#halo-discussion
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Every game in the world aside from two or three is going to be unpopular compared to COD.
I feel like comparing your game to one of the biggest in the world is a poor metric for success.
I actually hope now that MS is getting Activision that maybe they'll have partner studios to work with 343 on future games. They really need multiple studios to handle a franchise this big properly.
Battlefield is more popular than Halo still and popularity for that game has dropped a lot
When you factor in how many games are relased in the world, Halo is easily in the top 1% of popularity.
Yeah but I often don't compared the indie and aaa market
I see them on separate playing fields so I compare aaa games to aaa games
Among aaa games Halo is sorely lacking
Halo feels more like a AA game anymore
Sometimes an indie game can be more successful than aaa games as well, but for a lot of them that doesn't happen
honestly their battlepass and shop are very weak compared to Fortnite and CoD
their best items are like mid-tier compared to those games
Even among AAA titles, Halo is still a juggernaut.
Hardly
Could 343 change up the UI so that you could choose multiple playlists to queue for?
At it's most rudimentary it could be just clicking on more play lists while queuing for the first one. The order in which you click them could be your "priority" selection.
So the changes to the UI could be very minimal. You can already backtrack to the playlist menu while "Searching". It would just need to change from "Searching" to "Searching plus 1" or something similar.
They already have Composers in other games - so they know how to get the MM on board.
Whenever I talk to people outside of here it's often the butt of a joke
And the only place I can find people who play the game are here as well
I'm not convinced of its status as a juggernaut
I'd like this. Sounds easy to implement but who knows, even simple things seem hard for 343.
I wonder how much of Infinite's problem is really the game engine. It actually looks really good imo. It could use more performance optimization but overall I think it's alright. Can't believe they've spent this many years on it and are supposedly going to UE5 now.
The impression I get is that Slipspace is improving and has heaps of potential. I'm pretty sure they are not going to UE5.
The problems seem to stem mainly from backwards compatibility to the Xbox One, conversion to PC, and issues with Xbox Live servers (again, mainly with the Xbox One).
yeah, it's unfortunate Infinite had to be backwards compatible with XO but given how long it was in development for I can understand why
we'll never really know the extent to how much it might have been held back due to last gen support
Halo was huge in the 2000s though
Is it me or I find squad battle more fun than btb
A lot of games were
I'm not a huge BTB player - but I found 8v8 much more fun than 12v12.
It may have been the map nostalgia - or frantic vehicle action?
But I think 12v12 is too chaotic. There is no sense of team work. The maps are too big - you don't get a sense of who is doing what or what is going on.
It's not the 12v12 you have a problem with, it's the maps you play on what bugs you
Yeah don’t get me wrong I like btb but I always find myself playing squad over btb since like you said less chaotic
Likely a contributing factor.
But also the 12v12. The more players you add the less likely you are going to get any team co-ordination, and the bigger the maps need to be to accommodate them. Which is fine - until you spend too much time getting to point A, only to find you should have been at point B.
It's also cause Halo has always been a game where you feel like your input can mean something
Whereas in a game like battlefield you don't get that
Not often at least
And I can't believe people are calling for more players in each game.
And in 12v12 I feel like what I do makes less of an impact compared to 8v8
That's definitely part of it. My little squad of 3 was under whelming in BTB. And we'd spend most of the match playing separately.
But in Squads we can easily find each other and play together. And you get a feeling you are making a difference.
Yeah
Oh God no. Even more headless chickens running around for Mint Blitz to kill streak.
Or 32v32
Just play battlefield at that point
Now you are just trying to trigger me 😄
Nah I just love Battlefront 2
Same
But it died 😭
I can at least find quick play games in Halo
Battlefront 2 none of the playlists are active here
Well, except 4 player coop
Cause that only needs 4 players
Only hero showdown ever since
Man the nostalgia
A guy I follow on YouTube just uploaded an old school horror videos compilation and it includes the Halo 2 Lockout ghost
Lol
man i would be sold.
i'd officially sell my bxxxxing privileges
that way we could keep the lower populated lists without having to rotate them
while still not detracting from high pop list count
mmmmmmmmmmmmm can't different mmo's let you queue for different raids?
and once a raid hits max pop, it pulls from those who signed up most recently for a match?
seems like same concept
I'm not sure how similar the programming of MMOs is compared to a shooter
omg, played against a party of H3 sweats and my team quit. I couldn't though cause my batteries died mid game, so I went to get my spares, but I guess I forgot to charge them and ended up just getting spawn killed while having to get new batteries. Didn't even get to put them in until after the game was over.
