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Halo The Master Chief Collection |OT| Halo Never Died, It Was Just Missing In Action

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Mesonak

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I'll chime in with my two cents:

I've played around 10 games tonight, by myself, and have connected to every one without any issues pre or post game. All have been even teams, and all have been found in under a minute...

...except for BTB. I don't know what has happened to that playlist, but I can't find a single game over there. I've tried 8 times; no matches whatsoever. Overall, though, I'd call this patch a success (for me at least). Best of luck to all of you!

Also, a tip to those of you experiencing issues with the patch being stuck in queue; boot up the game when it's ready to start and let the install run from the install screen in-game. It won't get stuck if that's the case.
 
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Bad7667

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I have "played" 2 games tonight. One game kicks me during the load, the other is 5v3 ctf. How can this game still be broken for almost a month now?
 
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Spectre

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Patch changed nothing for me, have spent half an hour looking for a match (at 8pm, prime time) in various playlists and still nothing. Just gets stuck on "searching for more players". And yes, I've hard reset, cleared cache, etc. I think that's it for me, I'd like to think I had the patience to wait for it to be fixed but I just cannot be bothered with this any more, I'm tired of trying after every patch and having nothing improve.

Count me out for the rest of the Halo series as I have absolutely no faith in it any more. I hope other people who have had nothing but issues vote with their wallets too.
 
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Killer

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Spectre said:
Patch changed nothing for me, have spent half an hour looking for a match (at 8pm, prime time) in various playlists and still nothing. Just gets stuck on "searching for more players". And yes, I've hard reset, cleared cache, etc. I think that's it for me, I'd like to think I had the patience to wait for it to be fixed but I just cannot be bothered with this any more, I'm tired of trying after every patch and having nothing improve.

Count me out for the rest of the Halo series as I have absolutely no faith in it any more. I hope other people who have had nothing but issues vote with their wallets too.
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what's your nat type?
 
Surface of Me

Surface of Me

I'm not an NPC. And neither are we.
tuna_love said:
I think the difference is titanfall has join in progress
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Perhaps.

Also, I've found out that I'm not very good at Halo 2, but excel at 1 and 3. People playing Halo 1 in this make me laugh with how little they know of it, and Halo 2 was my first Halo. Halo 1 Xbox Originals was the first time I played the game.
 
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Mononoke

Banned
So something strange.

Earlier I got the update. And as you guys know, I still couldn't find any matches. After some frustration I hard rebooted my Xbox One (pulling the plug out the back). As soon as I rebooted, I got into a Team Slayer match after like 40 seconds of searching. I had no lag, teams were even. Was smooth.

But after that match, I went back to not being able to find a match. So later in the night I try again...still can't find a match. So I hard reboot again, and now I've gotten into 4 matches back to back. Never having to wait more then a minute.

Bizarre?
 
Shpeshal Nick

Shpeshal Nick

aka Collingwood
So. Went to play. Found a game, got to the map loading screen, bar didn't progress. Goes to Game Over screen.

Awesome. Trying again now.
 
Shpeshal Nick

Shpeshal Nick

aka Collingwood
So I'm officially done with Halo multiplayer until SWAT playlists come back. Take your nostalgia goggles off folks, its shit.

I can see now why Bungie and 343 tried to change it up. Problem is, they needed to realise popping shields was the problem. SWAT needs to be renamed Slayer Hardcore so people don't fear it. Its the only mode worth playing.
 
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TheUnsunghero26

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Collingwood said:
So I'm officially done with Halo multiplayer until SWAT playlists come back. Take your nostalgia goggles off folks, its shit.

I can see now why Bungie and 343 tried to change it up. Problem is, they needed to realise popping shields was the problem. SWAT needs to be renamed Slayer Hardcore so people don't fear it. Its the only mode worth playing.
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I respect your opinion, but I disagree.
 
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The Real Napsta

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Collingwood said:
So I'm officially done with Halo multiplayer until SWAT playlists come back. Take your nostalgia goggles off folks, its shit.

I can see now why Bungie and 343 tried to change it up. Problem is, they needed to realise popping shields was the problem. SWAT needs to be renamed Slayer Hardcore so people don't fear it. Its the only mode worth playing.
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Lmfao
 
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Toa TAK

Banned
Collingwood said:
So I'm officially done with Halo multiplayer until SWAT playlists come back. Take your nostalgia goggles off folks, its shit.

I can see now why Bungie and 343 tried to change it up. Problem is, they needed to realise popping shields was the problem. SWAT needs to be renamed Slayer Hardcore so people don't fear it. Its the only mode worth playing.
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Nope.
 
Welfare

Welfare

Member
Collingwood said:
So I'm officially done with Halo multiplayer until SWAT playlists come back. Take your nostalgia goggles off folks, its shit.

I can see now why Bungie and 343 tried to change it up. Problem is, they needed to realise popping shields was the problem. SWAT needs to be renamed Slayer Hardcore so people don't fear it. Its the only mode worth playing.
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Didn't realize it was April 1st.
 
D

Drubbed

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Collingwood said:
So I'm officially done with Halo multiplayer until SWAT playlists come back. Take your nostalgia goggles off folks, its shit.

I can see now why Bungie and 343 tried to change it up. Problem is, they needed to realise popping shields was the problem. SWAT needs to be renamed Slayer Hardcore so people don't fear it. Its the only mode worth playing.
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BeforeU

BeforeU

Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
So GAF is campaign checkpoint fixed? I want to complete all on Legendary.

And also can someone tell me the best walkthrough setting to get the maximum achievement possible on single completion.
 
