natethegreat409
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How do you have so many gifs!
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Halo 5: Guardians |OT2| All Hail The Conquering Hero
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Feel the Swift
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Why take out the social and not replace it immediately..
Ground pounds, spartan charges... all a bunch of nonsense if you ask me. 343 ruined Halo with these modern mechanics. What happened to fighting with GUNS like MEN? Someone ought to ' #MakeHaloGreatAgain.
That post. That reply. That response.
Sogood.GIF
Help me out here GIF god.
orichalcos
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Someone datamines the CSR distributions for each playlist as of Jan1
http://m.imgur.com/a/0UCx1
Some pretty nice bellcurves suggest, IMO, that the systems is working quite well...
Some folks take exception to the inability to drop below tier 1 of your division, which results in some spikes at each tier one, but since the internal MMR handles that by matching you with lower opponents, I take no issue...
Others point out that 343i appear to be having trouble with the SWAT distribution... From where I sit, that playlist has the smallest skill gap, so it naturally has the tightest curve
http://m.imgur.com/a/0UCx1
Some pretty nice bellcurves suggest, IMO, that the systems is working quite well...
Some folks take exception to the inability to drop below tier 1 of your division, which results in some spikes at each tier one, but since the internal MMR handles that by matching you with lower opponents, I take no issue...
Others point out that 343i appear to be having trouble with the SWAT distribution... From where I sit, that playlist has the smallest skill gap, so it naturally has the tightest curve
Going in team arena solo is craziness lol. To warm up, I just do solo slayer. Arena requires too much team work haha.
I'd do that but my Slayer is on the verge of hitting Onyx and I don't wanna derank from Diamond 6 :3
natethegreat409
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He never fails to deliver..... unless he's trying to clutch Breakout wins.
Damn, looks fantastic.
Here's a quick reminder, about what's to come in January: Link
- Eagle and Wolf skins
- Mark V helmet/armor
- Carbine that seemingly works like a Needle Rifle
Now, I hope the Stream about this stuff is already this Friday, because I want more maps, modes, REQ's, File Browser, etc. I also want the Forge issues to be fixed, because the scripts are buggy and I can't do my map.
- Eagle and Wolf skins
- Mark V helmet/armor
- Carbine that seemingly works like a Needle Rifle
Now, I hope the Stream about this stuff is already this Friday, because I want more maps, modes, REQ's, File Browser, etc. I also want the Forge issues to be fixed, because the scripts are buggy and I can't do my map.
I really hope 343 has someone going through forums collecting these for a social playlist. That's what should be in a social playlist, not fucking snipers on BTB maps, ugh.
Welp, apparently someone is going through forums and seeing them, at least.
But whether or not they are collecting them for inclusion in MM remains to be seen... Considering how they've been handling BTB, I'm pretty confident we'll seem more community content in the social lists...
Needle Rifle come back?
Hopefully.
The more I make maps and the more I see what people are working on, I really hope 343 have a Halo Remake Playlist and a Unique Map Playlist. Kinda hard to get noticed when everyone is making remakes of maps the Halo community knows are good.
I hope so there are so many great maps out there.
backflip10019
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In retrospect, I kind of like those Warzone Assault matches where REQs don't load because of times like this:
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/backflip10019/video/13604795
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/backflip10019/video/13604795
Samurai G0SU
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If Forge maps count to the "18+ maps after launch" we also have at least 10 more maps left that have to be released. 5 of them are guaranteed Warzone maps, 1 is a The Rig remix and 1 is a Fathom remix. Rest is unknown, as far as I know, but I'd say those will be Arena dev made maps. Now that we have Forge and a willingful community, there is no need to count Forge maps towards the map count.
Only a guess, but it really looks like that.
Only a guess, but it really looks like that.
RedSparrows
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I wonder what the 'substantive' bit of the update will be? I.e. more Forge bits, another map or two, game modes, or something else?
Yeah, I've also found there's a really interesting metagame if you're going in with a team about when it's better to let a base fall early versus struggling to hold it. If the enemy doesn't have those late REQs and power weapons at their disposal, taking the core becomes extremely difficult, and if you hold them back at the beginning long enough they can acquire a critical mass of weapons and vehicles that can steamroll you before everyone falls back to the objective.
I also enjoy how much of a successful defense/offense is about not just turtling/being aggressive, but getting to positions to disrupt the flow of reinforcements and force more distant spawns.
I hate playing FFA on that map so, so much. The sword completely ruins the flow.
Gnome Scat
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Damn I'm not usually a fan of how some of the forge maps look but this one looks great.
