halo-discussion

[analog salmon]

Ig people taking a break until plaza

And ranked slayer just ain’t attracting players sadly

Only bad thing about that playlist is detachment, otherwise I love it

[devout kite]

What’s wrong with detachment @analog salmon

Like is it the power weapon or it doesn’t flow well in rank

[analog salmon]

For slayer everyone camps

And if you push you die

Horrible game flow pretty much

All of the paths through the middle put you in the open which creates a choke point nobody goes past

[devout kite]

Idk why they add detachment to rank anyway

For normal play it’s ok but for rank just no

Plus how’s the emblem for rank this season is it nice or nah

[analog salmon]

It’s actually removed from ranked arena thankfully

As much as I wish it was never added, props to them for only keeping it for half a year

I just wish ranked arena had more maps lol

Bring back bazaar or catalyst CTF

[crystal iron]

Oh hey a yoke know if we are going to get cadet Black any time soon

[devout kite]

I wish they bring back catalyst for rank because that’s a fun map

[analog salmon]

Yeah 100%

Most confusing decision they’ve made with ranked imo

[crystal iron]

I'm still waiting for Valhalla for BTB, I don't know why but that map was just one of my favorites

[analog salmon]

I like Valhalla

Better then breaker for sure

A big version could be interesting

[crystal iron]

Very much I love how it was just pure chaos right out the gate

[devout kite]

Breaker is nice but btb heavies ruined that map in my opinion

Since they move the flag spawns

[crystal iron]

We will wait for Burnt Ash, I think it’s supposed to be black

[left snow]

You don't start from scratch.

You would feed in MMR from a similar playlist. Most likely your individual Slayer MMR from the regular ranked.

So you could lose all five placement matches, and as long as they weren't bad losses (not lesser opponents and you maintained your KPM), you would come out with a similar MMR.

[magic night]

I assume they have a core MMR value they use that's global and use that instead of a playlist-specific MMR.

[clear cedar]

I know its generally agreed upon that no one likes AFK teammates, but with Halo, its so much more frustrating/ impactful IMO compared to COD or TF2 (Titanfall or Team Fortress) becasue those games are usually 6v6 or 12 v 12, while Halo is 4 v 4

[left snow]

You have a global MMR. Then each playlist or game mode has an offset MMR.

Each one is a curve, with mu and sigma values.

[magic night]

Yeah. I was referring to where you said they feed in an MMR from a similar playlist. I think the core MMR seems more likely to be used for that than a playlist specific MMR from a different playlist when someone is unranked

[clear cedar]

TLDR of what i said: I don't like AFKs in Halo and its very frustrating to have an AFK teammate in this game

[young glen]

Dude.

Not cool.

[crystal iron]

#1076334026090094602 I guess

[young glen]

Yup, I always make sure to report people intentionally AFKing.

I know life happens, so if you AFK and the game kicks you out, then so be it.

[left snow]

All they have ever said is that they use a "similar" MMR to seed a new playlist.

We know that your ranked MMR is an average of game mode MMR. So you have a Slayer MMR, an Oddball MMR, and so on.

I would have thought that the most logical MMR to use for a Ranked Slayer list would be your Slayer MMR from Ranked.

I don't know if they have a list of which MMR to work through if one isn't available - or if it defaults back to your global MMR at some stage.

[young glen]

But I've come across some folk that intentionally AFK the entire game. C'mon dude... 🤨

[magic night]

It's possible. To me, though, the simplest solution, and the one that seems more likely is that when someone is unranked then it would use their global MMR as a placeholder until they are ranked. It would be easier to do that universally than define a similar playlist to pull the MMR from every time they want to introduce a new ranked playlist.

[crystal iron]

Is it going to be free?

Might be idk

There’s one called silent snow that’s meant to be white

But don’t take my word as fact

[left snow]

I agree that would be the simplest way of doing it.

The previous wording used by Josh / 343 for Halo 5 was along the lines of "a similar playlist". Which suggested they would hand pick a similar MMR.

Including when people on Reddit were losing their mind over your Bot MMR carrying over to Ranked. But even then, your only MMR is in Bots - so it would essentially mirror your Global MMR anyway.

For something like Infection - there wouldn't be a similar playlist - so your Global MMR would be a safe start.

[crystal iron]

Ok, yea of its.not free I'll most definitely pass.

[left snow]

Just thinking about. Your MMR's can be very different across the board. Especially if you are the classic sweater in Ranked but still manage to goof off in Social.

I would imagine my Social MMR < Global MMR < Ranked MMR.

I can't go online to play Season 4 until next week. It will be interesting to see what MMR my placement matches are pitched at.

It's such a pity we can't look up our own MMRs. We could learn a lot about how the system works.

[wind oyster]

god ranked is so bad all my assigned teammates left as soon as the match started

[full warren]

have I gone mad? where is bot mode gone?

[coarse dagger]

#halo-support-news

[tepid latch]

surprised they're just lowering the xp gain and not entirely removing it from that mode

[thin elm]

Removed, 343 changing xp rewards

[zenith holly]

So they really don't want us farming on bot mode that's crazy

[fallow crow]

once again, the spawn times need to be reduced 😦 ruins the flow

[stone star]

But Halo has always had like a 10 second respawn timer

Well, except 4

[full warren]

just dont die lol

[left snow]

The respawn time is fine. It gives the opposition a well earnt advantage to playing the objective. And gives the player just enough time to reflect on their idiotic mistake.

[toxic walrus]

They got rid of that feature aye?

[signal ivy]

got rid of what feature?

[tepid latch]

the instant respawn feature?

[solid canopy]

This is maybe a nit pick, but it really bugs me that when you die in Infinite you can't look around like you could in Halo 3-5 and are instead stuck with fixed camera angles

[stray seal]

Tough being a fan of more casual modes. No custom game xp, no pve, and bot bootcamp keeps getting taken out and nerfed. Sometimes I just want to earn progress without things being a sweat fest all the time. I honestly liked the balance between non pvp and pvp only challenges we had.

[celest heron]

yeah, I don't like it either.

[devout kite]

I mean bot bootcamp did get a massive uptick once season 4 was released since you can farm your career rank in it

[solid canopy]

I think I've narrowed down a main difference in approch with 343i and Bungie's takes on multiplayer.
Mainly its how Bungie's original intentions with multiplayer was it being basically a party game, with tons of modes, maps, weapons, and vehicles to screw around with. While 343's intentions have been more focused on what makes for a more competitive/professional experience (at least more times than not)

Idk, just a thought that occured to me the other day

[ruby knoll]

Uhhh

[pearl moth]

A guy said he was a bungie employee and told me he would give me reconz if I gave him my xbox account and password over Games for Windows Live, then I remembered GFWL is dead, bungie is no longer in charge of Halo and I was playing on a nokia ngage.

[ruby knoll]

damn that's crazy man... got any curly fries???\

[pearl moth]

I hate the later approach because it is not fun and Halo servers are very losely located, I get over 100ms in most of them so it is not a ocmpetitive experience if I am getting my butt kicked because I dont happen to live inside the data center where the servers are located.

[pearl moth]

Yes but you cannot have any

[crystal iron]

2023, almost 2 years after release, 6 real life seasons after release, 4 in-game seasons after release

and this game still has random unexplainable crashes

[frosty steeple]

Honestly that’s not even a problem. 343i should let people level up they way they want to.

[crystal iron]

can you do quests in bootcamp tho?

[frosty steeple]

Only some

If pvp is mentioned in the challenge description then no

[crystal iron]

oh

[devout kite]

Yeah but sticking to bot bootcamp goes get boring knowing you aren’t facing real players

[frosty steeple]

Halo 5 had mythic firefight.

That was also boring

We need an effective method to lvl up in pve

[devout kite]

That’s different

[frosty steeple]

I just wanna earn xp in pve lol

Buff the bots ig

Instead of nerfing the xp

[crystal iron]

some people just enjoy playing games on easy mode

turn your brain off and shoot

I always play Solo Beat em up games (like spiderman and DMC) on an easy difficulty so I dont have to struggle and I get to enjoy the game/story

[frosty steeple]

Exactly… when I did the h5 152 grind, I would load into mythic ff and just watch YT

I want a similar experience with infinite

I don’t always feel like sweating haha

[crystal iron]

closest thing to that is custom lobbies with bots

[frosty steeple]

No xp 🥲

[crystal iron]

yeah

[clear cedar]

why is it that every match I have played as an AFK teammate

[onyx latch]

Bad luck, low tier.

[wanton root]

The curse of match xp + career rank

[devout kite]

That’s why players that AFK shouldn’t get xp

[wanton root]

Hope people with like 0 score don't get anything

[frosty steeple]

AFK players don’t progress the new rank system

[wanton root]

Is it true yoh get banned for awhile for going like 1-15 in mp?

[wanton root]

BP is the issue here

[slow walrus]

career rank is literally based on personal score so obviously

[frosty steeple]

Ahh ok. I’ve only experienced an afk player once in ranked. It really pissed me off haha

[karmic cove]

What exactly are the forge MP objects for? It says they are non-telescoping but what does that mean exactly

[wanton root]

Ranked huh, don't get why you would queue ranked and just go afk, even if you had something that just came up

[frosty steeple]

Some people probably enjoy ruining the game? Idk lol

[clear cedar]

I feel like all my greandes are little m80 firecrackers while the enemy greandes are these mini nukes

[clear cedar]

I had only one game today where someone didn't go AFK

[celest heron]

so I just now played 3 more games of TS. Lost all three, but I had the most kills for 2 of them and went neg once. Highest rank was a D5 which was the neg game. Now I'm wondering if this was just a S4 thing with the matching system and now it's going back to normal maybe. idk, or maybe my mmr tanked from going neg so much and now I'm getting lower skilled games.

[left snow]

Tricky part is that you can't really predict MMR from CSR. That D5 could easily be D1 to 2 on form.

And the new CSR lobbies will exacerbate this (at least early in the season)

"Most" kills isn't helpful. What was your KPM? Even going negative isn't bad as long as you maintain KPM.

It's worth looking at your actual vs expected kills on Waypoint.

You would expect it will take 20 to 30 games for the system to get hold of everyone's true MMR.

It may take closer to 50 for CSR to match MMR.

[left snow]

No.

