Oh, and the other great thing about the last vid is we were forced to start Scout Warthog defense protocol with 4:14 left
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Halo 5: Guardians |OT3| Ball Dropped
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Oh, and the other great thing about the last vid is we were forced to start Scout Warthog defense protocol with 4:14 left
GringoSuave89
Banned
Hell of a night. GGs to all
Samurai G0SU
Member
Wow at the zerg rush clip!!!
Daayyum zerg rush fo real.
Daayyum zerg rush fo real.
GringoSuave89
Banned
Best part was, right before, I was like "nah I'm not use my Ultra Rare Mission Victory boost".
Arby 'n' the Chief
Member
ahh goood times
although IMO my scout hog clip is superior
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/dark%20silver89/video/14791054
although IMO my scout hog clip is superior
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/dark%20silver89/video/14791054
SmartWaffles
Member
What's the fuss about scout warthogs? I sold them all.
Forerunner
Member
Got up to 1559 today, now I'm back at 1500. I think that's enough Arena for today!
FATstronaut
Member
GG's to everyone I played with tonight!
<3
<3
I was little out of my league in those two matches haha, but it was fun. I need to up my game, I'm getting old though.
blue_phazon
Member
I solod my way up to Diamond 6 in slayer and now I'm too afraid to play and lose it. I'm SO close I can taste the onyx
Forerunner
Member
jizzlobber
Member
Is there a reward or achievement for reaching onyx?
Can't believe there is no reward for soloing the campaign on legendary difficulty, I was expecting a legendary badge or something.
Can't believe there is no reward for soloing the campaign on legendary difficulty, I was expecting a legendary badge or something.
Unfriendly TimeTraveler
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Honestly that whole scout warthog thing on summit needs to be looked at and fixed because it is at this point a cheap way to win. I've seen it a couple times and it always ends on the defenders advantages. While it's an actual use for the scout warthog because what good is it for other than custom games stuff. Should just put in the troop warthog at some point.
There's a 100G achievement and that's it.
There's an armor if you complete MCC solo at legendary though, right?
I'm on vacation till next Saturday, but it is preloaded and ready to go. Been playing on pc and it is a fantastic time.
ZeezbruhTV
Member
Hoping they relaxed restrictions on Social CTF. The holiday social feedback thread on waypoint was 9/10 posts saying "take it out/significantly reduce it". I want to play with viewers and not match hidden champions/high Onyx's. I think it's out today when they take v-day out.
They just need to have defender vehicles spawn back at the armory...
The fortress should only be to spawn attackers vehicles after they've capped it.
sir_dany12
Member
Today? Hmmm, I doubt that..
The worst part is that Bravo said on Friday's update that the MP wastes a lot of time into weekend playlists, and most of of them were just udpated rulesets. I know they playtest everything, but sometimesz it seems they take a lot of time doing things that should be quick.
XBL Status page says everything is normal, but I got kicked 2 times from XBL, while playing something non-Halo. Not sure what's happening.
Some how won this crazy match
Platinum guy quit early... Might have done is a favor. Still, looking at the rankings, you'd think we were done for...
I clutched the last two killsafter we they tied it up 48-48, the 49-49. My heart is still racing
This game is so damn good.
Also, I really don't understand the hate for riptide. I think it's awesome.
Everyone complains about fuel rod and hallways, but hydra is God.
Platinum guy quit early... Might have done is a favor. Still, looking at the rankings, you'd think we were done for...
I clutched the last two killsafter we they tied it up 48-48, the 49-49. My heart is still racing
This game is so damn good.
Also, I really don't understand the hate for riptide. I think it's awesome.
Everyone complains about fuel rod and hallways, but hydra is God.
Unfriendly TimeTraveler
Member
I think it was overall understanding how to run the map that was a tad bit infuriating, overall it's a pretty good map with some nice colors on it.
And yeah the hydra is a force to be reckoned with when you can get the lock on just maybe not the best in team fights where by the time it takes to lock and kill will probably result in your team mate dying and you end up looking really dumb if you can't get the lock but all and all the hydra is a strong weapon in the right hands.
About the map, people never really tried to learn the flow. They just immediately complained... This is generally what happens with asymmetrical maps it seems.
The hydra, like any other weapon (especially tier 2's) is best used situationally. If you are running around with it as your primary, it isn't going to do you very good. But there are specific locations and situations on this map where it shines. And the laser light on it is good for suppressing opponents while your team flanks.
To be fair, while it might not have any impact on how good it is objectively, I feel like Riptide was hard to figure out on my first couple of playthroughs (same with Overgrowth to a lesser degree)... if you feel confused about where things lead it's going to dampen your enjoyment of it and that's a lingering issue.
Having power weapon callouts almost makes it worse, because it gives the sense of "ooh, the rocket launcher, I'll run towards it and... well I can't go that way, I guess I have to... go around?
Well yeah, I think it is true that asymmetric maps are hard to to learn, especially if you are trying to learn it on the fly in matchmaking.
I still lose my bearings on overgrowth slayer. With riptide, they've done a much better job making each area visually distinct.
But I think there is a difference between "this map doesn't flow" and "I haven't figured this mal out yet". I think a lot of people ran with the former without giving it a fair shot...
I apologize if this isn't the right place to ask, but how exactly does the "Switch to Party Chat/Switch to Game Chat" on the score page work? Do you still hear your party members if you are in Game Chat mode?
