jizzlobber
Member
No more fiesta 
This action sack isn't for me, back to team arena I guess.
This action sack isn't for me, back to team arena I guess.
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Halo 5: Guardians |OT4| You picked a helluva week to join up
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SmartWaffles
Member
Pretty sure that is a nod to Jorge's Hungarian heritage.
jizzlobber
Member
I don't think there are too many Australians playing, I choose the 'expanded' setting to search for games and just play on the overseas servers.
Very playable (100/40 NBN) but I'm obviously at a disadvantage.
Firefight is pretty good, try it before returning.
SmartWaffles
Member
Shouldn't be that bad for you Aussies, I can find games in Team Arena, Slayer, Weekly Social, Firefight and Warzone very quickly in China.
sir_dany12
Member
Gringo
Forerunner
Member
Some feedback on Action Sack:
Mongoose Sumo
This is fine; leave it the way it is.
Tank World
This is the one that probably needs the biggest overhaul. Let players choose between Scorpion, Wraith, and Mantis. This will give it a rock paper scissors balance. Scorpion beats Mantis, Wraith beats Scorpion, and Mantis beats Wraith. Get rid of the elimination based system. Maybe make it a FFA. But that might be too much.
Paintball Junkies
Get rid of melee damage. You dont go around punching people in paintball.
Mantis Breakout
This is fine; leave it the way it is.
Rift Ball
Also fine.
Husky Raid
Fine.
Minotaurs
Decrease time from 3:00 to 2:30.
Ground Pound Arena
Increase score to win from 20 to 25.
Mongoose Sumo
This is fine; leave it the way it is.
Tank World
This is the one that probably needs the biggest overhaul. Let players choose between Scorpion, Wraith, and Mantis. This will give it a rock paper scissors balance. Scorpion beats Mantis, Wraith beats Scorpion, and Mantis beats Wraith. Get rid of the elimination based system. Maybe make it a FFA. But that might be too much.
Paintball Junkies
Get rid of melee damage. You dont go around punching people in paintball.
Mantis Breakout
This is fine; leave it the way it is.
Rift Ball
Also fine.
Husky Raid
Fine.
Minotaurs
Decrease time from 3:00 to 2:30.
Ground Pound Arena
Increase score to win from 20 to 25.
ZeezbruhTV
Member
If you walk up to someone in paintball and touch them they're out.
Also why can we snipe people in ground pound arena??
Forerunner
Member
That is true.
The Beam Rifle in Ground Pound Arena is kind of annoying though. A lot of times people don't even GP they just hide behind the blocks and try to snipe all game.
ATOMICJORGE
Member
YAY my Halo loot crate is almost on FATstronaut house! lol
Here's my Extermination from the Husky Raid mode: http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/AkaiGAF/video/20951565
Seems like they changed the way you obtain it, because the 5th player was already alive when I got the Extermination. Don't like the change. At least it works now. lol
Seems like they changed the way you obtain it, because the 5th player was already alive when I got the Extermination. Don't like the change. At least it works now. lol
Forerunner
Member
It ends at that end of this month. For June/July they were testing two month seasons, but they went back to it only being a month.
Oh I see. Thanks for the quick reply. Guess I got to do my 10 matches now
blue_phazon
Member
Gross. I prefer two months
ATOMICJORGE
Member
Recommended settings well I need to upgrade my 8gb of ram but my GTX 970/i7 4790k will be more than fine
NoLongerALurker
Banned
My Halo loot crate came in. Pretty happy with what comes inside. The hoodie is nice and fits well and you can't not be happy with a mister chief plushy. Also, I recommend saving the REQ pack it comes with until the next update goes live if you have finished your gold packs because it comes with 3 permanent unlocks.
ATOMICJORGE
Member
Nice congrats hopefully I selected the correct size for mine lol
I've found success on BTB in the Rocket Hog on Basin.
Unfriendly TimeTraveler
Member
They gotta fix the ground pound arena thing with the beam rifle cause last game was all top 4 people with nothing but beam rifle kills. Either make it to where it forces people to use the lifts or don't count beam rifle kills. Still don't get why people would just snipe in that mode when it's not much harder to just ground pound everybody and you know have fun.
Fata1moose
Banned
Anyone have a 4K monitor? Thinking about getting one, though I'm not sure if it's worth it.
QuantumSquid
Member
Zoso Achilles
Member
The default game type should switch the starting weapon to a plasma pistol, or even a pistol with a half mag of ammo like in minatours
Had a Dell P2415Q for a while now. It's pretty solid for gaming, I mostly use it for design and video work though. I don't care about >60Hz gaming so I honestly wouldn't buy a sub-4K monitor at this point.
Did anyone else know that the Plasma Launcher is already in H5 so to speak?
When Warzone Firefight was made available in Halo 5: Guardians, the plasma launcher was included in this mode and it can be used by the player. However, the shots are not fully rendered and there is not a first-person view of the weapon. Other players can see the player holding the weapon, though.
When Warzone Firefight was made available in Halo 5: Guardians, the plasma launcher was included in this mode and it can be used by the player. However, the shots are not fully rendered and there is not a first-person view of the weapon. Other players can see the player holding the weapon, though.
You are late to the party.
