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Halo |OT 21| Battle is the Great Redeemer | LIVE. DIE. RESPAWN.
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Yeah it's yet another bug that needs to be fixed. I don't know why it happens, maybe Fyre would know. It's good to know for others too, just switch to old graphics and back to new and it should fix the black screen.
i totally understand all of the complaining about MCC. The game has serious issues. What I don't think is acceptable is how people are saying it's tearing the community apart.
I've been running this Throwdown thing for a few weeks now and honestly it's some of the most fun I've had in a Halo game ever. Not to toot my own horn but rather than complain about the game I decided to make the best of it and it's really been quite enjoyable to play with everyone who has joined in on the Throwdown.
I guess what I'm trying to say is I made MCC work for me while 343 sorts out what it needs to and I've made friends on here that I don't think I ever would have in matchmaking even if it was working as intended. Great memories have already been made for me!
I've been running this Throwdown thing for a few weeks now and honestly it's some of the most fun I've had in a Halo game ever. Not to toot my own horn but rather than complain about the game I decided to make the best of it and it's really been quite enjoyable to play with everyone who has joined in on the Throwdown.
I guess what I'm trying to say is I made MCC work for me while 343 sorts out what it needs to and I've made friends on here that I don't think I ever would have in matchmaking even if it was working as intended. Great memories have already been made for me!
No it doesn't. People just want to be melodramatic. Almost every single post in here is about the series or the games now. Who cares if it's extremely negative? It's still on topic and about Halo. No one is really being super hateful or insulting either.
Plus, issues are being worked out amongst ourselves rather than people PM'ing several mods for intervention.
If anything complaining it's too negative, saying people are whining is probably the stuff that shouldn't be said.
I'm willing to wait it out to be properly fixed, but that's more a testament to how patient a guy I am than what we should be reasonably expecting from 343i with the launch of this game. FAIR COMPENSATION will be REQUIRED from 343i/MS for the community to be on even "reasonable" terms with them. Even that might not be enough.
I didn't follow the Battlefield 4 launch, but based on what I've read this lauch is as bad if not worse than that one.
I've got Pokemon Omega Ruby to keep me occupied and I just bought Titanfall Deluxe Edition from the Xbox Store for an unbelievably low $12.49 (which you should all get if you haven't already bought the game). But I'm with Sephzilla on this one, if this game isn't MOSTLY functional by Christmas, 343i and MICROSOFT are in some deep shit.
RowdyReverb
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Aww I liked Spartan Ops
Put like 20 hours into it according to my profile. I enjoyed playing 4-player matchmade co-op in Halo and I'll admit that I was hooked on grinding out challenges at the time. I really hope there's an option for co-op matchmaking of some sort in H5, with or without a plot or fancy cutscenes.
Good, his post history strongly hints at him being something other than an average gamer. Dropping vague hints during a shit storm adds nothing.
His HaloGAF post history isn't the best and teasing isn't looked upon nicely, his last comment wasn't nice at all either.
But he had good intentions before that and if you guys ever frequented the Downloadable games/XBL thread he is a legend there :/
Always drops big leaks and lets us know dates and content for updates as soon as he found them out.
He was a good guy, his frustration got to him, like mine did when I defended this broken game before I was banned.
I'm willing to wait it out to be properly fixed, but that's more a testament to how patient a guy I am than what we should be reasonably expecting from 343i with the launch of this game. FAIR COMPENSATION will be REQUIRED from 343i/MS for the community to be on even "reasonable" terms with them. Even that might not be enough.
I didn't follow the Battlefield 4 launch, but based on what I've read this lauch is as bad if not worse than that one.
I've got Pokemon Omega Ruby to keep me occupied and I just bought Titanfall Deluxe Edition from the Xbox Store for an unbelievably low $12.49 (which you should all get if you haven't already bought the game). But I'm with Sephzilla on this one, if this game isn't MOSTLY functional by Christmas, 343i and MICROSOFT are in some deep shit.
NobleGundam
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There's no new gameplay vids he said on his lastest that was uploadedI'm quite disappointed that this is all old footage...
ElzarTheBam
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Kamp was banned.
Good.
Also it has been enjoyable to see Jem turning heel at the MCC. Muhahaha
Good.
Also it has been enjoyable to see Jem turning heel at the MCC. Muhahaha
I've been pissed at the MCC ever since the first patch made the matchmaking worse for me. I've stopped even bothering since the second patch did nothing as well.
Well kampfields dad. RIPinpeace
An hour of Halo gameplay will be fun to watch but I really want to see some BTB action. Come on 343. Throw us a bone.
Wonder how long the ban was
An hour of Halo gameplay will be fun to watch but I really want to see some BTB action. Come on 343. Throw us a bone.
My shame is colossal
Young and naive about what? I have no quarrel with you good sirs. However I would appreciate an explanation here.
FatMarshall
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I did exactly the same and I'm in regret of that purchase as well. I can't imagine paying $60 for it, and I'm glad I didn't.
The only fair compensation I can see for MCC that will actually put everyone on fair terms is, firstly, actually fixing this game, and secondly, giving free DLC to everyone who purchased it before and during Christmas if there are still issues, which is inevitable. I expect no less than a port of Reach along with ODST, but I almost guarantee it won't be, and instead we'll just receive more remade maps and some sort of Halo 5 Guardians content, which for me is completely useless since I may not purchase it just like I did with Destiny.
This is much worse than the BF4 launch. Of course, that one was a little bit more vocalized considering EA has pretty much never been on good terms with gamers.
