Halo 5: Guardians Beta Thread | Hot Red on Blue Action
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Blue Ninja
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can somebody add halo 5 to this?
It's almost 2007 again.
Gillian Seed
Banned
Is the mp better than previous Halo's?
Dombrowski
is responsible for the well-being of this island.
Yeah.
Leyasu
Banned
Much better. Infact its awesome.
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
I think it is. Halo 5 is the game that should've released in 2007, not the slower, more inconsistent version of Halo 2.
Halo 5 has the potential to be the best Halo game since CE in my eyes, and that's not to say the other games were terrible, but they just weren't what I thought was ideal for Halo's formula.
29th
Twin Tails
Member
i got beta blue balls
On paper they're actually quite similar. However in reality they're very different.
So, are we getting the exact same beta build that those in the preview program played? Still gonna get the occasional UI glitches & pink Spartans? 
Apparently it's just nailing somebody with a headshot immediately after a melee with a BR.
GringoSuave89
Banned
I expect the two to play very differently (played AW, haven't played the beta yet). The Exo in AW is fun, but the fact it makes you appear on radar as though you were firing a gun is a pain without having the perk. Plus, no cool down.
Thug Waffle
Member
The beta excites me far more than those for H3 and Reach. Would've shit on H4's beta if we had one. It's actually really fun, imo.
Thug Waffle
Member
So, are we getting the exact same beta build that those in the preview program played? Still gonna get the occasional UI glitches & pink Spartans?
Apparently it's just nailing somebody with a headshot immediately after a melee with a BR.
there are supposed to be updates embedded in that extra 7 gigs. not sure what they tried to fix though
Welfare
Member
Division ranks over 1-50 , so I think it's good.
Poodlestrike
Banned
I like them. Feels much more... substantial, I suppose, than 1-50.
Thug Waffle
Member
i'm just worried about swarms of e-warriors having pro rankings. i think they'll probably raise the bar for semi-pro and pro ratings to deal with that though
Poodlestrike
Banned
Isn't Pro limited to the top 200 or so players? Like, you have to unseat one to climb up from Semi.
Or was that just a fever dream.
Pro is top 200 players.
Semi-Pro is top 2% if I remember correctly
Thug Waffle
Member
that sounds fine. i hope that's the case.
Yes and maps. I can't wait to use the Hydra, it's a 2sk lock on rocket launcher thing that looks amazing. Also the Lightrifle makes its return. I'm guessing there will probably be more.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Yeah, there'll be more weapons. Not sure if they'll make their appearance in the first week, tho.
RSB
Banned
Speaking of weapons, I really want them to bring back the grenade launcher from Reach. Such a fun, elegant weapon. Love it.
link1201
Member
I think so too. I found it helped make my matches pretty even, I had a lot of close games. I am not sure if this is the only reason or perhaps some honeymoon eyes on my part but it did feel nice to have several close games even when I came up short.
Agreed. I hope we see something similar.
At what rank? Onyx II half of the games were 15-50 stomps, half 45-50 close games. Needs tweaking but bigger playerbase might solve some problems.
link1201
Member
I was low gold. The games I played before I earned a rank were uneven but after I locked in my rank they were usually really tight. This is of course all anecdotal but my experience with it was really good after my rank locked in.
2 exo boosts every 3 seconds I believe in AW.
The uses between the two are a lot different. I use Exo as a form of movement to get through the map, the Thruster Pack seems just for evasion purposes for the most part.
Pretty low don't you think?
Plus I would like 1-50. The current ranking system seemed flawed, seen tons of players with worse K/Ds and W/L ratios ranked Gold and Silver as I was a Bronze III during the early access.
can somebody add halo 5 to this?
I don't get this...
link1201
Member
My guess for the difference is how they first got ranked along with who they won/lost against. Supposedly, that factors in as well.
I believe the implication is that Halo 3 had very little skill gap compared to the previous Halos.
Semi-Pro and Pro should be pretty rare. 2-3% for Semi-Pro seems fine.
link1201
Member
I wonder what the break down is for the rest of the ranks. Hopefully they do a bulletin on the ranks.
I'm hoping:
Semi-Pro: top 2%
Onyx: Top 10%
Gold: Top 30%
Silver: Top 60% (the elo hell)
Bronze: Top 80%
Iron: Top 100%
I hope they also have resets from time to time. Every 3 months the ladder resets and Top 200 players get immortalized on leaderboards. Or just reset players' ranks if they don't play that specific playlist for a month so they can't just sit on their Rank.
Lot of talk went on back then about how the skill gap of this franchise's multiplayer steadily narrowed starting with Halo 2's heavy aim assist, hitscan, lack of fall damage, regenerating health, homing Rocket Launcher... To name a few things.
Bwsically, it became "easier" to be good at Halo's multiplayer.
It's funny looking back, as Halo 2 is widely considered to be the competitive standard now. I personally find it very difficult to go back to Halo 2 classic.
it takes some muscle memory.
yeah it makes no sense.
DarthWalden
Banned
I find it very addicting... Loved it in SC2 and had no idea it was going to be like this in halo 5. As bad as it is to admit I ignored a lot of my weekend activities last weekend in an effort to get up to onyx rank before the beta expired.
I think the initial placement is a crapshoot depending on the team you are placed with, unless you go in with full 4 player team of friends that are decent. After you are placed it's very hard to move up. Not a fan. Seems very luck based if you're playing solo, since it only cares about wins not your actual skill.
at the top of your jump, you click crouch and your feet lift up giving you a slight leg up to get to high up ledges you couldn't normally get to.
too much eslim
Member
The ranking system is horrible. That ranking system should be for social playlists or overall rank. I want to be able to get a 50. Also I shouldn't be penalized so greatly for having bad teammates.
I hit Pro for a few games towards the end, I find it very hard to believe I was one of the top 200 players in that beta, even if it was limited, lol.
I did keep running into the Sudds, Walshy, Roy, etc. a bunch though, and they threw me in the shitter pretty hard every time. Pro, I am not.
Leyasu
Banned
They should have a social / ranked playlist. I have no interest in ranked. Plus I hope that having social will mean that 343 will have no excuses not to put in a choose the datacenter option.