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[jem0208]

Whilst I'm loving some of the playlist changes they're making there does seem to almost be too many playlists now...

We have 15 Arena playlists and 5 Warzone playlists.

Whilst I'm sure this update and Christmas will cause a slight jump in the population is there really going to be enough to populate each of these playlists?

Looking at the Arena playlists I think there's definitely some consolidation which could be done.

 

[Theorry]

Any idea at what time we can expect the update?

 

[Fuchsdh]

Whilst I'm loving some of the playlist changes they're making there does seem to almost be too many playlists now...

We have 15 Arena playlists and 5 Warzone playlists.

Whilst I'm sure this update and Christmas will cause a slight jump in the population is there really going to be enough to populate each of these playlists?

Looking at the Arena playlists I think there's definitely some consolidation which could be done.

They seem to be open to changing it in the future, but I think for the purposes of testing the ranked/social split it's reasonable. I could also see the Legendary WZFF just turning into Mythic Firefight with the Heroic playlist for arcade play/scrubs.

 

[Glass]

So fucking excited to play H5 this weekend. Didn't think I'd be saying that we'll over a year after launch but here we are.

 

[Karl2177]

Don't suppose we could find out how big the update is before it launches?

 

[mo60]

I hope the fireteam limit in Warzone and the other changes to the playlist prevent players like me who play solo from being crushed now. I also like the changes to warzone firefight.

 

[NoLongerALurker]

Warzone update is out: https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/monitor-s-bounty-warzone-update

Limiting Warzone fireteams to 6 players is not going to go over well. I bet and hope that gets changed back very quickly. And it looks like CTF and Assualt aren't being added to Warzone either. I didn't put much faith into those being added to Warzone.

 

[jizzlobber]

Lol!!

Warzone fireteam limited to 6!
Suck shit teams!

I don't care if that one doesn't go down well, it simply had to be done for the good of the game mode... blow outs happen in almost every game right now, it's crap!

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

I hope the fireteam limit in Warzone and the other changes to the playlist prevent players like me who play solo from being crushed now. I also like the changes to warzone firefight.

Sounds like a tech issue (time to develop) but it would be nice to match similar party sizes more strictly than limit 8 player parties outright. Something like match solos/buddies as much as possible then match groups of 3-5 and 6-8 in their own games. Pop in some odd players here or there to fill spots. Provide a temporary lock for solos/buddies matching the same larger teams in the next 2 games and go from there.

Make the farming parties play each other as much as possible. Also limiting to 6 isn't going to stop farming, 6 friends out of 8 are still going to REQ shit how they please. The opening few REQ points is where the farming advantage comes in for the rest of the game.

 

[Fuchsdh]

Limiting Warzone fireteams to 6 players is not going to go over well. I bet and hope that gets changed back very quickly. And it looks like CTF and Assualt aren't being added to Warzone either. I didn't put much faith into those being added to Warzone.

Will go over better to probably most people, because it has become utterly dominated by full parties stomping everyone else.

Sounds like a tech issue (time to develop) but it would be nice to match similar party sizes more strictly than limit 8 player parties outright. Something like match solos/buddies as much as possible then match groups of 3-5 and 6-8 in their own games. Pop in some odd players here or there to fill spots.

Make the farming parties play each other as much as possible. Also limiting to 6 isn't going to stop farming, 6 friends out of 8 are still going to REQ shit how they please. The opening few REQ points is where the farming advantage comes in for the rest of the game.

6 players out of 12.

 

[SCHUEY F1]

only disappointment is the lack of UI changes. Curious to see if the aiming rumor was true as well.

 

[lybertyboy]

Limiting Warzone fireteams to 6 players is not going to go over well. I bet and hope that gets changed back very quickly. And it looks like CTF and Assualt aren't being added to Warzone either. I didn't put much faith into those being added to Warzone.

For context to some of those leaked VO calls, we don't get an unlimited amount of recording sessions with our announcers so we regularly add a bunch of extra script calls for features or items that may or may not ever see the light of day, just to make sure we have the broadest coverage possible.

 

[Feel the Swift]

They seem to be open to changing it in the future, but I think for the purposes of testing the ranked/social split it's reasonable. I could also see the Legendary WZFF just turning into Mythic Firefight with the Heroic playlist for arcade play/scrubs.

Yeah, the oversaturation of playlists seems simply for testing the waters and the players voting by population. I hope this goes for all playlists however. Infection, Grifball, Breakout should definitely be considered to be axed or rotated out.

They have to remember the Custom Games Browser should give people the opportunity to play these easier with others, we don't necessarily need matchmaking for them.

