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SatansReverence

SatansReverence

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OrangeOak said:
OK,it must be one of the worst rank systems that I have encountered in couple last years or I am terribly unlucky.
I am almost constantly playing with teammates that are silver or gold and they are ending matches with 0.2 or 0.6 ratios against unranked,iron or bronze ranks.
It really doeasn't matter what rank you are ,you can be average and be onyx or be really good and you are stuck on bronze.
That system is good in some aspects but terrible in other.
I am not that good at Halo but I would like to have at least some close matches.
I am sitting in lobby with 3 gold teammates thinking that it will be good match because second team is also all gold and my team is ending with fucking 0.2 ratio when even I can be positive.
Sorry for rant but I had really long streak of bullshit matches :p
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League based systems that attempt to put a player into a skill bracket after placement games are always godawful. Especially when you search solo.
 
JimiNutz

JimiNutz

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I've been playing Breakout solo with no issues. I actually find it easier to play Breakout by myself than I do Slayer.

Due to the quicker kill times I find it easier to go 1v2 and still win. Even 1v3 feels possible and I'm a very average Halo player at best. If it's 1v3 in Slayer I stand no chance at all....
 
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BananasWithGuns

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Eden and Regret are pretty great, especially Regret. Eden's a bit too blue but other than that I really like the layout. The Hydra might be a little cheap but it's fun as hell to use.

DontBeThatGuy said:
I haven't tried it yet but why change the health at all? And why not add some kind of adjective?
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Yeah I'm not really sure why they made the decisions that they did. It just feels like a mish-mash of ideas that don't really work. Also seems completely based off momentum more so than teamwork or strategy. Nine times out of ten you're winning the round if you get the first kill which more often than not comes from either a random grenade or just some stray shot across the map. So it essentially becomes "wait for other team to fuck up then push," which is pretty boring to me.
 
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Gravemind IV

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The american connection advantage is really making me despise the game. Good luck on breakout especially as an EU player, better cater more to the US crowd by purposely handicapping every other player.

Also the framerate on Regret is atrocious.
 
JimiNutz

JimiNutz

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As a UK player def noticing some really bad lag in Breakout.
Like emptying an entire clip with the SMG into someone and also seeing a team mate unload on the same guy yet somehow they still survive?
Doesn't happen often though.
 
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Blue Ninja

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Gravemind IV

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Yesterday was great. Today I see 4 hitmarkers after someone is no shield, meanwhile I get 4/5 shotted consistently. Gonna drop this crap for the day.
 
SatansReverence

SatansReverence

Hipster Princess
Gravemind IV said:
To the guy who said 'No, I know someone from 343, there are no headshot multipliers for automatics'

Right. http://www.reddit.com/r/halo/comments/2r60n2/halo_5_beta_smg_and_ar_do_bonus_damage_with/
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op_ivy said:
so because there is no headshot awarded for it in game and the devs themselves claim it doesnt exist and because only a vocal minority think it does, i'm wrong? flawless logic. gtfo.
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Yup...

On another note, I've definitely change my outlook on the usefulness of the stabalise function.
 
JimiNutz

JimiNutz

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If they remove sprint they've gotta significantly increase the base movement speed so that you move closer to the current sprint speed rather than the current walking speed.

Game is stupidly slow otherwise.
 
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arith

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Add me to the visibility moaners. The style the seem to be going for is exactly the same as H2A. Moody, dark and coloured lighting. This is great in SP, you know, hey this is like Blade Runner or whatever. In a competitive arena shooter? Not so much. Of course, just like we aren't allowed a ping bar or choice or information on where we play, we aren't allowed a brightness or gamma slider. This goes for MCC too, so no its just a beta getouts.
Some of us are using calibrated plasmas, not LCDs in torch mode. In the heat of combat I miss pickup after pickup unless I accidentally see the prompt and backup.

While I'm moaning..matchmaking. Played in the day yesterday, met Germans, Dutch and Irish, just how you would expect(I'm a UK player). Soon as it gets to 8pm I'm playing people who's bios indicate they are in Ohio, or Ontario or other places with lots of goddam vowels. One of the Xbox strengths is supposed to be dedicated servers, you have to get this right..dont make a US only game please. I have enough on with PS4 owning friends trying to lure me away as it is..and I really really dont want to play Killzone.

I love Halo, and Halo 5 seems like a well thought out modernization so far gameplay wise. I'm under no illusion that creating a H2 or H3 again would create anything but a museum to visit, like MCC. Its not an easy task at all, but it has to grow a player base again. The arena style 4v4 has never felt more like a sport than this beta. The way the gameplay, callouts and powerweps nudge you to work as a team has surprised me.
 
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Gravemind IV

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Gotta love how enemy grenades always bounce perfectly in my face, while mine are either firecrackers or bounce in the most random direction tdue to something sticking out.
 
