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[shinobi602]

We've known the game uses dedis for matchmaking but I'm pretty sure this wasn't known before for custom matches.

Via Josh Holmes (studio head)

We only have dedicated servers for MP in Halo 5: Guardians. That's true for matchmaking AND customs. There is no P2P.

http://teambeyond.net/forum/topic/5443-halo-5-guardians-discussion/?p=436638

 

[Scooby]

God is real

 

[Bornstellar]

Titanfall does this, right?

 

[Twin Tails]

and custom, that's cool

 

[GrizzNKev]

yay

 

[HTupolev]

As it should be. Customs being P2P-only in MCC is silly, it's not like customs players aren't also paying for XBL services.

 

[wintermute181]

This should have been the standard 10 years ago.

Good to hear though, unfortunately I don't like any of the changes they've made (especially ADS) so I'm not too excited.

 

[Regret Upon Approval]

Interesting.
So someone sets up a custom lobby and Azure dishes out a dedi for it?

On the subject of customs, I hope they get the care/upgrades they deserve.

 

[Darknight34]

Really now.... finally? Can we get it in the MCC later?

 

[samurai1226]

Great news!

How about coop campaign and firefight/spartan ops/whatever coop they add in h5? Wouldnt that be ideal for the holy cloud, since these modes were always laggy over p2p?

 

[Syracuse022]

It's adorable how you guys appear to believe this.

 

[Dylan Sexbang]

Excellent. I hope we can see a return back to being able to pick up a lobby of randoms after BTB matches and play things like Jenga and Duck Hunt.

Oh and, off topic, but bring back full armor customization instead of sets.

It's adorable how you guys appear to believe this.

Titanfall does it. It's adorable how you shit post :3c

 

[Femto.]

Yeah, sure.

Didn't MCC claim this as well?

 

[Wereroku]

Yeah, sure.

Didn't MCC claim this as well?

Before release they did a release saying custom would be p2p. But it was only a few months before.

 

[The Sarcastic Dude]

Friggin' sweet!

 

[Arby 'n' the Chief]

Yeah, sure.

Didn't MCC claim this as well?

No only matchmaking

 

[Twin Tails]

It's adorable how you guys appear to believe this.

halo 5 beta used them just fine

 

[HTupolev]

Yeah, sure.

Didn't MCC claim this as well?

They initially said they were using dedis, but specified only for MM shortly before release. Here they're being explicit about "AND customs." Josh Holmes is specifically wording this as contrast to how MCC turned out.

 

[Omni]

Hmmm, interesting.

 

[KdMgMan]

It's adorable how you guys appear to believe this.

Please lets us know more mr. Insider who has apparently already play this game.

 

[wintermute181]

This means the end of LAN also.

 

[Femto.]

Before release they did a release saying custom would be p2p. But it was only a few months before.

No only matchmaking

They initially said they were using dedis, but specified only for MM shortly before release. Here they're being explicit about "AND customs." Josh Holmes is specifically wording this as contrast to how MCC turned out.

Ahh okay.

I fail to understand why dedicated servers still isn't the standard now. It's not like a lot of resource have to be put into it doesn't it?

 

[Rayme]

Titanfall does this, right?

Yes; and awesome that Halo5 will too. Between this and 60fps, I want to hug someone over there in a really uncomfortable way.

 

[Leyasu]

Great news! Spinning up a server for customs will be great. Plus regional matchmaking..... I need halo 5

 

[ShamePain]

Cool story 343, you claimed MCC was dedicated as well.

 

[RagingAvatar]

So no LAN then..?

 

[IHaveIce]

It's adorable how you guys appear to believe this.

Calling a dev a liar doesn't work out that well without backing it up.

Nice to hear that will make scrimming very easy

 

[JoJo UK]

Yes; and awesome that Halo5 will too. Between this and 60fps, I want to hug someone over there in a really uncomfortable way.

Titanfall/Halo crossover confirmed?!?

Spoiler

 

[aspiegamer]

Calling a dev a liar doesn't work out that well without backing it up.

