Slightly Live
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They translated the terrible gameplay 1:1
It's a well built map but the power weapons and vehicle abuse seems so lazy and ill-conceived.
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Halo 5: Guardians |OT2| All Hail The Conquering Hero
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They translated the terrible gameplay 1:1
It's a well built map but the power weapons and vehicle abuse seems so lazy and ill-conceived.
ZeezbruhTV
Member
If your map is loosely inspired by a awful map...
Wait there's a mantis on headlong?...
TheCanisDirus
Member
Yeah... that's a shame i was hoping they'd fix those issues. HATED Longbow with a passion because of the ease of which a team could completely control the map in a much more dominant way than any other.
You could spend a million hours making a map, yet that doesn't mean it'll be good. You can usually tell if a map is good by the second or even first game on it.
LegalEagleMike
Member
Looks like its back to Halo tonight. Sorry Battlefront.
DudeWithNoName
Member
Is that the BTB (and other stuff) update?
Where's that one janitor guy who knows people at 343? Need confirmation...
Diablohead
Member
I really wish I could see ping for the matches I am in, feel like my gun is a peashooter while I die to real bullets from the foe.
Demoncarnotaur
Member
Why is this update so big? Surely the addition of another Forge pallet couldn't be the only reason.
For whatever reason, this is taking forever to download.
For whatever reason, this is taking forever to download.
ElzarTheBam
Member
Not a Jellyfish
but I am a sheep
Any BTB fireteams open? Add me N0tAJellyfish.
Yep
TheCanisDirus
Member
I honestly can't believe they went with BR starts. With how good the pistol is AR/Pistol starts would have been just fine if they put a decent amount of BR's around the map on quick spawns forcing players to move out of cover into areas to capture/fight for them. Hopefully they'll address this.
Digital Limit
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Yeah, watching SSICK just spawn, point and shoot is pretty disappointing.
Then again, being on the losing team when you only have pistols and the enemy team has picked up midrange weapons is miserable, so it's a decent trade-off. We should play some pistol-start customs and see how much we like that.
Edit: Haha. Start of the match on Recurve: "What is this garbage-looking map? Oh, it's Halo 4?"
Really 343?!!!! You should have told me about BTB coming out today before hand so I can have my xbox connected and DL the 6GB, is all your fault 343... Im selling this game today, obliviously 343 dont know what they are doing, Halo is Dad
Can wait to get on tonight, want to try BTB and see how does it handles.
NOT!!
Can wait to get on tonight, want to try BTB and see how does it handles.
Almost perfect...you needed some off topic praise for bungie and ranting about sprint and it would have been 10/10
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
Basin is in no way, shape or form anywhere near worth mentioning in the same breath as Valhalla.
Why does it have Rocket Hogs instead of normal Warthogs? Serious, the fuck is up with that?
Initial BTB Impressions
All these BTB maps feels artificially constrained and small, and tight. Feels like there's no room at all for proper vehicle interplay, it's all blind corners and very short strips or driveable spaces. Vehicles are essentially death traps against any team with a single smart thinking player on their team. Warthogs in particular respond very poorly with larger turning spaces needed and small bumps and snags on the terrain causing slowdown or destabilization.
BTB is supposed to allow the greater number of players balance out vehicles, but here you can get wiped at any time by one or two determined players instantly because all of the levels are closed boxes that lack of any true vehicular freedom.
I am impressed by the build quality of the maps - they are all top notch quality. The gameplay experiences layered on top however, are just... it's not what I have come to expect and love from a BTB experience.
Gonna play more and give the maps a few days to sink in and then review my thoughts.
Why does it have Rocket Hogs instead of normal Warthogs? Serious, the fuck is up with that?
Initial BTB Impressions
All these BTB maps feels artificially constrained and small, and tight. Feels like there's no room at all for proper vehicle interplay, it's all blind corners and very short strips or driveable spaces. Vehicles are essentially death traps against any team with a single smart thinking player on their team. Warthogs in particular respond very poorly with larger turning spaces needed and small bumps and snags on the terrain causing slowdown or destabilization.
BTB is supposed to allow the greater number of players balance out vehicles, but here you can get wiped at any time by one or two determined players instantly because all of the levels are closed boxes that lack of any true vehicular freedom.
I am impressed by the build quality of the maps - they are all top notch quality. The gameplay experiences layered on top however, are just... it's not what I have come to expect and love from a BTB experience.
