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[Kajiba]

Yessss

I'm happy

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

I really really want this to fix everything but I have a nagging feeling it won't.

It only scratches the surface.

 

[Ramirez]

I'm sad at no 4v4/even teams mention.

 

[gweemz]

Really hope we aren't disappointed again and that this patch fixes everything they are promising.

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

"Its still broken"

343 staff:

 

[Nialrot]

I don't see anything on the audio cues being fixed across the board. The ole Astros keep stearing me in the wrong direction.

 

[Stinkles]

"Its still broken"

343 staff:

That looks appealing right now. :-(

 

[furious]

It's already the afternoon of the 20th in Australia, disappointed my time travel isn't getting me the patch earlier.

 

[Diddy Kong]

plz work :[

 

[Cow]

I'm sad at no 4v4/even teams mention.

This and party splitting. Probably the two biggest issues not mentioned in the patch.

 

[ZROCOOL]

Let's hope for the best.

 

[KINGofCRA5H]

fixed

 

[Hawk269]

Can't blame him for being steamed. We goofed, to put it politely. Many of the little issues are connected to a single, bigger big issue that didn't expose itself till we were in the wild and cascade from that.

Fingers crossed.

We'll keep you posted tomorrow.

Frankie, do you foresee any improvements coming for some of the performance issues with Halo CE and Halo 4? I know that Match Making is probably a priority, but some of the tech issues in Halo CE like the slowdown, Terminals not activating, the bug where it skips 343 Guilty Spark level and then just the performance issues with Halo 4 in general.

BTW... I know you made a comment that ended with "I know we owe you". Personally speaking, I will take a 1080p/30fps remake of HALO WARS!!! Oh and in your spare time perhaps Reach and ODST! LOL. In all seriousness, something like Halo Wars 2 would be a big draw as there are no games like it on the PS4 or Xbox One and will give the library that diversity it needs.

 

[Figments]

That looks appealing right now. :-(

If the patch is all well and good, you guys should take the weekend off. And, like, party.

With blackjack.

And hookers.

 

[Ramirez]

This and party splitting. Probably the two biggest issues not mentioned in the patch.

As someone just mentioned to me, they might be holding off on 4v4 until they know it works, since it seems like something they can change quickly on their side.

 

[Rawr Its Ry]

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No classes or work tomorrow, I can't waaaait

 

[Stinkles]

If the patch is all well and good, you guys should take the weekend off. And, like, party.

With blackjack.

And hookers.

There is lots more to do. No sleep till turkey day.

 

[-tetsuo-]

Thank god

 

[BuggyDClown]

Can't blame him for being steamed. We goofed, to put it politely. Many of the little issues are connected to a single, bigger big issue that didn't expose itself till we were in the wild and cascade from that.

Fingers crossed.

We'll keep you posted tomorrow.

You guys are on it. Hoping this works, looking forward to that Halo 5 beta. Game looks great.

 

[wwm0nkey]

If the patch is all well and good, you guys should take the weekend off. And, like, party.

With blackjack.

And hookers.

And play Halo with them

 

[E92 M3]

Can't blame him for being steamed. We goofed, to put it politely. Many of the little issues are connected to a single, bigger big issue that didn't expose itself till we were in the wild and cascade from that.

Fingers crossed.

We'll keep you posted tomorrow.

Can't wait for a postmortem.

 

[Diablohead]

I read over the list, can't see anything about halo 2 checkpoint saves, or am I blind?

 

[SEGAvangelist]

There is lots more to do. No sleep till turkey day.

Are you putting out another patch the Wed. before?

 

[SlinkyFriend]

Can't blame him for being steamed. We goofed, to put it politely. Many of the little issues are connected to a single, bigger big issue that didn't expose itself till we were in the wild and cascade from that.

Fingers crossed.

We'll keep you posted tomorrow.

Kool, thanks!

 

[Random17]

I read over the list, can't see anything about halo 2 checkpoint saves, or am I blind?

I'm starting to think this might actually be a feature.

 

[Poodle Cannon]

Very excited, really hoping to be actually playing some MP tomorrow!!

 

[Glorified G]

I read over the list, can't see anything about halo 2 checkpoint saves, or am I blind?

Nothing about checkpoint and saves for any Halo game. Not surprised considering most of the rage is from multiplayer.

Hopefully they'll get to it soon.

 

[Hispanic! At the Disco]

Hopefully it turns out well! With Iron Banner in Destiny and Smash Bros. on Friday, I'm hoping for some proper matchmaking to keep me playing MCC this weekend.

 

[CLEEK]

Unless I missed it, there's nothing in there that addresses the major campaign issues. Like progress not saving, achievements not appearing, the issues with co-op, frame rate nosediving in Halo 4 etc.

 

[Ramirez]

Unless I missed it, there's nothing in there that addresses the major campaign issues. Like progress not saving, achievements not appearing, the issues with co-op, frame rate nosediving in Halo 4 etc.

The vast majority of people are pissed over matchmaking, they have to prioritize.

 

[HappehLemons]

There is lots more to do. No sleep till turkey day.

Thanks for keeping us in the loop Frankie! (I think your name is Frankie?, lol)

Hopefully this will fix MM and everyone will have a grand old time. I've got faith in you guys! Accidents happen, even though this was a pretty big goof I knew you guys would do your best to fix it. I'm sure you're working your butts off.

