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Halo TMCC |OT2| 3V4 Industries
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ElzarTheBam
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Yes, they are used copies.
I must have done about 10 hard resets in the past couple days.. Restarted my modem, router, got a new IP address, etc, etc.. Nothing helps.
Yup used copies. £35 is really cheap as well (and this is CeX we're talking about who love to take this piss).
The Jackdog
Member
Bravo did a QandA over a r/halo on the halo 5 guardians beta.
From what i can see almost/absolutely none of it was about MCC.
The game is a dumpster fire and they are already on to the next. I understand the beta is starting but good god you have so many people who still want answers.
From what i can see almost/absolutely none of it was about MCC.
The game is a dumpster fire and they are already on to the next. I understand the beta is starting but good god you have so many people who still want answers.
Where can you see the the most played games on Live?
Also, still haven't been able to get in a game this week.
Broadbandito
Member
Gotta realize that most of 343 has been only on halo 5 where MCC was like 90% not 343
I think this post from the AMA is relevant for people here (me included) who are having trouble finding matches:
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/halo/comments/2pot3j/halo_5_guardians_mp_beta_dev_qa_streams_this/cmymyxm
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/halo/comments/2pot3j/halo_5_guardians_mp_beta_dev_qa_streams_this/cmymyxm
The Jackdog
Member
I totally realize that. But they are the only company that comes up besides MS in the game's splash screen. At the end of the day, its their name on the box, their IP, they are responsible for it.
Skullface
Member
On the note of CeX, does anyone in the US have one in their state? We have one here in Boston. I was shocked when it opened. It's always been a UK brand, no? I might have to stop there today and see what their stockpile for used MCC is like.
Personally, I can't see myself ever giving my copy up. For the campaigns if nothing else. I started on 2 when I first got my copy and finished 4 the other night. I'm going to run through CE and go through 4 again. I'm having a blast. Also, dat CE play list... Duh duh duh duh da, I'm loving it.
Personally, I can't see myself ever giving my copy up. For the campaigns if nothing else. I started on 2 when I first got my copy and finished 4 the other night. I'm going to run through CE and go through 4 again. I'm having a blast. Also, dat CE play list... Duh duh duh duh da, I'm loving it.
Exactly. They'd be fine taking the credit for it if it was working.
Foolishfellow
Banned
Exactly. Having this semantic argument about which specific company should be blamed is totally irrelevant and a waste of time. 343 was created by Microsoft. The awful idea to outsource Halo MCC to a bunch of different subsidiaries was some awful managerial decision made by someone high on the food chain. I fully blame Microsoft for this debacle.
ebullientprism
Member
If you know it sucks, why would you do it to someone else for 10 minutes?
RowdyReverb
Member
Irreparable damage has been done with the persisting online problems. It really is a joke and leaves such a bitter taste in my mouth. This was supposed to be a celebration of all things halo and yet...all I can associate with this package that was supposed to be this generation's The Orange Box, is failure.
Have a look at this:
Says it all really
Most stores would be expected to have a good supply of month-old games. It's not like demand is ever likely to outstrip supply for non-limited edition games. I get what you're trying to imply, but logic doesn't back it up.
Yes, it does suck. That's the point. Rather than let the game end in natural competition, you're objective holding to pad your score and you're wasting people's time, asking them to stick around when they could happily be playing a more interesting match.
Objective holding should be bannable.
If someone is holding the flag on my team in MM, I betray them to try and score.
(And instead of crafting stat-tracking systems to encourage this crap, use an incentives approach like keeping objective game K/D out of the global K/D tracker, and sticking in stuff like a "time to win" tracker.)
PooBone
Member
User 73706
Banned
If I had to guess, it's probably a teamkilling thing - it correlates "ghost" with "ally vehicle" as the Arbiter, for whatever reason.
Might have to do with them being piloted by Elite Combat Forms, too.
CloudyTuba
Member
User 73706
Banned
I think the implication is more that the dedicated servers in the US got a more... prioritized treatment compared to some of the other data centers Microsoft viewed as auxiliary at launch.
Well that's annoying. I'll keep that in mind.
Leyasu
Banned
Can the q & a be found? What does he say about dedicated servers??
CloudyTuba
Member
Wow so AUS has an even worse time than US with the MCC. Ouch, guys.
Man after my own heart...
Couldn't agree with you more and I try to do the same in those situations.
Objective holding is the only way to play objective.
RSB
Banned
I can't believe they still don't do this. Ridiculous.
Some of you guys are taking this the wrong way.
Back when Halo PC was released, people played CTF on Hang 'em High and no one cared about the objective.
All they cared about was playing Halo MP online and killing each other with the pistol and sniper fire.
Just 20 minutes of unlimited slayer. No one cared about K/D.
I don't know how to fully explain it. Sometimes when I get trounced on, I see an opportunity to practice in order to get better.
