VisceralBowl
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Halo |OT 21| Battle is the Great Redeemer | LIVE. DIE. RESPAWN.
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shut your whore mouth
Dear Frankie,
I'm not gonna beg but...codes?
VisceralBowl
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lmao
Must be a new achievement. I suggest a verbally trigger-based cheevo tied to a revenge medal.
Pretty sure he works for himself now. Nothing has been said about him joining Microsoft, or any other place.
Disagree. While he certainly didn't match Marty's OSTs, it was certainly good in its own right. I actually thinked it worked quite thematically with Halo 4 introducing a whole slew of new Forerunner places, tech, and FINALLY actual Forerunners. Many of the issues it had, in my opinion, was poor sound mixing. During the two main scenes featuring the Didact, the music was tuned WAY too softly. Revival and Nemesis are actually rather imposing bombastic pieces, but they weren't played nearly loud enough to convey this to the player (Think about how loud the Imperial March theme is played during the Star Wars movies).
Plus, these tracks are simply good on their own:
Awakening
Arrival
Awakening was actually a finished demo piece that sadly never actually made it into the game.
Jellycrackers
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It's in Spartan Ops and like 5 seconds of it is in the cutscene at the end of Shutdown when chief is jumping onto the Lich
But I'm not crazy about either of those two tracks anyway. The best thing Davidge did was Green and Blue in my opinion.
Maybe I saw a bunk article then; I thought I read that he joined Microsoft Studios. My bad; sorry.
It's only true for Staten, then
#priorities
ElzarTheBam
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I'm pretty sure Staten is lead gameplay audio designer at Acclaim studios.
Map and gametype updates. Halo 3 needs work.
User 73706
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Look, dude, they should be rewarding us for being adamant advocates of the One True Sandbox and they should be thanking us for disparaging every game they've ever made. Unless I get a boatload of free shit, all Halo 2 maps remastered for Anniversary, Halo 5, 6, and 7: Repair Your Janus for free, 343 will continue to be the worst company ever. A vocal minority of like twelve people are definitely who you should market your product to and not the teeming hordes of dudebros and twelve-year-olds that have singlehandedly helped rake the Halo franchise in billions! It's just bad business.
TriStateTryHard
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When I read a pro-sprint argument, I often think to myself "this person just doesn't understand all of sprint's ramifications on gameplay and map design". I started jotting things down that sprint affects and the secondary effects it has on the balance between mechanics/map design.
Average map size
Average engagement distance
Average engagement duration
Minimum engagement duration
Maximum effective engagement distance
Movement speed
Average distance between cover
Jump height
Ratio of maps' horizontal size to vertical size
Effectiveness of gun
Effectiveness of grenade
Effectiveness of melee
Relationship between Average Map Size and Average Engagement Distance
Relationship between Average Map Size and Maximum Effective Engagement Distance
Relationship between Average Engagement Duration and Minimum Engagement Duration
Relationship between Movement Speed and Average Distance Between Cover
Relationship between Movement Speed and Jump Height
Relationship between Movement Speed and Horizontal Map Size
Relationship between Jump Height and Vertical Map Size
Relationship between the ratio of Horizontal Map Size to Vertical Map Size and the ratio of Movement Speed to Jump Height
Relationship between the Effectiveness of Gun, the Effectiveness of Grenade, and the Effectiveness of Melee
For example, I could say "Increasing Movement Speed leads to an increase in Horizontal Map Size (Halo 4 Maps). Increasing Horizontal Map Size leads to an increase in the Average Engagement Distance. Increasing the Average Engagement Distance leads to an increase in the Maximum Effective Engagement Distance (DMR and Light Rifle). Increasing the Maximum Effective Engagement Distance reduces the Effectiveness of Grenade and the Effectiveness of Melee. Seeing as how Gun was already the most powerful side of the golden triangle, increasing the Effectiveness of Gun is not ideal for the deepest Halo gameplay."
Average map size
Average engagement distance
Average engagement duration
Minimum engagement duration
Maximum effective engagement distance
Movement speed
Average distance between cover
Jump height
Ratio of maps' horizontal size to vertical size
Effectiveness of gun
Effectiveness of grenade
Effectiveness of melee
Relationship between Average Map Size and Average Engagement Distance
Relationship between Average Map Size and Maximum Effective Engagement Distance
Relationship between Average Engagement Duration and Minimum Engagement Duration
Relationship between Movement Speed and Average Distance Between Cover
Relationship between Movement Speed and Jump Height
Relationship between Movement Speed and Horizontal Map Size
Relationship between Jump Height and Vertical Map Size
Relationship between the ratio of Horizontal Map Size to Vertical Map Size and the ratio of Movement Speed to Jump Height
Relationship between the Effectiveness of Gun, the Effectiveness of Grenade, and the Effectiveness of Melee
For example, I could say "Increasing Movement Speed leads to an increase in Horizontal Map Size (Halo 4 Maps). Increasing Horizontal Map Size leads to an increase in the Average Engagement Distance. Increasing the Average Engagement Distance leads to an increase in the Maximum Effective Engagement Distance (DMR and Light Rifle). Increasing the Maximum Effective Engagement Distance reduces the Effectiveness of Grenade and the Effectiveness of Melee. Seeing as how Gun was already the most powerful side of the golden triangle, increasing the Effectiveness of Gun is not ideal for the deepest Halo gameplay."
