halo-discussion

[signal ivy]

I apologize, I don't know. I play on PC oh nvm, I see what you're saying

[crystal iron]

the game is already unstable when its fully installed, I wouldn't do that

[smoky geyser]

fair point

[signal ivy]

uhh, idk if the windows store version has that, I know steam doesn't. There's nothing to play anyway that I know of besides looking at the main menu

[crystal iron]

looking at the pretty main menu art and listening to the music would be understandable

wait, custom games browser is cross play right, why are there only 21 lobbies, reach literally has more, that can't be right o.o

[smoky oasis]

Yes, but I don't know which feature you can play. Maybe Academy.

[crystal mortar]

did

y'know how people were talking about that issue with the UI

it's happening to me

plus infinite is asking me to log in when i open it

and it took several minutes to open

did 343 break something?

[crystal iron]

great

[crystal mortar]

omg

man i love sudden maitnence

[smoky oasis]

That's unfortunate.

Stability has been better so far for me.

[soft spear]

No crashes so far (I was getting 4/5 a session with the S3 update) 🤞

[lime robin]

Last saturday I got excited
I got my first crash in the entire update and now I wouldn't feel so bad :P

[smoky oasis]

It was pretty bad for me before the patch. Had so many crashes it led to a quit ban.

[lime robin]

That's why I felt bad, there's plenty of people out there who deserve better

Also not to start a conspiracy or anything but my crash happened after I installed CoD on my PC 👀

[smoky oasis]

I have COD installed on my Xbox

I think you're on to something

[crystal iron]

Idk which channel I should put this in, but WHOSE TERRIBLY STUPID IDEA WAS IT TO PUT KOTH AND CTF IN THE TACTICAL SLAYER PLAYLIST?!?!?!!?!?
I'm genuinely angry. This is the one playlist I consistently play when I'm not being forced by challenges to play something else.

[young glen]

I think I could give you the answer but I'm honestly scared to.

[analog salmon]

i dont even like SWAT and i can already see that being magnitudes worse

[worldly tendon]

SWAT CTF sounds like a bad time

[analog salmon]

the one thing I can give SWAT credit for is letting a solo player do their own thing and not need team work to enjoy a match

[young glen]

CTF in TS will make it end in a stalemate every time I reckon

[limber fox]

Damn, they STILL didn't fix the settings resetting bug! After like one month!

[smoky oasis]

Wait SWAT KOTH is a thing?

[limber fox]

This game is a wasteland

[crystal iron]

Idk if I'm allowed to cuss in this server... so let's just say I'm holding a lot in.

[smoky oasis]

Nah, keep feedback constructive.

[crystal iron]

For custom games?

[smoky oasis]

Sounds frustrating and insanely silly tbh

[limber fox]

video settings keep resetting (and else)

[analog salmon]

its been in MCC for like a year

only on console at least

[crystal iron]

Yes it's beyond annoying

[limber fox]

This bug with a proper dev team behind could get fixed in like 1 hour max

[young glen]

If you act in a constructive manner, then creating a thread in #1039633978841374720 with why the changes to swat are bad will be the way to go.

[analog salmon]

look guys sadly this was the sacrifice to reach seasonality - QA

[ruby lake]

I CANT SAY THAT WORD? lame.

[young glen]

i mean, are you surprised?

[ruby lake]

no lol

[young glen]

lol

[analog salmon]

in fairness they said their main goal was seasonality not fixing or avoiding creating bugs

the r/halo mods have repinned the cross core thread lol

[crystal iron]

What word?

[amber stratus]

Glad they did

[young glen]

At this point they just need to say something. Make it quick and painful.
I don't envy the dev team though.

But that's with the assumption that it isn't actually coming.

[crystal iron]

Just tell us anything

[stone raven]

which game had the best playble elites?

[analog salmon]

you know its either A. not coming or B. just around the corner

learning towards A because of the core locked daily skins

[crystal iron]

If it’s not coming, tell us about it. That’s how it should work.

[analog salmon]

they dont have Staten and nobody else is willing to announce bad news

new Quick Play forge maps are nice though. definitely my pick

[amber stratus]

Or that $15 bundle of coatings last week. That was just insulting.

[young glen]

Idk, Reach probably.

[stone raven]

yeah honestly the elite's were at their peak in reach

[analog salmon]

is it like KOTH or something in Reach where playable elites are for some bizarre reason allowed?

[river minnow]

invasion

it wasn't koth, but it was some sort of zone capture mode

[modern juniper]

I never particularly cared for playable elites one way or another in multiplayer, so I think Reach had the best implementation by giving them (minor) unique gameplay properties

[full warren]

definitely getting more "kicked out of game" because can not connect to dedicated server now S3 started

[modern juniper]

A shame you couldn’t use them in standard matchmaking besides Invasion and Covenant Slayer (I’m not even sure if the elites-only gametype still exists in MCC) but I’d always had annoyances with their hitboxes/models in H2 and 3 so it doesn’t bother me much

[analog salmon]

im like pretty certain there's another mode they unintentionally work in

i cant be imagining this lol

[stone raven]

well I like them like 343 really killed the elite community

[river minnow]

Dino blasters

[analog salmon]

Halo 2AMP

[river minnow]

it was already dead

[modern juniper]

I mean if you ask me you can point to Reach being the game that truly killed off playable elites. They were there but very very limited per my prior post.

[river minnow]

honestly a good thing 343 never added them

[modern juniper]

I do wish we had the option but it’s tough to balance and don’t disagree with the removal

Shooting an elite in the neck with a snipe and not getting a kill just feels bad as a player

And who’d willingly play as something like 2 feet taller than a Spartan lol

[stone raven]

no they didn't if we are talking customization then yes I guess you can say that but reach had the best playable elite because of invasion

[stone raven]

that state is objectively wrong

[river minnow]

they weren't balanced, having them in the game would have sucked

phari already pointed out a few points

[analog salmon]

IMO the biggest mistake 343/Xbox made was not having a support plan for MCC/Halo2AMP, giving Halo 5 and extra year for an engine/tools overhaul

Halo would be in a completely different place now had MCC been fixed sooner, Halo2AMP been a proper title, and Halo 5 was developed by a team with robust tools and then onto Halo 6/Infinite

[smoky wave]

Also they said it was already a pretty small population of people using elites, so it's even not worth putting resources on that

[analog salmon]

dont think anyone would have minded waiting for Halo 5 if we got more maps for Halo 2AMP

[river minnow]

I said they weren't balanced smart guy

[smoky wave]

Where is that video where it shows the problem with elite hitboxes

[full warren]

anyone getting a weird delay in game my pin is 20 but when I snipe people die like a half second after I shoot them

[crystal iron]

but I like killing dinosaurs :c

[young glen]

Ouch

[analog salmon]

someone should do that video for Halo 2AMP and see if it has the same issues

[full warren]

even head shots, i dont get the unstable packet loss error

[stone raven]

well there are people who use them plus 343 need to stop having an obsetion over Spartans

[smoky wave]

Still a small population
So still not worth it in top of the problems that elites have

[river minnow]

on my phone so don't have it

[smoky wave]

Give it up about elites, it's been 10 years at this point

[stone raven]

I meant to say weren't but you are wrong they were balanced it wasn't perfect but it worked

[analog salmon]

tbh MP elites dont really contradict the lore, spartans being able to simulate elites doesn't see that farfetched

its just cause they dont wanna do them

[smoky wave]

No one said anything about lore tho

[analog salmon]

343 did

"its a spartan story" or something

[smoky wave]

343 also said that they have balancing issues and small population in top of it

So still

[stone raven]

well that does not mean you remove them and kill off an entire community of halo

[young glen]

Gotta prioritise things

[smoky wave]

an entire community? Which one the ones who do dino roleplay?

[analog salmon]

im pretty sure you could do them in a way that only disadvantages those who use them

[river minnow]

since you're being annoying af

[modern juniper]

Yup

[smoky wave]

That is still not balancing and not fixing it

[stone raven]

halo had an elite community until 343 killed it with halo 4

[analog salmon]

this is just showing that how they were implemented in Halo 3 is borked. Does this exist in Halo 2AMP?

[smoky wave]

So still a small one
So still not worth putting resources on it, gotcha

[river minnow]

idk anyone who used elites in h2a but I think so, I'd have to double check

[smoky wave]

Time to make a second account with gamepass and test it

[crystal mortar]

It's been aN HOUR

[crystal iron]

if we're talking about fairness here as to why elites are gone we should also cap everyone's frame rates to 30 like on xbox one, people playing at 144hz+ offers a bigger advantage than occasionally not hitting an elites head in MP

[analog salmon]

like i dont even care but saying Halo 3 had broken hit boxes so they cant work is just a plain illogical argument

[crystal mortar]

WHAT IS HAPPENING

[smoky wave]

Hector we are talking about dinos right now

[stone raven]

well the competitive community was so and it was depressing seeing that one die

[fickle jolt]

hey, i started a poll on my channel abt which campaign i should do and theres a tie between 4 and CE which should i do?

[analog salmon]

its pretty annoying to keep making an illogical point when im certain everyone who wants playable elites wants them to have functional hit boxes and not the same issues as Halo 3

[crystal mortar]

iouno, whichever one takes the lead

[signal ivy]

Halo 4

[fickle jolt]

aight bet

goobye

[smoky wave]

A loooong time ago someone posted here a video showing the hitboxes of dinos in Halo games they tested and had the same issues
Buuuut that channel is not here anymore

It was the Halo infinite channel

[analog salmon]

i mean even if they all had the issue, its pretty obvious its possible to have elites with functional hit boxes lol

im not saying its worth the effort but it's a dumb argument against them

[smoky wave]

How do you make funcional hit boxes with that neck

The same as a human/spartans

[analog salmon]

you just make the hit box bigger lmao

[smoky wave]

Wouldn't be unfair for elites then and people would not use them in the end?

[analog salmon]

you could snipe someone while aiming no where close to their head in halo reach, 4 and 5

its not rocket science

[smoky wave]

Then you are still making it worse for people who use them, that it was already a small population according to 343, by making the hitboxes bigger?

