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Halo |OT 23| Thruster is Love, Thruster is Life
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Ashes2Bashers
Member
My thought about H5 after 18 days: It's better than Halof Duty 4 but it's nowhere near as good as Halo 3..
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
So I get that itch.. that Halo itch that needs scratching, CE to be specific, so I put on TMCC and hop into a game.
Played a single match. Here were the results:
Without motion tracker, what does it force a player to do? Be conscious of their surroundings and aware of holding advantageous positions.
After that match, one of the players on the other team messages me with the hope of playing some matches. Here's how that goes:
"One or more players are not ready to start matchmaking."
Haven't been able to play with a party since December some time, about two patches ago. The struggle is real. Ryn, get your ass over there and take these lashes like a CHAMPION because you deserve them.
I decided to record this match to show what I'm talking about. Excuse the sniffles and general swag
, thanks. I feel this spawn is a perfect example of why I push for no motion tracker so hard.
Played a single match. Here were the results:
Now, imagine if motion tracker was a factor and my teammates were allowed to chase red dots and my enemies knew where my teammates were at all times, imagine how this match would have turned out. I probably would have lost because my teammates would have died more and certainly sacrificed positioning to do so.
Without motion tracker, what does it force a player to do? Be conscious of their surroundings and aware of holding advantageous positions.
After that match, one of the players on the other team messages me with the hope of playing some matches. Here's how that goes:
Now, imagine if this game was functioning properly? I could have played with this guy, had a lot of fun and possibly made a new friend, but here I am talking on miserable ol' HaloGAF discussing my woes.
"One or more players are not ready to start matchmaking."
Haven't been able to play with a party since December some time, about two patches ago. The struggle is real. Ryn, get your ass over there and take these lashes like a CHAMPION because you deserve them.
<3
I decided to record this match to show what I'm talking about. Excuse the sniffles and general swag
swag swag swag swag swag
Nice write up. Personally in agreement here.
#NoRadar
What do you think the likelihood of a dedicated no radar playlist is and would you be fine with that?
I feel the love
Oh
aHebrewMenagerie
Member
I played about 6 hours of CE yesterday and experienced this every time I tried to invite someone/join someone. They were all people not on my friends list. People want to play with others but the game is not allowing them to do so.
User 73706
Banned
We need a name for HGF's friend circle. NuHalogaffers, maybe?
Hypertrooper
Member
No, AR/Pistols. Pretty bad on maps with few precision weapons. Where the hell is the BR on Eden?
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
Not expecting anything, but I would like no radar anywhere. I definitely won't be sticking to ranked playlists though because playing in Semi Pro/Pro matches, the games turn into a snooze fest with motion tracker.
Anytime really. It's just my game has that party error happen frequently, so it's a crapshoot.
As much as I enjoy some of the benefits of motion tracker, if I had to choose between it not existing in any form or it being in, I'd choose to drop it. As a very offensive player, it kills me. And stealth. STEALTH.
If 343 really is going for that competitive crowd, I wouldn't say it's too far fetched that we might get a NR Ranked playlist.
User 73706
Banned
So, suggestion regarding killcams: disable them by default, allow players to view them by pressing X. However, auto-enable them if a killcam features the person that killed you dying.
Wouldn't that increase the spawn time?
Just have a toggle in the settings to leave it as it is or turn them off completely.
Big XBox Clip dump inc.
These 2 are just for you Madness, side note on the first clip, my pistol reticule was missing the entire game, but we were getting stomped 4v3, so it didn't really matter. Second clip was 3v2, and I missed miserably on the GP, lol. We still won though, because the kids were terrible.
http://xboxclips.com/TJ+Ram/2bfd9361-eea4-4158-b3d4-3703b2891f5b
http://xboxclips.com/TJ+Ram/2e04fbf5-b51c-4672-8747-32998bf28b3b
This clip has nothing to do with me, I just saw a teammate get #rekt with the coolest GP I've ever seen.
http://xboxclips.com/TJ+Ram/519e2da4-901a-468e-8661-d32a7553c42b
Have I mentioned that Hover is underrated?
http://xboxclips.com/TJ+Ram/341d55a2-3022-4290-abeb-2277ace46dd0
#bigplays
http://xboxclips.com/TJ+Ram/21bc3ecc-5364-4f7c-9fdf-7d0cdef99065
http://xboxclips.com/TJ+Ram/3fc82f38-195a-4bcd-a890-a87ab5996ee3
These 2 are just for you Madness, side note on the first clip, my pistol reticule was missing the entire game, but we were getting stomped 4v3, so it didn't really matter. Second clip was 3v2, and I missed miserably on the GP, lol. We still won though, because the kids were terrible.
http://xboxclips.com/TJ+Ram/2bfd9361-eea4-4158-b3d4-3703b2891f5b
http://xboxclips.com/TJ+Ram/2e04fbf5-b51c-4672-8747-32998bf28b3b
This clip has nothing to do with me, I just saw a teammate get #rekt with the coolest GP I've ever seen.
http://xboxclips.com/TJ+Ram/519e2da4-901a-468e-8661-d32a7553c42b
Have I mentioned that Hover is underrated?
http://xboxclips.com/TJ+Ram/341d55a2-3022-4290-abeb-2277ace46dd0
#bigplays
#luckyplays
http://xboxclips.com/TJ+Ram/21bc3ecc-5364-4f7c-9fdf-7d0cdef99065
http://xboxclips.com/TJ+Ram/3fc82f38-195a-4bcd-a890-a87ab5996ee3
The Real Napsta
Member
After two weeks of br start, ar start is almost unplayable for me. So frustrating.
