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Halo 5: Guardians |OT4| You picked a helluva week to join up
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ATOMICJORGE
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I just finished a Firefight Live Stream playing with my subscribers on my Youtube channel, I had a blast it was amazing this game mode is FUN thank you for the addition 343!
aHebrewMenagerie
Member
YourExWife
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Forerunner
Member
Tartarus Gavel is so good for FF, you can pretty much clear garage by yourself with it lol.
backflip10019
Member
Played around 6 matches or so. Disappointing. It's fun wrecking dudes, but doesn't feel like there are any ramifications to dying or anything.
BeforeU
Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
played 1 round of firefight, it was fun but not as much as I hoped for. I was basically running from one corner to another in a map, didn't get the same feel as ODST or Reach firefight.
I hope there are special firefight maps and not the same warzone maps.
I hope there are special firefight maps and not the same warzone maps.
jizzlobber
Member
I was never big on firefight I guess, this is a bit of fun but I'll be sticking to other modes.
As others have said it's a bit easy, had no dramas in the two games I played with randoms.
As others have said it's a bit easy, had no dramas in the two games I played with randoms.
This is my main issue with it atm, the running from A to B part. Feels like, even with the random objectives it'll get repetitive quick.
Samurai G0SU
Member
The first two were gimmies..but the third.. i had to earn that reversal. Oh yeah, i felt so goooood after.
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/SaMuRaI G0SU/video/16632322
Moments like these make me fall in love with halo mp all over again. Felt good this whole game out pistoling brs and other peeps. Lost 49/50 though
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/SaMuRaI G0SU/video/16632322
Moments like these make me fall in love with halo mp all over again. Felt good this whole game out pistoling brs and other peeps. Lost 49/50 though
VenomousCoffee
Member
Played Firefight all evening. So delicious.
Nah, I've had a few games that didn't include it. It really is the worst round, too. It wouldn't e as brutal if it didn't start with the enemies already spawning inside the base. That just guarantees you'll die pretty quickly, spawn far away, and get killed wither by a Knight inside the base or by the Phaeton that prevents you from being safe o the rooftop. I don't think there's a problem at all of people not knowing they need to defend the building, I think it's just too hard to get any kind of foothold in there once you've started losing ground so everyone gets stuck dying outside.
Samurai G0SU
Member
Ozzy Onya A2Z
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The first two were gimmies..but the third.. i had to earn that reversal. Oh yeah, i felt so goooood after.
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/SaMuRaI G0SU/video/16632322
Moments like these make me fall in love with halo mp all over again. Felt good this whole game out pistoling brs and other peeps. Lost 49/50 though
Yep I know that feeling, full Arena partied up to lessen the grind from Plat6 and lost 3 close objective games in a row. Loved every minute of it, close games are the best win or lose.
I'm so glad every single boss is Legendary or Mythic, I never would've had a chance at that commendation otherwise. Without Firefight I'd never finish any of the enemy kill commendations.
If I hadn't experienced the horror that was Heretic Elites in Reach's Firefight, I'd almost wish there were enemy Marines in WZ Firefight.
Heretic Elites with pro pipes. Jesus.
Posted my thoughts on WZFF in general at HBO, but the general feeling I have is difficulty could be tuned slightly higher, more random variables like skulls would add variety, and hopefully with Arc or with other maps we get an even broader set of objectives beyond seek-and-destroy and defense.
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
Alright I'm not drunk enough to miss some BULLSHIT
We had to shoot down the phaetons and I got a hydra but a dog killed me, so I respawn and run right back to my body but my hydra is gone even though I went there right away, and no teammate used a hydra on anything. The guns need to last longer on the ground.
We had to shoot down the phaetons and I got a hydra but a dog killed me, so I respawn and run right back to my body but my hydra is gone even though I went there right away, and no teammate used a hydra on anything. The guns need to last longer on the ground.
EYEL1NER
Member
I'm not gonna be finishing on top of the leaderboard for a while, or at least until I get some Scorpions. I can do decently for the majority of the match and then on the last wave all my teammates spawn Scorpions and run roughshod all over the enemies. I did get a final Warden Eternal kill on one match earlier today with a regular old Warthog gun though.
