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[Spasm]

Finally! The masses voted for a CE Slayer match on MF'n Sidewinder! It should have been SO good... But the lag, my God. If they did nothing to improve the PC version's horrendous net code, then CE MP, what I was looking forward to most in this collection, is all but dead to me

Also half the sounds were missing... I started the match spawning in the middle of the other team... What a mess.

Fix it Bun... 343!

 

[KnockOneOff]

I can't believe a Halo game has managed to have a worse launch than BF4....

In BF4 I was at least able to get into matchmaking games, there were some crashes but I was playing.

You must have a bad memory, BF4 was broke! Single player was broke, save files became corrupt everything was busted

 

[chrisisawesome]

Managed to get into a few matchmaking games, but uneven number of players, and quite a bit of lag. Also got booted back to main screen while match was loading...

 

[The Jackdog]

I'm afraid not. I can confirm that I have been host in multiple matchmade games. In-game effects tipped me off, and network traffic monitoring confirmed it.

Whoa.

Like server issues, okay, fine. FINE. I get it.

But that means 343 just straight up lied to everyone about a feature. A big feature that was a big deal to a lot of people. Average joe doesnt care about P2P vs Dedis but i know a LOOTTTTT of halo fans were excited about that.

Screw complaining about matchmaking, lying about a major feature is unbelieveable.

 

[madmackem]

Yeah wait... i thought the matchmaking MP (custom games = P2P) was all supposed to be dedicated servers!?! There is no way the f'd that up too?

Nope seems to be a mix, ive seen contecting to dedicated message in the bottom right of the screen twice the rest of the games never. Ive had some mega lag at times playing this online.

 

[Lan Dong Mik]

I am so fucking fed up with this broken ass game. I can't believe I'm actually considering asking for a refund at this point, this shit absolutely sucks. Can't get into any games still. The halo series is one of my all time favorites so this shit is breaking my heart. I'm not sure how much more of this waiting 10-15 minutes for a game shit I can handle, and then when I fianlly do get a game, it's 4v2.

I've beaten the campaigns plenty of times. I want mp dammit and I can't get into any rythmn and improve my skill because the match making is such a fucking joke. I love 343 and I love bungie, but I am so beyond disappointed with this that I'm about done with it. These updates or whatever 343 says they are doing are not helping at all, at least for me. Sorry to be such a typical negative gaffer but I'm fucking beyond frustrated.

I bought an XB1 specifically for this game when sunset overdrive came out. I couldn't be more disappointed

 

[vort3x]

BF3 and 4 both were horrible launches. I'd say Halo launch is on par with BF3 Launch.

 

[tootsi666]

You must have a bad memory, BF4 was broke! Single player was broke, save files became corrupt everything was busted

I didn't have to wait to play BF4 multiplayer, but yeah, it was more broken

 

[lovely ladies]

Wow.... this thread

Is ANYONE actually JUST playing the single player!? :/

Game's a bit wonky on single player side too. Thought I was in the clear after everything went perfect the first time I played (saves intact in the next playthrough, achievements popped up). Next time though, none of my progress got saved, thankfully it was only an hour's worth of progress.

 

[RdN]

Did 343 show up today yet?

 

[everyday math]

I'm afraid not. I can confirm that I have been host in multiple matchmade games. In-game effects tipped me off, and network traffic monitoring confirmed it.

 

[Jonneh3003]

I'm not as good as I used to be...played Halo 3 for nearly 3 years straight and now i'm coming near the bottom of every match :c

 

[blackflag]

You must have a bad memory, BF4 was broke! Single player was broke, save files became corrupt everything was busted

I could at least play online though. It honestly worked much better than this.

 

[HiiiLife]

Halo 3 has good maps?

From the launch game I'd say The Pit. Valhalla. Last Resort. High Ground. Guardian. Narrows. So 6 out of 11? ...actually kinda crappy typing it out, but to assume Halo 3 doesn't have good maps is blasphemy haha.

 

[Poohblaster]

Camping, crouch walking, and being glued to radar is your definition of elegance?

Sounds like a real bore. The ar/smg vs br battle has gone on since halo 2. Every halo game was heavily ar starts at launch only to add more weight to br starts after enough fan complaints.

BR combat is just plain more fun. You are always on the move, there's more pressure on positioning and aiming. Much more fast paced.

Every br kill and battle brings me satisfaction whereas every ar kill and battle is just a chore

This man knows of what he speaks. I remember when Halo 2 launched there were SMG starts on Coagulation. Apparently Bungie thought it was a good idea to spawn everyone with a limited range weapon in a big open field.

