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[curiouscharles]

Although it is better than regular Breakout, I still am not a big fan of elimination game types at all.

it is, but it's still the complete opposite style of game to what I expect when I load up halo.

some seriously asinine decision making with regards to playlist management on the part of 343.

also, they've grown sadistic with their punishment of quitters.

Get arena breakout, quit, load team arena again - obviously get arena breakout again... Okay, I'll play nice - finish the game, get booted to menu during victory stance and banned without notice.

I refuse to feel guilty quitting modes that have no place in team arena, and to suffer such ridiculous treatment for it.

What am I supposed to do to have a full on anger/hate-free gaming session? Play slayer? NO THANK YOU.

I feel like us objective game mode folks are really getting the shaft with halo 5.

Especially frustrating because the game is so damn good - just fix the damn playlist management!

And I won't even start on how stupidly they handled the social playlist... (yeah people who don't want to focus on ranking just want to play silly snipers only game modes... riiiiight).

 

[Caja 117]

Playlist management does need some work on it, Halo 5 plays perfect in 4 v 4, its weird the social playlist was moved to 5 v 5, and why that playlist is temporal to begin with.

 

[Poodlestrike]

please to remove ALL round-based game types from team arena.

I don't play halo to play counter-strike, not even arena breakout.

UGH.

please to remove ALL Slayer game types from team arena.

I don't play halo to play cod, not even slayer.

UGH.

 

[Madness]

Pictures:

What is this? How much does changing it affect the 60fps? The bottom picture looks amazing, the FoV is one of the main things I don't like in this game.

 

[wwm0nkey]

What is this? How much does changing it affect the 60fps? The bottom picture looks amazing, the FoV is one of the main things I don't like in this game.

I can't measure FPS, but I didn't notice much of a change?

 

[Caja 117]

please to remove ALL Slayer game types from team arena.

I don't play halo to play cod, not even slayer.

UGH.

IMO make the rotation to lean more towards Objective gametypes, something like 15 % slayer, 40% CTF 35% Strongholds and 10% Breakout.

 

[Ashes2Bashers]

I've been playing Reach since it's available via BC..Man , it's still amazing. If ı would choose between 1080p 60 Fps Reach(Instead of 5) or Halo 5 , ı would definetely choose Reach over Halo 5..Halo 5 has some good things in it butit is too fast and chaotic compared to classic Halo games and Reach..

I think we will have a new Halo game in 2017 which probably will be a remaster.I hope it will be whether Halo 3 Annv. or Reach Remastered...

 

[ATOMICJORGE]

I can't measure FPS, but I didn't notice much of a change?

How can you measure that? What program do you need?

 

[Poodlestrike]

IMO make the rotation to lean more towards Objective gametypes, something like 15 % slayer, 40% CTF 35% Strongholds and 10% Breakout.

While I would no joke love that (though swap Slayer and Breakout's percentages), I'm mostly just trying to highlight how damn silly the original post sounds. It's something I've been trying. I hugely dislike Slayer, but I'm aware that my tastes are not the be-all, end-all, so quoting and replacing demonstrates how hyperbolic and, frankly, ridiculous the demand is.

I've been playing Reach since it's available via BC..Man , it's still amazing. If ı would choose between 1080p 60 Fps Reach(Instead of 5) or Halo 5 , ı would definetely choose Reach over Halo 5..Halo 5 has some good things in it butit is too fast and chaotic compared to classic Halo games and Reach..

I think we will have a new Halo game in 2017 which probably will be a remaster.I hope it will be whether Halo 3 Annv. or Reach Remastered...

We're thinking about the same Reach, right? The one with Armorlock and Jetpacks and Swordbase?

 

[Leyasu]

We're thinking about the same Reach, right? The one with Armorlock and Jetpacks and Swordbase?

Don't forget powerhouse, boardwalk and sword base. I thought reach was bungie just not giving a fuck.

 

[wwm0nkey]

How can you measure that? What program do you need?

No idea lol

 

[The Antitype]

I've been playing Reach since it's available via BC..Man , it's still amazing. If ı would choose between 1080p 60 Fps Reach(Instead of 5) or Halo 5 , ı would definetely choose Reach over Halo 5..Halo 5 has some good things in it butit is too fast and chaotic compared to classic Halo games and Reach..

I think we will have a new Halo game in 2017 which probably will be a remaster.I hope it will be whether Halo 3 Annv. or Reach Remastered...

Honestly, I feel like a lot of the people who find Halo 5 too fast and chaotic would be fine with it if more of the maps were 15%-20% larger.

It just always feels like there's an enemy right on top of you, from behind, around the next corner. That's not really the Halo I fell in love with with H2, H3 and Reach. You could retreat, reacquire and re-engage after surviving/winning a battle against 1 or 2 players. In the maps in H5 (and the ridiculously bad spawns), 9 times out of 10, you survive a fight, try to find some cover, just to get picked off by an AR from some freshly spawned enemy.

Give me maps the size of Construct, or Sanctuary, hell, even Hang-em High.