Deputy Moonman
Member
nice! and ditto on the firefight. i'll definitely use it to get through enemy comendations and to help with the sc commendations, but I'd prefer something more traditional like a survival mode. 5 lives or less, stay alive as long as possible while enemies keep coming, possibly getting harder and harder. Keep the maps and make it so moving around from different bases and locations is a strategic thing that actually helps you survive more easily.
and give me points that flash up on my screen like the fourth of july
EYEL1NER
Member
I'm really digging this. I know I said a bit ago that I would never take first in WZFF due to my lack of Scorpions to score tons of points on the last wave but I just got stuck with a bunch of randoms who didn't have many Scorpions either. We ended up running out of time at the end on the last Warden Eternal but I took the number 1 spot still, with 39 kills, 31 assists, 3 rounds survived, 2 deaths, 2 boss takedowns, and 5(!) legendary boss takedowns. Guy in second place had 70+ kills but I guess my legendary boss takedowns clinched it. Thing is, I only finished with 15,200 points, which is kinda low from what I have seen the regular top scorers get. Still, it was cool to be declared the winner of a WZFF match moments after I decided I would probably never get it.
Damn that didn't take long. We might hit those before the beta ends haha.
343 pls add UNSC marines to the army of Promethean charging at us.
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
Played a few games and placed top 3 every time without using any REQ's outside of a Urban Hog and a Spitfire Plasma Pistol. Clever use of the Hog and picking up enemy weapons can net you great results without the need of using high level REQ's lol.
I had a lot of fun with it so far; it's great to jump in and mess shit up without caring too much.
I had a lot of fun with it so far; it's great to jump in and mess shit up without caring too much.
ATOMICJORGE
Member
The general consensus is that it should be harder and last more rounds
Zoso Achilles
Member
Removed? When, 6 years ago?
After a nights playing, I'm already bored of Firefight. Once I get all my AI commendations I probably won't play it often. And I am not sure why its called Firefight at all to be honest. Palmer doesn't even say Firefight in the beginning like I at least hoped she would, she just re-uses old dialogue like I expected they would.
Blue Ninja
Member
I expect to be added back into the SC once the Firefight update is up for real. I'm gonna be playing the shit out of it.
It's not the Firefight I wanted, but still a lot of fun.
It's not the Firefight I wanted, but still a lot of fun.
Yeah, odst was actually fun and challenging. Was hoping this might be a return to form.
EYEL1NER
Member
I'm done for the evening. All in all, I like WZFF. Or, I like the amount of REQ points I get from WZFF anyway; I never thought I would open so many Silver packs in one day. I didn't feel bored with the gametype but I have grown tired of A.R.C. already. Can't wait to play it on Raid or Darkstar in the future.
I'm glad they added an extra day. I imagine that I will be playing this during the majority of my free time until it ends.
I'm glad they added an extra day. I imagine that I will be playing this during the majority of my free time until it ends.
jizzlobber
Member
Decided to give it another go, joined a game full of randoms.
Didn't die once, was an absolute breeze. 28000 odd points.
My mid range tank just flogged them, waaaaaaay too easy and quite boring tbh.
Didn't die once, was an absolute breeze. 28000 odd points.
My mid range tank just flogged them, waaaaaaay too easy and quite boring tbh.
Blue Ninja
Member
When you get "defend the garage" and your teammates just spawn vehicles and sit outside.
Leyasu
Banned
As others have said it's too easy and doesn't feel like a challenging, backs to the wall horde mode.
Like I posted on the previous page, they need to add defensive reqs, and have them replace vehicles in some games.
Chuck in some maps were you have to defend against waves with a revive mechanic. 8 player firefight could become the goat. At the moment though, it is ar from it imo.
Steamrolling games with no sense of desperation will get old fast.
Like I posted on the previous page, they need to add defensive reqs, and have them replace vehicles in some games.
Chuck in some maps were you have to defend against waves with a revive mechanic. 8 player firefight could become the goat. At the moment though, it is ar from it imo.
Steamrolling games with no sense of desperation will get old fast.
jizzlobber
Member
You can sit in a tank and drill mythic bosses without being touched, just far too easy.
343 will tinker with it I'm sure.
343 will tinker with it I'm sure.
Forerunner
Member
When you get "defend the garage" and your teammates just spawn vehicles and sit outside.
Yup, so far the only times I have failed was the garage. People simply don't want to go into it for some reason, they'll all just sit outside. One time it failed when we had 98/100 Prometheans killed lol.
WZFF is fun as hell, and at times it really earns the name Warzone in a way that none of the other gametypes do. It's pure glorious chaos at times.
That said its way too easy. With 7 randoms, none communicating, we blew through the five objectives in no time.