[river minnow]

COMPETITIVR DINOS WHERE LOL

[analog salmon]

i mean yeah if they want to play as a bigger model they have to accept a bigger hit box

[crystal iron]

what if they put a small disclaimer before selecting elites like "hey ur hitbox is bigger you're at a 4% more disadvantage" the better players wont care coz they will still win against worse players

[smoky wave]

Considering how it is this community about anything small, I doubt a lot

[analog salmon]

people in this community will complain about anything and everything

[smoky wave]

It's not only the hitboxes issues, is just not a lot of people using them so it's not worth putting the money, resources and all on them
Sooo basically you have 10 years later with no elites

[crystal iron]

I complain about not being able to play a stable match of BTB 500 days after release :c

[smoky wave]

Big skill issue 🙄

[crystal iron]

I lack the skill to reverse engineer their dedicated servers and fix it 😦

[analog salmon]

i mean yeah i personally would just say its not worth the resources when people ask for 90% of stuff 343 doesnt want to do but you still hear irrational takes defending 343 beyond just they dont wanna do it

[smoky wave]

Maybe these people have 343 giving them pizzas idk

[analog salmon]

so 343 have the resources to give shills pizza but not to implement dinos? check mate

[smoky wave]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-wow-shock-drama-ohhh-gif-22585288

[crystal iron]

what if, they just add a playlist where you have a dino helmet on a spartan body

[ruby knoll]

fr. I don't get the "hurr microsoft is hands off" people. It was Microsoft that had:

1. 4 be a 360 title
2. H2A turned into the MCC without giving them more than a year to do so

also for the "microsoft's other studios don't have problems" people
Age of Empires 3 Definitive Edition quite literally launched with a disk-wipe bug
AoE4 launched with a decent amount of missing features
AoE1DE is still kinda meh

[lime robin]

Minecraft Dungeons too

[ruby knoll]

no no clearly only evil wicked nasty bad number corporation is the only studio with issues (totally not caused by microsoft)

[analog salmon]

Gears of War UE's PC port is a joke

343 at least tries to fix their failures down the line

it always too little too late but its commendable

[ruby knoll]

didn't GoW5 have issues too

seriously where does the "microsoft is hands off"/"other studios are perfect" narrative come from

[summer aspen]

sorry that was a clear miss you shot him between the plasma rifle and the head 😛

[analog salmon]

its just cognitive dissonance. people want to believe 343 are just useless for some reason

the reality is its obvious there's a ton of talented and passionate devs

[summer aspen]

Halo would be in a completely different place right now if MS gave 343i the extra time to finish off Halo 4 on the Xbox One
proper support plan for Halo MCC & it's future (probably even a 1 year delay into 2015)
Halo 5 2016 or 2017 release date

Over-all I think Halo as a whole would've been even better if this was the case tbh, although ngl I don't think anything could've fixed Infinite without scrapping it and just restarting from the beginning.

[summer aspen]

afaik MCC was made within 2 years, the original idea was for H2A to be it's own game, but also releasing on the Xbox 360 with it's own menus, cross platform mp and so on.

full on porting for MCC started sometime in 2012

[crystal iron]

I think its because 343 is unique in terms of they were only made to do 1 thing, halo, so they are singled out compared to other companies with a history who work on a range of games

[summer aspen]

that's not entirely true.
MS starts getting involved heavily if deadlines can't be agreed on.

That's why the Forza devs have such a hands off approach within MS, they always achieve the deadline so no reason for MS to ever interfere.

[analog salmon]

Forza has the benefit of two studios and I imagine they got somewhat lucky with the fact the Forza engine was designed in a way that made adapting it to the open world was possible

343 has Saber's help every so often but i assume Saber had other projects after MCC landed which is why it didnt get fixed for so long

probably didnt help that microsoft wanted Saber to make Halo Online for the Russian market. Everyone with understanding of Blam should have been working on MCC or the mainline title

and I dont think people quite understand that Certain Affinity aren't making a Halo game. they are most likely just making the map because that's what their expertise is

whatever it is, 343 will be leading

[thorny stratus]

Nah bruh I just played a 2 minute oddball 💀

I love oddball now

[glacial tartan]

They can be as passionate / dedicated as they want. They’ve had Halo longer than Bungie did

[analog salmon]

there's a difference when your a studio bought by Microsoft and a studio created by Microsoft

ultimately whoever heads 343 is not going to have the same ability to operate as a independent entity as someone like Jason Jones did

[smoky wave]

https://twitter.com/HaloSupport/status/1640863408009666560

Halo Support (@HaloSupport)

We're rolling out new ways for players to report issues at https://t.co/Ya2f8ZXD20!

📸 Flag Report: Submit a screenshot/video of an in-game issue.
⚡ Outage Report: Alert the team if services are down.
🐞 Bug Report: Advanced form for in-depth reporting & agent troubleshooting.

Twitter · Mar 28, 2023, 11:48 PM

[crystal iron]

how do I tell if someone is hacking or desync has just thrown a vehicle across the map

[gilded oxide]

So my settings still reset every time I turn the game on. Amazing patch

[stone raven]

would you like their to be a spin off game on the great schisem?

[analog salmon]

tbh no simply because i want them to focus on the current story arch and maybe even try to pull together the events of H4/H5/HW2/HI

the nice thing about Halo 5's story being quite uneventful is it can pretty much be summed up in a cutscene

and HI mostly explains it anyway

I feel like we need at least 2 campaigns with proper continuity before they do any kind of prequel/spinoff type stuff

even if we're waiting 5 years between each game

[uneven bison]

The great schism is a period covered pretty well in halo. The area around halo infinite needs more.

[stone raven]

not really

[sullen anvil]

i totally forgot the patch went live. can someone link me the patch notes?

[signal ivy]

#halo-support-news

[sullen anvil]

thanks

[signal ivy]

you're welcome

[sullen anvil]

"What’s changing: This hotfix raises the Nodegraph Entity limit from 800 to 2048." oh my god

[stone raven]

well what about a game on the original Nobel 6?

[stone raven]

Well this game would take place half in high chartiy and half on delta halo you would look as a lower ranked elite fight and brute and their allays then witnessing the flood consumption of the city first had and then landing on delta halo fighting off more covenant destroying a scarab and the finally meeting out with the arbiter and Johnson shortly after Tartarus death oh and also the brutes in this game would be the same as they are in halo and odst but with less ranks but the would have the same ai and design with them wearing full power armor as in both halo 3 and odst

[tardy turtle]

I will say, a survival horror game centered on the Fall of High Charity would be quite interesting to play. But, I personally would avoid having it intersect with anyone from the main storyline. At most, I would have communications from Rtas 'Vadum and the Shadow of Intent to Sangheili in the city, but only as radio communications.

[edgy path]

Cross-core armor coatings sure would be nice

imagine Neon Superfly on Chimera

[rapid finch]

is big team social permenant now??

[edgy path]

Seems to be

[rapid finch]

big W

[brittle lion]

Massive W

[ivory glacier]

What’s that new map (or at least new to me) that I just played in a quick play match. It’s like an octagon shape. Camo spawns on a platform in the middle. Where did it come from? It seems kinda nice so far

[brittle lion]

Community made forge map. Got added into quickplay this week

It's in the patch notes

[ivory glacier]

Oh ok. Thanks. Not too bad

[steel turtle]

thats awesome, exactly what i was hoping theyd do with the community maps

using the community playlist like a testing ground and then adding maps into other playlists if they play well

man its so nice actually getting new maps regularly
i hope this continues

[strange estuary]

Just finished every game in the MCC

might try emulating halo 5 out of sheer curiosity lol

[surreal solstice]

its probably obvious but does anyone else look/see the chest attachment called pgy pack as piggy pack/pudgy pack? looks like it contains a protein energy bar, a lunchbox, a thermos and a small electric stove? or am i just crazy

[frosty condor]

I read it as Piggy Back 🐷

[fast grove]

Why does Halo Infinite keep on resetting my controls to default? It takes too much time resetting my controls :/

[sonic viper]

hellloooo helloooooo, anyone know of a way easier to track halo mcc achievements rather than going through xbox/steams list

[left snow]

You were probably playing against Mint Blitz. He likes to launch vehicles across the map. Often resulting in a kill or two. 🙂

[fallow merlin]

Question

In ODST last level why did the Covenant glass the city if the dig site was in a different spot as Buck says?

On the other side of the city

[zinc glen]

because they can and wanted to do so

[empty rapids]

you can still jank the physics a little bit to do stuff like that still lol

it's getting to the point where i do not want to play the match if my mates can't stay alive and not get wiped for longer than 15 seconds

343, please

[empty rapids]

is 49.8% avg accuracy on kb&m good?

[fallow merlin]

But what is the purpose? And where exactly was the portal located? Was it at the initial dig site which can be seen from the banshee in Kikowani Station or was it under Mombasa?

The final cutscene seems to show it was under Mombasa. So what was the first dig site? Why were they digging there?

[zinc glen]

I truthfully don't know I just assume its because they are doing it for the sake of doing it and it might kill some hiding humans

I think even Buck mentions they are going to glass the city and makes a reference to Reach so they must be doing to kill a city

[neon anvil]

my halo infinite spartan should be able to be a baddie like linda in halo 5

[zinc glen]

halo reach spartan for me personally that stuff is a tactical advantage in games

I'm starving

[neon anvil]

i concur but they just can never decide what female spartans should look like and settled for makin em no different from dudes

[zinc glen]

whoever said they don't want baddie Spartans are delusional and are lying to themselves

everyone wants the baddies to return

[empty rapids]

that's a whole can of worms that shouldn't be opened lol

[zinc glen]

It seems like a diverse discussion that should be talked about eventually

[rugged quartz]

Perhaps stick to one channel instead of two with the same topic

[fallow merlin]

I just played Kikowani station.

I’m more confused now than ever

[zinc glen]

about what?

[neon anvil]

fax mods'll get to buggin

[ruby knoll]

@river minnow deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenvf

[zinc glen]

@fallow merlin from the halo wiki "This fleet immediately began to glass the city of Mombasa, in order to excavate the long-buried portal that would lead the Covenant to the Ark, allowing them to fire the entire Halo Array and commence their "Great Journey". Truth's fleet excavating the portal to the Ark."

