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Halo |OT 23| Thruster is Love, Thruster is Life
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Prinz Eugn
Member
Kaaaaarl
We can get you in after this game if you want.
They only want fans to play their way, which is understandable, but you'd think the company that bought Minecraft would see the benefit in giving players the tools to do what they want. Some of the best Halo gametypes, have come through fans tinkering with maps, settings etc. This is probably why they don't want to give us custom games browsers.
What do they gain by not providing it? MCC was a piece of shit and didn't move anything past two weeks of launch when the problems became aware by anyone. It's essentially a dead game being given free with new consoles now. But with PC, not only can they again bring their brand back in the era of Steam, Origin, but wouldn't they rather have millions of PC'ers playing Halo as opposed to Counterstrike and Advanced Warfare? Sure this generation people might not buy Xbox One consoles if the games will come to PC, but that's more because the console really offers nothing more than a substandard PC experience. But I'm thinking a bit long term. I see no problem with a re-release of MCC to coincide with Halo 5 or maybe after. Most of us will shift to H5 on console, and it would make sense to at least get PC'ers interested in the series again. Right now, even Halo fans don't want to buy Halo in a sense.
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
My internet crapped out and now that I'm reconnected MCC refuses to believe I'm connected to Xbox Live. cool great
a toxic one
Interesting that it uses the Reach Assasinations and not 4's. Looks fun though. Ending animation is a bore though
I thought I was crazy for a second there...
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
Last we heard Halo 5 multiplayer will be strictly on dedicated servers, no P2P fallback at all. Even customs are strictly on dedicated servers.
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
so many quitters
tashi, fix this shit
tashi, fix this shit
RowdyReverb
Member
At least Halo 5 was probably designed with dedicated servers in mind from the start. The same can't be said of any of the MCC games except perhaps H2A. That has to give it some advantage in that area
You might have interrupted a dance party
Forerunner
Member
so many quitters
tashi, fix this shit
The patch is coming soon,
hopefully.
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
I'm not gonna pretend to know how to stop people from quitting so often. It's just so rampant now and really brings the game down.
I'm top screen, roommate is bottom screen.
http://xboxclips.com/Lumenci/7e8794bc-6482-4da0-a61b-637185d01f59
http://xboxclips.com/Lumenci/872e427a-a043-47f5-a7fd-e3f408489f1c
http://xboxclips.com/Lumenci/7e8794bc-6482-4da0-a61b-637185d01f59
http://xboxclips.com/Lumenci/872e427a-a043-47f5-a7fd-e3f408489f1c
Kwansu Dudes
Member
Jesus Christ people love quitting in this game. What's the most populated playlist and why did 343i remove the pop numbers?
Welfare
Member
You'll never find out because 343 are too scared after Halocharts.
Kwansu Dudes
Member
Sigh. Thanks anyway
Time will tell if they end up being MCC dedis or Titanfall dedis.
I seem to remember them putting out a statement that they delayed it to focus on the MCC issues.
Welfare
Member
Titanfall seems like the perfect storm that just barely hit landfall before heading back to sea. It's soooo fucking solid, yet the population just bailed faster than Halo 4.
Welfare
Member
If Titanfall launched with the crap it has now, it would've been even bigger. Titanfall 2 is going to be so much better now that Respawn know what to do.
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
Um, they're the same dedis...? It's all running on Azure via MS's own matchmaking system. MCC's problem was that it was having numerous problems communicating with the servers which caused all sorts of issues, including frequently switching to the P2P fallback (which had its own issues) and there not being any reliable way of knowing which you were using.
Whatever issues that plagued MCC aren't relevant to H5G, and aside from the possibility of a completely different set of issues, dedicated servers in it should be at least as good as anything else on Xbox One.
GringoSuave89
Banned
Interesting that it uses the Reach Assasinations and not 4's. Looks fun though. Ending animation is a bore though
I'm willing to bet that custom ending animations are a microtransaction.
Russia only. Though recent events might change their mind
Kssio_Aug
Member
What a strange decision of theirs. Well, hopefully they're gonna change their minds. Would be nice to have the option to play a free Halo Online on PC for a quick fun.
Ehhhh...
I'm not so sure they really do know.
If I recall correctly, in an interview with one of the big guys at Respawn, he said at one point he wouldn't have changed anything except technical bugs and that he thought the "campaign" they had was pretty much fine (paraphrasing of course).
Titanfall's biggest problem was content and variety. I haven't played it in a while so maybe it's fixed a lot with the DLC, but I'm not surprised its population dropped like it did.
My god...
