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[AHappyPanda]

I'm practicing the thrust, that is the one which gives me a single boost right? But I can't double-jump and such?

Yes.

You can do sort of weird things with the thrust combined with the ground pound though.

You can sprint, jump, trigger the "float" from the ground and pound, then thrust out of it, to reach higher than normal places, but this is more an advanced technique and I wouldn't trouble myself with it yet.

 

[Andodalf]

Anybody got warden legendary solo strategies? I'm failing hard.

 

[VincentMatts]

So fucking random, but at least I know why I lose some 1v1 battles with AR's or SMG's.

Yeah, sometimes its just hard to get used to cause its halo and you expect an AR to be an AR, not a super AR. Its hard to get used to.

 

[TheOddOne]

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[AllIsOneIsNone]

Actually, automatics have precision damage modifiers now. I didn't want to believe, but it's true...
RIP in peace

Those automatic kill times are ridiculous. Granted you're probably going to miss a lot more shots at any range beyond 15 feet or so, but the smg just straight up wrecks. What were the auto kill times in previous Halos, like double that?

 

[Leyasu]

Yeah, sometimes its just hard to get used to cause its halo and you expect an AR to be an AR, not a super AR. Its hard to get used to.

ARs are now actually worth using sometimes

 

[Spasm]

Anybody got warden legendary solo strategies? I'm failing hard.

Spoiler

Get close enough so he stops shooting and chases you with his sword. Power weapons to the face to stagger him, while staggered, run around behind and shoot the core with Scattershot.

Edit: Whoops. Added spoilers just in case.

 

[NullPointer]

Daily request to 343 to stiffen quit penalties

Straight up ruining like a solid third of my games

Really curious to see if stiffer penalties would actually help.

Read from bottom to top.

Not sure what the takeaway is here. "Reading a lot about late hitting bosses. So hey, killing enemies who try to do that is a good strat."

OK.

 

[MouldyK]

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Psh, his mistake is thinking like people act like a team.

 

[Ramirez]

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He's right, everytime a final boss comes in, everyone in the game just tunnel visions on it. It's so easy to go around just killing people because they're not paying any attention. Hell, we had a match on Stormbreak where I just took my Banshee at the last second and flew it down the hall to block the sight lines of the other team and we won, lol.

 

[Pachimari]

Oh wow what a difference!

I played one more Arena - Slayer, and this time I got 8 kills, 8 assists and 13 deaths, only because I keep getting knocked out with a punch to the face.

This time, I followed my team mates, and I see that it's all about the armor, and I noticed the bar for my own armor, that I need it to recharge. It felt very satisfying killing those 8 guys and I kept planting bullets on their bodies and then try go for the head when the armor were down.

I like the game more now.

 

[Welfare]

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Lol "avoid getting selfish". There is a commendation linked to those medals and the game already blue balls me enough with the bullshit "Teammates eliminated ____".

On Stormbreak, you can't lock down the Banshee boss. It's open season for him. Wraith and Phaeton on Apex are open season as well, you can't effectively lock that area down. One bullet deciding the outcome is just not fun when these bosses are 150 points each.

 

[Twilight Gap]

killing 5 enemies around the boss somehow helps the team more than killing the boss for 150 points' worth of kills?

Lol "avoid getting selfish". There is a commendation linked to those medals and the game already blue balls me enough with the bullshit "Teammates eliminated ____".

On Stormbreak, you can't lock down the Banshee boss. It's open season for him. Wraith and Phaeton on Apex are open season as well, you can't effectively lock that area down.

also this, how do you lock down the skies?

 

[Fracas]

Really curious to see if stiffer penalties would actually help.

I would really like to think so. Most competitive games (League and CS:GO are the two that come to mind) offer escalating penalties ranging from harsher time restrictions to loss of rank. That combined with being able to re-join games, in addition to being unable to re-queue until the game you left finishes, should help a lot.

Oh wow what a difference!

I played one more Arena - Slayer, and this time I got 8 kills, 8 assists and 13 deaths, only because I keep getting knocked out with a punch to the face.

This time, I followed my team mates, and I see that it's all about the armor, and I noticed the bar for my own armor, that I need it to recharge. It felt very satisfying killing those 8 guys and I kept planting bullets on their bodies and then try go for the head when the armor were down.

