You have just described the problem with all Halo ranking. Especially H5 Beta right now.
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You have just described the problem with all Halo ranking. Especially H5 Beta right now.
PROh1bited
Banned
Ok so far tonight I've been searching in BTB, and here's my results so far.
1st match get Slayer on Headlong. Only 2 people left on the other team at the end, was a 7v7. 2nd match was on Coagulation, and everyone on the other team quit 2 minutes in, was 6v6. 3rd match was on Daybreak, game actually went till the end, 7v7.
Next up was Bloodline, but the game threw me back to the lobby while it was loading. The last match I got Coagulation again. But this time while up by 20 the game just ended. No one had quit at that point.
This is still a bug riddled mess. Hopefully the next patch can eliminate all of the big problems that are still present in this pile of hot shit.
1st match get Slayer on Headlong. Only 2 people left on the other team at the end, was a 7v7. 2nd match was on Coagulation, and everyone on the other team quit 2 minutes in, was 6v6. 3rd match was on Daybreak, game actually went till the end, 7v7.
Next up was Bloodline, but the game threw me back to the lobby while it was loading. The last match I got Coagulation again. But this time while up by 20 the game just ended. No one had quit at that point.
This is still a bug riddled mess. Hopefully the next patch can eliminate all of the big problems that are still present in this pile of hot shit.
TheDarkBites
Banned
Well, I waited a day and nobody could give me a solid reason to keep it. Not that I was entitled to anybody answering; I just find it hilarious that it's more likely that there are no redeeming qualities for the game. Going to go sell this game under the guise of "Legendary multiplayer experiences", because it damn well worked for Microsoft.
I mean, seriously? It crashed at an e-sports tournament. How much more validity does the general public need in order to see how broken this package is? But then again, these topics have been beaten to death. Good luck, guys; I'm out of this circus.
I mean, seriously? It crashed at an e-sports tournament. How much more validity does the general public need in order to see how broken this package is? But then again, these topics have been beaten to death. Good luck, guys; I'm out of this circus.
I hoping it's this too as I don't like Halo 5 at all, so hopefully they fix this collection.
AHappyPanda
Member
This thread is as quiet as 343i is about patches 
The Real Napsta
Member
Everyone is in the OT and the halo 5 thread.This thread is as quiet as 343i is about patches
And 343i knows that.
The timing of this BETA couldn't have been more perfect for them. Took every attention from the ridiculous state that TMCC is in.
Edag Plata
Banned
I still want to be able to play Halo 3. Doesn't work at all.
it's not a new game anyway. People want to play it regardless. It's all old games, and a new game coming out isn't going to make people say "oh now I don't want to play this because it's last year's game" - no, it's 13 years of games.
CloudyTuba
Member
Yep unfortunately I believe this to be true. 343/MS pretty well fucked classic Halo and I think the window for a huge active player base is basically closed. It's very sad to see such potential so violently crushed.
All the biggest purchasing milestones are already gone. It missed launch. It missed Black Friday. It missed Christmas. It's currently missing after-Christmas gift card spending and 343 has gone MIA.
Many of those that actually bought it are returning it or already have. By the next big spending period, the game will be a year old and Halo 5 will be releasing so people will get that instead even if the MCC is working. Not everyone has the money to get both just because.
But even if the greatest windows of opportunity are gone I will not let up on 343 for a second. No giving up. They took my money so I expect a working game.
For a lot of people, it was new games. This was probably a lot of people's first real taste of Halo, and it was horribly soured. I'm willing to bet a large potential population was lost due to this game's disastrous state.
There's also a lot of people like myself who were die hard Halo fans and excited for this game, but have been losing interest due to a lack of faith that it'll ever be properly fixed. One of my former teammates was expecting to make his return to competitive Halo with this title and has given up entirely on Halo. Another one of my teammates is still playing somewhat, but has abandoned the idea of playing competitively again.
With tournaments crashing and only nine or ten months until the release of Halo 5, it's highly unlikely that H2C is going to return to the pro circuit, let alone establish any foothold there. So what was supposed to be the rebirth of competitive Halo (and the reason I bought the game and an Xbox One) will instead, in a best case scenario, be six months of ranked Team Hardcore pubstomping until the game's small population abandons it for Halo 5 and whatever else comes out.
The games are all going to work well eventually since it's MS's main franchise but it's definitely deteriorating it's fan base as well as the Halo name in general which is a real shame.
Personally I'm more of a campaign/lore guy and play a bit of multiplayer or coop with some friends when the opportunity arises. Multiplayer's never been a main draw for me with regards to Halo though so I'm of the few who don't really care as much about that particular area.
