Halo 5: Guardians Beta Thread | Hot Red on Blue Action

Bsigg12 said:
Follow someone, then press x to open the roster from a menu and select a person in the playing section and spectate will be available as an option.

I use that to actually back out of matchmaking if I miss the intermission back out.
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How's spectating working? No major issues?
 
Anybody want to join up in 20-30 minutes? Solid player, +8.0 KDA (or whatever the hell that stat is) but I keep getting matched AFKers and goosers, which is really sacking my enjoyment of the beta.

GT is Eric WK.
 
Have yet to stick anyone with Plasma grenades. It's like throwing kleenex. I toss it, and people laugh and casually walk out of the way.
 
They really should reduce the grenade starting amount to one. Also it would be nice to look at the carnage report while waiting for another game.
 
This was my most satisfying kill yet:

http://xboxclips.com/jcracken/3a89efbe-4eca-42ea-9d80-89fcae9239d2

This was my most infuriating death:

http://xboxclips.com/jcracken/c977b15f-14cd-4f8f-821a-7a3f7a2447b9

(look at that guy's health in the second killcam)

Also, is this a new map?

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Edit: Ah, that's Empire.
 
op_ivy said:
there would be no "choice" if classic scope was offered, lets not pretend otherwise. you would definitely be at a disadvantage using the smart scope.
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I don't see the problem. If someone felt at a disadvantage using ADS they would only have to choose the classic scope/zoom in the settings.

Similar to racing games and having both dashboard cam and chase cam.

Adding the classic scope option would be the perfect solution. If you like having half your screen obstructed when you zoom, you choose ADS; if you prefer the simplicity and elegance of the classic zoom, you choose the classic scope. Win-win.

They would need to make ADS completely cosmetic first though, because having that ridiculous delay when zooming would feel even worse with classic scopes.
 
lol I need BR starts now. I am playing against better competition and it is a landslide on truth lol Game is over once they set up. I'm getting shot from all over the map and can't do crap with the AR lol
 
So ive played it a few days. I have to say, im pretty meh about it. I might just be losing interest in this franchise altogether. And yeah, whoever said the grenades were too strong was right. Way too strong. Overall i feel like its alright, nothing spectacular.
 
too much eslim said:
lol I need BR starts now. I am playing against better competition and it is a landslide on truth lol Game is over once they set up. I'm getting shot from all over the map and can't do crap with the AR lol
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eslim pls

Grab a DMR from those little cubby space things you need to clambor to in order to reach. You'll be able to combat them well and outgun them as long as you have good aim.
 
Diablohead said:
I refuse to play this game now until I can select uk matches, sorry i'm annoyed at being a glass target with a peashooter.
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Just keep researching after the match. I throw a grenade at the start, if there is a delay, I start again. But once on an EU server, I stay.
 
RSB said:
I don't see the problem. If someone felt at a disadvantage using ADS they would only have to choose the classic scope/zoom in the settings.

Similar to racing games and having both dashboard cam and chase cam.

Adding the classic scope option would be the perfect solution. If you like having half your screen obstructed when you zoom, you choose ADS; if you prefer the simplicity and elegance of the classic zoom, you choose the classic scope. Win-win.

They would need to make ADS completely cosmetic first though, because having that ridiculous delay when zooming would feel even worse with classic scopes.
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lol
 
watership said:
Have yet to stick anyone with Plasma grenades. It's like throwing kleenex. I toss it, and people laugh and casually walk out of the way.
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I've only had one. I was trying to throw it at a corner to kill the guy chasing me. It hit the wall and fell off and stuck to the guy's foot.
 
Here is what I find keeps happening:

Searching for players

players join

low level players see they're up against high level players

low level players quit

(some times the high level players quit if they think they're teamed with low level players)

now that players have quit, the rest of us are screwed as it has maybe a 10% chance of putting new players in, and we can't back out.

quit game and try again.

this happens about 3 out of every 4 times for me.

343 not knowing how to create proper UI/server stuff + terrible community = pain in the ass to just get in a game.
 
paulgandersman said:
now that players have quit, the rest of us are screwed as it has maybe a 10% chance of putting new players in, and we can't back out.
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Might just be me but I always wanted a pain in the ass penalty for quitting games. My idea was if you quit a game you have to wait 15 minutes (or the time of the game) before you can search for another game to play.
This penalty would just be a pain in the ass for quitters and if you had a legitimate excuse for having to quit and leave it wouldn't affect you as that time wouldn't matter because you'd be gone.

Quitters are just getting ridiculous in this and it won't get any better without a big penalty for quitting.
 
paulgandersman said:
Here is what I find keeps happening:

Searching for players

players join

low level players see they're up against high level players

low level players quit

(some times the high level players quit if they think they're teamed with low level players)

now that players have quit, the rest of us are screwed as it has maybe a 10% chance of putting new players in, and we can't back out.

quit game and try again.

this happens about 3 out of every 4 times for me.

343 not knowing how to create proper UI/server stuff + terrible community = pain in the ass to just get in a game.
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Yeah, im hoping that this MCC screw up opens their eyes to how important matchmaking is. COD, love it or hate it, i get into games literally within seconds in that game. Doesn't matter whos in the loddy, players missing, etc.. MM is so important, it cannot keep taking 4-5 minutes to get into ONE damn game. Makes no sense whatsoever. I haven't played MCC in over a week because of that. Im fed up of waiting 5 minutes all the time. And to add fuel to the fire, when the match is over, it kicks me out of matchmaking! So you have to start over. Amazing design.
 
VincentMatts said:
Yeah, im hoping that this MCC screw up opens their eyes to how important matchmaking is. COD, love it or hate it, i get into games literally within seconds in that game. Doesn't matter whos in the loddy, players missing, etc.. MM is so important, it cannot keep taking 4-5 minutes to get into ONE damn game. Makes no sense whatsoever. I haven't played MCC in over a week because of that. Im fed up of waiting 5 minutes all the time.
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5 minutes would be a dream for me in Halo 5. With the whole process of having to quit the game, relaunch, wait, etc., doing that 3 times in a row before getting a game it could be 10 mins or more. :/
 
Rockondevil said:
Might just be me but I always wanted a pain in the ass penalty for quitting games. My idea was if you quit a game you have to wait 15 minutes (or the time of the game) before you can search for another game to play.
This penalty would just be a pain in the ass for quitters and if you had a legitimate excuse for having to quit and leave it wouldn't affect you as that time wouldn't matter because you'd be gone.

Quitters are just getting ridiculous in this and it won't get any better without a big penalty for quitting.
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a penalty would be a dream. but I don't think it would happen. I wish so much of the community would understand that they are ruining this. wouldn't surprise me if the same thing is happening in MCC too, and that is what causes such long delays.
 
paulgandersman said:
5 minutes would be a dream for me in Halo 5. With the whole process of having to quit the game, relaunch, wait, etc., doing that 3 times in a row before getting a game it could be 10 mins or more. :/
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I say 5 minutes, but if its not in "peak hours" its actually a lot longer which is why i dont play it often.
 
Sprint is still terrible and used to run away while their team mate bails them out.

Just make it so that when your being hit your unable to sprint to fix it.
 
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