With the skirmishers, can we assume that they jump down from high places to catch players off guard? Or do they have the same bland gameplay as they did in Reach?

Really? Hmm... I need to go backwards. I only recently got internet back so i guess i haven't seen them. Sorry. :p

Halo 1 elites on legendary with no pistol or plasma pistol.
Is it just me or was the halo 1 Ma5D a bit.. Weak? Best fire rate in the series but.. Very Weak. It wasn't until halo 3 that I accepted it.

The MA5B in Combat Evolved is comparable to the M7 submachine gun featured in Halo 2 (which is why the MA5 was excluded from that game).

"One of the comments on the weapon changes in Halo 2 revolved around the fact that in Halo 1, 'the assault rifle handled like an SMG and the pistol handled like a rifle.' In Halo 2, the altered weapon loadout featured 'a rifle that handles like a rifle, a pistol that handles like a pistol, and an SMG that handles like an SMG.'" - Halopedia
Edited by Echo77 on May 29, 2013 at 12:01 PM

Technically the MA5B is similar to the rest of the MA5 series in terms of firepower (it's actually a little more powerful than the MA5C; it takes 15 rounds to kill in multiplayer than 16), but it's so inaccurate that you can't effectively use all of its power unless your enemy is quite literally within spitting distance.

Mainly because of it's extremely large magazine.

If it was as accurate as the MA5C, it would kill enemies very quickly.
Edited by Dumb AI on May 30, 2013 at 10:31 AM

CMT sux monkey tenticles

...I thought we were discussing monkey TENTACLES. This escalated very quickly!

get it because monkeys don't have tentacles

get it

it's funny right?

why does CMT get so much hate on here anyway. Seems a bit pointless from my perspective

I know in this case it was a joke, it was horribly obvious. But I was meaning in general, not this one time. Poor timing on my part I suppose

From what I've gathered from my observations of cmt over the years, it seems to be because:

-CMT creates less "custom" content than they did back in the day (not custom as in custom models and textures, I mean custom as in weapons such as the anti air rocket launcher, brg, t850 chaingun, jackal plasma rifle, apparition, the list goes on) (this hate usually comes from old school cmt fans)

-They are modding the default campaign rather than creating something completely fresh and new (this hate usually comes from Lumoria lovers)

-They've fully embraced OpenSauce (some people aren't fond of amarillo map files)

-They're new design styles/work ethic (content resembles that of other halo games rather than spectacular original designs that feel new and fresh)

these are just the tip of the iceburg, but honestly a team like CMT will never be able to please everyone, They're project has too many elements that can and have lead to displeasure among certain people, while greatly pleasing others.

The tip of the iceburger?

I would love to see some custom weapons like the chaingun and many other custom weapons you did in the past, but I am pleased with what you have done and will do as everything so far is incredible.

oh no no NO, burgers have been known to spontaneously combust when frozen. Entire neighborhoods have been lost due to this tragic law of science

It's called the McNasty Burger Effect tm
Edited by Delicon20 on Jun 1, 2013 at 11:41 AM

The funny thing about custom weapons (new ideas or new takes on old ones) is often the testers have a negative reaction to them. That said, there will be some in the SPV3 Tagset, some are new takes on ideas and concepts shown in H:R and H4.

it's hard to make good weapon sounds without spending on decent equipment, or learning like a madman how to do it through software.

Looking forward to seeing them

It's been almost a year since was annouced TSC: Evolved. Although, the only visual info we have on the map is from the project trailer and the opensauce 3.1 trailer.

Masters1337, can you tell us when do we get to play?

And can you share some images from this map?

It would be badarse if you're walking through a canyon with some ODST's in front of you and they drop in from the top, or a phantom, and assassinate them like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmEUBGnKFIg&t=11s Lol.

