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Halo 5: Guardians |OT4| You picked a helluva week to join up

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Vico

Member
Delaying the new content for june should allow them to have a pretty impressive trailer for the conference: "Halo 5's biggest update - 4 new maps* - Firefight - New REQs and Forge objects - All for FREE". Will be nice to bring some people back in.

*I'm guessing 4 maps based on what we still haven't had

I have no idea if they will continue support after june, though. Big mystery, although I'd think yes for a few more months - or at least have a big update released with Halo Wars 2.
 
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Fuchsdh

Member
NoLongerALurker said:
I wonder what this is?

"Oh! And before we go, there's one more little thing, and it might be a bit hard to find, so we're glad we got a chance to tell you all. We added <REDACTED: ONI CLASSIFIED INFORMATION> which we're all pretty happy about. Let us know what you think of it!"

Anybody got any ideas?
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The way it's worded makes me think they hid some new stuff in the campaign.
 
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jem0208

Member
I think I found another Bad Company Easter egg... will at least I'm pretty sure it's the bad company voice actors...

It's pretty funny actually.


Huh, well this is the wrong thread.


Nothing to see here...
 
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ZeezbruhTV

Member
So we're getting

New warzone map (darkstar skirmish?)
New arena map (rig remix?)
Race game type/playlist
Forge updates
New reqs
Updated/dynamic warzone bosses
Campaign scoring/speed running mode
E3 surprise

Not confirmed:
New warzone map
2nd arena map (brand new?)
Island forge palette

Please:
Observer mode
In game fileshare

Solid.
 
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BradC00

Member
so I guess champs bombing their MMR is the new thing? I've seen so many bronze with top damage and 30 kills since I started playing again.
 
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Trup1aya

Member
TwitchZeezbruh said:
So we're getting

New warzone map
New arena map (rig remix?)
Race game type/playlist
Forge updates
New reqs
Updated/dynamic warzone bosses
Campaign scoring/speed running mode
E3 surprise

Not confirmed:
Darkstar skirmish variant
2nd arena map (brand new?)
Island forge palette

Please:
Observer mode
In game fileshare

Solid.
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I hope we can add:

a non-shitty Assualt gametype
And a best of Forge playlist
 
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wwm0nkey

Member
Really excited to see what higher fidelity Halo looks like when Forge hits PC and we get Halo on the Scorpio.

Also that forge picture has the helmet that was going to be DLC in Reach, I remember when everyone freaked out because we were going to get armor DLC.....then it never happened lol
 
link1201

link1201

Member
wwm0nkey said:
Really excited to see what higher fidelity Halo looks like when Forge hits PC and we get Halo on the Scorpio.

Also that forge picture has the helmet that was going to be DLC in Reach, I remember when everyone freaked out because we were going to get armor DLC.....then it never happened lol
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I think that was the subject of my first post over on Waypoint. I'd love to see it one day in the game after all this time.
 
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FyreWulff

Member
wwm0nkey said:
Really excited to see what higher fidelity Halo looks like when Forge hits PC and we get Halo on the Scorpio.

Also that forge picture has the helmet that was going to be DLC in Reach, I remember when everyone freaked out because we were going to get armor DLC.....then it never happened lol
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rip
 
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Zeta Oni

Member
I'm getting so tired of spawning offense on Stormbreak Warzone Assault.

It's basically a loss sentence unless you have a team so dominant, they never get a proper chance to start vehicle spawning.
 
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GringoSuave89

Banned
Zeta Oni said:
I'm getting so tired of spawning offense on Stormbreak Warzone Assault.

It's basically a loss sentence unless you have a team so dominant, they never get a proper chance to start vehicle spawning.
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It's a rough fight every time. One of the least enjoyable matches you can get. Urban isn't much better with the spawn "fix". I get not wanting that spawn trap, but now you spawn at Armory and have to sprint your ass back.
 
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lybertyboy

Thinks the Evil Empire is just misunderstood.
GringoSuave89 said:
It's a rough fight every time. One of the least enjoyable matches you can get. Urban isn't much better with the spawn "fix". I get not wanting that spawn trap, but now you spawn at Armory and have to sprint your ass back.
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Intersting data point. We've actually seen much more balanced win/loss for attack/defend on Urban since we updated the spawns. That's not saying they're perfect, but holistically it's much better than it was.
 
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GringoSuave89

Banned
lybertyboy said:
Intersting data point. We've actually seen much more balanced win/loss for attack/defend on Urban since we updated the spawns. That's not saying they're perfect, but holistically it's much better than it was.
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Hey you guys have the data so I'll trust you. It's just aggravating how far you have to run back to the garage after respawn, for both teams. The problem is, just by nature of the map's design, I'm not sure how it could be better. To me, the map is just not fun for Assault.
 
