ViewtifulJC
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Don't throw your excuses around here, jem
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Halo |OT 24| In Before the Locke
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User 73706
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Disc space limitations, more than likely
MrGreencastle
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Lol.
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Halo 5 looks like a 360 game. Halo 3 looks like an OGXbox game. Halo 5 should be 30fps. Is this backwards day?
Poodlestrike
Banned
Fahzgoolin
Banned
It's okay man. Just get married and you won't have to bother trying to remember these things anymore.
ElzarTheBam
Member
You know I'm joking, Jem.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Well I'm not
Poodlestrike
Banned
Father's day is... weird for me. Can't say I blame Jem for forgetting 'bout it.
Abinash117
Member
Are there other hoppers/gamemodes/playlists other than Arena and Warzone ?
Poodlestrike
Banned
Haven't gotten any playlist details yet. "Arena" technically covers everything that isn't Warzone, so it'll probably be in multiple playlists.
User 73706
Banned
As far as we know, the divide is an entire separate "suite" or "division" of play rather than a major playstyle split like Legendary-Infinity. Think Halo 3's setup with the following options:
Campaign
Matchmaking
Warzone (Firefight-esque menu where you just choose a map, possibly difficulty and Skulls)
Arena (1-16 players)
Forge
Theater (RIP)
Halo Channel
jailbird20022
Banned
Wonder if we can re-purpose breakout maps; oddball, extraction and ricochet seem like they'd be loads of fun on them.
Abinash117
Member
I was wondering because it looks like Arena is ranked and Warzone is unranked and anyone that wants to play a small scale unranked match can't. It seems it might force people who care about ranks to play with those that don't, like how it was in the later time in H4 and perhaps MCC. Unless there are unranked games in Arena.
They do have the close quarter nature that would make objective games fun certainly more so than past offerings.
RowdyReverb
Member
So wrong, yet so perfect. Can't help but laugh.
CRIMSONxSERAPH
Neo Member
I'm not really having any issues with it, as I'm playing right now.
The Henery
Member
http://youtu.be/zSWBD5bbu8M
http://youtu.be/raiSsTAlguk
Other than that it's pretty much fixed.
Well actually search times in BTB are still too long and often MM will randomly not work until you reset the game (not just me, saw it on Kampy's stream the other night and various friends also confirm).
Also if Rumble Pit's going to be unranked (as it has been for 7 months now) then why can't I go in with a party for fun times? Halo 3 is still exclusively AR start in there too.
nillapuddin
Member
FFA slayer/obj
2v2 slayer/obj
4v4 slayer
4v4 obj
6v6 slayer/obj
8v8 slayer/obj
HCS/"Pro" slayer/obj
Multi Team slayer/obj
Action Sack
Breakout
Community Maps
Flood/Infection
Snipers
SWAT
Ricochet/Grifball
Warzone
Niche Returning Gametypes:
Stockpile, Head Hunter, VIP, Regicide, Juggernaut, Race.
Edit:
How many playlists do yall think we can support at once?
I think those 16 are the only ones worthy of an entire playlist, I think all the game types we have can fit into those molds
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DLC 4v4 slayer/obj
DLC 8v8 slayer/obj
I imagine for the first month or so they might want to feature the new stuff?
2v2 slayer/obj
4v4 slayer
4v4 obj
6v6 slayer/obj
8v8 slayer/obj
HCS/"Pro" slayer/obj
Multi Team slayer/obj
Action Sack
Breakout
Community Maps
Flood/Infection
Snipers
SWAT
Ricochet/Grifball
Warzone
Niche Returning Gametypes:
Stockpile, Head Hunter, VIP, Regicide, Juggernaut, Race.
Edit:
How many playlists do yall think we can support at once?
I think those 16 are the only ones worthy of an entire playlist, I think all the game types we have can fit into those molds
Edit 2:
DLC 4v4 slayer/obj
DLC 8v8 slayer/obj
I imagine for the first month or so they might want to feature the new stuff?
MrGreencastle
Member
Playing BTB right now. It's pretty much fine.
FUNKNOWN iXi
Member
Nope. Tried several times last night to get a Halo 2 co-op session going and the campaign never loaded. Worked alone for each of us, but not when trying to play online.
Very disappointing ;'[
The Henery
Member
In retrospect, I don't know what I was thinking with that statement.
Money on Halo 3 being available on backwards compat and therefore MLG gametypes being playable on XOne before MCC gets them (despite being promised for November 11 launch)?
People may hate on the h3 BR spread/bullet travel for competitive and call it as a whole inferior to h2, but MAN, Halo 3 was the peak of my enjoyment for watching and playing MLG game types. I need MLG rules flag on Narrows in MCC.
Difference between feeling differently and outright trolling that goes on though. Half the time, it's not even discussing in any meaningful way.
True. Funny thing is, Halo 5 Guardians is the only big name game for Xbox One, I haven't pre-ordered. Can't explain why. Even Gears Ultimate I just pre-ordered. You're right, there's a lot of things about H5 to be critical about, especially with regards to MCC and how it's been handled/communicated.
ZeezbruhTV
Member
Rumble pit
Team doubles
Team slayer
Team objective
Team swat
Team snipers
Hcs
Btb
Action sack
Breakout
Weekly playlist
Warzone
More than I would like, would probably condense breakout/action sack into the weekly, or just throw them all into action sack. Wonder how a daily playlist would work out.
You guys blow my mind, beta worked very well a year out from release. But people are still questioning if the game will even boot up on launch day.
