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Halo 5: Guardians |OT3| Ball Dropped
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Not really, even playing with randoms, you can blame a couple of games to your teammates, but those loses are not going to be a decisive factor in the your true rank.
I started on Plat 4 in team arena and have worked myself to diamond 2, I don't consider myself good enough to be Onyx, so If by the end of this season I don't win enough to reach Onyx, its because I wasn't good enough, ther are games you loose because of players you are match with, but there are also games you win because the players on your team carry you to the win, it evens out.
Reach happened with Arena Slayer with individual stats ranking, and was the worst idea ever to Rank.
VincentMatts
Member
I dunno, i spend a lot of time either going into MM alone (with randoms that youve never played with) or with my friends who are not at my skill level. So in one situation i either dont know what to expect and have to improvise cause i dunno if their even going to "play as a team" or not and in the other situation, i know that if i dont play really well, were gonna lose cause these guys arent great. Halos rank doesnt work well for people like me. It assumes you'll play with people at your level and thats not the case for me and im sure thats the case for most people out there.
curiouscharles
Member
this is, ideally, how it should work.
and this is, in fact, how it's seemed to have panned out for me every since since launch.
except this season.
for whatever reason, i'm either wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy ahead of the pack on my team, or struggle to contribute even the slightest.
strangest thing is, in previous seasons i've always been able to call it before the carnage report "oh, this'll be three plats with an onyx friend teamed up... YUP!".
this time around?
completely random - getting stomped by golds, then turning around and stomping diamonds.
somehow i feel as though the rankings have gotten to mean much less, at least in diamond & below.
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Doge
Unconfirmed Member
All you need to be onyx is a solid team of 4. If you search arena with a solid team of 4, you'll destroy a lot of team of randoms because you guys will be operating on the same page.
But I will still be in a rank that I dont belong because Im not good enough to be it, i already have friends that have been on and off champion this season, and the couple of time I played Im going negative 8, the same last season when they were onyx and I wasnt, I was always the difference if they won or loose a game because I was playing out of my skill rank.
The Real Napsta
Member
I thought physical copies still work, you on digital?
ZeezbruhTV
Member
So 1.5 milx4(most likely 25% goes to hcs)=6mil. Wonder how that compares to the first 2 h3 dlc packs revenue
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Doge
Unconfirmed Member
Man, people place way too much emphasis on kill/death in this game. Yes it can be useful to look at, but I would place more emphasis on the damage stat. That is a stat worth analyzing. I have had guys on my team go negative as well, but their damage stat is on average with the team.
Having it too low and below average would tell me x player is way too passive and not contributing to the team and/or their positioning is terrible. Having it be average with the team would tell me the player is contributing to the team and are listening to callouts somewhat and winning some of their battles along with decent positioning. If a person has a high damage stat and are consistent with a high damage stat, that tells me there positioning is good, they are winning their battles and they listen to callouts.
There is more to this, but there is no point being verbose.
CloudyTuba
Member
It only just occurred to me that Killer Instinct is getting a Sanghelios map before we do. ****** am cry.
Would love it if the first dev-made BTB map was set in that environment. I think we might have enough sharp metal corners.
Edit: Well would you look at that, his name is auto-bleeped. Haha well that's interesting, didn't expect that.
Would love it if the first dev-made BTB map was set in that environment. I think we might have enough sharp metal corners.
Edit: Well would you look at that, his name is auto-bleeped. Haha well that's interesting, didn't expect that.
Lol, I remember people asking for this in the H3 days. Never going to happen.
I use that as an example, but Im talking about doing very litle or hurting the team to a degree, if you are placed on a especific rank and you are going negative constantly, then you are not in your true rank.
Ashes2Bashers
Member
I am expecting huge expansion pack next year with brand new maps and new game modes like Firefight 3.0 etc.Halo 5 needs to be alive till Halo 3 Anniversary ..
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Doge
Unconfirmed Member
The only way to get better is to play against people who are on average or better than you. It forces you to adapt and figure out what the heck you are doing wrong. Your shot will improve as you play and how you play. If all you do (not saying you specifically) is looking at the stat cards after every match and not anything else, it will not help you improve.
Again, not saying you specifically.
Onyx players are above average, but that is about it. They aren't in a whole other league than other players. They just tend to work with their team more than the lesser divisions. That is literally it. As you play and start making better decisions, you will start to improve. Your shot will follow with your play style.
If you really feel like you are under performing, then there is a chance you aren't operating on the same page with the people you play with. As you begin to operate on that page, your gun skill will follow. Obviously there wont't be a 200% increase in combat effectiveness, but it will follow.
Also there are A LOT of things that do not reflect on the stat sheet, keep that in mind.
I mostly go in solo and don't feel like I've had any resistance getting into a division that matches my skill level. I have as many easy wins and I do bitter defeats, and the majority of my matches are competitive
When you party with people below you, the system will understandably have a harder time getting you into competitive matches... You are throwing way more variables into the system. But I don't see how tracking your individual stats in these situations would paint a picture of what division you belong in. Is a guy who gets 30 kills in a CTF game as good as the guy who got 4 returns 3 captures and a carrier kill to save the winning cap...
Yeah digital for me
The error message tells me I should put a disc in... Smh
That's totally bizzare. Where are you located? I have seen some pretty obvious cases of smurfing and account boosting,
But if you are between platinum and onyx, and in a decent sized population area, it neither should really be an issue...
Forerunner
Member
I'm the best.
This is for California and San Diego lol.
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Doge
Unconfirmed Member
I'm the best.
This is for California and San Diego lol.
