The Jackdog
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checked out the population on the store in xbox, was wondering if it dropped more.
its in front of battlefront right now.
its in front of battlefront right now.
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Halo 5: Guardians |OT2| All Hail The Conquering Hero
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Yes, I was completely wrong on that account. I still have no idea why I thought "the week of the 15th" was this week. I was actually talking to my friend and declared "well you said we've got Halo 5 DLC coming this week, right?" and I said, "yeah, the week of the 15th!"
He stared at me and said, "that's next week."
Did I say that? I thought I said "modes like Oddball are possible", or something along those lines. I'm forgetful lately. Regardless, thanks for pointing out my goof-up.
inoperativ
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Means it's above 50K... That seems decent to me, will be interesting to see what kind of boost the December update will give the population since this is the first "major" content update.
Samurai G0SU
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Dass what im talkinnnn abouuuutttt
Ozzy Onya A2Z
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I get the feeling Halo 5 will be a long burn seller too.
Here's a very rough way to see what the population is like.
http://halotracker.com/h5/csrbreakdown
Just check the number of on ranked players. Obviously there is falloff from this, but I would say a majority of the ranked players are one's that still play.
edit: I'm a bag of lies.
http://halotracker.com/h5/csrbreakdown
Just check the number of on ranked players. Obviously there is falloff from this, but I would say a majority of the ranked players are one's that still play.
edit: I'm a bag of lies.
Samurai G0SU
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Right. Each month they have halo announcments of new stuff. Hopefully their tease about next year melts out
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Welfare
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Those that are tracked have to go to HT, or are they looking at the API and looking to add every player that has played?
Can they even do the second one with the API?
Agreed, Halo games usually have long tails. Curious about the Christmas boost it'll get this month.
Welfare
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Alright.
Even then, at least 315k people have their accounts tracked (Team Arena numbers). I find that pretty impressive for the website.
Team Slayer has even more people in that, with 324k. This is interesting.
Jesus, Onyx in SWAT has the most % of players in that playlist, with 32.8%. Why?
Ozzy Onya A2Z
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The next update addresses two playlists that were placing players in Onyx too much.
Also for population stats don't forget campaign/coop numbers are missing too.
FUNKNOWN iXi
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Halo 5 is so punishing for solo players for two reasons: (Note: Posting under the reality that it's rare for random, solo players in matchmaking to coordinate.)
- Incredibly high survivability potential (thrusters, sprint, clamber, faster/tighter movement in general)
- No party matching
Arby 'n' the Chief
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Not with a multiplayer this addicting, I'd be playing non-stop if it weren't for Finals week ;_;
I think it was 8+ days of multiplayer already lol So. Much. Halo.
I'm slightly over a 1000 kills right now.That person must have played arena a lot.
Leyasu
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Lol I'm over 6400 arena kills and 3 days of play. It sucks that my gf is a teacher that has to work most evenings when the kids go to bed..
IF you do not team shoot you will lose the match. I have seen teams made up of randoms have better team shooting and movement than my own team of 4.
I still stand by the fact that we don't know how to actually play as a team, most wins we get are because typically brute force our way to victory, but that does not work when we go up against other competent players.
I still stand by the fact that we don't know how to actually play as a team, most wins we get are because typically brute force our way to victory, but that does not work when we go up against other competent players.
Mixed skill parties and Arena don't mix, RIP.
Yoooo I finally had a game where basically everything went right. I was in the fucking zoooone this match.
I got a double kill early and grabbed rockets which I used to take out their sniper. Then I did the dumb/selfish thing and held both power weapons instead of giving one to a teammate. But I went ham...
When you hit snapshots like this you know things are going right lol
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This game <3
No. They don't.
We talk about the game not being friendly to solo players a lot but it's actually worse if you go in with a group of players that are of significantly different skill. Shit is awful.
Social playlists cant come fast enough.
I got a double kill early and grabbed rockets which I used to take out their sniper. Then I did the dumb/selfish thing and held both power weapons instead of giving one to a teammate. But I went ham...