Every map in Halo 5 feels like Beaver Creek in scale, only with shorter sight lines.

 

[Diablohead]

Don't forget powerhouse, boardwalk and sword base. I thought reach was bungie just not giving a fuck.

Powerhouse was a legit map... one of the only ones.

 

[Welfare]

Don't forget powerhouse, boardwalk and sword base. I thought reach was bungie just not giving a fuck.

Reach was Bungie's testing ground for Destiny, so they had some care.

 

[Diablohead]

Reach was Bungie's testing ground for Destiny, so they had some care.

A shame that the spaceship battle never made it into destiny, it's still rather cool to look at and play in reach.

 

[Caja 117]

While I would no joke love that (though swap Slayer and Breakout's percentages), I'm mostly just trying to highlight how damn silly the original post sounds. It's something I've been trying. I hugely dislike Slayer, but I'm aware that my tastes are not the be-all, end-all, so quoting and replacing demonstrates how hyperbolic and, frankly, ridiculous the demand is.

I just feel breakout and Slayer have their own playlist so I want Arena to feel more varied in options.

Powerhouse was a legit map... one of the only ones.

Powerhouse problem was that big open green area close to a big door that was just unnecessary wasted space that people very rarely went over.

 

[Leyasu]

Specially brewed for those that dont know lag from latency.. Or don't believe that it exists.

1, watch the grenade delay, then count the shots

 

[Stinkles]

Specially brewed for those that dont know lag from latency.. Or don't believe that it exists.

1, watch the grenade delay, then count the shots

Both exist. However they happen when network conditions are terribad, as opposed to ordinary Comwarner/router bad.


Also I would just like to say that Team Doubles with H5 movement promotes great teamwork and is a great way for singletons to learn how to cooperate.

Powerhouse problem was that big open green area close to a big door that was just unnecessary wasted space that people very rarely went over.

Those areas seldom serve NO purpose in any FPS - they can do everything from aesthetically frame a location, to provide emergency spawns, to panicky shield recharge spots and so on.

And in some ways they act like negative space in graphic design - positioning and framing the action. The fact that you find them useless kind of proves that at least they're not harming the main regions, and it's like proving a negative to try and say how the map would feel without them. (not just Halo).

 

[Leyasu]

Both exist. However they happen when network conditions are terribad, as opposed to ordinary Comwarner/router bad.


Also I would just like to say that Team Doubles with H5 movement promotes great teamwork and is a great way for singletons to learn how to cooperate.

I wasn't playing doubles. Plus, the euro servers must have been switched back on after that game.

Stinkles, whilst you are here, could you clarify for us what you guys meant when you said in the patch notes that you had "improved ping to the servers" ?

Thanks

 

[JackHerer]

Sooo... Antifreeze CTF needs to be removed ASAP. The spawn killing is insane.

 

[Stinkles]

I wasn't playing doubles. Plus, the euro servers must have been switched back on after that game.

Stinkles, whilst you are here, could you clarify for us what you guys meant when you said in the patch notes that you had "improved ping to the servers" ?

Thanks

Take with a pinch of nontechnical salt, but basically some improvements on our back end to do more accurate measurement and resolution based on ping, to pick more appropriate servers, or in regions with low low populations, to reach a bit further when they can't find adequate games.

 

[Leyasu]

Take with a pinch of nontechnical salt, but basically some improvements on our back end to do more accurate measurement and resolution based on ping, to pick more appropriate servers, or in regions with low low populations, to reach a bit further when they can't find adequate games.

Ok. Thanks for the explanation

Anyway, it is rare for me nowadays to get put on servers outside of europe. So something is working. But Frankie please, why not give us some sort of ping toggle/slider/limiter? Say, the minimum is 50ms, and we can adjust in increments of 10 upto say 125ms? This would be a game changer for alot of people..

Lastly, the aiming settings are great. Really nice.

 

[The Real Napsta]

I really like Halo 5, I suck at it, but i love it.

 

[Stinkles]

I really like Halo 5, I suck at it, but i love it.

My days of being a SWAT phenom are numbered. People are getting better.

 

[The Antitype]

My days of being a SWAT phenom are numbered. People are getting better.

They also have functional aiming to work with now.

 

[The Real Napsta]

My days of being a SWAT phenom are numbered. People are getting better.

If you ever want to carry me hmu

 

[Caja 117]

Those areas seldom serve NO purpose in any FPS - they can do everything from aesthetically frame a location, to provide emergency spawns, to panicky shield recharge spots and so on.

And in some ways they act like negative space in graphic design - positioning and framing the action. The fact that you find them useless kind of proves that at least they're not harming the main regions, and it's like proving a negative to try and say how the map would feel without them. (not just Halo).

I understand what you are saying, I just felt that (just in the same case as boardwalk) map was just too big for a good 4 v 4, yet at the same time too small for 8 v 8, While PH had spawns at that area, and had its purpose, I would had wanted the map smaller to make it a flawless asym map, and that big space is the firts space that comes to mind that the map could had benefit without.

Now, this is from my perspective, and Im no expert in design, so I take your word for it.