Deputy Moonman

Deputy Moonman

Member
Fuchsdh said:
The way it's worded makes me think they hid some new stuff in the campaign.
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I know I'm crazy but it would have been the perfect place to say they added splitscreen.

Not real excited about campaign scoring. Also I don't get excited about forge related news anymore since 343 refuses to insert anything new into the main playlists. 343 went out of their way to pump a bunch of maps into breakout. Think about that for a little while the next time you hop into slayer and wonder where all the Forge maps are at. And at this point the only thing I want announced at E3 is a solo queue. If it isn't announced then it's never going to happen which is pretty pathetic and people who play solo might as well move on and play some other game.

Edit: I have 12 weapon loadout certifications left to unlock. 5 of those are ultra rare and somehow still don't have the extended clip magnum. A req level 2 weapon shouldn't be this hard to unlock...
 
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YourExWife

Member
lybertyboy said:
Intersting data point. We've actually seen much more balanced win/loss for attack/defend on Urban since we updated the spawns. That's not saying they're perfect, but holistically it's much better than it was.
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GringoSuave89 said:
Hey you guys have the data so I'll trust you. It's just aggravating how far you have to run back to the garage after respawn, for both teams. The problem is, just by nature of the map's design, I'm not sure how it could be better. To me, the map is just not fun for Assault.
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It'd be interesting to know if defense on that map was more often relegated to the Armory or Core stages in its wins vs the garage compared to other maps. There are so many times where a single death on defense means that you can't get back in time before the offense team starts capture progress. It's not even a matter of being the better team, it's just spawn distance. It leads to minimal defense against minimal offense because so few people can make it back to the point of contention. This leads to a couple minor gun battles deciding the entire capture point. It may be easier to capture after the spawn changes, but it's often not because the team actually deserves it and regularly leads to successful defense at the armory (essentially just wasting players' time). This is really not an issue with other maps.

Notice how he conveniently didn't comment on the ridiculous joke that is attacking the fortress :)

Also, any chance that the spawns will be tweaked so that RP boosters can't influence spawns by just running back to the core or really far away from the battle and giving their teams no chance of winning a contested match?
 
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Fata1moose

Banned
GringoSuave89 said:
Hey you guys have the data so I'll trust you. It's just aggravating how far you have to run back to the garage after respawn, for both teams. The problem is, just by nature of the map's design, I'm not sure how it could be better. To me, the map is just not fun for Assault.
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Still miffed they got rid of Monument and replaced it with a generic Armory that's a play space on the other maps.
 
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Munch Poke

Member
Trup1aya said:
They are just creating new free accounts... Since you only have to pay for one gold account.
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That's the biggest annoyance I currently have. Some of the teams with lower ranks are clearly people just using secondary accounts. It's annoying knowing I'm playing onyx and above tier people who are purposely doing this. It makes it hard to get an accurate feel of where my own ranking should stand.

It's sad how many people I've seen switch accounts to prevent harming their rank.
 
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Zeus The Dino

Member
Munch Poke said:
That's the biggest annoyance I currently have. Some of the teams with lower ranks are clearly people just using secondary accounts. It's annoying knowing I'm playing onyx and above tier people who are purposely doing this. It makes it hard to get an accurate feel of where my own ranking should stand.

It's sad how many people I've seen switch accounts to prevent harming their rank.
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This wouldnt be a problem if there was social slayer.
 
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Ade

Member
Munch Poke said:
That's the biggest annoyance I currently have. Some of the teams with lower ranks are clearly people just using secondary accounts. It's annoying knowing I'm playing onyx and above tier people who are purposely doing this. It makes it hard to get an accurate feel of where my own ranking should stand.

It's sad how many people I've seen switch accounts to prevent harming their rank.
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It's not just alts though. I still get matched (Gold6) with people on placement matches with hundreds of arena matches and an arena KDA over 5 over all those games. How the hell do they get matched with me.
 
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Tawpgun

Member
Btw Halo 5 should utilize a system like overwatch uses for their loot boxes, in that you can buy individual items if you save up enough.


So say you want that halo ce pistol, req packs can give you halo coins or whatever. If you accumulate enough you can just buy that thing you want instead of relying on RNG
 
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NoLongerALurker

Banned
So, I was reading the weekly canon fodder and another thing is being kept secret like in this weeks community update.

"Deployed toward the end of the Harvest campaign, the AV-22 Sparrowhawk shares a number of similarities with its aerodyne siblings &#8211; the AV-14 Hornet, AV-19 SkyHawk, AV-30 Kestrel, and AV-49 [DATA CORRUPTION! REBUILD IN PROGRESS . . .] &#8211; among others."

