BTB TS always had set loudouts with no AAs. BTB Objective always had custom loadouts with AAs. I'll be disappointed if TS works like objective now. I would love the reverse to happen.
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Halo |OT 23| Thruster is Love, Thruster is Life
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SmartWaffles
Member
OMG I found a game in 5 min! And I didn't do too bad!
PewPewPewBow
Member
So far it hasn't changed much for me. Search times are pretty long, games end randomly mid-game. I got kicked to the menu when a game started. Haven't noticed any uneven teams yet though.
I've wondered if that's just related to the bug where the designated "host" (be it p2p or Dedis) has had the ability to end the game or boot players, from his menu. Has it happened to anyone in a match where they know 100% that no one in the game has done that?
ElRenoRaven
Member
Well I'll be damned. I will give them props. Finally we have a step in the right direction. Matchmaking is now functional. That's actually a pretty huge step. Now hopefully they really do continue to get everything else fixed and we end up with the love note to Halo we were promised.
Yeah, keyless everything. Doors and trunk and everything open and lock automatically with touch sensors. It's nifty. Being able to lock the car when it's running is actually pretty useful - I can leave it running on the street but still safe and locked if I need to pop into my apartment real quick.
Don't like the new searching screen. Can we get a toggle? lol
I look away from the screen and think I've found players or voting started.
I look away from the screen and think I've found players or voting started.
The Real Napsta
Member
I love it. Might get old after a while though
link1201
Member
Haven't played yet. How is it different?
It's the background animated picture. Get's old pretty fast. Nothing major.
link1201
Member
Ahh I see. Man, I can't wait to get out of work to try this. Hopefully we'll get snowed in tommorrow. lol
Is there a reason on the XB1 you don't get kicked and forced to download updates like in the 360 days? I found it annoying at the time, but issues like this demonstrate that it's good to have everyone running the latest version when it gets to multiplayer.
You and me both. I want a snow day off from work, and thus far I haven't gotten it.
You and me both. I want a snow day off from work, and thus far I haven't gotten it.
Forerunner
Member
First few games I've played in about a month. The match making is definitely improved. However, they really need to do something about quitters and afk. It's seriously ruining my experience, and I honestly don't want to play until they fix that. All that being said, it's nice to be able to get into games within reasonable time limits.
Didn't that happen with a patch a couple months back and everyone started bitching about it here?
The Jackdog
Member
theoretically a ranking system is the incentive to finish the match.
Evolve has a nice little step. 1 min delay that goes up and up every time you leave a match early.
link1201
Member
Ok, Thanks.
Party games worked really well last night too, got into matches quite quickly!
Skill matching isn't there yet, but that's just normal for halo
Watching the quicklook for the unfinished new Unreal Tournament, mmm dat flak cannon! Why couldn't they have made the scattershot that good??
Skill matching isn't there yet, but that's just normal for halo
Watching the quicklook for the unfinished new Unreal Tournament, mmm dat flak cannon! Why couldn't they have made the scattershot that good??
Party games worked really well last night too, got into matches quite quickly!
Skill matching isn't there yet, but that's just normal for halo
Watching the quicklook for the unfinished new Unreal Tournament, mmm dat flak cannon! Why couldn't they have made the scattershot that good??
Blasphemy. Sounds like a promising update can't wait to give it a go.
Anyone been playing Halo 2 Classic? I'm interested to see if anyone has had better luck than I did last night. Seemed to me that the hit detection and lag were still major issues, as well as uneven teams.
If the update was correct in that we're not seeing another patch until next month, the game is still pretty broken. Fast matchmaking with uneven teams, lag, bad gametypes, quitters, and no ranks is still a very subpar experience.
Thank god we've seen our first real improvement, though.
If the update was correct in that we're not seeing another patch until next month, the game is still pretty broken. Fast matchmaking with uneven teams, lag, bad gametypes, quitters, and no ranks is still a very subpar experience.
Thank god we've seen our first real improvement, though.
SmartWaffles
Member
H2C's hit detection is better, but yeah still not as responsive as one might wish for.
#wegraduallymovingtowardamoreacceptablestate
I played a few rounds of Halo 2 Hardcore last night and the connection/ hit detection was flawless for me. MASSIVE improvement compared to what it was.
teams were 'balanced' as in 4v4 but it was a complete shit show otherwise. Still needs ranks desperately. There is still no true skill which completely ruins the game. Not fun when the other team all know what theyre doing an you get stuck with an elite that goes 2-13.
Yep. Having ranks fixes this. You know as we've been telling 343 since they took over years ago.
That's what the other patches were. I heard this one makes it stable
I'd say it's mostly acceptable now. Matchmaking times are massively reduced and I'm actually finding matches in playlists which aren't Halo 4. Lag wise has also been pretty positive for me.
Still have issues like the occasional uneven match or match which abruptly ends. However the game is certainly playable now.
That said SMG starts are still a thing so maybe not.
ProvenDeadly
Member
Starting without a longe range weapon in any Halo game should be banned from every playlists.
People were bitching when the game kicked them out of their Forge session without saving their 4 hours of work to download the patch. It'd be the smartest to lock MM if you are on and the patch is up. You can keep playing Campaign, Forge, Customs, etc, but not MM.
Leyasu
Banned
SmartWaffles
Member
This is the first time I've ever got into a H2A game, I'm so happy.
The match itself is a 10-50 stomp so really not that much.
ProvenDeadly
Member
Well Heretic is not a great remake of midship.
They're not identical outside of the visual upgrades?
ProvenDeadly
Member
User 73706
Banned
I like Truth's updates in that you can nade Sword to your person and the movement options let you go from spawn to top mid, but Midship just does not work in the confines of H5G's sandbox - everything becomes way too open and there aren't enough movement options compared to, say, Empire.
PROh1bited
Banned
I agree completely, but, maps like Warlock should NOT have BR starts. The most frustrating thing is when you go 18 and 18, and the rest of the team is - 20. Its not that fun.
Welfare
Member
Skilled matchmaking and ranks would make it better.
User 73706
Banned
Yeah having BRs on Warlock turns into a wreckfast far too easilyeven minute differences in skill or teamshotting between teams turns into a steamrolling.
On the other hand yesterday I played AR starts CTF on Standoff with 3v3. That was painful, and I don't know why larger maps like that wouldn't have a BR, especially in Halo 3 where it has an effective range cap.
PROh1bited
Banned
Yes, but with Warlock and BRs its not exactly the best. I'd rather have SMG starts. The map is too close quarters for BRs.