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Halo 5: Guardians |OT4| You picked a helluva week to join up
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Gnome Scat
Member
I knew they'd release that remix, and holy shit finally a UNSC air vehicle.
blue_phazon
Member
Holy shit
The 18th Letter
Banned
Starting to get back into Halo again and Warzone is the worst playing solo. I wish there was a radar like CS so I could see what the fuck my team was doing the whole game because it feels like they sit in the initial spawn the entire match. No boss kills, no captures, enemy team has banshees and scorpions everywhere and my team does nothing to try to counter
ZeezbruhTV
Member
Couldn't agree more. Imagine if Achilles was 100k RP/$5 would sell gangbusters.
Also move breakout to social (least popular playlist, get more people to play one of 343's signature game modes) and make a solo/duo Q list that I would never leave.
No lies detected.
Also with a forge this awesome, having no server browser is criminal.
Seriously, with the foundation 343i has created with H5, if Halo 6 isn't a perfect game, it will be a failure.
j/k but halo 6 has no excuse not to be damn great
I find Warzone Assault has far less bullshit to get through then solo normal Warzone. No bosses which get stolen halfway across a map, games are shorter, kills are easier since its Attack/Defend. Definitely my go to playlist.
but so.much.spawn.camping.
GringoSuave89
Banned
sir_dany12
Member
Only 50 gold packs left
Still so much 
FATstronaut
Member
OMG http://www.polygon.com/2016/6/21/11989318/meet-halo-5-s-new-boss-then-kill-it-with-this-new-vehicle?utm_campaign=polygon&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter
More screenshots at polygon showing new boss and map
Holy shit thats amazing lol
VincentMatts
Member
I dont see it. They havent released a product that delivered in every aspect of it as of yet. Not once. If the same people are in charge of the same things next time around, i dont see why anything would change. People complained about tons of things in this game and alot of those are still being pushed out to this day, even with the feedback. Like the maps that use the same pieces everywhere, or only forge maps in BTB. They havent done anything about it. Im not getting too excited. Ive learned my lesson when it comes to 343.
GringoSuave89
Banned
1) before the end of the month they said
2) this fall if you're not in the preview program
I get that, but this is the first good game 343i released. The first time they have something good to build on.
I still have a ton of issues with h5, but it really is a well above par game. I don't know much about developing a game, but if I had to guess, the recycling of assets was a design philosophy that they intiated fairly early on, and there's no way they could reverse course post-release and still push out content at a near monthly rate. So THAT particular issue probably has more to do with scheduling than anything else at this point. I'd really be surprised if we saw this sort of thing in Halo6 given the criticism.
The same goes for BTB. Sounds like they decided early on that Forge would handle it, and they couldn't just shit out a bunch of quality, unplanned, BTB maps in 8 months, all while working all the other content we ask for.
Regarding game modes, given what we have now, and 3 year dev cycle, I think it's a perfectly reasonable expectation that we won't have to wait 3/4 of a year to for H6 to feel complete on that front either.
So long as they don't try to reinvent the wheel (which they've done with both H4 and H5) I think things will be much better.
Valhalla Rapids
Member
calling early july for release date.
343 needs to learn time management
343 needs to learn time management
GringoSuave89
Banned
I could see them releasing this next Wednesday. Last two days of the month is still that month!
pls 343 D,:
sir_dany12
Member
Samurai G0SU
Member
Stream is "early" next week. Aka tuesday. And as the pattern indicates, patch will be up the next day.
29Th it should drop.
Maybe during the stream they talk about their plans for 'sustain'.
29Th it should drop.
Maybe during the stream they talk about their plans for 'sustain'.
blue_phazon
Member
Presumably we'll at least get a tease for the next content drop.
sir_dany12
Member
The tease will be BTB pistol starts
ATOMICJORGE
Member
OMG HAHAHA! Standby for Gruntfall
Credits to FacedCrown on r/Halo
Credits to FacedCrown on r/Halo
The Real Napsta
Member
Should have been goblinfallOMG HAHAHA! Standby for Gruntfall
Credits to FacedCrown on r/Halo
nillapuddin
Member
Ive already told yall, Halo 6 MP will literally be identical to Halo 5 but with all new maps/modes and improved visuals.
Make Halo Great Again
Halo MP as a service.
Paid Custom Servers.
Buy specific armor with RP.
H3A Campaign.
MCC on PC.
Make Halo Great Again
Halo MP as a service.
Paid Custom Servers.
Buy specific armor with RP.
H3A Campaign.
MCC on PC.
ATOMICJORGE
Member
*Real Mark V helmet and armor
Samurai G0SU
Member
And G0SU as your leader.
blue_phazon
Member
nillapuddin
Member
Oh yes, how have I forgotten.
... well I did forsake my lord and savior Mk V last week, its literally exited my mind space.