I ask because I keep running into people in warzone who seem to have one-sided conversations with other people in their party about how good they are (or how bad the team is), but I can't hear the person they are talking to. I'm not sure if it's some oddball party chat glitch or just really good uni-directional microphones.
I ask because I keep running into people in warzone who seem to have one-sided conversations with other people in their party about how good they are (or how bad the team is), but I can't hear the person they are talking to. I'm not sure if it's some oddball party chat glitch or just really good uni-directional microphones.
SmartWaffles
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https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/...oryMatchIndex=0&gameHistoryGameModeFilter=All
Seriously is that an Onyx?
Seriously is that an Onyx?
The people they are talking to may have their privacy settings to allow voice chat with Friends only, while the person you hear has it allowed for Everyone.
If you are in Game Chat mode you will not hear Party members who are not also in the same game + Game Chat mode.
Lol he must have has someone place onyx for him, then lost a shit ton of matches to drop his MMR down.
I wonder if the onyx paid to have someone get his rank higher this season.
That persons ranks from previous seasons in Team Arena were platinum and gold and clearly they are working the hidden mmr back down lol
ZeezbruhTV
Member
streaming, hopefully social ctf is out today. twitch.tv/zeezbruh
SmartWaffles
Member
Yeah he was Plat 4 last season, no way someone could be luck enough to be ranked that high suddenly.
Awesome, thank you for the information. Now I can at least mute or ignore them without worrying that it was something in my setup.
Ricky Ricardo
Member
LOL, Victory ... at any cost
Samurai G0SU
Member
Team slayer
Preseason placed plat 1
Season 1 placed plat 5
Season 2 currently at diamond 1
But i only played about 3-5 games since i got my diamond 1. Maybe ill try to see how high i can get next season. If i place in diamond 1 from the beginning of course.
Im pretty happy with the placement considering how much time i play it.
Preseason placed plat 1
Season 1 placed plat 5
Season 2 currently at diamond 1
But i only played about 3-5 games since i got my diamond 1. Maybe ill try to see how high i can get next season. If i place in diamond 1 from the beginning of course.
Im pretty happy with the placement considering how much time i play it.
SmartWaffles
Member
I'll be happy af if I'm ever lucky/good enough to be in Diamond.
Unfriendly TimeTraveler
Member
So does anyone manage to play free for all without wanting to pull their hair out? Cause I know I can't, even with the fact I always place 1st or 2nd in every game its just too much frustration to not want to quit. probably why I always need to play with a team but to the people who can play free for all, I give you credit because idk how you can do it.
Also dying for this update to already come out I need these other game types already, and so they can sooner put in oddball and ricochet in actual matchmaking. While I understand the popularity of assault it's really surprising they put that above oddball, guess its just preference but I always felt oddball be the better game type in arena while assault being better for btb. Also how odd they are also putting fiesta as a focus because as much fun as fiesta is I don't think it's all that crucial. Just as long as they put in crazy king, oddball, regicide and ricochet I will be perfectly fine with the amount of game types. but I do see some needed changes in the spartan abilities in king of the hill to make it work for five. If they get rid of ground pound then I think that will solve most problems I could see with the game type.
Also dying for this update to already come out I need these other game types already, and so they can sooner put in oddball and ricochet in actual matchmaking. While I understand the popularity of assault it's really surprising they put that above oddball, guess its just preference but I always felt oddball be the better game type in arena while assault being better for btb. Also how odd they are also putting fiesta as a focus because as much fun as fiesta is I don't think it's all that crucial. Just as long as they put in crazy king, oddball, regicide and ricochet I will be perfectly fine with the amount of game types. but I do see some needed changes in the spartan abilities in king of the hill to make it work for five. If they get rid of ground pound then I think that will solve most problems I could see with the game type.
Hydra is such a weird Halo weapon since it doesn't really follow the weapon characteristic of aiming while shooting. It auto-locks and makes players mash the fire button 6 times for auto reloading.
I still don't like Riptide because of the weird jumps in the middle. It's like making a Lockout map except all the jumps are trying to get to the sniper spawn shortcut.
There is nothing in gaming that will ever come close to touching a evenly matched game of Truth CTF, it's sublime.
http://xboxclips.com/TJ+Ram/74922c05-60be-4d9b-a44f-7394252b6ee4
http://xboxclips.com/TJ+Ram/74922c05-60be-4d9b-a44f-7394252b6ee4
Forerunner
Member
.7 kd after 40k kills. I guess he doesn't learn from his mistakes lol. However, he could have got there under his own willpower. He has almost 500 TA games played this season. If you can keep at 50% or higher w/l you will eventually rank up. I think it's a combination of playing with a group and also just the insane amount of games he plays.
I'm not sure what you mean by the auto-locking thing... hydra isn't the first halo weapon to function this way. Probably the most balanced though.
I think I'm misunderstanding your comment on how it reloads... I just tap the reload button and it starts reloading.
I also don't see what's wierd about the jumps... Are you talking about nest to top mid? It does have a lip that complicates things, but it allows skilled players to crouch jump, while the lesser skilled will end up dashing and clambering. Skill gap stuff... I'm good with it.
there are a ton of skill jumps that make the map more dynamic than it gets credit for... If anyone feels confined to corridors, they are doing it wrong.
