wittyscorpion
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Post by wittyscorpion on Nov 14, 2012 14:40:09 GMT -5
wait a second, so can u cycle ordnance priority and ammo to effectively double your power weapon ammo? I believe so. Ammo gives you more ammo when you pick up the ordinance. It does not matter whether you have it or not when "the ordinance is ready". But as I said earlier, this strategy has its cons. Not calling the ordinance means that you can't start a new meter. |
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eLantern
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Post by eLantern on Nov 14, 2012 14:42:31 GMT -5
wait a second, so can u cycle ordnance priority and ammo to effectively double your power weapon ammo? I believe so. Ammo gives you more ammo when you pick up the ordinance. It does not matter whether you have it or not when "the ordinance is ready". You're sure. That's been tested? |
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wittyscorpion
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Post by wittyscorpion on Nov 14, 2012 14:47:47 GMT -5
I believe so. Ammo gives you more ammo when you pick up the ordinance. It does not matter whether you have it or not when "the ordinance is ready". You're sure. That's been tested? I thought of this strategy on late Monday night and only tried it out for a couple of occasions (last night I was busy playing BO2 :-) ). I believe that for both cases I did get substantially more ammo, but I wouldn't say I am 100% positive because I was too preoccupied at the time :-) It would be great if somebody else can try it out and confirm or deny. |
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Post by skitrel on Nov 15, 2012 9:58:17 GMT -5
Trueskill, for those wanting more specific details on it's mechanics: research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/trueskill/details.aspxYes, it's in place. Yes, it was in place in Reach. In my opinion Halo 4's matchmaking is the greatest it's been in any iteration of Halo, searching solo has never turned up a 1 sided match for me now at SR50. All games searching alone have gone down to + or - 5 kills. Searching with 4 to 7 friends however we've utterly dominated a lot of games, it's probably still matching us on trueskill but our mic chatter and teamwork is the cause of the domination. As for 1-50 based skill rankings, that is ALSO coming into the game, it just isn't implemented yet: blogs.halowaypoint.com/post/2012/11/02/Halo-4-Competitive-Skill-Rank-Announcement.aspxSo stop your complaining. On your query scorpion: 16 bullets in a snipe+4 in magazine as opposed to 8+4 without ammo. Can confirm the ammo questions. |
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Post by wittyscorpion on Nov 15, 2012 11:10:13 GMT -5
Trueskill, for those wanting more specific details on it's mechanics: research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/trueskill/details.aspxYes, it's in place. Yes, it was in place in Reach. In my opinion Halo 4's matchmaking is the greatest it's been in any iteration of Halo, searching solo has never turned up a 1 sided match for me now at SR50. All games searching alone have gone down to + or - 5 kills. Searching with 4 to 7 friends however we've utterly dominated a lot of games, it's probably still matching us on trueskill but our mic chatter and teamwork is the cause of the domination. As for 1-50 based skill rankings, that is ALSO coming into the game, it just isn't implemented yet: blogs.halowaypoint.com/post/2012/11/02/Halo-4-Competitive-Skill-Rank-Announcement.aspxSo stop your complaining. On your query scorpion: 16 bullets in a snipe+4 in magazine as opposed to 8+4 without ammo. Can confirm the ammo questions. On Monday night when I was playing, I had the similar experience about matchmaking. When going solo and matched against non party players in IS lobby, the games were pretty close and intense. Regarding ammo: Double the ammo is very generous! So you are saying the strategy I described actually works? If that's the case I'll do it every time I have a weapon I like in my ordinance drops. |
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Post by skitrel on Nov 15, 2012 12:52:47 GMT -5
Trueskill, for those wanting more specific details on it's mechanics: research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/trueskill/details.aspxYes, it's in place. Yes, it was in place in Reach. In my opinion Halo 4's matchmaking is the greatest it's been in any iteration of Halo, searching solo has never turned up a 1 sided match for me now at SR50. All games searching alone have gone down to + or - 5 kills. Searching with 4 to 7 friends however we've utterly dominated a lot of games, it's probably still matching us on trueskill but our mic chatter and teamwork is the cause of the domination. As for 1-50 based skill rankings, that is ALSO coming into the game, it just isn't implemented yet: blogs.halowaypoint.com/post/2012/11/02/Halo-4-Competitive-Skill-Rank-Announcement.aspxSo stop your complaining. On your query scorpion: 16 bullets in a snipe+4 in magazine as opposed to 8+4 without ammo. Can confirm the ammo questions. On Monday night when I was playing, I had the similar experience about matchmaking. When going solo and matched against non party players in IS lobby, the games were pretty close and intense. Regarding ammo: Double the ammo is very generous! So you are saying the strategy I described actually works? If that's the case I'll do it every time I have a weapon I like in my ordinance drops. Seems so, unless weird things were happening. I'll make sure to make a conscious note of it today, I use ammo for ragnarok all the time because of the long range nature of the map and inability to use dead bodies to resupply because of it's long range nature. I'm sure someone will consciously take note of it today at least, I'm preettty sure the above is in fact the case though. Additionally, ammo also increases the max you can carry, you seem to get double the amount in the weapon you spawn with as well as being able to carry even more if you pick up other ammo for it in the field. |
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Post by Broadband on Nov 16, 2012 2:46:32 GMT -5
There's a separate thread for tips & the like, no need to derail this thread. Trueskill, for those wanting more specific details on it's mechanics: research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/trueskill/details.aspxYes, it's in place. Yes, it was in place in Reach. In my opinion Halo 4's matchmaking is the greatest it's been in any iteration of Halo, searching solo has never turned up a 1 sided match for me now at SR50. All games searching alone have gone down to + or - 5 kills. Searching with 4 to 7 friends however we've utterly dominated a lot of games, it's probably still matching us on trueskill but our mic chatter and teamwork is the cause of the domination. As for 1-50 based skill rankings, that is ALSO coming into the game, it just isn't implemented yet: blogs.halowaypoint.com/post/2012/11/02/Halo-4-Competitive-Skill-Rank-Announcement.aspxSo stop your complaining. On your query scorpion: 16 bullets in a snipe+4 in magazine as opposed to 8+4 without ammo. Can confirm the ammo questions. We're what - nine days into Halo 4? I'm at SR34, still getting pitted against full parties of SR40-somethings, while my team has SR20 split screeners (note the imbalance in the amount of teammates). Halo 4's matchmaking is the best yet? Are you drunk? The amount of lopsided matches I'm still getting thrown into is ridiculous. I have every right to complain. |
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