When you hit snapshots like this you know things are going right lol
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This game <3
No. They don't.
We talk about the game not being friendly to solo players a lot but it's actually worse if you go in with a group of players that are of significantly different skill. Shit is awful.
Social playlists cant come fast enough.
Welfare
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Yes.
Each division should be locked to a specific amount, that amount being a percentage of the total population (with the exception being champion, at 200 players always)
FUNKNOWN iXi
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Parties of mixed players are still better than your chances solo because you can communicate. I can tell my friends to stop dying, maybe even save them from a death or two, but randoms without a mic of equal skill to those friends? They'll just keep chasing kills, running into traps over and over without a shit to give, etc. Most people don't use their mic, so no communication = worse outcome.
Now, if you're saying that a match of 4 good solo players who understand Halo is better than a mixed party of 1 good Halo player with 3 scrubs, then no shit lol
Now, if you're saying that a match of 4 good solo players who understand Halo is better than a mixed party of 1 good Halo player with 3 scrubs, then no shit lol
Startin' to get 1,500 RP cards from Silver REQ Packs. I think I still have quite a few Rare Emblems and Visors to unlock though... Unless most of them are tied to Commendations?
[EDIT] - Got a Legendary Sentinel DMR with a stabilizer mod from one of my last Silver Packs. Second Gold Pack I got afterwards gave me a Dying Star certification; looking forward to trying it out tomorrow.
[EDIT] - Got a Legendary Sentinel DMR with a stabilizer mod from one of my last Silver Packs. Second Gold Pack I got afterwards gave me a Dying Star certification; looking forward to trying it out tomorrow.
Well that doesnt happen tho. If I queue solo I get randoms relatively equal to my skill not of my friends skill so that problem doesnt even exist...
No shit if I can communicate to a gold tier friend that's gonna better than a gold tier random with no mic... but thats not the problem at hand lol
I'm saying a gold tier friend with a mic is gonna be worse for you than a diamond/onyx player with no mic.
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Also keep in mind not all parties queue as 4. Groups can be as small as 2. Having 1 of you being outclassed, skill wise, along with 2 silent teamates. Ew.
FUNKNOWN iXi
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I'm usually around a 1600+ Onyx and 87.43%* of the time I get at least two teammates who go -10 or more, so I wish I could find these high quality solo players you speak of :b
Speedy reached Champion** and constantly complains about poor teammates, so higher ranks don't necessarily equate to phenomenal skills.
Speedy reached Champion** and constantly complains about poor teammates, so higher ranks don't necessarily equate to phenomenal skills.
I never said they were high quality. I said they were of equal skill to me
thats definitely not high quality
You're Onyx 1600+ though. That's what? Top 1%? Maybe 2%? You queue in and you are better than the vast majority of people that play this game. Therefore most of the time you are going to have people worse than you on your team. It's inevitable. So yea in your scenario it is better for you to party up with people, even if they are worse than you, and communicate with them because you are all but guaranteed to get teammates worse than you. Speedy has that same problem. He is the top .1%. How can Speedy realistically expect to get 3 other champion teammates every game?
But for 98% of us we can queue in and get teammates equal to us so it is actually worse to go in with friends that are significantly lower than you even if it does mean they communicate with us. They just get donged on and hold the team back.
And I've been on both sides of that (the worse player) as well. It's not fun losing and feeling like it's not your fault (because you're forced to carry)... But its even worse to be the one constantly holding the team back.
Lol this is the best part about it. I wear my platinum 1 badge proudly.
It's funny because my buddy was on last night who hasn't played much at all and was like... Why are people so good? "I used to wreck people easily."
I mean, obviously he is rusty as hell so that's a factor but I definitely think the game does a great job (most of the time) with matching equal skill teams. The only issue is when you're solo vs a team. Because even I remember playing like Halo 3 and occasionally having that one game where you absolutely go HAM and go like 30 and 4... But it seems like there are no casual players. Everyone to a certain extent can shoot reasonably well and hold their own.
Krystopher McConnor
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I always love when people don't pick up the sniper right away in BTB maps. Gives you 6-8 easy kills from the start.
