Halo: Master Chief Collection Master Thread | This is it, baby. Hold me.
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i had a 50 less than 2 weeks of Halo 3's release.
Never got higher than 44 in 3 years of H2.
dat incentive
JerryEveryday
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Made it to a 41 or something on my main account on H3. I think I was better than that but I would always play TS with the same 3 scrubs (friends) hence I could never rank up. Oh well, good times regardless.
I am so unreasonably excited for this collection. Can't wait!
It'll be great to put together separate playlists of just the Master Chief levels of Halo 2, and of just the Arbiter levels, to see their respective stories through in sequence. I used to do that with Chapter Select, but this'll feel so much cleaner.
It'll be great to put together separate playlists of just the Master Chief levels of Halo 2, and of just the Arbiter levels, to see their respective stories through in sequence. I used to do that with Chapter Select, but this'll feel so much cleaner.
I was trying it right before I typed that and I was having way more difficulty that with the 360 controller. Maybe I just need to practice with it more. idk.
http://halo4nation.com/rumors/frank-oconner-addresses-halo-wars-easter-egg-teases-sequal/
2014 Q4: Halo: The Master Chief Collection (+ Halo 5: Guardians Beta)
2015 Q4: Halo 5: Guardians
2016 Q4: Halo Wars 2
2017 Q4: Next Halo spin-off (ODST-scale)
2018 Q4: Next main Halo title
Ladies and gentleman, the Halo roadmap.
2014 Q4: Halo: The Master Chief Collection (+ Halo 5: Guardians Beta)
2015 Q4: Halo 5: Guardians
2016 Q4: Halo Wars 2
2017 Q4: Next Halo spin-off (ODST-scale)
2018 Q4: Next main Halo title
Ladies and gentleman, the Halo roadmap.
Just joking and dreaming a bit 
Leyasu
Banned
I dont know if this has been confirmed or not, because I cant seem to find the answer anywhere..
But the most important question for me is this.
Can we choose the datacenter where we matchmake (like titanfall)? or is the game going to decide for us??
Please confirm this stinkles
But the most important question for me is this.
Can we choose the datacenter where we matchmake (like titanfall)? or is the game going to decide for us??
Please confirm this stinkles
No comments on this topic yet afaik. However, somehow I am sure they will choose it automatically.
Leyasu
Banned
please no!! After playing 99% of all my halo matchmaking hosted on the other side of the atlantic, I dont think that I will buy another Halo just to be put into dedicated servers that I cant choose, that I am 100% certain will not be in my region either.
I have nothing against my North American cousins... I just dont like playing in games hosted there or by them lol.
For me this is a major point, and I am quite shocked that nobody has already brought this up.
Where are you stinkles??
GringoSuave89
Banned
If you think headshots on Elites is the easiest ever, and not Grunts, then I don't know what you are on but I'll take 20.
GringoSuave89
Banned
I think it was proven that the in game counter is broken. Still there is hardly a wait for matchmaking, and a decent few players still. All thanks to the announcement of MCC and offering H3 Free With Gold, I'm sure.
I think he meant in multiplayer
GringoSuave89
Banned
That I could see. But even in multiplayer, the Elites were much larger than Spartans, so bigger hitboxes. Doesn't that just come with the territory?
I borrowed Halo 4 in preparation of the MCC, as I've never played it before.
I'm really liking the multiplayer so far, I'm not a huge fan of the loadout/perk/leveling stuff (it doesn't actually seem that bad though), but the core gameplay is solid and the game looks and runs great.
I'm really liking the multiplayer so far, I'm not a huge fan of the loadout/perk/leveling stuff (it doesn't actually seem that bad though), but the core gameplay is solid and the game looks and runs great.
SatansReverence
Hipster Princess
winning against opponents of a lower level means nothing.
Losing against opponents of a lower level is very bad.
From the bnet thread
Damn I was active in that thread back in the day.
king grimlock
Member
oh man playing h2 on the xb1 controller feels like it was meant to be can't wait for november
That's my feeling for the game. It plays great it just has some annoying fluff which can get in the way.
Far too many people say that the fluff on top completely ruins the game imo.
GringoSuave89
Banned
Agreed. I didn't love loadouts and all that jazz, but where hardly game breaking. I just wish the online community stuck around a bit longer.
Steelyuhas
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SatansReverence
Hipster Princess
They were game breaking which is one of the reasons why the community abandoned the game...
I'm having no trouble finding matches, still seems pretty active.
Also, on 2nd campaign mission and wow, the graphics are really good, makes me excited to see what Halo 5 will look like.
GringoSuave89
Banned
They were greatly disliked, but no one player exploited Promethean Vision or Hardlight Shields in an exploitable way. People simply didn't like them, and went back to Reach and H3.
If anything, lack of real post launch support killed multiplayer (at least in terms of numbers). Community Playlists were great, but it was too little to late at that point. I think 343 gets that and will prevent that I'm H5
king grimlock
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what? talking about h2 pc
there's no such thing. liar.
In all cases when people told me this on Optimatch, I was able to pull up their game history and explain why their rank didn't move.
What happened is your 5 wins were against opponents you were -supposed- to beat, because they were notably below your rank. When you lost and lost rank, that team was also under your rank, you were supposed to beat them, so you went down.
