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Halo |OT 21| Battle is the Great Redeemer | LIVE. DIE. RESPAWN.
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It really sucks that Reach & Halo 4's mechanics were implemented so poorly. Now when players see these same mechanics in Halo 5, they are quick to judge it and trash it - even if they are implemented fairly well this time around and actually add to the gameplay. The community is in complete disarray.
VisceralBowl
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Not sure if anybody follows the Arma 3 mod community here, but there is one mod called The Eridanus Insurrection that is pretty far into development.
They have an interesting take on the AR where the top piece is just an attachment.
They have an interesting take on the AR where the top piece is just an attachment.
Prinz Eugn
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Not sure if anybody follows the Arma 3 mod community here, but there is one mod called The Eridanus Insurrection that is pretty far into development.
They have an interesting take on the AR where the ammo counter is just an attachment.
Huh, that is pretty neat. It's funny, the AR design is actually pretty ridiculous from a firearm standpoint, so it's sort of funny to see it shoehorned into Halo's slow drive towards relative realism.
I haven't had this much fun with a Halo game in such a long ass time.
And I love GP.
http://xboxclips.com/TJ+Ram/8dd3f483-0fa3-44dd-a19b-0ddd4df31792
And I love GP.
http://xboxclips.com/TJ+Ram/8dd3f483-0fa3-44dd-a19b-0ddd4df31792
Regret Upon Approval
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I've been going back to ntkrnl posts to compare.
Beta was to run throughout December.
-Close, started at the tail end of December.
6-8 maps.
-There are 7 right?
Two arena maps and two forge maps.
-Not sure of this one yet.
Maps are going to be huge.
-Not the case so far, I guess there might be some big surprise yet to come. And with big maps surely it'll be more than 4v4.
I've been going back to ntkrnl posts to compare.
Beta was to run throughout December.
-Close, started at the tail end of December.
6-8 maps.
-There are 7 right?
Two arena maps and two forge maps.
-Not sure of this one yet.
Maps are going to be huge.
-Not the case so far, I guess there might be some big surprise yet to come. And with big maps surely it'll be more than 4v4.
FUNKNOWN iXi
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Magnum is currently a 6sk. Finally got a recording of it thanks to this guy not playing.
lulz
where are you seeing the server you're connecting to? I don't see that option.
Welfare
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7 maps, we got Truth and Empire, we are going to have Trench and another forge map, and the maps are on the large size.
He was right.
can't see it directly but it becomes pretty obvious when you see delayed nade throws and hearing american accent's in game chat
YourExWife
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I made basically this same comment playing with Biggy and Eugn earlier tonight.
What I said was basically along the lines of:
"I don't know why they keep making the radar more and more detailed. No one who isn't good ever looks at it anyway."
Forerunner
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Yea, it's pretty obvious most bad players do not utilize it to their advantage, where as good players don't take their eyes off of it when entering an area, lol.
Digital Limit
Member
Mentioned this in the beta thread, but I can't connect to anything. The Slayer button has a red triangle next to it. Clicking Slayer does nothing.
Try hard resetting or closing the app?
Digital Limit
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No dice. Can't play the beta. It's the only reason I re-purchased the MCC, too. 343, please stop blue balling me with disappointing software.
Digital Limit
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:'(
Nah. You're clearly on a giant crustacean by the looks of things.
You did a hard reboot?
Blue Ninja
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Don't the two Xbox'es fuck with eachother when they're both online?
Thought I read that somewhere. Sorry if it's already been mentioned/adressed.
Thought I read that somewhere. Sorry if it's already been mentioned/adressed.
Forerunner
Member
Been stuck on 21 for hours now. Either the teams are uneven or I get all the level ones that don't know up from down.
lol my last game:
21 (me)
3
1
1
vs
16
14
14
13
lol my last game:
21 (me)
3
1
1
vs
16
14
14
13
Digital Limit
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I did! Happens on both boxes. Rebooted everything I could. Hard reboots. Hard. Cut the power for 30 seconds, even. Reinstalling the beta now, wish me luck...
In other news, I verified my NAT is open and tried a game of MCC as a sanity check... 4v5. Good work, 343. GOOD WORK. Lockout BRs though, so it was still fun.
