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[Good Guy Gone Bad]

Not really a fan of all the remixed stages... Even when remixed, the stages still feel way too similar and makes the map count feel artificially inflated. Coupled with the fact that the maps don't appear to be on a rotation schedule, it's so easy to tire of the maps quickly. I hope 343 has plans for some non remixed maps for Arena soon enough.

 

[AllIsOneIsNone]

I hope next month or the month after they have arena focused content. It needs more maps pretty badly. Still, happy for the update.

 

[Diprosalic]

looks good.

but man, forge maps are some of the ugliest stuff i've seen in a major game.

 

[Poodlestrike]

Having that "Battle of Noctus" Warzone map, but no Hornets seems like a mistake. The map gives me flashbacks of Arcadia from Halo Wars and rightfully so. Bring back Hornets please and let them have the Halo 3 control scheme and not the H2A one. Preferably, let us choose.

Also, what do I need to do to get Sparrowhawks in a FPS Halo game?

We need some UNSC fliers ASAP

-Hornet
-Sparrowhawk
-Falcon
-Vulture (level 10 req)

 

[op_ivy]

I think the toughest thing with remixes is that some of they might actually break/be better due to the changes in mobility. Many people have a fondness for particular maps but will they all actually work for Halo 5?

The Forge Community will always remake classic maps but I am way more interested in making maps that are not staples of Halo. I love trying to remake Quake maps and Goldeneye maps.

I'm actually really excited to try my hand at remaking some of the less popular maps, tweaking where necessary, to see how they'd work with 5s movement. Lots of options. I'll leave the 100% original maps to folks more talented then I --- unless I get a spark of inspiration along the way

 

[Poodlestrike]

I would point out that there's clearly some stuff in the update not in the trailer, like the fabled aiming update.

 

[New002]

I do not understand the complaints about remix maps.

They look different and they play different, where's the negatives exactly?

Edit: damn autocorrect

As a casual fan that is enjoying their time with Halo 5, I think the idea of remixed maps can be pretty neat, but would prefer that new maps take priority. I could see remix maps being a nice addition later on after a solid rotation of unique maps has been developed.

It's not the end of the world, just not ideal IMO.

 

[Pudge]

I don't really mind Forge Maps, as I'm been spending almost all my Halo time in BTB anyway and I can barely tell the difference. So I hope 343 is liberal with adding those maps into playlists on the Arena and BTB side, let's get the variety up real high!

 

[Raide]

I'm actually really excited to try my hand at remaking some of the less popular maps, tweaking where necessary, to see how they'd work with 5s movement. Lots of options. I'll leave the 100% original maps to folks more talented then I --- unless I get a spark of inspiration along the way

I look forward to seeing what you make!

With the increased Man-cannon options, I will finally be able to finish The Longest Yard.

 

[m23]

Having that "Battle of Noctus" Warzone map, but no Hornets seems like a mistake. The map gives me flashbacks of Arcadia from Halo Wars and rightfully so. Bring back Hornets please and let them have the Halo 3 control scheme and not the H2A one. Preferably, let us choose.

Also, what do I need to do to get Sparrowhawks in a FPS Halo game?

Got them Halo Wars feels too.

 

[arimanius]

I was hoping for a little more but everything I saw looks good. The warzone map looks interesting. Hopefully they will address new modes and maybe pve modes "soon".

 

[Akai__]

We need some UNSC fliers ASAP

-Hornet
-Sparrowhawk
-Falcon
-Vulture (level 10 req)

Agreed, but I think Vultures would be overkill, because those things are actually flying buildings.

Length: 35.1m (115.1ft)
Width: 21.1m (69.5ft)

Might as well add a Scarab then.

Got them Halo Wars feels too.

I can't wait for HW2. Brutes will be back, which are actually a pretty interesting faction. Sad, that they weren't in Halo 5.

I was hoping for a little more but everything I saw looks good. The warzone map looks interesting. Hopefully they will address new modes and maybe pve modes "soon".

Good luck with that.

 

[TheCanisDirus]

looks good.

but man, forge maps are some of the ugliest stuff i've seen in a major game.

And by a long shot. It's seriously a little sad. You look at some of their developer made maps and then the Forge additions for BTB. It seriously feels like you jumped back 10 years in time going from Arena and playing on say Plaza and then to BTB on Guillotine... my GF who was playing BTB for the first time said "Babe, something's wrong the textures aren't loading and everything's empty i'm going to shut down and restart the Xbox." She honestly thought the game hadnt finished loading the map. Can't say i blame her at all.

 

[E92 M3]

Well Certain Affinity did Halo 4's Forge and Halo 4's Multiplayer (DLC maps for sure, not sure about launch maps). 343 did Campaign and Spratan Ops in Halo 4.

