gamerguy2002
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Where did you find these? that looks more Halo 4 then 5 in some shots.
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Where did you find these? that looks more Halo 4 then 5 in some shots.
The tournament lan server 343 uses is basically the last thing you mentioned.
It is also the same solution that bigger Esport titles use like League of Legends.
YourExWife
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That's what I thought. No idea why it's so hard. This gen is so many instances of 1 step forward, 2 back.
ATOMICJORGE
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GringoSuave89
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YourExWife
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Triscuitable
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You know what would make the armor in Halo 5 so much better? If all the Spartans wore
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BTB pistol starts
blue_phazon
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I can't stand playing on these damn forge maps. It would be so much better is BTB was composed of
black undersuits
Yep, so far no explanation for missing LAN real LAN on consoles or in games makes sense to me. There are a lot of games where tenporary guest accounts work so I think offline profiles wouldn't be the problem anynore
blue_phazon
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How is Gears supposedly doing its "real" LAN? I read that it's different from simply setting up a server for the specific room.
I've also read that Rod Fergusson does whatever the fuck he wants, and MS will always indulge his whims so maybe they got custom Xboxes for their LANs or something.
sir_dany12
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He said MS opened up an exception and gave them the tools to make real Lan. Gears has real Lan, its true. How 343 doesnt have? I dont know
GringoSuave89
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I think that's where a lot of the anger and frustration is coming from, especially after it was announced Gears would have it. Why one flagship title would have it another would not is beyond me.
sir_dany12
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Gears UE already have it and shipped before Halo 5
ATOMICJORGE
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That looks sexy I like it
Forerunner
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How the fuck do you go 1-19 in Super Fiesta? I mean you start with power weapons. You’re telling me out of 19 times they didn’t get one decent weapon spawn? I mean it’s just Super Fiesta, so whatever. Lol
Fuck this I'm watching the replay from his pov. He even had a Prophets' Bane, lmao dead.
Fuck this I'm watching the replay from his pov. He even had a Prophets' Bane, lmao dead.
jizzlobber
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love prophets bane, standing right in front of people trying not to blow my load too early 
YourExWife
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Username checks out...love prophets bane, standing right in front of people trying not to blow my load too early
jizzlobber
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ElzarTheBam
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Hi
I don't even know I'm here, I don't even play Halo anymore
Oh also Frankie, I invited you to Rainbow Six the other day, go buy it
I don't even know I'm here, I don't even play Halo anymore
Oh also Frankie, I invited you to Rainbow Six the other day, go buy it
There's Orochinagis too.
That looks a lot more like 4 but the UI concept is much nicer than what we got.
What do you mean by that? Your Xbox One Network Details show 175ms or 350ms+?
Because if the former, Network Details always connect to the main XBL Server, which is on the US West Coast. About 170ms is what you should get there.
I remember when Bungie used to be able to influence MS policy...
Anyway, what's the technical deal with the Lack of true LAN support this gen. I'd heard it had to do with security issues, but I can't find anything support on that.
Huh, well ignore what just said then.
Regarding LAN I was under the impression that its perfectly possible on the X1 with the one caveat being that they still need to be connected to the internet to ping XBL servers. The reason H5 cant do traditional LAN is because it lacks any form of peer to peer networking, as such all games need to be hosted on a dedicated server which means having one xbox act as host isnt possible.
At least thats what Ive gathered based off of what Ive read. Correct me if Im wrong.
Munch Poke
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love prophets bane, standing right in front of people trying not to blow my load too early
Agreed. Played a game where I sat in the only base the enemy team had and just slaughtered them all one by one. By the time I got the sixth or seventh kill they were spraying their SMGs trying to find me. Managed to get all ten kills and then killed two more with just the handle.
Reminds me of why I love the sword.
I know Star Wars Battlefront 1 and I think Battlefront 2 had a setting where one copy of the game acted as a dedicated server. You couldn't play on that console, but it was doing the processing work. In theory Halo 5 could do something similar, assuming they aren't using more than what the xbone is capable of. Warzone would be something different because they have to connect to the REQ services, but as for Arena I'm not sure what would be so demanding that an xbone couldn't handle it.
You are still right, though. Easily 100ms ping against East Coast and about 170ms against West Coast US players. That's also not counting stuff like Game Delay, Server Tickrates and whatever else there is left.
I really want those ping times in my UI and I want to know the Server Tickrate times.
Dr. Zombutler
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I just got this game for 15 dollars. What should I know about competitive multiplayer! I haven't played since Halo 3. I missed Halo a lot.
Well this is also something I'd heard before. But I can't wrap my head around why anyone would develop a game that is completely devoid of any P2P functionality- even if Dedis would handle all Matchmaking.
I don't have any reason to believe that a H5 match is any more taxing that any other game. And even if it was, why not provide the option to use an extra Xbox as a dedicated server
I was wondering about this too...