 

[klaus]

I hope the fireteam limit in Warzone and the other changes to the playlist prevent players like me who play solo from being crushed now. I also like the changes to warzone firefight.

Same here. I've almost exclusively played ff in the last months, this update might change that, provided the adjustments work as intended.

 

[nillapuddin]

Well............ Don't throw it away just yet. We still haven't done a 360 pan-around to check it's Q U A L I T Y. What if it turns out to be an awkwardly tiny helmet like Decimator? Shrunken head Spartan IV's, etc.

With all due respect to our mutual 6-7 year long tortured love affair with Mk V helmet.

I feel like we need to take a leap of faith and trust in Delta.

Its gunna be okay Funk, I can feel it.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

Will go over better to probably most people, because it has become utterly dominated by full parties stomping everyone else.



6 players out of 12.

LOL, I am the stupid. I confused FF with WZ.

 

[blue_phazon]

This update is trash without black undersuits.

J/k this update is great! Although I'm hoping Koth makes it to social skirmish instead of the minigmaes playlist

 

[Fuchsdh]

Yeah, the oversaturation of playlists seems simply for testing the waters and the players voting by population. I hope this goes for all playlists however. Infection, Grifball, Breakout should definitely be considered to be axed or rotated out.

They have to remember the Custom Games Browser should give people the opportunity to play these easier with others, we don't necessarily need matchmaking for them.

This probably goes more for a lot of Arena modes. I don't think the people playing Infection or Grifball are really drawing people away from Social or Ranked slayer or objective lists. They're big enough that they sustain their pops, whether or not HaloGAF is the target demo.

 

[klaus]

For people like me who don't remember which skull does what, here is the list of (stacking) effects in Mythic FF:

• Enemies always go berserk, always dive out of the way, never flee
• Shields don't recharge unless you melee enemies
• Major upgrade to the capabilities of enemies
• Enemies are grenade happy
• Enemies have increased health

Sounds like it's going to be a slaughter

 

[NoLongerALurker]

Will go over better to probably most people, because it has become utterly dominated by full parties stomping everyone else.

Limiting the fireteams is a crappy bandaid to prevent fewer blowouts. And it has probably killed Warzone company nights. My Spartan company use to run those on Friday and Saturday. Friday would be WZ:A and Saturday would be WZ. When WZ:A was changed to 6 man fireteams we had to stop playing because we had to many people. And I'm sure a similar thing will happen for WZ now. Now if we have more than 6 people we have to play BTB which is trash with BR starts. Also, it really seems weird to me that the largest game mode in H5 has you play with fewer friends than the second largest game mode.

For context to some of those leaked VO calls, we don't get an unlimited amount of recording sessions with our announcers so we regularly add a bunch of extra script calls for features or items that may or may not ever see the light of day, just to make sure we have the broadest coverage possible.

Thanks for providing some context to those leaks.

 

[Garrett 2U]

I'm about to read through all these updates, but what a time to be alive Halo bros.

This post-launch support is what we all wanted for years, based 343.

 

[nillapuddin]

This update is trash without black undersuits.

actually FUNK

theres the


I love you, but

 

[FUNKNOWN iXi]

With all due respect to our mutual 6-7 year long tortured love affair with Mk V helmet.

I feel like we need to take a leap of faith and trust in Delta.

Its gunna be okay Funk, I can feel it.

actually FUNK

theres the

I love you, but

 

[jizzlobber]

Limiting the fireteams is a crappy bandaid to prevent fewer blowouts. And it has probably killed Warzone company nights. My Spartan company use to run those on Friday and Saturday. Friday would be WZ:A and Saturday would be WZ. When WZ:A was changed to 6 man fireteams we had to stop playing because we had to many people. And I'm sure a similar thing will happen for WZ now. Now if we have more than 6 people we have to play BTB which is trash with BR starts. Also, it really seems weird to me that the largest game mode in H5 has you play with fewer friends than the second largest game.

Yeah that sucks, but now it might be ok for the rest of us to step foot into warzone without being hammered.
I used to love warzone, now I get to play it again.

 

[psyfi]

Man, I'm having a pretty shit day of Halo. I've played for about four hours, two in the morning and two now, and it's been gnarly. Awful connections, lopsided matches, teams of four going up against me and randoms such as kakarotsaiayjin and TheCraftyBeaver.

I need to figure out why the hell my mics never work and start mass adding decent randos.

 

[GringoSuave89]

Man, I'm having a pretty shit day of Halo. I've played for about four hours, two in the morning and two now, and it's been gnarly. Awful connections, lopsided matches, teams of four going up against me and randoms such as kakarotsaiayjin and TheCraftyBeaver.

I need to figure out why the hell my mics never work and start mass adding decent randos.

