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Halo TMCC |OT2| 3V4 Industries

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Olde_Tyme_Ninja

Neo Member
So frustrating that the group of guys I usually play halo with finally got Xbox Ones just for MCC and it is borked. We don't even play matchmaking we just do custom games and have run across a host of errors, not being able to see each other, not able to join, jumbling teams at start of the game turning a 4v4 into a 2v6 etc. I knew matchmaking was a disaster but I didn't expect custom games to be so busted.
 
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TheUnsunghero26

Member
Anyone else feel that Halo 4's graphics are pretty inconsistent? I've just completed the first two levels, and while there are some great looking parts, some it just looks off to me. Bloom looks overdone, and some textures (especially covenant ones) look pretty low res. I'm on Forerunner now, which is a fantastic looking level. I know before launch people were worried about how well Halo 3 would hold up, but I think it looked fantastic (apart from the faces). Maybe it's just the things 343 sacrificed on the original hardware to get it at 720p, vs Halo 3's lower res. Now that both are 1080 and 60, some things appear more obvious.
 
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BlazeBreak

Member
TheUnsunghero26 said:
Anyone else feel that Halo 4's graphics are pretty inconsistent? I've just completed the first two levels, and while there are some great looking parts, some it just looks off to me. Bloom looks overdone, and some textures (especially covenant ones) look pretty low res. I'm on Forerunner now, which is a fantastic looking level. I know before launch people were worried about how well Halo 3 would hold up, but I think it looked fantastic (apart from the faces). Maybe it's just the things 343 sacrificed on the original hardware to get it at 720p, vs Halo 3's lower res. Now that both are 1080 and 60, some things appear more obvious.
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Halo 4 cut corners and used a lot of tricks to look as "good" as it did on the 360. It was a hardware limitation thing and they decided to go as shiny as possible, which meant skimping on other things. Reach was a lot more technically impressive when it comes to things like lighting, etc, 4 just "looked" better.
 
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buddha0991

Member
ALLseeingEYE said:
Haha, awesome. I always dig it when writers have the ability to look at thier own work with a sense of humor. Plus, what does that lowly grunt know? shit...
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The best part? These are those lowly grunts.

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TheOddOne

Member
- HaloWaypoint: A Thank You To All Our Fans From Bonnie Ross.
Last month, I promised the Halo and Xbox community that addressing the matchmaking issues and other bugs impacting players’ experience with Halo: The Master Chief Collection was our #1 priority. We’ve been working around the clock deploying weekly content updates and numerous server-side adjustments that have shown good results and we’re encouraged by the feedback we’re hearing from you. Another big challenge was met when we added fan-favorite playlists, such as SWAT and Halo: CE, back to our matchmaking menu and we plan to add more soon. Next week, we’ll release a content update that will add all 10 episodes of the cooperative experience “Spartan Ops” for Halo 4, and will address other issues. I assure you that the team will continue to work on additional content updates to further improve the all-up gameplay experience.

This has been a humbling experience and highlighted how we as a studio can – and need – to do better for Xbox fans around the world. We are so grateful to our fans who have stood by our side and we appreciate all of your patience as we worked through these issues. As a token of our appreciation and to thank fans for the continued support and understanding, we will be offering the following items, for free, to anyone who has played Halo: The Master Chief Collection online since launch (11.11.14) through today (12.19.14).*

1 Month of Xbox Live Gold
Exclusive In-Game Nameplate
Exclusive In-Game Avatar
* For specifics on eligibility and further details on the offer, visit the FAQ here.

Additionally, you’ve told us that you want more Halo 2: Anniversary multiplayer map content and Halo 3: ODST on Xbox One. As a future bonus, we’re going to make these happen and give them to you for free. We are just now starting work with our partners to bring both to Halo: The Master Chief Collection and will share more specific details on timing in the coming months. But for now, here’s what you can expect:

Halo 3: ODST Campaign – Development has just started on the campaign for Halo 3: ODST, which will be available within Halo: The Master Chief Collection, and upgraded to 1080p resolution, running at 60fps. It will be available for free to anyone who has played Halo: The Master Chief Collection since launch (11.11.14) through today (12.19.14).* Thanks to our friends at Bungie for creating the original “Halo 3: ODST” campaign.​

“Relic” Halo 2: Anniversary Multiplayer Map – Available via a free content update to Halo: The Master Chief Collection, we will reimagine the fan-favorite map “Relic,” fully remastered and running at 1080p resolution and 60fps. We chose this map based on its suitability for Slayer and Objective modes and its ability to support teams of varying sizes. And you can trust that Certain Affinity will tune and tweak the map to make it even better than you remember.​
The satisfaction and joy of our fans is absolutely critical to everyone at 343 Industries and we regret the issues and the frustration you have endured. We are truly sorry and thank you for your continued patience and support of the Halo franchise.

