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Halo 5: Guardians |OT3| Ball Dropped
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Feel the Swift
Member
Your other great advice aside, you were under the assumption my alt is not around my skill level!
My alt is just there so I'm not super uptight about winning or losing. Just want to play well and work on different skills. To each his own though. Granted some people may not want to invest that much time in an alt to get around the skill range.I think your best points people tend to forget are coordinating pushes with teammates and not chasing.
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Doge
Unconfirmed Member
Your other great advice aside, you were under the assumption my alt is not around my skill level!
I think your best points people tend to forget are coordinating pushes with teammates and not chasing.
For sure. I still hold the opinion that a person should not have an alt unless they reached a point where finding games on their main proves a problem. Also my post was not directly meant towards you.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
I'll just add if you're having a tough time in Arena or Slayer solo then shadow teammates when you spawn. Literally you make them more effective, lock down parts of maps and you don't even need them to have a mic to play with. A little practice with that technique and you get to see the plays and fails real players experience, no need for theatre most of the time.
You're also generally wanting to keep a little distance for spotting and grenade safety etc. This positions you to team fire, clean up kills, evade if that player dies and communicate back to the rest of the team if you're using your mic. As you get better at this your team movements will start to sweep over map segments as you clear enemies or gather pickups. Progress can be made by moving further away from supporting other players by using sightlines rather than close proximity.
Use your reticle as your guide, like a dog following it's nose, always have your reticule where you're expecting a player's upper chest/headshot to be. You'll start to move around maps that way and deliberately adjust your aiming height while you traverse a map etc. It's the difference between first shot, adequate reflex or death.
Team Arena has it's name for a reason. Jump on your mic and put it out there, you'll find someone to play and improve with. Some players you just naturally click styles with. Also jump into Forge and look at spawn layouts etc, you'll want to know which maps put you where and what sight lines give you access to enemy spawns etc. This also helps with where you need to be checking when spawning or getting our of spawn trap/map control nightmare etc.
I know some don't care for it but get used to being aware of your radar and when to rely on it and when not to. It's an advantage in many ways but beware of the pitfalls of incorrect radar use too.
Finally you need to get better at predicting many elements of the game to do well e.g. predict enemy buddy tactics or map position holds or predict power weapon spawn timers or throw a few grenades out there when you're more comfortable with spawns and map routes etc. Awareness ties into prediction and vice versa.
Just some spew out tips, I'm old with decent enough reflexes these days but I think the biggest thing about getting better is your mental attitude. Don't get angry or frustrated, take joy when an enemy or team outplay you, take your respawn time to think where, what, who, how and then get to work.
Really basic tips are:
1. Move with cover, always, unless you're very confident with your map movements and timings using awareness.
2. Know where and when power weapons or power ups are, fight for them every time.
3. Don't rush, 4v4 is slower than BTB or WZ.
4. Audio, get some surround sound or even better earbuds/headphones. It's a world of difference being able to hear sprint breathing or directional distant fire with gun specific effects etc. Get used to these indicators.
5. When you get frustrated or are losing you'll abandon these techniques, don't just rush a 1v1 when this happens. Slow down and reset.
6. Play with teammates from your local area, it helps the dedicated server selection and that's a world of difference in Arena competitiveness. You'll move smoother, grenade faster and generally have more of a drop in every aspect of the game.
7. Use the callouts in the lower left hand side every time you die, learn a few basic ones at least and listen to the AI chatter. It's useful when playing solo.
8. Fight vs flight, you have to get this down to an instinctive reflex based on awareness and prediction. It's a huge part of getting better.
9. Learn to read shield visual feedback instinctively,
10. Rarely chase, if you full or near full shields and you're confident it's not a bait and switch then finish the enemy, otherwise call it out and back away.
