halo-discussion

[cosmic shuttle]

No worries!! That gift card way should be pretty easy too

[half portal]

Could we ever see utility/wrist attachments being available for both arms? I just think it's really limiting only having it be on one arm/thigh

[cosmic shuttle]

Doubtful. :’( the Grappleshot and Repulsor take up the other arm in gameplay, so it’s unlikely that 343 would do that

[half portal]

Wish they made them go on the bottom of the forearm

[round forge]

They need to remove armours with blue glowing sections as it can quite often be extremely hard to tell between teammates and enemies.

[ruby lake]

skill issue

[round forge]

How the hell can the enemy team win a match of KOTH without having anyone in the hill?

[solid ingot]

Ninja land grab seems to be bugged

There is no objective, and the timer has been at zero for a whole minute

[round forge]

Do punches home in in Halo Infinite?

[ruby knoll]

You mean lunge?

[lime robin]

Submit a support ticket so the devs are aware

[solid ingot]

i have

Sam linked me the site

[lime robin]

[deft bloom]

wish the weekly challenges were a bit harder. kinda disappointing to have them all done after 4-5 games

[white birch]

They used to be harder. People complained

[young glen]

No thank you.

[misty vale]

people on social were having a brain aneurysm because they had to "get a backsmack" so they made them so easy that even the most deficient player has no problem getting them all done in about an hour

[graceful pagoda]

anyone know how to mod mcc

idk if im doing it right

[deft bloom]

They don’t have to have ridiculous challenges like that which incentivize ppl playing for challenges. Just triple the amount required for kills, assists, multikills, etc

[misty vale]

that's not harder, that's grindier

grinding is not hard, and rewarding people for grinding is a bad habit

[deft bloom]

kills and assists come with the game, that’s basically all you do lol. why wouldn’t players be rewarded for playing more and getting more of them.

[misty vale]

bc grinding isn't fun, all it does it act as a time sink for people who play too much to think that the unenjoyable grinding was "worth it"

if the gameplay was fun, you'd play it without the reward.

but with grinding people get tricked into playing a game they don't enjoy "because of dress up"

[karmic jay]

Infinite still not loading

[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.

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[white birch]

Giving me something to do beyond playing the game but not making it too hard that it gets painful is how most games should do it.
Infinite manages that I think

[magic night]

They did up the difficulty a bit with Season 3 compared to Winter Update challenges

[abstract tree]

Hey everyone! I was hoping I could do some research for a video and ask a question or two to the more dedicated Halo fans. The first question would be "What was/is your favorite Halo multiplayer and why". My second question is "what did other Halo multiplayer experiences have that Halo Infinite lacks, and more specifically what do you want to see in a future update/Halo title?"

[left snow]

My favourite MP have been H5 and Infinite. I prefer the way advanced movement rewards the way teams move around the maps as opposed to specifically controlling set areas. H5 went too far though (eg. spartan charging).

Infinite desperately needs a match composer.

And it lacks social skills. It's crying out for lobbies (post more than pre). The ability to team up for a few games. And clans. I miss clans so much.

I would also like to see way more stats. Bring back the API so we can play ourselves. Specifically let us look at our MMR and KPM etc.

PS. Dedicated Halo fan for 20+ years.

[abstract tree]

Thank you for your 20+ year service to the Halo community! I'm only 21 years old so I think it's safe to say that you've been playing as long as I've been alive! Props to you man! I have been playing the Halo games since I was 4 so my service record is a little less impressive lol. Thanks for the input! I'll be sure to include it!

[left snow]

And one more thing. I think SBMM is very important (random matching would be a disaster). But I think Social should take a different tact.

Some sort of handicapping system so that players of all skill levels can compete on the same battlefield. That would allow SBMM to take a back seat to connection priorities.

[torn spade]

Personally it was halo reaches multiplayer. And the halo games I’ve played (all of them except fireteam raven and halo wars 2) have all been roughly the same. Halo five was creative. Halo 3 is just interesting. The others are all mediocre.

Ps been a halo game and lore nerd since halo reach’s release day and have since become only more of a nerd. 😂

[abstract tree]

Thanks for the input!

[mental verge]

My favorite games in Infinite are the ones where someone follows you around and takes all your kills and you end up with FIFTEEN assists. Fun game.

[wide trout]

Always the Bridesmaid

[smoky oasis]

Always hard to say which my favorites are. I'm a Halo fan through and through. Multiplayer is probably Infinite, but HW2 is up there because I played it so much with my friends.

[crystal iron]

Mine isn't loading as well. Day one of this issue....

[split rover]

Any strats for power seed mode?

[coral orchid]

Grab the seeds before they do

[grave ether]

Find a repulser and repulse the entire pile toward your base as your team provides suppression fire and covers you

[stone raven]

do you think 343 should still make halo?

[smoky oasis]

Yes.

[left snow]

Definitely.

[stone raven]

you are wrong the should not because as penguinz0 said " the correct answer to the question who is the worst game developer is 343 industries "

[signal ivy]

why do you care what a youtuber says

that's like the worst thing you can do when making a point lol

[left snow]

Good timing. I was about to ask who the Hell penguin was - and why should we care. I don't have to bother looking them up now.

[stone raven]

because he is correct

[signal ivy]

lol

well my dad says he's not and I trust my dad more

[smoky oasis]

I like Charlie. It doesn't mean I have to agree with everything he says. Either way, there isn't any discussion value to this.

[half thorn]

dude i thought "surely people must be exaggerating about lag/packet loss/desync" but the games ive been getting today are terrrrrrible

[left snow]

I really like the Autumn Epsilon coatings in the store. And the Golden Age weapon stuff. I'm a sucker for brown and gold combinations. And I'll need to take a peek at the Temple Grounds as well (brown under suit!). Could be an expensive week. I may have some explaining to do to the better half...

[ruby knoll]

Doesn't that moron scam his fanbase of 10 year olds with extremely upcharged PCs

[ruby knoll]

I absolutely love the coatings that do something interesting with the undersuit

[vapid marten]

That Esports Star coating though 🤢

[plain junco]

all pre-builts are upcharged starforge isn't much different

[snow shale]

Is there a Chinese community?

[tender nymph]

hello i am having some issues loading into a game

where it just crashes

[crystal iron]

So your opinions are in reality youtuber’s opinions and you don’t have an ability to have your own opinions? That’s sad

[smoky wave]

Penguinz when a company does way worse treatment to their workers 😪
Penguinz when 343 makes Halo 😡

[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.

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[willow salmon]

Even in terms of pure game quality, 343 doesn't seem to be the worst.

[smoky wave]

Yup, there has been worse companies in this part so it's like a pretty funny take he did lmao

[willow salmon]

I am not saying 343 doesn't have its issues. But at least I can tell they are trying.

Even if the results aren't always what they wanted.

[smoky wave]

Totally

[zinc glen]

look at Activision Blizzard (I think it was them anyway) and the scandal that happened with them. so while 343 have their problems ( I should know I complain a lot about them) those problems are nothing compared to what happened at Blizzard

[willow salmon]

I keep wondering if people forgot about that DICE game

[zinc glen]

battlefront 2

[willow salmon]

2042

And the state it launched in

[zinc glen]

same could be said for battlefront 2

[willow salmon]

I wasn't there for BF2

What happened?

[zinc glen]

it wasn't the best from what I've heard at the beginning

it's okay now

but at launch it was bad apparently

[willow salmon]

Was it as broken as 2042?

[zinc glen]

I don't think so it was actually playable at launch from what I know

DICE peaked with battlefield 1, that game was amazing from launch

[willow salmon]

I can't really blame microtransactions, considering I don't like the 343 model as well 👀

Well it's better than loot boxes I suppose

[willow salmon]

I heard people like BF4 after the updates

[zinc glen]

haven't played

so it's probably good

[willow salmon]

My friend enjoyed BF5, but I always find his game choices.... questionable

It's not easy to measure the quality of the games

[zinc glen]

to me battlefield 5 lacked the charm Battlefield 1 had (though one major plus was the German story missions in the tank those were breath taking and I found myself getting heavily invested in it)

I'm surprised they even went a head and did a German story (no offence meant to anyone) its just that DICE struck me as the type who would've avoided doing that

[analog salmon]

from what i hear BF4 campaign is not as good as 3

i've been meaning to play it

then BF1... then BFV

I've played BC1&2 and BF3 campaigns but not the MP

whereas I've playing loads of BF4 and BF1's MP but never the campaign

[zinc glen]

battlefield 1's mini stories (especially the Australian one) were brilliant

The only story I liked in Battlefield 5 was the German one (that one was the most memorable)

[analog salmon]

I'll definitely be playing it this year, just wanted to wait til my PC upgrade because BF is kbm for me

even BF4 i held out since the MP did not run great on my 1050

played low settings which isn't the way to enjoy a campaign lol

[plain junco]

It was objectively Pay to win at launch m

[willow salmon]

What did they monetize to give players an advantage?

[plain junco]

So bad in fact that some Belgian gambling regulation agency ended up suing them

[plain junco]

More like what didn't they monetize. Star cards were upgrade abilities on each character but to upgrade them you had to get lucky through loot boxes. They would reduce cooldown times or change abilities all together

Additionally unlocking a single hero took 40 hours each

[willow salmon]

That sounds like Battlefront 2

And not Battlefield 2

Did you get the games confused?

[plain junco]

One guy mentioned battlefront 2 it is also made by dice

Idk maybe I thought you guys were talking about it

[willow salmon]

Aaaah now it makes sense

[plain junco]

Battlefield 2 is ancient I didn't figure you were talking about that

[willow salmon]

I think I was the one who was confused

I did find a news article saying battlefront 3 was scrapped

[plain junco]

Yeah battlefield 2 was released in good days of EA

Battlefront 3 was scrapped yes, both Pandemic's version and now EA'S

[willow salmon]

Someone who played the alpha said it was really good

But we will never know

[plain junco]

Battlefront 2 was quite good when they ironed all the crap out of it

I frankly want a sequel to republic commando but whoever makes it will find a way to mess it up

Ideally something like Imperial Commando would be dope

[willow salmon]

Well what's the next biggest FPS game that's coming?