Wait for tomorrow/this weekend. HaloGAF should be out in full force

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for at least a week before we all bugger off again.

 

[BizzyBum]

only disappointment is the lack of UI changes. Curious to see if the aiming rumor was true as well.

I'm starting to think the aiming fix won't happen for tomorrow which sucks. That was going to be one of the biggest changes for me.

 

[YourExWife]

Wait for tomorrow/this weekend. HaloGAF should be out in full force

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for at least a week before we all bugger off again.

Don't play with my heart like that.

 

[Akai__]

Any idea at what time we can expect the update?

All the other updates came out arround 9am PT / 6pm CET, so that's my guess.

 

[ultimota]

any game nights happenin here for this update either pc or xbox?

 

[BizzyBum]

Kind of a bad weekend to have HCS Finals. I want to play but I also want to watch this all weekend. Free gold reqs, too.

I'm interested to see how much XP the Mythic Firefights give out, especially with boosts. Might make the XP grind easier at higher levels.

 

[TCKaos]

On a scale of yes to no how possible is it to make an asymmetrical objective gametype that is similar to territories or invasion with these scripting updages?

 

[NOKYARD]

Damn. I've got 17d6h logged. Meanwhile Nokyard and his 111 days...

2% Grifball Playlist business, 98% Forge on Avalanche.

 

[psyfi]

any game nights happenin here for this update either pc or xbox?

I plan on playing a lot Thursday night / Friday day / Sunday day.

 

[ATOMICJORGE]

I have 150k Req points plus 5 gold packs ready for tomorrow, I already have everything unlocked so that sould be enough for the new Reqs

 

[Welfare]

I have 150k Req points plus 5 gold packs ready for tomorrow, I already have everything unlocked so that sould be enough for the new Reqs

This update needs 115k REQ points I believe.

 

[nillapuddin]

 

[Fuchsdh]

I have.... 20K and still have unlocks remaining. Will take a while

Will definitely be looking to play tomorrow and Friday with Gaffers or otherwise.

 

[SCHUEY F1]

I should be on tomorrow.

Gonna pre order Halo Wars 2 and get those REQ packs as well.

 

[ATOMICJORGE]

This update needs 115k REQ points I believe.

Sweet thanks!

This image is from my old Halo 3 file share the tittle is "Believe or die" now it's relevant again

I should be on tomorrow.

Gonna pre order Halo Wars 2 and get those REQ packs as well.

Like I said before on Mexico the cost of the Ultimate Edition for me was $65 USD on the Windows 10 store try to see if it's the same on the US store

 

[SCHUEY F1]

Like I said before on Mexico the cost of the Ultimate Edition for me was $65 USD on the Windows 10 store try to see if it's the same on the US store

Cool. I'll check it out.

 

[Samurai G0SU]

Played some today. With my previous rank of onyx in slayer... im staying away from it forever now lol. All this time off and i know i cant keep up now. Let alone getting used to the drift i have with my right stick now. ima scrub

 

[Gnome Scat]

This update is trash without black undersuits.

J/k this update is great! Although I'm hoping Koth makes it to social skirmish instead of the minigmaes playlist

And don't forget about Oddball!

 

[Fata1moose]

I wish Oddball and KoTH would get medal/announcer support. Team ball should also have different models that can be selected to differentiate between game types. Ball (Ricochet), Skull (Oddball), Bomb (Assault). We really only need medals for Oddball, Ricochet can use Assault medals.

 

[op_ivy]

Did I imagine that there would be a firefight playlist with limited lives?

 

[GringoSuave89]

Did I imagine that there would be a firefight playlist with limited lives?

There were sound files that hinted but it was never outright confirmed.

 

[op_ivy]

There were sound files that hinted but it was never outright confirmed.

Bummer. Would love e a toned down experience, with limited live and players. Warzine firefight imo is best in the early levels against waves of fairly average foes. ARC defendinging the garage level one is hreat (if not too easy with 8 people). I'd love a mode geared for a challenge of 4 or so with mainly standard ai and no or limited reqs rather than 8 players against bullet sponges using tanks.

 

[Forerunner]

This update definitely sounds like a great step in the right direction. There is no way I'm going to download +90gb, but it's nice to see that 343 isn't giving up and they'll continue to support H5. So props to them.

 

[blue_phazon]

This update definitely sounds like a great step in the right direction. There is no way I'm going to download +90gb, but it's nice to see that 343 isn't giving up and they'll continue to support H5. So props to them.

Why uninstall in the first place lol

you must Believe

 

[Forerunner]

Why uninstall in the first place lol

you must Believe

It takes up a lot of space. I wasn't about to leave 90gb on my HDD on something I wasn't playing.

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