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DId you pull power after update installed?
AHappyPanda
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Game has been working consistently for my friend and I. Games are found very rapidly, even teams 80 of the time, no lock ups, never got split up, party stays intact.
Twin Tails
Member
it's better, buttery smooth h2 match.
Dead Man Typing
Member
I've had a good experience tonight in all playlists. Got a couple of people dropping out of objective games, that really needs it's own playlists. Teams were almost always even and match making times were fast, although I had one btb which took a bit longer than the others.
I don't want to say it works yet, but they're getting closer.
I don't want to say it works yet, but they're getting closer.
DarthWalden
Banned
Yeah it seems to be working great now.
I played about 8 matchs in a row jumping from h2a to team slayer to BTB playlist. I found matchs in every mode within a minute or two and almost all of the of the times the teams were even.
I've generally only been able to get H2A games up to this point.
It's super fun jumping from H3 to HCE to H2.
haven't played with friends yet though.
I played about 8 matchs in a row jumping from h2a to team slayer to BTB playlist. I found matchs in every mode within a minute or two and almost all of the of the times the teams were even.
I've generally only been able to get H2A games up to this point.
It's super fun jumping from H3 to HCE to H2.
haven't played with friends yet though.
buddha0991
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This patch has been a very positive experience for me so far. We are getting somewhere it seems.
Shrennin
Didn't get the memo regarding the 14th Amendment
At least I'm not the only one in the dark haha
But in all seriousness, I'm just glad that dedicated servers are still coming.
On another note: I still haven't unlocked my Pillar of Autumn achievement. Is that one bugged for anyone else? It's just indefinitely unlocking. I thought that, given enough time, it would eventually unlock but I unlocked it technically on the first day the game came out and it still hasn't popped.
The Lamonster
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Is this any different than an energy saving mode "turn off Xbox?"
Dead Man Typing
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Actually just got matched in a Halo 2 classic map where there were 10 players in the lobby but when we got into the game it was 5vs3
I'm guessing two players from the other team were dropped or quit before entering the game but their names weren't on the in game leaderboard, it was just the 5 from my team and the 3 opponents.
I'd rather see the names of the players who left the game remain on the in game leader board, because by just glancing at it, it looks like the game has split a 4v4 match incorreclty, which isn't what happened. It's be great if they could even up the teams in instances like this. (where players drop out before the match starts, not mid game)
I'm guessing two players from the other team were dropped or quit before entering the game but their names weren't on the in game leaderboard, it was just the 5 from my team and the 3 opponents.
I'd rather see the names of the players who left the game remain on the in game leader board, because by just glancing at it, it looks like the game has split a 4v4 match incorreclty, which isn't what happened. It's be great if they could even up the teams in instances like this. (where players drop out before the match starts, not mid game)
Shrennin
Didn't get the memo regarding the 14th Amendment
Awesome! Thanks. I'm just glad they are coming. I'm being particularly patient with Halo just because it's one of my favorite franchises and (when it works) it's one of the best games I've ever played considering what's included in it.
MICROSOFT_EXCEL_1996.EXE
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BTB says its 4 person party max now. When did that happen? Is this an issue with tonight's patch?
Illusive_Juan
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Select team slayer playlist, only options to vote for are halo 2 anniversary three games in a row.
Select halo 2 classic playlist, can only vote for H2A games.
Select halo 2 classic playlist, can only vote for H2A games.
Naked Lunch
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Game is much improved post patch. A huge leap.
-2 hour session.
-Big Team only.
-20-30 second player search wait time.
-8 v 8 every game.
-No crashes.
Issues still need fixing:
-Quitting is a major problem with the game. So many cry babies. 1 team captures 1 flag and 80% of the other team quits - followed up by 10 minutes of boredom. This happened in 4 different games in my 2 hour session. Join in progress needed for unranked BTB.
-Dedicated servers need reactivated. Janky ass H2 lag all over the place.
-2 hour session.
-Big Team only.
-20-30 second player search wait time.
-8 v 8 every game.
-No crashes.
Issues still need fixing:
-Quitting is a major problem with the game. So many cry babies. 1 team captures 1 flag and 80% of the other team quits - followed up by 10 minutes of boredom. This happened in 4 different games in my 2 hour session. Join in progress needed for unranked BTB.
-Dedicated servers need reactivated. Janky ass H2 lag all over the place.
IXI FalcoN
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I was stuck on 46% for over an hour. Suddenly it jumped to 66% and then finished another 10 mins or so later when I wasn't looking. Went back and forth between queued and installing too.
Yeah, it happens. Just wait it out and it should continue by itself.
I hard reset.
works great, until you want to search with any sort of party. Then can't find anything. It's like the system doesn't know how to match up more than 1.
AHappyPanda
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Yeah, guess that part is still inconsistent.
However my friend and I have been playing together for the past 2 hours no issue (cept once where he had to quit the application)
Haven't tried searching with more than 2 though
it has one, for the H2A ranks. I had to quit once and I ranked down.
Whaaa? So your basically okay with them using a cover-up instead of fixing the real problem and doing the work to get the game to run without bugs? I mean if this is a temporary fix then that's fine, it is what it is, but I really hope they fix it so that it is like previous Halo games.
Some of the best moments in matchmaking come when you get to play the same person(s) in consecutive games. It's fun to have little mini-rivalries form that make you want to stay in that lobby and play more games. Would be a shame to remove that. I get that what they have now is ideal for ranked but bring it back for unranked playlists at least.
Good .... now please move on to the campaign ...
what problems are you having with the campaign? I played through the entire saga and have over 280 achievements.
Just some random stuff ...