I would suggest a self imposed ban though. To spend some time vs bots and/or the shooting range.

[wind oyster]

kind of wild already seeing people with gold career ranks

they on that grind

[shadow turret]

I'm like half way through Bronze I think
And I actually haven't seen anyone with Gold yet, few with Silver tho

Where ever Master Sargent is on the CR list

[wind oyster]

only met one person so far in there

[celest heron]

I looked on WP and I can't find the kpm or expected kills. Unless you mean ranked, but I'm just doing social.

[grave ether]

It's for every match. It'll be under: Service Record > Stats > Summary and look like a chart under "Last 20 Games"

[celest heron]

yeah I'm on that, but I'm not seeing those specific stats.

maybe they're ranked only?

[left snow]

It's the graph. There are four lines; kills and deaths. Actual and expected.

[celest heron]

oh, I was looking on the individual game section

[hollow grove]

@analog salmon back to the latency thing, my region is set to local yet i still lag at 27ms

is it really jsut my wifi?

[left snow]

27ms isn't lag. I dream of 27ms. Try 220ms+

[shadow turret]

May be, my wifi isn't all that good, and I've lagged around a lot on like 40 ping

[celest heron]

so in my neg game, I was supposed to get more kills than I got, but I died less than expected. In the positive games, I performed better than both.

[shadow turret]

I constantly spike to like over 800 ping in S4 tho, that only used to happen like once every 10th match in S3 even

[left snow]

KPM has a stronger weighting than DPM.

And 1 or 2 kills or deaths isn't going to make a huge difference. It's only a weighting.

The result and who you played is still the defining factor.

[brazen cobalt]

people who afk when they're the first infected are just the worst

it was just me and one other guy who happened to be afk the one time he spawned as infected but was active every other time

[celest heron]

is kpm on the graph over time the expected kills?

[hollow grove]

yeah but when it shows 27ms it goes crazy

which is why im so confused

no other game i have does this

[wild hearth]

I'd love to be able to get this BR model, but I don't want to spend 1k coins on the HCS skins that come with it, fml

[left snow]

Yeah. You have to back track it. Expected kills / minutes is your KPM for that game mode.

You will have a different KPM recorded for each mode; CTF, Slayer, Oddball, etc

If you collect enough data you can work out your numbers and predict the expected kills for each mode

[olive brook]

whats the reason for h2a multiplayer having a assault rifle

[tepid latch]

cuz they could ig

Think it was just to add more variety to the sandbox? since you could play classic or anniversary you had your choice whether or not to play with era accurate weapons

[low musk]

Hopefully Firefight will be implemented in a future season. The game could really use some PvE material

[tepid latch]

any PvE elements would be greatly appreciated i think! I loved warzone in H5, not so much that you could get stronger weapons from lootboxes, but the whole PvPvE was awesome

Maybe extraction would be a good idea

[storm snow]

If you dont score enough points you can catch a ban for "unsporting play".

[wanton root]

Season 3 items are unable to be purchased through the armour hall, is this intended?

[tepid latch]

Double XP definitely isnt working

[tepid latch]

If a Double XP Boost ends mid match does it count for the whole match? or just a portion, whats the go?

is it basically, how many matches can you get in and out of in an hour

[left snow]

Really? Wow. That's cool. 🙂

[eternal lion]

Its for the whole match

[lost urchin]

halo infinite just needs firefight and the game is basically complete for me

[lost urchin]

Also they need to rotate more maps into ranked it's been stale for so long

[north stag]

I do miss a PvE multiplayer mode like Firefight. Maybe sometime.

[wild hearth]

is anyone here a member of the halodripfinite subreddit? I need some help on figuring out how to get a good screenshot of my spartan so I can post it

[lost urchin]

I just want it to so I can mindlessly play halo watch videos or listen to music

like the good ol days

[north stag]

That’s fair, doesn’t help that I don’t find the campaign very replayable myself.

It’s just kind of a one and done thing for me.

[lost urchin]

yeah campaign is a one and done for me

[wild hearth]

I played through it twice, first time on legendary, second on easy to get the under 8 hour achievement, now I need to do a LASO run

[north stag]

LASO runs scare me never tried 😭

[wild hearth]

I beat Halo 2 LASO, and I'll never touch that campaign again

[left snow]

At the very least they need to be open about the reason why a map is removed.

And then attempt to fix it. Even if they just Forge a solution.

At the moment maps just disappear with no explanation.

[lost urchin]

Yeah them removing maps and not even adding new maps or even from community collection is so sdumb

[left snow]

I'm sure some of the reasons are valid at pro level - but that shouldn't stop the rest (majority) of us playing them.

[kind palm]

why does infinite crash so much

[crystal iron]

never crashed for me before

[shadow turret]

Possibly PC specs, I crash somewhat often, and I know that I'm at about mimimun specs

[lime robin]

Have you verified your file integrity?

[eternal lion]

There might be a memory leak too.

• there is a problem with the water since launch. And it because more and more present in maps.

And they don't handle well SDD too (loadings are really long and need high speed for the SSD to read it)

[pine violet]

Try updating your graphics driver. When my game kept crashing, that was the problem.

[wanton root]

so in season 5 the same coatings won't be separated?

[lime robin]

I think it's too early to know

[wanton root]

they did mention it in the season 4 livestream

https://youtu.be/mkTXZWFVUu0?t=1864 here

even mentioned season 5 by name, but more info will be revealed close to S5

so it's safe to hope right?

[devout kite]

What’s the difference between rank slayer and rank arena

[analog salmon]

slayers just regular slayer with friendly fire and ranking

arena is HCS settings, maps, and a mix of Slayer and Objective modes

[devout kite]

Thanks

[analog salmon]

no worries, i really like both but a lot of ranked players think slayer is a cop out because its not HCS settings

i think its a good idea but its hard to get social players to try Ranked Slayer it seems

most probably dont know that it isn't HCS settings and there's a radar and AR start

all the people who play social and complain their team mates suck, this is the playlist for you lol

[stray seal]

Is anyone else having issues with Infinite rn? It won't load my profile.

[zenith holly]

But isn't rank arena or rank slayer gives you a bandit rifle except for the br?

[devout kite]

Does playing the object help your placement in rank or no

[zenith holly]

I honestly don't know that depends if they grade your performance overall instead of just K/D

[sullen anvil]

hiii pls remove Scarr CTF pretty please thank you

[rotund bluff]

Does anyone have any faith for the future of this game?

[coarse dagger]

Yes

[fallen flame]

Yes i have faith also

game has so much potential

[crystal iron]

yeah just give it a couple of years, maybe 3, maybe 5

[limpid saffron]

How much longer till the next halo?

[devout kite]

I guess season 4 doesn’t have a emblem for rank

[crystal iron]

10 years at least. Assuming MS doesn't let Halo die like its other IPs

[obsidian aspen]

thoughts on infection?

[signal ivy]

it's pretty bad, need antibiotics

[crystal iron]

I'm a ranked player so... I don't think it's for me

[worldly hemlock]

Please never fix my spinning dead body. It’s my favorite part of mp 😂💀

[signal ivy]

especially when someone runs through your spinning dead body and then it changes spin direction

[smoky wave]

It's infection

[devout kite]

No it’s a feature lol

[obsidian aspen]

Brilliance

[worldly hemlock]

Right? If the devs are reading- I desperately need a tshirt of it. At the very least some banner art

[grave ether]

That gives me an idea...

[pearl moth]

Halo Wars 3 when!

[ember echo]

Did anyone get the gun jam update with season 4?

[ruby knoll]

Nah

[devout kite]

Nah

Why didn’t we get a season 4 rank emblem that does a long with the infection theme

[fallow crow]

im cursed, I get the worst teams in every mode 😦

[storm snow]

Halo support told me anyone can join any match at any time, so no sbmm to give us balanced teams?

[pearl moth]

we need a trios mode, 4 vs 4 and a guy always disconnects, winning or losing

[pearl moth]

Then carry

[fallow crow]

lol, i do

[pearl moth]

Also I can beat you, 4 vs 4 and one guy is afk, the other leaves and the enemy team is griefing and teabagging even if they have egative k/d

like even the guy at the bottom score is trying to grief

you know perhaps you and I should play together, but I am playing MCC I am so close to 100% achievements

[young glen]

No gun jamming here.

[pearl moth]

I might go back to infintie latter

*later

Also I think it was a big missed opportunity not to bundle Halo Infinite Campaign with a Battlepass and some goodies for MP. You have no idea how sad I am that the campaign is not getting further support.

[radiant elk]

Well the smart people that run 343 fired their whole campaign division

[onyx latch]

I mean it's literally what people were asking for

[radiant elk]

Hence why no campaign, and more than likely why they scrapped their only redeeming factor: Multiplayer Seasonal Story

Tbh after seeing everything with the new season, I’m probably uninstalling Infinite and selling it. I got it a few months ago hoping things were getting good and I really enjoyed the multiplayer story going on, but the news that they scrapped it just killed it for me.

[onyx latch]

Cringe airport moment

[radiant elk]

Kek

Sorry for the little tangent, it just kinda sucks as a long time Halo fan. I’ve been playing the games since 2001, and, at least for me, it’s just dying off and turning into every other battle pass scheme game.

[ruby knoll]

yeah i blame xbox management too

after all, it's xbox management that:
-demanded h4 be a 360 title instead of an xbox one launch title
-forced mcc to be made in a year
-mucked with h5's story and such
among many other things

[radiant elk]

That’s the thing. I don’t blame 343i specifically for what’s going on. Infinite Story and the Seasonal Story were coming up really good. Campaigns have been getting better since the last few they’ve made, and Microsoft treated their staff like EA treated Ghost with the NFS series.

“It looks like you’re finally doing a great job! You’ve been promoted to Customer!”

But yeah, probably selling Infinite. I’ll stick around the community just to wait to see if they ever made a dictionary for the Sangheili language, but that’s about it. I’ll stick with older Halos.

[ruby knoll]

also @onyx latch didn't they only announce that the cutscenes were like, paused or something

wasn't there a lorepost just today for the current season

[radiant elk]

Ske7ch announced it the other day that they are “foregoing” the cutscenes

[ruby knoll]

same difference

[rugged quartz]

It’s not a substitute.