Personally I'm more of a campaign/lore guy and play a bit of multiplayer or coop with some friends when the opportunity arises. Multiplayer's never been a main draw for me with regards to Halo though so I'm of the few who don't really care as much about that particular area.
AHappyPanda
Member
I know articles have been written about broken games, and about Halo. But I really want a big outlet to write a scathing open letter to 343i and MS about what they did with the MCC. I've read a few, and yeah, they damn the product, but none have really captured the anger, frustration and disappointment that diehard fans have.
I want something where even a casual or non-fan can read it and go "WOW, FUCK 343i and MS"
The Lamonster
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I agree something big has to be done. This is unacceptable.
Everyone's back from the holidays and we still haven't heard shit from 343 about the status of this game.
Everyone's back from the holidays and we still haven't heard shit from 343 about the status of this game.
People actually thought there were really going to be H2 tournaments in MLG again? I mean, come on.... This is a collection of old games for nostalgia. That's enough.
jailbird20022
Banned
"one or more players are not ready to start"
This right here is why me and my group of friends have gone back to playing minecraft.
cant even search for a darn game together.
This right here is why me and my group of friends have gone back to playing minecraft.
cant even search for a darn game together.
CloudyTuba
Member
Figured they would be giving an update today now that everyone is back in the office after the holidays and has had a day to write/get approval. "We continued to work through the holidays but for completely unrelated reasons went totally MIA during those holidays and this update that sounds less substantial than ever took...the most time of all of them...because reasons."
While I'm always glad to see actual words from them I'm again worried that they specifically highlight UI issues for the update next week. Thats like #24 on peoples list of shit that needs fixing right this second. I continue to be worried that MP has them stumped.
Have they managed to fill those networking positions yet?
Oh well I'm just glad they're talking to me. At least I know I'm not forgotten.
While I'm always glad to see actual words from them I'm again worried that they specifically highlight UI issues for the update next week. Thats like #24 on peoples list of shit that needs fixing right this second. I continue to be worried that MP has them stumped.
Have they managed to fill those networking positions yet?
Oh well I'm just glad they're talking to me. At least I know I'm not forgotten.
why does your post say 11/11/14?
oh and I just noticed - MORE achievements. I'm never going to finish this game.
I'm definitely in the "I will believe it when I see it for myself" camp as far as these updates actually fixing things go. I have been disappointed too many times trying to play this game. No more will I even get my hopes up. It's a shame they still won't have the update done this week. I mean if they really worked over the holidays this is week 3 since the last update so next week will be 1 month since the last update. I sure hope in this month a lot of the different issues have been identified, and fixed. Like, someone else said, if they wanted to take these weeks off fine, just be real about it.
NameGenerated
Who paid you to grab Dr. Pavel?
It is CRAZY to think we are literally just about to be 2 months since launch and the newest game of the bunch that was "built to run" closest to specs used now (halo 4) vs. Halo CE from 13 years ago doesn't have a playlist yet?!?!?!
I keep checking this thread about once a week hoping to hear good news so that I can give Microsoft $ for this game. It's starting to look like that may never happen.....
Wait, let me get this straight: you're defending 343i?
You're defending the company that released a game that is completely broken, and remains mostly broken 2 months after it's release?
You say that wait? I've been waiting for 2 months. I want the game I paid for to work.
UI changes are not what I want to see. What I want is to not have to wait 30 minutes to get into a match. Not to have a endure completely lagged matches when I finally get into one. Not have the match ending in the middle when I, by some miracle, am having a match that's playable.
Two months, two months of this bullshit.
And you tell me to wait? Give me a break.
CloudyTuba
Member
Link me to a source on that. Show me any official statement anywhere saying what you guys keep repeating. Show me where 343 requested more time but microsoft made them.
NameGenerated
Who paid you to grab Dr. Pavel?
lmao I didn't even use the word "wait"
You will never see a source telling you this for obvious reasons.. But it's common sense, bro. No one in the world wouldn't have foreseen the issues with this collection. Why would 343i tell MS it's ready to be released? 343i literally wouldn't gain anything from doing that. It's simple, MS needed/wanted it for this holiday, so they said fuck it, release it now and fix the rest later. MS = the publisher = they get the final say in this, not 343i in any way.
It's God's fault, he created Microsoft.
CloudyTuba
Member
Assumptions. A story you made up. I'm not saying we should all blame 343 and not Microsoft, I'm saying you should stop spreading BS like truth. You have no idea what went on behind the scenes. Zero. There could have been a myriad of reasons with faults on both sides.
Until someone actually gets some facts, 343 and Microsoft will be equally sharing my disdain. 343 was in charge of making this pile of shit, Microsoft published it, and it's 343's responsibility to fix it. Those are the facts. Most importantly, 343 is the one tasked with handling complaints and so they're the ones who will get mine.
