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[Diablohead]

I get more REQ points in a 5 minute warzone game than in a Arena Slayer game? why?

Arena does not give enough req points imho

Yeah the point earning balance is off, but instead of increasing arena they will most likely nerf income from warzone assault and say it's fixed. How many companies buff things instead of reduce?

I also cannot understand why Truth is not into Slayer rotation. Wasn't that one in the Beta?

Week 1 was truth and empire, week 2 was regret and eden? week 3 was counter strike.

If someone a year ago told me the beta had half the MP maps in it I would have laughed.

 

[rakka]

They make it hard to tell where you were sniped from too, where did that white sniper shot trail go? now I die and have no idea where the sniper was.

the sound for being hit is too quiet too, what happened to the loud meaty hit noises when I was getting shot at? even the new shield noise is toned down.

This so much. Where's the smoke trail? And The sounds are horrific in this game. They've tried way too hard to make the guns sound cool or futuristic or whatever they've tried to do but they've just made it harder to differentiate between them, all the iconic easy to recognise sounds are gone. Can't really hear a shotty nearby because it sounds like generic ass. Shot by a sniper? Could mistake that for a ground pound or Spartan charge sometimes lol, gotta look at the kill feed to see wtf hit me the weapons don't sound good at all. And sounds seem to disappear sometimes too. Ugh

 

[ManUnkindH]

A friend got 4 AR skins from gold packs and I have none until now. I've played double the time he has and opened far more gold packs. What's the logical explanation here?

 

[Trup1aya]

A friend got 4 AR skins from gold packs and I have none until now. I've played double the time he has and opened far more gold packs. What's the logical explanation here?

RNG...

Chances are you have a lot of things he doesn't have...

 

[Trup1aya]

This so much. Where's the smoke trail? And The sounds are horrific in this game. They've tried way too hard to make the guns sound cool or futuristic or whatever they've tried to do but they've just made it harder to differentiate between them, all the iconic easy to recognise sounds are gone. Can't really hear a shotty nearby because it sounds like generic ass. Shot by a sniper? Could mistake that for a ground pound or Spartan charge sometimes lol, gotta look at the kill feed to see wtf hit me the weapons don't sound good at all. And sounds seem to disappear sometimes too. Ugh

I see the sniper trail everytime... Ground pounds and Spartan charges sound different. You can here the ground pound charging up prior to it being unleaded.

 

[KnightHart]

A friend got 4 AR skins from gold packs and I have none until now. I've played double the time he has and opened far more gold packs. What's the logical explanation here?

RNGesus

My friend has opened 10 gold packs and has yet to get the DMR but he has a lot of skins plus 2 special weapons (assault rifle with a scope)

I've opened 3 gold packs and I have a DMR plus 2 skins but no special weapons. This REQ system man. Just give me BTB already

 

[Trup1aya]

I'd enjoy Arena a lot more if they used every map in every playlist, no empire or truth in team slayer is beyond dumb.

I wish they'd just give a reason. Surely the decision to omit these maps wasn't arbitrary. But they just say "we'll reevaluate based on feedback". Well I can't imagine anyone is saying "hey 343, we appreciate you leaving two maps out of the slayer playlist".

 

[G_Berry]

You think Halo will become a wasteland after cod comes out? I love the game but with cod this week and fallout and tomb raider next week, i just dont think ill be coming back to this.

As it stands, its like most games i play are with guys from the US (im in Australia) so it'll only be worse once this new onslaught of games hits.

 

[Trup1aya]

You think Halo will become a wasteland after cod comes out? I love the game but with cod this week and fallout and tomb raider next week, i just dont think ill be coming back to this.

As it stands, its like most games i play are with guys from the US (im in Australia) so it'll only be worse once this new onslaught of games hits.

Population will decrease quite a bir, but I think it will remain reasonably healthy beyond the release of those games. If you want am arena shooter, halo is your only option on consoles.

 

[KnightHart]

You think Halo will become a wasteland after cod comes out? I love the game but with cod this week and fallout and tomb raider next week, i just dont think ill be coming back to this.

As it stands, its like most games i play are with guys from the US (im in Australia) so it'll only be worse once this new onslaught of games hits.