[devout kite]

Are we sure that sacrr is weighted more in btb because I haven’t play on it yet

[rugged quartz]

Yeah I haven’t gotten it much. Only once in maybe eight games ?

[fallen flame]

i don't get scar at all

[devout kite]

I feel like btb heavies is the reason why we haven’t gotten to see the new map

That’s why I want btb heavies it’s own mode or make a scarr 24/7 playlist

So players can enjoy and learn the new map instead of hoping for a chance to get it

[left snow]

Winning helps your placement in rank. And playing the object helps to win. And conversely, ignoring the object may contribute to you losing.

[left snow]

You are graded on beating better teams (and not losing to lesser ones). Which reflects your overall performance.

There is a small weighting though for kill and death rates (but mainly KPM).

[zenith holly]

That explains some guys were easy for me since most of my games I get stomped on and it's honestly burning me out that I have to do apex like moment or accuracy just to casually play social

[rugged quartz]

I don’t like btb heavies much. I don’t even get a lot of score on it

[analog salmon]

is it 150 or 100 for kills

to win

i cant remember what it is but i feel like its too low

BTB CTF feels much more like a proper match

but then half the player base just want their XP and challenges so maybe longer matches wouldnt go down well

being able to finish and start challenges mid game would help

[limpid saffron]

When is grifball coming back to mcc?

Is there a website that shows rotating playlists?

[crystal iron]

No but I would expect it to come back soon. Maybe next week or two. Those playlists are rotating in regularly

[lost fulcrum]

anyone else experiencing lag on the Forest map?

getting low FPS spikes on that map

[crystal iron]

new maps usually aren't very well optimized

I play at low settings so no lag for me

[lost fulcrum]

actually I feel like after playing a few matches it seems performance dropped since last season for me lol (although that Forest map is def the worst I've experienced so far)

[ruby lake]

about the slipspace engine

what's wrong with it?

[novel basalt]

It's spaghetti code. Devs can't add/remove things without breaking other things, some bugs/issues have been present in the game since launch, and I think the devs have even subtly mentioned that they couldn't do certain things because of the engine.

[lean dagger]

Is it possible to turn down the volume on the Banished AI without turning down all sound in Infection?

[novel basalt]

I seriously hope 343 will swallow their pride and use Unreal for the next game, especially if they're just going to hire temp workers like they did for Infinite.

Easier to find new employees who will have knowledge of a more universal engine instead of training them on an in-house engine.

[exotic vigil]

an in-house engine that seems held together with gum and duct tape

[smoky wave]

I doubt

A lot of things might work in Splitspace engine (or blam) while in unreal doesn't, meaning that is more resources and time to do so
There is other factors too that makes it even more time and difficult to just switch to other entire and different engine

[ruby lake]

oh.

so how did the spaghetti code come to effect?

did it come out of nowhere?

[coarse dagger]

Game devs just can't make pasta

[ruby lake]

thats what i was thinking abt

like, i never got an answer how this spaghetti code ever started in the engine

[novel basalt]

Temp hires, lead engine architect is gone... several reasons.

[ruby lake]

i need all the reasons

i cant just sit here with an empty puzzle

[coarse dagger]

You'll be hard pressed to find a game developer that doesn't use contract workers

[ruby lake]

kinda wonky

[coarse dagger]

A lead architect leaving doesn't cripple the project, there's still a team behind it

[smoky wave]

Sorry stckr, but that lead architech was carrying all the work, now it's gone 😔

[ruby lake]

a hydra loses a head, it grows 2 more

[novel basalt]

It's also 343's first game that was developed for both PC and console.

[ruby lake]

there's still a team behind it

true, at least they still workin

✨✨woah!!!!!!✨✨

[novel basalt]

I thought they used Unreal to port a few games in MCC.

[smoky wave]

For menus

Not for the game, the games still use all their Blam

[coarse dagger]

Took the git repo on the way out the door

[smoky wave]

Welp

[full warren]

Hard coded values, reused method in the code when it should not been, duplicate code so if you change one place other place don’t change so now you have a bug. Multiple methods calling and editing the same object = bugs lol just some examples

[full warren]

Calm down cowboy calling it developed for pc is a stretch

[crystal iron]

Is the double XP bug in Infinite fixed yet? Is it safe to use them?

[novel basalt]

The game went into production with both platforms in mind.

That better?

[full warren]

They literally not implemented any of the basic things pc gamers want. Literally can’t change your reticle, have raw inputs.

[novel basalt]

I never said they were any good at it. 🤷

[full warren]

Also season definitely brought in more crashes on pc

Not had a crash for ages and new season it’s crashed 4 times on both of my pc

[crystal iron]

Where to start... A lot of people left the studio (and for a good reason), leaving behind a spaghetti code. It's so bad that even minimal changes can break the game (the "the UI can't handle it" joke is very real). A recent example of that is the weird CFT bug, which broke the CSR progression.

Okay, the disaster is done. Can we fix it by hiring more people? Uh, it's complicated. The (few) people who are qualified to work on the game will face a wall called Slipspace. The knowledge they had in other engines (like Unreal Engine 5, for example) is completely useless now. So not only do they have to learn how Slipspace works, but they also have a spaghetti mess on their hands.

That's why I'm so pessimistic about the desync issues. Every "client improvement" they make actually brings more problems. I don't blame 343, but the upper management. They need long-term contractors. Employees passing by and leaving won't lead the game anywhere.

[ruby knoll]

and somehow UE is crap enough that it keeps crashing regularly

[ruby knoll]

(the "the UI can't handle it" joke is very real
nah. At least not the way the fanbase seems to think. Not that they would be able to understand

The knowledge they had in other engines (like Unreal Engine 5, for example) is completely useless now.
also not true. While slipspace is a boutique, internal engine, it's not like concepts can't be taken and applied

They need long-term contractors.
good thing they have full time employees then, and had FTEs since at least a decade+ ago

the more I talk to devs of other varieties, both contractor and FTE, the more the claims in Jason Kotakuman's article seem stretched or exaggerated

also UE is an overhyped engine

i have not seen a single UE game with networking and decent gameplay physics

I suppose it also helps my perspective that i've been doing development as a part of my job for a bit now

[smoky wave]

Mmm sometimes I want to share that Datto video about engines despite being related to Destiny but works perfectly here too because how many times people go "just switch to unreal"

[ruby knoll]

hurr durr dae unreal

unreal is the electron.js/react native of gamedev (derogatory)

[coarse dagger]

Lol

[ruby knoll]

There's stuff UE does well, I'm sure. However i'm just opposed to it being used for everything ever

[coarse dagger]

There's also external factors that are often overlooked, stuff outside 343's control. Can't think of a game dev example, but I'll never forget when a dude trashed all his npm packages and broke half the internet for like 6 hours

[ruby knoll]

Ahh, left-pad

A truly peak npm moment

[coarse dagger]

Left-pad gave me the morning off and we sat watching to see what else was falling apart

So stupid lol

[devout kite]

Lol

[crystal iron]

To be fair, we don't know the exact differences between engines so they could be very similar or not so much. My point still stands; new employees must learn (in fact, master) a engine which they had no prior experience while trying to not mess the code. It's also harder to find applicants given the circumstances.

UE is an overhyped engine
I was just using it as an example, it's not necessary to go that deep into the topic (I never said "343 should switch to UE"). My point is simply that Slipspace is relatively new and new employees will have to get used to it, which may them a while. That's why I don't expect Infinite's problems to be fixed too soon.

[ruby knoll]

infinite isn't the first game to use an internal/nonpublic engine

[crystal iron]

never said it was

[analog salmon]

This game feels so good LAN they just need to fix the net issues and crashes some people face

On console and many systems it’s well optimised

It’s really not a very jank engine at its best

Not that halo has ever been jank

But you play a lot of other games and the engine is so jank by modern standards

Infinite just has stability issues with some PC configurations and playing online, I’m pretty sure it can be polished up

The only way this game I guess is “badly” optimised is in the campaign’s open world it really hits the GPU

[toxic parrot]

Well I tried ranked slayer for the first time and honestly it's very fun and way better than ranked arena. I feel like they should just make it bandit starts only instead of bandit and ARs

[turbid terrace]

Weren't we supposed to have retroactive career exp added to our profiles depending on how many games we've played? I just seems unfair to the people that have already put in dozens of hours and hundreds of games, only to have to do the same grind all over again just to rank up.

[analog salmon]

I don’t think that was ever said

Honestly I don’t really mind either way

MCC did the same thing and started everyone from 0

[shadow turret]

Nope, it wasn't
Speculated a lot by the community, but its confirmed in Uny's blog post that its not

[analog salmon]

Honestly for me a career rank is just a staple of a halo game. I don’t care we start from 0 I’m just glad it exists lol

[toxic parrot]

I find it so dumb how the community gets mad about "broken promises" but a lot of these,such as the retroactive xp,are just speculations

[shadow turret]

Only complaint I have towards CR is my own skill issue in games lmao
Takes me a while to level up

[open umbra]

It seems that career rank doesn't put xp from challenges into count, which kinda explain why double xp token doesn't work.

[shadow turret]

Yea, its only personal score

[grave wedge]

Probably for the best that its that way, since then its making you level up based on your performance (score)

[shadow turret]

My thoughts too, its based on performance, not on something you can buy with enough money

[winter wren]

Does halo infinite not have true full screen?

[slow walrus]

I'd hope not

exclusive fullscreen is a cardinal sin

[shadow turret]

Depends what you mean by that, if you mean having like nothing but the game visible, then yes, otherwise I'm lost with the wording

[winter wren]

Just full screen. None of this borderless fullscreen crap

[shadow turret]

Then yes as well

Settings > Video > and un-check the "Borderless Fullscreen" box

[winter wren]

It goes back to window mode...

[shadow turret]

You mean like, so you can't see the taskbar, but can see the top thingy?