 

[User 73706]

I just realized, why the heck isn't it an option to activate Stabilizers just by holding Jump midair once you're scoped in? I can't imagine there are many contexts where you'd accidentally clamber over something while trying to hover provided you're already zoomed in - unless you were trying to fire on someone from behind a tall piece of cover, I guess.

EDIT: alternatively, it'd be interesting to try having it activate on your second crouch midair - while gandhi-hopping is popular in the community, nothing actually necessitates it, and it doesn't accomplish anything a standard crouch-jump wouldn't already.

 

[Granadier]

Defend the House made a throwback video

 

[Caja 117]

Are the Halo Reach anniversary maps playable as part of BC in xbox one? Does anyone knows?

 

[Sordid]

Both exist. However they happen when network conditions are terribad, as opposed to ordinary Comwarner/router bad.

I get latency/delay a lot 'cos I keep getting shoved onto US servers when I play solo. Is there anything I can do on my end to stop this? Almost all of my 10 qualifying games for slayer this season have been on US servers. I've been lucky and a lot of the players were communicating but it's no fun being behind the action.

I'm in Aberdeenshire fwiw, good router/connection/pings to Azure North & West Europe servers.

Edit: Loving the new control options btw!

 

[TCKaos]

Hey Stinkles, you guys are working on that weird Forge spawn thing, right? I really want to finish up my map and I'm kinda' butthurt about not being able to. It was turning out pretty good, too.

I've coped by starting a Danger Canyon remake, which is probably a horrible mistake, but one I'm committing to.

 

[blamite]

Are the Halo Reach anniversary maps playable as part of BC in xbox one? Does anyone knows?

yes, press Start on the game in your library and select the manage game option, and you can download all your DLC.

 

[ATOMICJORGE]

Yeah Battle of Noctus is definitely one of the best maps from Halo 5 IMO

OMG I'm a member now? YEEEESSS !

 

[gamerguy2002]

Stinkles this is offtopic from Halo 5 but are you guys at 343 or someone on the Xbox 360 emulation team looking into the framerate issues Reach is having? I heard its really terrible at times I'm sure someone here can go into more detail.

 

[OverHeat]

The game is amazing! It really is, but we need new maps fast!

 

[Slightly Live]

We have Forge now. Folks should now be able to tweak and edit maps and modes to perfection.

In fact, why not run HaloGAF Customs again? It's a saturday. Right then. Tonight.

Official Start time.

2am UK
9pm EST

Fee free to start warm ups beforehand. Smaller games until lobby fills out. Rotating player spaces if full, first come basis. At least 1 hour of games - no end time, just when everyone leaves. I might rotate the host for whatever reasons.

Map suggestions - reply in this thread with details

To join: my GT (Slightly Live) - send me a message for an invite

Recommendations, suggestions, et al welcome.

I'm a bit selfish because as a Community Cartographer I can use these Customs to find some quality HaloGAF maps and get them tested. @)

Got some work stuff come up so I won't be available. But that shouldn't stop the Customs. Someone self appoint themselves as host and continue onwards tonight.

 

[Dub117]

The game is amazing! It really is, but we need new maps fast!

We uh..just got some..

 

[Lucky Seven]

I think Warzone Assault has saved this game for me. Dont know why I held off on playing it for so long because it's perfect.

 

[Diablohead]

Sometimes I feel that the pistol fires a little too quickly, I said this before i'm sure but it's such a fast weapon.

 

[jem0208]

Sometimes I feel that the pistol fires a little too quickly, I said this before i'm sure but it's such a fast weapon.

If you're gunna reduce the fire rate you'd have to make it a 4 shot.

The last thing the pistol needs is a nerf.

 

[Samurai G0SU]

Those fov pics were goooood. Only in forge?

 

[jem0208]

That sweet, sweet classic BR is mine.

Aww yeah.

 

[m23]

Sometimes I feel that the pistol fires a little too quickly, I said this before i'm sure but it's such a fast weapon.

Pistol is perfectly fine.

 

[Trup1aya]

I think Warzone Assault has saved this game for me. Dont know why I held off on playing it for so long because it's perfect.

It never gets old... For some reason a lot of people hate it.

 

[BraXzy]

When I nearly get an immortal medal with 22 kills, you know you dun messed up SWAT placements.

 

[curiouscharles]

please to remove ALL Slayer game types from team arena.

I don't play halo to play cod, not even slayer.

UGH.

totes agree - just didn't want to take my complaints too far in one post.

 

[E92 M3]

EATING A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF CROW:

I finally found settings for controls I like and FFA with 6 people is a lot fun. I am certainly enjoying myself a lot more now. Maps aren't my favorite still, but Halo 5 is fun. I guess the controls made me a lot more bitter than I realized.

 

[OverHeat]

We uh..just got some..

1 map for Arena and warzone is not enough

 

[Lucky Seven]

It never gets old... For some reason a lot of people hate it.

I think it's about as balanced as it can get for Halo 5. It's accessible, not too crazy, and the maps are well designed. I have no complaints!