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Halo 5: Guardians |OT5| Is HaloGAF irrelevant now?
- Thread starter sir_dany12
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Forerunner
Member
So I JiP into a game that is 4-30 and it's 3v8. Another guy leaves and it's 2v8...
Now I get farmed for the next nine minutes because if I quit I'll risked getting banned. The funny part is after I JiP nobody else did. Seriously this whole system is complete shit sometimes.
Now I get farmed for the next nine minutes because if I quit I'll risked getting banned. The funny part is after I JiP nobody else did. Seriously this whole system is complete shit sometimes.
Samurai G0SU
Member
Not keeping up with the esports side this is surprising to me.
Whoa... clg is no more and all the players were hired for optic.
Viewers still high for optic after the move?
Edit:
Actually.going to play with a mic today. Lol.lets see how this goes.
Edit2: I play better without a mic. Lol
Add me to the list. This is why I had to change my privacy settings, so only friends can see my Xbox Live profile + a coupple other things. Sucks, but if Xbox doesn't allow me to disable followers or toggle back to the Friends Request system, I see no other way.
The whole Xbox One UI and functionality is still 2 steps backwards and 1 step forward compared to the Xbox 360, in my eyes. We don't even have a Global Vibration toggle after 3 years. Oh wait... We have, but ONLY FOR ELITE Controllers... Fucking lol
Gnome Scat
Member
Scavenger is probably the worst BTB map I've ever had the misfortune of playing on. Absolute trash.
sir_dany12
Member
This. Recurve is pretty cool now. Especially strongholds
Just got utterly dumped on by naded and his subs in btb. I lead my team, had a decent kd (almost 1.0), then the wife disconnected me. Fuck.
Did clip me nading naded though. Suck it Brett
http://xboxclips.com/LoopOfHenle/472c7445-8fb1-4b93-8622-79556352f120
Did clip me nading naded though. Suck it Brett
http://xboxclips.com/LoopOfHenle/472c7445-8fb1-4b93-8622-79556352f120
YourExWife
Member
You sound like a crazy person.
Gnome Scat
Member
I always get spawn killed and shot from every angle while trying to play Strongholds on that map. It's not very friendly towards objective focused players imo.
The Antitype
Banned
Scavenger is a better map than the bulk of the maps 343i made themselves...
Samurai G0SU
Member
Almost there
.. diamond 5 in slayer today....
.. diamond 5 in slayer today....
GringoSuave89
Banned
Since it's all custom games and not matchmaking, I'd assume no.
The Antitype
Banned
Good points. Honestly I figured the extra zoom and the 4 shots vs 5 shots to kill would keep its superiority at mid range, even with magnum level aim-assist.
And, full disclosure, Im somebody that had zero issue with the spread of the BR in Halo 3. Partly because Ive always leaned toward BTB or 4v4 on vehicle friendly maps. But also because I found it intuitively understandable that a mid-range weapon would lose efficacy at long range.
My reaction to losing a long range BR exchange because of random spread luck being the difference is 'well, I rolled the dice by engaging outside the optimal range of this weapon'. I turned a battle I could have directed into a 50/50 coin flip by failing to deomstrate more patience on the approach.
You must not have played Antifreeze...
Welfare
Member
Antifreeze has the most spots where frame rate drops it seems like, and it can get pretty terrible.
What is 343's or the forgers excuse for these issues?
BizzyBum
Member
Is just baffles my mind they would add these in their current state. All it takes is a few seconds to see how bad the framerate is on some of them. It's either they didn't care or literally didn't test a single one before rolling it out.
Gnome Scat
Member
I have and dislike that one too, but at least I was never spawn killed.
Forerunner
Member
At least I can actually get some vehicle kills in BTB now.
Forerunner
Member
Double post because whatever.
Overall, I'm pleased with the new additions to BTB. The maps look good, play much better, and there are a wider variety of weapons and vehicles.
However, there are somethings I'd like to see changed:
Make every mode available on all maps. Some maps only have SH, while others only have CTF. I'd like to see every mode available for each map. Also add Assault if that is possible (I remember there was an issue with this).