11. Learn how to kill when you're down on shields e.g. work your radar for the chasing power play enemy so they think you're fleeing then spin and hit a frag off a surface for where you know that chasing enemy is going to be and start firing while moving backwards or strafing. This is the danger of chasing. A plasma doesn't really make a sound like a frag and you can hide it on your side of the corner for example. Surprise. Alternatively lead your attack into an ambush, communicate for a clean up etc.
12. Aim with your strafe, not your right thumbstick. You'll instantly improve your shots hitting. Only as a last resort use your right thumbstick to aim, it's the far lower percentage attack. Some players are total gods either way but it's a key part of 1v1 pistol/br/ar battles.
13. Play on a wired not a wireless connection.
14. If you want to get anal go low response time on your monitor/display (2-5ms). Also check your TV settings for game mode or turn off post processing effects.
15. Plug your wireless controller in via USB to your console.
You're also generally wanting to keep a little distance for spotting and grenade safety etc. This positions you to team fire, clean up kills, evade if that player dies and communicate back to the rest of the team if you're using your mic. As you get better at this your team movements will start to sweep over map segments as you clear enemies or gather pickups. Progress can be made by moving further away from supporting other players by using sightlines rather than close proximity.
Use your reticle as your guide, like a dog following it's nose, always have your reticule where you're expecting a player's upper chest/headshot to be. You'll start to move around maps that way and deliberately adjust your aiming height while you traverse a map etc. It's the difference between first shot, adequate reflex or death.
Team Arena has it's name for a reason. Jump on your mic and put it out there, you'll find someone to play and improve with. Some players you just naturally click styles with. Also jump into Forge and look at spawn layouts etc, you'll want to know which maps put you where and what sight lines give you access to enemy spawns etc. This also helps with where you need to be checking when spawning or getting our of spawn trap/map control nightmare etc.
I know some don't care for it but get used to being aware of your radar and when to rely on it and when not to. It's an advantage in many ways but beware of the pitfalls of incorrect radar use too.
Finally you need to get better at predicting many elements of the game to do well e.g. predict enemy buddy tactics or map position holds or predict power weapon spawn timers or throw a few grenades out there when you're more comfortable with spawns and map routes etc. Awareness ties into prediction and vice versa.
Just some spew out tips, I'm old with decent enough reflexes these days but I think the biggest thing about getting better is your mental attitude. Don't get angry or frustrated, take joy when an enemy or team outplay you, take your respawn time to think where, what, who, how and then get to work.
Really basic tips are:
1. Move with cover, always, unless you're very confident with your map movements and timings using awareness.
2. Know where and when power weapons or power ups are, fight for them every time.
3. Don't rush, 4v4 is slower than BTB or WZ.
4. Audio, get some surround sound or even better earbuds/headphones. It's a world of difference being able to hear sprint breathing or directional distant fire with gun specific effects etc. Get used to these indicators.
5. When you get frustrated or are losing you'll abandon these techniques, don't just rush a 1v1 when this happens. Slow down and reset.
6. Play with teammates from your local area, it helps the dedicated server selection and that's a world of difference in Arena competitiveness. You'll move smoother, grenade faster and generally have more of a drop in every aspect of the game.
7. Use the callouts in the lower left hand side every time you die, learn a few basic ones at least and listen to the AI chatter. It's useful when playing solo.
8. Fight vs flight, you have to get this down to an instinctive reflex based on awareness and prediction. It's a huge part of getting better.
9. Learn to read shield visual feedback instinctively,
10. Rarely chase, if you full or near full shields and you're confident it's not a bait and switch then finish the enemy, otherwise call it out and back away.
11. Learn how to kill when you're down on shields e.g. work your radar for the chasing power play enemy so they think you're fleeing then spin and hit a frag off a surface for where you know that chasing enemy is going to be and start firing while moving backwards or strafing. This is the danger of chasing. A plasma doesn't really make a sound like a frag and you can hide it on your side of the corner for example. Surprise. Alternatively lead your attack into an ambush, communicate for a clean up etc.