 

[ShyGuy0504]

I'm excited.

So many issues addressed, sounds great.

 

[Figments]

There is lots more to do. No sleep till turkey day.

Working overtime on the weekends (unless you guys work weekends; SOE usually doesn't, at least in the QA department) sucks big time. Hopefully you guys take some time off after all the big stuff is ironed out.

And play Halo with them

That wouldn't be a fair fight, though.

 

[PhatSaqs]

Patch? Thats a damn refilling.

 

[Eclectic Jabber Monkey]

"Its still broken"

343 staff:

lol, what movie is that from?

Can't blame him for being steamed. We goofed, to put it politely. Many of the little issues are connected to a single, bigger big issue that didn't expose itself till we were in the wild and cascade from that.

Fingers crossed.

We'll keep you posted tomorrow.

Good luck, hopefully its all good to go. As someone who works for a software dev/services company from experience I would hazard a guess the last week and half has been a long one. Hopefully you can all sleep soon...

 

[Ricky Ricardo]

Unless I missed it, there's nothing in there that addresses the major campaign issues. Like progress not saving, achievements not appearing, the issues with co-op, frame rate nosediving in Halo 4 etc.

It very clearly says that there are more content updates in the pipeline, and Stinkles just said they're going down to Thanksgiving to get stuff done.

I doubt Campaign isn't going to get some more attention.

 

[Hawk269]

There is lots more to do. No sleep till turkey day.

That is what I am talking about. Instead of taking a breather on the patch you release tomorrow and granted if things all work, that you know the importance of fixing the other things with the game.

Just hope all these things work as you plan so that you can enjoy a peaceful and rested Thanksgiving Day with friends and family.

 

[Deputy Moonman]

Unless I missed it, there's nothing in there that addresses the major campaign issues. Like progress not saving, achievements not appearing, the issues with co-op, frame rate nosediving in Halo 4 etc.

There was a small mention of improvementa to achievements and stability for campaign i think. I need to reread. I skimmed through it hastily.

 

[CLEEK]

The vast majority of people are pissed over matchmaking, they have to prioritize.

Campaign progress not saving is a major bug. Up there with matchmaking not finding games. There are dozens of minor bug fixes addressed in the patch, but saving isn't one of them.

343's priorities are fucked if they think that fixing game breaking bugs in the campaign aren't important.

 

[Head.spawn]

Unless I missed it, there's nothing in there that addresses the major campaign issues. Like progress not saving, achievements not appearing, the issues with co-op, frame rate nosediving in Halo 4 etc.

We have additional content updates on the way, and work is already underway in an effort to continue to improve your experience with Halo: The Master Chief Collection. We thank you for your continued patience and support.

 

[Smell E. Butz]

Is this addressing the crashes? Because if not, then it doesn't really matter to me what's been fixed. So many crashes.

 

[vesvci]

Damn it, I just traded it in today, and it looks promising. We'll see if BF has a nice price drop.

 

[Granadier]

lol, what movie is that from?

Flight

Can't blame him for being steamed. We goofed, to put it politely. Many of the little issues are connected to a single, bigger big issue that didn't expose itself till we were in the wild and cascade from that.

Fingers crossed.

We'll keep you posted tomorrow.

After going through all of the work put into this collection, this must have been one of the worst feelings possible.

 

[Kurt Angle]

after that launch, I'll celebrate once I actually get into a match made game in person



you know "celebrate", bare minimum functionity, a week later for a game I paid 60$ plus tax for

#nextgen

 

[Ramirez]

Campaign progress not saving is a major bug. Up there with matchmaking not finding games. There are dozens of minor bug fixes addressed in the patch, but saving isn't one of them.

343's priorities are fucked if they think that fixing game breaking bugs in the campaign aren't important.

Of course, just saying the absolute urgent issue at hand is the online not working at all. I've completed CE on Legendary, but I've played less than 50 matches of MP. They've already said more patches are on the way. Not excusing it, just saying to most people, not being able to play any MP is a way bigger issue than campaign losing checkpoints at the moment.

 

[Vestal]

The wording sounds like the issue was with whatever framework tied all the games together.

 

[Chiggs]

Looks like a step in the right direction, but I am stunned at all the fixes present. Granted, this is a massive compilation of games; however, you have to start questioning quality control.

after that launch, I'll celebrate once I actually get into a match made game in person



you know "celebrate", bare minimum functionity, a week later for a game I paid 60$ plus tax for

#nextgen

Amen. It's also quite awesome that the week I had off to play this game (among others, to be honest), has come and gone.

At this point, I'm going to be waiting until a month after a game launches to pick it up. Website reviews are such a joke. Only a few of the big sites got it right. Thank you GameSpot and Giant Bomb.

 

[Shpeshal Nick]

Fingers crossed, but I'm going to save myself the heart ache and assume this patch will break the game more.

 

[Granadier]

The wording sounds like the issue was with whatever framework tied all the games together.

M$ open sourcing .NET introduced a major bug into the entire infrastructure causing the MCC's network code to malfunction.

/s

 

[Unstable]

Just make matchmaking work well please. You can even keep the -1th, I just want to play some Halo.