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[Samurai G0SU]

if you can, shoot me a pm with time. would make it loads easier for me to plan around (wife + 3 kids)

Okay. I have 2 kids a wife so i know how hard time is to get when you come home from work. Haha

 

[op_ivy]

Okay. I have 2 kids a wife so i know how hard time is to get when you come home from work. Haha

to old fucks, cheers

 

[oneida]

yo i bought an Xbox and this came with it. how's halo 5?

 

[Forerunner]

yo i bought an Xbox and this came with it. how's halo 5?

Worst Halo ever.
Frankie killed my dog.
Tashi doesn’t fix the game; he just sits in the menus.
343i ruined Halo.
I miss real Halo.
Bring back Bungie.

Seriously though, it’s good. The multiplayer is one of best in the franchise and the campaign is fairly decent, not the best but certainly not bad. Overall, it’s one of the best fps this gen. Just be warned it’s like 90GB now.

 

[oneida]

Just be warned it’s like 90GB now.

yyyyyup it's cooking up now. RIP my hard drive, she was so young.

 

[YourExWife]

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.

OK, so your comment seemed quite different from what I think of as my standard experience on that map/gametype combo. I went to your recent games and bookmarked your latest film on Scavenger SH. I watched it all the way through and only saw 1 death that I would consider "spawn killed". And even that death wasn't really something that the other team intentionally set up or anything.

If it's cool with you, I want to try something new and use the theater film and go over it with some commentary to discuss what issues I noticed while watching your gameplay and maybe suggest some changes that might make your time spent more enjoyable/more successful.

Totally serious, because it was kind of eye-opening for me in terms of how other people play the gametype on that map. Would you have an issue with that?

 

[Samurai G0SU]

yo i bought an Xbox and this came with it. how's halo 5?

Gunplay and gunfights are amazing. Reminds me of halo 2 mp days, if you ever played that.

Getting used to all the movements will take some time.

Enjoy.
Edit: exwife the real mvp of haloGaf.

 

[Triscuitable]

yo i bought an Xbox and this came with it. how's halo 5?

Getting used to all the movements will take some time.

• Sprint then crouch to slide
• Sprint then melee to charge (deals damage and knockback)
• Jump and scope in to activate stabilizers
• Hold the melee button while in midair to charge up a ground pound
• The thrusters vary by button layout, but they are purely for rapid horizontal traversal (which can help you duck into cover or cross long distances)
• Don't sprint when your shields are down, if you can help it

Also, don't expect much out of the story. That said, the level design in the campaign is excellent, and it's even better if you can at least one friend to tag along for the ride.

 

[op_ivy]

yo i bought an Xbox and this came with it. how's halo 5?

use the shitty promethean weapons against the shitty prometheans. makes them slightly less shitty

 

[oneida]

Gunplay and gunfights are amazing. Reminds me of halo 2 mp days, if you ever played that.

Getting used to all the movements will take some time.

Enjoy.
Edit: exwife the real mvp of haloGaf.

• Sprint then crouch to slide
• Sprint then melee to charge (deals damage and knockback)
• Jump and scope in to activate stabilizers
• Hold the melee button while in midair to charge up a ground pound
• The thrusters vary by button layout, but they are purely for rapid horizontal traversal (which can help you duck into cover or cross long distances)
• Don't sprint when your shields are down, if you can help it

Also, don't expect much out of the story. That said, the level design in the campaign is excellent, and it's even better if you can at least one friend to tag along for the ride.

use the shitty promethean weapons against the shitty prometheans. makes them slightly less shitty

oooo thanks for this. played a shitload of 2 mp way back when. i miss it. sorta fell off the series after 3 which i had a lot of fun with.

 

[Strider]

Clearly a champion caliber player here and not at all at that rank because he queues with a friend on a smurf. No sir... Legit as could be.

https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/games/halo-5-guardians/xbox-one/mode/arena/matches/e6471e3b-7f13-4257-9444-bd0d48520840/players/strider%20rip?gameHistoryMatchIndex=0&gameHistoryGameModeFilter=All

 

[Triscuitable]

Clearly a champion caliber player here and not at all at that rank because he queues with a friend on a smurf. No sir... Legit as could be.

Holy shit, that Champion-ranked player on their team has 38 days in the game.