I like the game more now.

Getting a perfect medal is one of the best things 343 has added. Feels so damn good

 

[VincentMatts]

Psh, his mistake is thinking like people act like a team.

Yeah, its hard though to act as a team when your team fucking sucks. You lose all your areas then a boss appears... at that point, no one knows what to fucking do. Do you go for the boss, do you try to get the zone back. Everyone is lost at that point.

 

[AllIsOneIsNone]

Really curious to see if stiffer penalties would actually help.

Well now I'm torn and 343 have a bit of an issue on their hands. According to someone here, getting disconnected from a game can't be distinguished from a quitter, and there is a pattern of disconnections for certain people. Not sure if they've found any information about what's causing it, but it seems to be a weird combination of isp and hardware.

All I know is in some play sessions I get disconnected every 5 games or so, no other games do this for me. So basically I'm "quitting" every 5 games.

 

[VinFTW]

FINALLY GOT A PISTOL SKIN

Warzome premium REQs rewarded me nicely today.

Shame it's the ugliest one but, won't complain.

 

[GTSweet]

FINALLY GOT A PISTOL SKIN

Warzome premium REQs rewarded me nicely today.

Shame it's the ugliest one but, won't complain.

Fade?

 

[Welfare]

Fade?

Always Fade.

I swear I got Spiral for my Magnum and equipped it but when I checked it was for my SMG. So confused.

 

[VinFTW]

Fade?

Yes... I see a lot of people got that today... I hope it wasn't fixed :'(

 

[Tawpgun]

He's right, everytime a final boss comes in, everyone in the game just tunnel visions on it. It's so easy to go around just killing people because they're not paying any attention. Hell, we had a match on Stormbreak where I just took my Banshee at the last second and flew it down the hall to block the sight lines of the other team and we won, lol.

Ramirez and Vin FTW with the BIG BANSHEE PLAYS

http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/Tawpgun/video/12548274

 

[link1201]

...
I like the game more now.

Be careful Halo is a hell of a drug. lol

 

[SicSemperTyrannis]

Getting SO frustrated playing this solo. The fact no one I know picked this up is really dampening the fun I'm having...

Are you in a Spartan Company?

 

[Nutter]

killing 5 enemies around the boss somehow helps the team more than killing the boss for 150 points' worth of kills?

Those 5 enemies you just killed are 5 less people shooting at the boss. Allowing your team to get the kill.

 

[MouldyK]

Oh wow what a difference!

I played one more Arena - Slayer, and this time I got 8 kills, 8 assists and 13 deaths, only because I keep getting knocked out with a punch to the face.

This time, I followed my team mates, and I see that it's all about the armor, and I noticed the bar for my own armor, that I need it to recharge. It felt very satisfying killing those 8 guys and I kept planting bullets on their bodies and then try go for the head when the armor were down.

I like the game more now.

You've already gotten better than me.

 

[VinFTW]

Ramirez and Vin FTW with the BIG BANSHEE PLAYS

http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/Tawpgun/video/12548274

Lmao, that was an awesome game.

We both said fuck it at the end and just used our banshees as "meat shields" to absorb enemy fire. Probably worked out super well since we got it and my banshee almost blew up from gunfire.

 

[Twilight Gap]

Those 5 enemies you just killed are 5 less people shooting at the boss. Allowing your team to get the kill.

obviously you want less people shooting at the boss, but when someone can poke out from behind their Armory and laser the Warden in the last second or snipe the Banshee across the map, that logic falls apart.

The way I run it is that we've had a vehicle or two doing DPS and me along with a few others would spawn snipers to pick off the other team. Still too easy for them to steal it.

 

[Gravemind IV]

Pretty sure that it would be a good idea to make Lochagos a non-legendary boss. If you manage to pick up two splinter grenades from either the armory or the fortress, you can pretty much 100-0 him by yourself instantly.

The team that gets him, usually also manages to hold fortress and it generally spirals out of control from there.

 

[GTSweet]

Yes... I see a lot of people got that today... I hope it wasn't fixed :'(

I got mine last night... Hmmm. Smells fishy! haha.

 

[VinFTW]

I got mine last night... Hmmm. Smells fishy! haha.

