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Halo |OT 21| Battle is the Great Redeemer | LIVE. DIE. RESPAWN.
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The Henery
Member
Three game resets and a failed post vote map load before I finally got into my first game - AR starts on Foundry. GG!
Gnome Scat
Member
So after trying to play the multiplayer the first time after the big update I got this:
(Not my picture)
GG 343, that Spartan Ops was worth it. That just happened once but I can't find matches anymore.
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GG 343, that Spartan Ops was worth it. That just happened once but I can't find matches anymore.
Digital Limit
Member
God damnit, we're 3 days away from the beta and the MCC still seems broken enough that I don't want to buy it. *sigh*
NobleGundam
Banned
Some ODST at @60fps1080p and Relic anniversary screens would be really nice right now.
Gnome Scat
Member
Well, I might be guessing here but it may look exactly like this:
They just started development, I doubt screenshots will be ready until March.
Forerunner
Member
Can't get MM to work atm. 
Oh well, back to legendary runs, got to get that Helioskrill armor!
Oh well, back to legendary runs, got to get that Helioskrill armor!
ElzarTheBam
Member
My desire to play the MCC has plummeted.
Not one of my friends has played it in weeks.
Pretty crazy.
Not one of my friends has played it in weeks.
Pretty crazy.
Gnome Scat
Member
Same. Hardly anyone plays it. All the hype and fun got sucked out with the poor launch. A year of hype killed within a week of launch. I'm hoping the beta and the excitement for Halo translates to MCC but it's still got issues.
Even when you do play matches, it's a sea of quitters, and wide range of skill, with guys going 2-19 or 24-2 etc.
The Real Napsta
Member
The patch before last fixed everything for me. The recent xbl issues are messing with the game now though
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bobs...onGaf
Member
Yeah its a huge shame as the potential was amazing.
Customs would still be incredible but I imagine you would play stuff like 2forts!
The Henery
Member
Game is completely broken tonight. Can't even get a game after at least 6 game resets.
Just finished Nightfall. My verdict: Slightly better than FuD, but still not up to what it could be.
Spoilers for Nightfall follow.
Spoilers for Nightfall follow.
There's no real conclusion to the whole bomb thing. The story after the first episode is entirely based on the ring. Did some people survive the bomb? Did they make a cure?
It has all the "horror tropes" where one character defies all logic and turns on his electronics despite knowing that it'll get him, just so he can see his family.
By the end, I knew the characters as Locke, Randall, Macer, poor guy, random ONI, dumbass, and selfish dumbass. It's tough to care about characters when they are unlikeable or have no unique characteristics.
What happened to Macer at the end? I know the focus is on Locke, but I still want to know what happens.
That last bit of dialogue something along the lines of "How will you die, Locke? And what will you die fighting for" or something like that hints that he's gonna die the next time we see him or by the time the trilogy is over.
It has all the "horror tropes" where one character defies all logic and turns on his electronics despite knowing that it'll get him, just so he can see his family.
By the end, I knew the characters as Locke, Randall, Macer, poor guy, random ONI, dumbass, and selfish dumbass. It's tough to care about characters when they are unlikeable or have no unique characteristics.
What happened to Macer at the end? I know the focus is on Locke, but I still want to know what happens.
That last bit of dialogue something along the lines of "How will you die, Locke? And what will you die fighting for" or something like that hints that he's gonna die the next time we see him or by the time the trilogy is over.
Gnome Scat
Member
Made this while waiting for a game.
Still haven't found a game.
bobs...onGaf
Member
Totally went back and watched the ODST reveal:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQUZWx7o17k
The music that kicks in when the ODST is revealed is so good.
I miss enjoying Halo so much that I would watch the trailers on loop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQUZWx7o17k
The music that kicks in when the ODST is revealed is so good.
I miss enjoying Halo so much that I would watch the trailers on loop
last map?
7 total maps, we know of:
eden
empire
regret
truth
pegasus
That's 5? What's the last two.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Crossfire and Trenches.
Crossfire and Trench (forge variant of Crossfire)
Welfare
Member
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. That's right. Thanks guys. Is Trenches just a remix of Crossfire?
Also, was thinking about this the other day:
The pros in sprint complained that breakout on crossfire became stale after only a few matches (same routes, can't push middle ever, etc). What if after every round, the map shifted it's layout? Like a transforming map between each round. Nothing crazy, just different layout each round.
