Loadout menus are stupid. Loadout areas on the other hand are a brilliant idea.

For example, the PoA and the covenant ship (Is the ship itself the T&R or has it got a different name?) should both have fairly large barracks with a variety of weapon sets available. Additionally, warthogs could carry weapons on the back, and so could pelicans.

E: Btw, what happened to some of the people on CMT's team? I just looked at the original first post's team roster, and then compared it to the new roster, and noticed that Sin0w, ShadowSpartan and Conscars are missing. Mistake or have they actually left?
Edited by Jaz on Dec 27, 2011 at 05:11 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58Pw-4t146w&feature=player_embedded

So a thought i had for the shotgun was maybe add a little screen shake to the firing effect. In the weapon tag you'll see firing damage, in there add a screen shake(just a little one).

No screen shake for any weapons I say, at least not in CE. The old technique ruins usability, functionality, and makes it less enjoyable to use, at least big time for me.

awesome...nice work

The HUD looks too close to the middle of the screen... Well mostly the radar

Is the green knob supposed to look like it's glowing? because if not then it's WAY to bright. And even if it is then you should darken it and put in where the light would catch on the plastic surface. Just my opinion :P

He's the guy who always wanted to know about his cooking right?

Always meant to ask; why is the shotgun reticule larger than the original? Don't want to see it changed or anything, but just curious. Happy holidays.

Apparently the spread is bigger than the original, so that is why I made it bigger, but I think it increases damage.

A wider spread would decrease damage, sorta. There'd be less pellets hitting a specific target. Unless you meant you'd increased the damage in order to compensate for that, in which case, pay no mind to the previous statement.

That's because it's in widescreen and Yelo fixes the HUD stretching. It would b harder to see on the far edges of the screen anyway.

I liked the previous shotgun anims better.

Oh, I think Jesse made glowing iron sights for the Halo 3 Shotgun. Do you think you could do something like that for this one?

Bring back the original shotgun reticule please.

I think they widened the spread. This reticle would give you a better idea of where the shot was going.

I don't see why your posting the same HUD again, still has the original painpoints.

... Clever, never noticed this until now, but there is a fainter and somewhat smaller reticule inside of the larger reticule. So I'm guessing the reticule on the inside would be to help you deal with enemies at somewhat longer ranges for more accurate shots, and the larger for aiming at close range and dispatching multiple enemies at once? A reticule within a reticule- didn't think RETICULE-ception was possible :D (OK not funny). But on a more serious note great job, look forward to seeing what you guys will think of next.

In my opinion, I'm ok with the larger shotgun reticle, if it does mean that the shotgun has a spread as large as the reticle, as well as a greater power. The new shotgun sounds and animations give it a nice cohesion as well, giving the shotgun a powerful punch.

I think it reminds me of the Gears 3 sawn off shotgun. With a reticle that covers the entire screen :D

Keep consistent.

My honest opinion: The stock halo one shotgun had a spread that was too wide, i mean it's a militarily grade shotgun it should have a pretty close pattern, so why would you make it bigger? I mean if you put a little thought into it then you'll realize that the halo one shotgun was pretty crappy, you fire and it has a 10 foot spread from 4 feet away. That may be an exaggeration, but still. I think that the shotgun should have a tighter spread, it is a close ranged weapon after all, and a smaller spread would make it more accurate for longer ranges, not a sniping weapon but it would give it a little variety. Just what i would do.

The shotgun is for up-close-and-personal use. If you made the shotgun more accurate, the SMG would have no point anymore because the shotgun would eclipse its power.

Also, reticules are designed to better reflect the weapon itself (range and spread), so that's why the shotgun reticule is bigger now. I personally like it, as it gives each weapon even more of a new feel instead of just being more of a "reskin" to weapons from Halo games you already know.
Edited by ODX on Dec 28, 2011 at 05:51 PM

All i'm saying is i don't think any country, or planet for that matter, would make a weapon like that. They'd try to make it more useful, Any military grade shotgun would have a tighter pattern. Just saying.


I'm not bashing the reticle, i'm saying that i think they need to fix the spread of the shotgun itself and then you would have to make the reticle match.
Edited by grunt_eater on Dec 28, 2011 at 05:29 PM

ever heard of gears of wars' sawed off? nuff said

These are all done for gameplay purposes. Any military in 2552 would be using automatic shotguns, not pump-actions, with a tight spread and a variety of ammunition designed for the sole purpose of ruining you and everything in the room. But, for gameplay purposes, a pump-action is used, and the spread is widened, so as not to go around perforating everything you see.
Edited by Echo77 on Dec 28, 2011 at 05:50 PM

Seeing as this is a video game (read: made for entertainment) loosely based on anything realistic...

Well, I'll just let you reason out the rest xD

But that's a SAWED OFF BARREL, meaning it starts to spread out sooner, it doesn't have the long barrel to get it going in a closer patter and hold it there as long. The elongated barrel holds the pattern tighter, and once it finally get's to the end it's gotten used to being held there, so it doesn't spread out much.

but the point is that it is used by all three major factions in the game, despite the fact that if it isn't fired at point blank range, the target won't be hit. however, if they do hit, the damage will send the target off in a blur of red. So it's not unheard of to have weapons, that realisticly would be considered too inefficient to be used in our militaries, used in video games. The fact that 500 years in the future we're still using a pump action shotgun rather than a quick loading semi-automatic shotgun is more unrealistic than its large spread, so I honestly don't think we should start picking at what's realistic and what's not here.

Meh. Maybe it's just me, but i prefer to play a game that's more realistic.

WOW THEN GET OFF HALOMAPS AND GO PLAY COD!

Call of Duty isn't very realistic either, to be honest. They have the AK-74 classified as a submachine gun, and based their model off of an airsoft gun.
Edited by Echo77 on Dec 28, 2011 at 06:44 PM

This is what happened with half life 1, the shotgun was better at pretty much any range because it was more powerful and accurate than the MP5.

That's the problem. I like realism, but i Love Sci-Fi. Cod is boring and lame, imo. What i really want is to try out Crysis 2, but i don't have 60 bucks. Anyway, that's off topic. So i'll let it go.



I just think that halo would be more fun if the characters and weapons acted like they would in real life, i mean it's like the characters have no training at all, just my opinion.