[fallow merlin]

Dialogue in the level indicates that the Regrets carrier caused a massive hole which is what is referred to as the “dig site” and there’s a bunch of ships gather and digging over there in Kikowani Station off in the distance. But in the last level we see them glass the city. And it seems to show the portal is under there. I think Mombasa is supposed to be multiple different islands/mainland so the only way it makes sense to me is that the portal was just super massive and they had to expand the dig site to the part of the city in ODST to uncover all of it. But looking at the cutscenes in Halo 3 the portal just doesn’t look like it’s quite that big. You can see it in comparison to the ships. It’s big. It’s not that big. Plus don’t maps in Infinite show that parts of Mombasa survived? Even though we know that whatever wasn’t ruined by the portal excavation would have surely been ruined by the elites glassing “half a continent” and we see them glassing right outside the portal which would surely have to kill off the remainder of the city?

[river minnow]

hi

[zinc glen]

it might have been the old Mombasa city across the river that survived (at least I think so according to Sadie's story), I think part of the reason the Covenant did that was to simply try to kill the humans

as if they need a reason to kill human and human planets

[fallow merlin]

But even if it survived the initial Slipspace jump, and the glassing to dig for the portal, how would it survive the glassing around the portal by the elites to cleanse the flood?

[zinc glen]

maybe they can change the intensity of the glassing beam

and set to only burn around the portal or maybe its indestructible (or at least very very sturdy) since its forerunner

[zinc glen]

some of New Mombasa survived so I don't see why Old Mombasa couldn't

[fallow merlin]

Yeah. Maybe. I think it’s probably more likely 343 are being inconsistent with Bungie’s lore again. After all, if they could just set the glassing to kill the flood and not damage anything else why would Hood even say they glassed half a continent and maybe the flood isn’t the only thing he should be worried about? It only makes sense for him to say that if they did more than destroy the flood.

I don’t see how either New Mombasa or Old Mombasa could survive. I can see it surviving the Covenant digging for the portal. I can’t see it surviving the elites glassing half a continent with the area outside the portal (which would be Mombasa) being the epicenter.

[worldly tendon]

the simplest answer there is Lord Hood was exaggerating when he said "half a continent"

[zinc glen]

glassing would always result in damage let's keep in mind not even that long ago in the timeline the elites were just their enemies.
they weren't glassing the portal they were glassing around the crashed ship and Truth may even be blaming Truth's fleet glassing on the elites

[fallow merlin]

But even if he was, we see in the cutscene that they glassed the immediate area outside the portal. Which would be the remainder of Mombasa.

[zinc glen]

I think Mombasa was rebuilt or reimagined

[fallow merlin]

It’s just weird looking at Meridian that’s been glassed in Halo 5 and then looking at these Mombasa maps in Infinite in a place glassed much more recently and seeing zero resemblance between the two

[zinc glen]

mate I'll be honest I don't understand what you're getting at anymore

[crystal iron]

Hi

[zinc glen]

Hello

[fallow merlin]

What I’m getting at is that when you compare Meridian - a glassed planet where every single inch of it is crystallized - to Mombasa, it shows none of the same effects of being glassed.

[zinc glen]

well Earth wasn't fully glassed and it will never fully heal

and it will be left like that as a tribute to all the lives lost during the war

they rebuilt Mombasa apparently

you are comparing a full planet to half of a continent so naturally they wouldn't have the same effects

[surreal solstice]

i wonder what realistically glassing a continent would do to earth's climate

[zinc glen]

depends where the glassing took place

[surreal solstice]

and how big, how deep etc

[zinc glen]

;]

[surreal solstice]

would basically be Trinitite down to bedrock?

[zinc glen]

I think so but I'm truthfully not 100% knowledgeable about glassing

[fallow merlin]

Earth wasn’t fully glassed but Mombasa was glassed. It’s not like those maps take place in New York. They take place at the epicenter of the glassing. Which also makes me wonder who the people are who wrote the “ODST we remember” graffiti. Who remembers? How did anyone even survive between the Covenant glassing the parts of the city the squad was, the flood attack and the subsequent glassing by the elites? We don’t even see the ODSTs interact with any civilians and I doubt their mission was made public after considering it was ONI classified. So classified no one on the mission except Dare even knew what was going on. Why is Mombasa even worth rebuilding? I can see a military base being set up to monitor the portal but rebuilding a full fledged metropolitan area at the epicenter of a glassing when all the natural resources of the area should be messed up, the space tether is totally destroyed, and everyone who lived there should basically be dead seems like it serves no purpose outside of wanting to go back to a familiar location for multiplayer maps. Which they could have done by just using the time period before the glassing since it’s all a war games simulation anyways.

[zinc glen]

Mate no offense but I can't bothered reading that small essay

[surreal solstice]

they got a point tbh, but also gotta consider that glassing is most destructive to rural/natural environments, its easy to build urban stuff atop a glassed landscape, and I even bet a few of the original skyscrapers in new mombasa survived. all this is #lore-and-universe stuff tho tbh

[stone raven]

I'm sure my suggestion would interest everyone

[fallow merlin]

That’s ok. I don’t need your input specifically.

[fallow merlin]

Maybe Meridian just didn’t have the same resources to rebuild as effectively. But I still think there should be some noticeable aftermath. Oh well. I’ll chalk it up to a simulation inconsistency for my head canon.

[zinc glen]

if I were you I'd take everything 343 adds to lore and such with a grain of salt

[zinc glen]

that sounds awesome

[surreal solstice]

agreed ^

[fallow merlin]

As far as I’m concerned everything after Reach is just high budget fanfiction (or haterfiction if I feel like being cheeky and referencing the infamous headline).

But my head canon doesn’t matter. This is Halo now for better or for worse.

[zinc glen]

then again I like halo 4 and spartan ops

[fallow merlin]

I like 4, 5 and Infinite.

But I don’t think 4 and 5 feel like Halo games.

Good games. Bad Halo games.

[zinc glen]

killing Cortana was a step in a right direction as development for Chief but they should have kept her dead

[zinc glen]

good take, on their own they are good games but next to Reach, ODST, 2 and 3 then they fall apart

[fallow merlin]

Yeah. I still like them. But I put them off in another category.

[fallow merlin]

Are there black spec ops grunts in Halo 3 or ODST? Feel like I saw one in ODST today but not sure if it was the lighting or possibly a glitch. Cuz it’s face was definitely glitched. Had its mask off and it’s face was super creepy and lacking a mouth or eyes. I’ve read conflicting stuff about whether they’re in Halo 3. I’ve read they aren’t in the game at all but I’ve also read that they’re seen in some phantom turrets.

[zinc glen]

can you send a screenshot or something?

[crystal iron]

Yeah. She should stay dead.

[zinc glen]

it made her character so much more endearing and her actions more tragic seeing that she'd die but she at least saved Chief

[crystal iron]

Yeah

[zinc glen]

now they turned her into a villain

[fallow merlin]

Yeah later tonight.

[tardy turtle]

You do realize that if there is an inconsistency here, it's entirely on Bungie's end, yes?

Bungie is the one that established the act of the Covenant Glassing a planet. Bungie is the one who produced Halo 3 and Halo 3: ODST, which saw a large part of New Mombasa excavated via plasma beams. 343 Industries contributed nothing to that, as it was well before they were a studio.

However, there is no inconsistency. Glassing like what happened to Meridian is total orbital bombardment, using so much plasma from several ships that oceans boil off and the entire planet burns.

Low-altitude bombardment, what happenened to Voi and East Africa, is more precise and done with fewer ships, and is more localized immolation.

What happened to New Mombasa specifically was excavation, as the Capital ships used excavation beams to remove large portions of earth from above the Excession, with smaller cruisers cleaning up around the edges.

[grave ether]

Star Destroyer vs Death Star

[fallow merlin]

I think it goes without saying that yes - a large part of what I pointed out is an inconsistency on Bungie’s end. Everyone is aware of who made Halo 3 and ODST. But it’s not entirely an inconsistency on Bungie’s end. Some of it is an inconsistency on 343’s end. Thank you for the explanation about glassing.

[tardy turtle]

Where would 343 come in to this?

[analog steeple]

damn my life

[tardy turtle]

Yeah, that's a download. What is that?

[analog steeple]

no dont

its embed fail

[tardy turtle]

It's content fail.

[full warren]

I sure hate some of these community maps, literally have no clue where to go and without grapple you cant get anywhere

and you have to use the stupid long way, that map design was terriable (especially put in quick play)

Salvation I think that is the map? so vertical and there is no grapple hooks anywhere

Guess I will not play quick play from now on, king of the kill and capture the flag on that is a mess

[vivid light]

It's a CE map just remade

[tardy turtle]

Lol

[full warren]

I see yeah I have not played any multiplayer other than infinite

maybe thats why people seem to know where to go on that map

Because I sure do not

[vivid light]

Yea. Damnation from Combat Evolved

[full warren]

Still tho, there is no way to get up the levels other than these tiny corradors making depending and capturing points way too easy

and that seem to be the only modes on it

[vivid light]

Haven't played anything on it besides 1Flag

Whenever it was first added

Don't really have an opinion on it besides it was a layout made for a different game so it just feels funny to me

Was on Reach as well but that had jetpacks in load outs

[tardy turtle]

What map was it in Reach?

[magic night]

Penance, part of the CEA map pack

[vivid light]

Ye

[full warren]

Anyone know what the extender gryphos healmet attachment go on? which core it is

I literally can not find a helmet that works with it

[signal ivy]

it's the one mirage helmet

[shadow turret]

I'm attempting to find the name

[median flume]

the extender helmet (think thats what it's called)

[shadow turret]

Yep, from what I'm getting, that's correct

The level 30 Premium pass helmet

so whatever that one is

[full warren]

OH yes haha, damn did not think in a million years its for that

it make my head twitce as big

[median flume]

it's on the season cover, person on the left with the yellow visor

[full warren]

yep I see it, lets hope it does not make headshot easier 😛 on me

[shadow turret]

Lol

[ivory monolith]

Am I the only one who things shotguns are horribly under powered

[zinc glen]

no I found them to be weak as well

I expect a shotgun to pack a punch

[vivid light]

Bulldog is only a tier 2 weapon so I think it’s fine. 2 shot kill close range, 1 shot melee, and average 3 hits to kill in most gunfights for an auto shotgun is fine imo

If it was any stronger it’d belong on a marked tier 3 pad like the sniper

[zinc glen]

its a shotgun it should be a 1 shot close range

[vivid light]

Ok

There’s a pointy weapon in the sandbox for that

[shadow turret]

There is also the real like specifications of the Bulldog, like it being a 12 gauge, which is a weaker gauge on bigger creatures, since a 6 gauge would be more of that close-range 1 shot kill, and also the fact it has some sort of buckshot, instead of slugs

[full warren]

2 shot close range is fine but what is considered close range is basicly double the melee range lol which is way too close

[shadow turret]

The Convergence Bulldog is prolly closer to a 6 gauge shotgun, where as the regular Bulldog is closer to a hunting shotgun optimized for combat

Even though I do think the Convergence is still a 2 shot close range kill, it does do a bit more damage I think

[vivid light]

I don’t really look at the variants. But, on the topic of the default: if you’re not winning your fights close range with a Bulldog then idk what to tell you. It outpaces pretty much everything else that’d combat it on the map within a “shotgun” range

[shadow turret]

besides the Gravity hammer since that can do some serious damage, or kill, from a bit of a distance

[vivid light]

Yea but, what map are they paired on?

