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[Arby 'n' the Chief]

Stick with it unlocked :O and finding a match was a lot quicker

dat background tho

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

oh shit wesomewhatback?

 

[Ghazi]

Wut

Should say laggy, don't know why my phone decided to get Kathy involved in this lol.

 

[Hubble]

They NEED to have some text during the loading screens to clarify if you are on dedicated servers or on P2P. It is kinda Kathy for me sometimes.

I agree. I think dedicated servers have failed. I have seen the 'Connecting to a dedicated server' popup in the past week but it is extremely rare. I'll be playing with friends. Will post impressions after significant playtime.

 

[Takashi]

Great news it's finally out. Due to work tomorrow I won't be able to try it out til Thurdsay at least tho.

 

[PROh1bited]

http://xboxclips.com/PROh1bited/45c1a98e-34e5-471c-bcca-ebe38827311c

This was my first match with the new patch. Let's just say it's not good.

 

[Arby 'n' the Chief]

Wow just found a btb match in less than 10 seconds, that's a new record

 

[Pez]

it's fixed? like 100%?

Pssh, no.

They still have a long way to go.

 

[SomeOneInaHat]

Just matched in Team Slayer in under a minute. YAY!

 

[El_Chino]

http://xboxclips.com/PROh1bited/45c1a98e-34e5-471c-bcca-ebe38827311c

This was my first match with the new patch. Let's just say it's not good.

I'll wait until more people have downloaded the patch before I pass judgement.

 

[Zomba13]

Just matched in Team Slayer in under a minute. YAY!

Lies. I don't think that is possible.

 

[EchoChamber]

Wow the backgrounds

 

[Mesonak]

This can't possibly be the patch we've been waiting for. 690mb? Impossible.

It must be some intermediary patch or something.

Either way, hyped.

 

[buddha0991]

This can't possibly be the patch we've been waiting for. 690mb? Impossible.

It must be some intermediary patch or something.

Either way, hyped.

I don't know if its the big one but matchmaking itself is drastically faster for me, so in that aspect alone, a tremendous improvement. Match quality itself continues to be hit or miss, but still...

 

[gossi]

This patch does a ground up rework of matchmaking backend code. That's my understanding.

 

[LycanXIII]

http://xboxclips.com/PROh1bited/45c1a98e-34e5-471c-bcca-ebe38827311c

This was my first match with the new patch. Let's just say it's not good.

How do we know that?

 

[SicSemperTyrannis]

First game post patch: Halo 2 classic. Everything seemed to be running more smoothly than before and I got into a lobby with 7 other players no problem, and the game even loaded without any issues! Then the game had a case of the suddenly-endings at 18-28 with at least 10 minutes on the clock :/

343, why do you hate us enjoying our old Halo so much?

 

[PROh1bited]

How do we know that?

I'm talking about how my first match wasn't good. I'll give it another day for people to download it before I give a more informed opinion.

 

[SomeOneInaHat]

Lies. I don't think that is possible.

It happened, hopefully it happens more than once.

 

[GTSweet]

So much better. Not perfect. But so... Much... Better

 

[jem0208]

So, are we going to have to change the title of this thread at some point...?

 

[Prologue]

I'll wait until tomorrow morning to give it a whirl.

 

[Welfare]

So, are we going to have to change the title of this thread at some point...?

New thread time!

 

[SEGAvangelist]

In a party of 3. I found a btb in one minute. Even teams. Then it loads a game over screen...

 

[gossi]

In a party of 3. I found a btb in one minute. Even teams. Then it loads a game over screen...

Yeah, the matchmaking code has had a rewrite (finally!!!). But the base bugs remain.

 

[Nori Chan]

Less than 20 seconds to find btb :0

and 8 of these assholes picked halo 4

we definitely back |:

 

[SEGAvangelist]

Team slayer in party of 3 in about 30 seconds. Good match too.

 

[Arby 'n' the Chief]

Less than 20 seconds to find btb :0

and 8 of these assholes picked halo 4

we definitely back |:

Halo 4 btb is really fun though plus no AAs

 

[clav]

First map after update.

Fucking snowbound.

Why do people select this map?

 

[Xbudz]

40 seconds for a rumble pit match and it was a laggy mess.

 

[Hubble]

So, are we going to have to change the title of this thread at some point...?

Too early.

We might need a new thread to reflect the correct amount of days.

 

[clav]

Stop picking Halo 3.

I don't see any changelog improvements for Halo 3.

 

[xxracerxx]

So, are we going to have to change the title of this thread at some point...?

So this fixed everything or are more days needed?

 

[Nutter]

Games within 30-60 seconds.

 

[clav]

Just played Halo 2 classic.

Host still has clear advantage.