12. Aim with your strafe, not your right thumbstick. You'll instantly improve your shots hitting. Only as a last resort use your right thumbstick to aim, it's the far lower percentage attack. Some players are total gods either way but it's a key part of 1v1 pistol/br/ar battles.
13. Play on a wired not a wireless connection.
14. If you want to get anal go low response time on your monitor/display (2-5ms). Also check your TV settings for game mode or turn off post processing effects.
15. Plug your wireless controller in via USB to your console.
Forerunner
Member
I also play on a BenQ, it's just too good not to. There's a considerable amount of input lag it reduces compared to a TV. I can't go back to using a TV for gaming after playing on monitors.
ATOMICJORGE
Member
Congratulations that is a great monitor I also have the same model, here are my settings use them and you will be ready to rock!
First change you console RGB settings to PC MONITOR
The following settings are based off of the RTS#1 mode. You must select and use RTS#1 as a starting point.*
Brightness: 70
Contrast: 50
Sharpness: 1
Black eQualizer: 0
Color Temperature: Red 97 Green 98 Blue 97
Reset Color: No
AMA: High
Instant Mode: On
Senseye Demo: Off
Dynamic Contrast: 0
Overscan: Off
Display Mode: Full
RGB PC Range :: 0-255
Enjoy
BizzyBum
Member
Congratulations that is a great monitor I also have the same model, here are my settings use them and you will be ready to rock!
First change you console RGB settings to PC MONITOR
The following settings are based off of the RTS#1 mode. You must select and use RTS#1 as a starting point.*
Brightness: 70
Contrast: 50
Sharpness: 1
Black eQualizer: 0
Color Temperature: Red 97 Green 98 Blue 97
Reset Color: No
AMA: High
Instant Mode: On
Senseye Demo: Off
Dynamic Contrast: 0
Overscan: Off
Display Mode: Full
RGB PC Range :: 0-255
Enjoy
Is this like some sort of secret pro configuration?
Samurai G0SU
Member
ATOMICJORGE
Member
Yes one of my jobs is at Vida Gamer Mexico a eSports tournament central as a Caster and we use the same monitors for all the tournaments and this is the settings that we use if you don't use RTS#1 you will not get the 1ms response time
also I have this monitor since 2014 and trust me it's great
BizzyBum
Member
Oh shit, thanks a lot man!
Forerunner
Member
Congratulations that is a great monitor I also have the same model, here are my settings use them and you will be ready to rock!
First change you console RGB settings to PC MONITOR
The following settings are based off of the RTS#1 mode. You must select and use RTS#1 as a starting point.*
Brightness: 70
Contrast: 50
Sharpness: 1
Black eQualizer: 0
Color Temperature: Red 97 Green 98 Blue 97
Reset Color: No
AMA: High
Instant Mode: On
Senseye Demo: Off
Dynamic Contrast: 0
Overscan: Off
Display Mode: Full
RGB PC Range :: 0-255
Enjoy
Wow, that does look a lot better compared to what I was using before.
ATOMICJORGE
Member
rakkadakka
Member
Just lost a game of Warzone assault where they used the fuel rod exploit posted on Reddit.
Thanks dude, could have just sent it to 343 but why not post to Reddit.
Thanks dude, could have just sent it to 343 but why not post to Reddit.
blue_phazon
Member
Congratulations that is a great monitor I also have the same model, here are my settings use them and you will be ready to rock!
First change you console RGB settings to PC MONITOR
The following settings are based off of the RTS#1 mode. You must select and use RTS#1 as a starting point.*
Brightness: 70
Contrast: 50
Sharpness: 1
Black eQualizer: 0
Color Temperature: Red 97 Green 98 Blue 97
Reset Color: No
AMA: High
Instant Mode: On
Senseye Demo: Off
Dynamic Contrast: 0
Overscan: Off
Display Mode: Full
RGB PC Range :: 0-255
Enjoy
I also have this monitor and put it to these settings now. Damn it looks nice. Thanks!!
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
We didn't use the exploit. That hopefully is fixed very soon.