Unless I played fiesta, I don’t recall having both spawn on the same map

[shadow turret]

There's some BTB maps too, since of the weapon drop pods

Like Breaker and Highpower and stuff

And yea, Fiesta too on any map

[vivid light]

True. Don’t play it much so I forget about it lol. I don’t think I even bother carrying a close quarters weapon in BTB. Usually grab a BR and Commando as soon as I can

[shadow turret]

I usually have either default loadout, or like AR/BR and a Grav. Hammer or Energy Sword secondary

[vivid light]

[devout kite]

I normally grab a br and keep my sidekick and only switch it out if I see a good power weapon

[full warren]

Sidekick is a power weapon

I would even consdier it better than the BR at medium range because you just kill faster

[bright jasper]

The sidekick is kind of OP, but mostly because its spam potential is so strong with good RNG. If you’re lucky it beats most of the sandbox by just spamming the trigger

I personally don’t like it because it rewards bad gameplay habits over aim and accuracy

[devout kite]

I only use my sidekick at close quarters

[vague relic]

How many shots to shield pop and headshot does the sidekick take? 7?

[signal ivy]

6 +1 yes

[median flume]

no wonder I die so often to that thing... yikes

[glossy carbon]

its a great weapon

[signal ivy]

could be worse, it could be the CE pistol

[glossy carbon]

my recent ranked matches havent been going so well

always close losses

[devout kite]

Why’s 343 giving me bad teammates

[signal ivy]

maybe the game is working as intended and actually matching you with players of the same skill

[glossy carbon]

lmao

[smoky oasis]

You can consider it a compliment, I suppose, if it's the result of SBMM. Basically, the game recognizes you are better than the players on the enemy team. So in order to balance out the teams and make the game closer, you get teammates who aren't as good as the other team.

Can be pretty frustrating.

Could also just be that you got unlucky.

[ancient sun]

anyone having trouble accessing the Infinite shop on Waypoint website?

[glossy carbon]

waypoint is dead

[tardy turtle]

I mean, the forums are closing in a day or two

[ancient sun]

waypoint =/ forums

[smoky oasis]

Working fine for me.

[ancient sun]

#justchromethings I guess

just tried after clearing all browser data - still not happening

[signal ivy]

try incognito

[ancient sun]

works on my phone now

this is what it looks like on PC right now

[smoky oasis]

The rest of the site isn't doing that?

[white birch]

I had the same issue a few months back.

[vapid plinth]

Is Halo Wars 2 coop broken? I remember hearing it being broken last year and me and a friend are trying to play it on coop but it won't load at all

[ancient sun]

I can't navigate anywhere else at the moment

mobile works though

[ruby knoll]

https://vxtwitter.com/mr_rebs_/status/1640795919984791554? infinite forge goes hard

[ruby knoll]

that happens to me sometimes

[ancient sun]

..aaaaaand now it's working

[signal ivy]

that is actually insane

[crystal iron]

so many cool videos on halo infinite forge but barely any are hosted, they're like the equivalent of an unreal engine tech demo video

[signal ivy]

host some then

be the change you want to see

[ruby iris]

You know what I enjoy most about Halo Infinite? Going on a killing spree then crashing to desktop.

https://tenor.com/view/todd-howard-it-just-works-bethesda-this-all-just-works-gif-20598651

[ruby knoll]

yeah that's usually how it goes

[bright jasper]

What’s a waypoint? A little arrow that tells you “over there’s a thing” it’s pointing in the way

Well the point is gone now, and the way is over yonder

[ancient sun]

this
https://www.halowaypoint.com/

[bright jasper]

No I was just being sarcastic lol

Thanks tho

[ancient sun]

gotcha

carry on 🙂

[rough rain]

Came here from Waypoint......rip

[smoky oasis]

It's sad, but at least forums and community are still here.

[stone raven]

when was the Infinity's first contact with the Banished?

[frosty condor]

Yesteryear

[tardy turtle]

Technically October of 2559 during Operation: WOLFE

[smoky oasis]

It's in the book Shadows of Reach

[crystal iron]

I hope that one day some company will start releasing halo books in my country…

[stone raven]

ok

[left snow]

Wow! Definitely going to check that one out. One of my favourite maps.

[devout kite]

What AI is everyone using

For me I’m using lumu

[bright jasper]

I’m a Superintendent purist

Best boy

[surreal solstice]

Used super then lumu for a long time switched to fret

[crystal iron]

chatgpt

[stoic canopy]

The Hammer swing NEEDS to be faster.

It literally just cost my team a match of CTF because the absurd swing time meant I couldn't finish it before the enemy Mongoose sideswiped me and killed me. Make the recovery after a swing be slow sure.

But the actual swing? Needs to happen way faster.

[devout kite]

I might switch to Iratus idk

[devout kite]

Gotta use it in a good situation

[bright jasper]

I would have used the mister chief one but I never wanted to buy it from the store like that

[bright jasper]

Just gotta prefire it. It’s so ridiculously high damage and has more range than most hammers in the series that I get why there’s a small window between the trigger and the impact for balance

[devout kite]

That’s why I never use the hammer in a close quarter fight because the swig can get you kill

[vivid light]

The swig can get you kill

Amen

[bright jasper]

Words to live by

[broken dragon]

Gotta love the Halo lore, i find the current situation of the Didact surviving and, like many, being manipulated by the Gravemind quite the conundrum..

I hope Spartan Dihn and his Iratus issue find a way to the real themes of Halo, cuz imho Escharum as a 2nd rate villain left me with an aftertaste.

[stone raven]

Do you think Infinite's art style should be the staple art style for halo going forward?

[tardy turtle]

No

I for one enjoyed how Halo 4 and 5 looked like a UNSC that was finally able to progress and move forward

[bright jasper]

I liked 4

[tardy turtle]

Nah, Escharum wasn't a villain. He was grieving, angry, and wanted to die on his own terms.

[stone raven]

well what about the brutes halo infinite by far has the best brute design in terms of physical appearance

[stone raven]

no they look nothing like the Unsc they look like kill zone rip offs

[signal ivy]

I agree. Halo 4 artstyle for me was awesome

[stone raven]

no it was awful it looked nothing like halo

[signal ivy]

looked like Halo to me

[tardy turtle]

They look like a UNSC that isn't facing extermination and was able to add Forerunner tech

[stone raven]

oh if that what you meant than ok

[stone raven]

it objectively did not resemble anything halo I mean you look at the "elites"

[signal ivy]

quick question, which game series is this from?

[left snow]

Mister Chief. Even a few months on it's still amusing. "And that's how you make hommus".

[tardy turtle]

IT'S PIKACHU!!!

[earnest thunder]

Call of duty obviously

[stone raven]

the halo 4 and five elite look act and sound more like brutes

[signal ivy]

oh so you know it's a Halo 4 elite, so it looks like Halo. Checkmate

[tardy turtle]

Nevermind Ripa 'Morumee

[signal ivy]

happy you were able to decipher that puzzling picture

[earnest thunder]

This may be a hot take but I didn't really mind the h4/5 elites.

[quasi shard]

So
Who's thinking they're gonna add the Master Chief's Halo 4/5 Helmet now that they added the shoulders?

[devout kite]

Well tomorrow going to be fun knowing I would be continuing my journey to Diamond one

[signal ivy]

neither did I. I thought they were fine

[tardy turtle]

I would very much enjoy seeing GEN2 cores

[stone raven]

well do you at least like the halo infinite brute design?

[signal ivy]

yes

[quasi shard]

Than you don't like the Halo 4 Brute design?

[signal ivy]

they're better than Reach brutes that's for sure

[earnest thunder]

Ew

[obtuse storm]

Name asingle halo that looks identical to the other

[quasi shard]

Inb4 Lipstick Brutes mods happen

[signal ivy]

ooh ooh, can I spoil it?? nvm 😦

[obtuse storm]

You can't. Halo will always have a new style with each game, it's how the cookie crumbles.

[stone raven]

I honestly think if they kept the concept art the reach brutes would have been great

[clear cedar]

Does Halo Infinite Multiplayer work on Linux or do I need Windows?

[stone raven]

at least they have good armor

[obtuse storm]

You need windows or an xbox.

[clear cedar]

pain

[signal ivy]

this is all subjective

[obtuse storm]

Halo Wars 2 will always have the best brute designs

[clear cedar]

was gonna make a new PC once I start my new job after college, and now I know I need to dedicate space to make a dual boot

:pepehands:

[earnest thunder]

Question is anyone else who is grinding 152 in h5 struggling to keep doing so after season 3?

[broken dragon]

I considered him comparable to the Prophets in the original trilogy, even then you had different lines to follow. The religious unjust motivation was primary to the interpersonal feelings of greed of the Prophets. For me humans and conflict with <insert faction here> started with an armsrace because of the Flood.

Then you had the missions those created for the likes of John to have interaction with parties like Cortana and other members of the UNSC. Aside from that also the whole debacle of ONI/Halseys eugenics that basically created space Jezus that saved humanity as a whole. All of these based on luck or planned faith?

Aside from that you have all these new alien races that propped up in 20 years and they get discarded like they don't matter. The world of Halo is quite big. Halo: Reach and ODST were pinacles of worldbuilding to expand in a personal matter while not forgetting the bigger picture. I feel we lost that last bit.