[winter wren]

What else could full screen mean

[shadow turret]

Idk, I'm not a professional with fullscreen
either way, I don't think that's an option..
Unless you hide the taskbar in your PC settings

[winter wren]

You must be like 12 or something

[frosty condor]

Kinda rude to say

HI doesn’t do true full screen to my knowledge

[lost fulcrum]

idk why there is no full screen mode

seems kinda bad to not have a "Full Screen Mode" for a FPS game tbh

[slow walrus]

borderless fullscreen does hide the taskbar

exclusive fullscreen hasn't been put in new games for over 15 years at this point

any performance you might gain isn't going to be substantial on a modern pc

[wide trout]

You won’t gain any frames as of the last 2 or 3 years

Once they patched that issue on Windows 10… it became no longer an issue on any OS

Borderless and true fullscreen now offer the same performance

[vivid light]

You can make your task bar hidden unless you scroll your mouse down to it or have notifications making it stay visible

[analog salmon]

to the point that Windows now puts fullscreen mode games into a borderless window unless you go into properties and disable this

[low musk]

Does Halo Infinite truly have LAN capability, or just a bunch of computers in the same room using the same internet to play with one another in said room?

[tepid latch]

so LAN or WAN

[tired hazel]

It's LAN.

WAN would just be... Online Multiplayer.

[tepid latch]

thats what they're asking, thats what im saying

[low musk]

I hear some folks use the term LAN with Infinite, but to my knowledge, the game has no true offline capability, so to hear the term being used kinda bugged me

[wanton root]

in customs you're able to run LAN iirc

[tepid latch]

nvm, i see my mistake, my apologies.

[wanton root]

for the server settings

[tepid latch]

It is LAN since its only on the one network across that whole room

[low musk]

Ah. I didn't even know those settings existed. If that is true, then I didn't give it the props it deserved

[coarse dagger]

It was at one point being looked into either by the team at Microsoft or 343, don't know how far that's gone since then

https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/tech-preview-2-outcomes
Search up fullscreen in this blog for more information.

There's also a blog post here from MS about full vs. windowed
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/directx/demystifying-full-screen-optimizations/

[south ivy]

Man, the fact that 343i have tripled down on ‘super bundles’ despite “listening to feedback” regarding fair store pricing and practices speaks volumes as to why I stopped playing Halo Infinite.

It’s hard to enjoy a game that’s so slimy and open about its desire to manipulate players and squeeze them for all they’ve got.

[storm snow]

Lol wut? Its a free to play game, you dont have to spend a cent to get the exact same gameplay experience as someone who spends $1000.

[onyx latch]

There wasn't much feedback I ever saw regarding triple bundles.

And you best avoid pretty much every other bigger game out there if you're disgusted by 'slimy and manipulative tactics'.

Unless you think CoD's somehow 'better because it's honest about manipulating you'.

[wanton root]

haven't heard negative feedback on the mega bundles tbh

[south ivy]

It’s the principle of it, and it’s a reflection of the studio’s (read: not developers) perceived attitude toward players as a whole. For example, I’m willing to bet there was some psychologist consultation used to create the initial Challenge system. Push players toward challenge swaps in the store. That sort of thing.

Players have been asking for the ability to separate individual items of their choosing from packaged bundles since the flights… and got super bundles instead.

Yup. And that’s why I’m never touching games with the term “battle pass” or “live service.” Just hate to see it become so commonplace. Even Halo.

[shrewd aspen]

I'm pretty disappointed in it too but I simply ignore everything cosmetic. I've never opened the store except to buy the reach BP and I haven't touched my Spartan customization since about a week after release.

I don't even look at my challenges.

[serene badger]

Same.

Either way, you are paying for a game. At list cost, a game should be over $100 for a studio to cover the expense of making the game.
You can either: A) purchase the game for over $100 B) pay nothing and expect to be pushed to spend the same amount of money in game, or a popular choice C) charge $70 for the game and expect players to spend less in the game.
It is riskier to give away a free game and hope people will eventually spend a significant amount of cash in a game, so the studio better research how to squeeze money out of its players.
I understand the arguments, but it is business. And honestly, i prefer option A) and just pay for the game upfront and not really be pushed to purchase anything in game. I also want 343 to flourish so we can have more halo content at a consistent rate, but i do not expect anyone to make in game purchases.
I will play as long as Infinite does not become a pay to win, does not put non-halo advertisements in game, and does not start marketing for money during matches. They should keep halo marketably clean.

[coarse dagger]

Games really do cost that much

[onyx latch]

It generally should cost more due to inflation. If modern gaming had kept trends properly it'd be about $70-$80 average now.

Buuut gamers don't economics.

Honestly, I'm shocked they stayed $60 for so long. It's one of very few media items to not increase in price all that drastically in the past decade, give or (don't) take another dime.

[rocky imp]

Hello everybody, I’ve finished all halo infinte campaign missions and submissions in Legendary difficulty in coop but didn’t unlock the achievement, what’s may be wrong?

[onyx latch]

Games have increased in cost per unit made drastically since the $60 price tag was set. While I'm not in a hurry to excuse that (I think they should keep production side costs lower to justify staying at a $60 price tag), raising your end product's price because you spent more money on it and the economy is in a status of increasing inflation is just basic knowledge.

It's why the adoption of the MTX was so prevalent. It's to make up for revenue lost by not trending with inflation.

Well, that and it makes a boatload of extra money for less investment for a full game.

Column A and Column B, as you do.

The fact that MTX are such a powerful business model compared to a single base unit sale, and it snowballs into what we get now.

So to say, to me, that it's "Enough to pay for development", is a naive way to look at it from multiple angles.

[serene badger]

Let us clarify something:
IF a game sells physical copies, then yes, $100 is the norm, as the loss in making physical copies is large.
However in todays world, if it is fully sold online without selling physical copies, then $70 is norm.

[onyx latch]

I never understood this drastic need to be dramatic over a product. It's not a charity and it never was.

Like, I'm a huge nerd for this franchise, but... It's a franchise, lmao. It's not something that can physically care about how I feel about its prices, so why belabor the point of 'losing faith'.

[serene badger]

I think ppl tie how the company charges it products to how they treat and respect the fans?

[onyx latch]

Yeah, honestly, that'd make sense.

[serene badger]

But in the end, most game companies have board members and stock holders to please. They are like cats: their survival always prevails over your love for them.

Cute little buggers though.

[onyx latch]

I don't know. I think it's easier to look at things from a dispassionate and clinical angle because of said monetary side.

Other people clearly don't.

[serene badger]

Yea 😆

Once money is involved...

Glad my pets are not involved in the financial decisions of the household.

[onyx latch]

What I find genuinely amusing is paying attention to other people's gaming habits regarding purchases.

Most people I've paid attention to, anecdotally, have absolutely trash methodology to their purchases. They get really angry over game prices but they'll also buy damn near every big game full price at launch with no research, only to complain incessently.

[serene badger]

🤔 i think ppl complain simply as part of their nature though, not just on game prices.

[onyx latch]

A lot of the broken elements are due to the relative complexity of a game's coding compared to ten years ago.

[low musk]

Thankfully I rarely have to invest money to play this game. You can actually get Microsoft reward points through the XB side of things, play games, get achievements, do bing challenges, etc, and you can get stuff without having to invest a penny

[onyx latch]

There's many, many, many more things to keep track of than there were in the old days, which means a higher chance of things going wrong at any given second. Larger counts of items, enemies, physics objects, polygons, etc etc etc etc.

Older legacy options get dropped due to the relative complexity of forward momentum in other fronts to get a product out the door, and the final product suffers forit.

Executive and shareholder meddling gets involved and can influence decisions that can have a negative impact on the game, as rushing certain elements can have issues that aren't immediately apparant until half your userbase suddenly can't access the game due to a bug that worked fine in your non-release environment.

[serene badger]

That is the beauty of it, you dont have to like it. It is all economics and the study of how to get gamers to spend money. Clearly, limited time game passes are working as a cash flow. Theoretically, when it doesnt, they will find another way.

[onyx latch]

^ There's also that.

[serene badger]

The thing is, i am not disagreeing with any of you. I feel ya. But the reality is crude.

[onyx latch]

Also, depending on nationality, that's sometimes just something you have to deal with in the pricing front for export and import regarding tariffs and whatnot. At one point in the 90s, in Argentina IIRC, importing a Playstation was something you had to do at a nearly 300% markup due to import costs.

Sometimes, your own country is screwing you over more than the company is on the monetary front.

[thick wraith]

If it makes you feel any better, live service games that aren't already big and established have been failing a lot recently.

[wanton root]

at least we're not forced to pay any money to at the very least play the game now, that's my take

[thick wraith]

Though that probably won't fix any of the real issues of the industry right now

[wanton root]

since the pricing for triple a games have really become out of touch in my region, like 100 dollars in my region's currency for games nowadays

for the base editions mind you

[onyx latch]

Laughs in dropping about $300 in a tabletop game kickstarter

I am secretly terrible with money, I just don't eat.

[glacial tartan]

It’s less of a gamble to release an incomplete game, call it live service and pull the plug later than it is to create a fully functioning product and it totally flops. And so here we are 😄

[onyx latch]

Honestly, at this point, I just want this game to hang around long enough for it to have firefight.

And not the WZFF kind, but I could tolerate that.

[onyx latch]

🤷 Long as you don't belabor by complaining about it constantly in the forums of games you no longer play, that's fine.

I should've left out the 'no longer play' part.

[pale ridge]

W halo

[deep fjord]

You aren't going to change Microsofts opinions with a reddit post just don't play if you don't like the game

[warped relic]

Well, what's bad about live service and all?

hmmm.

[lost urchin]

Is firefight coming season 5?

[crystal iron]

No one knows

[lost urchin]

Gg

[warped relic]

I mean, Minecraft released as a terrible game like halo infinite too, but the difference is the time span between when those two games released and the expectation people had for the game, so I can see why it would be a bad thing.

Especially now when games are so much more advanced in graphics and gameplay.

[lost urchin]

Nah Minecraft was groundbreaking day 1

[warped relic]

Yes, when it was made

[lost urchin]

Halo was a repeated formula

Big difference

[warped relic]

but halo in. was not compared to other games

like how pong was revolutionary

[lost urchin]

& no one I knew considered Minecraft a terrible game at release

If anything it grew in popularity right away

[scenic sleet]

general question. I've not followed infinite's development cycle that closely. are there plans for battle passes from past seasons to become available again, are they tied to the paid battle pass? was waiting on infection dropping before putting real time in the game. not finding many answers through google.

alright. that was my only question, thought that's how it worked that I could just buy that pass then unlock it to grind up. wanted to be sure about it though.

