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[VinFTW]

This is just Halo 4 randomness blown up times ten lol.

eh, if it gets us free maps and it stays the fuck out of the competitive gametypes...

I'm not here to convince you to enjoy Warzone or to change your mind considering you're an arena guy, like myself. BUT, it's honestly a lot more balanced and competitive than you would think looking at all this bullshit.

There's a lot more strategy and intensity involved in it that doesn't show from reading some of these OP ass weapons, especially when you consider the timing and importance of the bosses in relation to actually winning.

With a good squad, Warzone is a lot of fun and you can really shit on teams/bks. I highly suggest trying it at launch whenever you get bored.

 

[Jessie.Bristol]

I don't know if it has been posted but there is a rumor that is supposedly based on source code that Clans are coming to Halo 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOrTXsv_fpo

 

[Bsigg12]

I don't know if it has been posted but there is a rumor that is supposedly based on source code that Clans are coming to Halo 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOrTXsv_fpo

Oh, Halo Follower.

 

[Glass]

The flipside to someone spawning in a really powerful legendary weapon - just imagine how satisfying it'll be if you kill them and get their weapon they just used an ulra rare card on for free.

 

[Euron]

Oh, Halo Follower.

Yeah Halo Follower isn't exactly the most credible source and that's the nicest way I can put it. Learned that a few years back though things could have changed but I sincerely doubt it.

 

[AdmiralSnackbar]

I know it's only for Warzone, but ugh, some of these weapons are really turning me off from Warzone in fear of it just being a clusterfuck of who has the most OP cards.

This just made me think of it as Yugioh with guns. I'm now more hyped than I have ever been for this game.

 

[LAUGHTREY]

Warzone will end up like invasion did, irrelevant after a month/when BTB comes out. I would put money on that.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

Warzone will end up like invasion did, irrelevant after a month/when BTB comes out. I would put money on that.

Not a chance.

More maps, more open style of game, req packs. People want to unlock them all. It might not stay hugely popular, but my bets are that it will rival BTB for sure, maybe Arena as a whole for population.

 

[LegalEagleMike]

Warzone will end up like invasion did, irrelevant after a month/when BTB comes out. I would put money on that.

I'll take that bet.

 

[Poodle Cannon]

Warzone will end up like invasion did, irrelevant after a month/when BTB comes out. I would put money on that.

No way this will happen.

 

[belushy]

Try these: http://i2.minus.com/itIsgz3nEOxeP.jpg

http://min.us/i/tIsgz3nEOxeP

minus is doing some weird stuff

Cool, nice eye. I love the Breakout aesthetic so can't wait to get my hands on it to make some cool maps.

 

[Sojgat]

I was just watching this GiantBomb preview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=12&v=J0D8x2UF54Y

These guys sound so clueless about the lore. I don't understand. how can you be in a gaming journalism and so clueless about a franchise like halo. And I am not talking about deep lore. Just basic stuffs they don't seem to know.

Probably because they mainly just play the games (which have never done a great job of explaining certain parts of the lore).

Drew being so clueless surprised me a little though, considering what a massive Halo fan he is.

 

[Kibbles]

Yeah Halo Follower isn't exactly the most credible source and that's the nicest way I can put it. Learned that a few years back though things could have changed but I sincerely doubt it.

Isn't that the guy who tried pimping his pyramid scheme? lol

 

[Bsigg12]

Warzone will end up like invasion did, irrelevant after a month/when BTB comes out. I would put money on that.

Na, 343 already has more maps and more REQ cards planned for post launch which is significantly more than anything Bungie did with Invasion.

Isn't that the guy who tried pimping his pyramid scheme? lol

Yea....

 

[GreyWind]

Isn't that the guy who tried pimping his pyramid scheme? lol

What pyramid scheme?

 

[Madness]

Absolutely crazy to me, that I can't use this again in these colors. I've had this emblem for so, so many years. Emblems going away in favor of Destiny style tags, no Mark V. Sigh.

 

[OEM]

Do we know if players can join mid matches? This is what sucks about MCC. Your team mates leave and its like wtf, you are there alone fighting and just waiting for the game to end.

This is one of the reason games like Titanfall have ridiculously fast matchmaking. Even with like 50 players worldwide, I still find matches instantly.

Absolutely crazy to me, that I can't use this again in these colors. I've had this emblem for so, so many years. Emblems going away in favor of Destiny style tags, no Mark V. Sigh.

Very disappointing indeed. Some of these decisions they made, are bizarre.

 

[Bsigg12]

Do we know if players can join mid matches? This is what sucks about MCC. Your team mates leave and its like wtf, you are there alone fighting and just waiting for the game to end.

This is one of the reason games like Titanfall have ridiculously fast matchmaking. Even with like 50 players worldwide, I still find matches instantly.

I believe with Warzone yes, no in Arena.

Absolutely crazy to me, that I can't use this again in these colors. I've had this emblem for so, so many years. Emblems going away in favor of Destiny style tags, no Mark V. Sigh.

There's a chance. Some of the colors look like they might have an option that matches what you want. It just comes down to if that emblem is available.