Dont like it they changed Cortana in a "bitches be crazy" kinda gal, but a lot happend between then and now. I commend 343 to take it into a different direction in Halo 4/5, Halo Infinite is meh. We have quite an extensive amount of books that back the franchise. It's something that can not be said for CoD.

[stone raven]

well would you like to the infinite brute design in spin off games set during the human covenant war?

[tardy turtle]

The Banished were justifiably furious because a Human AI destroyed their homeworld and slaughtered billions, potentially reducing the Jiralhanae to an endangered species.

As well with Cortana being "crazy", that was set up from Halo 3.

[stone raven]

why did Cortana even destroy Doisac to begin with?

[tardy turtle]

I can only assume an attempt to cow the Jiralhanae

[broken dragon]

I do not disagree, I am just contemplating that, while its a very strong motivation, is one of the threads in a bigger world, that used to be interconnected. From an emotional standpoint Halo 6 hit me less hard. The elements were there, the honor, the loss, the conflict, etc.

[tardy turtle]

See I'm the opposite. I never thought I'd feel bad for the Jiralhanae

[bright jasper]

She was trying to suppress the Banished because they were the only real thing standing in the way of the AI Universal takeover

[stone raven]

why?

that is so dumb

[stone raven]

me too

[broken dragon]

Again, I understand the storyline of Halo 6, the cliffhanger was quite a good one, but I felt the storytelling was a bit lackin'. If I understand correctly, you disagree, since it conveyed the themes of war and still had the universal scope. I wouldve liked to see a bit more of the latter.

[tardy turtle]

Oh, no doubt I would have loved to have seen an expanded scope beyond the Master Chief. That was one of my favorite things about Halo 5

I just was saying that I was still quite emotionally impacted by Infinite

[broken dragon]

👍

[magic night]

This is something that literally is explained as it happens on screen. It is placed right in front of you to understand.

[noble urchin]

does the event come back next week?

[broken dragon]

Oh i actually meant the change in humans/Forerunner lore, not Cortana

[tardy turtle]

I consistently disagree with that general objection. Additionally current information allows for both stances in Halo 3 to be true

[broken dragon]

Ah OK, I just know the general gist, didn't know it was still open for debate

[tardy turtle]

You're referring to the "Humans are/aren't Forerunner" issue, right?

[broken dragon]

correct

[tardy turtle]

I mean, strictly speaking it's not really up for debate: the Forerunners are a different species than Humans. Sparks statements can even be taken to be that of adoptive inheritance (especially considering the actions of the Librarian), but the Iris campaign and the Terminals make the division quite clear before Halo 4 was out.

[broken dragon]

I should look into that, it created a path that wasnt too bad, no?

Very interesting, I didnt know Halo had a 2nd ARG after ILB

[tardy turtle]

Nah, it really wasn't a bad path. In short, Humanity and Forerunners are basically siblings created by the Precursors. During the first Flood War, Humanity was blamed initially (lack of information) and devolved to prehistoric humans we know. After the Forerunners were all but defeated by the Flood, Humanity was named inheritors of the Mantle of Responsibility and Reclaimers of the Forerunner Ecumene.

So when Spark says we "are the child of his makers, inheritor of all they posessed" and that we "are Forerunner", we are "Forerunner" by adoption and inheritance, not genetics. The Terminals elaborate on the Librarian finding Earth and denoting humans as special (now taken as incomplete records manipulated by Mendicant Bias), as taking them under her wing to safety.

[crystal iron]

Has anyone figured out how to change settings of a custom gametype saved in my files? Let's say I wanna change the number of bots, for instance, from like 4 to 0. Every single time I change it to 0, it immediately reverts back to 4. It's infuriating. I just wanna adjust an existing gametype

In infinite, of course

[ruby knoll]

Killzone

[ruby knoll]

reptile......

[stone raven]

well I forgot about it because infinites story was so boring

[crude bloom]

Is there new Halo coming this year?

[stone raven]

we dont know the future of halo right now is very very uncertain

[devout kite]

No infinite is the current halo for the next ten years

[next mantle]

si

[broken dragon]

I was thinking about that, normally you pay $60,- for campaign and get a somewhat working multiplayer. If the news about the engine wasnt so bad, id say why not pay another $60,- in 3 years?

[stone raven]

the ten year plan was canceled a while ago

[devout kite]

When

[stone raven]

it was said tons of times

[broken dragon]

when Slipspace and Live-service got a divorce

I suppose its for the better

[coarse dagger]

By 343?

[stone raven]

yes

[coarse dagger]

Can you link to any of these posts? I'd be interested in reading them

[signal ivy]

I'll take "made up things" for 200 Alex

[broken dragon]

well its stated they are dropping Slipspace, werent they looking into Unreal?

[devout kite]

I have a nice meme for this I just wish I can share it lol

[broken dragon]

hence its a logical assumption Halo Infinite wont last 10 years

[stone raven]

it was canceled a while ago im not going to go though a bunch of old posts

[signal ivy]

lol

[devout kite]

Lol aka trust me bro

[signal ivy]

they never said that either

[coarse dagger]

Don't claim things as fact if you don't or won't provide actual evidence

[devout kite]

We don’t like it when people give out misinformation

[broken dragon]

Bloomberg is lying?

[tepid latch]

There has been no official record of them dropping the 10 year plan or the slipspace engine

slipspace engine stuff is only rumors

[signal ivy]

bloomberg is not a game developer. Nor are they 343

[stone raven]

well we will likely get more halo game this decade

[broken dragon]

well hes a journalist, i suppose he factchecks before he writes something, no?

[signal ivy]

you can't get actual facts unless the source is 343 officially

[tepid latch]

okay that wasnt what you were spreading though

[stone raven]

yes and also halo will still be moving to unreal engine 5

[signal ivy]

omg

[devout kite]

That’s a rumor

[stone raven]

they have said it time and time again

[tepid latch]

all your stating is coming from rumors from leakers, none of this has been confirmed

[devout kite]

Last time I checked they didn’t say anything about that

[signal ivy]

they didn't

[coarse dagger]

Rumors are fine to chat about, but please stop spreading misinformation.
If you're going to make these claims, back them up

[tepid latch]

matem site sources challenge (impossible)

[broken dragon]

Halo moving to Unreal was all over the news..

[devout kite]

Matem site sources is trust me bro

[stone raven]

well its honestly would be a good thing if they move to slip space and I honestly fell 343 wont be making halo games much longer either

[signal ivy]

as a rumor, not as a fact or officially announced in any capacity

[tepid latch]

"my source is i made it up!"

[stone raven]

that tells us nothing

[signal ivy]

...

[coarse dagger]

It tells you all you need to know

[broken dragon]

that statement came right after the restructuring of 343, no?

that post was damage control

[coarse dagger]

That statement came out in like January of this year

[stone raven]

well it's very vague vague how is 343 going to epic halo story's with out a campaign team?

[signal ivy]

it wasn't damage control, it was a response to rumors that 343 wouldn't be developing Halo anymore

[coarse dagger]

After Microsoft announced layoffs, 343 made a statement that halo would continue under them

[coarse dagger]

Stop pinging me when you reply

I won't ask again

[devout kite]

Trust me you don’t like it when stckr is angry lol

[coarse dagger]

OK, we're done here

Time to move on

[broken dragon]

tapping out

[stone raven]

bye

[devout kite]

So how’s everyone liking season 3 so far

[tepid latch]

love it!!

loving escalation slayer and the new DMR :P

[devout kite]

I’m surprised that people don’t grab it

[tepid latch]

honestly same! it definitely feels exactly like the h5 mag, only difference is the viewmodel

the dmr being much bigger

[devout kite]

I think it needs a ttk buff in my opinion not a huge buff but a slightly buff

[ruby knoll]

I don't trust ex-Kotaku journos as a rule

[broken dragon]

weather is quite beautiful outside, no?

[uneven bison]

https://tenor.com/view/antman-what-the-hell-happened-here-avengers-gif-18240147

[wet wigeon]

Anyone getting the "Cant connect to data center" prompt? Since the update me and my friends are having a hard time playing with eachother

[viral knoll]

Mines just stuck saying searching... for all game types

Takes about 15 minutes to find a game with me having to re select it because it times out with "not enough people

[karmic oriole]

Settings reset again

[broken dragon]

the "searching" i resolved by using a VPN and changing region, now i get to play non-stop

[devout kite]

They’re still investigating it

[ivory glacier]

When are they fixing this **** with the melees. It’s so ridiculous at this point. Bouncing off everyone. Nothing registering tonight

[tepid latch]

sounds like you could also have network issues?

[ivory glacier]

Has to be the worst I’ve seen it. There’s always occasional problems but this is almost comical if it wasn’t so frustrating

[nocturne kelp]

Alright boys who’s taking this W Master Chief or Clone force 99 (or bad batch)

[empty rapids]

why in gods name would 343i move to unreal engine 5

the engine is super unpolished, buggy and doesn't compile shaders efficiently yet

you don't dump *millions into developing and upgrading an in house engine to then pay millions to switch engines and then pay millions per year on maintaining those licenses

some of the stuff this community sounds like it's coming out of a 5 year old istg

[grave ether]

We have no idea what they are doing with it because that's all rumor/hearsay and they haven't officially said anything about it

[empty rapids]

it does not financially make sense

you build an in house engine to avoid paying those licensing fees and paying for tools because you cannot develop said licensed engine

if you do you need to pay more, this is why in house engines exist in the industry

it's extremely cost effective and allows said studio to make it do niche things

[grave ether]

That's cool, you continue your rant

[empty rapids]

i have been in the industry, that rumor is just a rumor. It makes no sense lol

[lime robin]

My day would be made if you said that to anyone who came in saying they hope Halo moves to Unreal

[empty rapids]

it doesn't make any logistical or economic sense for 343i or microsoft

[grave ether]

That would be quite an unbelievable scenario. One could even say, unreal

[untold pivot]

This server is for gears of war right?

[empty rapids]

that and Unreal 5 hasn't proven itself to be a viable engine upon release yet. It's more of a developmental tool for art atm

[grave ether]

Wait I thought this was a tomb raider server

[empty rapids]

and RT effects/scenes for movies

[empty rapids]

sorry, i dislike it when people spew nonsensical facts that make literally no sense

:p

[untold pivot]

😮

Hey this is the game from fortnite right?