Sincerely,
Bonnie Ross
Head of 343 Industries
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Shrewder

Neo Member
StaticJam said:
Guys, I thought the game was better. I downloaded my 2gbs of patches yesterday and have tried 3 playlists over the past 20 minutes and can't find a game.
Fuck this game.
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I purchased the digital pre-order on this title, mainly for multi-player, and had very, very poor experiences with it. It was frustrating, but I was never angry about it and gave 343i time to work on it. Throughout the updates, it wasn't functioning the way I expected and I'm not going to invest free time looking and waiting to maybe get into a match.

After reading about the gratuities that 343i was going to offer it's customers, I loaded up TMCC tonight, installed the update and checked to see if the usability had improved enough for me. The experience of looking and getting into a match was still too much of a time investment. This is no longer a title I'm willing to wait in the hope it will function like other online multi-player titles.

Even with the items 343i is offering, I contacted XBox CS, through chat support, and requested the purchase be credited back to my account. The CS rep was very friendly, helpful and the request went through without any issues.

I'm not upset or angry at MS or 343i. I wished it worked well for me, but it's been a disappointment and I feel, for me alone, I gave them enough time.
 
rokkerkory

rokkerkory

Member
I played 2 games tonight, both found games and loaded within 5 minutes. 4 minutes too long imo.

Anyone not really good? Then add me: rokkerkory
 
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malfcn

Member
Sai said:
If I remember correctly, it takes 4 shots to take down the shields, and a headshot.
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Not for me :(
What I always struggled with in H2 and H3 is I pop shields and hit heads and they don't die. While I get hit once or twice and I am dead. H4 was more fun because when I hit people they died.
 
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Sordid

Member
Still no mention of dedicated servers by 343? They really need them activated properly, almost every game is laggy here.
 
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Forerunner

Member
Getting games surprisingly fast atm, even in BTB. One really annoying thing that needs to be changed is if the entire team quits in CE, the game continues until the clock runs out.

TheOddOne said:
- HaloWaypoint: A Thank You To All Our Fans From Bonnie Ross.
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Simply amazing, this is going way beyond what I was expecting.

Spartan Ops next week! ODST, is easily my favorite campaign in the Halo series, plus more H2A maps. I'm not even mad now!
 
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blue_phazon

Member
Can anyone tell me how to get good at this game? I feel like it take a million br bursts to kill someone, but I always die in like 3 bursts
 
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dwells

Member
It's cool that we're getting ODST and Relic, but the existing campaigns and Halo 2 Anniversary multiplayer both still need fixing. Won't this take away resources from fixing them?
 
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Sai

Member
Should be separate teams working on this new content, and fixing the MCC; just as there's a completely different team working on the Halo 5 beta.

Just because this new stuff is coming doesn't mean they're giving up on the MCC, guys.
 
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Later Alligator

Member
i suppose ive always been one of the luckier ones (maybe due to where i live?) but i haven't had any connection issues really, sometimes it takes me 5 mins to find a game at worst and that was before the most recent patches. with the most recent patches, everything i've tried has worked including checkpoints in the single player - thank god! sucks for those still having issues.

but the announcement of them porting odst for people that own the game is awesome :)
 
Ecto311

Ecto311

Member
dwells said:
It's cool that we're getting ODST and Relic, but the existing campaigns and Halo 2 Anniversary multiplayer both still need fixing. Won't this take away resources from fixing them?
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This may have been made before and just waiting for the DLC to come to be released. Destiny did this - made an entire huge game and ripped parts out to be sold after the fact. There are youtube videos proving this. At least they look like real stuff to me.

It's cool that we are getting this extra stuff though. I remember Stinkles saying we were getting something in return for the crap launch. I must be lucky because the few times that I get to play since launch it has been good to me. Not amazing and some unbalanced teams but it all worked like I thought it should.
 
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Zombine

Banned
blue_phazon said:
Can anyone tell me how to get good at this game? I feel like it take a million br bursts to kill someone, but I always die in like 3 bursts
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That's not you, it's the game. When the game runs properly, 3 headshots is a kill. When it is wonky as fuck, the shots don't register and get you killed.
 
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MysteryM

Member
blue_phazon said:
Can anyone tell me how to get good at this game? I feel like it take a million br bursts to kill someone, but I always die in like 3 bursts
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Your being 4 shot, whereas your shots aren't landing due to lag. Welcome to Halo 2 circa 2004.

Until 343 get the MCC dedicated servers working (if ever) keep your head down, throw grenades and then shoot, and get good at sniping.Just don't run in to try and get more kills....
 
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Stinkles

Clothed, sober, cooperative
Sai said:
Should be separate teams working on this new content, and fixing the MCC; just as there's a completely different team working on the Halo 5 beta.

Just because this new stuff is coming doesn't mean they're giving up on the MCC, guys.
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They are separate resources and MCC should be fixed long before the new stuff is finished.
 
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SomeOneInaHat

Member
blue_phazon said:
Can anyone tell me how to get good at this game? I feel like it take a million br bursts to kill someone, but I always die in like 3 bursts
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Zombine said:
That's not you, it's the game. When the game runs properly, 3 headshots is a kill. When it is wonky as fuck, the shots don't register and get you killed.
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Well your kind of correct.

Here is a small breakdown of highly used precision weapons that I usually keep in mind.