[outer sand]

Yep

[serene badger]

It is human nature to need to get something off your chest, and this is the place for Halo. We are a community here, and are here to listen. We welcome to hear your complaints. Just keep in mind that 1) it most likely wont hit the ears of people who actually make the changes, and 2) you might not like the rebuttals, and most importantly 3) we all need to respect each others opinions.
There is no reason this Halo forum shouldnt be the gold standard of a crazy fun, yet safe and caring place for all who love the franchise.

FYI, I am not directing that message to you specifically.

[serene badger]

Late reply, i know: but y'all can see the Consumer Price Index by the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics to see the change in costs of goods over time and as a point estimate.

[next shard]

i would kiss some serious booty to stop getting put into in progress games where my team is already being slaughtered before I get there

[low musk]

Hopefully vehicles will have more viability in the future. They definitely need something to make them more durable, like have a higher damage resistance to certain damage types. If they come out with the Mantis again, I hope they make it so the Grappleshot can't work on it

[serene badger]

Ah man, share the pain.

[serene badger]

I can agree, the vehicular balance needs a bit more fine tuned with the rest of the sandbox items.

But what suggestions do you guys have?

[low musk]

I'd say have a value that calculates damage to the vehicle based on the type of weapon used on it. Most vehicles should have a pretty high 'kinetic' value resistance, but still vulnerable to power weapon damage and grenades

The only power weapon I would say should not do too much damage to vehicles (With the exception of Wasps), the Sniper Rifle should actually have its damage reduced to vehicles

[serene badger]

Really? So sniping would have to focus on your ability to hit the passengers... and like the wasp, you could quickly snipe the canopy off and snipe the operator... 🤔

[low musk]

That would be the ideal scenario. The wasp is a different story since its a lightly armored vehicle used for scouting, so its fast and mobile, even powerful, but has armor thin as cardboard

[ruby knoll]

🤪

[velvet root]

does somebody know the best way I can train my aim in halo infinite ? I've been playing for a few days to get better

[shadow turret]

Weapon Drills

[ruby knoll]

Weapon drills

[velvet root]

thanks

[next shard]

also I like to go into a custom game solo against a full team of lower level bots just to practice

[velvet root]

got it

[ruby knoll]

Actually imo the better option is the training modd thi.g

You can change settings on the fly

[next shard]

yes it is good to do all of the above. I recommend also doing the custom game thing to help get used to aiming from different parts of the maps so you're a little more ready for a real game

[velvet root]

I train a lot for a couple days but no improvement, I did weapon drills and training mode but when I got to a game I am still trash

I'm very bad killing bots either

[next shard]

a couple days is nothing. it takes time to build muscle memory. keep at it and you'll get there eventually

[velvet root]

you're right I should be patient

I remembered that I have a question, It is important that I have a larger space for my Mouse ? If I have a small space for my mouse does that mean I play poorly or a bad position ?

If I have a bad position with my mouse that means I'II play poorly right ?

[low musk]

I wonder if people have already started recreating some of the old popular style infection gametypes. Ones like 'Predator', 'Duck Hunt', 'Fat Boy', and 'Trash Compactor'. Those were really fun for their time

[onyx latch]

They were doing that the day Forge dropped, even without actual Infection.

[low musk]

I remember seeing something like that in some vids, but I figured those were in preparation for the actual game mode to drop

[velvet cosmos]

Doubt it will require much work to adjust for the game mode.

[low musk]

Then I ought to start looking for play groups so I can just have fun without having to be dumped into a random lobby

[median orbit]

is it possible to turn down graphics settings in infinite without opening the game? it keeps jumping to 112% gpu usage and crashing before i can even get through the first menu

[limpid saffron]

Do they still host double xp on halo mcc?

[glacial tartan]

Completely randomly, yes.

[limpid saffron]

Is it for week straight or only like a day

[glacial tartan]

Also random. Last time I think it was 4 days, they've had it up to I think 2/3 weeks.

[limpid saffron]

Do you know the xp cap you can get in one game by chance?

It’s so hard to rank up it’s actually ridiculous

[full warren]

The game crash every time I tap out and open the browser then after few seconds it just instantly shuts down

Sometimes it just crash with out anything I have resorted to closing everything and playing the game and it still crashes every 4-5 games

[glacial tartan]

Depends on the gametype - about 30K for performance XP and another 30K for teamwork, but its hard to get both at the same time.

[full warren]

Please please test your games before an update I not had this problem before this update

[limpid saffron]

So max xp cap is about 62k across any halo?

[glacial tartan]

Roughly, if you include match XP (flat based on gametype, up to ~8K for a full 10-15min game) 🙂 Realistically if you're not at the top of the boards it will be probably 15-20k per game

[limpid saffron]

I really feel like with how hard it is to rank up they should have more double exp days

Or something

[glacial tartan]

You're telling me!

[limpid saffron]

How much xp are u at

And I feel like they should give you stuff for ranking up

[glacial tartan]

Im about 2M away for max

1,280,902,450

[limpid saffron]

Jesus how much total xp are u at?

No wayyyy actually?

[glacial tartan]

https://wort.gg/profile/The FFA Panda

[limpid saffron]

How long did that take

[glacial tartan]

Several years

[limpid saffron]

I’m only at like 50m and I feel like it’s been forever lol

[autumn heath]

anybody wanna play my infection custom game on reach mcc? its literally just called "Classic Infection"

am boredom

[sullen kiln]

If you're looking for other Spartans to join you in battle, check out our LFGs:

#lfg-competitive – For ranked/competitive matchmaking
#lfg-social – For social/casual matchmaking
#lfg-campaign - For campaign co-op
#lfg-forge - For map/mode building and testing
#lfg-customs - For custom games
#lfg-other – For firefight, spartan ops, etc
#lfg-español – Para jugadores hispanohablantes en cualquier categoría de juego
#lfg-hcs-scrims-or-teams – To help you find a team or secure some scrims

Don't forget to check out #lfg-and-voice-chat to learn about the !lfg bot, how to use it, and how to create your own voice channels.

[glacial tartan]

Pick a gametype you like, otherwise you'll quit! 🙂 Thats all there is to it, a grind.

[autumn heath]

I TRIED THAT.

NOBODY HAS RESPONDED.

like gahdam

[limpid saffron]

How much xp do you get a game

[coarse dagger]

It's the correct place to post, though. We don't allow recruiting outside of the LFG channels

[autumn heath]

...

[limpid saffron]

Stickr any eta when double xp is coming to halo mcc?

[autumn heath]

nobody loosk there though.

LOOKS

[limpid saffron]

It’s to hard if a grind feel like there should be more double xp days

[coarse dagger]

Only 343 would know that

[autumn heath]

ok i have one other player at least but the game wont start until theres at least four.

total

so im still bored af

[devout kite]

Grind the battle pass

I hope 343 put more weapons model in the pass in the future

[wicked marsh]

there was a thread about this but the original sidekick model from the first halo infinite e3 should become a model

[devout kite]

The reason why I asked because it’s nice to get free weapon models

[limpid saffron]

@glacial tartan the weekly rotating playlist is that double xp?

[glacial tartan]

No.

[devout kite]

No

Is it or the halo bot trivia isn’t working

[tidal badger]

Y’a des français

Je cherche des Gen pour jouer à halo j’ai un bon niveau donc ajoutez moi en amis

Pepito liki sur Xbox

[sullen kiln]

Hello, messages here need to be posted in English. You are welcome to use a translator if required

[tidal badger]

Nince

[sweet jungle]

can someone explain or tell me where to find an explanation on the "automatic" ranking thing when you play a round?

[ruby knoll]

I Summon the TrueSkill 2 PDF

[ivory glacier]

Wtf!! Again my game crashes. This was never an issue for me. Happened last night. Just happened again. My game will sometimes freeze for a few seconds (long enough to hear myself get killed) then unfreeze. But now it’s completely crashing

[devout kite]

File a ticket with support

[ivory glacier]

I’m 0 for 2 with filing tickets. Just get the obvious computer generated generic answer that goes nowhere. But thank you. I think they’re aware of crashes

[limpid saffron]

Why can’t I load some halo 2 anniversary maps? I literally get kicked while loading into match making then get banned like someone help

[crystal iron]

So I'ma play Halo, again, I downloaded need for Speed unbound and it's literally one of the the worst need for speed games

[ivory glacier]

Crashed again!!!!!!

[tepid latch]

pc or xbox?

[livid fable]

how do you report someone in game?

it appears to be impossible to do once you leave the match

[devout kite]

You should be able to do it after the match

[livid fable]

I thought so before, but i can't find the option now. kinda odd. i must be misnavigating.

[devout kite]

You should see the option to report a player

[devout kite]

Are you on pc or Xbox

[oak whale]

I thought skill based matchmaking was supposed to make game a 50% win chance. Not 5% , 6 hour and I have won 2 games.

[exotic vigil]

Your algorithm dictated losses for the day sir

[livid fable]

insufficient player activity in your area

[oak whale]

Bro just caught my fusion coil. I didn't even now you could do that

[lime robin]

You get a medal for it called Nuclear Football

[oak whale]

Yep, 3 more losses.

[high spire]

Yoooo

[limpid saffron]

Halo 2 and halo 2 anniversary when I load multiplayer it loads the map half way then says lost connection I try to rejoin it doesn’t let me then I end up getting banned it’s only on h2 and h2a anyone know a fix? I’m banned for like 3 hours since it happened over and over

[high spire]

Weird I was just playing those games with my friends

[ruby knoll]

i mean, 50/50 doesn't mean you'll win half your games

[exotic vigil]

It means the algorithm thinks you will win half your games

[ruby knoll]

that's not how trueskill2 works lol

[exotic vigil]

Just check the waypoint previous games graph

[pseudo shore]

question

[ruby knoll]

the graph only compares you to yourself afaik

[exotic vigil]

Based on the algorithms predictions

[limpid saffron]

Is there an website for rotational playlist on mcc or when double xp days are coming?

[oak whale]

Yey I won. only had to sit through some toxic guy run his mouth about how much we suck.

[pseudo shore]

Ive barely gotten involved with the Halo community. As a whole, how Good/Toxic is the community of Halo?

[limpid saffron]

Toxic lol especially if you playin h3

[oak whale]

Well I just had to sit through a guy who spent the whole game calling us slurs I can't repeat here so you tell me

[ruby knoll]

extremely toxic

you're better off not getting involved with the wider community

as a side, don't ask for opinions, just try things and form your own.

