Honestly it's why I miss loadouts and Spartan Ops. Campaign would be game-breaking, probably (how do sandbox designers deal with the fact that people can bring a shredding AR or sniper BR into the campaign?) but the more arcade-style layout of Ops would work well. Plus I'm sure S2 or whatever would have been a step up from S1 and 1.5 with the lessons learned.
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Honestly it's why I miss loadouts and Spartan Ops. Campaign would be game-breaking, probably (how do sandbox designers deal with the fact that people can bring a shredding AR or sniper BR into the campaign?) but the more arcade-style layout of Ops would work well. Plus I'm sure S2 or whatever would have been a step up from S1 and 1.5 with the lessons learned.
It is all part of the longevity plan bro, calm down.
In reality, yes, this game is starting to show how little it has.
User 73706
Banned
That original line is a good example of 343's ability to throw out lines that have you going "wtf are they talking about with this new character development," only to reflect on it halfway through the game and be like
ViewtifulJC
Banned
so
who's getting Black Ops 3
I hear they have splitscreen and more than 3 standard gametypes on more than six maps
who's getting Black Ops 3
I hear they have splitscreen and more than 3 standard gametypes on more than six maps
backflip10019
Member
For real, though, Arena would feel so much more expansive with only two more maps and two more gametypes (oddball and KTH).
Speaking of Breakout. It's the mode i'm spending the most time in now. I'm bad at it, but it's so unique in flow and "LAST MAN STANDING" always gets me tense weather I'm playing or watching.
Warm Machine
Member
It is totally so they can drip feed maps and modes and build a long tail for the game. If everything was in the package on day 1 they would have nothing to release and talk about over the next 3 months and the game would be on auto pilot with a declining user base. Welcome to the evergreen generation. Just look at Destiny and how every week there is a new story being written by the press about what is going on in it.
Games as a service.
I swear as well that all of this is designed to force players into trying other modes while they wait for what they think are their stalwarts. Because I can't play Empire in Team Slayer, if I want to try it I have to leave that mode and try something new.
wesleyshark
Banned
I got an ultra rare DMR skin last night...
... Still no DMR to put it on.
It's so rewarding to get the drop on people who aren't paying attention lol.
like I said earlier, this is exactly what I don't understand about halo 5. yes a lot of those things will be patched in one day..hopefully. But so far the only thing we can play is that barebones mp purely focused on competitive gameplay
which is FUN, but nothing I want to play 24/7
I really love halo and halo 5 is definitely a good game. but the state in which they released the mp makes me sad and no amazing weapon balance can turn it around.
already pre-ordered on my ps4 >>
AzureSkies
Member
See also: Splatoon where they actually did this up until August. Drip fed content that was already on disc to keep people playing.
For Halo 5 I think that they're still working on the MP though, it's barebones right now but I can see it being expanded on. If we don't have Oddball by 2016, I'm going to be disappointed.
I love breakout but I had to quit it. I needed more practice getting headshots in SWAT. Plus, you get so little REQs in that mode. Like it takes 2 to 3 times as long as SWAT unless one team just gets dominated, yet you get maybe 100 more REQs a match in it. It's something they really need to patch.
Warm Machine
Member
Also they are likely being super careful about MP and testing due to the unfortunate issues with MCC. One bad mistake can ruin the whole thing and build a believable narrative that the game is totally broken.
Looking at my stats in Halotracker I'm above avg player. Nice...
It's that Gears feel of having One life.
It's that Gears feel of having One life.
WordsintheWater
Member
Well or course not specifically from today, but it's been talked about since they released the maps available for each playlist and as the past week has shown, stuff is already getting stale. Not enough modes and not enough maps. People are more inclined to move on from it with the state that it's in.
RunningRiot
Member
I've resigned myself to only opening bronze packs until I have unlocked all the common certifications.
AHA-Lambda
Member
Urgh!
I'm not far in the campaign, just finished mission 5, but man now I remember why I hated Halo 4's story so much again! >_<
Ignoring the fact that I don't remember much of Halo 4's story (cos it was terribly told), here's some questions:
I'm not far in the campaign, just finished mission 5, but man now I remember why I hated Halo 4's story so much again! >_<
Ignoring the fact that I don't remember much of Halo 4's story (cos it was terribly told), here's some questions:
-Why is Halsey so important? I don't mean generally, I mean in the context of the first mission. Covenant have her, and humans and forerunners want her. How did she get there in the first place? Why is she missing an arm? Who the f*ck is Jul?