Fix the fps drops, however they are supposedly looking into that. So I'm not too worried about that.
Finally,
This is how you get vehicle kills lol.
Overall, I'm pleased with the new additions to BTB. The maps look good, play much better, and there are a wider variety of weapons and vehicles.
However, there are somethings I'd like to see changed:
Make every mode available on all maps. Some maps only have SH, while others only have CTF. I'd like to see every mode available for each map. Also add Assault if that is possible (I remember there was an issue with this).
Fix the fps drops, however they are supposedly looking into that. So I'm not too worried about that.
Finally,
BTB pistol starts.
This is how you get vehicle kills lol.
YourExWife
Member
But not all maps are designed for all modes, so this won't happen. Ex: Viking is designed for slayer and CTF. Guillotine - Slayer and SH. Boulevard - Slayer and SH. etc etc. Just because a mode exists doesn't mean that the mode should be played on every map in MM.
I don't believe (unless it's one of the new maps) that there is any map that only has 1 gametype however, as you claim.
Welfare
Member
Every BTB map should support Slayer.
But you know, why isn't there a list you can pull up when selecting a playlist that tells you evey map in said playlist and the game types played on those maps like in MCC? There isn't even something like that on the website when there was one for Halo 4. Why take away features every game?
But you know, why isn't there a list you can pull up when selecting a playlist that tells you evey map in said playlist and the game types played on those maps like in MCC? There isn't even something like that on the website when there was one for Halo 4. Why take away features every game?
Forerunner
Member
Maybe not every map, but there are multiple maps that could work with more than one mode. For instance, Viking would work for SH and also Assault. The same could apply to Standoff, it actually had SH for a bit then it was removed. Also I'm talking about objective game modes, not Slayer. Which is where I'm getting the one mode thing. Of course maps have multiple modes if you want to count Slayer.
YourExWife
Member
When the game really only has 3 modes, of course I count slayer, lol.
Viking would likely suffer the same issues as Antifreeze re: SH. Namely that the center of the map is too powerful for the gametype and would need to have a stronghold somewhere in the vicinity for balance concerns, making comebacks incredibly difficult once one team has control of mid. Not to mention on Viking, "functionally symmetrical" issues exist that mean one team is already favored over the other. Strongholds would be terrible on it just like Antifreeze (which still has it for some god-awful reason).
Forerunner
Member
I think its just more that Im disappointed in the lack of modes. I mean where are all the other BTB modes? Assault, Crazy King, VIP, Territories, Multi Bomb, and etc. Id even take BTB SWAT at this point in order to mix it up a bit. I just want more modes, playing the same three gets boring.
blue_phazon
Member
Will the Halo Mythos book help me understand the story post-H3?
Forerunner
Member
Yeah, it starts with the Forerunners and goes to the end of H5.
Samurai G0SU
Member
Next weekend ill try and get myself through
After that, if i get
this season, ill have a clear conscience and anticipate gears4/bf1/codiw for mp.
diamond 6
After that, if i get
onyx
blue_phazon
Member
Forerunner
Member
Yeah, its fairly detailed, its a little over 200 pages. The artwork is also fantastic.
Zoso Achilles
Member
That unearthed map in big team is stupid.
i'd like to jump on. i can help, maybe. got to solo diamond 6 last season, this one though i've bounced between diamond 2-4. help an old man out though, the onyx dream is real
Samurai G0SU
Member
I dont use a mic at all. I am down to pair up, but i also want to warn you how i play.
Samurai G0SU
Member
same
Okay cool. Next time i see you on and i have a couple+ games i can do, ill send an invite.
YourExWife
Member
Triscuitable
Member
Typically I don't lag. In the instances where I do, I notice some aggressive rubber-banding on me and my allies before I get kicked, so even when I deal with lag that doesn't result in me getting kicked, my heart rate goes up a little.
if you can, shoot me a pm with time. would make it loads easier for me to plan around (wife + 3 kids)