Powerweapons spawn on set intervals. Learn their locations and spawn times.
Powerups spawn 2 minutes after they are picked up. Be there or be square.
Tier 2 weopons respawn 10s after being depleted and dropped.
Sprint, clamber, and thruster add some uncharacteristic new ways to navigate the maps. Learning the ins and outs movement is key to taking things to the next level.
TeamBeyond.net has some excellent training videos on YouTube.
Magnum is your best friend. Git Gud. The AR is extremely useful in close range situations (six shots + melee = kill).
Crouching while strafing is very effective
Yeah, my gameplay goes from reasonably decent to bottom of the barrel if Im on a US sever. Makes playing late at night a massive pain.
Top tip 1:
Make sure you use a control scheme with crouch on the left stick. Being able to crouch to dodge shots can make all the difference in a 1v1 situation.
Top tip 2:
The AR isnt totally useless. Dont be afraid to whip it out for a close quarters encounter or if you surprise flank someone.
Top tip 3:
Spend some time learning the different movement and traversal mechanics. Things like thrust sliding (get to maximum sprint speed, hit thrust then hit crouch) can make a massive difference. Learning the maps and all their intricacies is especially needed in this game due to all the different options available. Theres loads of good Youtube videos with useful jumps and tricks out there.
Presumably 343 just didnt bother adding any P2P networking into the game. Maybe they decided it wasnt worth the resources when the only time it would be used would be for LANs.
Which would be a strange attitude when, in the absence of Splitscreen, LAN would be the only way to have any sort of local MP. Also LAN events are a vital part of any competitive scene. It's the only way to maintain a local scene- which feeds the broader scene.
All of the major community organized H5 events have been marred by technical difficulties- most notable G4G which had the H5 tournament cancelled completely- all due to lack of P2P.
From a reddit thread the first crates are hitting:
https://imgur.com/a/sYmLd
I'm impressed (spoliers)
https://imgur.com/a/sYmLd
I'm impressed (spoliers)
Kibbles
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? What's this
QuantumSquid
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do you guys have opinions on which armor sets look the nicest?
well then vote in these here polls:
Poll for Fireteam Osiris: http://www.strawpoll.me/11060942
Poll for Blue Team: http://www.strawpoll.me/11060956
Poll for Noble Team: http://www.strawpoll.me/11060971
well then vote in these here polls:
Poll for Fireteam Osiris: http://www.strawpoll.me/11060942
Poll for Blue Team: http://www.strawpoll.me/11060956
Poll for Noble Team: http://www.strawpoll.me/11060971
Forerunner
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People like Centurion never would have guessed but the result for Copperhead isn't surprising.
Poodlestrike
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YourExWife
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Gringo and I are in *New* Mexico, though.
ATOMICJORGE
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Awesome I can't wait to get mine I ordered the 12 month subscription
The Henery
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The quality of this game has radically nose dived in the last month or so. What is going on? I say this as someone who loves the game and think 343 did an awesome job. The game freezes once a session now (can still dashboard), search FFA cause arena is just pathetic with full teams running rampant, "not enough players to find a game", search expanded, feels like I'm playing against ghosts, bullets go through people, get shot through walls and nades have 1.0 second input lag. Go back to arena, nearly all games are against at least two onyx players (I was never pitted against onyx until last month). Hear American voices at end of games near exclusively. Pistol is now worthless as always on foreign server. BTB 75% of games a slaughterfest with blocks of NEET's rotating power up and weapon spawns against the clueless and the un-teamed.
The only time I've had genuinely enjoyable sessions with this game in the last two months is in the unranked assault playlist and the unranked multi team playlist.
The only time I've had genuinely enjoyable sessions with this game in the last two months is in the unranked assault playlist and the unranked multi team playlist.
I was tempted but figured Id go with one month first. Looks like Ill be ordering more based on those pictures
ATOMICJORGE
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I always wanted to get a lootcrate but Mexico was not part of the shipping countries actually the Halo lootcrate only ships to the US thankfully FATstronaut is going to help me sending me the crates, when I saw the Halo Legendary edition I knew that I had to get them all, I'm a huge Halo fan and collector
FATstronaut
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I always wanted to get a lootcrate but Mexico was not part of the shipping countries actually the Halo lootcrate only ships to the US thankfully FATstronaut is going to help me sending me the crates, when I saw the Halo Legendary edition I knew that I had to get them all, I'm a huge Halo fan and collector
That's good of him, they do at least ship to some non US locations (I'm in the UK).
I'm a big fan, but a poor fan! I get the occasional lootcrate, my little boy nabbed that Halo 5 Ammo Tin that came in a regular loot crate last year and has designated it his "special box" where he keeps his precious things safe from his sisters. Id imagine ill end up loosing much of the Halocrates to him!