[plain junco]

Star wars or just in general

Because just for the record Respawn will be making a Star Wars FPS

Assuming Jedi Survivor is good the FPS should be good also

West and Zampella gave us some of the best call of duty entries alongside old treyarch so

[young glen]

Counterstrike 2

[willow salmon]

I forgot about that

[teal scarab]

So, what are my chances of encountering a hacker in Halo infinite's Tactical Slayer? Wall hack is in question, because someone was able to land 10 kills on Catalyst during first minute. But the way they did it was the moment someone slightly appeared near the corner headshot landed. The person only died when someone walked from behind, never lost wall to wall combat.

[crystal iron]

They also gave us one of the best shooters of all time titanfall 2.

[slow walrus]

out of the last 5 games I've played I'm the only one of my team who has gone KD positive

the SBMM is a joke

[zinc glen]

Titanfall 2 was one of the best story games I've played

BT was awesome

[crystal iron]

Yeah. It’s sad that we will never get a titanfall 3

[teal scarab]

I really wish if the game crashed, it would still give the mission progress...
My game crashed after I did all my missions, but before match ended 🙂
30 minutes on boosts... no mission progress due to crashes and a temp ban, wonderful

[wide trout]

What happened to TitanFall 2 is criminal

[plain junco]

I figured that went without saying but yeah lol

[plain junco]

This is just another part of my disliking for the BR genre because Respawn abandoned it in favor of the cash cow that apex turned into

Not only that of course but EA released 2 shooters within proximity of one another

[crystal iron]

They also didn’t fixed titanfall 2 multiplayer. For the last two years it’s almost completely unplayable.

[coarse dagger]

https://twitter.com/Halo/status/1648696742999736320?t=BjH0QuZUApTbwUHob6_zJw&s=19

Halo (@Halo)

No radar, and all S7s, all the time 💥

Ranked Snipers on the field!

#HaloEchoesWithin

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Twitter · Apr 19, 2023, 2:35 PM

[shadow turret]

I've gotten a Ninja each match the first two placement matches I've done so far

[slow walrus]

I got a quigley in a match but because I joined by replacing someone who left I can't view it in theatre mode

great

[shadow turret]

Oof

[wide trout]

On console*

If you have it on PC you can install Northstar

[crystal iron]

Yes but it doesn’t mean that we all should forget about state of vanilla servers

[slow walrus]

well here's the best clip I can do
https://files.catbox.moe/vxxlld.webm

man this is so lame, I wish this game actually worked

[plain junco]

I haven't tried it recently but Northstar was dead too

[wide trout]

Never had that happen to me

[plain junco]

Idk then we had more luck on official client for some reason

[livid moth]

I wish there was a mercy rule so I don't have to sit through a match were teammates act like enemy vehicles don't exist so we get steamrolled

[round forge]

Halo Infinites energy sword desperately needs nerfed.

It currently the most powerful weapon in the game by a mile.

[plain junco]

Bro what

That's literally the point of a power weapon

[round forge]

I just spent a match being repeatedly killed by a someone using an energy sword who went the entire match unopposed. He got killed once and it was by someone else also using an energy sword. I get that it is meant to be a power weapon but the gravity hammer, sniper rifle, and ravager are all power weapons and yet are underpowered compared to the energy sword. It was ok when it was in the older games as the grappling hook wasn't a thing but the grapple has completely broken the energy sword.

[slow walrus]

what would you even want them to do? It's just a melee attack that kills in one-hit

[signal ivy]

it also doesn't have unlimited ammo, they have to run out eventually

[round forge]

Yes, but only after pretty much ruining the match for the other team.

[plain junco]

Ravager is really the only underpowered one, just control the map better, that's what infinite brought back from older halo games.

[signal ivy]

I mean that's more a skill issue on the teams part rather than an issue with the sword

[round forge]

I think it's less an issue of nerfing the energy sword and more buffing some other power weapons to compete.

[plain junco]

The energy sword has been unchanged since like halo 2

Besides the addition of sprint and armour abilities it still has lunge and 10 swings until depletion

There is also a parry mechanic now since 5 so you can duel sword users with a sword

Just have to know where the equipment spawns are, the power weapon spawns are always highlighted

[round forge]

Changes to the energy sword aren't the problem the problem is how it works with the grapple.

[plain junco]

Thats the way it is bro. The reason he went for that combination is precisely what the energy sword is weak at: covering distance quickly

The grapples range is also not particularly long so if you are cross the map just start tapping him with a br or even a sidekick

Oh and ping where he is

That way your team knows and can avoid him or engage him

[young glen]

How can you nerf it without making it completely useless? It's a sword, man.

[young glen]

Sniper rifle is definitely not underpowered...

Gravity Hammer and Ravager could probably use a little help. The sword punishes players caught in tight spaces / interiors. If you know there's a sword user around, you have to use grenade bounces and a team mate to take them out, or just try and fight them in a more open area — easier said than done, I know.

[magic night]

Ravager also isn't a power weapon

I think it's in an okay spot for not being a power weapon

[proven pollen]

I am a fan of the ravager

It’s a better Plasma Pistol for “noob comboing” imo

[lime robin]

Though I don't get why it's in the same tier as the Hydra

[magic night]

I can see why. Hydra isn't a quick kill and can be difficult to use well and has a kind of specialty function where its really good for killing vehicles. Ravager is kind of the same, except the specialty is area denial.

[cosmic shuttle]

Definitely feel this. Besides it’s ability to shred through vehicles in BTB, the Hydra isn’t as powerful as a lot of people think. Tracking missiles are cool, but easy to dodge with the right movement strats.

[magic night]

The tracking also decreases damage output compared to the standard firing mode, too. Takes a whole extra shot to kill a Spartan on foot.

[cosmic shuttle]

True! It’s a great weapon, don’t get me wrong. There’s just too many people who wrongly think it’s insanely op imo

[celest heron]

https://twitter.com/MintBlitz/status/1648492996831375360?cxt=HHwWgMDTrbDpz-AtAAAA

Mint Blitz (@MintBlitz)

No chance 343 put launch site into RANKED Team Snipers on Halo Infinite.

You can literally spawn kill one side the entire game 😂

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Twitter · Apr 19, 2023, 1:05 AM

[proven pollen]

You can do this on Empyrean as well. Spawns don’t flip, even in slayer

[lime robin]

I won't finish this, will I?

[magic night]

It's easy

[signal ivy]

it is, just grab a BR and Rocket launcher and use them as long as you can

[lime robin]

No sword?

[signal ivy]

rush the Arcane Sentinel beam once you get outside

sword is too up close and personal for me

[magic night]

But it makes getting shields back real easy

[signal ivy]

true

just remember to have full shields so you can get checkpoints

[celest heron]

use the tank gun

[signal ivy]

pffft

[celest heron]

use fusion coils for the first boss

[lime robin]

I refuse

[celest heron]

I did. no regrats

[arctic granite]

What’s your favorite halo game

[lime robin]

So where was I supposed to put these again?

Actually nevermind, I think the rest blew up with the Dynamo spam

Ez

[lime robin]

It's hard to notice when my shields are out, I'll say that.

[smoky wave]

Golden heart

[lime robin]

I don't get how kinetic energy can do more damage than a direct rocket hit

[summer shard]

man i really miss the old maps 😔

[full warren]

does the report thing even work or do anything in halo?

like do they ever tell you if people get banned or not or it is just like some games there to "make you feel like you are reporting"

[inland minnow]

they won't tell you whether action is taken, many services dont disclose that

[blazing dove]

f zodiac signs whats yalls fav halo ost mine is epilogue from halo 2 that ost opening got me like 🥶

[celest heron]

uninstalling.

[steel turtle]

the bird killed u😲

[full warren]

That kinda sucks tho, league tells you if someone you reported is banned or something so you know those reports actually work, otherwise it is just a fake button lol.

Which many games put in as a fake button because "it lets you release stress"

[inland minnow]

please remember to disable pings for users with the no pings role! thanks (:

i cant comment for other games, but halo definitely doesnt have a "fake" reporting button. it's real, and the team does receive reports.

[tepid latch]

There was literally some dude that made a thread complaining that these birds were a sign of bad quality and the game is bad... 🤦

[sage acorn]

Smh.. they really did take a bunch of great modes and features from us since the good old bungie days.. now we have to cater to all these micro transactions and the more "competitive pro" players rather than making a complete and adequate halo game we all grew up to love and cherish. At this point I'm not angry anymore.. I'm just ashamed and disappointed. 😞

[plain junco]

yeah... vote with your wallet my guy. don't buy into a single battle pass or cosmetic item. it's unfortunate because as a baseline the core gameplay is great, but everything past that point comes short

[steel turtle]

i think the battle passes are fine honestly
at least season 2, i havent really looked at season 3 and season 1 didnt come with currency which sucks
but battle passes are the monetization system in gaming these days, and halo infinite's battle pass is probably the most inoffensive of any ive seen
once u buy it it doesnt expire and u can still buy them after the season ends
im surprised other games still have expiring battle passes

i enjoy the game and play it often enough so im fine with spending $10 for a battle pass since the game is free anyway, and being able to get the rest with the earnable currency

shop prices are wack tho i will never buy a shop item

[ocean palm]

Hey, 343, when are you gonna get rid of the armor core system?

[tepid latch]

fr

It was August last year they stated they wanted to move away from it and had started to do so with Visors

[plain junco]

While I agree with the overall cost it took them a few to include currency within it. that being said most game battle passes follow a similar formula or better such as COD where all the weapons are obtainable elsewhere such as in DMZ and there is a progression system irrespective of the battle passes

[ocean palm]

exactly

[steel turtle]

thats fair, infinite def needs a progression system outside of the battle pass

[tepid latch]

CoDs battlepass looks so damn confusing

sorry, ik its not totally relevant to your message, just my thoughts

[steel turtle]

i rly hope they just stop making new cores

[ocean palm]

guys heres that thing. 343 probabky fired whoever was working on crosscore

have you seen the shop tho? Theyre telling us via shop that they won’t do it

1 armor coating for 7 cores if you pay 20 bucks

[steel turtle]

cods entire ui looks really confusing lol
i played an mw2 beta or something and the menus were pretty bad

[ocean palm]

well it was beta

[steel turtle]

yeah i hate that

[steel turtle]

im not sure if its still like that rn

[ocean palm]

Im just happy the Big 3 are gone. Maybe 343 can become competent at making good halo games?