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jem0208

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I know lots of people have been complaining about the lights being visual distractions and annoying etc. But I have to say that the dynamic light from the Light Rifle is so cool. Seeing the walls glow orange as you walk by them is awesome.
 
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Blue Ninja

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Gravemind IV said:
Gotta love how enemy grenades always bounce perfectly in my face, while mine are either firecrackers or bounce in the most random direction tdue to something sticking out.
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I know the feel, bro. The day before yesterday some managed to have a grenade roll along the outside wall of Truth and hit me square in the face. It felt like I was in a grotesque pinball game for a moment.
 
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Gravemind IV

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Blue Ninja said:
I know the feel, bro. The day before yesterday some managed to have a grenade roll along the outside wall of Truth and hit me square in the face. It felt like I was in a grotesque pinball game for a moment.
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Pretty much the story of my life. I just died cause somebody shot my own frag when I threw it. My grenades rather kill me than the enemy even..
 
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jet1911

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NutJobJim said:
I've been playing Breakout solo with no issues. I actually find it easier to play Breakout by myself than I do Slayer.

Due to the quicker kill times I find it easier to go 1v2 and still win. Even 1v3 feels possible and I'm a very average Halo player at best. If it's 1v3 in Slayer I stand no chance at all....
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Having no radar really helps. Breakout reminds me a lot of playing GoW. I love it. Except that I was better at GoW. :(
 
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Unstable

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Had some great breakout matches with some fellow GAFers. If anyone wants to play add/message me.

GT is Unstable H2o. I'm pro 2100 in both slayer and breakout.
 
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BananasWithGuns

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For the ground pound, does holding the button longer equate to more damage or is it the same regardless and holding it just allows you to improve your aim?
 
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FaintDeftone

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I finally sat down to play the Beta and I can't get into any games. The matchmaking always fails to fill all the player slots and it just sits there. I can't even back out to try again unless I close the software. Coming from 343 Industries, why am I not surprised?
 
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Gravemind IV

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So 3 unranked and me (gold) versus 4 onyx players where there seemed to be a premade going on.

Gee wiz 343, I sure as hell did not expect that 15-50 loss with 10 kills being mine.
 
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The Real Napsta

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FaintDeftone said:
I finally sat down to play the Beta and I can't get into any games. The matchmaking always fails to fill all the player slots and it just sits there. I can't even back out to try again unless I close the software. Coming from 343 Industries, why am I not surprised?
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Snap party, leave, leave game. You don't have to close the software.
 
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ShinAmano

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Finally got a chance to sit down with this last night. Wow...great game. Add me for some games HaloGAF you guys remember me right? :)
 
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Twilight Gap

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Ajemsuhgao said:
chase better
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Ajemsuhgao

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Zoba said:
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What's the problem? That map gives you all the options in the world to get to different positions and cut the guy off with a pistol/rifle/grenade. On top of that, if he's gone and you know he's gone, then stop chasing. All that clip shows is one guy wasting a whole minute for a potential ONE kill. Not worth it.

EDIT: Didn't watch the whole thing, thought it was another one reposted on YouTube. Still. ARs everywhere for some reason. First dude would have had the kill right away with a pistol but he's trying to shoot from forever away with an AR. Dumb.
 
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jem0208

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Ajemsuhgao said:
What's the problem? That map gives you all the options in the world to get to different positions and cut the guy off with a pistol/rifle/grenade. On top of that, if he's gone and you know he's gone, then stop chasing. All that clip shows is one guy wasting a whole minute for a potential ONE kill. Not worth it.

EDIT: Didn't watch the whole thing, thought it was another one reposted on YouTube. Still. ARs everywhere for some reason. First dude would have had the kill right away with a pistol but he's trying to shoot from forever away with an AR. Dumb.
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Yeah, all I saw there was some seriously bad play from the person recording. Constantly trying to follow the runner's direct path instead of actually thinking and intercepting them. Giving up power positions to chase someone with an AR, when the runner had already gone around the corner and up to where the player was a second before. Then they tried to chase them instead of climbing back up and intercepting.

That was a bad video.
 
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CrazedArabMan

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russian box

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I hate the AR, I don't think it should be the starting weapon but the headshot thing,
I don't get why its an issue?

like all guns its easier to kill in the head? just stop giving everyone ARs, It should always be BR start
 
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Diablohead

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OverHeat said:
343i should definitely do division placement by region...sometime games are a fucking joke
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yes, connection quality first followed by rank, i'd prefer to see a different set of ranks for every region instead of trying to mix them together and put up with dodgy connections.
 
OverHeat

OverHeat

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Diablohead said:
yes, connection quality first followed by rank, i'd prefer to see a different set of ranks for every region instead of trying to mix them together and put up with dodgy connections.
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The more noise we make the more chance we have a this being change use the titanfall model 343i
 
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