Play with the controller wired, ez fix
been meaning to, but always forget.
Wired controller gang
What makes you think because they have Activision , they’re going to partner with other studios?
Certain Affinity, Ensemble Studios, 343i all work on halo games. You want more studios?
there's like, 7 or more working on cod
aside from the 3 core studios that make separate games there's a handful of others there for support, more than what 343i has
that being said more studio's doesn't mean higher quality since it makes communication more complex and difficult
Unless the enemy team is coordinating in which case your better off hiding because your going to get team-striked.
Who do you think would win in a fight, arbiter or jega r’domnai?
Gud question, I’d go jega 1v1
I feel arby wud fight with honor
But jegas cyberborgness wud edge it
The game really need to stop putting people into a game that is already half finsihed
joind a 25-16 game on the lossing side
What is the point "go enjoy your free loss, curtesy of 343"
There's every chance you could help your team pull back and get the win
I mean that is still not fun is it. Sure I can try and get a come back but 90% of the time you try your hardest and still lose. and you think if I was here in the game since the start it would be a easy win
if its social i feel like there's less focus on needing to win and just having fun instead
If the goal is to win, people are going to put effort into their games. There's nothing wrong with it.
If I wanted pure fun, I would like to play a mosh pit consisting of those wacky modes similar to Halo 5. Remember Mongoose sumo? What about dodgeball (the kind where you're on a small square arena throwing sticky grenades at each other), rocket race, and more?
That brought me back memories of another game mode called paintball. I can't recall the origins of that mode, but it was pretty fun.
There's another game mode I really miss from Halo 5. It's basically gunfight from Call of Duty.
Id hope people do put the effort into winning! but there's nothing lost from losing either unlike playing ranked thas all im saying
I mean by that logic during CTF I should only go for kills since its fun and not winning
The whole point is to win and if you get put into a slayer that is 25-16 (this is a better one) I had 25-4 before where I join the game, there is literally 0 point playing
What was that Halo 5 game mode where you only had one life? You entered the arena when your character automatically runs towards gravity lift.
Breakout?
Yes, thank you.
breh, its common sense people will want to win a match they're placed in, my point is that its social, its a lot more loose than ranked play
Breakout was so dang cool!!
Also the system is kinda flawed, if its like 40-40 and someone quits they wont add a player but when its less than 25 kills 25-0 they would happily add players in
So yeah, infinite needs to have breakout again.
There need to be a better way of adding people in. if its basicly a lost game there really should be a limit to when you can join the game, currently it seem to be "before half way into the game" so like a timer for objectives and kills for slayer is what I can tell
loved the intro cutscenes for breakout and the arenas for it tho lacking detail, are really neatly designed 😁
But if a close game goes even 1 kill past 25. so say 26-24, it wont add a player in.
There are certain thresholds that limit when JIP matches occur, the issues is that sometimes the score can slip away a little in the time it takes to slot you into the game. I don't know exactly what they are, but JIP games that are already 25+ / 4 might be worth reporting so it's tracked
I didn't join any past 25 kill games but 25 seem to be the limit for slayers anyway, but 25 is a lot when the other team could be down 15-20 kills sometimes, that is the most common kind of games people quit because they are getting stomped, putting in another person to get a free loss and get stomped is no fun lol. those games should just end early
or have a surrender option
I would like to play Infinite and select multiple modes within my own personal playlist filter. When I start, I could play infected. After that, the next match will be something else entirely without having to manually select after backing out.
Not gonna lie this wont be that popular lol, since I dont even know what I want to play after the first game. What I want (I keep hearing that is existed in old halo games) is the match composer choose what modes you like ot play, I can pcik a list of 5-10 and queue for them
I joined a game that ended while I was loading in, went from the black screen to the scoreboard, and one death 👍
Don't recall if it was slayer or ctf, but the enemy got the last point
This only happend to me once but yeah I was like wtf. joined moved and ended
I just checked. While you are queued for a game - when the bar is going back and forth "Searching..." - you can press back and select another playlist and get taken to that page (with the estimated wait time for that list).
All they need to change is the "cancel search" button on each play list to "add to queue" - and hey presto, you have a rudimentart match composer with virtually no change to the UI.
can't be slayer unless you load very slow loading lol must be CTF
It's quite a while ago so I'm going to have issues finding it on halotracker.
Though it was BTB.
Don't think I have any issues with loading, maybe JiP takes slightly longer to load into.