It was hard to see Joe Staten go

[wide trout]

Please keep discussion constructive

[plain junco]

oh yeah its confusing as heck but i haven't touched it, not that i really enjoy that game's gameplay...

[ocean palm]

sorry, i hope, with a brighter future in mind for 343, that they may gain the support of their fans and respect from competitors going forward

but also labeling anything unflattering as cruel critisizm is just hilarious. I mean seriously, 343 made this and got rid of waypoint forums just to shut up the angry fans. And when the bot flags me for this (because i kinda deserve it) i hope at least some dissapointed fans here see the light at the end of the tunnel. 343 can start over. New heads, new engine, new team. Lets make the next few years bearable for a Halo fan.

[wide trout]

anything unflattering
Theres a line between "this could be done better" and "343 should feel ashamed of themselves, the person who did this was probably/should have been fired"

[tepid latch]

I tried out DMZ once, but in all honestly i just dont think extraction shooters are for me, same goes for brs now even after years playing fortnite and apex. just want more things to involve a cohearent story that I can actually explore and play through

bit off topic from what you were talking about oops

[ruby knoll]

Word salad

[ruby knoll]

^Person who knows nothing

[wide trout]

Thats not the kind of discussion we like to foster in this server

[tepid latch]

[karmic oriole]

So 3 weeks into April and no new monthly halo infinite perk with game pass?

[plain junco]

So just regarding some of the earlier conversation, I know that some of the complaints are not particularly helpful, but infinite took a step forward in terms of the campaign's overall gameplay and sandbox interaction and two steps back via the story continuity and confusion after the events of 5, along side the promises of armour obtainability in the dev docs only for the majority of the content to be behind a paywall. This should at the very least be evident to them because of the progression systems in both reach and 4, but regardless the shop system is quite ludicrous

[wide trout]

Personally I think some sort of shop system is expected in a free game

How do you think the continuity could have been made better?

What would you have done, in other words?

[plain junco]

Well, 5 ended on essentially hinting at a galactic war with the guardians, which suffice to say would have created some pretty cool set pieces for a campaign. I think perhaps the Zeta ring or whichever it is in infinite could have been invoked with said guardians. There's sort of a hole missing between 5 and Infinite so at the very least that gap could have been covered even if not explicitly within the confines of the story Infinite purveys

[tardy turtle]

The "hole" is filled by both Bad Blood and Shadows of Reach

[plain junco]

Outside media is not particularly a good way to fill said gap, I remember disliking Destiny for doing the same thing in the form of Grimoire cards.

[lime robin]

Would I switch the Rockets or the BR for it?

[tepid latch]

Unfortunately i think that's just something we have to put up with, with halo being hard on the transmedia nowadays

[tardy turtle]

Halo has always been a multi-media franchise for the storyline

[wide trout]

A book came out two years before the first game

[tardy turtle]

Nah, not that soon

A couple months, if memory serves

[tepid latch]

I feel like that doesnt directly impact the story of Halo as much as having something happen in the games, lead to something you have to read in the books to understand what has happened though

[tardy turtle]

Okay so here's a fun question: How did John-117 get back to Earth after Halo: CE?

[wide trout]

I swear TFOR came out in 1999

[tepid latch]

Feel like CE ends on a note where we can assume the ship he's on helps him get back?

[tardy turtle]

October 30, 2001 friend 😉

[wide trout]

Yeah I just googled it

Still, a month before CE

[tardy turtle]

Assumptions aren't good enough. How did he get back?

[plain junco]

I think the main difference here is that outside media was not required to understand what was happening. Again, within the confines of infinite, the story is present, but it is also disconnected from the previous entries. Maybe that was somewhat intentional due to the reception of 4 and 5 but at the same time, the game draws more on Halo Wars 2 than it does mainline titles.

[tardy turtle]

The main difference is that Bungie did one and 343 did the other

[tepid latch]

I dont know what you want me to tell you, I dont read the books. Im saying that, even as a person who only has played the games, CE ends at a point where the player can think, okay cool he has a ship to go home in

[tardy turtle]

If we're going off blind assumptions, then it can be assumed that the Infinity jumped to Zeta Halo where it got it's business remixed

[wide trout]

Found Johnson, Linda, and a squad of ODSTs, took over a covvie super carrier and attached it to the UNSC Gettysburg (iirc), picked up Blue Team and an admiral, sacrifices were made, battle clusters got exploded, and only really blue team and Johnson got home safely

Oh minus Kelly and Halsey, they went to Onyx

[tardy turtle]

Yep, UNSC Gettysburg-Ascendant Justice

[plain junco]

While we're on the topic of continuity and the problem with relying on outside media is, how did Atriox get off the ark? You wouldn't know how unless you read shadows of reach, that is my point here.

[tardy turtle]

Okay, and?

My point is that books have always been essential to joining the games, so you're trying to use Monopoly Money at Disney World here.

[plain junco]

That's.. what I said I think should have at least been explained in game.

[tardy turtle]

Why?

It wasn't explained in Halo 2

[wide trout]

“That’s classified, Gunns”

[plain junco]

A bit of a false equivalency. The storyline elements of 1-3, heck even reach, are perfectly understandable in a vaccum without external media

[tardy turtle]

No, absolutely not a false equivalency.

[signal ivy]

rockets

[tardy turtle]

Bare facts is y'all give Bungie a full pardon and pass for things you hang 343 for.

Especially for Halo Reach

[plain junco]

Some might go around saying how someof you are 343 shills, but trust me, I have not, so please do not use that trope on me. I disliked elements of reach back in the day. I am simply stating what I thought could have been done within regards to the connectivity between 5 and infinite.

[signal ivy]

what part of Halo 4 required a book to understand the story that was happening?

[tepid latch]

im leaving this debate lmao, Kiltd, you're right, like genuinely, you've changed my mind

[tardy turtle]

You'll pardon my doubt, I'm sure

[tepid latch]

huh? OH

[wide trout]

What is “reach”? Who are the Covenant? What insurgents? Who is Doctor Halsey? Why is her research important? What’s a forerunner? What’s this little floating light bulb talking to me? Why is the lady in my head calling me a stud muffin? Who’s this black guy helping me test my suit? What’s the deal with these guys who look like turkeys berating an elite? What the heck is an arbiter? The covenant has rebels?? Wait, the covenant is a theocracy? The grunts rebelled once? There’s more than one Halo? Who is this girl commanding this ship and why is she so important? What’s that big tube stretching up to the stars from this city? What is the Ark? Why is the UNSC still using technology from the 1990s in their cutting edge military bases? What is a Gravemind? How did the flood get here? How did the Covenant know about the Forerunners?

[plain junco]

The audio logs were at least in the game, so I will give it that. That being said a lot of what was explained in 4 was through these logs and the librarian dialogue, as well as surface level concepts like how the human-covenant truce was broken, additionally Chief's armour thing but I'll let that one slide for the artstyle change

[tardy turtle]

IIRC, the suit change has dialogue

[signal ivy]

"you've been busy"

[plain junco]

Yeah the nano machines thing which was quite a meme at the time

[tardy turtle]

"I rewrote your suit's firmware while you were out."

[tepid latch]

no like, i just know i havent read any of the books and im willing to say that i've just given a pass to all the games up to 4 that i grew up with. and 5 was the game where I was probably most critical because I was actually fully invested in halo as a young adult at that point. I actually love infinite's narrative, I wish we got to actually play through some of the fight on the infinity as a sort of prologue, but ye. ill go listen to the books 🤷

[tardy turtle]

Fair; my sincere apologies then. While each game can be taken as an insular addition, and enjoyed as it's own story, the books add a narrative whole that makes the entire Halo Universe so much more alive, and make a lot of things in games like Halo Reach that much more meaningful

[wide trout]

There are more cyborgs than just Chief? What is Slipspace? What is a Spartan? Why is Chief the only one with such cool armour? Where did this AI lady come from? How can my character understand the forerunner glyphs perfectly even though he isn’t forerunner? How come I’m the only one with energy shields besides my enemies? Why do these guys fight each other in the cutscenes so much? Why are the brutes fighting the elites now? What’s this schism? Why didn’t we see brutes in Halo 1? How come this weapon wasn’t there in the first game/isn’t there now? Who the heck is doctor Halsey?? What is a SPARTAN-III? What the heck is ONI?

[quaint adder]

Are the servers going bonkers?

[wide trout]

Define “bonkers”

[plain junco]

A lot of these things are external details that do not need to be understood for the story to make sense. In the first game we learned that the ringworld is called Halo and that it is a weapon, also the flood prompt the 343 to come to the defense of halo and that cortana realizes the weapon is designed to kill everything thus rendering the flood dead, so then of course you blow up the ring, you get it. in two we learn the covenants motives, the reason for arbiter's desertion, kill a high council along the way, what the gravemind is, etc, and of course in 3 we kill off the high council after realizing the ark exists which can activate em all, and, due to gravemind's reconstruction of itslef, smoke the last ring. i missed a lot and this is mostly from recollection but the point is the continuity of the games is there without outside media. I'm not saying there are no instances of external reliance but it was not required to understand what is presented on screen. that is why I feel like infinite from a gameplay perspective is perfect, but I can't help but notice the disconnection between 5 and itself alongside how our antagonist got to where he is both in relation to Halo Wars 2 and how he escaped the Ark. The story is isolated from the rest, and the grand battles of even halo 5 are not present on Zeta which of course ties into what I'm saying in regards to continuity.

[tardy turtle]

You're blatantly ignoring the very same details important to games like Halo CE to Halo 2 when it comes to Halo Wars 2 to Halo Infinite, and doing exactly what I accused of.

"How did Atriox get off the Ark?" Who cares? He's here now. Exactly the same as "How did John-117 get back to Earth? Who cares, he's here now." For the storyline of Halo Infinite you do not need to know how Atriox got off the Ark, as it is entirely irrelevant. Getting mad about that, but giving Halo: First Strike a pass is inexcusably biased.

Like, I'm sorry, but this hand waving of the huge clefts of time between the Bungie games (or even entire origins of information for games like Halo Reach) as "Bippity Boppity, stuff happened" and then expecting 343 games to literally display every minutia of detail between narratives in game is patently ridiculous.