Halo: CE: Leading shots, 3 Pistol Headshots
Halo 2: Aim for neck to compensate for BR spread, 3 neck to pop shield (Often no shield pop animation; bleed through) then 1 head.
Halo 3: Leading shots, then aim around body neck area 3 BR shot body then 1 head. (Bleed through)
Halo 4: Similar to Halo 2, but DMR is 5 shot while BR is 4.(Bleed through)​
 
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Jomjom

Banned
Crazy Arthur Gies was somehow right for once. He was saying weeks ago that they should give away ODST and now it's happening!
 
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BTails

Member
Free afternoon, time to play some Halo! First match is H3 BR team slayer: lobby is full (8 players), game ends up 3 on 2, with me on the lesser team. We obviously start losing, some my teammate decides to start trying to kill me as well. Classy.

Second match is Halo:CE, 2 on 2. Me and my teammate start to dominate, soon the score is about 40 to 15: other team quits and the match doesn't end.

Yup, game still broken. Thanks for the (eventual) free ODST, but I think I'm gonna use my free time to work on a non-broken game in my backlog.
 
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Vinc

Member
It had been working better since the last patch for me but now I haven't been able to find a single game since last night... :(
 
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dwells

Member
Stinkles said:
They are separate resources and MCC should be fixed long before the new stuff is finished.
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When you say "fixed," does that include the whole scale of issues, or just matchmaking? Things like the Halo 2 classic netcode not functioning properly even on good hosts, crashes, campaign checkpoints not working, frame rate issues on H2A Zanzibar, etc. Even in customs, it's really hard to enjoy Halo 2 right now because of the netcode breaking shot registration on the BR and sniper.
 
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zou

Member
Any way to fix the sensitivity? Having different vertical and horizontal sensitivity/acceleration is incredibly annoying.
 
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clav

Member
zou said:
Any way to fix the sensitivity? Having different vertical and horizontal sensitivity/acceleration is incredibly annoying.
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On the topic of horizontal and vertical settings, watch out for vehicle handling.

I wish I recorded the moment when I played Halo 2 Classic MCC for the first time. Ran to get the Banshee on Ascension and pushed to full acceleration. "Why isn't the Banshee going up?"

Jeff Steitzer: "SUICIDE!"

What?

I looked at Xbox controller settings. wtf
 
SmokedMeat

SmokedMeat

Gamer™
So with ODST announced I thought it might be a good idea to repurchase MCC, so I picked up a used copy.
I'm in disbelief because I'm sitting here unable to get into anything. It's no different from before! Tried to get into H2 Anniversary Rumble, Team Slayer, and Team H2 Anniversary and....nothing.

I've got seven days to mess with it, but if this is still the norm I guess I'll be returning this copy to.
 
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Frustrated_Grunt

Member
Decided to give multiplayer another look and it's still broke looks like. 15 minutes to find a game, and the games I find are a laggy mess.

Guess I should send my gamer tag to wherever Frank said to see if I'm an edge case
 
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BSsBrolly

Banned
Just replayed halo1-4 and I have to say Halo 4 is my favorite. Definitely felt it was the worst of the bunch my first play through on 360. However playing all 4 back to back has changed my mind. Halo 4 is amazing, graphics, gameplay, you name it. Halo 4 is the best.
 
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Hubble

Member
Game seems to be broken and at state of launch right now. Me and my friends cannot find a match. Just searches endlessly.

Halo 5 beta taking up all MCC resources? I doubt it but weird.

edit: Never mind, finding matches now.
 
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Celestia

Member
Just finished my legendary run through. I love the way the game just throws achievements at you. My absolute favorite part is the H2A and the cutscenes. They really did a great job on that. Much better than CEA in my opinion. Now if only we could get a Halo movie like that.
 
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Mr. Enigma

Member
Just turned on my console to try this game out tonight. Three straight times, it's crashed back to dashboard as soon as I boot it. The hell?

Edit: Oh it worked after the 4th attempt.

Edit 2: And it crashed at the map select screen and everyone had to go back to dashboard.
 
Shpeshal Nick

Shpeshal Nick

aka Collingwood
So I played Cairo Station Legendary co op. Boom and Grunt birthday party skulls on.

No achievement. Does boom disable them or did it glitch?
 
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CloudyTuba

Member
Look, that's nice and all but...Relic? Really? Relic?

I guess they chose the map based on lowest effort necessary because that map is barren. I don't think a single person was asking for that map to be remade. The list of maps people want before relic is a real long one. Might as well have chosen Chiron TL-34.

I appreciate the 1 month XBL and ODST, though.
 
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darthbob

Member
SillyNonsense said:
Look, that's nice and all but...Relic? Really? Relic?

I guess they chose the map based on lowest effort necessary because that map is barren. I don't think a single person was asking for that map to be remade. The list of maps people want before relic is a real long one. Might as well have chosen Chiron TL-34.

I appreciate the 1 month XBL and ODST, though.
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The two maps that I wish they remade but didn't make the cut were Relic and Terminal.

I'm happy.
 
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