Sorry, but Kampfheld should have stayed at his Xbox downloadable games leaks. It was pretty obvious, that he didn't knew anything Halo related other than news are comming and that wasn't really news, since we knew it as well.
I'm pretty sure these "I know something, but I won't tell you." posts are a bannable offense either way. Should have been banned for his morse code bullshit...
I'm pretty sure these "I know something, but I won't tell you." posts are a bannable offense either way. Should have been banned for his morse code bullshit...
Onikaan
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If the next patch doesn't SEVERELY improve the stability of parties and matching making, well... I'll be really mad.
That's all I got.
EDIT: Seriously, I will sigh the greatest of sighs. Getting on for 4 weeks man.
Prinz Eugn
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Seriously. God, I mean I'm not remotely old guard and people think HaloGAF is bad now? There were pages where people were posting their ignore lists for Christ's sake and it seemed like half the people hadn't played Halo in months (this is in the 4 days).
Lots of people are being negative because Halo 5 is already looking like it's changed things a lot, and so far changing Halo's formula has not really worked out for most hardcore fans (which if you're here, you are almost by definition such a fan). And then there's MCC, which barely functions for a lot of use cases (like trying to play with your friends).
We can pretend that things are sunshine and lollipops or we can talk about interesting issues, which are often negative (or we could all pick something good and agree on it, exciting).
As for Halo
FUNKOWN
Xcell Miguel
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To be fair, you were way salty before the MCC.
Don't we all fracas :/ don't we all...
FUNKNOWN iXi
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From Junior that some hated for his use of GAYDAR to saving Halo, one THROWDOWN at a time.
You people best recognize. This is how Tashi got hired.
Step 1. Hate motion tracker.
Step 2. Host Custom Games.
Step 3. 343.
Step 2. Host Custom Games.
Step 3. 343.
Nice, I'll check it out.
The Henery
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Why was this game released on November 11 when it's still not functional with three added weeks of dev time gratis?
Because Microsoft wanted this game out on November 11th
Zeouterlimits
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A mix of systematic failures and poor choices are my guess.
I think the scale of the problem was missed. By more than one zero.
TriStateTryHard
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Not sure if an order of magnitude reference or insinuating that multiple 343 employees are "zeros".
He's a hero in his own right.
Sweet, let me know if you like it dude.
I'm down to clown anytime since I don't really have much to do on my 360 right now.
Bingo
Bregmann Roche
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Microsoft offering $15 of Rewards to people who buy MCC. Stay classy MSFT.
FUNKNOWN iXi
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In those games, did you find your use of the Carbine significantly different than the BR? If so, what exactly was different? Kill times may have been faster, but what about your use of other weapons? Did you find yourself using the rest of the sandbox as frequently (referring to power weapons as no one playing competitively would pick up an SMG or Plasma Rifle when spawning with BR's anyway)?
The way I feel is that the only weapon we ever really need is the BR in H2C, especially thanks to the button combos to help it in CQC, so Carbine battles aren't much different from that angle. Now over range though, with the Carbine's shallow magazine size (18 shots) and it taking 8 shots to kill, I haven't found it to be a problem in regular Matchmaking. Another thing is I can't see people landing consistent 8sk's over range, whereas with the BR it might be easier. Team shooting would be effective with the Carbine as it is with the BR, but the ammo might balance that out.
What I'm still interested in seeing is how high level gameplay would change if everyone spawned with a Carbine and BR as they both have their strengths and weaknesses. We need a CGB already..
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Will do :]
#QuitTheBuild
to be fair these kind of rewards programs/punchcards are set in place pretty early on. Most likely it was planned before the MM issues/launch happened.
But I also won't jump the gun and assume us current owners are getting nothing, we'll hear something this week as per our banned friend.
Well if the last few patches have been any indication that's not going to happen...
User 73706
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MCC release value bombed so hard it's giving people back money
RowdyReverb
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Latest patch helped my game out I think. Still has kinks and bugs obviously, but I at least find matches in a timely manner most of the time.
Zeouterlimits
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The former. Thinking of anyone as a "zero" is horrible.
You were probably joking, but I think it is worth being clear.
Man I really hope they drop all the audio filters currently on Steitzer. Makes the game come across as so inauthentic and dopey.
The way he soudns with the Perfect medal is great.
He needs to be dark, deep and ominous. Bad-ass sounding, not like a rap song w/ audio-tune galore.
Prinz Eugn
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As we proved the other night, the Carbine is plainly more powerful than the BR and almost everyone switched to it once they realized what was going on. The only reason it is not breaking matchmaking is because it's uncommon on the maps.
VS a BR, range and CQC isn't that big of a deal since the rate of fire so huge you'll still kill them hitting their shins pretty quickly. BR might have a burst but you can now make the Carbine basically do the same thing by just spamming the trigger. At medium-long range I was just emptying a ton of body shots then performing a coupe de grace (unless a teammate did first) and I was still destroying BR users.
Basically, I when I found the Carbine I used it over the BR until it ran out of ammo. Of course I would use power weapons if it was prudent. Considering that the BR already dominates the H2 sandbox for the most part, and the Carbine is now a super-BR... that's no bueno unless you're trying to make SWAT 2.0. It's basically a power weapon, not a utility.
I know it's 1-shot, but sorry... no.
FUBAR McDangles
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Haven't been in this thread since before Thanksgiving.
GringoSuave89
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Haven't been in this thread since before Thanksgiving.
More or less how I'm feeling myself.
Happy to see that these patch releases are more or less weekly now.
Haven't been in this thread since before Thanksgiving.
QUICK BACK OUT
But with how slick and fast the new dashboard is, it's practically a breeze!!
Gabotron ES
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