[quaint adder]

At the end of the game it says "game on longer exists" can't join the game

Then I start a new game and it boots me and says can't connect to the dedicated servers and still makes me lose 5 points despite everyone in thr gam being forced disconnected

[plain junco]

"I'm not saying there are no instances of external reliance"

I was alluding to first strike here, that wasn't done well either. Atriox and Chief returning to their respective positions presented in each game were both poorly done, but I have consistently said my primary issue was the continuity that the story of 5 set up for it to seemingly be forgotten for infinite.

[mental veldt]

servers down?

[grim citrus]

Number 1 reason 343 halo games are as good as the bungie games

[tardy turtle]

The last thing we see in Halo 5 is the Infinity fleeing from Cortana, and if you played on Legendary the last thing we see is Zeta Halo.

The first thing we see in Halo Infinite is Zeta Halo, pan to the Infinity getting it's -Blam!- mixed, and then the Halo: CE-esque mystery of "What happened in the past six months?"

The gap between those games is either entirely irrelevant, or is explained in-game as the story progresses.

[wide trout]

This has literally happened 3 times

[grim citrus]

You couldn’t be more wrong with this.

[mental veldt]

can anyone join games atm?

[wide trout]

Reach —> CE, 3 —> 4, 5 —> Infinife

[plain junco]

And what of the guardians? Cortana's grasp on them should have prompted some form of interaction with them in infinite

[wide trout]

Did it happen in the legendary ending of halo wars as well?

[tardy turtle]

What about them? When we get boots-to-ground in Infinite, Cortana's dead.

[wide trout]

We see several interactions between the guardians and the greater world in Infinite (RIP Doisac), and you can see a huge one in the background of the open world

[tardy turtle]

I was able to join one about 10 minutes ago, but am about to head to bed, so couldn't say for now

[wide trout]

The guardian in question, right above my crosshair

[mental veldt]

me and 2 other people have been stuck on searching for the last 15 mins

[open ibex]

I cannot. Servers or something in the game is acting up. It even made me rewatch the seasonal cutscenes after relaunching the game.

[mental veldt]

rip

[tardy turtle]

Titan we seem to be of the same mind so I'll leave rebuttals to you; work in the morning so I'm off for now

[wide trout]

I am going to go in a second as well

o7

[tardy turtle]

Lol, ope

[tepid latch]

I wonder what happened to Anders at the end of HW2 and what might happen there

[wide trout]

I do hope it’s addressed in a DLC at some point

[tepid latch]

Id hope that HW3 is a thing so that HW RTS fans can eat. idm just watching the cutscenes lol, but the story is super interesting

Love stories outside of mastercheif and I love Jerome's chemistry with Isabel

[plain junco]

I do not believe in any of the books the guardians were taken down, and since there are multiple guardians, I'm pretty sure that one was separate from cortana due to the intro cutscene taking place after cortana's visit. was it mentioned in any of the audio logs that the guardian there is the one that was killed first?

[tepid latch]

aren't they moreorless deactivated due to the fact that cortana is dead? like not destroyed, just not turned on

[plain junco]

That's... what I think was never particularly answered

[wide trout]

Does every single detail need to be given?

[tepid latch]

^^^

[wide trout]

Cause if it did, the infinite campaign and extended media would have been several thousand hours longer

You can postulate or imply that the guardians are dead or deactivated due to the fact that Cortana is

Same way you don’t see prometheans

Or the Warden

[plain junco]

I don't remember saying that every detail should be given. I just think a bridging explanation would have helped. Just for the record, Prometheans were cut content, they were originally intended to be in game.

[tepid latch]

were they? how do you know?

[wide trout]

Cut content =/= intention. It’s just that, a concept. Effectively spitballing. Throwing things at the wall and seeing what sticks.

Only the stuff actively in the game is canon

[tepid latch]

sorry ik theres no discussion of leaks, but like if they're talking about builds seen on twt, its literally content from previous games still in the engine... they could be for testing or any number of other things

[wide trout]

Anything beyond that is conjecture

[tepid latch]

leftover content does not mean it was cut

[wide trout]

Did you know that half life Alyx still has all the models from half life 2 in it? And Half life 2, HL1?

[tepid latch]

fr

[wide trout]

Surely all that is just cut content that was originally intended to be in the game, right?

[tepid latch]

I see youtubers refer to cut content in halo so often it means nothing at this point

[wide trout]

Every single game ever made has cut content.

[crystal iron]

Guys did you know halo infinite has cut content??

[plain junco]

The Rhinos were literally showcased in the E3 2018 demo, and they are in game for infinite. Untextured, but animated and rigged. Prometheans were also in said build.

[tepid latch]

there's even recent debates on twt about cut bungie content that refers to the forerunners as human and people take that to mean that they actually are and 343 are messing up the story, like its cut... *it was never meant to be *

[tepid latch]

EXACTLY! CUT, they're not in the game anymore. you dont know why, noone does but 343. maybe they just didnt serve a purpose anymore

[plain junco]

I have spoken about cut content in destiny, do not think for a minute this criticism exclusively applies to halo. Especially in regards to Destiny these things were ready to go at launch and then cut. In halo's case it might be less drastic, but i have a feeling the shakeup and inside development issues prompted an overhaul to the story similarly as the graphics were

[wide trout]

Destiny is not Halo

[tepid latch]

Every. game. has. cut. content.

for one reason or another, it just wasnt want meant to be in the game so they cut it. Yes you've seen the Rhino's and the prometheans, maybe at some point they had a role to play in the game, but then they didn't, so they removed them. its a part of game development

[wide trout]

Half life is not halo, destiny is not half life, Quake is not halo, call of duty is not halo, StarCraft is not halo, world of Warcraft is not halo, Warhammer is not halo

What’s one thing these games all have in common? All have cut content, scrapped designs, things that didn’t pan out either because they didn’t fit from a technical standpoint, didn’t work, or the devs realized that it wouldn’t properly fit the game

We have no idea why 343 cut what they did, all we know is that things are cut.

Something that you saw in files you frankly shouldn’t have been digging into does not mean that that thing was intended to be there in the finished product

[plain junco]

I did not make any such claim, that Halo was equivalent to other games. I used destiny as an example of cut content because in that case the cut content was done to resell it to you as DLC. In Halo we don't have a specific reason, but concerning what is present both in models, animations and what raw counts of them would have been on the screen at one point in time, especially in regards to the troubled engine development, the wildlife was likely cut for performance reasons. The prometheans have complete models, animations and visual effects though, and obviously performance wouldn't really be a factor in the numbers they are implemented in.

[lime robin]

And what have you seen about the Cindershot?
Because on the Escharum fight, if you immediately fire it, it's an instakill, since it has the health of a regular Brute for like half a sec.

[tepid latch]

Prometheans probably have all that because they were made for Halo 5 my guy, that does not mean they were intended for infinite, it was likely left over in the game files since it was probably not a final build of the game people got their hands on. Of course cut content could be used as DLC, thats not inherintely a bad thing, perhaps it was in the game and became a larger thing and was ultimately turned into DLC instead of just included in base game. Games have to make money some how.

[wide trout]

Point is, everything is conjecture and to make a claim based on something that isn’t even in the game is negligent to the truth and proper debate techniques

I’m going to bed, sorry for the mess Merty

[plain junco]

So just to clarify, I also think that the Prometheans were leftover from 5, but the wildlife is still an interesting point of contention. Outside of the halo element I hope you are not serious about the usage of cut content as DLC. this was a huge issue back in destiny 1 because of what was found out behind the scenes

[lime robin]

You think I'm staying? 😂

(I need to wake up at 6:00, so it's bedtime for me too)

[crystal iron]

Man par scores are dumb

[wide trout]

Touché

[tepid latch]

sorry, I know virtually nothing about D1s development, i played the base game and fell out of it after that. also, you stated that Prometheans were intended for halo infinite... now you're saying they're left over from halo 5 which kinda contradicts that. I'll concede that Its interesting we could have had more varied wildlife in infinite, but id argue its just not in halo's blood to have that much wildlife and it wouldn't do anything for the game

[plain junco]

We know the issues development wise did happen. I'm not really interested in hearing you preach about "proper debate techniques" when not only was that not my intention in the first place, but you have pulled several strawmans and loaded questions on me here.

[plain junco]

Haha... D1's development was uh.. it was funny. I think that the assets were left over from 5 but intended to be used in infinite, if that makes any sense. The wildlife was interesting though I'm not particularly too bothered by it either. The gameplay of infinite was nailed so that's that at least.

[tepid latch]

I think to assume that left over assets from halo 5 were intended for infinite is pretty short sighted... we don't know when that build is from or what it was used for. the prometheans could literally have just been there for target practice 🤷

[verbal fox]

cap. wildlife would be fire in halo infinite especially since its open world. Reach had a bunch and it made it way more immersive

[wide trout]

“A bunch” is definitely… saying something

There was Moa and Guta and that’s about it

Plus like… one rat

[verbal fox]

true

i overshot with a bunch. still the 3 is more than any other

[tepid latch]

Infinite still had wildlife, given, they're not big, but just because its an open world doesn't mean it would be great with wildlife

its a ringworld overtaken by banished and broken unsc ships, whos to say the banished didnt just wipe out all the big wildlife to make the leather around their weapons

[plain junco]

Well, the other aspect that I left out was the audio was not present for any of the Prometheans so that was another part that I found intriguing, due to the Promethean's involvement in 5 right, perhaps the Prometheans were supposed to be controlled by Cortana as was hinted at the end of 5. Just spitballing perhaps, but i'd thought i'd point it out

[tepid latch]

so the prometheans are in the build, but they dont have audio... sounds to me like they were only temporary and the audio wasnt needed for something like that in the builds...

i just dont get why ur spitballing ig?

[plain junco]

Everything but audio and textures were in, yes. Animations and effects were still there, knights, watchers and 9 types of soldier were found.

[tepid latch]

so they were probably temp or in the process of being stripped out of the game?

[verbal fox]

why r u guys beefing over cut content

[tepid latch]

i literally dont know

[plain junco]

Possibly. If that were the case though my belief is that Warden Eternal would have been present also.

[tepid latch]

okay 🫡

[plain junco]

Just a discussion my friend.