What is this site?
curiouscharles
Member
I'm in Victoria, BC [pacific northwestern canada].
I've seen blatant smurfing & boosting more often lately as well.
Looks like Halo Tracker. I have no idea how the HTR score works though.
That doesn't make sense. Halo isn't a yearly franchise like CoD is.
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Doge
Unconfirmed Member
Logged on for the first time in a while.
I can't find any games? I'm in Australia. Tried the social CTF playlist, BTB and Warzone so far. Is this a known issue? I can say for certain that it's not my connection.
Also I felt like buying a couple of gold packs for the fun of it. But I don't see the option in-game any more. How do I do that now? o:
I can't find any games? I'm in Australia. Tried the social CTF playlist, BTB and Warzone so far. Is this a known issue? I can say for certain that it's not my connection.
Also I felt like buying a couple of gold packs for the fun of it. But I don't see the option in-game any more. How do I do that now? o:
Deputy Moonman
Member
Fffff this game. I can't get on a decent and or balanced team to save my life. And seeing how 343 is never going to make a mercenary playlist I'm done. You can remove me from the halogaf spartan company as well. Best of luck all.
Forerunner
Member
See you tomorrow!
aHebrewMenagerie
Member
lolol
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Doge
Unconfirmed Member
Leave once you get that Achilles yo. lol
ElzarTheBam
Member
See you tomo-
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Anyway, take a break, play something else, play something casual like Battlefront or GW2, then come back, it works pretty well.
It's usually me just not being online, but I might be appearing offline, not sure? I always forget to change it :3
80% sure it'll be a glitch and it's more like 2 minutes. Don't worry Jem!
The Real Napsta
Member
Why don't you just play with friends/GAF/LFG? I'll play with you.
2 days 10 hours in H4 multiplayer
1 day 22 hours in H5 Arena
2 days 13 hours in H5 Warzone
Oh it's definitely not a glitch, I've quit quite a few CTF games in the last day or so, I keep getting interrupted half way through matches.
I'm just wondering whether it's 29 hours or 29 minutes...
Forerunner
Member
I only have two days of playtime in H4 lol. I never even got the DLC. H5 is my second most played I'm at 6 days and 16 hours. I don't know it'll ever pass Reach though, I had close to 20 days in it. There was just so much to do and I always kept coming back.
Oh boy. Fingers crossed for your sake it's minutes. Ideally when you try to search it should pop up with an updated timer but it doesn't do that does it? Kinda daft since the initial message is easy enough to miss.
Im not sure what we are debating over. I understand your point, but what Im trying to say is that the system is not a lose lose system to randoms, once you hit a wall where you are loosing games more often, and not beem the factor of the wins like you did before you got to that rank it means you are placed in the rank that is suitable for your skills, it is not about what can you acomplish, is about that the ranking system been the best accurrate system to place you on the rank you belong, it isnt without flaws, but a individual performance ranking on a team based game is the worst solution.
Haha, cheers.
It wouldn't be the end of the world really. I have a veritable shit tonne of work to catch up on at the moment but I just keep playing Halo instead.
Ricky Ricardo
Member
Man, 6 days of Halo 4 ...
... I didn't even cross 12 hours on that. Pushing 2.5 days on Halo 5 now
I really don't know how I played for that long honestly lol. It was by far my least favorite Halo Multiplayer.
I also had 10 days 14 hours in Halo Reach Multiplayer
VincentMatts
Member
Well in that case if you're playing capture the flag game take different stats into account. It's not rocket science
CloudyTuba
Member
I got curious about my playtimes as well thanks to you guys.
Halo 5 - 37 hours so far
Halo 4 - 18 hours total
Halo R - 181 Hours
Halo 3 - 180 Hours
Halo 2 - Unknown, but "1000 games played." It must max out at a thousand, don't see any time records.
I know I've played Halo 1 PC multiplayer waaaaay more than any other Halo game. There's no way to track that number but I'd probably be ashamed if I saw all that time tallied up. It's gotta be at least four times greater than my highest time above. I played it every single day for years. And I still catch a game or two occasionally to this day.
I had a lot of time on my hands back then. Please don't do that math.
Halo 5 - 37 hours so far
Halo 4 - 18 hours total
Halo R - 181 Hours
Halo 3 - 180 Hours
Halo 2 - Unknown, but "1000 games played." It must max out at a thousand, don't see any time records.
I know I've played Halo 1 PC multiplayer waaaaay more than any other Halo game. There's no way to track that number but I'd probably be ashamed if I saw all that time tallied up. It's gotta be at least four times greater than my highest time above. I played it every single day for years. And I still catch a game or two occasionally to this day.
I had a lot of time on my hands back then. Please don't do that math.
Apparently I played halo4 for 2days and 7hrs... Which is baffling to me, because I vividly remember despising the game... I also, purchased the majestic map pack 
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I'm guessing my lil bro was using my account while I was off in college...
I've got 1 day 18hrs in Halo5 Arena... Which is also baffling because I feel like I never get time to play, yet I'm already creeping up on combined h4 time with my bro. I actually would have passed it this weekend or today if it wasn't for Regionals and Xbox live being down.
Add another 2days 5hrs for Warzone.
So either H5 is awesome or H4 sucked donkey balls, or both...
... I'm guessing my lil bro was using my account while I was off in college...
I've got 1 day 18hrs in Halo5 Arena... Which is also baffling because I feel like I never get time to play, yet I'm already creeping up on combined h4 time with my bro. I actually would have passed it this weekend or today if it wasn't for Regionals and Xbox live being down.
Add another 2days 5hrs for Warzone.
So either H5 is awesome or H4 sucked donkey balls, or both...