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Halo The Master Chief Collection |OT| Halo Never Died, It Was Just Missing In Action
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How can you tell?
No, on Xbox One.
Go to Store -> Top Played. Activity charts without numbers essentially.
How do you know this? And in what world is this a realistic comparison of anything?
edit; ninja'd.
also, seems pretty vague. could be UU in the past day, week, month.
Man, I had some good fun after quite some frustration in trying to get into a match quick. Halo 4 was incredibly polished if my memory serves right. Tbh, I expected MCC to be more polished than any other release this season...I am a bit disappointed.
However, I played 2 rounds with a friend and man I had some great fun that I needed. I hope the next update magically fixes the random issues.
However, I played 2 rounds with a friend and man I had some great fun that I needed. I hope the next update magically fixes the random issues.
Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
As it turns out. It could be my NAT. The LT RT LB RB trick revealed my Open NAT is actually behind an address restricted NAT. Which would explain my issues with Killer Instinct, Sunset Overdrive and of course Halo.
I need to do some fiddling it seems.
Tell us how you go
ProvenDeadly
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Skullface
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I'm sure I'm just incredibly lucky. I get different results each time i boot the game up though.
ProvenDeadly
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So I just played against a 343 member with the clan tag [60DollarBeta] Hope he likes my sarcasm!
I hope he permanently banned you from matchmaking.
In doing so, he inadvertently forced you to a secret underworld where you can find active games.
They've already said there will be more patches for matchmaking (after Wednesday) so my guess is they will piece together it working in stages.
jizzlobber
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What trick is that?
Also, going by your adversary I'm assuming you're Aussie?
Add swinging udders if you need another Aussie halo nutter on your friends list.
ProvenDeadly
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I don't know if this works or not, but apparently if you start out in the custom game lobby and them proceed from there into MM you find games. Again, no idea how factual this is.
Juke Joint Jezebel
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Time to solo my biggest nightmare and personal hell, Halo 3's 9th mission "Cortana" on Legendary. Wish me luck fellas!
Chaotic-Strike
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Man SMG starts on Lockout is the worst.
Mr. Enigma
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jizzlobber
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Interesting, thanks!
KnockOneOff
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If we go by gears of war 2 match making screw up this feels like and it looks like the same system
I'm guessing Wednesday's update will fix the problem
Chaotic-Strike
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Nah it was correct the first time.
Once one team has BR and Sniper and has the other team pinned. There's almost nothing they can do.
Mr. Enigma
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I know this, dude. I updated it to say SMG starts are shit on every map.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Finally getting some games. Halo 4 at 60fps ain't bad, looking forward to playing one of the earlier games though.
Macho Madness
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I don't even know anymore, guys. A Big Team Battle game was about to load and my Xbox just rebooted itself entirely.
jizzlobber
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Let's be serious for a sec, put your halo 4 hate aside.
I think there are some pretty good maps in that game, forget ordinance drops and ask that... Much better than reach imo, and better than a lot of halo 3 maps too.
Halo1 multi isn't so hot these days, played derelict and kept spawning in the middle of the action, you're half dead before you have your bearings!
I think there are some pretty good maps in that game, forget ordinance drops and ask that... Much better than reach imo, and better than a lot of halo 3 maps too.
Halo1 multi isn't so hot these days, played derelict and kept spawning in the middle of the action, you're half dead before you have your bearings!
I actually like the level. Take your time and clear each section.
Use that active camo wisely.
Try the Team Slayer playlist. Half my games have been Halo CE (it helps that it's always on the right in the voting screen and I always vote for it).
Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
Strange. I used to get no packet loss. Now I'm getting like 20%? What the hell has changed in the last couple of months?
More than 2v2 is a mess on anything but the large maps. Spawning right into grenades is a common occurrence.
Chaotic-Strike
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Really when I play in team slayer it seems like everybody picks CE and it's awesome.
Brute shot and melee your way to victory.
Yeah, I feel like people are really starting to see the light with CE.
ProvenDeadly
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Maybe 343 blessed me but I played like 12 3v3 or 4v4 games tonight in about 2 hours.
I usually end up in the Team Slayer playlist because it's generally faster then BTB (Which almost always ends up being Team Slayer anyway)
I just wanna clear some things up about the IWHBYD skull in Halo 2 for everyone who's had trouble with it or may attempt to get it in the future. As someone who participated in the great hunt for its triggers on HighImpactHalo many moons ago, it pains me to see so many achievement guides give out inaccurate information about it. You do not need 7 checkpoints for it. That is false. That's been known to be false for nearly 10 years. I'm not sure why it's still kicking around.
Here's the truth about triggering the skull: it's random. Each time you start the level, there is a 1 in 7 chance the skull will spawn. The only requirement (beside being on Legendary) is to spawn the jackal snipers in the alley. If the metaphorical slot machine in the game didn't hit the jackpot when the level started, then it doesn't matter how many checkpoints you've gotten, the skull won't be there.
So start the level, jump to the rooftops, peer over the edge into the alley to spawn the snipers, then run to the room that houses the skull. If it's not there, restart. Here's a quick video I made where I spawn the skull after only getting 4 checkpoints.
Mr. Enigma
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Things are probably smoothing out because a lot of people (including myself) aren't even going to bother trying again until Wednesday.
VoltySquirrel
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It's funny that most people have been talking about matchmaking issues (which still totally suck), because I've found myself being far more annoyed by the party system. Often times, if I try and invite a friend to something, it'll just fail to connect. If it isn't that, then it'll be a thing where as soon as we launch into a campaign mission, the other person DCs right after loading. This is especially frustrating as it was working a lot better a day or so after launch.
professor_t
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I actually enjoyed Halo 4 MP on a number of levels, and at the very least I think it's far better than Halo Reach (Bungie simply seemed to be mailing it in at this point, with a half-hearted attempt to try some new ideas).
And Halo 3, while amazing, is somewhat overrated when it comes to maps. The gameplay was spot on, but most of the maps are unspectacular.
Conversely, almost every map for Halo 2 is a classic. Bungie was simply on fire at that point.
Rawr Its Ry
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Just impulse bought an X1 and MCC, I'm just searching for games in BTB...im assuming im gonna wait a long ass time to get in, or is there some button I need to press in the Find Game screen?
VoltySquirrel
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So, playing through Halo 2 Anniversary made me sort of reconsider some weapons I thought were trash long ago. For instance, for whatever reason I never seemed to like the Brute Shot in Halo 2. The way it bounced off the ground always made it seem lame to me. I always found the direct-hit-explosion variant in Halo 3. However, I can no long deny that the Brute Shot in Halo 2 is pretty dece. It's a great way to take down Elites/Brutes/Hunters. Similarly, I also found out that SMG isn't thaaaaat bad. It's still isn't a great weapon to keep around, but the new SFX for it make it feel better. Am I alone in this?
H4 levels are better than Reach, but that's it. Nothing is symmetrical and small arena except Haven
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