 

[E92 M3]

? He's comparing h2 to h3, saying h3's maps were inferior to h2's.

no, he's saying that other maps are inferior TO halo 2 maps. its not a contradiction.

Yeah that lol. I think he misread something.

Eh...host issues, standbying, modded matches, rampant noob combos and micro nukes kinda make it less than perfect. It was fun though which is why I'm waiting for them to fix this so I can play Halo 2 without 4 of those things.

There were some issues, but the game was damn FUN to play. Nothing is truly perfect, but for my needs, it was perfect. Though, the maps played a huge part in my satisfaction. I don't care how balanced or fun the weapons are, if the maps suck, I don't play.

 

[GoxRx]

I haven't found a single match online. I dont want to get mad but... JESUS

 

[Kevin Shields]

Almost done with CE. It's been downhill for past couple missions but still an amazing game.

So is Halo 2 campaign gonna be a slog to get through to get to Halo 3, which I've heard is up there with CE??

At least I'll see some nice looking cut scenes...

 

[Ferny]

From the launch game I'd say The Pit. Valhalla. Last Resort. High Ground. Guardian. Narrows. So 6 out of 11? ...actually kinda crappy typing it out, but to assume Halo 3 doesn't have good maps is blasphemy haha.

Those maps are amazing. I played countless games on The Pit and Guardian alone. So so good.

 

[The Jackdog]

Did 343 show up today yet?

Nope, popped their heads up (late) twice yesterday and have been completely silent today.

They have like 20 people active on twitter and NOTHING from them today.

I have no idea how, 3 days after launch, they have not giving a timeline, or now especially, explained why the hell its P2P and not dedicated servers like they specifically said it would be.

 

[GTSweet]

From HaloWaypoint:

11.13.14 9:30 AM Update
We are aware that last night's server side update has improved Matchmaking times for some users, while others are still seeing longer than expected times. We continue to investigate and will have a detailed update coming later this morning PST.
We thank you for your continued patience.

 

[HiiiLife]

Those maps are amazing. I played countless games on The Pit and Guardian alone. So so good.

The Pit and Guardian are a couple of my favorite maps ever. As well as Narrows. I much prefer Narrows over maps like Longest.

 

[j-wood]

Has anyone had any luck returning a physical copy to best buy? I'm tired out putting up with this shit.

 

[Diablohead]

Wow.... this thread

Is ANYONE actually JUST playing the single player!? :/

Bits, but I have played them all before and quite a bit so the real attraction for me in this collection was H2A mp and halo ce and halo 2 online again.

Which is not exactly working well right now.

I bought into MCC for 60fps dedicated servers, we only get one of those currently and even that is a little patchy.

 

[AHappyPanda]

From HaloWaypoint:

11.13.14 9:30 AM Update
We are aware that last night's server side update has improved Matchmaking times for some users, while others are still seeing longer than expected times. We continue to investigate and will have a detailed update coming later this morning PST.
We thank you for your continued patience.

I hope their "detailed update" is certainly more detailed than what they just wrote.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

I'm afraid not. I can confirm that I have been host in multiple matchmade games. In-game effects tipped me off, and network traffic monitoring confirmed it.

Woah is this true? That's big (and terrible) news if true.

 

[TaintedHotSauce]

BF3 and 4 both were horrible launches. I'd say Halo launch is on par with BF3 Launch.

BF3's launch wasn't that bad. Halo's launch is far far worse. Hell, BF3's Alpha was better than MCC's launch.

 

[The Jackdog]

Woah is this true? That's big (and terrible) news if true.

Thats blatant lying from them

 

[Emperor Bohe]

It seems a bit better to me now, getting games in like 1 minute

 

[Karl2177]

AR starts aren't good. When there is an encounter, you have to think about how the player is going to move in the engagement. For my example, I'll use Halo 3. When a player has the AR, the inherent nature of the weapon's attributes(mainly bullet spread and spread reset speed) means that combatants must move closer to each other in order to complete the kill. The BR, however, can push engagements away from each other or closer together, primarily because the scope and also because the spread resets after the third bullet regardless. Because of this, the gameplay associated with closing distances is either straight-line rush or force the opponent to come closer. The former is a one way ticket to getting killed, while the latter is essentially camping(which I shouldn't have to say, brings the game to a crawl and doesn't progress the game forward). Simply put, the nature of the AR makes the gameplay pretty one dimensional.

 

[backflip10019]

Halo 3 has good maps?

wat

 

[everyday math]

From HaloWaypoint:

11.13.14 9:30 AM Update
We are aware that last night's server side update has improved Matchmaking times for some users, while others are still seeing longer than expected times. We continue to investigate and will have a detailed update coming later this morning PST.
We thank you for your continued patience.

Patience is running thin..

