Free Double XP

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Clan night tonight. 9pm PT. Halo 4.

2 days left of double XP.

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Clan night tonight. 9pm PT. Halo 4.

New Spartan Ops this week!!

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Clan night tonight. 9pm PT. Halo 4.

9 days left of double XP.

H4: Spartan Ops Episode 6

Spartan Ops Episodes 6-10 were released today and are free DLC via Xbox Live.  Turns out that it's a 2.2 GB download though, which took me almost an hour to pull down.  Recommend you kick off a download job in the morning so that it's done when you get back from work.

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Full H4 Armor Unlocks

Sourced largely from Halo4Nation.com:

Complete list of helmet and visor unlocks with rank or accomplishment requirements listed.  The "Level" column either represents the rank you need to reach, or the number of items you need to accomplish. For example, "Spartan Slayer Mastery" requires that you kill a total of 4,725 players in War Games matchmaking.  The "Difficulty" column represents my grading of relatively difficult each item is to get.

Type	Requirement	Level	Difficulty
Recruit Helmet	Starting Armor	-	0
Recruit Visor	Starting	-	0
Fotus Helmet	Limited Edition Halo Xbox	-	1
Strider Helmet	War Games Map Pass or Limited Edition Halo 4	-	1
Deadeye Helmet	Pre-order from BestBuy / Play.com	-	1
Locus Helmet	Pre-order from Future Shop or King of the Hill app	-	1
Scanner Helmet	War Games Map Pass or Limited Edition Halo 4	-	1
Hazop Helmet	Rank Based	SR-43	2
Infiltrator Helmet	Rank Based	SR-42	2
Oceanic Helmet	Rank Based	SR-47	2
Orbital Helmet	Rank Based	SR-41	2
Recon Helmet	Rank Based	SR-26	2
Scout Helmet	Rank Based	SR-38	2
Soldier Helmet	Rank Based	SR-15	2
E.O.D. Helmet	Rank Based	SR-45	2
Aviator Helmet	Rank Based	SR-17	2
Defender Helmet	Rank Based	SR-21	2
War Master Helmet	Rank Based	SR-37	2
E.V.A. Helmet	Rank Based	SR-27	2
Air Assault Helmet	Rank Based	SR-11	2
Solar Visor	Rank Based	SR-20	2
Frost Visor	Rank Based	SR-29	2
Midnight Visor	Rank Based	SR-46	2
Enforcer Helmet	Rank Based	SR-50	3
Warrior Helmet	Rank Based	SR-8	4
Wetworks Helmet	Rank Based	WK-4	4
Pioneer Helmet	Rank Based	PR-4	4
Engineer Helmet	Rank Based	EN-4	4
Tracker Helmet	Rank Based	TK-4	4
Rogue Helmet	Rank Based	RG-4	4
Stalker Helmet	Rank Based	SK-4	4
Pathfinder Helmet	Rank Based	PT-4	4
Operator Helmet	Rank Based	OP-4	4
Wetworks Visor	Rank Based	WK-6	4
Pioneer Visor	Rank Based	PR-6	4
Engineer Visor	Rank Based	EN-6	4
Tracker Visor	Rank Based	TK-6	4
Rogue Visor	Rank Based	RG-6	4
Stalker Visor	Rank Based	SK-6	4
Pathfinder Visor	Rank Based	PT-6	4
Operator Visor	Rank Based	OP-6	4
Raider Helmet	Halo Waypoint Classified Unlock	-	5
Mk. VI Helmet	Complete the campaign on Legendary	-	6
Legendary Visor	Complete the campaign on Legendary	-	6
C.I.O. Helmet	Spartan Slayer Master	4725	7
Ranger Helmet	Combat Opportunity Master	885	7
Sunspot Visor	Assistant Master	1825	7
Gungnir Helmet	Slayer Victory Master	535	8
Venator Helmet	Assassin Master	140	8
Blindside Visor	Avenger Master	675	8
Verdant Visor	Splatter Master	165	8
Cyan Visor	From the Brink Master	375	9
Vanguard Helmet	Forerunner Enemy Mastery	12965	10
Commando Helmet	Dominion Victory Master	240	10
Protector Helmet	UNSC Loadout Master	8105	10

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Clan night tonight. 9pm PT. Halo 4.

Exile?

Clan night tonight. 9pm PT. Halo 4.

16 days left of Dew XP.  New specializations drop next week for those that didn't pre-order.  To maximize your opportunity, you should finish SR70 and your first two specializations (Wetwork, Operator) by end of this week!

Upcoming DLC and Unlocks

343 has announced their tentative schedule for the new year:

Week	Spartan Ops	Playlist	Specializations
1/21/13	Episode 6	Forge Test	Pioneer, Pathfinder
1/28/13	Episode 7	Grifball	Engineer, Stalker
2/4/13	Episode 8	Team Doubles	Rogue, Tracker

The Majestic Map Pack DLC is slated for late February with two small maps and one medium map.

Clan night tonight. 9pm PT. Halo 4.

Ranking races are tight.  21 days left of double Dew XP.

Clan night tonight. 9pm PT. Halo 4.

23 days left of DewXP.  Farm it out.

Sorry for the very late notice, the auto-poster failed.

Daily XP Cap

Who knew?  Apparently there's a max number of XP you can earn per day.  Based on my experience today, it's around 250,000 XP at the moment.

Reposted from the Examiner:

Halo 4 daily experience point cap explained by 343 Industries

• November 9, 2012
• By: Scott Grill

Yes, it turns out it's pretty easy to gain experience in some Spartan Ops missions in Halo 4.

Credits: 

343 Industries, Microsoft Game Studios

Halo 4 launched with a restriction on the amount of experience points (XP) players can earn each day while playing multiplayer or Spartan Ops. 343 Industries explained why they put this restriction in place for the Xbox 360 shooter with an update on Friday.
"The daily XP cap is intended to preserve the integrity of the progression system," community manager Jessica Shea wrote on Halo Waypoint. "In other words, it’s in place to provide an early gate from players running amok in their progression. When we launched, we had a bug where double XP tokens were being consumed even when you went over the cap. That has since been fixed. In the coming weeks, we will be monitoring how many players are hitting the cap so we can respond accordingly."
With the Double XP offered for Halo 4 through Doritos and Mt. Dew promotions, some players have been ranking up quickly. Others have discovered that Spartan Ops is a way to earn points quickly and rather cheaply.
We're still trying to nail down the daily cap amount but it appears to be approximately 75,000 points. That makes it sound like only the most dedicated of the hardcore players will be hitting the daily XP ceiling.
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Via: Halo Waypoint

Clan night stats

Posted by request.  Click for huge.

Of note: OmniscientDeath went 21-32 for a K/D of -11 last week when matchmaking put him on the other team.  He went 97-30 this week in games on Exile when gunning in the Gauss Hog for a K/D of +67 with 68 Gauss Cannon kills.  gtdroptop was -17 in those games with a combined 72 assists as driver to enable those stats.

Octurian Pewn had a very impressive showing this week, green across the board.  Kudos to Mean Mrs Monkey for a non-negative game on Ragnorak.  Jests go out to darknorpo for somehow turning in a -12 performance on Exile when he couldn't get in his Banshee.

Clan night tonight. 9pm PT. Halo 4.

Sorry for the late notice.  We'll be on.

Clan night tonight. 9pm PT. Halo 4.

Come get some!