xxjuicesxx
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Say what you will about Reach, at least we all got on and still played that game.
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Halo |OT 23| Thruster is Love, Thruster is Life
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Say what you will about Reach, at least we all got on and still played that game.
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
Careful now, you're not allowed to talk about the spawns being bad in other Halo games unless it's CE.
To be fair, CE's spawns are far and away the worst. I love the game, but the spawning can be downright miserable.
Forerunner
Member
Played a few games of H2A tonight, got to rank 5, and everything seems about the same. Still a lot of quitters, guess we'll have to wait a while for the penalties to actually kick in. Overall, it was decent though. Didn't have a problem with lag and even had a couple of good matches 50-49 and 50-47. I did get one black screen game though (that was the SS I posted earlier). Another match it frozen in-game for around ten seconds, thought the game crashed so I was about to reset, but it kicked back in and kept going.
GringoSuave89
Banned
Yeah I'm not even getting into any games. Always like this when a CU hits.... Probably a good thing, considering everyone is at 1 so there isn't any even matches yet.
It was also the first Halo that started the downward spiral of random shit. Played it way less than the others.
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
Balanced (at least to a greater extent than Halo 2 et al.) by predictability and fast kill times. What can the later games say? Spawn into two BR's and you're dead.
Also, let's not minimize the fact that 4v4's should not be played on a map like Wizard. CE maps were designed around 2v2 locals for the most part, so if people are complaining about spawns in the Team Slayer playlist, that's bound to happen way more often.
So trust me, I am more than fair with CE's shortcomings lol, but others aren't.
ProvenDeadly
Member
Anyone else having trouble with the game download getting stuck?
From what I can tell it's just a slow download. Keep at it.
I just can't bring myself to enjoy H2A. I hate that the BR literally has the range of a sniper. You can easily shoot someone cross-map with it. You can literally have BR battles across the two towers on Ascension. This results in stagnant gameplay. Nobody can roam the map without being melted from a mile away.
H2C's BR became fairly ineffective at a reasonable range, so it forced players to get closer to each other - this led to more fun and exciting engagements. I can't say the same for H2A. Most of the gameplay is just picking your opponents off at a far distance.
H2C's BR became fairly ineffective at a reasonable range, so it forced players to get closer to each other - this led to more fun and exciting engagements. I can't say the same for H2A. Most of the gameplay is just picking your opponents off at a far distance.
orichalcos
Member
After the new patch:
I am level 1. Again.
( i was level 18)
I am level 1. Again.
( i was level 18)GringoSuave89
Banned
After the new patch:
I am level 1. Again.
Do you even patch notes, bruh?
YourExWife
Member
First game back after patch. Play H2A ranked. Party split into both teams.
Way to go, Tashi (and that douche Grizz).
Also, can confirm
is bullshit. Not only did our party get split, I could only hear my party members that were on the other team.
Is also false. Also, our party exploded when the game finished.
FEELS LIKE NOVEMBER ALL OVER AGAIN.
Way to go, Tashi (and that douche Grizz).
Also, can confirm
is bullshit. Not only did our party get split, I could only hear my party members that were on the other team.
Is also false. Also, our party exploded when the game finished.
FEELS LIKE NOVEMBER ALL OVER AGAIN.
Be sure to blame Grizz now too.
PROh1bited
Banned
That underscore they added really makes the past 6 months worth it.
Nothing is going to save Halo. #haloisdad
Nothing is going to save Halo. #haloisdad
orichalcos
Member
Patch notes...Thx, now i see.
Twin Tails
Member
More episodes of the Sprint? Sweet.
Finally updating and it's stuck at 2%, is this a thing?
Finally updating and it's stuck at 2%, is this a thing?
Darknight34
Member
Relax... it's still in beta....-wimper-
jailbird20022
Banned
so I take it the update is a box 'o nutin' ?
It's like getting a can of Pringles and opening them only to find out they're all crushed.
Sure, you COULD eat them, but you can't make a duck beak so they're useless.
YourExWife
Member
I like the part where the game doesn't load, teammates get kicked for no reason, and it crashes. Good thing there are quit penalties for "leaving the game for any reason" in this unstable-as-fuck game.
aHebrewMenagerie
Member
Gg everyone, back to Destiny I go.
Why punish yourself? You know it isn't going to work, lol.
jailbird20022
Banned
glad I ordered type-0 off of amazon then.
I really hope if there's gears remake of any kind that they don't royally shit the bed.
really upsets me that I'm going to have to wait till October (unless they throw out a second beta in the summer or early fall) to play a functioning Halo game with a sizable population.
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
Wait, what? Did I miss something?
Yup. It'll jump forward eventually.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
23MB linked GIF here, the weirdest quit glitch I've seen, this went on for minutes. This was last night prior to patch.
http://i.imgur.com/vHicwQH.gif
http://i.imgur.com/vHicwQH.gif
Hi! Just got approved for posting the other day.
Here are my results for first few games on the new patch:
First game: some of my party members went black screen and were kicked. I assume they were penalized for that. LOL
Second game: it was 7v6 ( this game STILL has team creation issues? Is this ever going to be fixed. )
Third game: it was even, then 2 people quit on our team, we then proceeded to get demolished. Basically everyone quit after that.
Sigh...
Here are my results for first few games on the new patch:
First game: some of my party members went black screen and were kicked. I assume they were penalized for that. LOL
Second game: it was 7v6 ( this game STILL has team creation issues? Is this ever going to be fixed. )
Third game: it was even, then 2 people quit on our team, we then proceeded to get demolished. Basically everyone quit after that.
Sigh...
Twin Tails
Member
right her
YourExWife
Member
The game is still fun imo. It's just this shitty shell they've wrapped it in.
On an interesting side note, another ranked game ended prematurely (so that's still a thing). Team Ball ends when we have 199/200...
Altered Juice
Member
the age of people quitting when it's not their favorite halo is done!
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
Yep, quit penalties are the negative reaction to quitters. Player toggles for maps and gametypes are the positive proactive approach.
The main reasons quitters quit are they didn't get what they voted for or they're ill matched and on a lopsided game. Quit penalties are great but it's not the preferred solution by design.
The main reasons quitters quit are they didn't get what they voted for or they're ill matched and on a lopsided game. Quit penalties are great but it's not the preferred solution by design.
Wow, I'm all for punishing quitters and was for a quit penalty. But affecting your reputation and ability to find games across the system is ridiculously heavy handed. Wtf. How hard is it to punish your Halo playing ability only? You can't join another match until the one you quit out of is done, and you lose a rank. So if you quit out of AR BTB starts, you could affect your ability to find matches in Gears or Battlefront months of years down the line.
GringoSuave89
Banned
Yeah this is far too big of a punishment. If you quit a competitive game of CSGO, you don't lose the ability to play other games' multiplayer. Smdh
RIP Reach
jailbird20022
Banned
guess dashboarding and signing out are going to become a thing again, but in all seriousness this is pretty stupid. Once this gets out into the air people are just going to stop playing all together.
Twin Tails
Member
#RIP Halo
SmartWaffles
Member
I'm not going to play MCC MP any more until AR start is not a thing.
It's the fact it'll tie into your overall Xbox One reputation and affect every game you play. So it goes beyond Halo: MCC. It's not about running your ability to play Halo, which I'm all for, it's ruining your ability to play Gears 4 or FIFA 17 etc.
It's overkill
Reputation does not go back up easily and it's a harsh punishment for quitting due to a flawed system. Games are supposed to be fun and being forced to play a Gametype you don't like is not fun. Granted it's no fun when somebody quits, but it doesn't retroactively ruin all of your future games.