Well I can speak for myself in that once BLOPS 3 is out Friday I'm probably gonna leave Halo 5 on the wayside until the occasional playlist update. And then when FO4 is out everything gets put outside. Then Battlefront the week after... Yeah it's 'that' month in video games. Hopefully Halo 5 survives the gauntlet. Of the 3 major FPS's out this month I think I enjoy Halo 5 the most gameplay wise. It's also the only one of its kind on consoles at the moment.

 

[ThankeeSai]

You think Halo will become a wasteland after cod comes out? I love the game but with cod this week and fallout and tomb raider next week, i just dont think ill be coming back to this.

As it stands, its like most games i play are with guys from the US (im in Australia) so it'll only be worse once this new onslaught of games hits.

I think it's inevitable, but I think 'Wasteland' is a bit harsh.

Also, I think the Forge release is December will see players flooding back.

 

[Diablohead]

You think Halo will become a wasteland after cod comes out? I love the game but with cod this week and fallout and tomb raider next week, i just dont think ill be coming back to this.

As it stands, its like most games i play are with guys from the US (im in Australia) so it'll only be worse once this new onslaught of games hits.

every other arena match I hear someone moaning and complaining that they can't kill or die too often, those people will disspear and hopefully leave halo to people who want to play it and enjoy it.

I bought this one digitally so i'm limped with it for a long time

 

[wormania]

diamond 4 to diamond 1 in team arena. Wish csr was based on more than just wins. People leaving and terrible teams are making it so hard to progress.

Plat 1 to Diamond 1 in Team Arena, playing only solo, 69% winrate.
There's only 3 slots on your team for shitters/quitters, compared to 4 on the opposing team

 

[rakka]

I see the sniper trail everytime... Ground pounds and Spartan charges sound different. You can here the ground pound charging up prior to it being unleaded.

Obviously I'm exaggerating to make a point, and in any case if you think the sound in this game is even comparable to the older halo games you must not have played them. Everything aside the weapons just sound boring and generic in general.

 

[Sanpei]

Why radar range is too short ? This is annoying in multiplayer...

 

[Ramirez]

You think Halo will become a wasteland after cod comes out? I love the game but with cod this week and fallout and tomb raider next week, i just dont think ill be coming back to this.

As it stands, its like most games i play are with guys from the US (im in Australia) so it'll only be worse once this new onslaught of games hits.

I thought the Blops 3 beta was pretty damn awful, too bad I'm in the minority.

 

[Trup1aya]

Obviously I'm exaggerating to make a point, and in any case if you think the sound in this game is even comparable to the older halo games you must not have played them. Everything aside the weapons just sound boring and generic in general.

Lol, yeah I never played them...

The guns sound like guns...the human weapons in particular sound like more powerful versions of the previous entries... I always felt like Halo2 and 3 weapons sounded weak. But whatever...

 

[BokehKing]

Why radar range is too short ? This is annoying in multiplayer...

Eh why even bother having radar at all, enemies don't pop up on it until they're shooting you in the back, with everyone's foot steps so damn loud I spend more time turning around just to see its my team mates creeping on me and not the enemy. I thought Spartans move quiet

 

[Der Flatulator]

Why radar range is too short ? This is annoying in multiplayer...

They reduced it to 15m in arena to force people to play as teams or something.

 

[MouldyK]

"Game's F*cking Retarded! Whoever made this game is a f*cking retard! Or maybe it was my p*ssy team-mates"...

...says the guy with 14 Kills and no Base Captures in the match...

...hell, in his 32 Games of Warzone (8 Hours)...he has only captured 18 Bases and taken down 8 Bosses!


Compare that to my 105 Matches completed (31 Hours), 143 Bases captured and 91 Bosses killed (9 being Legendaries).


Christ, I hate people who complain on mic the whole game and you can see they ain't even doing much better either.

 

[BeforeU]

They reduced it to 15m in arena to force people to play as teams or something.

I thought it was 18. But ya it seems bit too short. I am okay with it though, its doesn't really give anyone an advantage.

Man I can't fucking win Warzone. What are the odds that in last 8 games my team score is always < 550

 

[BokehKing]

"Game's F*cking Retarded! Whoever made this game is a f*cking retard! Or maybe it was my p*ssy team-mates"...

