Halo 5: Guardians |OT| The Trials of Osiris

Well, I guess I shouldn't be surprised that cowardice to deviate from sources of inspiration should undermine a 343i product.

*cough*

Seriously though, at a fundamental mechanical level, there's a ton to love about Halo 5. When it comes to what separates great games from the elite - AI, balance, polish - it slips on a banana peel into a woodchipper.

I guess that's what makes companies like Bungie special.
Never played Destiny huh. I like Bungie, played all their games. Bungie have had their fair share of misses.
 
Never played Destiny huh. I like Bungie, played all their games. Bungie have had their fair share of misses.

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Bungie of old is long dead.
 
do Betrayals not count in Warzone? I can't count the times I've been run over the fucking imbeciles driving vehicles not watching where they are going. Never heard or saw "Betrayal" once.
 
Wow I'm sure he'll take your criticism seriously after your super respectful post.

Oh, I'm sorry, let me rephrase:

Sir Lord Frankie, Embodiment of Utter Perfection,

Having had the ultimate privilege of paying $60 to drink the milk from your hallowed teat, I come crawling with tears in my eyes, begging that you address the festering boil on the ass of the one significant positive contribution that 343i has made to the Halo package.

Blessings be upon your family.
 
do Betrayals not count in Warzone? I can't count the times I've been run over the fucking imbeciles driving vehicles not watching where they are going. Never heard or saw "Betrayal" once.

There's no announcer in Warzone for the medals and such. It does show in the kill feed though so I would assume it's tallied.
 
Can we not go down the Destiny vs Halo 5 road? Not yet?

I'm sure there will be months, years of opportunities to do that eventually.
 
I will criticize a game to hell and back and absolutely call out any parties responsible for decisions I don't agree with.

But name calling is never acceptable. Am pretty sure we can get the point across without making it personal.
 
Oh, I'm sorry, let me rephrase:

Sir Lord Frankie, Embodiment of Utter Perfection,

Having had the ultimate privilege of paying $60 to drink the milk from your hallowed teat, I come crawling with tears in my eyes, begging that you address the festering boil on the ass of the one significant positive contribution that 343i has made to the Halo package.

Blessings be upon your family.

Come on bro. "Everyone is a moron" is shit-tier criticism, and shit like this just makes you look worse.
 
The map selection in arena/slayer sucks. I haven't played Plaza even once all week long, and it's one of my favorite maps :<

Lol I get plaza like every 3rd match.

Team Arena or Slayer?

I've seen it in Team Arena a ton for CTF, never for Team Slayer though.

I've played both team and slayer. Haven't seen it once. Also my friend who is already close to rank *30* hasn't played it once either and has been cycling through game modes as well.
 
These boss fights man. I hate em. Maybe these work in coop (especially with the tactic specified) but these AI idiots never help make anything happen. And I can't think of a sure fire way to get damage in without being one shotted. And there are spongy adds everywhere that take damn forever to kill.

Smooth sailings up to these 2 brick walls of frustration. Anyone got some tips? I'm on the second one
the guardian sword guy surrounded by prometheons on reunion
 
*not on legendary

We're all playing on Legendary anyway, right? I can't be the only one who thought Heroic felt like Normal difficulty.

do Betrayals not count in Warzone? I can't count the times I've been run over the fucking imbeciles driving vehicles not watching where they are going. Never heard or saw "Betrayal" once.


You can't shoot or nade anyone but you can still run them over.
 
so now you can get out of tanks that have been mounted with a bomb planted? I swear you didn't used to be able to do that. Defeats the whole reward of getting to the tank and planting it.
 
I don't understand what compels people to be so uncivil when it comes to throwing out criticisms.

Me neither. Just a sign of times, the impersonal social media era. Plus I think it's because people are unhappy with themselves, they think insults and making someone else feel bad will help them feel good. Much easier to bring someone down to your level, than raise yourself up to meet theirs.
 
This game needs CTF only playlist, otherwise Arena is almost perfect. Those are my impressions after spending 24+ hours solely playing Arena.
 
This game needs CTF only playlist, otherwise Arena is almost perfect. Those are my impressions after spending 24+ hours solely playing Arena.

a lot of people have been saying that since release day. we need an objective arena mode.
 
I'm not fond of Breakout being in TA, but christ it's an absolute minefield of quitters because apparently other randoms enjoy it even less than I do.

Breakout a man down (or two!) is an utterly miserable experience.
 
I'm not fond of Breakout being in TA, but christ it's an absolute minefield of quitters because apparently other randoms enjoy it even less than I do.

Breakout a man down (or two!) is an utterly miserable experience.

I feel like Breakout appeals to the same crowd as SWAT.

Add it to that playlist and let them deal with it.
 
Stinkles and gaffers


Can someone please explain to me why i need to zoom to stabalize my thrusters??

I just feel it makes no sense at all. Can't we just do that by pressing the button after in the air? It makes it really hard to do all of this on bumper jumper and I don't want to zoom in to make it work.

I hope this is being seriously looked at and fixed, it just seems so silly to zoom in with a sniper or something zoomed in at a wall to stabalize my jump..

Am I doing something wrong???
 
Can someone tell me how in the world do you unlock weapon skins in the game? I've been playing like mad these last few days, opening gold Req Packs left and right and I didn't get a single one.

Are the skins some sort of preorder bonus? Are we not supposed to get them from Req Packs? Do you have to complete challenges to get them or what's the deal?
 
Can someone tell me how in the world do you unlock weapon skins in the game? I've been playing like mad these last few days, opening gold Req Packs left and right and I didn't get a single one.