Oh, and another thing, PASSENGER air vehicles
MAKE BTB GREAT AGAIN
The Real Napsta
Member
You guys like getting spawn killed by vehicles huh?
blue_phazon
Member
Yes. I live for it. I die for it. It makes me happy. It makes me sad. It makes me hard. It makes me wet. It makes me messy. It makes me clean. It makes me hot. It makes me cold. And it makes me wanna cry.
100% is the Sanghelios map. Look at the first concept art. Also this:
Flat sheet rock + sanghelli architecture
It's a more floral biome on Sanghelios presumably
ATOMICJORGE
Member
100% is the Sanghelios map. Look at the first concept art. Also this:
Flat sheet rock + sanghelli architecture
It's a more floral biome on Sanghelios presumably
It looks like Requiem
100% is the Sanghelios map. Look at the first concept art. Also this:
Flat sheet rock + sanghelli architecture
It's a more floral biome on Sanghelios presumably
I'm all for more diverse locations. We know Sanghelios isn't all a dustbowl. And some greenery would be a nice changeup from the desert, snow, or human/urban settings.
Munch Poke
Member
Weirdly enough I'm more interested in the Rig remix than the warzone stuff. It's one of my favorite maps as is. I wonder if they'll keep the eastern egg on it. Or adding a whole new one would be super sweet too.
Also does anyone wanna play tonight? My normal teammates in arena have formed a solid 4 man squad so I'm now without my best guys. Feels bad man.
I mean, I assume most of you guys are the try harding type.
Also does anyone wanna play tonight? My normal teammates in arena have formed a solid 4 man squad so I'm now without my best guys. Feels bad man.
I mean, I assume most of you guys are the try harding type.
Feel the Swift
Member
Pros need to stream more. :/
Fata1moose
Banned
As long as it's not a bunch of hallways and actually has some open elements I'll be happy. Can't afford another Overgrowth or Riptide. A Rig remix could turn out like a Lockout/Guardian-type map, here's hoping.
blue_phazon
Member
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Munch Poke
Member
I'm one of the few that really enjoyed OG overgrowth. But a Sword map where no one can escape me was always my wet dream. As soon as they (understandably) changed it to a Needler I lost all interest. But yeah I can't imagine a Rig remake not having some openness, the entire yellow to carbine/plasma caster area gives you a ton of movement options.
So yes?
Deputy Moonman
Member
Hate to be the party pooper but what am i missing here? Everyone is all excited and im like how is this going to change anything in the game? Feels like half of you don't even go into warzone lol. What about arena and slayer? A new vehicle is nice but is hardly game changing. We need new slayer maps because it is as stale as ever. NEW SLAYER MAPS! Forge is getting completely unused which is unforgivable. We need a solo queue so that we don't go into warzone or arena and immediately get destroyed by full teams. But hey look a squirrel. This feels like 343 throwing the biggest distraction ever and people are totally eating it up... Players will tire of the new boss in days and same with the vehicle. But we'll still be playing the same old maps in arena slayer. I'll still be getting dumped on by full teams playing as a random. People overseas will still have horrible network issues. The priorities here seem horribly horribly wrong. Maybe I'm missing something. Ive finished my negative vibe lol. Carry on.
Feel the Swift
Member
They just need replacements for Overgrowth Riptide and Tyrant in Team Arena and I think there will be a good set of maps in the game already. Those maps are in the Slayer playlist and I don't see why they can't put some of the H3 Forge Remakes like the Pit in there too.
blue_phazon
Member
Everyone here is the trash at the game lol. Also I'm at work
Fata1moose
Banned
I already complained about this last Friday when the community update dropped:
We need more Arena maps, that are open in line with classic Arena maps. Less hallways, more power positions, power weapons in vulnerable areas, etc...
We also need dev crafted BTB maps, asymmetric gametypes as well as asymmetric maps. I know it'd be a bit weird to do re-makes when we have a sea of forged re-makes. But I'll keep repeating a Zanzibar re-make would be nice, as well as a Sidewinder spiritual successor. Both those maps are hard to do in forge and both of those maps are great with how sight lines are set up with even rifle starts. They can do original maps as well, but those would work well in 5.
We can have concerns and be excited about what's coming as well.
We did all this whining yesterday. I poured my heart and soul into a post very similar to yours.
But how can a grunt mech not turn your frown upside down? It's a giant robot, shaped like a grunt, with a grunt inside of it. It also talks shit while 1-hit-killing vehicles.
I am very disappointed that Arena hasn't gotten the TLC it deserves. But I think firefight will be fun for the next few months, honestly. I couldn't get enough of the beta, and it was just one map, and extremely predictable. And who knows maybe they have some MM update goodness that they havent shared yet.
Munch Poke
Member
I'm no godsend either but I'm not bad at all. Also, if I understand you, you're quitting your job and on the way home now?
Anybody else gonna be on in 30 mins to an hour and down for any Arena?
Unfriendly TimeTraveler
Member
Hell with it I'm down, want to play some halo that isn't infection or warzone. Just click on my gaf account to get my GT and invite when ready.
Though note I'm somewhat rusty in this game still so don't get hopes too high.