[grave ether]

[untold pivot]

These are fortnite creative maps right?

[glossy carbon]

I saw this cool map they remade in Halo from fortnite

So nice of 343 to do that

[untold pivot]

😮

[glossy carbon]

Like master chief from fortnite

[untold pivot]

YEAAA!!!

[crystal iron]

are you describing UE or Slipspace, I can't tell

[limpid lance]

Well, Jason Schreier, the most reliable insider insider, has broken the scoop that 343 is moving the franchise over to UE, I imagine it's very likely this is legit, dude knows what he's talking about

[brazen cobalt]

Good morning

[limpid lance]

Sup!

[empty rapids]

proof?

[frosty condor]

I’d like to see proof as well

[crystal iron]

Bumping this question. I'd really like to know if there's a way

[frosty condor]

Not familiar with doing customs, but I’d make sure you save/apply new settings. This seems like a dumb answer but it happens 😉

[limpid lance]

Dude has broken countless stories across the gaming industry, such as the Anthem, Infinite production hells, yeah, when he reports something, he's basically carrying the stone tablets down
Mount Sinai

He's basically the Variety or Hollywood Reporter of the gaming industry

[crystal iron]

No, like, I can't even change the settings. The moment I change one, it instantly reverts back to what it just was

[empty rapids]

infinite isn't changing engines

[frosty condor]

Also make sure the game type isn’t requiring people on teams, if that makes sense.

I could 100% be wrong in all my answers but it’s all I can think of

[empty rapids]

you have no idea of the scope that something like that is

[limpid lance]

Infinite isn't, but future games are

[empty rapids]

i seriously doubt it

[frosty condor]

No proof, cool.

Slipspace isn’t going anywhere.

Trust me

[empty rapids]

microsoft has a ton of smaller studios under it's wing, and many of them use varied engines. Slipspace is also a new shiny engine, it's not going anywhere for at least 6+ years

[limpid lance]

Well, considering he and other insiders are saying they've heard that, such as Bathrobe Spartan, yeah, very likely they're switching engines

[empty rapids]

they sunk millions into it's development

they can say what they want, i know how the industry's gears turn. I'll believe logic over guesswork

[crystal iron]

I wouldn't say it's a shiny new engine.. it's a heavily modified BLAM! engine that's being held together with duct tape and gum

[empty rapids]

it's rebuilt, trust me when i say it's a shiny new engine. So shiny and new infact that the contractors working on it had issues documenting how to work within it very early in infinite's development leaving 343i inside employees confused on how to actually work in and around it

that was a rumor, but it makes logical sense

Warframe had the same issue for nearly 5+ years, it's something that happens commonly when you fork and or create your own engine and employee many to work on it

[limpid lance]

This dude wrote this massive expose, when he reports on something, he ain't messing around
If he's reporting it, there's some truth to it https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-12-08/how-microsoft-s-halo-infinite-went-from-disaster-to-triumph?leadSource=uverify wall

[empty rapids]

could also be another microsoft sub studio

Microsoft is the parent company but they have tons of sub studios that develop on their own engines

also, it makes no sense for halo to go unreal

[frosty condor]

Not reading something I need to pay for

[empty rapids]

That's not what the engine was designed for

[frosty condor]

This is probably the rumor about Certain Affinity’s project they’re making. I can see that on UE5

[empty rapids]

you would need to buy a license to use a plugin physics engine for UE4/5, which again is a waste of money logistically

[frosty condor]

But Infinite itself? Slipspace

Microsoft put money and invested into the engine.

Not going to dump it

[empty rapids]

a remaster/remake makes sense to be in an external engine for one reason

Legal licensing

[brazen cobalt]

are custom games functional yet or am I to be sent back to the shadow realm

[empty rapids]

Halo 1 used Unreal engine in the main menu to display music and effects, that contract probably expired decades ago and they used another engine for legal reasons. It depends on what Epic feels like they should honor

[lime robin]

What was wrong with Custom Games?

[empty rapids]

Instead of paying a lot of money to renew it or enter renegotiations they probably decided it was cheaper/easier to just use their own/a different engine

[brazen cobalt]

launch day custom games didn't work the greatest

at least from my experience

[lime robin]

You're not being very specific, but right now the customs browser is working just fine-ish.

[brazen cobalt]

I'm just wondering if they work now because I asked a few months back and people said they were still broken

[brazen cobalt]

mk, ty

[empty rapids]

Game development is more nuanced than one may think. Think of a video game as an engine, there are a lot of moving parts that make it work. And once you have a set system you really can't change away from it

[limpid lance]

With Microsoft utilizing contractors so much, and with them not being able to learn an in-house engine in enough time, I can see that being another reason why they're switching over engines for upcoming games, given it's an industry-wide engine

[empty rapids]

it isn't firstly

AAA titles rarely use UE5, the only reason that games are releasing with it now over UE4 are contractual obligations or economic incentives from epic

Most games releasing are using unity or in house engines, AAA studios don't want to pay epic or unity money

Unreal engine 5 is being used more in movies than games

like i said, it's more nuanced than most may think

that and a license to just tinker with/use UE5 costs 1500$ per license, multiple that times 200 and you get 300,000$ in Annual licenses that get renewed yearly

Typically speaking a larger studio could probably negotiate a different license cost but your average studio can't. And that cost isn't incorporating the physics engine and external tools you'll need to work with Unreal, IE Maya/Substance suite/Photoshop

[limpid lance]

And according to the report, a number of the devs were already testing with UE, it wasn't until Pierre came studio head that he decided to move the franchise over to UE5

[empty rapids]

i'm going to stop entertaining you

it makes no logistical or economic sense, so please forget about it

if anyone is interested in gamedev stuff though give me a ping 🤷

[limpid lance]

I guess we'll just have to wait and see
I do wonder when we'll see an announcement for the next game though, prolly not till next year at the earliest

[fast grove]

Does anyone know why Halo Infinite keeps on resetting my controls? I just want to game after work and setting up my controls back to normal takes too much time

[crystal iron]

MCC uses unreal

so are 343/ms happy to pay fees on that or

[serene furnace]

Did people just forget that Halo games are usually 3 years apart

And the goal is making the next game bigger than the last

So there's not gonna be any big announcement for now, Infinite has a 10 year plan that hasn't gone anywhere

[limpid lance]

Usually the case, but after the big layoffs, who knows

[serene furnace]

Especially because of the layoffs, among other things, is why I wouldn't be expecting anything new any time soon

And honestly that's fine, Microsoft needs to let their other IPs shine too

[limpid lance]

I’m guessing it’ll be 2025 at the earliest we see what the next game is

[white birch]

Then we wait. As we always have.
Simple.

[empty rapids]

Mcc uses unreal because it's a port and some of the original games used unreal elements

i meant that moving forwards 343i is going to keep on using their in house engine for any game they make

[bronze coral]

hi, apologies if this is the wrong channel but my master chief collection has stopped working and will give me an error message every time i try to boot

it says error code: 30005 (createfile failed with 32)

i’ve tried reinstalling, verifying game files, nothing seems to work

[sullen kiln]

You may refer to #1075989764026675210 if you are in need of community based assistance. This is strictly community sourced and operated and is not staffed by any official members of the Support team.

For official support, you'll need to go to the Halo Support site: https://aka.ms/HaloSupport

[jade island]

is mcc down?

[crystal iron]

@thin carbon can’t seem to connect to games

[coarse dagger]

If it's still not working after restarting your game, console/pc, be sure and file an outage report ticket
Details are on the support home page, just scroll down a bit
https://support.halowaypoint.com/hc/en-us

[limber temple]

i'm also wondering this

[crystal iron]

Must be

I’m having the same issue

[stone raven]

what to you want to brutes to look like in the future?

[young glen]

Halo 2 anniversary version

[finite river]

i agree with h2a

[brazen fog]

ye i think so, wont let me play either

[willow nexus]

Mcc is down right?

[coarse dagger]

^

[willow nexus]

I did restart like twice now

[magic night]

Just to comment, the latest figures put over half of currently announced titles from the PS5/Xbox Series generation using UE5. UE5 hasn't been used historically because it hasn't been out very long.

[boreal reef]

think that admin person's message might be automated but yeah it appears to be having server issues. took me forever to even get to the Social Games MM menu (stuck on "Connecting to Servers...Validating License Information"), then when I finally got past that I've yet to have a game actually load in. Lobby fills, CONNECTING SESSION, then everyone drops and it restarts.

[coarse dagger]

Not automated, I manually posted it

Make sure you've filed an outage report if matchmaking is still not working

[crystal iron]

Jello folks, so I have come to a conclusion that Halo Infinite and Forge in Halo Infinite... Are like a Masarati or A high Mileage Range Rover.... They look amazing and sound amazing... But tend to have a lot of problems that make them a headache

I unfortunately speak from experience... Just Buy a toyota or Honda for a day today driver unless you enjoy Oil leaks and electrical issues lol

[grave ether]

You'll know if it's automated because it comes from Iratus.
stckr is a person dank farik!!!

Or is he

[vagrant glade]

Can we stop with these "Banished weapon kill" challenges? Literally goes against the playlist agnostic idea

[tardy turtle]

Almost every playlist has Banished weapons, though.

[untold pivot]

HEY GUYS ITS THE DUDE FROM FORTNITE

[limpid lance]

If we get spin-offs down the line, what’s your fav idea for 1 you hope they do?

[brazen fog]

never thought of it till now, but shipmaster would be nice

[tardy turtle]

More games and missions with Osiris

[magic night]

Dating sim

[signal ivy]

UNSC Mechanic Simlator

[young glen]

Maybe a 4X game or a tactical squad strategy game (like Dawn of War 2 or Aliens: Dark Descent).

[uneven bison]

I’m hoping for another strategy game, it can be another halo wars, or something entirely different. Also an ODST 2 maybe, focusing on Alpha nine after buck regroups them in 2558(?)