...says the guy with 14 Kills and no Base Captures in the match...

...hell, in his 32 Games of Warzone (8 Hours)...he has only captured 18 Bases and taken down 8 Bosses!


Compare that to my 105 Matches completed (31 Hours), 143 Bases captured and 91 Bosses killed (9 being Legendaries).


Christ, I hate people who complain on mic the whole game and you can see they ain't even playing doing much either.

Whenever I hear someone in arena say "God why do I always get stuck with crappy team mates" 2 minutes into the match, I immediately stop trying to get kills, and just wander around the map letting the enemy shoot me

I can't stand certain people's attitudes, either I could work with you, or you could be an elitist ass and I'll get myself killed just to bring his rank down

 

[TheOddOne]

Whenever I hear someone in arena say "God why do I always get stuck with crappy team mates" 2 minutes into the match, I immediately stop trying to get kills, and just wander around the map letting the enemy shoot me

I can't stand certain people's attitudes, either I could work with you, or you could be an elitist ass and I'll get myself killed just to bring his rank down

So your solution is to be a bigger dick then he is? Good job screwing over your other teammates.

 

[MouldyK]

Whenever I hear someone in arena say "God why do I always get stuck with crappy team mates" 2 minutes into the match, I immediately stop trying to get kills, and just wander around the map letting the enemy shoot me

I can't stand certain people's attitudes, either I could work with you, or you could be an elitist ass and I'll get myself killed just to bring his rank down

Like, the guy had a 1.2 K/D in Arena. He is clearly better than me.

But when my team is losing in Warzone (and hell, with a 49% Win Rate, we lose a lot), I don't complain for 20 minutes. If I know we are going to lose, I just think about what I need to do for myself, in the current case: Get 103 more kills for the SMG Commendation to Max out.


I mean, it's goddamn Warzone you are playing, nothing is to be taken so seriously that you need to shout at us!

 

[mmazurkiewicz]

Eh why even bother having radar at all, enemies don't pop up on it until they're shooting you in the back, with everyone's foot steps so damn loud I spend more time turning around just to see its my team mates creeping on me and not the enemy. I thought Spartans move quiet

Yeh I really feel like radar is broken. Way too often do I find a dude in one spot on radar, then the dot disappears and comes back much closer to me within much too short a time. No way do these guys crouch over toward me that fast.

Its definitely broken due to that and a bunch of other reasons.

 

[Bits N Pieces]

Warzone is amaaaaazing!

Love it but we really need more maps, like we really need more maps.

 

[Surface of Me]

Anyone else usually keep the pistol over BR?


At first I hated the radar change, but now I just change the way I move through a map.

 

[Sesuadra]

I'm in platinum 1 in FFA o.o that can't be right. absolutely not. I'm maybe a silver 1 in FFA...

Anyone else usually keep the pistol over BR?

Magnum + BR is my usual combo by now.

 

[tuna_love]

Whenever I hear someone in arena say "God why do I always get stuck with crappy team mates" 2 minutes into the match, I immediately stop trying to get kills, and just wander around the map letting the enemy shoot me

I can't stand certain people's attitudes, either I could work with you, or you could be an elitist ass and I'll get myself killed just to bring his rank down

What about the other two people on your team?

 

[Snkfanatic]

Like, the guy had a 1.2 K/D in Arena. He is clearly better than me.

But when my team is losing in Warzone (and hell, with a 49% Win Rate, we lose a lot), I don't complain for 20 minutes. If I know we are going to lose, I just think about what I need to do for myself, in the current case: Get 103 more kills for the SMG Commendation to Max out.


I mean, it's goddamn Warzone you are playing, nothing is to be taken so seriously that you need to shout at us!

I just mute people as soon as they start complaining....or singing, or I hear a baby crying in the background. I should just mute everyone honestly...

 

[BokehKing]

So your solution is to be a bigger dick then he is? Good job screwing over your other teammates.

Eh, it's whatever, they might as well be doing the same thing with the way they were performing , difference is I won't get on the mic and put people down like an elitist

And even if they are performing well, I don't care, not my fault the game revolves around wins and not individual stats

 

[MouldyK]

Landing the final kill shot on a Warzone Boss will get them added here, and serve as a warning to others that might try to stand in your way. While working together with your teammates to take down a powerful Boss in Warzone will earn you the &#8220;Boss Takedown&#8221; medal in-game, the only way to scratch Bosses off this list is to land the killing blow.