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AcePartyN7

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To me the patch is also a success; I can finally play some MM MP
Halo 2A is so good (maybe a bit easy on the 4 shots), I wish this game got more maps, I can't wait to have some forge maps in MM. I even succeed to play BTB but it takes more time to find players but its working.

If we can add, the things that I would like to be improved are:
- Dedicated servers especially for Halo CE because it’s really laggy, the host can 3 shots easely with the pistol me more than 4 shots does not count and I have a very good connection but Halo 1 netcode is too bad for 2014.
- Master menu, a possibility to disable the music (for the matchmaking menu) , while I love the Halo music, it’s quite boring to listen the musics all the time meanwhile you wait for a match and/or speak with a friend especially during the evening/night
- Pre download the Halo 5 beta will be nice also.
- Where are SWAT, infection, Objective and Halo 4,CE playlist? (Yeah crazy but I miss to play Halo 4 especially in BTB/SWAT) they should be standard playlists today.
- Please put back the Rumble Pit at 8 players max (6 is the best) because at 10 players it's just horrible especially the spawn are horrible actually.
- Don’t forget to reset the ranks when the MM issues will be resolved.

My god Halo 5 beta is so soon, I can't wait :D
 
BeforeU

BeforeU

Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
AcePartyN7 said:
To me the patch is also a success; I can finally play some MM MP
Halo 2A is so good (maybe a bit easy on the 4 shots), I wish this game got more maps, I can't wait to have some forge maps in MM. I even succeed to play BTB but it takes more time to find players but it’s working.

If we can add, the things that I would like to be improved are:
- Dedicated servers especially for Halo Ce because it’s lagging so much, the host can 3 shots us with the pistol me more than 4 shots does not count and I have a very good connection but Halo 1 netcode is a mess.
- Master menu, a possibility to disable the music for the matchmaking menu) , while I love the Halo music (I listen them almost every days on my iPod) It’s quite boring to listen the music (so high) meanwhile you wait for a match or speak with a friend especially during the evening/night
- Pre download the Halo 5 beta will be nice also.
- Where is Swat, infection, Objectif and Halo 4 playlist? (Yeah crazy but I miss to play Halo 4 especially in BTB) these should be the standard playlists.
- put back the rumble pit at 8 max (6 is the best) because the spawn are horrible actually.
-Don’t forget to reset the ranks when the mm issues will be resolved.

My god Halo 5 beta is so soon, I can't wait :D
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Me too. I need Halo 4 SWAT :(
 
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Izuna

Banned
Halo 4 SWAT is needed so much man.

Also Team Slayer Halo 3 (with Shotty Snipers, Team Rockets etc.)
And Halo CE Playlist

Add these and I will play it non stop.
 
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dwells

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I can get games, but the underlying problems still ruin it. Halo 2A is often laggy and the voting system results in playing the same damn thing over and over and over again. Lack of any sort of skill-based matching means terrible teammates and every game is generally a blowout. I've had maybe a couple close matches where I actually cared.

Halo 2 Classic has such terrible netcode that it isn't enjoyable. I have no idea what they did, but it ruins the sniper and the BR at anything outside of mid-range. Even on a good host on a small map it's a big problem. Halo CE is just a mess and seemingly even worse than Halo PC. So that eliminates those two games (the things I was once excited about), and ruins BTB as well.

Halo 3 I've only played a couple games of and the aiming felt really, really wonky. Halo 3 always felt awkward, but this is far worse than I remember.

This seriously sucks. It's a month after release and the game is nowhere near being what was promised.
 
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Barrel Cannon

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dwells said:
Halo 2 Classic has such terrible netcode that it isn't enjoyable. I have no idea what they did, but it ruins the sniper and the BR at anything outside of mid-range. Even on a good host on a small map it's a big problem. Halo CE is just a mess and seemingly even worse than Halo PC. So that eliminates those two games (the things I was once excited about), and ruins BTB as well.

Halo 3 I've only played a couple games of and the aiming felt really, really wonky. Halo 3 always felt awkward, but this is far worse than I remember.

This seriously sucks. It's a month after release and the game is nowhere near being what was promised.
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Have they still not implemented the dedicated servers for matchmaking?
 
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gossi

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So I just got the 1088MB patch, rebooted Xbox, and tried Big Team Battle. After 10 minutes, it hasn't found another player.
 
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dwells

Member
Barrel Cannon said:
Have they still not implemented the dedicated servers for matchmaking?
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Nope. That's not going to be a magic fix-all, either. The underlying netcode is broken enough that slightly lower ping times isn't going to make a huge difference. It'll just eliminate host advantage.
 
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gossi

Member
dwells said:
Nope. That's not going to be a magic fix-all, either. The underlying netcode is broken enough that slightly lower ping times isn't going to make a huge difference. It'll just eliminate host advantage.
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In fairness, if you're in the UK and have a peer2peer connection to some dude in Texas it's going to be shitter than a dedicated server in, say, Azure Ireland.
 
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PROh1bited

Banned
Collingwood said:
So I'm officially done with Halo multiplayer until SWAT playlists come back. Take your nostalgia goggles off folks, its shit.

I can see now why Bungie and 343 tried to change it up. Problem is, they needed to realise popping shields was the problem. SWAT needs to be renamed Slayer Hardcore so people don't fear it. Its the only mode worth playing.
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Call of Duty sounds perfect for you, go play that, you must suck really bad at Halo.
 
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The Jackdog

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Everything was working like it should of 4 weeks ago last night for awhile, suddenly stopped, but i think xbox live starting having issues too
 
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