they’re equipping overshield will be hype.
Or the fact just Pocketing it makes you a target by the trail you emit. Man it’s a double edge sword to pocket it now. Just such a smart game play tweak that really adds a layer
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> > > > Man this actually a post to praise 343 again. Like I know this is bold but this will be the greatest Halo ever. I completely have fate in 343. I’m still finding more lil but big things in the trailers what a week later. Everytime I have a fear I go back n watch them address it in the trailer but we missed it.here a example:
> > > >
> > > > Pocketing of overshield n camo is seen as Controversial, but even that the balanced. 1. With the long animation to active them. 2. I’ve just noticed it’s a trail like the flag emits that indicates(red by the Spartans waist) the player has the overshield pocketed so u know before you engage him.
> > > > I’m assuming it will be a blue trail if they have camo.
> > > >
> > > > But 343 snuck so many hints n this tells me they thought of everything for balance. Bravo 343. I’ve seen enough. I trust you guys. Gone ahead n make your game guys. You finna knock it out
> > >
> > > I enjoy the idea as well. It is balanced and just seems natural to the game.
> >
> > Yep. I’m getting alot of apex legends vibes. I like that. Apex has such good visual and audio cues that smart players easy pick up on. I can tell when a guy is reviving someone, recharging a shield, using health from a mile away with seeing anything just by sound alone. I really hope halo has that match audio cues as well. It’s those lil thing that make handphones so important
>
> Funny you say that. When I played Apex Legends for the first time I thought it played slightly like Halo.
Yep crazy when they first dropped apex I was like meh. Never gave it a chance. Started playing after my cuzzin convinced me to play like 3 months ago n play it every single day now. As soon as we get off we hop straight on lol. It reminds me of all the fun halo moments we used to have during 1 through 3. N infinite has me so hyped. I’m glad 343 funny understands just make a fun game. Apex ain’t a graphical showpiece, hell it be clipping grass n all kind of -Yoink!- stuff. But all my buddies over look it cause it’s so fun. Crazy we be in the bar talking apex Strategies. Being such a good game made me actually play for skins really just cause I wanted to reward the dev for the fun experience. I never really buy extra stuff on a game. But it felt like I was stealing all the hours I’ve put in
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> > > > > Man this actually a post to praise 343 again. Like I know this is bold but this will be the greatest Halo ever. I completely have fate in 343. I’m still finding more lil but big things in the trailers what a week later. Everytime I have a fear I go back n watch them address it in the trailer but we missed it.here a example:
> > > > >
> > > > > Pocketing of overshield n camo is seen as Controversial, but even that the balanced. 1. With the long animation to active them. 2. I’ve just noticed it’s a trail like the flag emits that indicates(red by the Spartans waist) the player has the overshield pocketed so u know before you engage him.
> > > > > I’m assuming it will be a blue trail if they have camo.
> > > > >
> > > > > But 343 snuck so many hints n this tells me they thought of everything for balance. Bravo 343. I’ve seen enough. I trust you guys. Gone ahead n make your game guys. You finna knock it out
> > > >
> > > > I enjoy the idea as well. It is balanced and just seems natural to the game.
> > >
> > > Yep. I’m getting alot of apex legends vibes. I like that. Apex has such good visual and audio cues that smart players easy pick up on. I can tell when a guy is reviving someone, recharging a shield, using health from a mile away with seeing anything just by sound alone. I really hope halo has that match audio cues as well. It’s those lil thing that make handphones so important
> >
> > Funny you say that. When I played Apex Legends for the first time I thought it played slightly like Halo.
>
> Yep crazy when they first dropped apex I was like meh. Never gave it a chance. Started playing after my cuzzin convinced me to play like 3 months ago n play it every single day now. As soon as we get off we hop straight on lol. It reminds me of all the fun halo moments we used to have during 1 through 3. N infinite has me so hyped. I’m glad 343 funny understands just make a fun game. Apex ain’t a graphical showpiece, hell it be clipping grass n all kind of -Yoink!- stuff. But all my buddies over look it cause it’s so fun. Crazy we be in the bar talking apex Strategies. Being such a good game made me actually play for skins really just cause I wanted to reward the dev for the fun experience. I never really buy extra stuff on a game. But it felt like I was stealing all the hours I’ve put in
It kinda is a showpiece just on PC on max settings lol. I fell off Apex Legends pretty hard since they never balanced the game until way later. Infinite hopefully can bring arena shooters back so we can get over the oversaturated BR market.