Dude, I never said it's a fact, but that's simply how deadlines set by publishers work. Another example would be AC:Unity, you think the teams that worked on that game didn't see the myriad of glitches it suffered from?.. I just can't possibly blame a developer in this situation. A game needs more time in the oven, a publisher decides to release the game as is; all the blame should be on the publisher.
This! It doesn't work at all in South Africa. I thought it was just us, but it seems most supposedly supported regions outside of the US/UK are experiencing major issues like us. And when I say "major issues", I don't mean long waits and game disconnections, I mean matchmaking flat out does not work at all. There isn't a single person here that can find a game in matchmaking, let alone attempt to join and play one. It's like the region is being blocked. 2 months and no feedback from local Microsoft reps or 343i that they're even looking into it. Very frustrating and disappointing.
ebullientprism
Member
i think I am going to finish the campaigns for H2 and maybe H1 and then probably shelve the game for a long time.
I think I might move over the BF4 or COD:AW as my MP game. I could really use a party in order to rank up in H2A and get away from the quitters, but matchmaking with parties doesn't work.... so... yea... 343...
I think I might move over the BF4 or COD:AW as my MP game. I could really use a party in order to rank up in H2A and get away from the quitters, but matchmaking with parties doesn't work.... so... yea... 343...
I'd like to see this as well. I legitimately believe 343 when they say they're working their asses off to get everything fixed and that the genuinely feel bad that this happened, but at the same time I want to see a major site or two rake 343 and Microsoft over the coals for Master Chief Collection because this straight up should have never happened, and I think Halo's reputation is irreparably damaged now. And porting ODST, remaking Relic, and giving a BP "we're sorry" won't heal the Godzilla sized wound that this collection's reputation has.
The closest I could do to an open letter is write something and post on my blog over on Destructoid and hope it gets promoted to the front page, but that's about it.
On that note, this might just be me, but I don't feel like ODST + Relic is enough. Honestly I'd openly sacrifice ODST if we could get 6 more Halo 2 Anniversary maps. Halo 2 Anniversary having so few maps (one of which is a remake of the worst Halo 2 map) because the actual gameplay if H2A is pretty much the definitive Halo experience in my opinion. I find it superior to Halo 5
I would prefer ODST to more maps only because I think there is a better chance of the single player port to work and be playable.
More maps for a game with broken party system, missing playlists, and undelivered ranked playlists.. Yea give me the single player and if they fix the game then I might pay for maps.. Doubt it though. Honestly the thought of giving ms and 343 more money for this game makes me want to vomit.
I agree I find h2a gameplay the most interesting and would be my go to multi game if it worked.
They break the silence with a patch for achievements? Seriously? Then next week's patch is just UI issues without addressing the massive other game-breaking issues (games ending early, uneven teams, matchmaking not working, lag/dedicated servers, ranking system, hit registration).
More faceless updates and being told to look forward to upcoming fixes. Pardon me if I'm a little sick of that line after two months and change and the game is still a disaster not even worth playing.
Still no real updates to engage the community; Frankie's twitter is dead, Dan Ayoub has been silent since two days after launch, nothing from Phil Spencer or Microsoft, etc.
Could they be doing any worse of a job handling this?
More faceless updates and being told to look forward to upcoming fixes. Pardon me if I'm a little sick of that line after two months and change and the game is still a disaster not even worth playing.
Still no real updates to engage the community; Frankie's twitter is dead, Dan Ayoub has been silent since two days after launch, nothing from Phil Spencer or Microsoft, etc.
Could they be doing any worse of a job handling this?
Computer
Member
Spent about 3 hours trying to play Halo with a few friends lastnight. The first two hours was spent quitting the build, hard resting, trying to find a game and keep a party together in the MCC. Only to be able to find one game. A team slayer 5v6 on shrine with horrible lag no less. This forced us to play H5. Witch was another hour of quitting the build, excuse us, matchmaking aborted, and hard resets. With the MCC a complete hot mess and Halo 5 a glorified game of peek-a-boo Halo has never been a more sad sight to see. I was going to get a team together to practice for the HCS online tournaments but the game wont even fucking work for me to do so.
it was the anniversary date. There was no moving it. It was set for that date for a reason.
Guys the game tested fine. 343 and MS thought the game was ready to ship. They couldn't have foreseen the problems.
... According to the PR campaign at least.
The fact the even try to float that bs to gamers is insulting.
See my anger bubbles to the surface... I need to let it go.
... According to the PR campaign at least.
The fact the even try to float that bs to gamers is insulting.
See my anger bubbles to the surface... I need to let it go.