 

[Forerunner]

Clearly a champion caliber player here and not at all at that rank because he queues with a friend on a smurf. No sir... Legit as could be.

https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/games/halo-5-guardians/xbox-one/mode/arena/matches/e6471e3b-7f13-4257-9444-bd0d48520840/players/strider%20rip?gameHistoryMatchIndex=0&gameHistoryGameModeFilter=All

 

[Kibbles]

You think that's bad?

Free 2.3k REQ points tho

When is 343 going to upgrade MM Pegasus?

 

[BizzyBum]

Free 2.3k REQ points tho

When is 343 going to upgrade MM Pegasus?

Hopefully never because it would probably run at 10fps.

 

[FUNKNOWN iXi]

Those pics represent the transition from CE's art style to H2 pretty well. One set is full of life, vibrant colors everywhere, and the other just sucks all energy out of it, although more detailed and "next gen."

 

[Arby 'n' the Chief]

oooo thanks for this. played a shitload of 2 mp way back when. i miss it. sorta fell off the series after 3 which i had a lot of fun with.

ooh welcome oneida enjoy your stay in halogaf errr I mean the halo 5: Guardians OT

just be careful cause lots of halo controversial opinions can happen and then we end up with this

also feel free to add me GT dark silver89 a bunch of us usually get together during nights and weekends to play lots of BTB and warzone

 

[Velcoro]

How are fake melees still a thing pls 343

 

[Arby 'n' the Chief]

How are fake melees still a thing pls 343

its not 343 tho but actual ghostssssssss

but seriously fix it 343

 

[Trup1aya]

How are fake melees still a thing pls 343

My god they are terrible now!! Seems like it's has gotten more frequent with time.

 

[Fata1moose]

Hopefully never because it would probably run at 10fps.

It actually doesn't have any frame drops. They even fixed some flaws of the map, adding a ramp to the red tower and a lift by shotgun.

 

[Akai__]

I was really hoping we could move away from one colored Forge maps after Reach.

Every map, except Deadlock and Viking, looks so ugly now. And great job at not fixing the stupid sun lens flare on Recurve... Like why?

 

[FyreWulff]

How are fake melees still a thing pls 343

Where you melee at someone and nothing happens? That's just going to be a thing with games over the internet. Ghost melees been in every asynch Halo.

 

[Karl2177]

I was really hoping we could move away from one colored Forge maps after Reach.

Every map, except Deadlock and Viking, looks so ugly now. And great job at not fixing the stupid sun lens flare on Recurve... Like why?

I saw the new Entombed and thought, "these repeating textures really make this look like an OG Xbox map."

 

[Kibbles]

Those pics represent the transition from CE's art style to H2 pretty well. One set is full of life, vibrant colors everywhere, and the other just sucks all energy out of it, although more detailed and "next gen."

Blinding white isn't very full of life and vibrant:

Always why I hated Boardwalk... that white is ugly and distracting af

 

[Ade]

19 days into the season and 55/100 members of HaloGAF haven't done their placement matches.

Now I know they could all be playing action sack, btb and warzone, but that's a bit shocking...bloody achillies

 

[Forerunner]

19 days into the season and 55/100 members of HaloGAF haven't done their placement matches.

Now I know they could all be playing action sack, btb and warzone, but that's a bit shocking

Nah, they just aren't playing. lol

 

[wwm0nkey]

Nah, they just aren't playing. lol

School kind of killed all gaming for me, I think I've only played 4 customs in Halo 5 Forge so far :c

I want to get back on the main game but time is a killer.

 

[Karl2177]

I can't access waypoint right now, but I'm fairly sure I got ranked this month. I haven't been able to play for about a week now because I've been trying to get everything figured out with my new computer and my old one being converted to a server.

 

[jem0208]

I haven't been able to play because of moving back to Uni and going on holiday.

I'll try and rank over the next few days.

 

[Samurai G0SU]

I don't think people should worry about ranking in arena. From a historical standpoint, within HaloGaf seasons, many people exclusively play WZ. (now social lists)

Going off what I've seen time to time, we always have a good chunk of people who don't rank at all. I gather that Gringo checks their activity and only boots anyone who doesn't actually play.