[pseudo shore]

i was just asking because ive been around halo for YEARS, just never got into the community

[ruby knoll]

probably for the best

[livid fable]

meanwhile game is making me feel guilty over here going against newbies. :<

[livid fable]

report?

[oak whale]

nah he was just sweaty.

[livid fable]

calling someone slurs isn't sweaty

[exotic vigil]

Yeah but reporting someone like that wont make them change it will just make them more upset and toxic

[livid fable]

It can get them at least temporarily removed from the game, and might make them keep a lid on it. It's your perogative to report it or not, but if they speak that way to you, they're speaking that way to others.

[oak whale]

Yeah, but from my perspective he just needs a therapist.

[wanton root]

shld be against code of conduct

just report

guy's not gonna change anyways

[oak whale]

Yeah I'm on it

How do I report a guy from two games ago?

[pseudo shore]

Recently Played With, if youre on xbox

[livid fable]

easiest way to get name is through recently played. if that's messing up for some reason or you can't remember exactly who said it, go to theater mode.

Ever heard the phrase, 'what goes around comes around' ? Sometimes, you gotta be that thing that comes around.

[oak whale]

Yeah, telling people to commit "seppuku" is uncalled for

[solid ingot]

why is H2A so buggy

[wanton root]

because halo 2 is buggy?

[exotic vigil]

I wish the campaign would work

[stone star]

Reasons

[solid ingot]

seems legit

[exotic vigil]

Cant even play H2A without the frames dropping

[solid ingot]

half the time i don't spawn in

[oak whale]

and that is my last game of the day. Take a guess whether I won or not. The answer won't suprise you, but atleast it was actually a fun game

[wanton root]

anniversary graphics aren't that worth smooth, just use classic graphics

[exotic vigil]

Yeah I do

[wanton root]

me too

[exotic vigil]

Just wish they would fix the game but you know how it is

[pseudo shore]

i hate being forced to cross-platform with PC players

[oak whale]

It make it hard to tell if there cheating or just cracked. They turn full 180 in a single frame, it takes me a full second to do that on low sensitivity

[pseudo shore]

anybody got a spare rocket and hammer by any chance, i want to eat the rocket and smash my xbox with the hammer

[oak whale]

yeah, I feel you, the tilt has been unbelievable lately. I like to think I'm on the upper 50%, but these past few days have questioning my ability. This update has been misery for me

Hey wait a second 343. I just checked waypoint and it says here you expected me to get zero kills. You knew I stood no chance and still let me suffer

[pseudo shore]

343 purposefully sends xbox people to their deaths against PC players. as well, there is NO option to disable cross-platform on Halo Infinite, so it sucks that we are stuck with it

[livid fable]

as a pc player, lemme just tell you that i have a much harder time dealing with people that have controllers at any range past spitting.

i SHOULD say as an MnK player vs Controllers, since 90% of pc users use controllers, and i still would be if mine hadn't broken. (it was... very old.)

and then you have things like certain cheating devices that take input from a mouse, but lie to the game and tell the computer that the input is from a controller.

giving it the swivel of a mouse on high sens and the AA of a controller.

[pseudo shore]

im not saying ALL PC players are bad, becausw i have met some honestly good ones, its just i seem to encounter alot of bad ones. i do recognize that there are good ones out there

[livid fable]

really stupid question: Does mnk work with console?

[slow walrus]

you hate getting matched with free wins?
https://www.reddit.com/r/halo/comments/s8ww8q/updated_kbm_vs_controller_accuracy_statistics_all/

[slow walrus]

yeah you can

[livid fable]

he hates getting paired with cheaters in particular. most cheaters on pc.

[livid fable]

nutty.

i want someone to post what the AA results are of doing that. I imagine it'd be the same as pc.

[tepid latch]

Pretty sure mnk on xbox works the same as pc

[stone star]

Xbox players complain about PC players while PC players complain about Xbox players

Neither side is more advantageous than the other

[tepid latch]

also lol, controller and mnk dudes both be saying that the other is unfair. if we separated the player base based on input tho, mnk would have nowhere near as mamy players as controller would. id probably never be able to find a game in AUS

broodles, yeah thas the quote 🫡

[limpid saffron]

What if your on pc using a controller 🤔

[stone star]

No change

Unless you're comparing a pc to an xbone

[limpid saffron]

Yup

Frames etc

[stone star]

XSX and PC tho there's no change

[limpid saffron]

240hz > 120

[stone star]

Frames stop impacting your performance after 120 frames

240hz is not advantageous enough over 120 to make a difference in Halo

[limpid saffron]

I def know the difference about being a 240hz player can’t go down to 120 and play normal

Laggy

[stone star]

As a fellow 240hz player, I consider that a placebo effect

[limpid saffron]

Nah just like any game

Yk the difference

[stone star]

I feel no major difference in my performance for Halo

Other games there is a difference sure, Halo is not one of them

It'd matter more if we were talking about csgo or siege

[livid fable]

i'm a both player. controller has edge.

it might NOT have that edge if mnk aa worked past 40 ping

[limpid saffron]

Does the playlists rotate weekly in mcc?

[vivid quiver]

i vbought the season 1 hcs bundle but i dont have the coating for the core in general, but i have the kit and can see the coating

[limpid saffron]

Like rn it’s fiesta last week is was grifball

[crystal iron]

Yes

[limpid saffron]

How many playlists are there do you know fiesta grifball what else?

[crystal iron]

I never counted them but I think that there are probably 6. I am not sure

[limpid saffron]

Grifball was last week so I’m assuming it won’t come back for a month or so

[tepid latch]

Can always look for some in custom games or chuck a LFG in those channels if your willing to set some up

[limpid saffron]

I wanna get xp though lol

Trynna grind ranks just got back into halo

When’s the double xp weekends man

When’s the last time double xp came to mcc?

It’s so hard to rank up I feel like they should do it more often

[crystal iron]

Complete challenges. They give a lot of xp

[wanton root]

Can I queue with friends in the infection playlist? if so how many am I able to queue up with?

[crystal iron]

You can queue with friends. I don’t know with how many friends you can though

[wanton root]

thanks

[tepid latch]

I wonder if there'll ever be a point where Xp boosts will just count in match time and go back to 30 minutes

crazy that their fix for it at the time was just to extend it to 60 mins, but is really just a bandaid fix

like if wait times are huge then there's like no point in using one, but you wont know until you start searching for a game

glad i've got a ton to spare, but it was infuriating when i was having crashing issues on early release

just saw that the Shoulder armour isnt rigged correctly for the Hazmat core, when doing the arm crossing animation they slide up and down the shoulders

[storm snow]

The xp boost timer wouldnt be so bad if "other players loading" didn't exist. I swear the game sets up a VM for every player and that's why it takes so long for matches to start. People blame it on the OG xbox one but you still get "other players loading" on that.

[analog salmon]

i think the main reason for "other players loading" was that the game complied shaders the first time you loaded a map on PC

I remember it taking ages to load maps when i first started playing on PC

Xbox One's with degrading hard drives might also be a cause but not really an issue with a functioning Xbox One at least

I think at least as off the recent update shaders are all complied on game launch for PC players, and I haven't noticed particularly long "other players loading" messages

[storm snow]

I'll have to pay attention to it now to see if its improved. I typically hit find match then just do something else for a couple minutes until the match loads and the intros are over

[smoky wave]

Recently it is much faster to load everything, there is times that you get someone loading forever tho

[brazen kiln]

Is anyone else unable to get halo reach and 3 odst on the Xbox game store for series’s x

[coarse dagger]

Don't believe any of the 360 games are available for purchase now, support has ended so I'm sure they were de-listed unless you already bought them

Yep, that's correct
https://web.archive.org/web/20211028060550/https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/sunsetting-halo-xbox-360-game-services-in-2021

[fallen flame]

i miss that look of waypoint

it was truly the best look of waypoint tbh

[brazen kiln]

What a shame

I may have to root out my disc copy of reach

Never got 3 odst on disc tho

[wanton root]

just get mcc?

[crystal iron]

Maybe he wants to play original versions of these games

[wanton root]

maybe, but if you just want to play the games, mcc is the way to go, I don't see much difference and the fact that the servers for reach and 3 have been shut down just detracts from it

[next shard]

why is every btb slayer so lopsided? Every single time one team have fewer than 50 points and its not fun no matter which side I am on

[sullen anvil]

There are new skins and armor, maps that weren’t included in the original copy (Ex. Icebox in H3), menus are completely different, lobbying works differently, 60+ FPS, FOV slider, matchmaking works differently, I could go on and on

[wanton root]

hm

[sullen anvil]

a lot of changes were made under the hood so the games aren’t 1:1

[analog salmon]

og games are cheap as chips

literally

[devout kite]

Would we see 24/7 playlist of the new maps or no

[wanton root]

soon

[frosty wyvern]

in theater mode, my spartan is sliding on the ground isntead of walking and doesn't have my cosmetics equipped :|

is this a known bug?

(in infinite)

[next shard]

are you sure you are looking at your spartan? I haven't used theater in a while but when I did it had a tendancy to randomly switch me to another player

[velvet root]

so I've been practicing a lot with my aim in halo infinite but I don't see any improvements I've been training for a few days now with Bots and weapon drill If that's how you pronounce it but I don't see any improvements when I started to train I train every day I forgot to count but I believe it's been 8 or 7 days I'm using all my spare time to train at this game but I'm getting nothing out of it, I'm getting very stressed I play on mouse and keyboard but I also tried controller but no results I am confused what am I doing wrong ?

[fallen flame]

Play against players and learn that way

and strafe

[velvet root]

all right

[zenith holly]

And sometimes it can be mind over matter if you feel stressed out it can affect you more than you think

[next shard]

if you're getting stressed its time to do something else for a little while. gaming is supposed to be fun

[devout kite]

Or practice against bots

[signal ivy]

I sure hope that's a Nokia device

[zenith holly]

Do you think we can make ap rounds out of Nokia devices if we ever fight the covenant IRL?

[velvet root]

yeah I pushing myself too hard my bad

[velvet root]

I never thought of that before

[zenith holly]

Yeah it was something my older brother told me about and it took some time for me to understand it and it depends on the mindset you want to have when you play halo, do you want it okay competitively or play it just to have fun? If you play it to have fun then I don't think the aiming part wouldn't really matter but if you want to aim better think about how the matches go, bloom can also factor within infinite with pacing some of your shots.