[verbal fox]

warden eternal doodoo 👎

more 343 wasted potential ngl

[plain junco]

Yeah I loved fighting him 7 times in halo 5

[tepid latch]

yeah, but before all this you were saying like it was fact

[verbal fox]

fr

[wide trout]

Be constructive please.

[verbal fox]

i feel like with five they should have stepped away from forerunners and destroying the universe. maybe a new faction like the banished should have been 5

[plain junco]

Well, it is factual they were in the game files, but that was just a side concept of what I originally stated.

[tepid latch]

dude you said "prometheans were intended for halo infinite"

[wide trout]

Can y’all chill please

[plain junco]

Yes they were, and so was wildlife.

[verbal fox]

feels over done imo. i think the rings are a good concept and should be around every other game.

dinally sent. my internet actin up

is anyone ever gonna talk abt the like ww2 wolfienstien typa helmet on the eaglestrike armor tho

[plain junco]

Yeah it's cool. I won't ever get it, though

[solid ingot]

what is the gimick of Vampireball?

[lime robin]

Punch other dude with ball, get shield.

Punch with shields on, get extra shield.

[solid ingot]

ahhh

thank you

[crystal iron]

how much i hate these ppl that camp with their shockrifle or S7 or even stalker rifle in BTB matches somewhere in their spawn aiming for hours on the powerseed stockpile, making the entire game go on for hours because nobody gets the seeds bc all they can do is sit around doing nothing

[vapid marten]

Counter-Snipe

[crystal iron]

so you end up with 15 vs 15 just sitting around trying to snipe?
If I want these boring long distance matches I go play Battlefield, not Halo where the objective is to steal and plant powerseeds

[slow locust]

How Powerful Would The Flood Get if Master Chief Didn’t Defeat them?

[crystal iron]

the idea of the flood is not to become powerful as we humans crave to be
the flood is essentially a massive superorganism that only strives to consume all biomass in the universe. Yes the mass would make it the most powerful being sort of, but its not like the flood will create starships and massive guns and adamantium armor.

so it wouldnt really be any stronger or weaker, its just a question of how far it would be spread

[radiant sundial]

lets just say, if chief hadn't stopped the flood, the entire timeline after halo 3 would not have happened.

[slow locust]

The Whole Universe would be consumed by the Flood

[wide trout]

Keymind

[lime robin]

Does MnK work just fine on Xbox consoles? Or have people found some hiccups related to it?

[earnest thunder]

As far as I know yes it does work on Xbox the only problem I found when testing it was that I still had to have a controller connected but halo infinite works just fine after that.

[plain junco]

I don't know if it's improved but M+K on console never worked too well, they weren't set up to interpret it correctly for gaming mice and obviously lack of software is an issue for polling rates and DPI settings alongside mouse acceleration. Games on PC have raw input but I doubt they would implement that into a console port

[analog salmon]

it works fine if they game implements it right

it works exactly the same as PC, it disables system level acceleration

[plain junco]

So they did start adding raw input to console games? Okay good

[analog salmon]

the only caveat is you need a mouse that has onboard storage, but that's pretty much a basic feature at this point

[plain junco]

Yeah it is

[analog salmon]

i dont know what game lacks raw input

the problem is usually just bindings resetting and whatnot

[plain junco]

Eh it wasn't too big in the Xb1 and ps4 days

[analog salmon]

or in cyberpunk's case the lack of custom binding support

[plain junco]

Yeah I can't believe still that some console games only allow presets like bruh

[analog salmon]

in mcc i cant scroll to change weapons, no idea why

and my mouse cant rebind the scroll wheel to a different button i dont think

[plain junco]

I actually prefer the numkeys for weapons but in halo it's not too much of a big deal since you only ever have 2, in destiny you have 3 so I like being able to press which one I want when I want it

Some games take scroll wheel as an input some don't yeah

[analog salmon]

the logic to me is when you're changing weapons you can't shoot, so taking your finger off the trigger button to change weapon makes sense. whereas if you use a key it might affect your ability to change weapon while doing some other action

[plain junco]

Thats fair, the way I hold my keyboard is actually wildly different than normal

So I have a free finger not on movement

Most people put their thumb on space, index on D, middle on W, ring on A and pinky for shift

But for whatever reason when I started playing pc like 15 or so years ago I put my thumb on D, index on W and middle on A

I use my palm for space bar 💀 I got the mk claw grip

[analog salmon]

cyberpunk on console doesnt even have presets i dont think. it has a fixed controller and kbm layout and thats it. It also doesnt have FOV slider. Frustratingly its the one game my PC cant come close to my Xbox performance. Thankfully the kbm bindings are okay and I can choose which actions to bind to my mouse using the onboard storage

its the one game that makes me think maybe i should have just upgraded the PC rather then buying a Series X, but then I bought the Series X last year when component prices were insane

[teal scarab]

I assume "Drawn & Garden" is PvP only?

[analog salmon]

apparently it depends on the XP reward

[teal scarab]

150 XP

[analog salmon]

then yah

[teal scarab]

I've been suffering in BTB, cus of the fact that you no longer spawn with the Sidekick

[plain junco]

Unfortunate. I would advise waiting another PC generation, though I doubt that will stop Nvidia from being the greedy corporation that they are

[analog salmon]

idk why its so hard to make it clear whether a challenge is pvp only or not, but apparently "in PVP" is less reliable then just looking at how much XP reward you get

[teal scarab]

anybody knows the sidekick spawn position on desert map?

[plain junco]

Isn't it random

[analog salmon]

its either a sk disrupter or mangler

but idk where the pads are

and i believe its now symmetrical so if there's no sk on your team's pads, there's none

just play quick play tbh

[plain junco]

Mangler is cracked bro

Titanfall 2 wingman stg

[analog salmon]

honestly i wouldnt pick it up in BTB with the AR bandit starts

i would swap sk for mangler but not AR or bandit

i guess maybe swap AR if i just felt like using it

but i'd most likely choke whereas you cant choke with an AR lol

[teal scarab]

Community: Bandit feels like a heavier sidekick
343: Say no more

[plain junco]

Oh for btb yeah but I meant arena

[idle talon]

Does anyone know how to make the scorpion controls go back to normal we’re it doesn’t follow the barrel when driving?

[teal scarab]

I am pretty sure it always was like that..

[wide trout]

I think by “back to normal” he means more similar to past halo games

[analog salmon]

there's an option that changes all vehicles controls to follow your movement stick

its a bit of a running theme with infinite. you can only have things one way or the other

[idle talon]

Movement assisted steering?

[analog salmon]

something like that

[idle talon]

I’ve toggled on and off nothing changes

I’m sick of my left stick directions changing every time I have the barrel in a different direction

[analog salmon]

you still go in the direction you look, you just compensate with the other stick

i cant remember how it works in halo 3 but you can drive in any direction with that setting while looking anywhere

[high nebula]

Hey, can someone tell me where to find save files for halo MCC on PC?

Been having a though time on Halo 2 Legendary and it keeps respawning me to the checkpoint where I have nothing instead of just, the start of the encounter like it did before

I'd like to remove the most recent save in-order to respawn at the beginning of it

[plain junco]

Steam? I don't know specifically but it's either going to be in installation directory, user>appdata>local>roaming or my documents. I'll check for you in a second

Can't you just restart the mission?

[wide trout]

Steam is in program files x86 > Steam > steamapps > common > <game>

[high nebula]

Yes, I play on steam sorry should've specified

[high nebula]

I am at the final gondola ride

I'd rather not

[plain junco]

Nah I figured you'd have to be insane to willingly use windows store 💀

[analog salmon]

in halo 2 cant you suicide to revert a save

[wide trout]

Unless you want to download the game with game pass…

[plain junco]

Yeah of course, for me who already owned all the games on the game pass when it came out I get to avoid the crappy UI and lack of installation options

[high nebula]

I know, but that's not what I want

I want the previous save not the most recent

[plain junco]

How many does it save? Autosave might have already overwritten it

[analog salmon]

i dont think there's a bunch of save files

[high nebula]

It's likely yes

[plain junco]

Oof

[analog salmon]

but if you suicide enough you will go back a checkpoint in many halo games

[high nebula]

Doesn't hurt to try

[wide trout]

At least 2 back

Not sure if more

[plain junco]

Hm

OK let me look specifically but if you can't find it in installation directory check the other two locations I mentioned

[analog salmon]

another option is to force close the game via task manager and you might go back more then one checkpoint

[wide trout]

If you get softlocked on a save (guaranteed death no matter what you do, like being caught in an explosion during a checkpoint) then the game will revert the save a little bit

[high nebula]

I did close it yesterday

This is me coming back today, and it spawns me into some *** checkpoint instead

[plain junco]

Yeah I think thats how you trick it to reverting because you fake a softlock

[analog salmon]

iirc you can do that in halo 2 but it takes a long time

[plain junco]

I remember it in 3 and reach but I don't remember it in 2 yeah

[wide trout]

I know you can do it in CE so it’s gotta be a function of 2

[plain junco]

True

[high nebula]

None of those files scream "saves here" to me

And you can't even send screenshots for help...

[plain junco]

I can't upload but looks like it's not in the installation directory

[wide trout]

Technically I think save editing is Not Allowed™️ but this seems so benign that it’s not an issue

[plain junco]

It's your steam folder \userdata\user \976730\remote\user\Saves\

Replace user with your ID number but you'll see it

[high nebula]

I tried that

There's nothing past userdata

Which blows my mind

[plain junco]

Go to view in file explorer and turn on hidden files and file extentions

[high nebula]

Cuz it's so weird

[high nebula]

Thanks

[plain junco]

Windows hides them by default for some stupid reason

Then they wonder how users get redline'd when they think the pdf that is actually an .exe infostealer is not actually a .pdf...

[analog salmon]

if its any consolation i gave up on my first time doing t&r legendary

second time was a breeze but sometimes experience helps a ton

[high nebula]

Still no file called user in userdata

[wide trout]

^

[high nebula]

Oh sorry

I've found a workaround anyway

But I can't edit them it seems, at least I see no way to

[high nebula]

I ain't going to give up

[analog salmon]

maybe you can retrieve an older cloud save from steam but idk

[high nebula]

I'll try something in-game, if not then I'll restart the level

[analog salmon]

in ce and 2 you can end up without ammo necessary and restarting is easier

[high nebula]

It's annoying but if it's the only way...