 

[Trup1aya]

Warzone will end up like invasion did, irrelevant after a month/when BTB comes out. I would put money on that.

How much $ you willing to put up?

 

[Dynasty8]

In regards to the emblems, I like the new direction. We've been using the same emblem system for 11 years now (Since Halo 2, 3, Reach, and 4)

New ones look cool and it's time for a change.

 

[GreyWind]

Still no news about campaign theater

 

[Gnome Scat]

Warzone will matchmake you with people who have similarly unlocked REQ cards, so your team and the enemy team should both have OP cards. It's just who will burn them first . I also doubt those Legendary cards will be frequent, so it'll cause you to be cautious of when to use them.

I understand the concern, especially if certain weapons get in the hands of certain players...

However :

-Legendary weapons are rare cards, wont be handed out very often i presume.

-Cant spam the card since deploying powerful cards requires energy, which takes time to accumulate.

-You only have one life with that weapon, one random grenade, one mistimed reload, one misplaced jump and thats that.

I think its pretty fair. We will see.

Keep in mind, they're one time use though you can as many as you want and they're tied to REQ level and REQ points to call in. That gun is a mid to late game requisition.

Good to know, I just have a stigma against anything OP so I'm automatically pessimistic about this kind of stuff. You can thank Forge Battles with friends who spawn an arsenal of the most OP shit and then camp for that.

 

[Trup1aya]

I know it's only for Warzone, but ugh, some of these weapons are really turning me off from Warzone in fear of it just being a clusterfuck of who has the most OP cards.[/QUOTE]

How is your clusterfuck scenario even possible? The most powerful cards require the most energy to actually use...

So firstly, you'll have to save up energy, meaning you were making less purchases throughout the match. Potential putting yourself at a disadvantage.

Secondly, anytime you use one, you are lengthening the amount of time before you be able to make any more big requisitions, because it was so expensive...

Thirdly, there's nothing to say you won't be killed and robbed of your weapon moments after spawning.

No way for anyone to just spam powerful cards...

 

[Bsigg12]

Still no news about campaign theater

Hopefully it's in the game. We're still waiting for them to detail the multiplayer spectator mode and forge as well. There is a lot left to talk about over the next 4 (!) weeks.

 

[Glass]

Still no news about campaign theater

Yeah I'm not holding my breath. I would spend hours in that. Halo 3 screenshots still look great, 5 would look ridiculously good.

 

[Einchy]

In regards to the emblems, I like the new direction. We've been using the same emblem system for 11 years now (Since Halo 2, 3, Reach, and 4)

New ones look cool and it's time for a change.

They could have used the old system and the new one like in Destiny.

Emblems on the left and the rectangular things on the right.

 

[AllIsOneIsNone]

Warzone will end up like invasion did, irrelevant after a month/when BTB comes out. I would put money on that.

I hope you're not a gambling man, haha.

 

[watership]

I was just watching this GiantBomb preview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=12&v=J0D8x2UF54Y

These guys sound so clueless about the lore. I don't understand. how can you be in a gaming journalism and so clueless about a franchise like halo. And I am not talking about deep lore. Just basic stuffs they don't seem to know.

It gets to be a bit muddled I would think. Working in the industry can dull you to some things, especially the popular games. You are aware of them, play them, but you have so many games every year, and the big games usually have a predictable level of quality to them.. you discuss them less. You played Halo early in the fall schedule, and that was 14 games ago, but remember this indie game that totally impressed you.

As fans, we get to pick our favourites and talk about those to our friends on here. Many game journalists can't be specialists like that. They can't possibly get the details of a story of just one game of 100 we played in the past 2 years.

 

[OEM]

Hopefully it's in the game. We're still waiting for them to detail the multiplayer spectator mode and forge as well. There is a lot left to talk about over the next 4 (!) weeks.

Theater mode
Spectator mode (Is this MP only? or you can also spectate SP games?)
FORGE
SP gameplay trailer
launch trailer

I hope they start releasing ViDocs now

 

[DontBeThatGuy]

Warzone looks infinitely more fast-paced and enjoyable than vanilla BTB, but I see something like a Damage Boost REQ and it instantly becomes a bit off-putting. Not that I've taken anything other than Arena-style Halo seriously at all, but I just don't like the idea of something like that in any mode, in any game.

 

[Madness]

In regards to the emblems, I like the new direction. We've been using the same emblem system for 11 years now (Since Halo 2, 3, Reach, and 4)

New ones look cool and it's time for a change.

Why is it specifically time for a change? Especially when the new change is a handicap in terms of customization? You can have tags, whilst still giving people the ability to customize tags with their exact emblems and colors. I hate the implication that just because something has been done for a while means YOU have to change it up.

Edit: Can someone make that emblem of mine into an avatar with no white box?

 

[KiboSenshi]

Aww man my stuck emblem is gone. I do like a lot of the new emblems though.
Yin Yang pls

 

[EVA UNIT 01]

I need this

Im completely out of it on halo 5.
In halo 5 if we play campaign solo...can we CHOOSE any team member?
Or are we forced to roll as chief/locke?

