The MCC thread, somehow the patch/ranking news has gotten some people even more angry at the game.
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Halo |OT 23| Thruster is Love, Thruster is Life
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jailbird20022
Banned
How can you be mad at skill ranks, or are they going nuts because thier current(non important number) rank is being reset.
HUH. Why is this a thing.
Anyone played it yet? I think I kinda enjoyed that other game but the microtransactions annoyed me.
I second this.
Though I haven't gotten the game itself. I reckon it'll show up on the One eventually.
The Real Napsta
Member
No Android and Xbox means I can't play SS.
I'm really pumped for H3 forge being fixed though.
Pit Stop in doubles please.
I'm really pumped for H3 forge being fixed though.
Pit Stop in doubles please.
YourExWife
Member
Did you mean to say "more playlists?" There's already one in the game. And H4 shows up in the coverall playlists.
Kssio_Aug
Member
Prinz Eugn
Member
The throws are totally broken, I agree.
I don't think H2A is that slow though, going back to it after Halo 5 was interesting because the base movement speed is just so much faster.
I still find it fun, anyway. I don't think it's ready for pro-time, however.
Munch Poke
Member
Whoops. Meant ranked playlists. The original SR system in Halo 4 wasn't anything like the 1-50 system. I'd love to see even games in my matchmaking
jailbird20022
Banned
gah, my ears and eyes. Like nails on a chalkboard.
The correct term is slayer.
;D
Forerunner
Member
It's a fun game. Beat the first operation, it's pretty much more of the same, if you enjoyed SA you'll enjoy this one. I'm on Steam so there are no micro transactions, so I'm not sure about iOS.
All it does is make me want to play a real Halo game though. H5 is too far away. :\
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
Spartan Strike is pretty damm fun. No micro transactions, and the gameplay is fun varied - lots of vehicular fun riding through New Mombasa in the first set of levels.
Lots of re-playablity with achievements and in game targets and skulls, dailies and weeklies and co-op.
Sad I can't tweak the video settings, but controller support is pretty solid. Price is awesome considering what you get.
More of this please.
Lots of re-playablity with achievements and in game targets and skulls, dailies and weeklies and co-op.
Sad I can't tweak the video settings, but controller support is pretty solid. Price is awesome considering what you get.
More of this please.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
Is the aiming better than SA or the same?
Halo 5 feels faster because of thrust and sprint, otherwise in my opinion, I'd say base speed is faster in H2A than it was in the H5 beta. But that's all changed because they acknowledged it was slow and are making movement/strafe faster for Halo 5 launch.
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
Aiming seems to be the same, I find it very responsive with my joypad.
Dunno about co-op. I assumed it was there but I can't find the option at all.
Confirmed no co-op.
Dunno about co-op. I assumed it was there but I can't find the option at all.
Confirmed no co-op.
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
Yeah, fixed.
At least the new menus work!
Oh.
Severe lack of dedi's when I actually get into games as well, I'm super envious of people who claim to get them all the time.
I was wondering why this page wouldn't load on mobile, but 6 gifs all between 14-21MB makes it pretty clear now.
You know, some people have capped internet (I'm luckily not one of them) and you are literally wasting their bandwidth. Heck, I have a 100mbit/s down 6mbit/s up conenction and still have trouble to load all the gifs at the same time.
Please link your gifs instead of embedding them, if they are bigger than 10MB, especially if you are posting multiple.
You know, some people have capped internet (I'm luckily not one of them) and you are literally wasting their bandwidth. Heck, I have a 100mbit/s down 6mbit/s up conenction and still have trouble to load all the gifs at the same time.
Please link your gifs instead of embedding them, if they are bigger than 10MB, especially if you are posting multiple.
I agree with that - my mobile caps are taking a battering.
Poker Face
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GAF lets you turn off gifs in your mobile settings
Yep - disable GIFs on mobile.
The Jackdog
Member
I know im probably beating a dead horse but another weekly update and another sequence of me feeling disappointed.
Of course ranks arent being added to everything, of course H3 game types arent coming for a few more months, of course everything is gonna have to take longer. Of course they dont even MENTION odst or relic.
The game might really be the package they promised by the time halo 5 comes out i guess.
Of course ranks arent being added to everything, of course H3 game types arent coming for a few more months, of course everything is gonna have to take longer. Of course they dont even MENTION odst or relic.
The game might really be the package they promised by the time halo 5 comes out i guess.
It's not only about gifs on mobile. It's about people who have capped home internet, too.
There's really no point in embedding 6 gifs on one page...
Even Hamish Beamish could update Halo 3 settings in a day, rather than in a month. Of course the patch will have to work first, though.
