I don’t like how when you get a kill in muiltiplayer the screen flashes in the dead center and says “kill” or “assist” etc. its distracting and completely unnecessary in my opinion. Why can’t we just go back to the old halo 3 way of telling you when you got a kill and NOT giving you 3000 medals for a single headshot.
just my two cents.
But pretty medals and flashy messages make me feel special!
Lol now i love feeling special as much as the next guy, but this isn’t cod, we don’t need gimmicks.
I agree to an extent. I just think that too much stuff on screen can be distracting. It didn’t seem too distracting in the videos.
New design, new updates, new everything practically. I’m content with the way it displays currently, besides, people will get used to it.
> Lol now i love feeling special as much as the next guy, but this isn’t cod, we don’t need gimmicks.
So what just because CoD has guns, does it mean HALO is CoD? I like gimmicks…Besides I’m pretty sure you aren’t going too die in-game because you’re to busy reading a word with less than 3 syllables.
Having those words in the bottom left is MUCH more distracting than having them near the center where I don’t have to take my eye off of my reticle.
I preferred when it was on the side of the screen by the radar. I’m not blind, I can see it there; it doesn’t need to flash infront of me everytime I do something.
> Having those words in the bottom left is MUCH more distracting than having them near the center where I don’t have to take my eye off of my reticle.
This, your main focus is now where you are aiming. If it was like Reach or H3 and you had a habit of looking down in the corner for a second you had a good chance of dying.
I’m still open on these new changes and once the game is in my hands and I play it, I will begin to adapt to all the changes.
> I preferred when it was on the side of the screen by the radar. I’m not blind, I can see it there; it doesn’t need to flash infront of me everytime I do something.
Agreed, seems a little excessive and I dont like things flashing near my reticle. It seems like it would just be an annoyance and seems fit for specialized game modes like Spartan Ops but not competitive multiplayer.
> I don’t like how when you get a kill in muiltiplayer the screen flashes in the dead center and says “kill” or “assist” etc. its distracting and completely unnecessary in my opinion. Why can’t we just go back to the old halo 3 way of telling you when you got a kill and NOT giving you 3000 medals for a single headshot.
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> just my two cents.
We still have five months left. The game may change by then.
I honestly didn’t even notice it.
> New design, new updates, new everything practically. I’m content with the way it displays currently, besides, people will get used to it.
Exactly, it seems to work in all other FPS games, Halo is just (as always) a bit late on picking up that particular feature, just like loadouts, join in progress, season pass and such.
I think it might even be beneficial for split-screen players, all “messages” will be displayed in the middle of “your” screen, and only to you. Not anywhere near the other player which to me is a good thing. You know what you get when, and don’t have to “get used” to looking at some other place when playing with a friend.
Absolutely agree with OP, thank God somebody else is bugged by this. It’s unnecessary and distracting. Is your vision so bad that you can’t notice a medal in the corner of your screen without having to look down at it? Have bright and distinct medals and that’ll solve your whole problem. That white text is unnecessary and I could see it being an annoyance on long range maps with people trying to no scope other players from very far away. Yes, it’s a risky move, but it hasn’t stopped those MLG players ever, but this text seems like it’ll be great accidental cover for those players off in the distance.
> Lol now i love feeling special as much as the next guy, but this isn’t cod, we don’t need gimmicks.
How exactly is putting text on your screen in a different spot a gimmick?
I hope there is an option to turn the text off. The old text is still there in the bottom left corner. The new text is just a silly way to make people feel good.
At least the text isn’t super big and distracting like in COD. If they want to include it I’m all for it.
I can certainly understand it being a problem for those with small TVs, but the support’s gotta end somewhere.
Completely agreed with the OP on this one. I really hope they remove the messages that appear above the reticule.
I like being rewarded, but not in the middle of my screen.
Also, headshots and assists aren’t exactly uncommon in Halo, so I’d prefer for it to not show over my reticule every time I get them.