yankeehater
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If it shows up in arena then I will just stick to that. Thanks.
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Halo 5: Guardians |OT3| Ball Dropped
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If it shows up in arena then I will just stick to that. Thanks.
You can charge people but I only think I've ever gotten brawler medals from it (unfortunately can't check in the postgame lobby.)
link1201
Member
I don't think they count.
So long as they also don't kill you, you'll get the Charge medal.
EDIT: Clarifying, only with the Sword, not the Hammer.
Feel the Swift
Member
I played it last night so you should get it at some point.
yankeehater
Member
I cant believe that I didnt think to check that. I just saw it had its own thing so I assumed it was there. Hopefully we get a team objective playlist at some point since they keep adding new objective types.
Playing Assault just shows me how stupid people play lol. They have no awareness of what is actually going on around them. I'd say at least 5 times now in the past day, someone on my team is arming the bomb, and dies with only fractions of a second left, and teammates will run by the ball and focus on the enemies, and then end of dying or giving the opportunity for the enemy to pick up the ball and reset the clock.
king grimlock
Member
Hmm I just checked my last few Griffball games where I know I got some charge kills and they say my most used weapon was "spartan" which I'm assuming is the ability kills(charge and ground pound) but I'm not in a company to see if they count.
We had a guy last night we were convinced thought he was playing oddball. He'd just grab the bomb and hide in our base, completely clueless.
G-DannY
Member
Looking at k/d in obj modes, especially in social... Is the current main blunder remaining to this awesome game. It goes in parallel with all the griefers and stat worshipers/padders that play around.
Just like the ones that in assault do not go for score, hiding with the ball to make other teammates rack up tons of easy kills and then score just 1 winning point at last seconds.
Encountered multiple times teams playing like this yesterday.
ElzarTheBam
Member
Omelet?
link1201
Member
I may be wrong. I'll need to check my sc medal count before I play another match.
TheCanisDirus
Member
To be fair... Oddball should have been introduced instead of Assault. At least at first. Get more people familiar with the mechanics without the objective locations. Guarantee more people would be playing oddball than Assault.
Also... puzzled Infection is still not here. Bizarre as fuck.
I wonder if 343i considered voice packs.
Something about Jeff Steitzer's pronunciation in Halo 2 gives me vibes not felt in the other games.
Simple words like:
Slayer. The slight pause of hearing the background environment before the anticipated word.
Territory controlled!
Territory lost.
Tied the leader! I wonder why 343i hasn't added this back in.
Gained the lead!
Lost the lead!
Not just Assault.
Too often people kill their own teammates until 2 minutes into the game because people don't remember which color team they were.
Sometimes they start Spartan charging their own sniper.
Something about Jeff Steitzer's pronunciation in Halo 2 gives me vibes not felt in the other games.
Simple words like:
Slayer. The slight pause of hearing the background environment before the anticipated word.
Territory controlled!
Territory lost.
Tied the leader! I wonder why 343i hasn't added this back in.
Gained the lead!
Lost the lead!
Not just Assault.
Too often people kill their own teammates until 2 minutes into the game because people don't remember which color team they were.
Sometimes they start Spartan charging their own sniper.
backflip10019
Member
Hahaha that is hilarious.
Fata1moose
Banned
Then there's teammates who don't protect their carrier and are on the opposite end of the map, they have no reason to be anywhere else, unless there's a power position that over looks the planting area.
Grifball is actually a very good way to judge team awareness.
king grimlock
Member
Is that stupidity or forgetting they aren't in Warzone anymore? I know I've gotten careless with grenades and melee after a Warzone spree.
When you see their score is -2 / 5 or shoot you when your shields are down, you wonder.
I blame drugs.
ATOMICJORGE
Member
Griffball is perfect for the Ground pounds, melee kills and Spartan kills commendations.
Steelyuhas
Member
I'm still there with you.
Haven't bought a single pack.
There are way too many Rare class emblems that mess with the REQ system.
Almost like if you value your time + electricity bill, you should buy the Arena pack.
Fata1moose
Banned
Yeah Assault > Oddball
Especially this incarnation of Assault, it's so good.
I hope they add different models for Team ball. I liked the Skull in Oddball.
TheCanisDirus
Member
Eh, to each his own. Dont get me wrong i love Assault... but Oddball a little more. It's more chaotic for fun social gametypes. Assault brings back SnD feelings.
What's so different in Halo 5's Assault? I thought it was pretty standard, no?
Fata1moose
Banned
Larger arm area + double thrust makes all the difference as the carrier.
Fata1moose
Banned
I feel like I get kills when I'm not expecting to though people never walk away when I believe I'll kill them.
Feel the Swift
Member
Yes, CE pistol is insane. Spawns like every 10 seconds. You'll rack up so many kills.
Fata1moose
Banned
I never found Recurve to be bad, the lighting with the sun glare is kind of annoying but no where near the level of Deadlock.
sir_dany12
Member
Guess I'll have to play BTB tonight 
What's so puzzling? They are releasing new modes every month.
Yeah. Felt that way about the Halo 4 Grav Hammer also.
I've come across where people take to ball to the teams spot, and then just drop it and stand around. I guess they think that it just has to be in there but not hold it
We were tied in a match and two team mates just stood guard over the ball. I'm yelling pick it up
Nollemaster
Member
Yeah! The classic games had the best Steitzer! I hate how they have been overproducing his voice since Halo 4.
This is the first month we've gotten a new gamemode that couldn't just be made with a few tweaks in the slayer settings.
buddha0991
Member
AAAAAAAAAAAARGH. What a fucking game. Even if I lost, what a fucking game.
jizzlobber
Member
Does the new gravity hammer send vehicles flying like in halo 3?
No better feeling than knocking a hog off the cliff on rats nest for the triple kill.
No better feeling than knocking a hog off the cliff on rats nest for the triple kill.
TheCanisDirus
Member
That it's been a launch gametype of recent Halo games and Halo 5 is about 5 months in and it's still not here.
I would be pissed.
VincentMatts
Member
Not only that but a lot of people made their final judgments on the launch game. If a lot of this stuff isnt there at launch, theyll never know or bother going back.
buddha0991
Member
Oh hey the Extended Mag BR went from 8 Req to 4 huh? Glad that was a glitch/error, it was FAR too high at 8.
TheCanisDirus
Member
I had a LOT of friends who gave up and traded it in a month after release.
GrimBrother One
Member
My only issue with Grifball is that after several games of it, heaven help me if I try and go back to something with guns. It's like I forget how to shoot. Or at least aim.
VincentMatts
Member
I believe it and thats the problem with not knowing that these gametypes are coming. They really kept us in the dark with that and with halo4, most of them never came at all. So people figured, it wont happen.
We weren't missing that much in Halo 4 in terms of multiplayer modes. Oddball and KOTH were in at launch, they added Ricochet, Infection was a launch playlist. Assault and asymmetric versions of game types were all that was missing.