To level up in Halo 3 you had to consistently beat people at or above your rank. The higher the ranks you beat, the faster you leveled.
A fun result of how it works is that if you play ranked FFA, and you're at the bottom of the pre-game lobby, you have the biggest chance to rank up because the game expects you to lose to everyone else. If you're at the top of the list, you're expected to beat everyone else, and therefore get the appropriate amount of credit.
Halo 2's system was ELO, where they mapped 1-50 to numbers on the ELO scale and used the in-between numbers to simulate progression-towards-rank. However, ELO has quite a few issues, one of them being you can be deranked for winning.
Shouldn't it just be "Elo", or does Halo 2 use something else that happens to have the same name in allcaps?
I keep hearing "Don't Bring Me Down" whenever you post about this.
I'm not talking about a specific time period that I can pull up, but this is conjecture. I can't say whether or not the opponents were below or above my rank when things like this happened, but it's way too convoluted.
Der Flatulator
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http://halo4nation.com/rumors/frank-oconner-addresses-halo-wars-easter-egg-teases-sequal/
2014 Q4: Halo: The Master Chief Collection (+ Halo 5: Guardians Beta)
2015 Q4: Halo 5: Guardians
2016 Q4: Halo Wars 2
2017 Q4: Next Halo spin-off (ODST-scale)
2018 Q4: Next main Halo title
Ladies and gentleman, the Halo roadmap.
Just joking and dreaming a bit
Indeed. If I had to hazard a guess, I'd say:
2014 Q4: Halo: The Master Chief Collection (+ Halo 5: Guardians Beta)
2015 Q4: Halo 5: Guardians
2016 Q4: Another non-FPS (like Spartan Assault 2 or Halo Wars 2)
2017 Q3: Halo 3 Anniversary (DLC for TMCC)
2018 Q4: Halo 6: Reclaimers
Solidsoul
Banned
Absolutley no way Halo 3 Anniversary is happening.
That doesn't make any sense, like...at all.
User 73706
Banned
Did you even read what he wrote in parentheses?
Halo: CEA and Halo 2:A happened so why not the final act?
You think they would do DLC for it 3 years later? I would be pretty psyched if so.
Solidsoul
Banned
Yeah, I read what he wrote in parentheses.
They have said on more than one occasion we are getting Halo 3 and 4 upped to 1080p and 60 fps and that it will suffice because they didn't need the anniversary treatment.
Making Halo 3 Anniversary DLC would be really redundant. It absolutely doesn't need to be redone with new graphics.
Is it just me or is this super obvious? We're getting the definitive version of Halo 3 this year...there is not going to be an anniversary edition of Halo 3.
mohsinkhan
Member
Guy, someone seriously hold me, I am a finger click away from ordering an xbox one. These games, damn!
BeforeU
Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
Do it do it do it
Fine, replace him with the 2004 Halo 2 model and ship it.
Haha, harsh.
Der Flatulator
Member
You say that now, but wait until you see what Halo 5's graphics pipeline is capable of*. They would have had a few years to familiarise themselves with the hardware, and it'll be apparent that Halo 3 is the "worst" looking game in the collection. I'm not saying it's going to happen, just being optimistically speculative. Frankly I'd love to have a completely remastered Halo 3 campaign as it is my favourite in the entire series. Halo 3 would also be a good place to stop doing remasters, as it is the end of "The Original Trilogy".
* (speculation and hope)
Tell me you don't want this.
I dont doubt it. It's the #1 streamed Halo game on Twitch. It's very popular.
Sort of true, though. Halo 3 isn't exactly the champion of high-fidelity character models, but they mostly sit fine in their environment. Hood just plain looks like he a few too many experiences with hyperspace demons.
The Halo 2 model isn't very detailed, but it's not terrifying to look at. Not that it would literally port into Halo 3's visuals very well, but seriously.
Solidsoul
Banned
You say that now, but wait until you see what Halo 5's graphics pipeline is capable of*. They would have had a few years to familiarise themselves with the hardware, and it'll be apparent that Halo 3 is the "worst" looking game in the collection. I'm not saying it's going to happen, just being optimistically speculative. Frankly I'd love to have a completely remastered Halo 3 campaign as it is my favourite in the entire series. Halo 3 would also be a good place to stop doing remasters, as it is the end of "The Original Trilogy".
* (speculation and hope)
So when Halo 3 is made Anniversary and we have Halo 5 and 6 out on the market isn't it going to be "apparent" that Halo 4 is the worst looking Halo?
So they will remake that one too? Where will it end? Halo 1 and 2 had a great excuse being the only Halo's that were not HD.
Also I'm not sure it's fair to compare CG cutscenes with in-game renderings.
Der Flatulator
Member
Halo 2 anniversary (cut-scene) model looks like he's been through some stuff.
Halo 3 model looks like he's been through some stuff.
I'm kind of with Solidsoul on this. Halo 1 and 2 are 2 console generations old at this point and unplayable online or in HD. That seems to be the main purpose behind the Anniversary updates. Not just replacing the models and textures which is all Halo 3 Anniversary would be doing at this point.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
I hope MCC is the end of remakes. Period. Send it out with a bang and all that. New content from then on out please.
GringoSuave89
Banned
Agreed
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