Yup, working together nets you the medal...obvious lies.

LEGENDARY BOSSES KILLED
4/9

STANDARD BOSSES KILLED
18/21

I'm getting there!

 

[TheOddOne]

Eh, it's whatever, they might as well be doing the same thing with the way they were performing , difference is I won't get on the mic and put people down like an elitist

And even if they are performing well, I don't care, not my fault the game revolves around wins and not individual stats

That is just awful reasoning. You sound just as elitist as the guy spouting nonsense then.

 

[BokehKing]

Like, the guy had a 1.2 K/D in Arena. He is clearly better than me.

But when my team is losing in Warzone (and hell, with a 49% Win Rate, we lose a lot), I don't complain for 20 minutes. If I know we are going to lose, I just think about what I need to do for myself, in the current case: Get 103 more kills for the SMG Commendation to Max out.


I mean, it's goddamn Warzone you are playing, nothing is to be taken so seriously that you need to shout at us!

Warzone is even worst with the people in there, you would think you were suddenly transported to League of Legends or something with the way people fly off the handle

 

[BokehKing]

That is just awful reasoning. You sound just as elitist as the guy spouting nonsense then.

Not at all, I'm a casual pvp player and I don't take the game serious enough to care about hurting "the team" when my team can't even respect each other

 

[Diablohead]

Anyone else usually keep the pistol over BR?


At first I hated the radar change, but now I just change the way I move through a map.

I ALWAYS over aim with the BR so yes, I run past them and keep the magnum.

 

[Rourkey]

Am loving the guns and feedback from the controller, almost feels futuristic compared to other shooters ive played. (perhaps 60fps helps as well)

I wasn't keen on the visor at first as thought it was a bit intrusive but don't really notice it while playing, has there been much bitching about the visor? Was it done to reduce the amount of image the game has to render?

 

[Sesuadra]

Am loving the guns and feedback from the controller, almost feels futuristic compared to other shooters ive played. (perhaps 60fps helps as well)

I wasn't keen on the visor at first as thought it was a bit intrusive but don't really notice it while playing, has there been much bitching about the visor? Was it done to reduce the amount of image the game has to render?

you mean in SP? yes. I hate it. I want to play the SP again but I just can't stand it after my heroic play through.

way better in MP.

I was not created to reduce the image. it is pure for "immersion". I'm to lazy to find the post from stinkles where he said it..sry

 

[TheOddOne]

Not at all, I'm a casual pvp player and I don't take the game serious enough to care about hurting "the team" when my team can't even respect each other

You know that with this attitude you sound elitist as well, right?

 

[Ensoul]

Maybe I am one of the only few people who bought this game for the MP but aftrer a week it's just extremely disappointing.

The team slayer maps, the same 3 or 4 I keep having to play just pale in comparison to the maps in the previous games. I don't like the fact there are no playlists, I miss having the big team death match battles with vehicles which has been replaced (why not have both?) by warzone.

Overall the multiplayer aspect is just such a huge let down. I expected much much more.

 

[el_Nikolinho]

I wish my performance helped my csr at least a little bit. Seems like its just luck if I have a good team and it goes up.

 

[wesleyshark]

Not at all, I'm a casual pvp player and I don't take the game serious enough to care about hurting "the team" when my team can't even respect each other

This is supremely elitist to say lol

 

[Trup1aya]

Not at all, I'm a casual pvp player and I don't take the game serious enough to care about hurting "the team" when my team can't even respect each other

As annoying as your response to this situation is, I can't really blame you. Your a prime example of why the social playlist needs to be a permanent thing.

Not everyone cares so much about ranking and winning so much that they'll put up with bullshit comments for the sake of the team. Anyone who would submarine there own CSR out of spite for someone elses, needs a better place to play.

PS, man you really take the name DevilsAdvocate to heart don't you? Lol

Maybe I am one of the only few people who bought this game for the MP but aftrer a week it's just extremely disappointing.