Chittagong
Gold Member
So in case someone is interested to see what the lag we EU players complain about feels like in gameplay, I captured this example
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/Chittagong/video/14499866
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/Chittagong/video/14499866
Deputy Moonman
Member
I don't understand why people bother to devote any time to making breakout maps in forge. The game type doesn't last more than a few minutes at best and is usually over in less than 60 seconds. If I were a map maker I'd want my map to shine and get some limelight. Breakout gives no such honor.
You only hit 4 shots...
OverHeat
« generous god »
You only got 4 hit mark...it take five and you clearly miss the first shot
Samurai G0SU
Member
Just played against furious demise on empire.
Lol
But i know he liked that ground pound
I seeeee yyouuuuuuuu
lost
Lol
But i know he liked that ground pound
I seeeee yyouuuuuuuu
Chittagong
Gold Member
Pistol and DMR are 5, BR is 4.
Listen to this man.
backflip10019
Member
After three matches in a row of quitters on my team, I'm now convinced that starting a new season every month is a fucking horrible idea.
Same problem in BTB.
The problem is no punishment for quitters.
Start losing REQ cards if you quit.
Forerunner
Member
Just played against furious demise on empire.
lost
Lol
But i know he liked that ground pound
I seeeee yyouuuuuuuu
Ground pound op nerf plz
Chittagong
Gold Member
Mad. How many body shots then?
Forerunner
Member
These servers though. It's pretty close to unplayable tonight, not even going to play anymore because it's just frustrating now. Whatever changes they made to the servers, it just made the problem worse.
backflip10019
Member
I can't explain it but the game has just felt like fucking garbage ever since the new season. Lag everywhere, unbalanced matchmaking, so much quitting. It's been so frustrating. The only thing I enjoy now is Warzone Assault.
Some really good points there for people struggling. I especially noticed the point about putting shots into anything that moves while watching X-Games, you might only land one shot but it makes all the difference.
Yea. I love the damage dealt stat that you can see in the post-game stats. A good measurement
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
Right in the visor. I know how Chief feels.
YourExWife
Member
Doesn't matter where you hit them as long as the last is in the head.
Light Rifle is 3 zoomed, four unzoomed, and differs if you mix them up.
ATOMICJORGE
Member
BizzyBum
Member
I'm not usually "that guy" who bitches about lag in MP games, but the H5 servers right now are shitting the bed. It's almost unplayable for me. 343i definitely did something wrong because they were never like this prior to this week. I think I might stop playing until they sort this crap out.
LOL! I didn't even see this post when I made mine. My sentiments exactly.
LOL! I didn't even see this post when I made mine. My sentiments exactly.
link1201
Member
Servers have been ok for me tonight which is a nice change of pace since they've been crap all week. Hopefully they are addressing the issue on their end and I just didn't get lucky tonight.
FATstronaut
Member
Can someone recommend good aim settings for someone
who sucks at aiming?
I cant find anything that feels comfortable.
pls n thnx
me
I cant find anything that feels comfortable.
pls n thnx
Chittagong
Gold Member
Man, I do love turning things around from 49-43 to victory
Samurai G0SU
Member
I think the most notable change is adjusting your inner and outer deadzone to the lowest percentage possible without drift and slow turn. This will base on your controller.
0 inner is what i use and i get no drift when not touching the stick.
Outer is subjective to how far you personally want to move the stick before turning. The higher the percentage the less you have to pegg the stick.
Hope this helps as settings kind of change overtime from playstyle.
Maybe i have no idea what im talking about cause im not onyx
Chittagong
Gold Member
They have definitely changed the EU servers, for the better. I don't remember having this many games in one night with great connection since Bungie days.
Makes the game so much better to play. I don't mind at all the longer wait for proper matches.
Makes the game so much better to play. I don't mind at all the longer wait for proper matches.
Yup yup. I was choking hard, and my TV turned off for 20 seconds, tense as hell. I did pretty bad, but we won so let's gooo!