I also think an objective NEEDS to be added to breakout.
Also, was thinking about this the other day:
The pros in sprint complained that breakout on crossfire became stale after only a few matches (same routes, can't push middle ever, etc). What if after every round, the map shifted it's layout? Like a transforming map between each round. Nothing crazy, just different layout each round.
I also think an objective NEEDS to be added to breakout.
Digital Limit
Member
Yeah, how many maps are we actually getting? These variants aren't really "new" and treating them as such seems disingenuous. 4 maps, 3 of which have variants?
At the same time, I don't want to cheapen them too much since there is obviously a lot of work that goes into them (from watching The Sprint).
How do you know Pegasus is a forge map? Didn't had the chance to look at "The Sprint" since I'm on holidays, so maybe this is where you get the answer, but I was wondering if you said that only by the aspect of the picture we get?
And btw, where did we get this picture?
EDIT: Okay, saw that from the last Bulletin, thx!
In the Sprint they talked about wanting different times of day for maps, which then gave them the idea of not just changing time of day, but also layouts of the map. Personally I love the idea, though it is a shame we might lose more "original" maps.
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I just think it is a forge map because it looks blocky and isn't of the same detail as maps like Empire and Regret. Maybe it is a just a blocked out map, but I don't see why they would release one of those in the beta.
It was in the most recent bulletin, because they are asking for votes for either the Rocket Launcher or Hydra to show up in Week 2 of the beta.
Welfare
Member
Well for one, the textures are very forge-esque, and two, pretty sure this is the same map that was shown in Sprint ep. 4(?). The map where they Ground pound out of.
The walls look like the walls he was ground pounding off of (would make sense since there are dead zones they pass through).
Also, the trees beyond the map look timberland-ey, reminding me of the outside of that forge map shown in sprint.
I actually got Tempest vibes from the textures lol
Poodlestrike
Banned
Pegasus could just be a little more WIP than the rest, but yeah, probably forge. Want to show off/ get feedback on the new palette early, I guess.
Ever since the latest patch I'm struggling to get games. Of the few games I've gotten, every single one has either ended early for no reason or done the opposite and not ended when the other team lagged out or quit. It's after Christmas, the population is dead, the game is broken. Just scrap it and give us the refunds we deserve.
On another note, I have both strep and mono. So that's pretty great. Got back from having to receive IV fluids just recently. Can't speak or swallow without intense pain.
On another note, I have both strep and mono. So that's pretty great. Got back from having to receive IV fluids just recently. Can't speak or swallow without intense pain.
Digital Limit
Member
I highly doubt "the population is dead".
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
Imagine if they had a Custom Games Browser where you could go into a server where a group of people who play regularly have a shit ton of FUN playing a RANGE of gametypes?
Nahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Poker Face
Member
Anyone have pictures of the new maps for the beta?
Welfare
Member
If only we had a population counter to see. IF ONLY.
To each their own. I absolutely LOVE the Halo Channel. So much production value. It's convenient, etc.
Really hope they can dish out quality content on par with "The Sprint" every week once Halo 5 launches. Thats a community I want to be apart of.
Maybe weekly discussions in video form similar to weekly vidcasts showing the state of the HCS or weapon balancing, etc.
That Rocket Launcher looks bad in the context of the Halo universe. At a glance it looks like the Hydra which is gonna be annoying when trying to identify it on the ground or on a player's back. Hell, several people here have already mistaken it for the Hydra in the past two weeks. I'm okay with change as long as we get something cooler and unique. That RL is a dud, IMO.
Awful pun intended of course. lol
Fahzgoolin
Banned
Cant find a game in MM.
Can't help but laugh at the "ranks coming soon" in the playlist descriptions.
Soon.
Soon.
Just wait months after launch.
Soon.
Can't help but laugh at the "ranks coming soon" in the playlist descriptions.
Soon.
Soon.
Just wait months after launch.
Soon.
Digital Limit
Member
Agreed, why are they pretending.
this account is an embarassment and someone else hsould run it
Digital Limit
Member
What's that new shotgun look like?
They can make small changes all they want. The H2 sword and H3 sword look the same, but are somewhat similar.
But Halo 5's rocket launcher doesn't even look like it belongs in Halo. It looks like something straight outta CoD.
Halo 4 had the best looking weapons IMO
Minus the WALL-E Sniper
The Halo 4 shotgun looks massively different from the Halo 3 one.
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