The Real Napsta
Member
Halo Reach 1.1 update.
User 73706
Banned
You would just view them at whatever point you hit the button, it wouldn't start from the beginning.
couple more H5G clips:
dumb stick on spawn
bizarre frag grenade stick
super delayed medals
hella cheap groundpounds done like 6" off the ground
airborne snapshot
choke after choke
This weekend is the first time I have had to properly play the beta. I was loving it, then started playing yesterday and it was suddenly all AR starts? Why did it have to be ruined just before the end?!
User 73706
Banned
Man, the H5G Light Rifle has got to be my favorite gun to use in the franchise. Unscoped firing sound effect could use a little beefening and the ADS design toned down, but otherwise it's awesome. Feels like the CE Magnum done right.
GringoSuave89
Banned
By far the biggest surprise of the beta. I love this gun now.
What's wrong with the ADS? It's the closest to the old zoom in the game, I find it odd that you and Madness dislike it.
User 73706
Banned
Cosmetically speaking. Way too busy for my tastes.
I also wish they'd just zoom the camera in rather than decrease the FOV. In prior titles I'd use the peripheral space around the actual crosshairs for scouting and ranged assessment just as often as I would actually try picking people off from a distance. It seems like 343 neglected to consider that and now all ADS is good for is actually zooming in to improve spread engaging targets. You can't really do any decent recon work because it blurs out your peripherals and clouds your vision with all the additional UI elements, and even on the sniper there's so many additional filters / FX overlaid it's pretty difficult.
GringoSuave89
Banned
It's overly ornate, but it's by far the least offensive of all the full screen scopes.
GringoSuave89
Banned
I'd be oddly okay with this.
The Henery
Member
The new Light Rifle is fantastic. Great support weapon and shield stripper. Differentiates itself enough from the BR and DMR to justify its inclusion.
What kind of phone is it?
I miss actually zooming. Scouting out an area with the default helm scope for auto weapons was great. When going to plant the bomb in BTB it was also really useful.
It's been proven...
Huh? Halo 4 came out first, a lot of people bought it, me and my friends did, then we turned it in for black ops 2
A lot of people did that.
It is kind of ridiculous to sit here and think people can't play both series, once you realize that possibility you'll realize a lot of the drop off in Halo 4 came because it released before blops2 (it was a Treyarch cod, same thing halo is up against this year, a Treyarch COD, will history repeat itself?)
Zoom == FoV decrease, only Halo 5 ADS is effectively decreasing your FoV even more with that blur. For example, Halo 4 FoV is 78 degrees, 2x zoom in Halo 4 is 44 degrees and 3x zoom is 30 degrees.
Galaxy S5. Default keyboard.
GringoSuave89
Banned
I have the same issues with autocorrect. Still trying to learn all the tricks (only got it like three weeks ago)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.syntellia.fleksy.kb&hl=en_GB
This is the best keyboard you can get on Android IMO. I can type almost as fast on my phone as with a computer keyboard using Fleksy. Takes a little bit of getting used to but it's very, very good when you do get used to it.
I don't get why the last week wasn't something like light rifle or DMR starts? The point of beta is to see what works and doesn't, how the game plays. We already had AR starts. We'll have plenty of AR starts in final release. Let's see how game plays with light rifles or DMR as starting weapons. What's the kills like, are people still picking up automatics, what's the power weapon kills like.
So, does anyone know the precise time the H5 Beta goes offline?
Thought some here were talking about it extending into part of tomorrow?
Totally agree, love the new light rifle. And congrats to your team man, holy hell was that one of the best finishes to a conference title game I've ever seen in my life!
Thought some here were talking about it extending into part of tomorrow?
Totally agree, love the new light rifle. And congrats to your team man, holy hell was that one of the best finishes to a conference title game I've ever seen in my life!
Just to see different settings and play styles. Can't really say it can't be fun without trying it. Maybe DMR starts as well. We already had AR starts, not only in the early access, but the first week. How hard would it have been for two days to try DMR or light rifle starts?
User 73706
Banned
To be fair, though, you also think the game is fun with ADS on every weapon.
I guess I just don't like the presentation of it, then. I didn't really notice the tunnel-visioning with traditional scopes, but it's pretty apparent your visual range is bottlenecked using ADS.
Because it isn't traditional ADS.
It's not like the old zoom gave you a free view, it shrunk your FOV and darkened the outer area of the zoom.
Shit is in your head if you think it's actually affecting your performance.
User 73706
Banned
It's still introducing enough visual fuckery on precision weapons to be a problem, though.
Well, that's like your opinion man.