[analog salmon]

such is halo 2 on legendary lol

[plain junco]

In user data it should be a string of numbers, there should be only 1 since it's one steam user on your client

[crystal iron]

mamster chef

[high nebula]

I can get to the Halo 2 save file

But there's just text there

Idk what to with that

[crystal iron]

should i start a goFundMe so i can buy mcc

[wide trout]

If you want to you can, but advertising it here constitutes a warn

[plain junco]

Well, unless you're familiar with a hex editor or something, if there's only 1 I highly suggest just trying to do the suicide reverse thing

I don't think the save files are legible, they aren't plain text

[high nebula]

I kept the game open during the time I was asking you guys and exploring the files

I died a countless amount of time and I am still here

[plain junco]

How many saves are there actually

[high nebula]

Can I do a screen share?

I'm in voice forge

Oh, nvm I can't even on this server

[plain junco]

Yeah was about to say

If there's more than one look at the modify date

[high nebula]

It's wrong

I did that and it says March 11th or something, even though I played yesterday

[plain junco]

Okay let me hop on my pc again I'll make a new game just to see the save but I looked it up and apparently there is the death checkpoint reset but you have to suicide 5 times within 5 seconds each of loading in so you fake a soft lock

[high nebula]

Yes but I saved and quit in the meantime

I had to go so I left and when I came back it put me to the other checkpoint

[plain junco]

I see

I'm booting up now anyways so I'll start the game and make a quick save

[high nebula]

Thanks

[lime robin]

Also @signal ivy how much did you care for the secondary objectives? Because so far the Marines and Ransom Keep have been doable but that could change going further.

[plain junco]

well i tried. halo 2 saves even after a checkpoint just don't seem to create themsevles

[signal ivy]

I virtually ignored everything but story

[high nebula]

Yeah it's nonsense

[plain junco]

Best bet looks like you might have to restart the mission unfortunately

[high nebula]

I managed to progress a little

I'm now in a much better checkpoint

I'm out of the deathloop somehow

[plain junco]

did it suicide reset?

[high nebula]

No I just advanced

I did it, I'm out of hell

Woohoo

[high nebula]

Thanks for taking all this time to try and help me I really appreciate it

You rock!

And thanks for peeps who sent me ways to go to the save files

[plain junco]

yeah no worries idk why the save files wouldn't appear for me even after i got to a checkpoint and loaded in out and quit the game

[river minnow]

doing LASO on infinite and struggling with the hunters at the banished AA gun

any tips?

got no tank gun either*

[magic night]

There's a bunch of explosives in the cave if you can get them in there.

I think you can also skip that fight and grapple straight inside the gun.

[river minnow]

nope I'm on top of the gun

got rockets but they keep retreating inside so I can't damage them

to where the button is

[celest heron]

use all the fusion coils

what vehicles do you have?

[smoky oasis]

There is a rocket launcher spawn in the cave behind them (the one they come out of). Grab that and use the infinite ammo from a distance.

[river minnow]

yeah I did that

[river minnow]

been grappling the whole timeb

I'm at the command spire now where the last enemy has disappeared TWICE

been trying to enter the building for a good hour

[crystal iron]

is there a lore reason the unsc didnt nuke high charity?

[smoky oasis]

High Charity is massive, a nuke probably wouldn't have done much. But I suppose if you use one of the bigger bombs like the Nova bomb it would. Problem would be 1) finding it and 2) getting through the fleet to pull it off.

The UNSC didn't encounter it until basically the end of the war.

And it became a Flood infested wreck early on anyway.

[rugged quartz]

Pretty sure Cortana requested to nova bomb high charity and Petra intercepted the transmition

[wide trout]

If you are somehow able to detonate a nuke inside high charity (a la In Amber Clad or through a similar technique) then detonating it and leaving everyone to die by overpressure would be quite effective

Even a relatively small nuke would do the trick

[smoky oasis]

Perhaps, but if we're talking about a direct naval engagement then I doubt it. Too much escorting it to begin with.

[wide trout]

How much armour does High Charity have? 250 meters?

Less, more?

How much of it is just dirt from Sanghelios?

[smoky oasis]

Lol no idea

[river minnow]

FINALLY

[torn spade]

Simple. Put the nova bomb in some space debris small enough to float by unnoticed.

[smoky oasis]

Maybe. You'd have to know the Charity's direction of travel, hope the Covenant don't detect/find it, and then use it against you.

[sullen anvil]

halo infinite campaign 50% off

nice

mcc is only $16 rn

this is for steam tho. i dunno about xbox

but seriously tho nab MCC while you still can, its such a steal at this price

[broken olive]

guys

how to play open world outside missions in halo infinite

I want just to explore the world fly planes etc

I dont want to play mission

I am pc

[crystal iron]

You can explore open world without any restrictions after completing main story

[broken olive]

I cant before?

[crystal iron]

after first few missions you can explore some parts of the open world but you won’t be able to explore whole open world.

[broken olive]

sad

[torn spade]

Yes. Be cool if we got one like odst, but focusing on the spartan 3 deployments.

[analog salmon]

Like there’s people who spent $70 on this game lmao, they should get refunds if you can’t fix setting persistence for over a month

[ocean palm]

good evening guys

[lime robin]

This Infinite LASO run is stressing me out

I just want to get it over with

[wide trout]

Infinite LASO achievement is achievable in co-op right?

[lime robin]

Yep

[wide trout]

How far through are you?

[lime robin]

Mid-sequence.

Two more encryption thingies and I'm halfway through the game

@signal ivy will this do?

[signal ivy]

yee

[tardy turtle]

Do you have the tank gun?

[ocean palm]

magornong

[ocean palm]

i do. Just start a new game

[wide trout]

He’s asking the person who is halfway through a LASO run

[lime robin]

I don't.

And hesus christ I can't kill these dudes.

The Hunter room at the Silent Auditorium has a Skewer, how come there isn't one here? 😩

[lime robin]

Wow... Thank you Wally West for the tactic.

[summer shard]

do you guys have double exp working?

i dunno it doesnt work on mine

i feel scammed lmao

[wide trout]

If you don’t have the tank gun, what’s your loadout? What did you spec into? What’s been the best strategies for LASO?

[lime robin]

Duelist Sword + Arcane Sentinel Beam

[static cargo]

I had no idea you could dash more than the doom slayer in infinite

that's insane

[rare sorrel]

Wait, you can dash like that in full upgrade??

[lime robin]

Full upgrade + Bandana skull

You can't do this without the bandana skull

Imma go to sleep for now. Only missing the House of Reckoning and the Silent Auditorium

I gotta get this over with

[lost fulcrum]

how is my spartan still gray + no emblem

like how have they not fixed this issue

[empty rapids]

i will kill for teams that have working braincells

(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

[low blaze]

The forerunner saga trilogy of books are masterpieces

[empty rapids]

there are people, dropping flag and going for kills instead of playing objective

i want to smother them with a pillow

that is roughly 45% of the matches i play, oh well

even then they got like, 5 kills and 18 deaths. rip mm

[left snow]

Slight point of order. You probably should be dropping the flag to kill people. The best time to move the flag, hold the oddball, and rush the hill are when the enemy team is respawning on the other side of the map. There is no point dying with the objective in your hand.

But yes. 5 & 18 isn't great. Especially if they are actually dropping the flag to fight back.

[empty rapids]

no no, like instead of sitting on our flag to reset, they'll leave the flag and go for kills even though enemies aren't close enough to worry about

like, just take the death for the w my guy

or not pick up the flag i carried back when it's 5 feet from the cap point and instead try and go after kills

[left snow]

Yep. That's not good. I'm very average - but wouldn't do that.

[empty rapids]

just give me 343i bots at this point lmao

[teal scarab]

I want to do the same to salty jerks, that teamkill allies because they are "trash"
"You got negative KDA", Yes, and 4 of those deaths are by your hand.

[empty rapids]

it's really hard to teamkill people in infinite unless you're in btb or a select map with a vehicle

[teal scarab]

ranked sniper allows teamkill

[empty rapids]

didn't know that, some days i can noscope, some i cannot so i avoid the gamemode lol

[teal scarab]

I may not be the best sniper, but I am trying my best.
Instead I get harassment in chat asking me to leave and etc

[empty rapids]

but, if i have 34 kills and 3 deaths, come on my dudes put some effort in

shouldn't be at -12kda

[empty rapids]

i don't do that

i just have sadboi sighs irl

[teal scarab]

one guy in ranked queue does

My score on Argyle was terrible because I hate that map. (Or rather, not fast enough to aim at the head compared to controller players on that range)
The guy (my ally) kept shooting ME, taking my attention from enemy and then I would get sniped by HIM or Enemy players.
So for me essentially it was 5v3

Next game, I am not the worst player, he still attacks me. Kills me the moment game starts.
We end up with same death amount, few of them are by his hand

How am I supposed to keep my eyes on enemy targets, when my ally keeps shooting my back and provoking me via text chat?

[left snow]

Hope you at least reported them. 😦

[rancid mural]

Anyone know if it's possible to view the scoreboard in Halo Infinite forge while you're testing out a game? I've resorted to using print to killfeed scripting to track score increments, but it's a pain. Can't find any results online so I figure scoreboard must be viewable somehow and I'm just not seeing it

[crystal iron]

should i get halo reach or halo 3

[crystal iron]

Whole master chief collection

[crystal iron]

cant afford that

[crystal iron]

Save more money and buy it then

ok

👍

[young glen]

Halo Reach is probably better as a standalone game, as 3 follows on from 2 and CE.

[analog salmon]

Neither is really good played before CE lol

Just get 3 and then hold out on the campaign

If you want a campaign to play get CE obviously

[devout kite]

I believe you need the master chief collection in order to play those games

[crystal iron]

ok

lemme see if i have enough to buy it

[strange estuary]

no you can buy each individually iirc

[devout kite]

I’m pretty sure you need mcc to launch the game

[strange estuary]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1014755039685902408/1099036695334223992/image.png

at least on reach you don't

[celest heron]

think you only need the mcc download stub or whatever it is.