343 did everything in house this time around. I'm not surprised it has less content on launch, but I'm surprised at how many shortcuts they're taking to fill it up.

I don't get how 343 with all of their time and money can't at least put in the same amount of content as Bungie did. I know money isn't on short supply considering the brand new building they are getting.

 

[Xaero Gravity]

fooooooorge

That gif is oddly adorable.

 

[Defect]

I really wish they didn't waste The Pit on Halo 4. I think it would've worked well in this game.

 

[Pez]

It sucks that the majority of these "free maps" we're getting as DLC so far have been Forge remakes.

Meanwhile, REQ money is going into the Halo championship that the average Halo player could care less about.

343's focus seems completely misplaced there. No one watches people play Halo on Twitch and I feel they're desperately trying to catch lightning in a bottle via CS: GO.

 

[Lone Wolf]

I really wish they didn't waste The Pit on Halo 4. I think it would've worked well in this game.

It is still a possibility.

I really want firefight back. Bad. I would do all sorts of questionable things for a full firefight mode. With matchmaking option of course.

 

[Leyasu]

It is still a possibility.

I really want firefight back. Bad. I would do all sorts of questionable things for a full firefight mode. With matchmaking option of course.

I think that they might surprise us with some stuff getting announced at e3...

 

[link1201]

It is still a possibility.

I really want firefight back. Bad. I would do all sorts of questionable things for a full firefight mode. With matchmaking option of course.

On twitter Bonnie and Frankie mentioned they like/loved ff so you never know.

 

[Abinash117]

On twitter Bonnie and Frankie mentioned they like/loved ff so you never know.

I hope if they do FF it won't be nothing but arcade; barely anyone played normal FF . I played normal ever time I could, but I think it eventually got removed.

 

[Ramirez]

Not really a fan of all the remixed stages... Even when remixed, the stages still feel way too similar and makes the map count feel artificially inflated. Coupled with the fact that the maps don't appear to be on a rotation schedule, it's so easy to tire of the maps quickly. I hope 343 has plans for some non remixed maps for Arena soon enough.

This shit just isn't true, the remix maps play nothing like their originals.

 

[Arby 'n' the Chief]

I LOVE Plaza's art style, so I'm okay with a different map with the same look.

One can treat it as a different district in the same city

 

[Welfare]

Wrong.

Reach had 13 maps across all modes at launch- some of which were also part of campaign levels. H5 has more - plus Warzone and the REQ content (175 armors, etc).

Not to mention there will be monthly drops of more free maps and other goodies.

Stop making up "facts" plz. K thx

Reach also had Firefight, Forge 2.0, Fileshare, and more gametypes at launch. No lies, just straight up facts.

 

[Twilight Gap]

Nah, speedybluedude did most of that. Which he'll probably then win back at the championships.

 

[Fata1moose]

Looking at the trailer, I really hate 343's obsession of plastering UNSC logos on everything. Does the pistol really need a UNSC logo? Does the pelican need a UNSC logo on the hatch? It just looks tacky, please stop.

 

[Tatsumi Oga]

Sorry to say and it's just my opinion, but 343 dropped the ball when it comes to awesome (looking) maps. I loved those in Halo 4, they looked damn good graphically and were very fun to play in.

This forge shit should not be happening. Maps could look so good with the new hardware, but certainly not with Forge, goddamn.

 

[Tashi]

News: https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/cartographer-s-gift-sneak-peek

 

[Poodlestrike]

Wow, reads like a wishlist.

Just need some specifics on new modes and I'm set. Everything else looks and sounds amazing.

Also, Tashi, while you're in here, does the SPNKr's status as a full fledged weapon (as opposed to a Prophet's Bane esque variant on the base launcher) mean it can be used in Forge and Customs?

 

[Twilight Gap]

booo, update is sounding like a christmas week drop.

still sounds awesome though.

 

[Nori Chan]

News: https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/cartographer-s-gift-sneak-peek

What an amazing update. Such a change of pace from Bungie's weekly updates lol

6 player FFA is awesome, there is some sort of file browser, and social playlist drop with the update! And coming the 15th too


if only we can get a better carnage report with medals and everything.

 

[BraXzy]

Amazing update. Covered a lot of stuff I wanted fixing/adding. Hopefully the vague gametype mention is what we're hoping for too.

The only thing I wanted more from was the file share, but I'm glad it's coming!

 

[Twilight Gap]

Amazing update. Covered a lot of stuff I wanted fixing/adding. Hopefully the vague gametype mention is what we're hoping for too.

The only thing I wanted more from was the file share, but I'm glad it's coming!

seriously. working file shares with forge. #weback?