Yeah...I think you are right.
Doubtful. They've moved to monthly patches now, I don't know if it's like Xbox 360, but didn't they charge companies for patches and updates, certification tests? They're definitely winding down overall MCC support. E3 is soon, the Halo 5 media blitz is going to start, and come October 27th, the majority of players will move to H5. We know it, 343 knows it. ODST and Relic, they said early spring, which has already started, but it seems like they won't come in April, maybe May or even Summer with June seems like when they'll release?
How much did they improve Halo 3 or Reach when Halo 4 was out? MCC was already dead in sales within 2 weeks, and the subsequent months saw refunds and trade ins like crazy. Even journalists and the industry at large forgot all about MCC. It's review wasn't really changed, and aside from a few blurbs at 100 days post launch, nothing else was mentioned. We might get some MCC news in the lead up to Halo 5, what happened, what are you guaranteeing so that this doesn't happen in Halo 5, and we'll get expert PR, 14 day buy and play level responses like this was something we couldn't predict, we developed new systems for Xbox One, we fixed most of the issues and it's just a few stragglers having problems now, it won't happen again, that was the whole point of the H5 beta etc.
Having the actual combat op challenges on the loading screen is a godsend. Figuring out which ones I still had left to do was a major pain in Spartan Assault.
I believe 343 is trying their best to fix MCC. No one at 343 wants to leave it in the state it is. That being said their priority is Halo 5.
The plan is probably still in flux but I would like to know what the plan was for MCC after Halo 5 launches. No doubt Halo purists and fans looking for some nostalgia will like to go back. Or in the event the beta was a fluke and the actual game is a turd.
I really liked Halo 5 but wouldn't mind it being delayed a few months if it guaranteed MCC being put into a state that we expected it to be.
That being said that's unrealistic for 343 and MS as they want their big money making fall window. And I'd rather them make sure Halo 5 isn't a clusterfuck of a buggy game. But some post launch support for MCC would still be nice.
The plan is probably still in flux but I would like to know what the plan was for MCC after Halo 5 launches. No doubt Halo purists and fans looking for some nostalgia will like to go back. Or in the event the beta was a fluke and the actual game is a turd.
I really liked Halo 5 but wouldn't mind it being delayed a few months if it guaranteed MCC being put into a state that we expected it to be.
That being said that's unrealistic for 343 and MS as they want their big money making fall window. And I'd rather them make sure Halo 5 isn't a clusterfuck of a buggy game. But some post launch support for MCC would still be nice.
Forerunner
Member
In my view, H5 would have been better as a 2016 release. This would have given MCC more time. They could easily remake all the maps for H2A and sell them as DLC. Add in Firefight, I'm assuming ODST isn't going to have FF, and if it does it won't have MM. They could also add in Reach. If they did all of this, plus all the additional fixes; MCC would have been amazing.
However, MCC is pretty much left 4 dead. Unless H5 is a complete flop.
However, MCC is pretty much left 4 dead. Unless H5 is a complete flop.
Should be free for all MCC owners. But who really gives a shit as it won't have Firefight?
gAg CruSh3r
Member
I bet when they get closer to getting the MCC to a better state then it is now. Then yeah probably July.
Fata1moose
Banned
Have they even acknowledged the games failing to load, or games randomly ending in the middle of a match? Seems they just lump it under "stability issues." Yet it's the biggest problem right now, that or the lack of dedicated servers. They should directly address it. Hopefully that won't count as "quitting" either, or else we're all going to be quit banned.
ODST isn't just firefight. It's also one of the best of the Halo campaigns.
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Yeah, Firefight would be pretty amazing, I imagine there would be quite a bit of work involved with integrating score boards etc. into MCC's UI however. I imagine that's one of the reasons they don't want to release firefight as well.
For once, Jem takes a break as conductor of the bad opinion train...
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Would still like to play ODST Firefight in all its glory again though...
Certainly one of the best "side stories" amongst the Halo canon.
Audio logs could've been taken from a live-action film I swear.
Agreed. Top notch stuff. Can't wait to replay it again.
Zeouterlimits
Member
Just a little crushing.
It's also nice that until Reach it was the first actual acknowledgement of civilians in the game.
I still want my "Halo Flashbacks" game where you could play a slice of a Covenant invasion and get a feel for what it must have felt like.
RedSparrows
Member
Quite apart from a significantly better update system this gen, 343 are owned by MS. I suspect that wouldn't be an issue.
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
Those damn gifs man.. Let's get to a new page already.
jailbird20022
Banned
Gifs weren't really needed, anyone that plays consistently knows the game is till borked