Friends not being able to connect to a coop session => Reboots solves it most of the time
One time a friend got disconnected and therefore the level was not completed for him => got no achivements for it (and the entire game playthrough)
Music missing for a couple of min and then reappearing
Occasional heavy lags
Well .. it´s basically not really gamebreaking but after 4 or 5 Matchmaking patches I would like to see some fixes for this campaign stuff
Mr Reasonable
Completely Unreasonable
Definitely. I'd like some more objective games but inexplicably 10 player Rumble BR slayer on Warlock seems to be popular. It feels like I've got that 10:1 any capture the flag game. Or maybe even any game.
Of course, once you get an objective game a few people will just play for their K/D and ignore the objective.
It'd be nice if they'd turn off K/D stat tracking in objective games.
So, has 343 ever addressed the dedicated server issue? They seem to be active, because very seldomly I connect to one (though I have to admit, it's been a while since I last did. Lauch week I think). A message ("connecting to dedicated server...") will pop up on the bottom right corner of the screen right after voting ends and before the map begins to load.
Why are so few matches being played on them or why is connecting to them so hard? Is it a regional issue (I'm from Europe)? Have they disabled them until further notice? I was a bit confused when I read about several improvements to the p2p fallback system in one of the earlier patch notes. Wasn't the existence of dedicated servers one of the major advertisement points for this game? It was one of the features I got excited about the most for sure.
Hit registration in all titles except H2:A and H4 appears to be worse than it ever was all those years back on Xbox and 360. Don't get me even started on network manipulations when it comes to ranked p2p games.
Why are so few matches being played on them or why is connecting to them so hard? Is it a regional issue (I'm from Europe)? Have they disabled them until further notice? I was a bit confused when I read about several improvements to the p2p fallback system in one of the earlier patch notes. Wasn't the existence of dedicated servers one of the major advertisement points for this game? It was one of the features I got excited about the most for sure.
Hit registration in all titles except H2:A and H4 appears to be worse than it ever was all those years back on Xbox and 360. Don't get me even started on network manipulations when it comes to ranked p2p games.
Forerunner
Member
Yeah it can be annoying. Just played Bloodline CTF in BTB, it was so boring. Nobody would do anything. Both Hornets just stayed in spawn looking for kills, people just sat back with power weapons and wouldn't do anything. After pushing the flag multiple times and dying, I just said forget it and left. Don't even feel bad.
Quitters will always be a thing in Halo and frankly I don't think it's right to punish people for quitting. Lockout or Zanzibar BRs again, I might quit, I can only play those maps in their many iterations so many times a day. Matched with a bunch of noobs and getting my shit kicked in, I'll quit. Sometimes I am that noob and I just can't hang, just horrible k/d, I'll quit, just deadweight for my team.
Now that I can finally get into big team it won't be an issue, hopefully they bring the objective playlist back too. Thing is it's not like I want to quit but I'm not gonna waste my time playing a match if I'm not having fun. Slayer to me isn't that fun, Gungoose CTF, Grifball, Territories, VIP, Race, SWAT magnums only, and other crazy modes are a blast.
I'd like to play some Ricochet even though it's just Assault for noobs judging from the only match I got to play since launch.
They need to bring the fun back to Halo with some better playlists!
Now that I can finally get into big team it won't be an issue, hopefully they bring the objective playlist back too. Thing is it's not like I want to quit but I'm not gonna waste my time playing a match if I'm not having fun. Slayer to me isn't that fun, Gungoose CTF, Grifball, Territories, VIP, Race, SWAT magnums only, and other crazy modes are a blast.
I'd like to play some Ricochet even though it's just Assault for noobs judging from the only match I got to play since launch.
They need to bring the fun back to Halo with some better playlists!
Jessie.Bristol
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This patch seemed to be a major improvement. Connection quality was much, much better. Some of the smoothest games I have had since launch week. Had a couple of games with uneven teams, and a couple of games where all of my team mates quit on me... .
It was odd with the uneven team issue. Both times, it was going to be a 5v4 (started with 9/10 players) but ended up being 6v3 in my favor when the match started.
.It was odd with the uneven team issue. Both times, it was going to be a 5v4 (started with 9/10 players) but ended up being 6v3 in my favor when the match started.
Oh lord I just died. Lol
jizzlobber
Member
I can't even update, which means I can't play the game at all.
Keeps telling me there was a problem with the update.
Tried all suggestions Google has sent my way, power cycling, checking wired connection etc.
Anyone else experiencing this issue?
The update simply won't initialize
Keeps telling me there was a problem with the update.
Tried all suggestions Google has sent my way, power cycling, checking wired connection etc.
Anyone else experiencing this issue?
The update simply won't initialize
. Wow that's amazing.
Exact error message?
jizzlobber
Member
There was a problem with the update
Sounds half common and there are solutions, but I'm stuck however... all I can do is go back to dash.
I'm not downloading this game again... no way, i'll be on the phone before that.
Lucky_Se7enty
Member
Went to continue halo 1 campaign and it restarted me from the beginning of a level instead of a checkpoint. It's this happening to anyone else?
Vincent Alexander
Member
I had that happen a lot tonight. I'd eventually spawn in about 20-30 seconds.
Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
Yep. Was about yo post. 47%. Refuses to resume now. Fuck.
lastplayed
Member
Yep, same here. I tried restarting, hard restarting and still no luck. I uninstalled the game and now it won't even reinstall.
LOL
Or not.
Urgh I'm fed up with this now. First thing I tried was BTB, still can't find anyone in that playlist. So I moved into team slayer. After a failed connection attempt to one match it finds another 2 mins later . It fills up quickly with 9 players like usual, and just before map voting adds one more just in time. After voting that player dissapears, then the map starts loading, or rather it didn't and went back to the menu to game over. I hope more care is taken on H5.
Edit- tried again and the map didn't load like last time. Disaster!
Edit- tried again and the map didn't load like last time. Disaster!
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