 

[Remark]

Games coming faster but I'm still having uneven team problems.

 

[RdN]

Re posting what I said on the OT thread.

Played 5 matches, which is more than I had played in the last 2 months, all 5 with a party of 4 players, something that was simply impossible before.

Matchmaking was fast and reliable for every one that I played. It doesn't seem to be matching by skill yet, which kind of sucks, but at least I get to play.

However, I did experience high pings on 2 matches (Slayer on Halo 2: Anniversary and Team Snipers on Halo 4). The other 3 were pretty great, the kind of experience that I expect from Dedicated Servers.

Halo CE still suffers from latency, specially shot registration.. but is miles better than at launch. Considering that they're using the PC version, I don't see it getting much better.

So, it appears that this CU really is the much promised fix for matchmaking. Now, 343i has to build upon it. There's still a lot of things wrong.

 

[Illusive_Juan]

Let us know about your experience, and check back for details as the team continues work on next month’s content update.

check back for details as the team continues work on next month’s content update.

continues work on next month’s content update.

next month’s content update.

Fuck. I hope this makes things more reasonable for now.

Fake edit: I just unlocked the "Stick With It" achievement when I booted up the game!

 

[SEGAvangelist]

Btb working great now

 

[Scooby]

Streaming: http://www.twitch.tv/ayyscooby

Spoiler

It works!

 

[Illusive_Juan]

The UI is a lot more responsive.

BUT it still makes you go to the main matchmaking menu after the round is over. There is no intermission.

 

[The Artisan]

Pssh, no.

They still have a long way to go.

is that "long way" gonna find themselves close to the release date of halo 5 i.e at a point where the mp of the collection barely even matters anymore?

 

[Hoje0308]

is that "long way" gonna find themselves close to the release date of halo 5 i.e at a point where the mp of the collection barely even matters anymore?

I prefer Halo:CE and Halo 2 to 5, so it still matters to people that prefer the older games. And I most certainly won't be giving 3v4 Industries full price for Halo 5.

 

[Prologue]

Couldn't resist.

Solo play.

3 smooth halo 1 matches.

1 complete halo 2 match

1 ended mid game with a possible group on the other team quitting.

 

[The Artisan]

I prefer Halo:CE and Halo 2 to 5, so it still matters to people that prefer the older games. And I most certainly won't be giving 3v4 Industries full price for Halo 5.

you haven't even had a chance to play halo 5 yet to rank it among your preferences. I see what you're saying though.

but for whoever gets through mp matches in the mcc, that number will probably reduce drastically when halo 5 drops. halo is halo, why wouldn't you pay full price for it?

 

[TipsyArchmage]

So far I still haven't found a BTB game and the slayer game I got into was suuuuper laggy.

But I think that might be because not that many people in Aus/NZ have downloaded the patch yet

And I mean I really hope they do but I don't have that much hope that enough people will give it another shot to actually make the numbers big enough

 

[Hoje0308]

you haven't even had a chance to play halo 5 yet to rank it among your preferences. I see what you're saying though.

but for whoever gets through mp matches in the mcc, that number will probably reduce drastically when halo 5 drops. halo is halo, why wouldn't you pay full price for it?

Played the beta. Aside from Breakout, there's nothing there that made me think I'll prefer the new Halo to its predecessors.

I won't pay full price because I'm not going to reward a dev for fucking up this badly.

 

[Prologue]

you haven't even had a chance to play halo 5 yet to rank it among your preferences. I see what you're saying though.

but for whoever gets through mp matches in the mcc, that number will probably reduce drastically when halo 5 drops. halo is halo, why wouldn't you pay full price for it?

Seriously? Halo 1 is drastically different from 2 and so on and so foruth. I'm buying Halo 5 just for the story, but I don't see my self playing the MP portion long term.

Its a nice balance for the crowd they're trying to attract, but for me, playing midship in the halo 5 beta just made me want to play halo 2 instead.

 

[The Artisan]

Played the beta. Aside from Breakout, there's nothing there that made me think I'll prefer the new Halo to its predecessors.

I won't pay full price because I'm not going to reward a dev for fucking up this badly.

but its a beta. so there's probably much more to be had just with the mp.

Seriously? Halo 1 is drastically different from 2 and so on and so foruth. I'm buying Halo 5 just for the story, but I don't see my self playing the MP portion long term.

Its a nice balance for the crowd they're trying to attract, but for me, playing midship in the halo 5 beta just made me want to play halo 2 instead.

alright, man. but obviously don't get the full picture of mp alone of halo 5 till the game actually comes out.

 

[Toa TAK]

Downloaded the patch, but I have to work in a few.

Gonna keep an eye on this thread to see if it really works. Do like the backgrounds, though.