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[Cranster]

I made it through most of Gravemind on the Halo 2 LASO (Legendary All Skulls On) playlist. Reaching the bottom of the lift to the Detention Block was frustrating as hell but I found out that rappidly crouching all the way down the lift makes you descend the lift faster and I threw a couple grenades to distract some of the enemies for good measure.

After work I plan on completing the level and from there it should be a breeze.

 

[The Flash]

Thanks again for the help, Fuchsdh. You're very patient.

 

[aHebrewMenagerie]

Just made it to the No Life club, or otherwise known as, have all the REQs in the game.

It's a good thing this game is addicting, otherwise I'd have quit long ago.

 

[Fuchsdh]

Thanks again for the help, Fuchsdh. You're very patient.

No problem. Would be a lot easier if H2's checkpoint and bro spawning made sense.

 

[FUNKNOWN iXi]

Fats m'dude, ggs. Can't believe we were able to play some games lol.

 

[FATstronaut]

Fats m'dude, ggs. Can't believe we were able to play some games lol.

ggs man! MCC is so much fun when it works!

 

[Magwik]

ggs man! MCC is so much fun when it works!

I'm looking forward to re-downloading the 90GB of MCC after the 90GB of Halo 5 finishes >.>

 

[Fata1moose]

Just got destroyed by Lethul, Royal2 and Snakebite.

 

[The Flash]

The Flying Mantis is coming for you and it's angry

https://youtu.be/eUAy8SAH5cM

 

[curiouscharles]

The Flying Mantis is coming for you and it's angry

https://youtu.be/eUAy8SAH5cM

11 people disliked that video.

seriously, who in the hell are those 11 idiots?

 

[Samurai G0SU]

Just got destroyed by Lethul, Royal2 and Snakebite.

Did you kill snake bite tho?

 

[Fata1moose]

Did you kill snake bite tho?

I killed Royal 3 times, don't think I killed Snakebite once.

 

[belushy]

I played Snakebite once in Warzone Assault. He is damn good lol

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

The Flying Mantis is coming for you and it's angry

https://youtu.be/eUAy8SAH5cM

We had to ask for Wasp variants.

 

[Chiggs]

Just picked this game up with my Xbox One S and I am stunned with how long the install + patching is taking. It's unreal!

 

[The Sum of Zero]

Git gud breh, do them all solo.

WIth a controller with drift on the right thumbstick.

Spoiler

I did.

Well, all of 2 and the first two missions of 3 before I got a new controller.

 

[Magwik]

Just picked this game up with my Xbox One S and I am stunned with how long the install + patching is taking. It's unreal!

Oh yes gotta love that 90GB

 

[YourExWife]

Just picked this game up with my Xbox One S and I am stunned with how long the install + patching is taking. It's unreal!

You're getting almost a year of regular (almost) monthly content updates. Shit's expected.

 

[Triscuitable]

Swag. I'm at Reclaimer right now but half of the map won't load for whatever reason so we'll have to restart. I can be at around 7 EST if you're game.

That is a controller-breakingly common bug, unfortunately. I've run into it twice out of five playthrough attempts.

Oh, and god help me, but I'll help you with Halo 2 Legendary.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

Am I missing something or does anyone else not get cutscenes on replays of H5 missions? I had scoring on both times I replayed missions and no cutscenes. I wish there was a feature like MCC (or was it H4) where you could play cutscenes at anytime after being unlocked.

 

[Fata1moose]

Am I missing something or does anyone else not get cutscenes on replays of H5 missions? I had scoring on both times I replayed missions and no cutscenes. I wish there was a feature like MCC (or was it H4) where you could play cutscenes at anytime after being unlocked.

It's disabled for scoring modes, which is dumb, should be a toggle.

 

[Nowise10]

I can't stand the req system in this game. I have zero Wasps, zero spartan laser's and zero ultra banshees because the entire system is based off of luck if I'll get anymore in the future. Also Level 114 and I still don't have the Halo 2 BR either, content that came out 7 months ago. Or the Phaeton.

 

[mo60]

Someone play Halo 2 and 4 with me on Legendary so I can get the Helioskrill armor and live out my fantasy of being a human in the Covenant please.