[brazen fog]

hope the halo team find the issue on halo and fix it, but i got other games so its fine

welp

looks like it got fixed

nvm

oh well

[crystal iron]

Turn based strategy game about ODST

[brazen fog]

ill probably play workshop maps

[undone arch]

so ducking sick of solo vs 4 mans

[uneven bison]

🦆

[glossy carbon]

amen

[undone arch]

so annoying like seriously

9 games in a row, 2-7 atm

[glossy carbon]

I have that in ranked alot

please bring back forced solo queueing

[undone arch]

so dumb

[tulip yoke]

Anyone else having issues with MCC? When I load up the game it takes forever to load the exchange, challenges, essentially anything account related. When or if my account loads when I search for a game I get the connecting match message but then kicks me back to searching.

[undone arch]

guess its hard to hold a single point for some people

[solid ingot]

Yes please

I will take an entire series of those

[ancient sun]

ugh, waypoint not co-operating with chrome again

[coarse dagger]

If you are having issues with MCC and it's still not working after restarting your game, console/pc, be sure and file an outage report ticket
Details are on the support home page, just scroll down a bit
https://support.halowaypoint.com/hc/en-us

[willow nexus]

How tf is mcc still down

[radiant sundial]

so im not the only one?

[ancient sun]

nope!

[coarse dagger]

https://twitter.com/HaloSupport/status/1641491665310588928?t=UtX9MDPriZ8RuUjeFb0iLg&s=19

Halo Support (@HaloSupport)

The #HaloMCC team is investigating reports that matchmaking and other services are not loading. Stay tuned for updates as we'll share here when the outage is resolved.

Twitter · Mar 30, 2023, 5:24 PM

[coarse dagger]

The first reports of it being down came when it was like 2am for 343 or something, they need time to investigate

[radiant sundial]

it just loaded for me btw

by load i mean the first page

[ancient sun]

oh ok, yeah my browser is still struggling

[radiant sundial]

yeah

i cant see my service records

[coarse dagger]

https://twitter.com/HaloSupport/status/1641510123700097024?t=GxzjW-_piCghYQbPBkmszA&s=19

Halo Support (@HaloSupport)

The outage affecting #HaloMCC matchmaking and other in-game services has been resolved. If you're currently in-game and unable to matchmake, close then restart the game. If you are still experiencing service issues, file an Outage Report at https://t.co/Ya2f8ZXD20.

Twitter · Mar 30, 2023, 6:38 PM

[ancient sun]

stckr is fast today

[ancient sun]

I can now

[radiant sundial]

k

i cant see mine

[fallow merlin]

I can’t believe MCC still punishes players when their internet gets weak on them. Can’t tell you how many times I’ve been playing with family and we get dropped and banned from matchmaking for like 15 mins or whatever.

[devout kite]

How’s a 3-4 fair in rank

[fallow merlin]

(Also I meant to reply to someone - sorry I forgot name - yesterday or the day before maybe but I’ve been busy. Will find post and respond at some point probably today. Not avoiding.)

[fallow merlin]

If you play ranked and you suck will you only play with other people who suck or is that not how it works? I don’t think I’ve ever played rank. Never been a massive multiplayer person until recently.

[serene furnace]

It's worse in Halo 5

If you kill the same teammate twice, no matter if it's by accident, the game will give them the option to kick you out of the match

[fallow merlin]

I think MCC also does that but it might be 3 times and I think it’s automatic. Older games had something like that too where it gave you the option to kick people out.

Btw has anyone run into this group of players on MCC Halo 2 who always play 8 vs 8 and they’re all like Halo pro’s (or possibly cheaters but I can’t 100% prove it but others also thought they were cheating and they seemed to be totally invincible in vehicles). Been going up against this same group every now and then for a few months.

They always play together. One of them is called violent beating I think? Or violent something. No one stands a chance playing against them.

[devout kite]

Sidekick needs a firing cap

[undone arch]

can someone tell me why you lose rating when its 3v4.......... from the start

[glossy carbon]

its supposed to get a team of similar rank but often you loose to teams of 4 and theres nothing you can do about it

[undone arch]

another 3v4 game and yet another ranking lose

[crystal iron]

h3 gives you the option of kicking, in swat at least it was 2-3 kills

[devout kite]

343 needs to stop giving me crap teammates

[signal ivy]

maybe the game is working as intended and actually matching you with players of the same skill

[devout kite]

No so facing diamonds playersin plat is fair

I lost 9 matches because of bad teammates

[magic night]

Yeah. Diamond is the next step up. A difference of one skill tier isn't all that much.

[serene furnace]

Amogus vs a Mongoose

[devout kite]

I was almost to play VI then the game decided the screw with me by giving me un winnable matches

[glossy carbon]

id love to get to diamond. The emblem looks so good

[devout kite]

I would love teammates that know what they’re doing

[glossy carbon]

i could be one of those

i have issues with choking out and verbal callouts are very difficult for me but i can play well

[crystal iron]

You might not be having fun, and you might find it annoying, but the game is working as intended and that's all that matters

[glossy carbon]

you rat

[devout kite]

So 3-4 is intended

[crystal iron]

yes, this is halo now

accept your fate

[steep mantle]

Is anyone here still belive in the halo franchise? Or better said belive infinite will be even better than nowdays?

[crystal iron]

I belive in mcc

[glossy carbon]

my brother in christ i belive that if people play halo they do indeed like halo

[steep mantle]

I do not know what to belive 97% of people are quited infinite because of badly developed.

Or i just hearing

[glossy carbon]

people greatly overexaturate their "Im done with halo" statements

social media is so full of negativity (understandable but come on)

[steep mantle]

Its like politics, one of them say this game is bad the other half and disgree.

[glossy carbon]

its just modern internet things

[steep mantle]

I have friend who just said 97% of people are agree with him. With that infinite wa still bad even tho now we got what we needed.

[fallow merlin]

I mean we know a lot of people actually did drop off and quit.

[glossy carbon]

most likely just trying to prove his point

[fallow merlin]

Is Frankie actually gone from 343 or no? Or we don’t know

[steep mantle]

He says whos in this communoty is 343 rat enjoyers. And not actully halo fans.

[strange estuary]

new games boring old games fun

[coarse dagger]

Frank is still there

[glossy carbon]

what a downer

[crystal iron]

That seems very specific

[fallow merlin]

Ok thanks

[steep mantle]

Even tho i tell him you guys are honest people here so what gives, he thinks hes right but im more infromative here.

[strange estuary]

infinite isn't THAT bad

[glossy carbon]

ye it do be like that

[strange estuary]

it's like a 5.5/10 to be honest

[glossy carbon]

@steep mantle what part of europe are you from

[strange estuary]

not great but not bad

[steep mantle]

Well dont want to be weird if i say central europe, im more part of the visegrad group or between west and eastrn europe.

[glossy carbon]

aight

[crystal iron]

When matchmaking occasionally tells you to try a different playlist because they're aren't enough players in the playlist you're searching for on a f2p game and the total amount of custom game lobbies hosted is less than half of halo reach alone in mcc, yea you don't need official numbers to know that's not great

[glossy carbon]

how often does one need to talk about this

its very repetitive

[steep mantle]

I juat wish those people are agreeing with my firend was change thier mind about infinite right now. Because theres noway you can say to it thats still bad as it was before.

[glossy carbon]

its a more complex topic but some people want to be mad

its best to play or not depending if you like it

[steep mantle]

Yeah of course you can blame the devs but thats doesnt mean you have to leave such a game like this.

[glossy carbon]

you can but that shouldnt make others' experience worse because they start whining

[grave ether]

People can think and play what they want

[glossy carbon]

just do what you want

its best to avoid negativity anyways

[steep mantle]

Cant say i disagree.

[grave ether]

Yep, because it actually helps kill you

[steep mantle]

Now days im getting negativity than positive feedbacks.

[pulsar bramble]

just lost a btb game 100-12, is this what 343 calls "skill based matchmaking"?

[glossy carbon]

btb has no balance ever

12 v12 is pure chaos

[stone raven]

disagree I want the brutes to either look like the halo legends brutes, the infinite brutes or the halo 3 brutes

[crystal iron]

halo 3 brutes in 8k

[stone raven]

yeah

[crystal iron]

fire bomb grenades are still semi glitched in h3, when you throw them sometimes nothing happens when they hit a surface

[fair sandal]

Please tell me the steel sage skin on the locus armour has the green X

[stone raven]

well which of those 3 brute design do you want to see return?

[ruby knoll]

I will say I do like the more ursine-y brutes tbh

[crystal iron]

I liked 3s, the different colours for the ranks, the way their armour fell off was satisfying

[devout kite]

343 should make rank more solo friendly

Or bring back solo/duo

Nobody wants rank survive

[ruby knoll]

https://www.halowaypoint.com/halo-infinite/ugc/maps/beb58bc8-c4f2-4003-9429-dfd821520fd2 check out this forge map (not mine)

[stone raven]

what do you want the elite to look like in the future?

[signal ivy]

robots, with laser eyes

[stone raven]

well I what then to look identical to the reach elite just with brighter colors on the armor

[crystal iron]

they should let people upload pics/vid of the map to show it off

[ruby knoll]

ngl i liked the forge channel cuz it allowed embeds

[versed pagoda]

What weapoms do you think 343 should bring back i say SMG, bruit shot, spiker rifle and i would love a bruit version of the bandit or battle rifle like the needle rifle

[sage trench]

Why does 343 think its ok to put 4 randoms vs a 4 stack in ranked?

Like, the most common sense thing is to not do that

Lost 0-4 with a teammate rage quitting cuz how unbalanced ranked matches are

On top of 1 team being almost near onyx and the other being low diamond

[celest heron]

either all of your mmr was more than theirs combined or it was just trying to find the party a game and so it was expecting you to lose, but you wouldn't lose much csr.

[devout kite]

That what I hate about rank as a solo player like facing a stack team is kinda unfair in my opinion

That’s why I love rank solo/duo because I don’t have to deal with facing a stack team

[celest heron]

it almost always is

[devout kite]

I feel like 343 needs to make rank more fun for solo players in my opinion because I can easily get a stack and get to Diamond one but I want to try to get it by myself

[sage trench]

I miss those playlists

I wanna play kbm solo duo, so I dont have to get aim botted by controllers who never miss

[devout kite]

Idk why 343 removed it my guess is long queue times

[sage trench]

Player count is too low

So splitting up the playlist was bad

So now pc players are stuck having to play against aim bots in both the cheat way and the aim assist way

So yippe

[devout kite]

Like I went from plat v at 1,139 to plat IV 1,084 lol

[left snow]

That's pushing things up hill. You are always going to perform better in a co-ordinated team. Even more so with objective games (especially CTF). If you could get to D1 solo you'd go even higher with your stacks.