Someone made king of the hill:
https://www.reddit.com/r/halo/comments/3zg223/halo_5_king_of_the_hill_made_in_forge/
https://www.reddit.com/r/halo/comments/3zg223/halo_5_king_of_the_hill_made_in_forge/
Ricky Ricardo
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I'm hungry for news of January's update brehs
blue_phazon
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I see a lot of people mentioning it. Is new info coming today?
I thought the weekly updates happen on Thursday or Friday
DarthWalden
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I don't know own why they can't enforce even a 10 minute penalty for quitters.... people that actually have to quit aren't the ones that are going to start a new game right away.
Counting forge maps would be disingenuous, even if the forge community wasn't so fantastic...
Req packs were supposed to be subsidizing our free DLC. Forge maps are free anyway.
FUNKNOWN iXi
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lmfaooo the gifs are on point today! You and DamnBoxes have me rolling with this shit..
These remakes have been incredible and need to be pushed into a Community Forge playlist ASAP.
orichalcos
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The thing is that the current BTB maps were created at the studio with Forgers and have gone through tweaking and optimizing. I think that's why they will count towards the map count, but those will be the only ones probably.
I'm not saying "this sucks" or anything like that, but I have a feeling that they do, since they also counted the launch maps and inflated the map count that way. Of course I hope that I'm wrong.
RedSparrows
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Anyone have a weird issue with selecting custom Game Types?
I have the Duck Hunt map downloaded, and the Duck Hunt gametype, both made by same guy. I can pick the map, but not the gametype.
I have 'bookmarked' an Octagon + game mode and they work, but Duck Hunt, Whale Ride, Monster Trucks etc do not let me pick the mode...
I have the Duck Hunt map downloaded, and the Duck Hunt gametype, both made by same guy. I can pick the map, but not the gametype.
I have 'bookmarked' an Octagon + game mode and they work, but Duck Hunt, Whale Ride, Monster Trucks etc do not let me pick the mode...
yeah their launch map count was also disingenuous, so I wouldn't be surprised if you are right...
Even though they were made in studio, members of the community made them, and in just a weeks time with unfinished tools. While I think they did a great job, they obviously aren't of a quality that people would expect from a premium peice of content. If their argument is that the req system is justified by the free content it funds, and they give us content that would have typically been free... It just doesn't jibe well with me...
Bookmarks seem to work like links. If the link has been changed, deleted, etc. you can no longer select it. Probably have to bookmark it again.
RedSparrows
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OK, ta. I tried that with game modes, but not the equivalent maps, so will delete and save all again.
Twilight Gap
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It would be interesting if 343 doubled down on Forge in Halo 6 and put all their multiplayer map resources into it. We'd end up with developer maps that could be changed post release, and Forge maps that looked as good as developer maps.
The second part is especially important. If the maps visually were on the same level as developer maps (which we're getting very close to), I doubt anyone would have an issue with Forge. And it works for 343 too because they'll be able to make any geometry changes to maps as necessary. The only reason Orion was removed is because it was a Forge map. We've had way worse maps in matchmaking (admittedly most of them from Forge), but the only other map to be removed from MM entirely was Backwash.
But say for example Backwash was made in Forge (which it has by the way) and Bungie were able to make it better instead of remove it entirely. It wouldn't have worked as well back then because the game had to be "finished" when it shipped. But the opportunity is here now with Halo essentially being always online.
The second part is especially important. If the maps visually were on the same level as developer maps (which we're getting very close to), I doubt anyone would have an issue with Forge. And it works for 343 too because they'll be able to make any geometry changes to maps as necessary. The only reason Orion was removed is because it was a Forge map. We've had way worse maps in matchmaking (admittedly most of them from Forge), but the only other map to be removed from MM entirely was Backwash.
But say for example Backwash was made in Forge (which it has by the way) and Bungie were able to make it better instead of remove it entirely. It wouldn't have worked as well back then because the game had to be "finished" when it shipped. But the opportunity is here now with Halo essentially being always online.
Rand0m TAG
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interesting idea, would definitely help fix issues that arise only by playing. similar to what weapon adjustments made half of halo 3 maps better
Had issues every time I've ran customs.
What is happening is the gametype is changing, other peeps in the lobby can probably see it but in your end it isn't. When you boot it up it'll sort itself out usually.
Best fix I've found: If it's a team gametype, pick default Slayer, get everyone to get into correct teams. Then re-pick the actual gametype and start it.
I was thinking that before since I've been forging recently. So many assets on dev maps that could be turned into Forge pieces.
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