 

[biosnake20]

News: https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/cartographer-s-gift-sneak-peek

Great update, really wanna hear about the aiming fixes. Are you guys looking into weapon balancing? Like automatics being too strong, Pistol being a tad too weak, sniper too easy to use, etc? Also please take radar out of Team Arena.

 

[Strider]

Update sounds really really nice.

Anxious to see these UI updates especially. I feel like the game still has along way to go regarding content but so far they are hitting all the major problems with these updates

 

[Poodlestrike]

Great update, really wanna hear about the aiming fixes. Are you guys looking into weapon balancing? Like automatics being too strong, Pistol being a tad too weak, sniper too easy to use, etc?

Autos and pistol are basically perfect atm.

Sniper I agree could stand to have its aim assist toned down.

 

[Hatchtag]

Update sounds great, though just to be clear, we're still gonna have Ranked BTB, right?

 

[Fata1moose]

Great update, really wanna hear about the aiming fixes. Are you guys looking into weapon balancing? Like automatics being too strong, Pistol being a tad too weak, sniper too easy to use, etc? Also please take radar out of Team Arena.

Pistol is perfect, git gud. Snipe needs to be toned down though. Range on autos could use a decrease as well.

I'd like to see a team based ranked playlist where you can only go in solo, no parties. Would be great as a season as well.

 

[biosnake20]

Autos and pistol are basically perfect atm.

Sniper I agree could stand to have its aim assist toned down.

The pistol isn't really much of a problem but the AR is a bit too strong right now especially at mid range. It's understandable that it destroys at close range.

 

[blamite]

Tashi, plz tell the UI team to make every single font in the game 2-4 pts bigger. I play on a 1080p 32" TV from about 5 feet away, I shouldn't have to lean and squint to read the postgame carnage report and req flavor texts.

 

[biosnake20]

Pistol is perfect, git gud. Snipe needs to be tones down though. Range on autos could use a decrease as well.

I'd like to see a team based ranked playlist where you can only go in solo, no parties. Would be great as a season as well.

Yeah solo and team queues are definitely needed.

 

[link1201]

Update sounds great, though just to be clear, we're still gonna have Ranked BTB, right?

My guess is no.

Additionally, social playlists - one of which will be Big Team Battle - will arrive with this next update.

That reads like BTB is going to be singular and social to me.

 

[Fata1moose]

Looking at the trailer, I really hate 343's obsession of plastering UNSC logos on everything. Does the pistol really need a UNSC logo? Does the pelican need a UNSC logo on the hatch? It just looks tacky, please stop.

There's a UNSC on the Mk. IV armor too, ugh. Hope there's a variant without the UNSC or those stripes that look really bad in game at a distance. Sometimes less is more.

 

[Poodlestrike]

My guess is no.
That reads like BTB is going to be singular and social to me.

Disagree, I read that as one of the new social playlists being BTB, not that they're replacing the old BTB with a Social variant.

 

[Fata1moose]

Disagree, I read that as one of the new social playlists being BTB, not that they're replacing the old BTB with a Social variant.

BTB shouldn't be ranked though, it's always been a casual playlist and you can still lose significantly when you're playing really well.

 

[Strider]

Disagree, I read that as one of the new social playlists being BTB, not that they're replacing the old BTB with a Social variant.

I initially thought this too but going over it again I feel like it's def still one BTB playlist but it's shifting to social and adding limited window JiP. Ranked BTB is unneeded anyway IMO and while typically I'm in the "more options is better" camp 2 BTB playlists is really unneccessary.

 

[Twilight Gap]

Update sounds really really nice.

Anxious to see these UI updates especially. I feel like the game still has along way to go regarding content but so far they are hitting all the major problems with these updates

yup and it's worth noting that we used to wait 3+months for these changes.

 

[Hatchtag]

BTB shouldn't be ranked though, it's always been a casual playlist and you can still lose significantly when you're playing really well.

I disagree, if only because I want something to work towards and a rank kinda gives that. I don't ever take ranked BTB seriously anyways and I doubt anyone really does.

 

[Jessie.Bristol]

News: https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/cartographer-s-gift-sneak-peek

Cannot wait for the content to drop . Everything sounds fantastic. Overgrowth looks really, really good visually (reminds me of a Gears of War map). But one question, are you guys aware of not being able to view Theater clips? I keep getting an error when attempting to view any match in Theater, been happening since yesterday (as far as I know, could be earlier). Cannot even Bookmark clips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGkxtFZFaso

 

[Fata1moose]

I disagree, if only because I want something to work towards and a rank kinda gives that. I don't ever take ranked BTB seriously anyways and I doubt anyone really does.

I play solo and I haven't even ranked up to Platinum II once, I'm a diamond/ onyx in everything else. It's a dice roll if you get a competent team or not. I consistently play well and I'm lucky if I win two games in a row.