RowdyReverb
Member
Since the DLC maps are going to be free for H5 owners, I doubt they would dedicate a playlist to it. Perhaps they'll just increase the weighting for the new maps for a couple weeks so people get to try them, like they did for Remnant in H2A.
The deadline was the 10 year anniversary of H2's release, which is a relatively arbitrary date, as opposed to a "release when finished" approach. Also, it's been mentioned by a few sources that the decision to roll H1, H3, and H4 into the package with a unified UI was a late decision during the development of H2A.
The Henery
Member
Source for the unrealistic deadline? Unless you know when they started developing the game.
Prinz Eugn
Member
Random rumors probably, but it's obvious the deadline they had was unrealistic. The real questions are when they knew it was unrealistic, and who decided to push through anyway.
The Henery
Member
That's not what Frank and others have said at all though. They said everything was hunky dory in the internal tests and it was only when released to the public that the problems arose. My point is, a deadline is only unrealistic depending on when development starts. If they started working on MCC in, say, 2011 then a Novemeber 2014 launch is very realistic. Seeing as nobody here knows when the development started, I think it's fair to challenge Ryn's statement.
Poodlestrike
Banned
The game was originally H2A only, didn't Bonnie just say that? I know I heard that a while back.
They can't come on a public forum and say the deadline was unrealistic. MCC is a disaster, but I really doubt 343 had much say in it. MS needed this to push systems last fall, and they got it.
I also hate when people on a forum tell others not to preorder. Are you buying the game for them? No, so it's none of your business even if you disagree with it.
Preorder culture is why the modern industry sucks so much though
Reserving a CE or limited print run is fine, but preordering a $60 disc when you can just walk into any store and pick it up on launch day is dumb. I mean yeah you can do what you want but it's so pointless and only furthers the whole dividing up games into retailer exclusives nonsense.
Reserving a CE or limited print run is fine, but preordering a $60 disc when you can just walk into any store and pick it up on launch day is dumb. I mean yeah you can do what you want but it's so pointless and only furthers the whole dividing up games into retailer exclusives nonsense.
So, Suddoth 2 won against Ninja? For the 1st time ever? Time to quit Halo, Ninja...
GringoSuave89
Banned
I think I do, and oh fuck.
P I P B O Y
Already cancelled boyz
Just gonna go to Walmart at midnight and pick it up because preordering is dumb af
It's a fair question to ask.
Honestly it's essentially like Prinz said. I don't have an actual source on hand. Can't remember where I got the idea specifically but I'm pretty sure there was an interview or an event where they mentioned they had started talking about the idea for another Anniversary game shortly after Halo 4 came out. It wasn't until later that they decided to just go for a full on collection with the game.
Assuming that's true and my head isn't just filled with cheese wiz, that's a little under 2 years to properly port and stress test the game. They had to outsource the game to hell and back so it wouldn't surprise me that they either missed bugs or just hadn't had them appear yet while hastily tieing the games together. The game seriously could've used a beta. If I recall correctly the game's campaign worked fairly consistently right (albeit with some issues and weird menu fuckery)?
I NEED THAT STRANGE COIN
I have to support my good friend, TTK is different!
Yup. Ninja was not pleased.
RC faces Denial next so they're going to be destroyed but still, beating Liquid is probably the best they're going to do all season.
Yeah, it's not good. The Sudd ego is gunna go into overdrive.
Reality Check = the Sudd twins and friends. Generally regarded as a pair of idiots, they almost constantly have ridiculous drama surrounding them. They're considered to be pretty bad, certainly not top 8 material.
Team Liquid = Fairly new team however have shown loads of promise, one of their members is Ninja (most popular Halo streamer) and the sudds feel like they're as good as him although they're really not.
Getting beaten by Reality Check is a token of massive shame because they're just really bad.
Forerunner
Member
Only if it is warm to the touch and vibrates gently in your hand.
I've been playing it a lot and haven't come across any issues except for a full team being dropped just before starting the vote once or twice. Was playing co op with my bro just fine.
I am going to wear that thing everywhere. It will be great.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
GringoSuave89
Banned
wtf happened? RC is not at all a contender team, and Liquid has some great talent
RowdyReverb
Member
It was from the Game Informer article. The same one where she said every Halo game would have a beta from here on out.
via Gamespot. She doesn't mention an exact timeline, but the late-game change of plans goes along with other rumblings that I only vaguely recall now, sorry. I think it was clear that most of MCC's problems stemmed from putting all the games in one package with one matchmaking system, so it stands to reason that this is the consequence of the unified UI being half baked.
Something else interesting. Remember the legendary ntkrnl leak in Jan. 2014 that ended up being very accurate? Look at these quotes.
ntkrnl said:
So, this info was from the end of January 2014, and it sounds like the plan at that time went along with what Bonnie Ross said. Even used the phrase "War Collection", similar to Ross's "war chest". So at some point between February and June 2014, the decision was made to put them all in one UI. That means they had 5-9 months to get matchmaking working seamlessly on dedicated servers for 5 games built for 3 different consoles designed for P2P play. So yeah, I'd wager they crunched pretty hard and still couldn't quite finish in time. /detective
nillapuddin
Member
I guarantee I will be the only person looking for the $250 neckbeard edition at my local WalMart. I'm just gunna walk in (at midnight for dramatic effect) but I doubt I will have much competition)
I will have to make sure its stocked, hopefully my area gets some
I will have to make sure its stocked, hopefully my area gets some
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