It's a very rare occurrence for me
I usually manage to grab it on Basin though, but then I often stupidly try my luck for camo and lose it :3
bobs...onGaf
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Maybe a unconventional opinion but maybe its a harder halo game to go ham in because it's easier to get kills?
As an example I know I get mowed down by ar users I would have killed in the past - im not saying the game is dumbed down (Im not sure if it is or isn't) - just that the time to kill is that bit quicker giving you less chance to turn the tide in the individual battles
I also think the awkward aim means that it's not a pick up and play game - switching between it and other games for a bit puts you back at feeling rusty very quickly
As an example I know I get mowed down by ar users I would have killed in the past - im not saying the game is dumbed down (Im not sure if it is or isn't) - just that the time to kill is that bit quicker giving you less chance to turn the tide in the individual battles
I also think the awkward aim means that it's not a pick up and play game - switching between it and other games for a bit puts you back at feeling rusty very quickly
If it's easier to get kills, then it's equally easier to die. 'Going ham' means you have the skill to overcome the deaths, whilst still getting kills. That dynamic doesn't change.
The time to kill being quicker is a myth. There are videos that show the TTK of all weapons, and H5 avg TTK is no different than previous entries. If you factor in added mobility, then it should take longer to kill people AND increase the likelihood of getting reversals.
The pistol has a significantly faster TTK than the AR, so if you are getting mowed down by AR users, then you aim needs some tweaking.
What's that? A promotional REQ pack or are these from regular REQ packs?
I think we both misunderstood each other. Shit happens, but it's all good. haha
I DID IT. I FINALLY FUCKING DID IT.
After 1 day 18 hours and 38 minutes in Arena, I finally fucking ranked up in a playlist. Granted, that wasn't all spent in one playlist, but I only really tried to rank up in three (Breakout, SWAT, BTB). Now I've gone from
to
Fuck that feels accomplishing.
After 1 day 18 hours and 38 minutes in Arena, I finally fucking ranked up in a playlist. Granted, that wasn't all spent in one playlist, but I only really tried to rank up in three (Breakout, SWAT, BTB). Now I've gone from
silver
gold!
Try playing with Tunavi sometime and tell me if you still feel this way. ;p
I'm sorry, Tuna.
What's that? A promotional REQ pack or are these from regular REQ packs?
I think we both misunderstood each other. Shit happens, but it's all good. haha
Promotional
I must have those.
Yeah a promo pack, much like the turkey emblem. Makes you think what else they could do. Maybe an additonal promo pack for everyone to open on Christmas day etc
The Jackdog
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i see a lot of posts about how people are ranked with like onyx players and their team has a bunch of people still qualifying or something, followed by "man i hope social playlists are soon"
What about socials would help that exactly?
What about socials would help that exactly?
Social just makes people care less about winning/losing, so uneven teams don't bother them so much.
Samurai G0SU
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That perhaps where 2 ppl quit on your team from the beginning ultimetly ends up in a loss therefore going down in rank.
In social, two fucks are given and everyone will quit since rank isnt tied to it. Happy joy joy for everyone.
link1201
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I don't know but being in the middle of the bell curve has been a great experience for me and I hope adding in social doesn't change that. In my perfect world the mm remains the same and they just hide the rank.
Feel the Swift
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I mean I hope they still include bans for quitting in social too.
The Jackdog
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i was messing around in customs and realized theres neutral flag (obviously) for any gametype. but its only used in breakout?
youd think with the super small amount of gametypes already theyd add it to arena or something.
man i hope upon all hopes they add a new gametype with the december update. i just really dont think its gonna happen. they havent even teased it.
youd think with the super small amount of gametypes already theyd add it to arena or something.
man i hope upon all hopes they add a new gametype with the december update. i just really dont think its gonna happen. they havent even teased it.
link1201
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I Hope they up the quit ban overall in this update. I also hope they discuss all the adjustments they mentioned are coming. I'm really looking forward to twitch stream Friday for some reason, lol
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