-This Jul person, he's got ties to forerunners? Am I supposed to know who this person is?
-Halo 4 related more than anything but I still don't know the answer, why are we fighting Covenant anyway, we had a truce with them after 3 yes?
-What is the perpetual devotion? The Domain? The Reclamation? Lots of sci fi buzz words getting thrown around and I don't know what they are.
- Why is Cortana alive? Why are some people not surprised at this fact? O__o
-This Jul person, he's got ties to forerunners? Am I supposed to know who this person is?
-Halo 4 related more than anything but I still don't know the answer, why are we fighting Covenant anyway, we had a truce with them after 3 yes?
-What is the perpetual devotion? The Domain? The Reclamation? Lots of sci fi buzz words getting thrown around and I don't know what they are.
- Why is Cortana alive? Why are some people not surprised at this fact? O__o
ZeezbruhTV
Member
Agree so hard, solid gameplay ruined by this shit.
Is there a avg stat?
User 73706
Banned
Let's see what DMR's I get in my Silver REQ Pack while I eat my dinner:
"Do you believe the REQ System succeeded because it was, at it's core, broken?"
"You loaded the packs with Mongooses to pad a diminishing content platform, not to extend the longevity of the game. You're twisting historical events in your favor."
Twilight Gap
Member
There's only one CoD game i'd consider buying.
Ironically, CoD fans consider it the worst one.
Ironically, CoD fans consider it the worst one.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Ghosts, MW3, or CoD1?
backflip10019
Member
Let's see what DMR's I get in my Silver REQ Pack while I eat my dinner:
"Do you believe the REQ System succeeded because it was, at it's core, broken?"
Welcome to hell.
Halo 4?
Not really but if you look at your stats you can see where you are numbered compared to everyone else.
There's no reality where MW3 was as bad as Ghosts.
gamerguy2002
Member
It sounds like you went from Halo 3 to 5 and skipped 4 entirely.
Go watch a playthrough of both Halo 4 and Spartan OPS and then come back with these questions.
backflip10019
Member
That's the one damn thing I do have. Too bad I haven't actually unlocked the DMR to use in Warzone.
AzureSkies
Member
I don't think I've played an Orion match that hasn't drastically snowballed in one team's direction.
Me too. Didn't realize there were so many AR variants.
"When One Free Map after another fell…"
"... when my REQ Packs were all that stood between Consumers and Map Packs…"
"... nobody was concerned over why they were originally built."
CaptainCook
Member
bosses need to hand out points based on damage done not last hits. Having your team take a boss down to nothing only to have it snagged from you from a single snipe shot is just bad. I'm guilty of doing it to but still, wth.
wesleyshark
Banned
Hmmm.
I actually got a DMR legendary and two skins for it already
BUT NO PISTOL SKIN
As an mostly arena player it is annoying >.<
Diablohead
Member
I can't play halo 5 for more then an hour without having to stop because I get bored, the game is great but the keeping-me-hooked power has gone.
Having a DMR or BR with a scope for Warzone would help but instead I get a SMG which is suppose to do damage to vehicles but it's no different then normal.
Also just going by voice chat in most games i'm being put into american servers.
Having a DMR or BR with a scope for Warzone would help but instead I get a SMG which is suppose to do damage to vehicles but it's no different then normal.
Also just going by voice chat in most games i'm being put into american servers.
Bornstellar
Member
I've kinda learned to like it since it makes managing the other team far more important than dealing damage to the boss.
I have one skin and that's for the AR. Everyone has the shit too
IceBringer
Banned
Most of that is explained in Spartan ops.
And let's be real. Who actually thought that
Cortana was dead?
Twilight Gap
Member
Ghosts for Extinction.
I got some good mileage out of that mode.
lol Ghosts is basically the "Halo 4" of CoD from what I've heard.
wesleyshark
Banned
You say that...
But I was called an idiot so many times for trying to evidence how she wasn't dead. There were a lot of folks who were convinced she wouldn't show up in another game lol
AHA-Lambda
Member
Ah, seems silly to me to keep such important story behind a co-op only mode but fine, I'll search for it >_>
As for spoiler, I kind of did actually, thought they'd be brave and stick to their guns. Nope >_>
I've finally come to the realization that this is the first halo where you need a full team of players who know all the callouts. Mainly because of how fast the game is, how weird the spawns are, and how small the radar is. If you don't have a full team communicating with you the whole time you're not gonna have much fun.
Definitely the most frustrating halo yet to play solo.
Definitely the most frustrating halo yet to play solo.