[velvet root]

all right, thanks

for the advice

[outer sand]

Just relax, you're doing fine. It's going to take longer than a week to get cracked, just take your time. Like Zim said, it's important to enjoy yourself and have fun
But if your trying to improve, remember that there's more to the game then just aim. Map awareness is key. Where are your teammates? Where is the enemy? Where do you have to be?
You can watch the upcoming tournament and watch the way the pros play. You probably won't be able to play at that level for some time, but it's cool to see what they do in tricky situations, and how they control the map

(this is also coming from someone who's pretty bad lol. I struggle to take my own advice. The game's harder than it looks)

[velvet root]

got it, I'II take it easy for now on

I'm only playing FFA that mode is so competitive

maybe that's why I'm getting stressed

[outer sand]

Oh yeah, that's freaking tough
Map away and strategy are completely different in that than in team games too

I really liked shotty sniper FFA and I hate king of the hill FFA.
I should get back in and try that playlist again

[cold sail]

Does anyone know if the price value of the super bundle drops if I bought separately? Wondering this one out

[velvet root]

yeah I don't know why I decided to train there

[velvet root]

what do you mean exactly ?

[round forge]

How do you play Forge maps in Halo Infinite?

[celest heron]

practice in training mode and then adjust your settings while playing.

[cold sail]

Like the super bundle atm, it’s 3,400 creds. If I bought the courier armor set only, would the super bundle remain the same price or drop?

[round forge]

So theres no CGB yet?

[signal ivy]

there is

[velvet root]

maybe

[zenith holly]

And like I said about bloom, some weapons have different pace of shots, so be aware of that so you don't always like rapid fire with a sidekick when it's not needed.

[signal ivy]

CGB has been in Infinite since december of last year

[velvet root]

got it

[round forge]

I forgot it was in the community tab.🤦‍♂️

[signal ivy]

it's also in the main menu under custom game

[round forge]

I cannot believe I didn't notice that.

[frosty condor]

When your comms are actual fire

[cold sail]

It stays the same. Just tested rn. Super bundle by that I mean doesn’t drop

[velvet root]

all right

[round forge]

Since when was Halo Infinite ranked MP filled with people using cheats. I just got killed five times over by being one shot with a plasma pistol and had one specific person who seemed to be lagging out like nobody's business. My whole week has been like this and no matter how many of these people I report they never get penalised in any way as those same players are in about half of my matches pulling the same stunts.

[limpid saffron]

Guys someone please help this issue started happening last night everytime I load into a multiplayer game on mcc it loads the map half way then kicks me says lost connection to server then I try and rejoin it doesn’t let me I’ve gotten banned like 8 times now idk what to do

[celest heron]

plasma pistol makes you one shot.

[devout kite]

Is it me or watching my team in btb ctf being dumb by going to side of the map is annoying

[celest heron]

side is usually for sneakier routes so idk

not a lot of context

[devout kite]

Like it’s annoying sometimes

[lime robin]

That ain't a Nokia

THIS is a Nokia

[devout kite]

Eww that diamond coating lol

[signal ivy]

ok

[devout kite]

So where’s everyone at on their BP

For me I’m at 33

[crystal iron]

30

[celest heron]

16

[serene furnace]

Raksasha is a great core

[zenith holly]

Around 30

[sullen anvil]

I think bot Bootcamp should be a permanent playlist but it’s stored in the Academy tab and doesn’t earn you Career or Battle Pass XP

[ruby lake]

bruh

[smoky wave]

What about people who just want to chill with bots and do the challenges then

[signal ivy]

and the argument cycle begins

[ruby lake]

first off

[grave ether]

Let's ride!

[ruby lake]

i dont give a flying rat's tail about a-

jk jk

[sullen anvil]

rule 1. Never share ideas in the halo chat

[grave ether]

https://tenor.com/view/tiny-bike-tricks-riding-bikes-biking-bike-lane-gif-11731256

[devout kite]

Here we go again lol

[signal ivy]

I did not see that he was smoking something lmao

[ruby lake]

including me

[grave ether]

It's not that, it's that this argument and the counter argument has been brought up several times since career ranks came out and the discussion hasn't remained civil in some cases.

[sullen anvil]

I still think it shouldn’t count towards career progression tho. People have been exploiting it like crazy

[ruby lake]

'muh career ranks'

[signal ivy]

I think we're on our 4th iteration of this particular one

[devout kite]

My two cent bootcamp should stay but give zero xp because you can farm the battle pass and career rank

[celest heron]

cool, teammates quit in ranked

[grave ether]

Only the fourth?
I think I might be adding to the number or double counting one long one with a tiny break in the middle

[signal ivy]

we need to come up with an argument ruleset

what counts towards what

[grave ether]

Along with a bingo card to add some pizzazz

[devout kite]

What will be the free space lol

[smoky wave]

Maybe the bungie good space

[ruby knoll]

bring back ensemble studios

[sullen anvil]

bring back armor lock

[celest heron]

sigh, got the same rank where I left off.

[devout kite]

Can we have individual armor stance please

[ruby lake]

BRING BACK SPRINT

[devout kite]

Bring back hologram

[fallen flame]

Infinite has sprint lmao

[ruby lake]

nuh uh

[devout kite]

I guess our Spartans finally learn to stop breathing heavily while they’re sprinting lol

[ruby lake]

they got that small lungs

or large lungs (since we can run infinitely in infinite)

[celest heron]

reach had those inferior spartan 3's

[devout kite]

True the reason why I said that because it always sounds like the Spartan 3’s were always out of breath or something lol

[stable saddle]

Is it just me or they wasted spaces with so much of the same coatings like it could’ve just been one for all cores, one for all weapons ect (for the battle pass)

[full warren]

Not sure what happened nothing changed but the game crashes after playing 1 full game the next game will crash every time

Is 343 silently pushing out updates

[coarse dagger]

No

[full warren]

Yesterday it was once every 3-5 games now it’s every game it even crashed my whole pc full restart

[grave ether]

I'd send in a ticket to support along with your PC information/dxd log they ask for as optional. Might help them figure out what may be happening and help out overall

[celest heron]

think it was more of a balance issue so you could hear an enemy sprinting.

near you

[full warren]

I already did but the issue is getting worse… literally every update it’s like this. Every update is crash crash then few month later it will be fixed

I do not have a complicated system I have the most generic gaming pc with a 3070 and i7 it’s not like I am trying to play the game on Linux or some out of date hardware I just don’t understand how it can be this bad. The error from a quick google seem to be some memory access violation from the game. It’s not my of I have checked the memory already so the game has wonky code….

[devout kite]

Are you launching infinite from steam or the Xbox app

[full warren]

Steam

[devout kite]

Try reinstalling the game

[full warren]

I mean that is the last step I already reinstalled the graphics driver next would be revert to a previous one then reinstall but I don’t want to do this every update

[devout kite]

Then I would summit a support ticket if you don’t want to do this every update

[full warren]

Every update I submit a support ticket and last time it was me was found the solution. Ok seems to be easy to reproduce now, play 1 game queue next game it will crash during search or loading or at the very start of next game….

If it search past 3 mins it will crash if it insta find game it will crash during the start of the next game… it’s like a ticking time bomb lol

[grave ether]

I recommend playing it from the Xbox app over steam. I find it more stable overall

[full warren]

Ok I will try because yeah I can’t even play game after restarting once it’s crashed I need a restart of pc or the game will just always crash mid game.

is there anything I need to do to install the game?

it is 0B/s and it does not do anything

[winter wren]

Anyone else on infinite drop frames on the new maps

[analog salmon]

I cap my fps but I think uncapped it was lower on average then other maps

[analog salmon]

Pause and unpause maybe

Use Microsoft store rather then Xbox app if that doesn’t work

[drifting sequoia]

https://tenor.com/view/it-is-what-it-is-it-is-eet-eet-iz-iz-gif-17896182

[winter wren]

That isn't helpful...also embed fail lmfao

[drifting sequoia]

yeah, they got rid of gifs. Not special enough lol

Infinite has had fps issues since lauch. Hence... It is what it is

low the graphic settings maybe if you are on pc

[analog salmon]

I would say it’s a demanding game but idk if it’s that bad

It’s a real shame it doesn’t have fsr2.1 because I imagine that would give you pretty decent visuals and fps on entry level GPUs

[drowsy night]

I think invisible ability needs a heavy nerf you can sit in one spot the entire game and not get the icon 4 being last spartan standing inside of infection

[stone star]

I still get my infection saying "not enough similar players to estimate a wait time"

been like this since the season start

[crystal iron]

That’s because regions like OCE lost all their playerbase

There’s only a few stragglers here and there but this game is no longer for us

[tepid latch]

😭 i literally used to play the hell outta swat and now its a dead mode here

once in a blue moon

[wanton root]

Extended has faster search times, but results in you hvaing higher ping

The search times are genuinely faster

Most players in asia and oceania seem to just play quickplay

For some odd reason

[novel basalt]

Yes.

[novel basalt]

It's a bug. I get that same message too, but I load into matches pretty quickly.

And I have my matchmaking set to local.

[livid fable]

man.

Being alpha zombie on 300 ping with unstable latency is hard.

[storm snow]

I have to restart the game every 5 matches or so on series x. If I dont my fps drops from 120 to 60-70.

[limber fox]

is there a way to make settings get saved forever?

like a .txt or something

[analog salmon]

you're resetting on PC?

i thought it was only console cause i dont have the problem on PC somehow

[next shard]

is there a way to turn off the career rank popup after every match? I don't care about my rank and the popup is annoying

[wraith willow]

i wish i could filter out cliffhanger because it's the sweatiest map i've played on by far

every single time i play on that map it's a pubstomp

[analog salmon]

the problem is the precision dominance

so the team on top have precision and then dominate the team that cant shoot their way out of spawn with a side kick

I think they just need to do Bandit starts in Quick Play for Cliffhanger, Behemoth, Launch Site and Chasm specifically

maybe increase the bandits headshot magnetism because for some reason its wayyy easier to hit a headshot with other weapons but otherwise the bandit would be a huge improvement on those maps

[jovial relic]

When is the next community playdate for a chance to acquire ice unicorn, last one was like 7 months ago 💀

[shadow turret]

https://twitter.com/Halo/status/1673360513407807494
Found this, and I got Diamond Lt. Colonel

Ah, right, I forgot it won't embed

[analog salmon]

i gotchu

https://twitter.com/Halo/status/1673360513407807494

Halo (@Halo)

It's been one week since Career Rank launched with Season 4 of Halo Infinite! The frame you freeze on is your rank 🎖️

What'd you get?

