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

GringoSuave89 said:
That really sucks... Sorry dude.
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I'm still hovering around Semi-Pro 1600. It just sucks that my precision rifles are slot machines. Opponents' BRs are 4-shot, mine is 4-6-shot when all shots 'connect'. Imagine that and still going positive (and then losing because a teammate went 2-17).

I need to take a break
LTWheels said:
How do you know? Is there something like an on screen indicator to where you have connected?
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Easiest method is to throw a grenade. On EU servers there is no delay. On US servers there is a noticeable delay.
 
Is there no theater or saved films in the beta? I've had some absurd snapshots cross map with the sniper and I can't see anyway to save a film...
 
Natiko said:
I didn't have any visibility problems. I found it to be a much better playing map than Empire which is just too cramped. It's essentially an up close automatic weapon map only. As far as picking up weapons, that's a UI issue in my opinion. They need to make it more clear when you're in range to swap a weapon and bring back the pictures.
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it's a night time dark level. That leads to lack of visibility. We don't glow.
 
Fatmanp said:
Br starts make this game so much better. It punishes idiots who sprint everywhere. Maps play smoother as well. Had much closer games because of it. Players who are in Onyx with AR as their primary kill method are getting shown up for what they are.

Br starts have also eliminated camping in all games I played tonight. I do think the Atr should be the secondary as it is a great weapon to switch to when outnumbered as it leave multiple players low health primed for teammate clean up kills.
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Ive found the polar opposite with BR starts. Nothing but camping and crouching around by just about everyone.

With the first two beta maps there was crouching but not to the extent of these maps. The jungle map especially, with like 3 levels everywhere around the map has led to people just crouching around.
 
I like that Breakout doesn't have motion tracker, but I kind of wish it had an allies-only radar so I can quickly know where teammates are for rudimentary strategies.
 
Have to admit, I actually like starting with the BR. Never thought I'd say that. Don't mind the 2 new maps although isn't Eden just another version of Empire?
 
JackHerer said:
Lame...
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I think that is one of the best things this gen. Lets me record anything cool I want without having to dig through the whole game and it works on any game.

Not sure if you just meant Kinect is lame, in that case just double tap the guide button and push X.

Collingwood said:
Have to admit, I actually like starting with the BR. Never thought I'd say that. Don't mind the 2 new maps although isn't Eden just another version of Empire?
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Both maps this week are remixes of last weeks. Remixes as they're calling them are just slightly different versions of a different map.
I'm hoping by them doing that we get double the maps because it'll be pretty disappointing if we still get the same number of maps as past games and 50% of them are remixes.
 
So much camping, is it because of the big maps? Or is camping useful now that the AR isn't garbage? I find myself running around a lot.
 
Rockondevil said:
I think that is one of the best things this gen. Lets me record anything cool I want without having to dig through the whole game and it works on any game.

Not sure if you just meant Kinect is lame, in that case just double tap the guide button and push X.



Both maps this week are remixes of last weeks. Remixes as they're calling them are just slightly different versions of a different map.
I'm hoping by them doing that we get double the maps because it'll be pretty disappointing if we still get the same number of maps as past games and 50% of them are remixes.
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Overdoziz said:
Both are remixes of the old maps.
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GringoSuave89 said:
Eden is the "original", Empire is the remix. Just like Regret is the remix of Truth.
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Ah ok.

Well they changed Truth/Regret FAR more than Eden/Empire. I could barely tell Eden from Empire where as Regret felt like a completely new map, at least to me.

Wasn't TOO laggy for me today so maybe I was on an Asian server. Still not good enough that I"m yet to have a game on the Australian servers. Ridiculous.
 
Collingwood said:
Ah ok.

Well they changed Truth/Regret FAR more than Eden/Empire. I could barely tell Eden from Empire where as Regret felt like a completely new map, at least to me.

Wasn't TOO laggy for me today so maybe I was on an Asian server. Still not good enough that I"m yet to have a game on the Australian servers. Ridiculous.
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Eden has a lot more walkways, some passageways are closed, and some are open. The differences are small, but play both Eden and Empire enough and you'll feel it.

Both Regret and Eden seem more suited for Ground Pounds too. Lot more verticality.
 
jay23 said:
So much camping, is it because of the big maps? Or is camping useful now that the AR isn't garbage? I find myself running around a lot.
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I've ran into zero campers thus far. I can't see how it'd be effective considering once you know where they are you can just spartan charge them or ground pound them.
 
LTWheels said:
Is there no EU servers up? Is the beta just US servers only?
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it's just bad matchmaking, the game is most likely hunting for pings under 250 like other halo games did which means oversea server half the time.

and we have no choice but to put up with it.

and then I've had some really bad connections in this beta while I was playing it so I have no idea why they believe auto server location checks are good in their books.
 
Rockondevil said:
I think that is one of the best things this gen. Lets me record anything cool I want without having to dig through the whole game and it works on any game.

Not sure if you just meant Kinect is lame, in that case just double tap the guide button and push X.
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The Xbox record feature is not a reasonable replacement for the theater mode which has been in every Halo game since 3. Obviously the final game will have a theater mode.
 
Lmfao Breakout is such a bad game type. Lowered TTK plus OP smg at start? Lawl.
Can you even spectate first person? Spectating Halo in 3rd person is not enjoyable and its a one life per round gametype.
And jesus I know crossfire is a forge palletr but holy shit I think even an amateur forger can make a better arena style zone then that.

Laughably bad.
 
I'm getting many more close games today than yesterday. The last 3 matches I've played were neck and neck up to the end. Breakout matches have usually been landslides because nobody is ranked yet. Anyone else having a similar experience?
 
Could be just blind and didn't see it, but is there any fix for the screen flickering but pre-matchmaking that times out before the game starts?
 
First time playing since early access and I can't seem to get into a match. It will match me with players then jump me back to the playlist select screen every time. Any way to fix this? Also the screen starts flashing until the unable to join prompt comes up.
 
Ok Breakout is a great game mode, wasn't feeling it at first. Still not a fan of BR starts, but maybe because its the maps. I just hate cross map shot exchanges 24/7, its never been fun in halo. I hope launch day there is a "hardcore slayer" mode, which drops the motion sensor. This is seriously the most amount of time Ive invested in a game beta lol.
 
Mayyhem said:
Lmfao Breakout is such a bad game type. Lowered TTK plus OP smg at start? Lawl.
Can you even spectate first person? Spectating Halo in 3rd person is not enjoyable and its a one life per round gametype.
And jesus I know crossfire is a forge palletr but holy shit I think even an amateur forger can make a better arena style zone then that.

Laughably bad.
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Try using the pistol. It does some work in Breakout.
 
jesus fuck breakout is impossible to play by yourself

some people are just so dumb in this game, why do they think it's ok to run off in the opposite direction of the team and die every fucking round...
 
Bread said:
jesus fuck breakout is impossible to play by yourself

some people are just so dumb in this game, why do they think it's ok to run off in the opposite direction of the team and die every fucking round...
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dude, I know. Next time I play I'm getting a GAF team together.
 
Bread said:
jesus fuck breakout is impossible to play by yourself

some people are just so dumb in this game, why do they think it's ok to run off in the opposite direction of the team and die every fucking round...
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I don't get it either. I'll kill enemies who run to the same spot every round too. Did I ever tell your the definition of insanity?
 
Bread said:
jesus fuck breakout is impossible to play by yourself

some people are just so dumb in this game, why do they think it's ok to run off in the opposite direction of the team and die every fucking round...
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Yep. That's just one more reason I will avoid it like the plague. It's not really possible to carry a team of randoms in that mode like it is in TS.
 
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