You'll see it when we're ready to show it off.

i know that this isn't what people are discussing right now in this thread, but regarding the brutes, could CMT add in a berserking behavior like the one from halo 2, where the brute will recklessly charge and shoulder bash players? however instead of just having the last brute in the pack berserk (like in H2) or having all brutes berserk after their armor breaks (like in H3), why not add in a new berserk activation script, perhaps something like this:
-say the average brute pack is in groups of 8
-the script creates an integer, lets say 15
-upon the brutes first sighting the player, they each run the script independently
-the chance to go into berserking mode is "integer" out of 100
-if one of the brutes berserk, 20 is subtracted from the integer
-after a brute is killed 10 is added to the integer and each of the brutes runs the script again
-if the integer is ever less than 0, then the script is no longer valid, and doesn't affect that particular brute pack anymore
-after all brutes in a pack are killed, the integer resets to 15

potential rules:
-chieftains are immune to berserking
-while berserking, the affected brute receives an additional 20% health, and is immune to stun/stagger/taunting/interruptions/disorientation
-brutes will exit berserking mode after 15 seconds with no visual contact of any enemies
-(just for fun, perhaps have berserking brutes begin attacking nearby grunts if they have no visual contact of any enemies, and grunts will flee from berserking brutes. grunts are not considered an enemy to berserking brutes and won't attack them or affect the visual contact cooldown.)

just my thoughts, i figure u could run this by kirby and your testing team and get their opinions. have a nice day masters
Edited by greg079 on Jun 1, 2013 at 06:08 PM

Thats... Thats not a bad idea, but i'm sure they already have system for the brutes. But seriously though... Thats not a bad idea...

glad people seem to like my idea so far. i was mostly trying to make a suggestion to masters since he is the most frequent posting CMT member here. i'm open to suggestions, or just shutting the fck up, whatever works.

Halo 3 had the best System for Berserk i think, but it was also kinda predictable, so you could plan around it.

That said, when a fully shielded one went Berserk on legendary, Everything went through the roof, and backpedaling was now your favorite thing in the world.

I think it'd be interesting if they charged you like in halo 2, but then did a 2 hit melee similar to h1 hunters (like maybe slam into you then follow with a headbutt), then broke off into berserking behaviour like that of halo 3, headbutting, kicking, and jumping at opponents while not being bullet sponges that trap you in a corner
Edited by Delicon20 on Jun 1, 2013 at 08:02 PM

as neat as that would be, maybe a two hit combo of the famous H2 shoulder tackle, then very quickly slam the player with their forearm. it would be very quick, and very effective. i mean, come on, brutes were meant to be brawler/grenadier shock troopers, they should be good at CQC instead of mediocre attacks.

A 3 hit combo would probably be a bit more more fair to the player.

Will Captain Keyes/Cortana/Other Marines get new textures and models as well? Cause it won't look very good if everything will have awesome new textures and models but the marines looked the same.

I was never really crazy about the Brute rage modes in the games. The worst thing I think you can do is have enemies that run at you shooting who don't react to weapon fire. Our brutes do prefer close range combat and melee attacks, but you won't be seeing the SPV3 ones go into a rage like the other games.

hey guys i know this has probably been covered but brute chieftains are not scary without either a fuel rod or a hammer. the fuel rod is do-able but the hammer? can you please add it in and make it not usable? i know it would be more work but brutes arent brutes without hammers.. i dont care if one cant use them its just {begin rant: okay so ive always been a halo ce fan. ive played it since i was ten and recently ive hooked up my surround sound, bought a new laptop, hooked it up to my 42 inch and bought a xbox 360 controller, ive been playing spv3 and i gotta say the feeling is awesome. its prefferable even to playing reach or halo 4 at times. i would really enjoy having that authentic scary brute hammer feel in your custom campaigns. so please atleast consider? otherwise always great to see teams like this alive and putting out new fresh content! great job and keep it up! /rant}

The problem with the Hammer is that we would need to generate an effect on a keyframe in the animation for the damage effect. However, we cant do that, so the best we could do is a regular hammer.

If you decide to add the hammer, it should look like this.

Just have an early version of the Hammer we see in H2+, relics from the brute days of old.

Personally, I vote no gravity hammer.

That, or a new style of Hammer that is an "energy Hammer" where it fires plasma grenade like projectiles as a right click and is similar to the energy sword.

Or perhaps a double ended energy pole?

Here's a proof of concept.



Very basic, yes. Thoughts?
Edited by Storm on Jun 3, 2013 at 07:26 AM