[coarse dagger]

https://twitter.com/Halo/status/1649488172173217808?t=uMDH1nCeugSkWlmJFg25hw&s=19

Halo (@Halo)

Celebrate #EarthDay with a special nameplate and emblem simply by logging into Halo Infinite this month. 🧡🌏

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Twitter · Apr 21, 2023, 7:00 PM

[languid olive]

Is the just a scratch challenge on MCC bugged?

[rugged quartz]

The eld as a heart flower

[sullen anvil]

I keep having MCC crashes on my One S. It seems to keep happening on Sandtrap too. I was doing so well that match too. :(

Not only crash but it shut off the console completely

How

[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

[sullen anvil]

I remember someone telling me that if I disable the new customization, the crashes would become less common

[desert halo]

Ah that moment you’re going for challenges and you end up in two games against Ubernick and friends. Fun. 😬

[desert halo]

Ominous. AI roots eating into the Earth. 😄

[sullen anvil]

The rejoin feature is a life saver

[lime robin]

ded monke

[sullen anvil]

really hate having to play H2A and H4 to complete challenges. Yknow, the 2 least populated games in all of MCC

[half portal]

Why would you do this?

[crystal iron]

They are played by many players when there are challenges to play these games. But even in other weeks it’s pretty easy to find match in H2A and H4

[crystal iron]

Because he wants to complete weekly challenges?

[half portal]

Bad timing I was talking about killing the monkey

[karmic oriole]

Why is the respawn time so long on halo infinite

[left snow]

To penalise you for dying. And in objective games - give the other team a brief advantage so that they can make a move on the objective.

[lime robin]

...did I win?

[analog salmon]

its just an MCC thing, I've had it happen on a One S, One X, and Series X. Friends too. The Xbox should be sending them crash report so they are fully aware of it but havent fixed it for well over a year

[karmic oriole]

So when I'm playing fiesta I deserve a long respawn time

[lime robin]

Finally...

Now I can format this PC :)

[devout kite]

[crystal iron]

Congratulations

[earnest thunder]

Nice!

[crystal iron]

Just boost in 1v1 with another person

Or maybe that’s considered griefing, idk

[analog salmon]

its doesnt affect anyone else but its really just not worth your time

a tip for PVE challenges you can do spartan ops with bandana and acrophobia for a lot of them

0x skulls nullify challenges in regular campaign but not spartan ops

but the challenge has to include spartan ops under its modes

[left snow]

Yep. Your opponent has earnt that 8 seconds to recharge their shields, reload, take their pick of your weapons, and bag you if warranted.

[outer sand]

Epic!
Do you get any in game items for laso, or just clout?

[lime robin]

Clout.
I wish it did something though, like let folks play with their MP Spartans

[karmic oriole]

So why is the respawn 4 seconds on mcc

[analog salmon]

LASO complentionists should get an exclusive Mark VI Recon Helmet if they ever do a Mark VI core

[celest heron]

ugh, every h3 obj game I get matched against a bunch of sweats.

[left snow]

No idea. Maybe MCC players are soft. And/or don't appreciate baggage time.

[plain junco]

or it was just shorter

not that deep bro

[low bloom]

i always played halo mcc on xbox one s until i got it for steam and i saw cursed halo mod so i am re-installing the game again and see "what could go wrong"

[wide trout]

Oh dear

How’s that going for you

[low bloom]

idk yet to try it out been installing the games

[crystal iron]

Well dang Haven't been here in a bit.

So I'm assuming everyone has made peace with Cross core not really coming, or at least outside of MTX

[ruby knoll]

i continue to not care

anyways i wonder how pve stuff is coming along

I don't want to speculate tooooo much but I feel like it would be reasonable to think that if forge gets enemies then it'd come with/after some form of pve mode

[wide trout]

You come here just to complain about that?

[crystal iron]

Not complaining, I actually made peace with it not coming. Some people are still holding out hope for it

[crystal iron]

PVE stuff will probably get delayed until S5. It's fine though, Im still Skeptical at what they can pull off.

So I'm keeping my expectations very low for the time Being

A solid PvE mode would get me tomplay the game again though.

Also Why didn't they bring back the SAW .. I love the one with explosive rounds that thing was fun

[wide trout]

Probably just didn’t fit the sandbox

It might come eventually, might not

[crystal iron]

I'm leaning more in. The Might not direction.

A you want to squad up for Resurgence,

My bad wrong discord... I am.goingnbacknand forth between three different discord chats right now

[low bloom]

Ok time to play cursed halo lets see how far it will push me say nope

[dusky frost]

Is halo multiplayer good?

[slow walrus]

yes

[dusky frost]

Better than campaign?

[wide trout]

Depends on who you ask

Please don’t discuss that kind of stuff here

[oak rover]

Bruh 😂

[crystal iron]

Seems a bit overkill like I understand curse words but seriously that word

[oak rover]

Ya that is kinda overkill your right.

[wide trout]

It’s the rules and they aren’t up for debate. Sorry.

[oak rover]

That’s true

[crystal iron]

Aight, lame rule. It it is what it is

What are some good ways to get more xp in mcc? Been grinding out challenges from all categories but I’m wondering if there’s some other things I’m missing

[crystal iron]

I do need to be careful though I'm switching back and forth between here and the COD discord lol

[low bloom]

ok i try the cursed halo and got to say it is fun end at the 3rd mission fingers kept going numb i am not use to playing halo on a keyboard

[lucid wadi]

I just got into halo like a year ago and it’s so cool, I’m only in the second game tho although I kinda suck at playing games. I do know a iffy amount of the lore tho. I got the silent storm book which it’s really good I could probably talk abt it for a good while

[low bloom]

what system you play on

[lucid wadi]

Xbox

1

[low bloom]

same here i use to play with my cousin but he gave up and use his xbox just for youtube i only play on easy mode and online pvp i don't do i own all halo games

[lucid wadi]

I have Xbox game pass in which I’m playing the master chief pack thingy

[low bloom]

i only got my xbox one s because i played halo mcc on my cousin xbox one campaign on it so i had to buy a xbox one s myself and the first game i bought at a store was halo mcc

ik the halo games on xbox game pass but i refuse to pay for it to much money so i just buy the games because if i forgot to pay my membership i won't play my best games

ah one more game to install then bed time and tomorrow going play more curse halo i kinda like it died a few times just ik when i hit the flood i will hate it so bad

[lucid wadi]

The flood is so disgusting 😭 it makes me feel icky cause of the way it is.

[modest parrot]

I remember the first time when I was playing halo I was terrified from the flood. The idea of a parasite entering you from the neck is just a nightmare

[lucid wadi]

Yeah, I was really grossed out by it playing halo CE 😭

[modest parrot]

I couldn’t Complete any levels that had flood so I had my uncle do it for me

[empty rapids]

the flood didn't really spook me

i started on dead space though, so that helped lol

my first ever real console game tbh

[lucid wadi]

Dead space makes me physically ick. I tried playing the first game but I couldn’t cause I’m a wose

I was too scared 💀

[empty rapids]

i managed to man mode it as an 8 y/o

remake is better tho

[lucid wadi]

Sick

[plain junco]

That was like me but I got spooked even on cod zombies lol

[rugged quartz]

I like when people feel like that

[plain junco]

World at war is still one of the darkest cod games to ever grace the franchise

[empty rapids]

to be fair i was that kid who murdered people intentionally in amusement park tycoon, only sometimes tho

🤔

[teal flare]

so im just getting into halo, in what order should i play the games?

[old terrace]

in the order they were released probably

[teal flare]

alr

[devout kite]

Which halo 5 weapon skin you think should make it return to infinite

For me master control skin should return but as a unlock for beating the game on laso

[desert halo]

Honestly the order they were released. Reach is a prequel but it assumes you have played prior games and end will have pretty big spoilers.

[slow walrus]

spoiler alert master chief is in halo ce

[crystal iron]

can jorge beat carter

[tardy turtle]

Why would he?

[crystal iron]

this rat told him to

[tardy turtle]

Honestly it'd be a fairly even match, as they've got the same end-goal augmentations. Carter likely has the upper hand because Jorge is a bit of a pacifist, it seems

[crystal iron]

ok👍

[keen oyster]

What up peoples!!

[twin crag]

man ranked snipers can be a highlight reel
combine with some movement tricks and ur entire match can be a montage

I think I got like 3 cool clips from 1 match

[olive brook]

anyone else that cant find any matches on mcc

[full warren]

This match making is getting stupid, I am doing double the damage as my whoel team combined... wtf how is this match fun

[high nebula]

I made it to Uprising playing Halo 2 Legendary! I think I've done the heavy lifting now.

[full warren]

2 people quit at the start of the game and 0 people joined.... seriosuly what is this match making system thinking,

[late sapphire]

been replaying Halo 2:A and gravemind is still one of my favorite missions

[high nebula]

I just finished it on Legendary today and yeah, Gravemind is awesome!

Brutal on Legendary but it's a great mission

[late sapphire]

I dont even play on Legendary and find the brutes slogs to fight in this game i cant imagine fighting them Jackal Snipers/Flood on Legendary

[frigid sphinx]

343 needs to change the shop UI

[frigid sphinx]

Only able to choose 5 items a week

[crystal iron]

rat

[frigid sphinx]

I wanna buy season 1 stuff man its dumb how they only make it available after one season and never able to get it again

They can literally make more money that way

[alpine yoke]

How do you get different colored guns in halo infinite

[full warren]

$$$

[wide trout]

There are several challenges you can do, battle passes you can play through, campaign collectibles, and the in-game shop

[barren zephyr]

Tbh I don't really like the AR + DMR start in Infinite

[alpine yoke]

What kind of challenges

[barren zephyr]

Weekly challenges

[alpine yoke]

Do you know where it shows that

[wide trout]

right up here

[alpine yoke]

Thank you guys so much!

[sullen anvil]

Seriously why do my settings keep getting reset when playing on another Xbox???

[nimble yarrow]

anyone wanna run some team slayer and party up

ik its not ranked, but I'm a gold 3 in that and would be down to switch once I play a few slayers firsst

[young glen]

#1095412621039116308 message you could try this.

[tardy turtle]

Does it seem to anyone else that the opening cutscene for Halo 5 plays a little bit too fast on Xbox Series X?

[crystal iron]

jack black vs master chief

[turbid field]

Yes master of the burgers

[crystal iron]

Anybody else have a problem in the Steam version of MCC with the UE4 crash bug? I haven't been able to play in months because of it

[analog salmon]

try with EAC disabled

[crystal iron]

When does the next season drop again?