Yeah! It's not like these guys just recently released an absolute piece of garbage that never should have seen the light of day and misled everyone to hell and back both before and after release in a horrendous incident that's done significant damage to the brand! Oh...

After that clusterfuck some skepticism is the wise play, not the cynical one. Anyone issuing blind trust does so at his or her own risk. Onus is on 343 at this point. Some positive beta impressions taken while the previous game was still entirely busted does not count for much-- Yet-- But it's a good start and things have generally seemed to be on the up and up the past few months.

 

[Sikamikanico]

Have people seen this from Frankie on Twitter?

http://huntthetruth.tumblr.com/

 

[TheOddOne]

Have people seen this from Frankie on Twitter?

http://huntthetruth.tumblr.com/

Sauce.

Guess something is happening.

 

[maximrace]

Somebody should make a new thread about that, seems like campaign footage incoming

 

[Jessie.Bristol]

That's great! Now just allow us to search for Custom Games as well (a highly requested feature since Halo 2).

 

[Leyasu]

Sauce.

Guess something is happening.

Im on my phone and I cant see. But when does the countdown end?

 

[Bornstellar]

Titanfall/Halo crossover confirmed?!?

Spoiler

I don't think my heart could take it. Especially if Mass Effect got in the mix.

 

[Odah]

Can we get a server list for custom games? Where you can see what the server is about, eg: Fat Kid Server 5/16 players or Infection 14/16, etc..

 

[Leyasu]

Can we get a server list for custom games? Where you can see what the server is about, eg: Fat Kid Server 5/16 players or Infection 14/16, etc..

As they are going to be on the datacenter of our choosing, surely they could make it a reality?

Either way, this is good. But 343 do have the chance to set the benchmark.

 

[jmaine_ph]

As long as they work as intended then you have me.

 

[jelly]

Server list and search please. Co-op dedicated servers as well.

Does that mean no P2P fall back?

 

[IHaveIce]

Yeah! It's not like these guys just recently released an absolute piece of garbage that never should have seen the light of day and misled everyone to hell and back both before and after release in a horrendous incident that's done significant damage to the brand! Oh...

After that clusterfuck some skepticism is the wise play, not the cynical one. Anyone issuing blind trust does so at his or her own risk. Onus is on 343 at this point. Some positive beta impressions taken while the previous game was still entirely busted does not count for much-- Yet-- But it's a good start and things have generally seemed to be on the up and up the past few months.

First 2 different teams at 343.
2. Skepticism is fine.


I never staded blind trust actually if you would be apart of the HaloGAF community you would knew that I'm not a trustee.

 

[Jessie.Bristol]

Server list and search please. Co-op dedicated servers as well.

Does that mean no P2P fall back?

Well, they have said there is no p2p. So that should mean Co-Op as well, which will be good since all of the AI can be done server-side so it is all synced up between players.

 

[BokehKing]

Yeah, sure.

Didn't MCC claim this as well?

It's adorable how you guys appear to believe this.

Titanfall does it. It's adorable how you shit post :3c

It's not shit posting, Halo is forever in that "show and prove" camp now because of MCC (which is maybe at 79%)

 

[OdysseusVA]

No p2p fallback BS is great news

 

[LAA]

Nice to hear! Hope this means they'll put some effort into bringing custom games and forge into the spotlight more

 

[user_nat]

So are we going to get to pick our server this time around?

 

[Jessie.Bristol]

So are we going to get to pick our server this time around?

Yes, already been confirmed a month or so ago. Datacenter Selection is in: https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/...ped-shape-the-multiplayer-of-halo-5-guardians

 

[Septic360]

As they are going to be on the datacenter of our choosing, surely they could make it a reality?

Either way, this is good. But 343 do have the chance to set the benchmark.

THIS

THIS

THIS!

 

[Twilight Gap]

this and the fact that all of the spartan abilities can be turned off is good news. if forge is actually improved, i'll be picking this up for the custom games.

 

[wesleyshark]

Cool story 343, you claimed MCC was dedicated as well.

Yes and no. They explicitly said that customs were p2p and regular matches were dedicated.

 

[BeforeU]