:'(
The dim-lit room, candles and tissues make it seem like you were planning on having fun with the game.
Forerunner
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Also people have the worst GTs; STTR8 SAVAG3 and RIPN B3AST.
Cringeworthy
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Yup, the ranking system sucks at the moment imo. I like the whole tiered design but making winning and losing the only factor just doesn't work very well.
Lots of people are saying it should be based upon wins because it's a team playlist and that it promotes teamwork. However whether or not the team wins is a reflection of the team's overall skill and the ability to communicate and play well between every player. Why is our rank (a representation of our own personal skill) entirely reliant on your team's skill?
There's only so much a single player can do to help his team win. You could have the perfect team player who controls the map, feeds assists and communicates clearly. He gets 20 kills, 10 assists and 2 deaths yet because he's stuck with bad teammates he loses and is punished. How does that system make sense in any way?
Josh said somewhere that if you play enough you should average out against the randomness of the matchmaking. This brute force approach of 'play as much as you can to get around the broken ranking' is awful. If the system was designed so that it actually was a representation of our personal skill rather than how lucky we are with matchmaking this wouldn't be an issue.
This is the biggest issue with the game imo. It needs sorting out.
Nollemaster
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Empire is really the coolest thing ever with all the opportunities for clambering and ground pounding and then there are the matches on Truth which are often very meh. It feels like Truth does not fit into the Halo 5 sandbox very well. But then, I never liked Midship or Heretic so I am super biased.
Pretty sure it was 3 or 4 shot kill in the early days. In one "The Sprint" episode, where they play Breakout on Crossfire, you can see that it has way more damage. The range also seemed like it was higher/better.
KidA Seven
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The radar slows game play down. It allows camping to happen more often, and you can't sneak in behind teams at normal speed.
If the players are as bad as you say they are, they will eventually fall down the ladder. Players that get a lot of kills and are great teammates have a higher chance of winning than those that suck and they will eventually be grouped with similarly skilled players. I don't really see a problem with the team win/loss ranking system.
You should give it a little more time for the system to accurately place players.
Welfare
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Breakout has increased damage.
Wait, the whole mode has increased damage or just some weapons? The other weapons looked like they did normal damage to me.
User 73706
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Nah, Breakout has lowered shield / health values, like SWAT.
Remember, you have less health on Breakout.
Why haven't I noticed this? I feel stupid now. lol
Welfare
Member
So I'm in Gold 3. Just had a match where 2 of my team quits at the start. We're playing against 2 Gold tiers and 2 Onyx tiers. Obviously we lose, they had about 3 snipers at one point. I lose 10 points and go down to Gold 2.
It's really not very good.
Also I kept getting sniped through the walls. Damn lag :l
KidA Seven
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If things like that are happening to you, it has to be happening to others less skilled than you and more skilled than you. Those less skilled will have a much harder time carrying their team to victory. They are probably dragging a lot of higher skilled players down, and they will keep losing. Over time, they will be below your rank because they are that bad and you will no longer be able to team up with them.
This bad fortune won't keep landing on your door step. It's not like the system is purposely putting you with shit players to destroy you. So again, I don't see how team win/loss is bad for a ranking system.
What sucked was Halo 3's ranking system. Over time it almost became impossible to rise up, and this is what gave rise to players making new gamertags. I had to win like 13-15 games in a row to get from 49 to level 50 in team slayer. I preferred Halo 2's that made it much easier to fall down and rise up.
Please no. It's perfect right now.
Which is probably going to be too fast a TTK for me, probably. I feel like Halo 5 is a smidge too fast for my tastes anyhow.
FUBAR McDangles
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I wonder when Frankie/343 is going to officially announce the new Troy Denning Halo book.
Based on his history I assume it will be a human/UNSC centered book rather than alien/Covenant like the last one.
Based on his history I assume it will be a human/UNSC centered book rather than alien/Covenant like the last one.
It has 12 bullets right?
So if you're shooting someone perfectly, no misses, at most you will get two kills on full shield enemies. The chances of that are going to be super rare because you'd have to have perfect precise aim and miss no shots. To me, the avg person is going to draing half or more of their clip for one kill with the magnum...I think that's a bit much.
If it were a four shot kill, you're looking at eight bullets to kill two full shield enemies with four shots that you could miss.
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