AHappyPanda
Member
You still haven't fully explained why YOU do it is why people take issue with it.
You even said it yourself that it sucks. Why would you want to make it suck for others purposely? I mean, I get it, people do that, but if you're gonna do it, own up to it.
It's called playing as a team. One person gets rockets, the other sniper, and the others go for the BR's.
Irreparable damage has been done with the persisting online problems. It really is a joke and leaves such a bitter taste in my mouth. This was supposed to be a celebration of all things halo and yet...all I can associate with this package that was supposed to be this generation's The Orange Box, is failure.
Have a look at this:
Says it all really
what are you even talking about? you don't think retail stores should have any copies?
huh? they're used copies...a lot of used copies.
Supposedly though, Microsoft adding dedicated data servers for their country so they don't have to connect to Asian or US ones anymore. Once MCC has its problems fixed, seems like it could be good for Australians going forward I think.
yankeehater
Member
Halo 5 beta starts tomorrow for dashboard preview members. Just got my message about it. Cant fucking wait.
SlickShoes
Member
These are all used copies that have been traded in or sold to CEX, sticker stays 2nd hand on it.
Just got mine, cantfuckingwait.
This just makes me sad. 'twas supposed to be the collection of forever. Goddammit, Microsoft, what have ye done.Irreparable damage has been done with the persisting online problems. It really is a joke and leaves such a bitter taste in my mouth. This was supposed to be a celebration of all things halo and yet...all I can associate with this package that was supposed to be this generation's The Orange Box, is failure.
Have a look at this:
Says it all really
ElRenoRaven
Member
Just got mine, cantfuckingwait.
This just makes me sad. 'twas supposed to be the collection of forever. Goddammit, Microsoft, what have ye done.
Reminds me. Been out of the loop. They fix this abomination yet or is it still a steaming pile of broken bugs? I'm guessing the later judging by that picture.
Blue Ninja
Member
Been out of the loop too, but I'm guessing the same.
Shame, really, this was the game that was supposed to unite us.
It plays much better, to the point where you can reasonably find matches quickly. But there is still a lot of wonky gameplay, lag, bugs, things like random crashes, host migrations, weird uneven teams so instead of 3v3 it becomes 4v2. Plus there are small things like emblems and logos not displaying correctly, quite a few campaign issues etc.
It's just not a polished game and I don't think it ever will be.
AHappyPanda
Member
I'd say its "working" for "most" people now?
I personally have not had any real major issues for the past two weeks. I get into games relatively fast, even teams, party doesn't break up, 95% lag free games.
Only have to restart the game every once in awhile versus literally every time I tried to play before the last couple patches.
But, for many, the game is still shit, particularly for people outside of the US. A lot of the UK and AUS players in this thread are reporting the game is still a steaming pile.
SlickShoes
Member
I bought my xbone to play this with friends but they warned me off it and still say it's not worth buying yet, in the UK here, most reports of things improving seem to be usa based
Blue Ninja
Member
As a EU player, that's disappointing.
At least the campaigns are in a semi-playable state.
I wanted to bring this up. The global Stat tracker doesn't even work. I dont know what games it keeps track of, but none of my h3 stats count towards anything. Even under h3 stats it says 0 kills. I'm having a hard time understanding how a game can be this broken.
Literally almost nothing in this pos works.
What's even more infuriating is 343 knows all of these problems, and pretends they don't exist, or refuses to acknowledge anything.
They're all adults, it's getting pathetic that they wont take responsibility for creating one of the most broken games in the past 5 years.
Its somehow even more annoying they hire someone like bravo, who knows absolutely nothing about game development, for damage control. I dont want some kid to tell me false answers, when I already know they can't fix games that already have been completed 7+ years ago.
I've never been this angry at a game/developer before, I hope frank sleeps well at night knowing he gets paid no matter what. What a bunch of useless assholes.
Sorry I'm done ranting now lol. Off to play some sunset overdrive, cause you know, it actually works.
Darryl M R
Member
How long would it take to play through the campaign for Halo 1-4 (with the assumption that I would not run into bugs)?
Used copies bro.
AHappyPanda
Member
Ohhh...idk..25-30 hours depending on the difficulty?
Skullface
Member
Somewhat related, I was playing H4 SWAT CTF and I was the only one to score on my team. We were one capture away from winning and I was 10 steps away from the score drop. Some dickhead betrayed me specifically so he could get the game winning score.
I was also playing H2 classic the other day and there was some dick that was betraying team mates for the sake of betraying them. Wtf is wrong with people?
Not nearly that long. If you're playing solo legendary I'd say 20 hours tops, if you like to explore and kill absolutely everything, 25 tops. But on a lower difficulty anywhere from 13-16 hours. Most levels take no longer than 20-25 minutes to complete.