[high nebula]

I did it woohoo I beat Halo 2 on Legendary

It was brutal but I'm glad

[sullen kiln]

Season 4 launches on <t:1687284000:F> which is <t:1687284000:R>

[tardy turtle]

Oh snap, that's coming up pretty soon.

[sullen anvil]

When would be S3 mid season update???

if it’s even getting a mid season update

and I’m assuming that would be the one where Plaza returns?

[earnest thunder]

I'm guessing sometime next month

[earnest thunder]

Probably

[devout kite]

My guess next month

[sullen anvil]

early next month hopefully?

[old spruce]

GOT a quetion for HALO 2 and 3 LASO

doing it solo right now and when i die i do the thing where i save and quit and restart so it doesnt bring me back to the beginning

but somtimes if i mess up and reset, it will not work and bring me ALL the way back, and i could be like 75% done with mission and it happens. is there a reason why this happens or how i can make that not happen?

[full warren]

Just had a game where everyone got kicked from the game

[crystal iron]

i am te rel maste chef

i swer

[full warren]

Is DDOS a thing in halo because they were lossing badly and then everyone got kicked and they won the game because its was all bots

[coarse dagger]

Sounds more like a server instance issue than anything else

[full warren]

It just so sus since we got all weapons and killed them like 15-1 then bam we all get kicked

[lost fulcrum]

is Infinite having server issues?

my spartan / challenges wont load at all

[grave ether]

Coincidences do happen

[plain junco]

While DDoS attacks are usually quite rare, blizzard was getting hit with them for a few months now so it is a possibility even if it might not be the case for this instance

[white birch]

I doubt there's enough loathing against 343 specifically to do that.

[celest heron]

I remember the servers in general got hit several years ago.

but highly unlikely with your issue

[latent pawn]

Had it happen in a btb with uny on stream

[full warren]

lol just played that stupid game mode where you are invis vs sensors, the invis has like a stupid advantage on big maps

and when its a 4 man pre-made team its just stupid

also giving them pistols vs comando is so stupid because you just gave them a better starting weapon, who even thoguht of this game mode

[crystal iron]

Imagine if they fixed halo 2

That would be a godsend

So I'm at a wedding and I feel like the most out of place and anti social one here... Lol.

I wonder if this is how the Spartans felt around the Marines in the UNSC

My bad wrong thread.

But more on topic, is PVE looking to be coming this season or Next season, iv seen so many different things said on YouTube and Twitter

Take them with a grain of salt

[sullen anvil]

Hoorayyy back on the part of MCC where I’m nonstop farmed every single roundd

amazing game having lots of social fun 👍

[crystal iron]

A solid PVe expereince is really all I want, I haven't played in. So long at this point basically after the first week of Season 3 I dropped off.

Just got bored of the PVP, and campaign isn't as smooth as dropping in and out with friends, you have to set up a whole play date thing with friends.

So Hopefully this PVE mode has matchmaking cus sometimes I just want to jump on and play for a bit with whomever is available at the time.

Campaign is fun but the amount of work needed to get a team together is not the vibe

And God forbid someone drops out mod game, now you have to all stop, pull out and re invite than. Reboot the campaign.

Had at least one or 2 people keep dropping when me and a few were doing LASO run

Yeah pve would be a welcome addition, just don’t take everything you see as “it’s happening at this time”

[lost fulcrum]

bruh how am I still a gray spartan

why even buy the battlepasses / store items if your gonna glitch out and be a gray spartan anyways....

[crystal iron]

trip mine triplets

[lost fulcrum]

my ears

but also a classic thing to do

[arctic latch]

Hey hey.
I got gifted the Halo Master Chief Collection. Any advice for a newcomer to Halo?

[signal ivy]

have you played through the campaigns before?

if not I recommend playing through in release order. Combat Evolved, 2, 3, ODST, Reach and 4

[brazen cobalt]

hey I can't be the only one who noticed how Dinh burst fired a bandit, right?

[arctic latch]

Thx c:
I haven't played any of the games seriously. Just combat evolved for a few minutes like 10 years ago

[signal ivy]

yes, like the DMR it can be fired not in single fire in lore

as you can see here on the bandit rifle

[rugged quartz]

Battle rifle and other weapons too. Even the assault rifle can be automatic or semi automatic

[wide trout]

Pretty standard with all modern weapons (and of course probably most future weapons)

[crystal iron]

Apparently COD added the Halo Infinite Commando to MW2

[twin crag]

Wot

[crystal iron]

I'd share the pic but I can't on this discord

It's called the Cronnen Squall and have a rear fed magazine and it's a fully automatic DMR,

Basically the commando

[twin crag]

Huh lemme check

yea it does feel like the commando

[crystal iron]

Pretty much, I'm.leveling it up right now since it's a Double XP weekend and Shipment is back as a 24/7 map

Than I'ma call that Loadout the Commando.

Honestly 343 had the right idea for loadouts but only for a PVE mode.

Like I feel they don't really carry over the best ideas from ho and Halo 5.

Spartan ops had potential, had they made a Spartan ops esk mode implemented it into some firefight mode, added toggable AI teamates, and matchmaking capabilities, after that throw in Loadouts. And you have a solid mode... Meanwhile PVP stays true to the Halo Formula of Equal starts and what not.

[twin crag]

people cried so hard about everything from Halo 5,
they probably got too scared to even look at it

[fiery pewter]

They still have not fixed the bug that resets my settings to default each time i boot up the game?
B R U H

[crystal iron]

That's because they did all the right things in the wrong places, Halo 5 should have continued Spartan Ops, added the AI teamates to that, while the campaign should have just been about Chief.

Honestly I just think they need to reset the series or do like a Time Jump or maybe a new Timeline story, it feels like Halo 4 Halo 5 and Halo Infinite don't really flow well together. Even though each is a continuation of the other.

And the banished are starting to just feel like another Convenent which genuinely goes against the principles of the banished.

[fiery pewter]

Why am i getting only vampireball?

[teal scarab]

I feel like I am playing Ranked Snipers wrong.
I have more melee kills than headshots, and yet i am Gold

[vale narwhal]

the one ultimate one should be done something worse

now i know why nobody want to play this game after a certain time period

[high nebula]

Does anyone know where I can get the Halo novels?

[inland minnow]

for future reference, you can use links. it wont embed unless you're inheritor, but you're allowed to do that (:

[inland minnow]

you might find something in #lore-and-universe (or at least, the people who frequent that channel may be able to help you better)

[high nebula]

Much obliged!

[stone raven]

What im about to say is a fact and 4 and 5 artstyles are awful and is simply not halo

[ocean shell]

is wheatley canon?

[tardy turtle]

That's an opinion, bruh.

[stone raven]

what are your thoughts on the artstyle then?

[tardy turtle]

I greatly enjoyed them, thought they reflected a UNSC that had recovered and advanced, and I wish more of it would have stuck around.

[analog salmon]

I never got into the Halo 5 multiplayer and I only played the campaign a few years ago, and imo it's a visually stunning game

[stone raven]

then you should not talk to anyone with an functioning brain the unsc dont look like the unsc in halo 4 and 5 they look like kill zone rip offs

[analog salmon]

bruh

[tardy turtle]

Yeah, let's not do that, dude.

Also *a functioning brain. 'F' is not a vowel or vowel sound.

[twin crag]

my guy woke and chose to hate on Halo 4&5 for no reason

will there be something like a mid season update for S3?

like how CoD now does it with Season 2 reloaded and etc?

[analog salmon]

there's patches but i dont think there's a major update

[twin crag]

then when plaza 😦

[young glen]

Please stop insulting people's intelligence.

[analog salmon]

well plaza is a forge map and it will just drop when its ready i guess

[twin crag]

ugh

[analog salmon]

i know fam, i feel

[tardy turtle]

I need to find the map with the Lifeworker ships and try to get a closer look at them. They're not as sleek as I would have expected

[twin crag]

imagine if they also add a modes with h5 map remakes and h5 settings, it would be nice

[stone raven]

well its true I want 343 gone

[tardy turtle]

Good for you

[smoky wave]

Most likely

[twin crag]

then u're in the wrong place, this server is run by 343 (afaik)

so ig u might wanna go to a place that it not run by 343

[analog salmon]

i think most people here want you gone at this point 😄

[young glen]

Why? If 343 go, Halo will be in a worse place.

[tardy turtle]

It'd be in no place

[stone raven]

give halo to id software

[twin crag]

do we have any details

[twin crag]

as if that's ever gonna happen lmao

it's gonna be 343 or ded

[smoky wave]

At the moment no but considering we are getting Plaza and all yeah

[twin crag]

huh interesting
thnk

[young glen]

Why is that superior to 343? The studio literally designed to continue Halo.

[smoky wave]

Would be pretty funny if id software takes it, does a halo game but then people complains again not being a ''halo feel game''

[tardy turtle]

Oh they would

Because it always boils down to "It's not Bungie, so it's not Halo 😡"

[twin crag]

people would still complain but now instead of 2 groups, we'll have 3
old halo, advanced halo and halo infinite, all now saying this is not their halo

also forget MP then, cus id software might be good at campaign/Single player, but they're def not good at MP

[tardy turtle]

I mean... I wouldn't lament that, myself

[twin crag]

I just want 343 to add some interesting stuff to halo

they can do whatever they want with the artstyle, for as long as the concept is same and content is interesting, I'm there

[smoky wave]

Yuuuuuuuup

[analog salmon]

i dont mind 343 working with another AAA studio on building future game but they know how to design a good multiplayer experience better then anyone else could at this point

I dont think they are that far off in terms of the gameplay design. BTB needs some work but most of Infinite's shortfalls are just lack of modes and whatnot which are not intentional decisions

the game really just needs more resources to build and polish the experience, or otherwise switch to an engine that's easier to work with long term. Personally I don't think there's any reason Slipspace couldnt have been incredible besides Xbox underinvesting.

i have no real faith that XGS recognise the irreplaceable talent / experience there is at 343 though, so I wont be surprised if 343 is slowly gutted of actual game designers

[tardy turtle]

Capitalism kills everything

[ruby lake]

bruh its 9:52 in the morning