Gonna play more and give the maps a few days to sink in and then review my thoughts.
therealminime
Member
All I'm getting is Recurve!
It's amazing to me just how immediately I remember that BTB is the best playlist. It's just got the right flow for me.
It's amazing to me just how immediately I remember that BTB is the best playlist. It's just got the right flow for me.
That's disappointing.
Basin looked so good from the pictures, and wow at the rocket hogs. Rocket Hogs are terrible.
So, BTB is Join in Progress? I think is a good decision, however, How is the ranking dynamics working for this playlist? I mean, if Im put in an lost cause game, will that count towards my Rank? will quitting have some sort of penalty for a Joined in progress player?
Sorry if this was explained, but Im curious to see how this is handled.
Sorry if this was explained, but Im curious to see how this is handled.
Digital Limit
Member
Definitely get that vibe. The proportions feel wrong. Maybe I'm just salty from watching Recurve goofiness. Basin looks great.
Digital Limit
Member
Yeah. Basin and Headlong I don't hate them on, but Standoff feels too small for BR starts.
Diablohead
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Like all BTB games in halo the mode becomes a ton more fun when you know where all the weapons spawn, and I don't mean sniper and rockets but things like plasma pistols and hydras, both very useful, more so then in normal 4 v 4.
I really dislike how quick you die to a BR though, might just be server ping but I find that i'm always being 4 shot no questions asked, do bullets home in on my dome or something
I really dislike how quick you die to a BR though, might just be server ping but I find that i'm always being 4 shot no questions asked, do bullets home in on my dome or something
Ashes2Bashers
Member
If this was Halo 3 BR, ı can deal with BR starts but if you have very accurate weapons like Halo 4-5 BR-DMR , game feels so annoying because there are always kampy people standing behing a cover and spraying with his BR/DMR.. How can not you see that 343 after Halo 4 garbage..
Anyway I like the mode overall. This will be my go to playlist when playing solo now
They need to boost the amount Req points
Digital Limit
Member
Ooh, Promethean grenades are in the Basin bases and they have an overcharge effect. Never really noticed that.
How do you switch seats in vehicles?
How do you switch seats in vehicles?
Samurai G0SU
Member
shoot the core and then double press RT, LT x, x, B and finally, A.
NoLongerALurker
Banned
I did not like Standoff in Halo 3, but I am loving Deadlock in Halo 5.
Same we need 2 more again guys join up!
Double Donut
Member
Are my friend and I crazy or did this update add fog to Breakout maps?!
We just played on Trench and there was a misty fog all over the ground. We've played Breakout religiously since launch and we've never noticed this before.
We just played on Trench and there was a misty fog all over the ground. We've played Breakout religiously since launch and we've never noticed this before.
DarthWalden
Banned
Just pressing x works too.
Jessie.Bristol
Member
Why is the update downloading so slowly? It's downloading at a fraction of my total speed. Did a speed test on my PC and it's normal. But the update fails to download at more then 7Mbps. Usually in the Kbps. This is going to take ages.
ThankeeSai
Member
Downloaded the update and now I can't get into any games for some reason.
Load up game get error message - "We were unable to get your latest saved data. Try again or use this game or app offline"
I press Try Again and it just brings up the same error message. I press Use Offline, then get another error message saying "Attention, there was an error with the Xbox Live Party Service. Please try again"
Anyone had the same issue or know how to fix it?
Load up game get error message - "We were unable to get your latest saved data. Try again or use this game or app offline"
I press Try Again and it just brings up the same error message. I press Use Offline, then get another error message saying "Attention, there was an error with the Xbox Live Party Service. Please try again"
Anyone had the same issue or know how to fix it?
NoLongerALurker
Banned
Shoot me an invite. GT: boltsnrays1109
NoLongerALurker
Banned
I had the same issue. Hard reset fixed it.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Like all BTB games in halo the mode becomes a ton more fun when you know where all the weapons spawn, and I don't mean sniper and rockets but things like plasma pistols and hydras, both very useful, more so then in normal 4 v 4.
I really dislike how quick you die to a BR though, might just be server ping but I find that i'm always being 4 shot no questions asked, do bullets home in on my dome or something
Yeah.
Gamertags starting with "D" have increased head-hitboxes.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Samurai G0SU
Member
Space Fog confirmed. Someone please update the Halo Lore database plz.
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