[sage trench]

Im hard stuck dia 2

Its so frustrating losing multiple games cuz unfair team balancing

One team will be mid to low diamonds and the other will be high diamonds/onyx players

Matchmaking actually feels worse than the start of the season too

[left snow]

The only consolation is that if the MM does give you uneven teams (usually because the other group is a squad)... then you won't lose a lot (if any) MMR for the loss. But if you can cause an upset you could give your rank a bit of a boost.

[sage trench]

I lost 8 from playing against a 4 stack, which is more than should be lost

Esp them all being dia 6s

And now I got put into a 3v4 at the start, and my team both alt f4d at the start

Enemy team was a 4 stack too

I wanna be hopeful about Infinite, but when stuff like this happens, its like there probably isnt any hope left with Halo

[left snow]

343 definitely need to do something to maintain ranked population. Too many people drift out after getting their rank and cause rank debt. Hopefully the imminent XP rank (Season 4?) will help.

As for quitters - they could do more. No game should ever start 3v4.

And it's always worth checking the average team MMR's post game. In the emotion of the moment you can easily over rate a team based on their CSR's. So far in Season 3 the average MMR difference in my ranked games has been 4. So pretty close overall.

That's not to say there haven't been some uneven games. My biggest advantage has been +66. And the biggest disadvantage a whopping -73. I should have looked at those games at the time - I'm sure they were influenced by players squadding up on both sides.

[tardy turtle]

Weird ask, but might be worthwhile: Does anyone here speak Russian?

[left snow]

You generally don't lose a lot of rank playing a better team. If your CSR dropped by 8 then your MMR must be lower than your CSR. Reflecting a drop in form over the last few games.

And the second part is that 8 is nothing in the scheme of things. The system just isn't that precise. And I think we would all be a lot better off if 343 changed the scale. I'm not saying all the way back to 1-50. But of all the suggestions I've heard over the years, 1-117 would be nice.

[sage trench]

I have to go to Halo tracker to check mmr right?

[left snow]

I think the only time you can see it is in the post game stats. When you look at the two team line ups there is a skill rating on the right, underneath the Eagle/Cobra team logo.

[sage trench]

Ill have to check after this match

[left snow]

The matchmaker grabs players on their CSR - trying not to upset people - but then divides into two teams based on MMR (which better reflects current form).

The problem is that squads severely hampers the ability to balance the two teams.

But people also get way too hung up on the CSR. Remember that an average Diamond team should win 3 out of 4 games vs a Platinum team, 2 out of 4 vs Diamond, and 1 out 4 vs Onyx.

The problem is that Diamond team thinks they are no chance vs Onyx. So when they lose they get upset that they didn't stand a chance (not true, they will win 1 in 4) but if they do win - they jump up and down getting upset that the system didn't suddenly award them an Onyx rank.

[sage trench]

I mean im not upset im not getting given Onyx for free, I'm just finding matches being very unbalanced

Like when I used to play Siege, and would play in gold 3, everyone was either gold 4 or maybe gold 2

Halo I could be a dia 3, teammates could be dia 1s/plat 6s, and the enemy team will be dia 5s and 6s

[crystal iron]

So how's the Halo world been... I kinda switched back over to playing Cod alot more cus I have to finish that BP over there

[left snow]

For most people their rank is their rank. It's just the reality of any skill. Once you hit the plateau it's very, very, hard to improve. Doesn't matter if it's Halo, chess, or interpretive dance.

And your rank is just the current population sorted into a bell curve. And as the population changes so will your relative position on the curve - so it's hard to compare performance from season to season (or even as the season progresses).

But there is also rank debt. Players who log on and get their rank or get frustrated and don't come back until next season. And if you are just below a pocket of rank debt it may be harder to rank up as the MM can't find you those games vs teams just above you. Or find you the team-mates you need to take on those teams.

[left snow]

I'm having fun. Season 3 has brought a lot to the table. Still a lot of frustration with desync and other instabilities. Infinite has a long way to go... but I think they're getting there.

[sage trench]

Right, and Infinites already low population doesnt help either

Well I finished a ctf game with 7.6k damage lmfao

Dia 3, 1335 out of 1350

At least im getting balanced games now

25/17/14

Well tbh, my 2nd last game was against two plats and two dias

[nocturne kelp]

Js realized they changed the challenge system in infinite

It’s so much better

[lime robin]

Aight, challenges done

I can now go on vacation without worrying about Infinite

[fallen flame]

I wonder if season 5 will have Mark IV

[solid ingot]

Season 4 I hope has gen 2 or something

I unironically like the gen 2 mjolnir from halos 4 and 5

[fallen flame]

That's the halo 4 armour right

My mind goes abit fuzzy on the Spartan armours

[solid ingot]

Mark IV was the one before shields

Mark VI gen 1 is the halo 2-3 one

Mark VI gen 2 is halo 4-5

[uneven bison]

Mark v is the Halo CE armor

People always forget the mark v

[fallen flame]

Sad

But cheers dark for clearing it up abit

[solid ingot]

I know too much halo lore

It inhibits my daily life

[zealous panther]

Can someone tell me what is this weekly reward? I can't update halo ATM and look.

[fallen flame]

its the puzzle palace visor

[slow walrus]

killed 6 people with a needler and got zero progress towards it's challenge, awesome

[clear ruin]

I have a plan to get all 700 achievements in Halo MCC, but I need some help with some of them.

So far I have 210 of them.

[crystal iron]

https://tenor.com/view/game-of-thrones-well-good-luck-with-that-raise-a-glass-gif-15803896

[crystal iron]

You will regret this decision at some point. A lot of achievements are really hard or will take a lot of time.

[clear ruin]

What can I say, Rookie? I’m a completionist and I am persistent. I know I’ll get all of them, not sure when, but I will.

What im a little concerned about is doing all the campaigns on Legendary and LASO. That’s what I need some help with.

[lime robin]

Legendary is manageable, LASO can be done solo with guides, patience, and spare time.

[short heart]

have fun working towards, nothing?

[vivid light]

Anything is only worth what it means to the individual

[smoky oasis]

Disagree. I did it and at no point have I ever regretted it. An accomplishment is an accomplishment.

[glossy carbon]

I will be down to help. As a completionist myself i already have all of them

[left snow]

Sounds like absolute madness.

Respect.

[wheat zenith]

I currently have 691 of 700. Just need all LASO and Halo CE & 2 in under 3 hours on legendary. Happy to lend a hand to help us both

[full warren]

saw someone with a 99.3% head shot accuracy in tac slayer, obvious hacker surprise his not banned for 3 seasons

[magic night]

If I remember correctly, Headshot Accuracy is just the ratio of headshot kills to total kills. It doesn't sound unreasonable in Tac Slayer.

Yeah. It is just a ratio of kills with headshot/total kills. I'm at 98.5% myself for Tac Slayer.

Kind of a misleading stat name, since you'd expect it be number of shots that hit that were to the head, but that's not a very helpful stat in most scenarios.

[full warren]

Yes but 99.3 is so much higher than 98.5 lol

also 73+ in ranked is stupidly high

look at any pro and they do not have this high stats

the same in team slayer and quick play

you can tell hacker by head shot because they never miss the last shot thats why its a good indicator to see whos a hacker or not

there was a hacker in season 2 on the leaderboard 2nd place I think with 74% headshot accuracy

The only person to be that high, next guy was like 65%

[magic night]

For me, the difference between 98.5% and 100% is 4 kills. In Tac Slayer, I could very reasonably see someone with even 100% headshot accuracy if they don't go for any body shots.

[full warren]

This is out of 300+ games....

[magic night]

I don't know enough about the player to know if they are a hacker or not based solely on that stat, though.

[full warren]

not a single game, I would be highly surprised if you can get 100% in that many games

I just checked some pros, none of them have anything higher than 65% in HS accuracy.

Ok his ranked HS accuracy is 73.7% over 100+ games

[magic night]

Looked them up, they've only played 14 matches of Tac Slayer. Very reasonable situation. There. His overall is 56.6%. Still reasonable.

[full warren]

Yeah but look at the other modes

team slayer is 70+ too and ranked 73.7%

with way more games, I do not know a single pro that have stats even close to these, His shot accuracy sucks but that could just be him turnig the tracking for the cheat on mid fight like a toggle

I don't jsut go call out people for hacking lol, over my 2500_+ games his the only guy I met multiple times and is sus everytime

[magic night]

In Ranked you spawn with a BR, which is headshot city. Most of the time in Ranked, unless you use power weapons, you can maintain a really high headshot percentage. Team Slayer is the only one that seems really high.

[full warren]

Yes but you tell me another player with stats like his

Literally 10% higher than all the pros

[magic night]

10% higher with a smaller sample size of matches. If he plays more, those number will probably converge to a smaller point. But based on stats alone, I don't see any clear indicator that he's hacking. If you had video or something, then that might say more.

[full warren]

100 games is a pretty good sample size

[magic night]

100 games is tiny compared to pros who have several times that many matches.

[full warren]

yes but once past 100 its pretty much irrelavent

you can get a pretty accurate statistis if you just get a sample size of 100

most statistics done on public surveys is only out of 100-1000

So either his a retired pro because his stats are very much similar to theirs or his hacking.

[magic night]

There are margins of error, though. And most surveys usually try to measure something and apply it across a general population, not a single person.

[full warren]

but his shot accuracy is very bad compared to his HS, which is even more sus

[magic night]

Those two stats aren't even related. Shot accuracy counts how many of your shots hit. Headshot accuracy is a ratio of how many of your kills ended with a headshot.

[full warren]

ofcourse they are related or you jsut saying his shooting at a wall to reduce his shot accuracy lol

[magic night]

You could fire ten BR bursts at someone and kill them with a headshot in the end. For that kill, your headshot accuracy would be 100% but your shot accuracy could be 40%.

The Accuracy in Headshot Accuracy is a misnomer.

[full warren]

I knwo what HS accuracy is stop explaining it lol

[magic night]

Either way, if you really believe that person is hacking, you should file a report and attach a video.

Or point to a match you played with them and the support guys can take a look and see if he really is.