Small rant incoming-
If this topic is any reflection of the greater gaming population then it's no wonder companies feel like they can get away with releasing something that barely works. We're five weeks since MCC release and everyone's on the H5 hype train. "HOLY SHIT MCC IS BRO-HEYYYYY, H5 BETA CODES!!!!!" Because of the MCC debacle I don't give two shits about H5 or the beta and I'm honestly surprised that so many who bought MCC do. Apparently people don't care that they spent sixty bucks (and in some cases bought consoles) to play a game that still doesn't work right from the same studio that is now trying to whip us into a frenzy for their next product.
/endrant
It's in Spartan Ops and like 5 seconds of it is in the cutscene at the end of Shutdown when chief is jumping onto the Lich
But I'm not crazy about either of those two tracks anyway. The best thing Davidge did was Green and Blue in my opinion.
Ah good catch with that. Arrival is one of my favorites of the OST. It along with 117 (by Jinnouchi) are arguably the most O'Donnell-esque tracks of the entire OST with the strong heroic percussions and brass.
I was agreeing with you.
Does the code come after the slap?
Just played 7v7 single bomb on Relic. That map is just amazing.
The Henery
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I know. I just had to get that out. :]
User 73706
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Hey Frankie, do you have any codes
for Super Time Force?
I played a ton last night and still the biggest issue, for me personally, is lagging like hell on H2A maps. I've only noticed it on them. Always results in a black screen for like 5 seconds. Knock on wood, mostly everything else was working well. Matchmaking still takes longer than it should, which I think should be the next thing addressed along with dedis.
He probably cut and pasted from the wrong column. I'm almost out, but I will poke him.
hammertomb
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if i think of this as people beta testing my beta i wont feel as bad.
So when's dat beta gonna drop gents?
Though I don't think the fact that all of those things are affected is necessarily a bad thing. That's not to say all of them are good though. I'll make a more detailed response later on when I'm not on my phone and makin' breakfast burritos.
Nice list dude.
Though I don't think the fact that all of those things are affected is necessarily a bad thing. That's not to say all of them are good though. I'll make a more detailed response later on when I'm not on my phone and makin' breakfast burritos.
For the record I have thought about these things before
I don't find it all that surprising that people are excited to play new content that will probably work perfectly fine. Though I do get the frustration. The team working on fixing the MCC and the team working on the beta are 2 separate things so it's still getting worked on and it WILL be fixed eventually if that's any consolation.
It's a perfectly fair rant, but allow me to add some context:
1. We're still fixing MCC. There will be continual updates on big and small items.
2. MCC is finally in a usable state for the vast majority of users. If you're still unable to matchmake, we'd VERY much like to see your gamertag and use it to figure out some weird edge cases.
3. Some of the things that are still wrong with MCC are server side/hopper issues we'll be addressing continually as other tech fixes take effect.
4. The Halo 5 team is not the same team as the MCC team. They are tasked with making H5. They are not drawing resources from the same pool. Life must go on.
5. The Beta was always due in Dec. We have to stick to that schedule because that's how production has to work. there are lots of dependencies.
6. The eary access is a limited and wonky version of the beta. they are getting a fraction of the content and will have to endure a lot of server side dickery. They are testing it at scale so that MCC purchasers (who they are largely a subset of) will enjoy a much tighter and FAR more complete experience.
Frank, can you take a look at mine (Mdot twenty3): as I noted above, I sometimes have terrible lag in H2A matches. Doesn't seem to happen on any other maps from CE, original 2, 3, 4. Figure that might help if others are experiencing similar issues.
Welfare
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Did you try that tho??
VisceralBowl
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User 73706
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Server Side Dickery sounds like a 343 slash fic waiting to happen.
Frankie, you should post this in the MCC OT thread to help allay some concerns. There are folks who occasionally pop in there to say that their matchmaking doesn't work at all. Seems like they're typically cases from OUTSIDE the US from what I can tell
Ragnarok Flames
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Its in a usable state? I have to wait 15 minutes to get into a game of CE and longer in the other hoppers.
And this is after all of the patches.
Maybe you guys should have pushed the MCC back to make sure the issues were resolved before a beta for the game we know you are all focusing on.
And this is after all of the patches.
Maybe you guys should have pushed the MCC back to make sure the issues were resolved before a beta for the game we know you are all focusing on.
Demoncarnotaur
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I am still bummed I'm not on the XBL preview program for the beta early access, dammit.
People better post lots of good videos.
People better post lots of good videos.
There's an embargo?
Welfare
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That could just be due to low pop in the CE playlist.
Frankie you need to tell the MCC team that a population counter is basically needed now for this game. People complaining about long search times could also be affected by the pop of certain playlists. We need the info.
Apologies, new code incoming. Let me know if it works.
I dunno, aren't people being allowed to play today?
Jellycrackers
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I don't think there's an embargo, but we can't play until 3pm Central (4 hours from now). It's not open yet.
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