AHappyPanda
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Wasn't there supposed to be a patch "early this week" or did the patch on Sunday count as that one?
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Halo The Master Chief Collection |OT| Halo Never Died, It Was Just Missing In Action
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backflip10019
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I was idling on the BTB list (without going into it), and the game automatically matchmade a match for me. Seems there's something screwed up with BTB in particular.
Originally Halo 2 had weaker grenades that wouldn't one shot you unless you were stuck, but fans demanded stronger grenades inline with Halo CE.
PooBone
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You're bringing back so many rage memories. I was one of the fans demanding the grenades be stronger.
Checking back in. 15 days til I rejoin the ranks of Spartans. How's the online stability been since the most recent patch?
User 73706
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Uhh, yeah. You did. Players are already having trouble finding full, even matches. Quitting doesn't help.
PooBone
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I didn't realize they brought back the nade indicators. FUCK that noise. Was it in the Halo 5 beta footage as well?
DarthWalden
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Pretty good for everything but BtB
Halo 2 Anniversary's spawns are making me go crazy. They are so terrible.
Paired with the overflow of grenades (DAMN make a max count of 2 if they are so powerful), the game feels dumb when there are more grenades thrown than shots fired.
The Autoaim on the plasmapistol is nerf worthy, it follows you around corners and shit.
Paired with the overflow of grenades (DAMN make a max count of 2 if they are so powerful), the game feels dumb when there are more grenades thrown than shots fired.
The Autoaim on the plasmapistol is nerf worthy, it follows you around corners and shit.
Bold #1 - You must have never played Halo CE
Bold #2 - You must have never played original Halo 2.
CE grenades are nukes compared to everything else, H2A grenades feel like a good midway point between CE grenades and pitiful firecracker H2C grenades. H2A's plasma pistol tracking is still nowhere near as insane as H2C's plasma pistol tracking was.
I did, the grenades in CE were stupid as well back then, same as the Plasma Pistol,
doesn't mean you can do the same stupid mistakes over and over again.
Halo 3 nades are the best in this regards IMO same for PP following.
AHappyPanda
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In my dreams where they remake Halo 2: Classic, they only allow 4 bursts from the Plasma Pistol in multiplayer, and you cannot hold the charge otherwise it'll overcharge, costing you one of your four bursts. They also greatly reduce the effective tracking range.
Then they also put an ammo counter on the Sword, 100, each RT pull/lunge takes 20, you get 5. A boy can dream.
Backfoggen
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No end credits after finishing a game through a playlist is a big bummer. I assume they are there if you finish the normal campaign?
Nope. You just get kicked back to the main menu screen.
Backfoggen
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Man what the heck.
AHappyPanda
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That can't be true. Blur redid the ending for Halo 2. How else would you watch it?
I haven't beaten any of the campaigns yet in MCC, but with how fucked up the game is, I really can't say otherwise
Blue Ninja
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I haven't seen that new ending in-game yet. Only on the Halo channel. The game just skips the credits, shows any post-credit cutscenes, and then goes to the menu.
That said, I wish their new opening wasn't in the game when you started it from the first mission. I just want to play Halo 2, not see Locke.
If there are any cutscenes post credit, the game just shows the cutscene and then you end up in the main menu. No credits after you complete the campaign.
AHappyPanda
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I'm an idiot, you guys were talking about credits, not ending cutscene.
I like the stronger grenades too. They were a key part of my CE game and the Nerf was lame to me.
I still am not playing much MCC, though. Waiting for the all clear, especially for big team battle on dedicated servers!
Jessie.Bristol
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I don't know if it was already posted or not, but IGN posted an article detailing Halo 5's Spectating Mode (you can spectate any of your friend's matches and is available in the Beta): http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/12/10/halo-5-guardians-is-a-tailor-made-experience-for-esports
Digital Limit
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Is this game fixed, yet?
backflip10019
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Kind of, but also not really.
Matchmaking works, yes.
Just don't touch that big team battle playlist yet and you should be fine.
It's still far from being perfect, but everything is playable at least.
Altered Juice
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kind of, but since patch i keep running into the same players so i think it's too late.
This is going to be a problem. 343 really needs to announce some type of free DLC and coincide it with a patch that gets this game working near 100%. That way they can "relaunch" the game and get people to jump back in. I can tell the population for the game right now is pitiful because I'm matching the same kids over and over in H2C.
yeah, same here. It's so sad.
freefornow
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What's the new OT title going to be?
Twin Tails
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still in beta
DJ Lushious
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Honestly, I don't know. I got co-op achievements after completing Requiem, yet it still shows a solo completion for the mission afterwards, along with all the others.
As I complained about earlier though, there were a number of missions that I had to run through multiple times as their completion wasn't acknowledgedsolo or co-opthe first time.
... Can achievements be re-locked? I kinda want to ask somebody to do so for the co-op achievements I got. :/
Nah, the lag makes it unplayable for me. It's worse than playing Halo 3 and 4 ever was on the 360. Until they get the dedicated servers working for every match it's pointless even trying.