 

[Gestault]

Wow.... this thread

Is ANYONE actually JUST playing the single player!? :/

I'm sort of in that boat, lol. I'll play multi down the road, but single-player is the bigger draw for me.

 

[Jonneh3003]

What's the likelyhood of me returning from work tomorrow and being able to jump into a match?

 

[TaintedHotSauce]

Thats blatant lying from them

It would be. It wouldn't be surprising though, since they'd have to rewrite Halo 2 and 3's netcode from scratch, maybe even Halo 1's in order to support dedicated servers.

 

[hastethedav]

So I see matchmaking updates and server things being talked about. What about campaign? This has been the worst single player experience I've had in a while (might be dethroned by AC unity)

 

[bryanee]

Just playing Halo 2 Anv and it crashed my system then caused the XB1 to sound like a drill.

 

[Gaz_RB]

Halo 3 has good maps?

Sandtrap

 

[Ont]

Wow.... this thread

Is ANYONE actually JUST playing the single player!? :/

That is the sole reason why I bought this game. The multiplayer is probably fixed by the time I have finished all SP missions, so not really concerned about that.

 

[Afro]

Just playing Halo 2 Anv and it crashed my system then caused the XB1 to sound like a drill.

lol'd at the last part.

 

[The Jackdog]

I started a thread over here about dedicated servers:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=932320

If anyone else has had the host migration issues or just seen a bunch of host advantage, lets figure this out

 

[bryanee]

lol'd at the last part.

lol not me. I thought it was fucked.

edit - arrrhhgh I think its wiped my progress.

 

[SEGAvangelist]

lol'd at the last part.

This is an OS thing I think. Same thing happened to me in Forza Horizon 2 when it first launched.

 

[Kssio_Aug]

From HaloWaypoint:

11.13.14 9:30 AM Update
We are aware that last night's server side update has improved Matchmaking times for some users, while others are still seeing longer than expected times. We continue to investigate and will have a detailed update coming later this morning PST.
We thank you for your continued patience.

The problem with this update of their is that I still need to read ONE person reporting that is finding many matches at a normal time frame without doing any trick, and constantly.

 

[E92 M3]

From HaloWaypoint:

11.13.14 9:30 AM Update
We are aware that last night's server side update has improved Matchmaking times for some users, while others are still seeing longer than expected times. We continue to investigate and will have a detailed update coming later this morning PST.
We thank you for your continued patience.

I am constantly boggled how a tech company like MS can release a game with broken online components. I just don't know how it's possible. I can't get over the fact that matchmaking in a Halo game (where it originated) does not work on Xbox LIVE (the first service to streamline online gaming for consoles).

 

[Jeff-DSA]

This game sucks. Straight up. Right now it doesn't even work properly.

I've had it since launch and I STILL HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO PLAY A SINGLE MULTIPLAYER GAME! Real cool, Microsoft!

To make matters worse, I jumped on last night to play and my ENTIRE save was gone. So great, several hours of play on Legendary all wiped clear. I'm not alone on this either. My friend had her entire Legendary save wiped out, and she was nearly to the end of Halo 1.

I'm getting mighty tired of all these unfinished games, but this one in particular is inexcusable. To give your flagship franchise such shoddy treatment is disrespectful to its history and just a kick to the crotch to the loyal fans.

 

[Bread]

This game sucks. Straight up. Right now it doesn't even work properly.

I've had it since launch and I STILL HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO PLAY A SINGLE MULTIPLAYER GAME! Real cool, Microsoft!

Custom games have worked since the game launched, why not join some gaffers and play those?

 

[Welfare]

So while speed running Halo 4 (Since Matchmaking isn't working), I complete Requiem, and the end screen showed my name twice. Wierd. Then I got the achievements for completing a Level on Normal, Heroic, and Legendary in Co-op.

I was solo.

Get this game fixed 343.

Also on another note. The final outdoors area on Requiem is NOT 60fps. Hell, I doubt it's even 30 it was slowing down so much.

The clip is here.

 

[everyday math]

So I see matchmaking updates and server things being talked about. What about campaign? This has been the worst single player experience I've had in a while (might be dethroned by AC unity)

Iv experienced things like terrible pop in, ACTUAL WEAPON EFFECTS MISSING(this pisses me off), sounds issues, check points not saving, framerate issues, enemies not spawning when they should. While I didn't really buy this collection for SP. I was hoping I could actually play it while waiting for MP to be fixed.
I'm sure there's other bugs people have encountered. Tho

 

[Tawpgun]

Halo 2 BR though. So goooooood.
http://www.xboxclips.com/video.php?...pgun&vid=68e92513-c420-44f7-8726-9fc73e42aec0