Noooooooo

FeelsBadMan

 

[Tawpgun]

What's the url for opening REQS on waypoint

 

[VinFTW]

What's the url for opening REQS on waypoint

https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/games/halo-5-guardians/xbox-one/requisitions/store

https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/games/halo-5-guardians/xbox-one/requisitions/unopened-packs


One of these two (think maybe 2nd)

 

[BraXzy]

Are you in a Spartan Company?

Yeah but it isn't in any way helpful in-game so that's not much use.

Hopped into SWAT since that's never too bad solo. Just went 16-2 woop woop.

 

[infinit777]

What an ass

That reminds me of this one match of breakout where i was heading for the BR and the guy behind me bashed me so he could grab it... happened every round that i ran for it in that match.

Like... Fucking seriously man.

 

[BraXzy]

Weighting is so borked in SWAT. It's SWATnums every time.

 

[Diablohead]

I had a match in warzone earlier where my aiming was double the speed it usually is, I checked the options but it was still set to 4, I was unable to aim at anyone because my aim was everywhere like a drunk. After the match it fixed itself.

Only thing I can think of is that I died while hard aiming and the aim modifier was somehow stuck on my non scoped aim movements.

 

[Hatchtag]

Weighting is so borked in SWAT. It's SWATnums every time.

good

 

[Sullichin]

I miss shotty snipers

Woke up early and I saw the menu option was still there. I was so excited. Froze trying to find a game, backed out to the menus and no matchmaking was selectable. Had to quit and restart the game to even choose a playlist and then shotty snipers was gone
That was a really fun mode. I really want a social playlist with a bunch of shit like that all mixed together. I don't want to have to wait until it wins a weekend vote again. Also, fuck, the special modes should be available all week!

Still loving Arena. Still want more maps and playlists and a revised ranking system! But the actual gameplay balance feels pretty perfect to me, after tons and tons of matches I still can't really point to a really cheap weapon or anything like that, and i'm pretty impressed by that.

 

[Tawpgun]

Got Light Rifle Cert, Frag Expert armor mod.

Damage boost 1 cert, DMR with longshot site and longbarrel

 

[Ocho]

Getting SO frustrated playing this solo. The fact no one I know picked this up is really dampening the fun I'm having...

We usually have a group or two in Discord (evenings US). https://discord.gg/0bfhDvCfOJWaIH4D

 

[Sullichin]

I don't really play Warzone so I don't really care, but I switched to "buying" silver/bronze REQ packs with my points rather than always waiting for gold, and I'm getting way more certifications.

 

[Ricky Ricardo]

We're leading in our last Warzone game 900 to 52-something. Suddenly, the opposing team steal all our bases and locks us down to our base. They kill Warden and win 1000 to 998.

I was fit to be tied.

 

[Toa TAK]

Weighting is so borked in SWAT. It's SWATnums every time.

SWATnums is awesome.

 

[iBlue]

Slayer>>>>>Warzone

 

[Ocho]

SWATnums is awesome.

I wish I only got SWATnums.

 

[Chitown B]

what is the deal with Boosts? Sometimes they seem to stick around after matches. Even showing Arena card in Warzone, etc.

 

[natethegreat409]

I had a match in warzone earlier where my aiming was double the speed it usually is, I checked the options but it was still set to 4, I was unable to aim at anyone because my aim was everywhere like a drunk. After the match it fixed itself.

Only thing I can think of is that I died while hard aiming and the aim modifier was somehow stuck on my non scoped aim movements.

I had this happen too. I thought i was going crazy. I turned it off and came back hours later and it was fine.

 

[barneystuta83]

Any EU/UK Gaf want to join a fireteam now?

 

[SicSemperTyrannis]

Yeah but it isn't in any way helpful in-game so that's not much use.

Hopped into SWAT since that's never too bad solo. Just went 16-2 woop woop.

You should get your Company to set up a list of all Company members. My Company has a forum post on Waypoint with all member gamertags set up with hyperlinks to the XBL profile page to easily add everyone. I've started following ~70 new people, and gotten followed in return, since starting my Company. Just a thought for you to suggest to your Company leadership. We always have people online playing, sometimes not a full 4 man, but always at least one to roll with.

 

[Karl2177]

Tankmaster Rok is bugged and it's the easiest 150 points.