Could this be a tease for a UNSC flying vehicle finally coming to Halo 5? Here's the link to the canon fodder: https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-local-units
 
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GringoSuave89

Banned
Fata1moose said:
Still miffed they got rid of Monument and replaced it with a generic Armory that's a play space on the other maps.
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I dig that it's on a mound. MakeS it more interesting than just being a garage at the center. Keeping the Monument would have been nice, but idk how you would keep the bridge entrywayS without just keeping the map the same.

Tawpgun said:
Overwatch is the Tits and I'm working 2 jobs right now pls don't kick me
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-finger hovers over the button-

NoLongerALurker said:
So, I was reading the weekly canon fodder and another thing is being kept secret like in this weeks community update.

"Deployed toward the end of the Harvest campaign, the AV-22 Sparrowhawk shares a number of similarities with its aerodyne siblings – the AV-14 Hornet, AV-19 SkyHawk, AV-30 Kestrel, and AV-49 [DATA CORRUPTION! REBUILD IN PROGRESS . . .] – among others."

Could this be a tease for a UNSC flying vehicle finally coming to Halo 5? Here's the link to the canon fodder: https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/canon-fodder-local-units
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Huh. Very interesting...

Edit: http://www.halopedia.org/AV-49_Attack_VTOL

Stinger armor mentions it in the armor description.
 
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Akai__

Member
Very interesting information about those flying vehicles. They teased them once in an other Canon Fodder, but just said you will see UNSC flying vehicles in 2016 and haven't specified in which game, so people thought Halo Wars 2 obviously. Halo 5 could definitely use Falcon, Hornet and Sparrowhawk REQ's.

A little less than 2 days now.
 
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NoLongerALurker

Banned
GringoSuave89 said:
Huh. Very interesting...

Edit: http://www.halopedia.org/AV-49_Attack_VTOL

Stinger armor mentions it in the armor description.
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I just went back and looked at the teaser for the Hog Wild update that was at the end of the Memories of Reach update, and it shows a spartan in stinger armor in the turret of the new rockethog shooting up in the air. It's not the strongest piece of evidence but it makes me get kind of excited.
 
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RedSparrows

Member
Ramirez said:
CA is awful, no thanks.

DOOM's MP was SO bad, like mind boggling bad coming off the great campaign.

Is there gonna be any mainline Halo news at E3? Haven't been keeping up, and I'm awful at RTS, so no interest in HW2.
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Try the HW2 beta. I only say that as I LOVE RTS and want everyone to feel the joy :(
 
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GringoSuave89

Banned
Ramirez said:
CA is awful, no thanks.

DOOM's MP was SO bad, like mind boggling bad coming off the great campaign.

Is there gonna be any mainline Halo news at E3? Haven't been keeping up, and I'm awful at RTS, so no interest in HW2.
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More sustain info for 5, and a few surprises reportedly.
 
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Akai__

Member
Ramirez said:
Is there gonna be any mainline Halo news at E3? Haven't been keeping up, and I'm awful at RTS, so no interest in HW2.
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There's only this from the Bullettin:

I’ve also spent some time this past week with devs that you have yet to hear from in a weekly update, and we spoke about a specific something they’ve been working on.
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Could be anything, though.
 
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blue_phazon

Member
I think we can all reasonably expect two things related to Halo 5 at E3:
- a trailer for the June update
- confirm further support past June. Maybe another strong of monthly/bi-monthly updates in the fall or something

I don't know why, but I feel like if there was some sort of campaign expansion/ODST-style game for next year, it's too early to announce it right now.
 
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Samurai G0SU

Member
Frankie is our savior guys. Just stop trying to deny this!!!

He is Halo.

ALL GLORY TO FRANKIE

EVEN THOUGH YOU ABANDONED US IN OUR SC, as so, i then left and joined the proper sc HaloGAF.

im the red headed step child in halogaf only being tolerated cause i am G0SU and ground pounded forerunner.:p and did you really click all of my spoilers? Wow you are a staker yo. Stop.

for exwife. Shitpost
 
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singhr1

Member
Samurai G0SU said:
Frankie is our savior guys. Just stop trying to deny this!!!

He is Halo.

ALL GLORY TO FRANKIE

EVEN THOUGH YOU ABANDONED US IN OUR SC, as so, i then left and joined the proper sc HaloGAF.

im the red headed step child in halogaf only being tolerated cause i am G0SU and ground pounded forerunner.:p and did you really click all of my spoilers? Wow you are a staker yo. Stop.

for exwife. Shitpost
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I always imagined you bald like Frankie.

Proper devotees are bald
 
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