The team slayer maps, the same 3 or 4 I keep having to play just pale in comparison to the maps in the previous games. I don't like the fact there are no playlists, I miss having the big team death match battles with vehicles which has been replaced (why not have both?) by warzone.

Overall the multiplayer aspect is just such a huge let down. I expected much much more.

Maybe I am one of the only few people who bought this game for the MP but aftrer a week it's just extremely disappointing.

The team slayer maps, the same 3 or 4 I keep having to play just pale in comparison to the maps in the previous games. I don't like the fact there are no playlists, I miss having the big team death match battles with vehicles which has been replaced (why not have both?) by warzone.

Overall the multiplayer aspect is just such a huge let down. I expected much much more.

The lack of content is definately hurting the game. With work and a new born, I have yet to play the game enough to get fatigued, but if I had the play time of my H2 days, I'd be bored already.

Saying that new content is coming "soon" is simply not enough! And the weekend playlist options are abysmal... Here I am expecting to see Oddball, King of the Hill, and GrifBall make an appearance... Instead we get a slayer variant (shotty-snipers), strongholds, and CTF...

Seriously what's the hold up on gametypes? I could live with the lack of maps for a few more weeks of I could do something different with the existing maps.

 

[mocoworm]

Warzone is amaaaaazing!

Love it but we really need more maps, like we really need more maps.

Don't worry. You'll be paying for some more soon.

 

[7DollarHagane]

The lack of content in MP starting to show for me at the moment.

It really isn't helped by the weird ass map/gametype selection.

Playing Apex 3 times in a row doesn't help one bit.

Or Eden 3 times in a row.

Or Arc 3 times in a row.

Oh God, pls fix Franckles

Yeah, the core gameplay is super solid and fun but the maps aren't.

They are going to have a titanfall type situation on their hands if they don't do something fast.

The campaign is the same issue. A real quality gameplay core and feel but the things you're doing, places you're doing them, and enemies you're fighting are so not interesting or remarkable.

Add to this the nonsense story - why did the teams have to be antagonists to each other? It feels completely contrived so that they would have something to talk about for their marketing campaign. It also seems like a consequence of them wanting to keep the actual antagonist a secret, which is fine, but don't prop up a paper thin side plot and then just throw it away after.

With the boring map design in arena and the boring encounter design in campaign, I worry that 343 doesn't have the right people to make future sequels more interesting and have their own identity. Right now halo 5 is about as memorable to me as any random FPS map or campaign.

It really is a shame what potential this game had.

 

[wesleyshark]

Don't worry. You'll be paying for some more soon.

All maps will be free for everyone

 

[mocoworm]

All maps will be free for everyone

So there will be no paid DLC? Great news!

 

[SmartWaffles]

What I would like 343 to change in Arena

1. REMOVE BREAKOUT FROM TEAM ARENA!
2. Slightly up the radar range, it is useless.
3. Tune the grenades, the bouncing physics, blast range or starting count.
4. Fix the horizontal aiming issue and make the acceleration curve less aggressive, but don't turn up aim assist.
5. More maps in Team Arena and Slayer.

 

[wesleyshark]

So there will be no paid DLC? Great news!

Yep! That's partly why they added the microtransactions. All of the DLC maps will be free. &#128077;

 

[Twilight Gap]

Yeah, the core gameplay is super solid and fun but the maps aren't.

They are going to have a titanfall type situation on their hands if they don't do something fast.

The campaign is the same issue. A real quality gameplay core and feel but the things you're doing, places you're doing them, and enemies you're fighting are so not interesting or remarkable.

Add to this the nonsense story - why did the teams have to be antagonists to each other? It feels completely contrived so that they would have something to talk about for their marketing campaign. It also seems like a consequence of them wanting to keep the actual antagonist a secret, which is fine, but don't prop up a paper thin side plot and then just throw it away after.

With the boring map design in arena and the boring encounter design in campaign, I worry that 343 doesn't have the right people to make future sequels more interesting and have their own identity. Right now halo 5 is about as memorable to me as any random FPS map or campaign.

It really is a shame what potential this game had.

The Campaign's a bust, but we still don't know how long the Multiplayer legs will be yet. It can sustain a healthy population provided the upcoming content and support is good. At least it'll all be free.