Yeah, I agree with you. It looks like 343 has really considered balance and counterplay, and the change is really in keeping with classic game design philosophy ideals. One of my immediate concerns about powerup equipment was ‘will you be able to know if a player is carrying a power-up before they activate it?’. I Watched it in slow-mo, and there it was, the light trail. Seemed they had already addressed my concern. The fact you can kill a player mid activation is great too.
I do have one more concern, specifically for the overshield, don’t really have any for the Active Cammo. Will activating overshield put you in a temporary invulnerability state?/ Will it undo any damage you took before activating? That’s how Overshields has worked in the past. I think that would be OP for a pocket Overshield. However, 343 may have already addressed this… This is a lot of speculation on my part and in no way confirmed, but it looks to me this version of the overshield will work differently. It appears that, in both the 3rd person and 1st person shield animations, the overshield activates instantly, without the charge up. Additionally, I find it interesting 343 have dropped the green overshield colour in favour of an amber one. And I find it interesting that they hid the shield bar in the gameplay footage. It got me thinking, maybe instead of overshields adding a layer of shields on top of your current one, it will instead make the shields you have twice as strong? Meaning, for example, if you are at 1/3 shields when you activate it, you will still be at 1/3 shields, however, that remaining shield will be able to take twice the damage. MLG Halo Reach had a very similar Custom Overshield/ Damage Resistance boost power-up.
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> > > Man this actually a post to praise 343 again. Like I know this is bold but this will be the greatest Halo ever. I completely have fate in 343. I’m still finding more lil but big things in the trailers what a week later. Everytime I have a fear I go back n watch them address it in the trailer but we missed it.here a example:
> > >
> > > Pocketing of overshield n camo is seen as Controversial, but even that the balanced. 1. With the long animation to active them. 2. I’ve just noticed it’s a trail like the flag emits that indicates(red by the Spartans waist) the player has the overshield pocketed so u know before you engage him.
> > > I’m assuming it will be a blue trail if they have camo.
> > >
> > > But 343 snuck so many hints n this tells me they thought of everything for balance. Bravo 343. I’ve seen enough. I trust you guys. Gone ahead n make your game guys. You finna knock it out
> >
> > Haha I feel this is a bit hyperbolic but sounds like you are hype as hell so hope it lives up to your expectations.
> >
> > I just hope that the Indicators for them are noticable enough and use the classic triangle eye and cicle box visual language that is baked into my skull.
> > I’m expecting damage boost and speed boost to return also.
> > For me the bigger news is how this is applicable to campaign and how like CE had power ups on halo 04 zeta will bring power ups to campaign again.
>
> It is once u know what to look for. U see a after trail. Now when I watch it’s so obvious to see. I was wondering what that was then it made sense
I noticed it also but there are several factors that weren’t applicable to the trailer to consider in game so I will reserve judgement. I’m not convinced it is wherebit needs to be just yet.
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> Yeah, I agree with you. It looks like 343 has really considered balance and counterplay, and the change is really in keeping with classic game design philosophy ideals. One of my immediate concerns about powerup equipment was ‘will you be able to know if a player is carrying a power-up before they activate it?’. I Watched it in slow-mo, and there it was, the light trail. Seemed they had already addressed my concern. The fact you can kill a player mid activation is great too.
>
> I do have one more concern, specifically for the overshield, don’t really have any for the Active Cammo. Will activating overshield put you in a temporary invulnerability state?/ Will it undo any damage you took before activating? That’s how Overshields has worked in the past. I think that would be OP for a pocket Overshield. However, 343 may have already addressed this… This is a lot of speculation on my part and in no way confirmed, but it looks to me this version of the overshield will work differently. It appears that, in both the 3rd person and 1st person shield animations, the overshield activates instantly, without the charge up. Additionally, I find it interesting 343 have dropped the green overshield colour in favour of an amber one. And I find it interesting that they hid the shield bar in the gameplay footage. It got me thinking, maybe instead of overshields adding a layer of shields on top of your current one, it will instead make the shields you have twice as strong? Meaning, for example, if you are at 1/3 shields when you activate it, you will still be at 1/3 shields, however, that remaining shield will be able to take twice the damage. MLG Halo Reach had a very similar Custom Overshield/ Damage Resistance boost power-up.