Are the skins some sort of preorder bonus? Are we not supposed to get them from Req Packs? Do you have to complete challenges to get them or what's the deal?

stop opening gold stuff. open silver and bronze, after that move up to gold.

I've found one skin in a LOT of REQ packs. they are just reeeeeeeally rare.
 
Can someone tell me how in the world do you unlock weapon skins in the game? I've been playing like mad these last few days, opening gold Req Packs left and right and I didn't get a single one.

Are the skins some sort of preorder bonus? Are we not supposed to get them from Req Packs? Do you have to complete challenges to get them or what's the deal?

I've gotten skins for my AR, BR, and DMR from Gold req packs.
 
The fatal ambition disaster at the tournament is kinda interesting.

While I agree that the behavior was childish and out of place, though I understand why people don't want to play it in a tournament.

I mean I like Breakout but it plays like a completely different game, so in a series of 5 it should either stay in normal Halo or all 5 games should be Breakout.

Switching forth and back to the other modes just is a pain to play.
 
Stinkles and gaffers


Can someone please explain to me why i need to zoom to stabalize my thrusters??

I just feel it makes no sense at all. Can't we just do that by pressing the button after in the air? It makes it really hard to do all of this on bumper jumper and I don't want to zoom in to make it work.

I hope this is being seriously looked at and fixed, it just seems so silly to zoom in with a sniper or something zoomed in at a wall to stabalize my jump..

Am I doing something wrong???

I don't understand what you're trying to do. stabilize your jump? the only reason you put on thrusters when scoping is to be steady while shooting, which works best while zoomed
 
Why are you trying to stabilize?

Well, it's needed to help soot and dash out of the way at certain points. falling down and trying to get a few extra shots before someone is out of view and it's also needed to help make some jumps or to save your self in tight jumping situations. Many reasons why it is needed for the maps and gameplay.

Not sure if that is what you were asking or not :)


I am wondering if I should switch to default controls as doing all of this is quite hard on bumper jumper... Not sure if it makes a big difference though. I feel bumper jumper would work out well if I didn't have to zoom in at the same time to do it. Seems like a bad choice in design to me. I don't always want to zoom in and while its easier to do all of this in default controls it's really a chore on bumper jumper to need to zoom in and press a button.
 
I was thinking about the zoom thing the other day. I like the mechanic but ever since the beta I never understood why it was tied to the scope. It works well if you want to pull off a quick long ranged shot with a Pistol or BR, but the moment you're holding something with a larger scope or longer zoom and using the stabilize for map traversal, it just looks goofy. Like, your whole screen ends up being taken up by a wall that you're jumping towards because you have to scope for that extra hang time. To anyone who has played the Spyro the Dragon games, imagine if hovering at the end of your glide zoomed you in to the Triangle aiming view. It makes no sense.

I'm not sure where else they would move the mechanic though, especially now that it's already muscle memory for everyone.
 
do you guys have a favourite flavour text?

mine are:
Helmet
RECLUSE SERI:
Lack of ethical, legal, and administrative oversight would allow hypothetical RECLUSE designers to fully exploit Spartan neurological peculiarities - albeit at great risk of inducing dangerous side effects.

Armor
ROGUE
ROGUE operators tend to be lone wolves, stalking the outskirts of the battlefield to cull enemy forces of the weak, the inattentive, and the incautious.

Visor
AUREUS
Containing dozens of useful functions for unaugmented users, the Aureus VISR is used by many new Spartans before they transition to more specialized HUDs.
and
DAUNTLESS
Sangheili sourced high-tier nanolaminates and scanning elements make the Dauntless sensor grid and faceplate outrageously expensive even by Watershed Division standards.

Stance
GRIM RESOLVE
There are worse places to die.

Assassination
LIFTOFF
Pow! Right to the moon!

Weapon Skin
LAGRANGE
Death seeps out from cold stars. Be prepared.
 
I was thinking about the zoom thing the other day. I like the mechanic but ever since the beta I never understood why it was tied to the scope. It works well if you want to pull off a quick long ranged shot with a Pistol or BR, but the moment you're holding something with a larger scope or longer zoom and using the stabilize for map traversal, it just looks goofy. Like, your whole screen ends up being taken up by a wall that you're jumping towards because you have to scope for that extra hang time. To anyone who has played the Spyro the Dragon games, imagine if hovering at the end of your glide zoomed you in to the Triangle aiming view. It makes no sense.

I'm not sure where else they would move the mechanic though, especially now that it's already muscle memory for everyone.

nothing wrong with an option, it still makes 0 sense as to why its tied to two buttons to work.

You can still stab. and then zoom if you want at the same time. I am sure people would love the option to have the stab. work when your not zoomed.... I mean it is down right silly to have zoom work with it. Why anyone would need to zoom in on their gun to get their thrusters to work??? In a game or in real life..

Really hope they change this.


It's exactly the same as saying you need to zoom to dash, there is no logical reason as to why it "must" be like that imo


Keep in mind that on bumer jumper the right analog stick is zoom so I have to click and then press a with my thumb to get this to work. if I can just look around then quickly press a to do it and go back to aiming it would feel a little smoother.


Default has it lt and left cs click. which is a lot easier to do but there are a few other things with other gameplay mechanics that are a little off for me here.
 
Frankie,

Every single person involved with the decision that boss kills in Warzone should be decided by the final shot, is a moron.

Every single one. Anybody who had sign off authority. Anybody who QA'ed it for a single day.

I wouldn't trust them to water a plant, let alone balance a multifaceted multiplayer mode.

Yeah this is complete bs, I love being screwed out of boss kills by someone with a sniper rifle on the other side of the map who happens to shoot it last.

Edit: sorry for double post
 
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