 

[GreyWind]

Theater mode
Spectator mode (Is this MP only? or you can also spectate SP games?)
FORGE
SP gameplay trailer
launch trailer

I hope they start releasing ViDocs now

I remember when Bungie did that for Halo 3. It was kinda of awesome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH-e-xq12ac

 

[Zeta Oni]

Im completely out of it on halo 5.
In halo 5 if we play campaign solo...can we CHOOSE any team member?
Or are we forced to roll as chief/locke?

Forced to roll Chief/Locke in solo.

I think they should add a "choose your character" option after beating the game for the first time, personally.

 

[EVA UNIT 01]

Forced to roll Chief/Locke in solo.

I think they should add a "choose your character" option after beating the game for the first time, personally.

Ugh
Im so sick of that crap in campaigns with AI partners.
Gears for example.
I wanna play kelly/linda in solo goddammit

 

[0ptimusPayne]

Wow!!! The fact that you can seamlessly transition from the Warthog seat into the gunner seat is fucking everything!!!

 

[Bsigg12]

Wow!!! The fact that you can seamlessly transition from the Warthog seat into the gunner seat is fucking everything!!!

Yea, pressing A in the driver or passenger seat with the gunner spot open will automatically move you back. It's wild.

I want to know what doing that in the scout hog that doesn't have a turret does. Can you carry more people in that hog?

 

[ElRenoRaven]

Wow!!! The fact that you can seamlessly transition from the Warthog seat into the gunner seat is fucking everything!!!

Yup. That's going to be huge. Gunner gets taken out then bam your passenger can switch seamlessly and take over. I'm actually surprised it took this long for someone to come up with this idea.

 

[MrBlonde]

Not a huge halo fan but I always end up buying it, beat the campaigns and put a few hours in MP but nothing serious. I have to say I am excited for this game for some reason..... Did I read all MP maps will be free for this game? If true that is fantastic.

 

[Jessie.Bristol]

Not a huge halo fan but I always end up buying it, beat the campaigns and put a few hours in MP but nothing serious. I have to say I am excited for this game for some reason..... Did I read all MP maps will be free for this game? If true that is fantastic.

Yes, all MP maps will be free. No more having the main playlists dedicated to people who have bought the DLC (leading to overall lower player populations in those playlists).

 

[Shrennin]

If theater more was brought back to both campaign and multiplayer (Arena, Warzone, and BTB) then Halo 5 instantly becomes my GotY. I want it that bad. Q_Q

I doubt it'll be there though.

 

[VincentMatts]

Warzone will end up like invasion did, irrelevant after a month/when BTB comes out. I would put money on that.

You'll lose that bet hard

 

[shoreu]

Warzone will end up like invasion did, irrelevant after a month/when BTB comes out. I would put money on that.

You have to ask to get your name changed to neverright and you tag to, " never listen to me"

 

[Brolic Gaoler]

Warzone will end up like invasion did, irrelevant after a month/when BTB comes out. I would put money on that.

Doubt it, war zone can be what you want it to be. For me, as I get older and video games become a secondary hobby stuff like war zone is more appealing.

I can go in, fight people if I want, help kill bosses, etc. it seems like it will be a more "chill" game type than arena and even btb.

 

[GreyWind]

If theater more was brought back to both campaign and multiplayer (Arena, Warzone, and BTB) then Halo 5 instantly becomes my GotY. I want it that bad. Q_Q

I doubt it'll be there though.

That and a file browser, in-game and Waypoint. Plz!!!!!!!!

 

[Dynasty8]

Warzone will end up like invasion did, irrelevant after a month/when BTB comes out. I would put money on that.

Doubt that.

The only thing I hope doesn't happen is having a huge portion of the multiplayer installment base jump ship to Black Ops 3. It's been happening since the original MW made CoD incredibly popular. Halo is just so much funner IMO.

 

[Shrennin]

That and a file browser, in-game and Waypoint. Plz!!!!!!!!

That would be the icing on the cake. Waypoint and the Halo channel should be merged. I liked how Waypoint rewarded players of past Halo games, and having a reward system that unlocked things within the newest Halo games would be cool too. I wouldn't be against 343 adopting what Bungie did with Halo 3 by having a sort of subscription to an unlimited file browser (everyone else could have a limit) since maps are free. I want maps to always stay free too. Hopefully this will also sway other Microsoft studios like Coalition.

 

[Madness]

Doubt that.

The only thing I hope doesn't happen is having a huge portion of the multiplayer installment base jump ship to Black Ops 3. It's been happening since the original MW made CoD incredibly popular. Halo is just so much funner IMO.

That's inevitable especially with Battlefront coming. If Battlefront is fun as hell, I'd even probably just play large scale MP there, and solely come back to Halo 5 for Arena.

It's pretty much every game in the era of annualized games and new games every often. Many will beat the campaign and trade in. Others will play tons for the first couple weeks and then move on. But Warzone is trying the carrot/stick game play and rewards that ME3 and Destiny did well. I'd expect many fans will stick around to keep earning new REQ's.

 

[blue_phazon]

You know what I realy want from Halo 5?

The whole community aspect.

I remember back in Halo 3 you could view a clips or screenshots that were hand picked by Bungie or voted by players. And this was on a DAILY basis