I’m assuming the colour change is due to the new team indicator solution as many will likely apply green as a custom colour.
They’ve objectively botched every launch and arguably all their games have been average or worse. Yet somehow the community lets themselves get hyped and every time they are disappointed.
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> They’ve objectively botched every launch and arguably all their games have been average or worse. Yet somehow the community lets themselves get hyped and every time they are disappointed.
Because 343 does one thing some other companies don’t.
They care. They listen and they learn. Halo Infinite is proof of that. If Halo Infinite releases and you still aren’t diggin it, then Halo might not be for you anymore bro.
There’s a trail for the powerups? Didn’t even notice lol.
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> > They’ve objectively botched every launch and arguably all their games have been average or worse. Yet somehow the community lets themselves get hyped and every time they are disappointed.
>
> Because 343 does one thing some other companies don’t.
> They care. They listen and they learn. Halo Infinite is proof of that. If Halo Infinite releases and you still aren’t diggin it, then Halo might not be for you anymore bro.
343i do seem to be listening and I think pocketing overshields / camo is a good idea, it opens up all sorts of gameplay options imo. However, I think Big Naaaaaaasty has point too. We should be cautious, we have definitely had a bad run in this franchise. H5 and MCC were poor when launched, not being negative. Just keeping my hype firmly in check at this time.
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> > > They’ve objectively botched every launch and arguably all their games have been average or worse. Yet somehow the community lets themselves get hyped and every time they are disappointed.
> >
> > Because 343 does one thing some other companies don’t.
> > They care. They listen and they learn. Halo Infinite is proof of that. If Halo Infinite releases and you still aren’t diggin it, then Halo might not be for you anymore bro.
>
> 343i do seem to be listening and I think pocketing overshields / camo is a good idea, it opens up all sorts of gameplay options imo. However, I think Big Naaaaaaasty has point too. We should be cautious, we have definitely had a bad run in this franchise. H5 and MCC were poor when launched, not being negative. Just keeping my hype firmly in check at this time.
For sure. I’m in the unique position of being able to enjoy the game even if it was broken because i’m a heavily biased fanboy, but definetly gotta keep your expectations low. Also keep in mind that there’s no such thing as a perfect launch! Every game to my knowledge has had bugs, network issues, etc at launch.
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> > > They’ve objectively botched every launch and arguably all their games have been average or worse. Yet somehow the community lets themselves get hyped and every time they are disappointed.
> >
> > Because 343 does one thing some other companies don’t.
> > They care. They listen and they learn. Halo Infinite is proof of that. If Halo Infinite releases and you still aren’t diggin it, then Halo might not be for you anymore bro.
>
> 343i do seem to be listening and I think pocketing overshields / camo is a good idea, it opens up all sorts of gameplay options imo. However, I think Big Naaaaaaasty has point too. We should be cautious, we have definitely had a bad run in this franchise. H5 and MCC were poor when launched, not being negative. Just keeping my hype firmly in check at this time.
There is being cautious and then there is just being nasty (no pun intended). Considering there is sustain towards fans being excited for Infinite, I doubt our buddy up there is being cautious to really keep expectations in check.
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> > > > They’ve objectively botched every launch and arguably all their games have been average or worse. Yet somehow the community lets themselves get hyped and every time they are disappointed.
> > >
> > > Because 343 does one thing some other companies don’t.
> > > They care. They listen and they learn. Halo Infinite is proof of that. If Halo Infinite releases and you still aren’t diggin it, then Halo might not be for you anymore bro.
> >
> > 343i do seem to be listening and I think pocketing overshields / camo is a good idea, it opens up all sorts of gameplay options imo. However, I think Big Naaaaaaasty has point too. We should be cautious, we have definitely had a bad run in this franchise. H5 and MCC were poor when launched, not being negative. Just keeping my hype firmly in check at this time.
>
> There is being cautious and then there is just being nasty (no pun intended). Considering there is sustain towards fans being excited for Infinite, I doubt our buddy up there is being cautious to really keep expectations in check.
Just pointing out they have a point. And despite apparent good intentions from 343i I’m keeping my hype in check.