AHappyPanda
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Where are you located? Just curious. Anyone who's complained about lag on GAF is not from the US, or so it has seemed.
Enordash
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I'm in Central US and it has been great for me lately. Consistently getting even teams in a timely fashion. Only a few hiccups here or there. I've been in the habit of quitting out of the application when I turn off the Xbox too. I don't know if this is helping or is just a placebo.
orichalcos
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Remember the Halo 4 opening? (Interrogation)
My friend told me about the MCC problems:
"-Halo is dead
-The patch notes reads it will be fixed
-Spartans never die?
- Do not underestimate 343. But most of all do not underestimate Halo"
by: HUN Cimbye
Sorry guys.
My friend told me about the MCC problems:
"-Halo is dead
-The patch notes reads it will be fixed
-Spartans never die?
- Do not underestimate 343. But most of all do not underestimate Halo"
by: HUN Cimbye
Sorry guys.
Jessie.Bristol
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I have gotten plenty of lag and I am on the East Coast U.S., been matched up with people from California even. It has gotten better after Update 4, but there are still laggy matches. Seems that they primarily got rid of ping bars, so you don't know you're lagging until you get into a firefight with an enemy.
UK. I always seem to be way behind the action, it sucks.
Does anyone get into dedicated servers just now? I saw a message like 'Connecting to a dedicated server' once during launch night but it's never appeared again.
Jessie.Bristol
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Same with me, only saw the message on launch night.
I just got to the Halo 3 campaign and is it just me or does it look great. I know there wasn't the anniversary treatment to it but they cleaned up the game real nice. I was pleasantly surprised by how clean it looks now and the framerate has been a butter smooth 60fps through the first few levels. Not even gonna mention that they made the human faces much better than they were in 2007 lol. If we can get this kind of treatment to ODST and Reach it would be awesome.
Enter The 36 Chambers
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The utter confusion and meltdowns when the ranking system works correctly is going to be glorious.
"Why can't I get past 30?!? This game sucks its still broken!".
When in reality you can't get past 30 because your skills aren't beyond 30.
Bungie.net halo 2 days incoming
"Why can't I get past 30?!? This game sucks its still broken!".
When in reality you can't get past 30 because your skills aren't beyond 30.
Bungie.net halo 2 days incoming
Naked Lunch
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Apparently they turned off Big Team Battle. I cannot find a game in that playlist. Weird because on 12/7 the night of the newest patch I played for 4 straight hours in BTB with no issues at all.
Digital Limit
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Maybe I'll pick it up in 2015, eesh.
UnlovedJew
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Haven't been able to find any games as of today. Just says searching for players.
buddha0991
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Reminded me of a game of Halo 3 MCC I had last night where a guy kept getting killed in a BR game and he yelled over the mic "Why the fuck did Bungie even think it's fair to start with Battle Rifles in TWO THOUSAND FUCKING FOURTEEN."
I died. I ceased to exist. RIP in peace.
buddha0991
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blue_phazon
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Just opened my new xbox with MCC currently installing. Having never played Halo 1, 2, or 4, I'm SO excited!!
There aren't any technical problems with the campaigns right?
There aren't any technical problems with the campaigns right?
They're mostly OK. H2 campaign has some checkpoint issues. Frame rate dips in Halo 4 too but it plays really well regardless. I can't comment on split screen but I've heard its rough.
AHappyPanda
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Talking about Jurassic Park with a friend...seemed too perfect in the context of MCC.
Dr. Ian Malcolm: If I may... Um, I'll tell you the problem with the scientific power that you're using here, it didn't require any discipline to attain it. You read what others had done and you took the next step. You didn't earn the knowledge for yourselves, so you don't take any responsibility for it. You stood on the shoulders of geniuses to accomplish something as fast as you could, and before you even knew what you had, you patented it, and packaged it, and slapped it on a plastic lunchbox, and now
[bangs on the table]
Dr. Ian Malcolm: you're selling it, you wanna sell it. Well...
John Hammond: I don't think you're giving us our due credit. Our scientists have done things which nobody's ever done before...
Dr. Ian Malcolm: Yeah, yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn't stop to think if they should.
Dr. Ian Malcolm: If I may... Um, I'll tell you the problem with the scientific power that you're using here, it didn't require any discipline to attain it. You read what others had done and you took the next step. You didn't earn the knowledge for yourselves, so you don't take any responsibility for it. You stood on the shoulders of geniuses to accomplish something as fast as you could, and before you even knew what you had, you patented it, and packaged it, and slapped it on a plastic lunchbox, and now
[bangs on the table]
Dr. Ian Malcolm: you're selling it, you wanna sell it. Well...
John Hammond: I don't think you're giving us our due credit. Our scientists have done things which nobody's ever done before...
Dr. Ian Malcolm: Yeah, yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn't stop to think if they should.
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