I'm currently getting a problem along with my friends saying that the matchmaking servers are not available. Anyone else getting this problem?
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Sorry for the DP, my internet lagged and I didn't notice until now but I deleted the copy post. The problem is for everyone currently. The servers are having problems. Everyone is back to SR1 with default armor and only the basic playlists are available to play. On the bright side Slayer Pro is back for the moment so I'm happy. I'm curious as to what is causing these server issues though. Hope they get this sorted out. EDIT: They just fixed it. All the armor is back to normal as well as ranks and playlists. Wonder if they were patching something or it was just some sort of problem.
I hadn't really thought about it until today, but if your trying to complete the Gravity Hammer and Energy Sword Commendations, Grif Ball is the best place to do it. If your trying to get the Shotgun and Magnum commendations, Flood is the best place for those. I started playing Grif Ball today, and after 18 games I'm already at the Master level for the GH and I'm already at the Expert level for the Energy Sword.
I finished my sword a long time ago, it spawns on so many maps. Hammer, however, is just hard to come by. So yeah, I agree; Grifball is ace for hammer kills. Played half a dozen games and left the hammer with about 50 kills left so I can use it comfortably without having to worry about getting hundreds of kills.
So the bulletin was actually pretty good last night. I'm ecstatic that they're creating an objective playlist, AND they're removing instant respawn from KoTH and Oddball! I just wish extraction was included. No instant respawn on Team Doubles is also awesome.
Here is my breakdown of the best gametypes/loadouts for certain weapon commendations. First off swat is best for BR, DMR, and Pistol being that headshots are instant kills. Grifball is easy for getting gravity hammer and sword as well as multikill master. Shotgun and First Strike can be easily done in Flood. For automatic loadout weapons I would recommend playing regicide since it is a very close quarters game type. If you are going for ordnance weapons using Requisition with Ordinance Priority you can get more drops and have a better chance at getting what you want. The hardest weapon I've found to master is plasma pistol. The loadout I've created for it consists of any primary weapon (won't be used), plasma pistol as secondary, pulse grenades, and grenadier and explosives as your abilities. This loadout relies on spamming pulse grenades to take out their shields then hammering the plasma pistol. This will most likely be one of the more difficult weapons to get for covenant or weapon mastery.
I was playing grifball last night just to get multikill's then I realized this isn't that fun actually and when Halo 5 comes out my commendations will mean nothing then stopped playing. I'm not huge fan of grifball but only redeeming factor for me personally was been able to strafe/run-circles around people while you had the ball and use your radar to precisely iceskate between there hole team and score and have them be like "how did he get though that", And can't do that in halo 4 (idk if its the settings making ball carrier slower or just that you can't sprint with the ball) Also maps felt HUGE like playing the evade grifball maps in reach except without having evade.
All i know is: i still dont like the bloom, halo has always been about constants, and precision, nothing random, and this makes it twice as hard for a guy with a lesser connection speed to win battles across very far distances. I also dont like how the BR jumps up when you shoot it...tho not as bad as the bloom on the dmr I wish they would tone the bolt shot way down so it has to be right up in your face to kill you... Wish you saw a red x when a teammate died instead of an x on your tracker, and that you saw their icons over their heads instead of the tracker I still dont think sprint belongs in halo, and now that you can do it indefinately with mobility, it just makes the game frustrating imo The bubble shield and regeneration field in halo 3 were enough armor ability type things imo, the jetpack should be a pickup not a starting choice, Camo should be a pickup, hologram is ok id say though. Everything else should go altogether... The loadouts (for weapons and nades) seem to work well...all the start weapons are pretty balanced, minus the AR which i think is a bit overpowered. The maps are good for the most part, think their big maps are better then the small ones minus haven, adrift, solice... the others i dont like. They should bring back Midship, Ascension, The real lockout, real sanctuary, warlock, foundation, coag, burial grounds, Not just forge world remakes. Flood is shitty... The ghost should have a burnout limit on its guns like the MG hog... Wraith doesnt shoot far enough without lookin at the sun i LOVE the scattershot.. perfect new weapon.. but they made the human shotty a bit gay The human sniper sucks compared to the beam rifle. Rate of fire is too slow and i also miss the old sound when firing (lol) Binary rifle is beast.. wouldnt change a thing (good that they have the red dot beam tho, and 2 round clips) needler is a pain in the ass to face, but its pretty balanced imo dont like the grenade indicator icons. just doesnt fit in the game imo. COD yea, halo nah.. Pulse grenade is ass.. bring the spike grenade back or somethin. lol spartan laser takes WAY too long to fire.. overshield is not strong enough imo.. couple shots and a melee or two and your done.. might aswell not even stand out as the guy runnin to the middle of the map to get shot by everyone once he gets it! Miss the old rocket launcher sound fx.. sounds like a hydraulic in a lowrider now title music sucks that ***** cant sing otherwise, games pretty cool. /2cents
Just finished my first game of Throwdown. As much as I dislike a lot of Halo 4, I think this is the best thing they can do with it, competitively. Ordnance doesn't give you game-changing weapons for racking up a few assists (just give you a choice between some of the more useless AAs), no spawning with mini-shotguns or rewarding players that use guns that take no skill (*cough* automatics), etc... Aside from the fact that it seems like the BR and Sniper have gotten significantly easier to use since previous titles and it still has some quirks, this playlist feels like the only competitive one outside of Snipers and Doubles.
Just finished my first game of Throwdown. As much as I dislike a lot of Halo 4, I think this is the best thing they can do with it, competitively. Ordnance doesn't give you game-changing weapons for racking up a few assists (just give you a choice between some of the more useless AAs), no spawning with mini-shotguns or rewarding players that use guns that take no skill (*cough* automatics), etc... Aside from the fact that it seems like the BR and Sniper have gotten significantly easier to use since previous titles and it still has some quirks, this playlist feels like the only competitive one outside of Snipers and Doubles.
Yeah about that, if only they'd just consider fixing the BR, Sniper and all the other buffed weapons, it would improve upon Halo 4's overall competitiveness a lot.
Yeah about that, if only they'd just consider fixing the BR, Sniper and all the other buffed weapons, it would improve upon Halo 4's overall competitiveness a lot.
Well if the BR/DMR were nerfed, making them require more skill to use effectively, they would have to nerf all the automatics because those compete too well as it is.