You can get Helioskrill without playing MCC now by buying gold req packs with req points or money if you don't want to deal with Jackal snipers killing you before you are able to react.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

It's disabled for scoring modes, which is dumb, should be a toggle.

Thanks. I don't recall a message telling me as much. Ugly usability there.

 

[YourExWife]

I can't stand the req system in this game. I have zero Wasps, zero spartan laser's and zero ultra banshees because the entire system is based off of luck if I'll get anymore in the future. Also Level 114 and I still don't have the Halo 2 BR either, content that came out 7 months ago. Or the Phaeton.

Yo, my adventures on Monday night showed that the REQ system is perfectly fine........

/s

Spoiler

I did get 33 wasps this time (vs 20 last month) but exactly 1 phaeton helios (vs like 5 last month).

 

[The Flash]

11 people disliked that video.

seriously, who in the hell are those 11 idiots?

The 11 people in the video who weren't in the Flying Mantis

We had to ask for Wasp variants.

Here's what we still need:

Wasp with variants
Revenant with variants
Chopper with variants
Needle Rifle with variants
Focus Rifle with variants
Spiker with variants
Brute Shot with variants

That is a controller-breakingly common bug, unfortunately. I've run into it twice out of five playthrough attempts.

Oh, and god help me, but I'll help you with Halo 2 Legendary.

Cheers. Let'swork out a time. Fuchsdh and I got to Oracle last night.

You can get Helioskrill without playing MCC now by buying gold req packs with req points or money if you don't want to deal with Jackal snipers killing you before you are able to react.

Yeah but I'd rather not spend cash money on something I can get for free.

 

[Detective]

18 kills in WZ with Shotgun and camo. 75 total

Here is the best part
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/Killion/video/20190233

 

[Xater]

Picked this game up yesterday when I bought a Xbox One S. I quite enjoy it so far. MP actually more than the campaign, but I have only beaten 3 missions so far. People still laying here regularly?

 

[Feel the Swift]

Played two champions in my first two placements in Arena. Classic

http://www.cdkeys.com/xbox-live/games/halo-the-master-chief-collection-xbox-one

Finally bought this lol

 

[sir_dany12]

Did you use the 5% discount?

 

[The Flash]

People still laying here regularly?

👁👁

 

[Clint Beastwood]

this ranking system is garbage, i know it's been said numerous times but damn

I was a Platinum last month which I felt was way too high for me as I don't really play Halo that much so I was looking forward to losing my placement matches to get gold/silver.

I'm currently 1-7 and somehow I keep playing harder competition. I went 0-5 against all Onyx, they put me against platinums and we narrowly won. Then it puts me back at Onyx and we lose a strongholds 100-6. Cool, so I go back to platinums now right?

nope.. just played a CTF where I went against 4 Champions.

I just got stomped 100-6 against Onyx, why would u think I'm ready to play champions?

cool, and after losing against champions 3-0 in CTF I get matched up against more champions. lost 100-0 in strongholds. looking forward to playing a secret rank higher than champion now

 

[jem0208]

I wish slayer was social.

I want to just chill and shoot some people in 4v4 arena but there’s nowhere to do that...


On another note I usually don’t mind JIP that much. Put me into a Warzone match where the score is 600 to 400? Oh well, still got a solid 10 minutes of play left. However, put me in a CTF match where we’re 2-0 down and the enemy has already pulled the flag halfway across the map? Yeah that sucks. They need to add some qualifications that only allow you to JIP if the game is reasonably close or has only just started...

 

[Trup1aya]

Picked this game up yesterday when I bought a Xbox One S. I quite enjoy it so far. MP actually more than the campaign, but I have only beaten 3 missions so far. People still laying here regularly?

No matter how many missions you beat, you'll still like the MP better...

 

[Prinz Eugn]

Picked this game up yesterday when I bought a Xbox One S. I quite enjoy it so far. MP actually more than the campaign, but I have only beaten 3 missions so far. People still laying here regularly?

I lie here all the time.

But I usually play Fri-Sat nights.