I don't think they need to change the core design. It's not a survival mode, and it doesn't have to be. But they need to keep the pressure up at all times. Infantry shouldn't stop spawning towards the end of rounds, making bosses soft targets. They enemies also need to be more effective against vehicles (where are the overcharged PPs and splinter Nades).
There need to be atleast 15 more rounds or infinite, winning should be rare. I hardly used any Reqs, and won easily. I can only imagine how parties of 8, with legendary Reqs would fair.
They also need more objectives.... Ones that force team work. How about taking a flag from enemy controlled blue base, and escorting it through a gauntlet back to red base? Or planting a bomb in a heavily guarded garage? Or survive for 5 min with a small pool of lives.
How about letting phantoms fight until they are destroyed?
After they fix all of that, they need to make a more traditional firefight: 1-8 players with limited lives, no time limits, unlimited rounds, no reqs. Custom games and/or MM. They can use Warzone Assault maps. How long can you survive?
That said its way too easy. With 7 randoms, none communicating, we blew through the five objectives in no time.
I don't think they need to change the core design. It's not a survival mode, and it doesn't have to be. But they need to keep the pressure up at all times. Infantry shouldn't stop spawning towards the end of rounds, making bosses soft targets. They enemies also need to be more effective against vehicles (where are the overcharged PPs and splinter Nades).
There need to be atleast 15 more rounds or infinite, winning should be rare. I hardly used any Reqs, and won easily. I can only imagine how parties of 8, with legendary Reqs would fair.
They also need more objectives.... Ones that force team work. How about taking a flag from enemy controlled blue base, and escorting it through a gauntlet back to red base? Or planting a bomb in a heavily guarded garage? Or survive for 5 min with a small pool of lives.
How about letting phantoms fight until they are destroyed?
After they fix all of that, they need to make a more traditional firefight: 1-8 players with limited lives, no time limits, unlimited rounds, no reqs. Custom games and/or MM. They can use Warzone Assault maps. How long can you survive?
We will easily have the Covenant and Promethean kills, by the end of the Beta.
Prometheans: 5062/29200 at Level 5/5
Covenant: 5273/19400 at Level 5/5
That's over 10.000 kills, in both categories, since yesterday. Good job everyone.
The only AI kills that are left afterwards are Marines and Warzone bosses. No Marines in Firefight obviously (and over 200.000 left anyways), but we got like 1700 Warzone Boss kills over the last few days. Putting us at 1507/9700 on Level 5/5.
Prometheans: 5062/29200 at Level 5/5
Covenant: 5273/19400 at Level 5/5
That's over 10.000 kills, in both categories, since yesterday. Good job everyone.
The only AI kills that are left afterwards are Marines and Warzone bosses. No Marines in Firefight obviously (and over 200.000 left anyways), but we got like 1700 Warzone Boss kills over the last few days. Putting us at 1507/9700 on Level 5/5.
Blue Ninja
Member
Last time we failed it was at 99. Number 100 killed me.
I'm getting really mad at this game and 343's inability the provide a stable online experience. The servers were perfect a month ago but they needed to tinker with it again. Since two weeks ago I can't complete three matches without a disconnect, besides that I constantly hear Americans even when I'm playing in the European popular times. Thanks for caring for us Europeans I guess
NippleViking
Banned
Agree with most of this, though you're not going to see a version of firefight without reqs.
They just need to diversify objectives, and merge it with classic Firefight 'unlimited rounds, limited lives'. This would solve the difficulty problem as well, by having an infinitely increasing difficulty gradient, each round harder than the last. I'd like to see the campaign revive mechanic utilised to some extent
I really like the objective elements, and I hope they pull some of it through to the actual Warzone. CTF, Assault and Stronghold based objectives is a brilliant suggestion though.
We probably won't see a version without Reqs, but Halo5 would benefit greatly from it. I think 343i should realize by now that the req system isn't for everyone. So catering to a different audience would only help them in th long run. If the popularity of Warzone is any indication, the Warzone Firefight variant would still be the most popular. They'd have their cake and eat it too.
I can't see them putting limited lives into WZFF, because if the aim is to draw Reqs, having people experience up to five minutes of downtime will limit how many Reqs get used.
On another note, One thing that put a smile on my face during the beta, was the number of people that I heard saying Warzone Firefight brought them back to the game after a hiatus.
Forerunner
Member
Yes there is. I don't mind really, very easy req and xp.
Terrible