#HaloInfection

▶ Play video

Twitter · Jun 26, 2023, 4:00 PM

[shadow turret]

Danke

By an average on that, I'm somewhere high mid plat lol
Got Diamond Lt. Colonel twice in a row, then Gold Captain

[fallen flame]

I did that and it said i was onyx general haha

[young glen]

This thing is inaccurate. It says I'm an Onyx Master Sergeant but I'm actually a Bronze Gunnery Sergeant — 343 please fix! 🤓

[velvet root]

this guy does some amazing redesigns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwPK4W2VnSY&t=496s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiJBFb44jm0&t=834s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6PiWlXDxPs

in my opinion, 343 should hire him

[coarse dagger]

Always possible they will, if they have positions open. 343 are quite good at hiring community members

[velvet root]

very cool

[round forge]

In Halo Infinite do collectables that are only available on higher difficulties still appear on the map on lower difficulties? In particular I'm talking about collectables from missions as I have replayed a couple of missions over, and over trying to get the remaining colectables but can't find them no matter where I look.

I am asking because I'm considering starting another campaign on a higher difficulty to get more stuff but am worried that it might be better just to keep playing my save until I have everything.

[analog salmon]

This guy got 8 “mind the gaps” on live fire

WHY

8 of his 10 kills

I wasn’t really paying him attention until I realised how many times my team mates fell for it

Just chilling on top tower lmao

[tranquil lichen]

anybody else not get the twitch drop last night yet?

[coral spire]

yo, whats up boys. I just joined the discord and was wondering if anyone wanted to get some grifball going. I got a lobby rn and im looking for at least 7 players\

[analog salmon]

Tmw you suddenly get horrible heavy aim in the middle of a ranked match

I think probs my controller not sure

Wasn’t accelerating at all

[devout kite]

Btb heavies needs to be rebalance

Since there’s little to none ain’t vehicles weapons

[crystal iron]

Does the rank system change anything? Like does it somewhat address sbmm?

Every game since season 4 started, my teams have been losing bad. Like btb slayer at 100-30

[novel basalt]

It doesn't seem too.

Ranking system is more about long-term progression, like how long you've played.

[crystal iron]

So now I’m just getting told that someone is better than me and to not try as hard

Oh ok ic

[smoky wave]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7dgdhM7Eqk

[left snow]

@smoky wave Plaza? I loved that map.

[smoky wave]

https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/solitude-preview-season-4

Tomorrow

[analog salmon]

nicee

[misty vale]

new maps always good thing

[analog salmon]

i was worried they were taking their time with it because maybe the game flow wasn't right, but it looks like they just really wanted to make the most of the forge capabilities

[drowsy night]

please nerf the target sensor bro the shroud literally does nothing i have been playing since update and its useless shroud me and my beta inside infection just to be seen inside of the buddle imo very unbalanceed

[serene bolt]

Humans get limited sensors.
Infected get unlimited screens.
You just need to get them to waste all their sensors before rushing in

[serene furnace]

How did they not say that the map comes out tommorow in the YouTube video?

[signal ivy]

Eh it doesn't really matter

The people who didn't know get a nice surprise

[devout kite]

I mean 343 did say that it was coming out the start of this season

[civic sluice]

I honestly wouldnt mind if they just made the bandit standard across the board, I think BTB shows how the sidekick works better as a wall drop anyway.

[ruby knoll]

I keep wanting to use the shroud as a decoy/red herring but i feel like nobody falls for it 😭

Basically, fire it in one direction, sneak away in another direction

[pearl moth]

Guys the halo mcc laso CE playlist is broken for me, keep getting restarted after 3 deaths and I cant find a co op partner, have I gotten filtered?

[glossy owl]

Anyone know some good tips on SLASO? Gonna do all Halos

[sullen anvil]

Hoping the Gungnir attachment for Stormfall gets updated so it can change its colors via coatings

[analog salmon]

Can’t stand people who rage quit a ranked game cause they’re throwing when nobody says anything toxic to them

I get it’s frustrating ur having a bad game but most people don’t care

Especially when it’s a tight game, why would you just quit

Some people fr just need to stop looking at the scoreboard lol

[crystal iron]

Some people seriously need to stop taking games so seriously

[devout kite]

Same here

I wish rank is solo friendly

[crystal iron]

You know I'm still kinda holding that we may get a PVE shadow drop during season 4.

Just need it to hold me off until September 1st.

[civic sluice]

I'd honestly be surprised if it was even ready for season 5, let alone surprise dropped this season.

[sturdy niche]

Yes this… I understand crashes happen but a lot of the time it’s very obvious that ppl just quit.. if they had stayed there’d still be a chance we could win.. but they decide to quit and take the -15 csr rather than the prob -8 if they stayed and lost.. I’ll never truly understand that logic lol

[karmic oriole]

So is the plaza remake available to play now? At the end of the trailer it says available now but I'm not sure if that's just just them advertising season 4, or saying this remake is available now

[coarse dagger]

Plaza releases tomorrow

[frosty condor]

Season 4 available now!

[devout kite]

I’m surprised that some people are in gold or even platinum in their career rank already

[crystal iron]

Some people are grinding this in bot bootcamp

[devout kite]

Figured I hope 343 remove the ability to gain xp in bot bootcamp

[supple plover]

Lololol

[crystal iron]

Maybe not remove but add some limit per match there

[devout kite]

I can see like 2,000 xp daily cap

[young glen]

Please no daily caps

Career ranks are a representation of time invested. Caps wouldn't be a great solution.

[civic sluice]

I would prefer we didn't set a precedent for manufactured grind.

[young glen]

No cap

[devout kite]

It’ll be only for bot bootcamp to combat people farming the mode for their career rank

[civic sluice]

It'll only be for bot bootcamp until higher ups in 343/microsoft realise that capping exp gain actually does incentivise people to log in daily to grind.

And if its already normalized in one mode well the jobs halfway done.

[crystal iron]

No. Daily caps aren’t a way to go.

[analog salmon]

Cap to combat video game addiction

[young glen]

I think an XP penalty would be fine. But no caps. 🧢

[analog salmon]

Caps have brims, you know what else needs a brim?

Mark VB

[devout kite]

Yeah an xp penalty would be better

[ruby knoll]

Death penalty

[full warren]

4 man stacks really need to be banned or forced to play vs other 4 mans, its literally immpossible to play against a 4 man team with coms and match making does take into account the coms at all

[left snow]

It's not ideal. But the stack gets weighted for squadding up... and if they are communicating / playing well all their MMRs are buffed as well.

From my Season 3 data the games vs 4 stacks were pretty 50:50. So the the MM is doing a reasonable job.

[civic sluice]

I presume its 50/50 because most stacks look less like a competitive squad playing for money and more like me and my friends 4 stack that lost a match of CTF because one of us unbound their interact button and wasn't allowed to live it down for the rest of the night.

[crystal iron]

Ok so the courier helmet would look better without that freaking metal thing in the middle of the visor... Just my opinion

[devout kite]

You mean the rebreather

[analog salmon]

Think I’m always gonna be a mid diamond player. The struggle of accepting I’m not gonna be an onyx but I’m so close 😔

I don’t blame them for making it harder to reach onyx since S1 and S2

[devout kite]

Once you get near onyx you ether face pro players or stack teams or both

[analog salmon]

At this point my damage is always pretty average if not low compared to my team mates

I think damage is pretty good indicator for whether you peaked

But yah diamond players just seem higher skill now

Everyone seems to have reasonably good game sense

[crystal iron]

Yes I guess that thing. It looks like if it didn't have that in the middle of the visor it would have looked better

I'm also not a fan of the whole split visor thing or weird visors.

We also got that other helmet that looks like someone smashed the two sides of the helmet in lol

[devout kite]

I like the Morrigan helmet with the MOD-P CBRN attachment

[crystal iron]

I want the Morrigan for my MK7, no attachments really, just as is is fine

[devout kite]

It’s a shame that we haven’t seen more blank this season

[crystal iron]

Right now I'm rocking the TrendLock Helmet. It's one that I seem to like as well without attachment

[devout kite]

Some helmet are clean without attachments

[full warren]

definitely not the kind of squads I see they are all diamonds playing together trying to get as many wins as possible they are literally not moving just watching each other corners, and this is not even in ranked, just causual, they play like campers and just sit still when they are lossing

[analog salmon]

A lot of stacks have no coordination

[full warren]

And a lot of them do, they only coordinate when they are loossing

[analog salmon]

Like you play with a 3 stack and they seem like they’re not communicating at all

[crystal iron]

So that was bad, we won but I had to go super sweaty, I noticed if the MS is over 70, there is a lot of Desynce, and damage lag.

I was playing super fiesta and I shot at this guy with a needler and it tracks so I'm hitting him, but he begins to shoot me, granted he didn't have full sheild and I did, yet he kills me. And I get. Skill assist...

[full warren]

Most just play randomly at the start then when they are lossing suddenly they are always 2 man following each other cross map its just stupid

[crystal iron]

Theoretically he should have edited first but since the MS was at around 85-90 my damage seems to lag behind.

[crystal iron]

Honestly this game does not feel very social

[full warren]

this is the least social game ever, even in league peopel type lol in this no talk no type

[glossy owl]

SLASO on Infinite

[analog salmon]

Best banter I had with randos was when everyone but 1 guy on the other team quit so we just messed around killing each other until the game kicked one guy lol

1 or 2 v 4s should just auto end in ranked if there’s a lot of kills/points still to go

[devout kite]

Lol

Is the halo dbot broken?

Because when I try to answer a trivia question it said this interaction failed

[grave ether]

Something isn't working right and it's being looked into

[devout kite]

Thanks

[glacial tartan]

MCC finished, I can finally play the game

https://i.imgur.com/cezNTqt.png