 

[Cranster]

I finally beat Gravemind on LASO. It took ab out a week to finish it but my persistence paid off. The mausoleum battle was kind of easy for the most part.

 

[Xater]

Alright guys, I made a typo...

Anyway if you want to add me I am "The Xater" on XBL.

How exactly do these placement matches work? I am pretty bad at Halo I would say and I got a Platinum rank in Team Arena. I'm assume that's pretty high?

 

[Samurai G0SU]

Alright guys, I made a typo...

Anyway if you want to add me I am "The Xater" on XBL.

How exactly do these placement matches work? I am pretty bad at Halo I would say and I got a Platinum rank in Team Arena. I'm assume that's pretty high?

As long as you're better than me, they will embrace you. They will be kind to you. they will love you.

Just watch out for Elzar and Gringo, they might pinch your cheeks or something.

Spoiler

Any rank is better than me

 

[sir_dany12]

As long as you're better than me, they will embrace you. They will be kind to you. they will love you.

Just watch out for Elzar and Gringo, they might pinch your cheeks or something.

Spoiler

Any rank is better than me

Oh, poor thing :'(

 

[Fuchsdh]

I finally beat Gravemind on LASO. It took ab out a week to finish it but my persistence paid off. The mausoleum battle was kind of easy for the most part.

Rest of it should be smooth sailing, Great Journey gave me some trouble but it wasn't too bad.

 

[The Antitype]

Man, you still cant just immediately party up with your team and stuck together in matchmaking like previous Halos huh?

Figured they would have patched that in by now...

 

[BizzyBum]

Geez, 60 Firefight wins for the Level 5 comm (1,000 XP and a gold pack, too...)

It's funny how long the victory comm takes compared to the kill comms. I think I finished those the first day or two the mode came out. lol

The level 5 kill comms should have been like 10,000 kills or something.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

18 kills in WZ with Shotgun and camo. 75 total

Here is the best part
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/Killion/video/20190233

Bloody good show sir.

 

[The Real Napsta]

I wish slayer was social.

I want to just chill and shoot some people in 4v4 arena but there’s nowhere to do that...


On another note I usually don’t mind JIP that much. Put me into a Warzone match where the score is 600 to 400? Oh well, still got a solid 10 minutes of play left. However, put me in a CTF match where we’re 2-0 down and the enemy has already pulled the flag halfway across the map? Yeah that sucks. They need to add some qualifications that only allow you to JIP if the game is reasonably close or has only just started...

Play on an alt and don't care about winning?

 

[FUNKNOWN iXi]

Play on an alt and don't care about winning?

A common misconception, it's less about winning and more about the playstyles, behaviors, and attitudes that come from it. A ranked playlist makes every player sweaty and raises the stress on multiple levels: Am I helping my team? I need more kills! Shit, I don't want to receive death threats after this.. Wow my team sucks and my rank is going to drop because of it. Playing against coordinated teams again, why do I even bother playing this game? etc. and so forth

The game is in dire need of a true 4v4 unranked Team Arena/Slayer playlist.

 

[BizzyBum]

I just play BTB for non sweaty slayer action.

I never have a team so FFA is my try hard mode.

 

[The Flash]

I get stressed when I just play multiplayer :/

 

[BizzyBum]

Only 44 more Mongoose kills for vehicle mastery.

This shouldn't take too long.

 

[Sai]

I wish slayer was social.

I want to just chill and shoot some people in 4v4 arena but there’s nowhere to do that...

I kinda get where you're coming from. I go into Arena or Slayer and it feels like the MLG/Hardcore playlists of old, and I had a tendency to avoid those because of how high-tension they usually were; it wasn't so much about winning or losing. While I appreciate how that competitive aspect has benefited the core gameplay so well, playing a good ol' fashioned game of Slayer just mentally wears me out much faster than it did in the past.

And that attitude carried over into Halo 5. I've been trying to play more Slayer recently, but I missed out on ranking in most of the seasons past.

Some kind of solo queue would help a bit.

 

[Forerunner]

I just play BTB for non sweaty slayer action.

I would do this if,

Spoiler

BTB were pistol starts.