-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Halo Wars 2 |OT| Warranty For Suckers
- Thread starter Tecnniqe
- Start date
Woop-woop. Good stuff.
Damn no balance changes. Glad to see fixes rolling out soon though.
yes, i was also expecting some... but i guess will take some time.
OH GOD.
Caayn
Member
Good list but there are more reported bugs in this topic than on the known issue list sadly. They do at least recognize that there are more bugs to fix.
Also no addition of rewards (XP/card packs) for skirmish/firefight players
Possibly the biggest WTF is going on moment I ever encountered in an RTS. I could barely even see my own units let alone figure out the status of the enemy teams stronghold.
I would think that they'd want to give people some time to familiarize themselves with the gameplay before immediately making changes like that. Plus, if a unit is U/OP due to a bug, any performance data from before it is fixed would be void.
Yeah. A few of those bugs being fixed are de facto balance changes, like garrisoned snipers.
Gravemind IV
Member
Finally downloaded Windows 10 in order to play this game, now Windows 10 has completely destroyed my PC.
Eh, should have known better.
Eh, should have known better.
MeisterLeder
Banned
Hm so no improvements and tweaks for some of the awful campaign missions. So more waiting for me.
Surface of Me
I'm not an NPC. And neither are we.
Anyone else hoping we some of these units in Halo 6? Fighting Iron Clad Hunters and Blisterbacks would be hype AF. Also
of course Brutes we will be fighting in Halo 6, WE BETTER GET CHOPPERS BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
An other thing that I noticed, but always forget to mention:
In Halo: Escalation, they had:
- a Flood Spore wandering arround on the Spirit of Fire.
- Sparrowhawks attacking the Infinity (or an other ship I can't remember).
Both of these things were not mentioned at all in Halo Wars 2. Why even tease people like this, when it leads to nowhere?
Been my hope since HW1 and it never happened.
At the very least Brutes need to come back. They are adding good stuff to the vehicle and weapon sandbox. The new Maradeur and the Reaver vehicles would also make the most sense in a future Halo Game. One is basically a Brute Warthog and the other one is an Anti Air Mantis.
In Halo: Escalation, they had:
- a Flood Spore wandering arround on the Spirit of Fire.
- Sparrowhawks attacking the Infinity (or an other ship I can't remember).
Both of these things were not mentioned at all in Halo Wars 2. Why even tease people like this, when it leads to nowhere?
Been my hope since HW1 and it never happened.
At the very least Brutes need to come back. They are adding good stuff to the vehicle and weapon sandbox. The new Maradeur and the Reaver vehicles would also make the most sense in a future Halo Game. One is basically a Brute Warthog and the other one is an Anti Air Mantis.
The Flood threat on Spirit of Fire was the subject of a short story in the Halo: Tales from Slipspace anthology.
Outrun
Member
I am not aware of Win10 doing that.
Sorry for your loss. Call MS. If they destroyed your PC, they should pay for any and all damages.
Robobandit
Member
I'm tempted to get this if they clean up the UI on the PC.. particularly w/ the keybind menu.. that looked like a nightmare in the videos I saw.
maybe one of these days they will.
maybe one of these days they will.
Of course it has... Classic 343i...
Is it possible to get a quick summary? Only if you feel like it, of course.
And I know about the Brute Prowler, but it hasn't been used since Halo 3. Just like anything else from the Brutes, really.
Fata1moose
Banned
Hey we got the hammer because of Griffball (of all the things to cater to).
And the crazy awesome Brute Rifle, I guess.
But to be fair, there was a whole Brute Add-On found in Halo 5, so that's at least something if it's still coming.
Fata1moose
Banned
And the crazy awesome Brute Rifle, I guess.
But to be fair, there was a whole Brute Add-On found in Halo 5, so that's at least something if it's still coming.
Who knows what the plan is for Halo 5 right now, I thought we'd get some cross promotion reqs when Halo Wars 2 launched. I also want more Arena maps as the DLC they added had quite a few turds (Overgrowth, Riptide, Molten, Torque).
Sure. Flood spore jumps on poor McTech person when they're thawed to run some maintenance, and because Serina is suffering from the effects of rampancy the infestation gets way worse. Anders and Jerome (who's rigged his cryo pod to wake him whenever Anders wakes up) deal with the threat and Anders helps Serina proceed with her final dispensation as she records her "something has happened" VO.
Plus, Jerome tries some pro wrestling moves on the Flood.
Yeah I'm a bit surprised too. There's a Spiker in the H5 game code, so maybe it got postponed or shelved.
nekkid
It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan.
So that was resolved? Shame - was hoping to see the return of the Flood.
Yup. Maybe it's better if they leave H5 alone now in terms of actual CU. They should do the maintanenance and move on to H6 ASAP. Hopefully it will have more content.
Thanks for sharing. Too bad that they are doing these things in comics/books/whatever.
Shame indeed.
Poodlestrike
Banned
I mean, it's unlikely that those're the only spores left in the galaxy.
nekkid
It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan.
But when there was clearly an in-lore way of bringing them back into the game, 343i killed them off. That tells me they have no interest in bringing them back.
Poodlestrike
Banned
I think it's more that they didn't want to have a threat spawned in a comic intrude on a game... again. Unless I'm misremembering, that spore wasn't in HW1.
Gai Murakumo
Member
Yeah I have not got that achievement either and I have at least done 1 daily challenge since the Ultimate Edition launch. Makes me worried about the weekly achievement not appearing at the end of this month.
Captain Zyrain
Member
Yeah the spore was introduced in the comic.. Which was poorly received if I remember correctly.. So if that suddenly colored HW2 most people wouldn't understand. I mean, I guess it's plausible a flood spore could have survived on the ship all that time, but I'm not mad that they introduced and resolved it in extended universe stuff.. That seems like the perfect use of other mediums without screwing with the games (or requiring people to buy additional stuff).
I'm guessing we see the Flood again though.
Dreadnought
Member
If 343i is shooting for that T rating I doubt we'll ever see the Flood again
nekkid
It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan.
But it doesn't need any more explanation than a spore found its way onto the SoF.
It's definitely borked right now. Unfortunately it doesn't look like the upcoming patch will address it, unless it's an unlisted fix.
T
thepotatoman
Unconfirmed Member
Does selecting "Resign" from the menu really count as a disconnect? The warning message sounds like it does.
That's an extremely odd decision if so. I guess it encourages you to play from behind, but there are plenty of times it's just hopeless and you're waiting for your bases to be killed.
That's an extremely odd decision if so. I guess it encourages you to play from behind, but there are plenty of times it's just hopeless and you're waiting for your bases to be killed.
In Halo Wars 1 the proper way to do it was self destruct all your bases, which would give you an in-game defeat and EXP, then you could resign.
But, Halo Wars 1 also only ever let you matchmake by yourself or a full party, so it was generally understood that if you resigned out your teammates were aware of it. I'm honestly surprised they have matchmade allies in HW2.
T
thepotatoman
Unconfirmed Member
I was talking about 1v1 mode. I guess it makes more sense for a matchmade team, but still really dumb 1v1.
Yeah, in 1v1 it was the self destruct all bases method, because it would start the timer and give them the win.
I would think any eventual HW2 Ranked is going to have the bases destroyed = defeat setting on, otherwise games will take way too long.
And yeah I definitely just want to acknowledge when the other guy has me beat and just move the fuck on without being penalized like I abandoned people.