Hey guys, earlier today(Feb 6) the the Halo 4 Servers were down. But they had up all the original default playlists from day 1. And while I was playing, I noticed that we were all wearing recruit armor. We were all SR1’s and none of us had custom loadouts.
So the ingame default choices for loadouts were:
- Assault Rifle/Pistol-Hardlight Shield
- DMR/Pistol-Hologram
And I noticed that it was really really fun! Everyone was driving around in vehicles, and they could actually do something without being EMP’d by someones Plasma Pistol, or stuck by a plasma grenade.
It was also easier to prepare for an encounter because I knew they were gonna be exactly like me, and I could draw up my battle strategy before even attacking. My friends and I really had an awesome time.
I think if they had placed weapons on the map it would have been super amazing! Ordnance was even really nice, it actually made me think of calling in Plasma grenades over some of the other choices, something that I’m sure none of us ever consider.
I don’t know, it was just a really cool way to play. Very traditional, but with the right spice of Halo 4. I think if they made a playlist where we all spawned with the same weapons, no loadouts, had weapons spawn on the map, I think it would be most popular. Vehicles wouldn’t even need a buff. Because we were all using them just fine today. I don’t know though, would need more tweaking of course. I thought it was pretty cool for sure though. I was actually kinda sad when the servers came back up fully and everyone went back to playing like before.
Just some thoughts. Did anyone else play during the down time? Thoughts?
Your going to like team throwdown then.
Funny this post popped up. Me and my “halo buddies” all prayed the servers wouldn’t recorrect. It was a real pleasant experience with no jetpacks, boltshots and other cheese ruining the experience as per usual. I could carry on further, but you guys already have the idea. That mysterious, elusive “Team Throwdown” had better show up soon. Population decreases by the day…
I hope this made other people realize that wanting to strip the game down isn’t a nostalgia thing. It would actually improve the gameplay.
And to think i went to college today instead of playing halo. Sadly I missed the server problems, sounds like it was actually enjoyable for the most part.
It was the most fun I had while playing Halo in weeks! It actually felt a bit like old school Halo, that is, until ordanance drops came and the red team got a bunch of binary rifles and my team got stuck with sticky detonators and concussion rifles…
Also, holograms, holograms everywhere! 
I really like pro settings…AA’s striped away what made this game so fun and separates the mens for the boys. AA’s are so much of a crutch people rely on. Also, not having the boltshot was a god send… It made the smaller maps playable again
Sadly I only got to play a few games, but I did thoroughly enjoy it. I think it really says something that so many chose to keep on playing when not earning any commendations or XP.
I wasn’t even on this morning so, I didn’t get to participate.But yeah hopefully this Team Throwdown playlist comes soon, then fanboys will realize nostilgia isn’t killing Halo. The competitives will finally have their playlist while casuals have theirs.
It was awesome! I finally got to enjoy some more KOTH.
Bump!
Yep, I am really looking forward to Team Throwdown.