 

[Ade]

I don't think people should worry about ranking in arena. From a historical standpoint, within HaloGaf seasons, many people exclusively play WZ. (now social lists)

Going off what I've seen time to time, we always have a good chunk of people who don't rank at all. I gather that Gringo checks their activity and only boots anyone who doesn't actually play.

Yeah, I only posted because I was perusing people in the SC and theres a couple of people in the handful I looked at that seem to have never played:

https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/players/dillonmabry
https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/players/eman4ever

(unless waypoint is fecked)

 

[GringoSuave89]

Yeah, I only posted because I was perusing people in the SC and theres a couple of people in the handful I looked at that seem to have never played:

https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/players/dillonmabry
https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/players/eman4ever

(unless waypoint is fecked)

What's that? People need to be kicked?
>

I'll check em out.

 

[Prinz Eugn]

19 days into the season and 55/100 members of HaloGAF haven't done their placement matches.

Now I know they could all be playing action sack, btb and warzone, but that's a bit shocking...bloody achillies

Well, that's exactly what I've been doing, sooo...

 

[Ade]

Well, that's exactly what I've been doing, sooo...

Yup and your activity proves your value, some people tho....

 

[Velcoro]

My god they are terrible now!! Seems like it's has gotten more frequent with time.

I swear they've been getting worse. It probably depends on the server.

 

[TCKaos]

19 days into the season and 55/100 members of HaloGAF haven't done their placement matches.

Now I know they could all be playing action sack, btb and warzone, but that's a bit shocking...bloody achillies

It's worth noting that 26/100 players in the company have never placed in a ranked playlist.

 

[Zoso Achilles]

Don't worry guys, we'll get the helmet before The Winds of Winter is released.

 

[GringoSuave89]

It's worth noting that 26/100 players in the company have never placed in a ranked playlist.

I'm sure we have a few Warzone only peeps in the Company. So long as they contribute.

 

[Sanjuro]

I'm holding this company together ffs. Fucking do something!

Spoiler

I have no idea how the company works.

 

[Zoso Achilles]

I'm holding this company together ffs. Fucking do something!

Spoiler

I have no idea how the company works.

Just check the company kill commendations, completing all of those unlocks the Achilles helmet.

 

[Fuchsdh]

Looks like there's plenty more headshot, generic kills and grenade kills to be completed.

 

[YourExWife]

Don't worry guys, we'll get the helmet before The Winds of Winter is released.

I almost did a spit take, lol.

Spoiler

Guess this means we're never getting it...

 

[Zoso Achilles]

I almost did a spit take, lol.

Spoiler

Guess this means we're never getting it...

Before the end of the decade.

Maybe.

Century?

 

[Welfare]

I'm going to work on my placement matches soon. I just want to play on one new BTB map first.

Map rotation is still garbage. Antifreeze and Entombed must have a 40% chance to play on them.

 

[The Antitype]

Free 2.3k REQ points tho

When is 343 going to upgrade MM Pegasus?

Holy shit, I hadn't seen those visual upgrades. That's like a 5000% improvement.

 

[Akai__]

I saw the new Entombed and thought, "these repeating textures really make this look like an OG Xbox map."

I thought the same. People are already overusing these textures, especially the Stone ones.

Halo maps just need more color.

 

[Hypertrooper]

Yeah, I only posted because I was perusing people in the SC and theres a couple of people in the handful I looked at that seem to have never played:

https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/players/dillonmabry
https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/players/eman4ever

(unless waypoint is fecked)

I kicked them. Two new spots are open.

 

[Fata1moose]

I think Antifreeze, Recurve, Scavenger and Fracture look decent enough. Guillotine and Boulevard would greatly benefit from a city forge pallet (city skyline sky box). Viking looks like quintessential Halo, No God Anywhere continues to be among the best forgers. Entombed looks pretty bad, they indeed went overboard with the textures. I actually liked the last iteration of Deadlock better than what we currently have, curious what Nokyard was thinking with the rusty/pristine thing. Basin looks like trash, it should probably be removed while Viking is present.

As for new maps Dispelled is pretty cool, CE vibes and not just from Timberlands. Estuary looks like it's out of Halo 2. I actually think Unearthed looks bad, but that's due to its unappealing setting rather than bad forging. Haven't seen Traffic Jam yet.

 

[YourExWife]

I kicked them. Two new spots are open.

lol @ them being SR2 because of spartan company commendations XP rewards only.