As of this moment? Nooooope.
It doesn't seem like they have any intentions to do so in the future either.
Forerunner
Member
I agree, Titanfall was amazing. It just needed some more content and a little more refinement. I also love the fact that Respawn kept updating and improving the game. I thought they would be like fuck it, lets just move onto the next project. If Respawn learned from their mistakes and listened to criticism, Titanfall 2 will be amazing. Plus it'll only be for current gen and not a Microsoft exclusive anymore.
Welfare
Member
From the last time I played, they basically "fixed" the issue with lack of content. They even added new gametypes, a firefight-esque mode, more burn cards, an in-game currency system, Titan emblems, an in-game ranking system, and fixed a lot of bugs, and that's all free updates. Only things being bought are maps.
Campaign was fine for what it was. However, they attempted to do a full campaign, but budget and time would not allow that to happen.
I'm sure they know what they need to do with Titanfall 2.
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
It was built specifically with the Russian market (and similar markets such as China) in mind. Free-to-play PC games with a large emphasis on micro-transactions reign there, while console games and most non-F2P PC games are fairly niche. Basically, Microsoft wants to break into those markets, and they're using their strongest IP in an attempt to get their foot in the door.
That said, I'm sure the game at least partly exists for research purposes. Microsoft is definitely keeping an eye on comments from customers in other regions regarding this, and I would be pretty surprised if Halo Online doesn't lead to more PC support for the franchise going forward, in the general global market. I'd say if things go well enough (and they can get over the leaks and modding that have already occurred) we'll see at least a subscription-based (or hybrid subscription/F2P) version of Halo Online in the US and other major markets.
Ashes2Bashers
Member
Will ranking system ever come to MCC? H3 is the only reason ı still play this broken game.It'll be way better if they implemet real ranking system.
About Halo online, it looks like H3 with crazy sprint ability, i hate sprinting in Halo but i prefer this over H5 though..
About Halo online, it looks like H3 with crazy sprint ability, i hate sprinting in Halo but i prefer this over H5 though..
Well to be fair to Microsoft, the only major thing the modders have managed to achieve is stripping out the micro transactions and allowing play on unofficial servers. Which is essentially piracy.
I don't understand these comments. Halo Online has pretty much every issue people had with 4 only made worse, with more shit piled on top.
There is no way Halo Online looks more like Halo than 4.
They probably mean the modded version of Halo Online is more Halo than Halo 4 Infinity (which is true). Modded Halo Online is pretty much Halo 4 Legendary BRs.
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTm5A8tytcs
It's literally Halo 3 in a sense. Of course it's going to look more Halo than Halo 4. Strip away the crap fron online and you have a game that plays as well as Halo 4 legendary BR's but in the Halo 3 engine with its 'familiarity' and maps.
I'm still waiting for modders or whatever to come up with some version that has the junk removed so I can try it still, especially the Turf remake and the new desert style Sidewinder/Avalanche remake.
Does anyone actually read the ElDorito documentation or code?
No microtransactions have been stripped. ElDorito can't strip them. There isn't even microtransactions in Halo Online at the moment. They're only going to be in the 'retail' release of the game, they are not going to be in the alpha or the beta.
Edit: and people are using LAN-over-internet emulators to play with each other, which is like calling playing Halo 2 Xbox over Xlink Kai / XBC piracy.
The Real Napsta
Member
Can The Pit be removed or replaced with Pit Stop please? Hiding in the attic wasn't fun seven years ago and it's not fun now.
They're working around the clock on it. It's only been 5 months. I mean it's not like anyone could have predicted that it would be a bad idea to launch MCC with launch Halo 3 maps and settings and not use the 3 years of refinement that happened until Reach launched. So don't worry, they're working on it and once they know when it'll happen, they'll definitely update you on when they can possibly release the update, ie. Soon
Slightly Live
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I don't know what's confusing about what I wrote. Tootsi understood me.
343 can learn a lot from Respawn. Reliable dedicated servers, ranking done well, fast as hell matchmaking (even with low population), actually getting dlc maps in mixed playlists, free updates adding new features and content, the list goes on.
The population did drop but I don't have trouble even now finding matches quickly (XB1 btw). Titanfall 2 I'm sure will be a huge upgrade and Vince Zampella seems to be open to the idea of doing free map dlc. In the article he also states that he would have made changes to campaign if he could have. He said he wouldn't have changed the approach of going multiplayer only, which is fine by me.
http://ca.ign.com/articles/2015/03/12/titanfall-2-confirmed-coming-to-xbox-one-ps4-and-pc