Weird. I was browsing Halopedia when I saw this. Haven't seen it in game yet.
GringoSuave89
Banned
It's pretty random when you can pick it up. Not really easy to come across.
I tried playing a level from Reach's Campaign on the 360 yesterday.
Oof...
When I tested it out on the Xbox One a while back, I thought it was the horrendous BC performance that made it so difficult, but it was a struggle for me on the 360 too. Playing so much of Halo 5 at 60fps has Reach looking almost gross to me now. Never thought I'd be one of those guys.
Oof...
When I tested it out on the Xbox One a while back, I thought it was the horrendous BC performance that made it so difficult, but it was a struggle for me on the 360 too. Playing so much of Halo 5 at 60fps has Reach looking almost gross to me now. Never thought I'd be one of those guys.
Will now be lobbying for a Reach remaster.
Halo: Reach will be the only Halo game not to have a current gen version since Halo Wars: The Definitive Edition comes out with the HW2 Collectors Edition.I tried playing a level from Reach's Campaign on the 360 yesterday.
Oof...
When I tested it out on the Xbox One a while back, I thought it was the horrendous BC performance that made it so difficult, but it was a struggle for me on the 360 too. Playing so much of Halo 5 at 60fps has Reach looking almost gross to me now. Never thought I'd be one of those guys.
Will now be lobbying for a Reach remaster.
Fata1moose
Banned
Yeah I'm probably going to get this. While I have 980ti, I mostly play older games, so it should do 4K 60FPS on a lot of stuff. I feel like it'll be worth it for Halo 5 customs alone. My current monitor oly has 1 HDMI as well, switching channels will be better than unplugging my 1 HDMI.
VincentMatts
Member
So we're still counting MCC has something actually viable?
So it seems you can actually download the new Halo app right now. Can't do much from it though. Oh and the screenshot shows a calculator LOL
https://www.reddit.com/r/halo/comments/4zv82v/halo_app_screenshots/
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/halo/9nblggh4sjvz
https://www.reddit.com/r/halo/comments/4zv82v/halo_app_screenshots/
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/halo/9nblggh4sjvz
Forerunner
Member
Yeah, I downloaded it. It seems ok.
60->30 transition gets way easier after a few times. Stick with it.I tried playing a level from Reach's Campaign on the 360 yesterday.
Oof...
When I tested it out on the Xbox One a while back, I thought it was the horrendous BC performance that made it so difficult, but it was a struggle for me on the 360 too. Playing so much of Halo 5 at 60fps has Reach looking almost gross to me now. Never thought I'd be one of those guys.
Will now be lobbying for a Reach remaster.
Although, there are definitely spots in Reach that will never feel smooth. Clunky even when we were all used to 30.
Which is ironic; Reach is arguably the Halo game that could benefit the most from a move off its original hardware.
Will the Thrill
Banned
Even after MCC I would still pay at least $30 for a Remastered 60FPS Reach on Xbone (Or just a PC port). Reach is still my favorite Halo game.
Anyway, tbh I think I'm really only gonna play Windows 10 H5MP, I really don't have that much fun with Warzone or Firefight anymore. And I really disliked the Campaign (Moreso than 4)
Playing the odd Arena game every now and then (and having the game look better as a bonus) seems like what I'll stick to for now.
NobleGundam
Banned
Been almost a month I think since I've played Halo 5. Having Monsoons here sucks. Makes it difficult to play whenever I'm home. Rains so hard it knocks out the power and effects connection quality. But I'm happy to see the update coming soon and getting those new noble team variants.
Forerunner
Member
Im not even going to bother with Windows Forge. My computer exceeds the requirements, however Im not that into customs only and I also have data caps, so I really dont want to waste data downloading something I already have. If it was the full multiplayer experience, yeah Id download it. Better graphics with kb/m controls and I would never turn on my XBO again. However, Im glad its coming to Windows; I cant wait to see what forgers can do with it and it also might get more people interested in Halo 5.
I love how this game throws me into a Firefight match in progress, already on the verge of losing, almost each and every single time I use an AI Gambit boost. XD
And I don't know if it's just on my end, but the only way these boosts will work is by applying them before you connect to the server. Even if you take it off as the game is loading, it will still be applied.
[EDIT] - Three times in a row, I've been thrown into matches that are just about to end. I hope 343i adjusts JiP for Firefight in a future CU to stop this.
And I don't know if it's just on my end, but the only way these boosts will work is by applying them before you connect to the server. Even if you take it off as the game is loading, it will still be applied.
[EDIT] - Three times in a row, I've been thrown into matches that are just about to end. I hope 343i adjusts JiP for Firefight in a future CU to stop this.
I'll try. I still love Reach's Campaign.
jizzlobber
Member
Yep, last night I was put into a tank world game which was in the last round, so I didn't even get to spawn in... Seconds later my team lost.
I got one in Rift Ball today. (Testing out the new capture card and SSD scratch disk)
I'm not sure how it is calculating it. I killed 3 different players for an Overkill and there were people alive at the end. I figured it would be one thing if it was being awarded for killing each player on the enemy team in an Overkill, but this just seems like "Kill 4 people in an Overkill on these random modes."
Prinz Eugn
Member
I'm confused. I got a Killtastrophe in Riftball and no Exterm.