Gonna try to find it at some point
BTB could be CTF or power core lol that you can end the game instantly if you just horde them lol
can we ever expect invasion to be added to social on mcc
i'd love to play invasion but finding a game is impossible rn
I just meant from the perspective of being able to get insight into how to set it up so that partner studios can split the responsibilities of handling mainline entries every 2-3yrs. I know 343 has partners now but I don't think any of them have been fully entrusted to do a full game from the ground up.
Well, if rumors are true maybe that will be changing with the Battle Royale that Certain Affinity is working on. Even still, that's not what I would consider a mainline game in the franchise.
But imagine if partner studios were given more direct control/input over the franchise. We could potentially see some really cool spin off series that focus specifically on other Spartans, ODST, UNSC, even enemy factions. I think there's a lot of potential here. Everyone says how great the books are and how they wish more of it was in the games, well this is how that could be achieved imo.
On the topic of JiP; I despise it.
I'm fairly certain you're more likely to join on the losing side as players are inclined to rage quit more on the losing side than the winning side.
Henche I suspect overall more players leave losing teams than winning teams.
Sure, there are factors such as being slightly in the lead and then a player quitting because they're not doing good, and then that causes a team to lose the lead.
My dislike comes from being "disoriented" at the start, it takes a while to find my "footing" in such games, and as everyone is already spread out with enemies potentially having power weapons it's a sort of "trial and error" finding out the situation, rather than being somewhat aware of it as if I had been in the game from the start.
In addition to that, I'm fairly competitive even in social environments, getting thrown in and being at a disadvantage from the getgo is, annoying in lack of better words.
And then it's also spending the normal amount of wait time only to be thrown into a match that ends way faster than one I'm in from start to finish.
Sorry for the delay, went to eat strawberries and a cake, then got some new RPG books delivered, and then I cleaned up after the snack
So with squad battle being extremely popular, do you think it will take over the other large modes?
I know we talked about this earlier, but if infinite had a temporary breakout mode, I would be happy.
The maps would have to be exactly like they were in Halo 5 or at the very least, a very similar aesthetic.
I can see more classic BTB maps being implemented into Squad Battle, so in a sense that could potentially overshadow Infinite's own BTB.
Another effect we could see is current BTB getting many of changes asked for which would make it more even ( Triple Scorpion drop for one team 😒 ) and so forth that has been asked for.
Not played a lot of Scarr so I can't say if it had any, but it's kind of sad that 343 had a thing going with the interactable door hacks on that one map, but every other map lacks all of it.
Didn't play too much Breakout so can't say anything about that.
too bad I am on vacation and canot play the vent on halo right now.
Apparently an MCC section doesn't exist, but does anyone have a Discord or know of one where people are playing the new Digsite content?
A real sin CGB with EAC off isn't a thing. 😦
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Thanks, I'll try LFG customs.
bro the mmr in quick play forces you to play so sweaty
If you play sweaty you increase ur mmr
it's a positive feedback loop lol
Yup 😄
i wish it wouldn't measure you for your carry potential though lol
I have a second account I play mkb. Haven’t used it in a while but I might use it for squad battle and such
I like sweating in quick play but in btb / squad I just wanna chill
Okay, very specific and I haven't had time to test it out yet.
But, anyone encountered a problem where, if Halo Infinite is running, the PC won't find a USB stick and/or USB to Micro card adapter with a Micro card in it?
Interesting.
gonna have to make a ticket for that
Man I shouldnt have to go 29-8 to win a game of slayer this is ridiculous
I just won going 28-7 😄
I actually had a good team though, not feeding kills
On chasm too, slow match but enjoyable
I find using your mic and giving ur team mates praise when they help u out goes a long way
Just like “good assist” “good nade” etc
I must've fallen into an alternate universe, where I'm from whenever someone uses their mic, or communicates in any way it's constant flaming
I think I drop the f bomb too much for a mic these days, don't want to end up banned.
Playing ranked with comms made me learn not to speak those “wth” moments out loud
I rarely hear people using comms but I find it stops people quitting
In social that is
Why is Squads full of leavers?
Idk
Cuz no one wants to accept defeat
Or never played halo 3 maps before
that's my guess they just don't wanna lose
Not even in BTB have I seen this many quitters in a single game, it's regularly half the team that quits, then someone joins and more leave
yeah its like that in other comp games
no one wants to lose or they just salty that they are losing
8 secs of ruining the flow for sure.
Squads just ain’t well balanced imo
People leave because of that
Sidekick is a bad starting weapon on anything bigger then a mid size arena map
It's fun tho and it's not like Halo players really care about W's and L's if they did they'd learn how to drive and how to avoid getting owned by autoaim pistoliers
They care about getting spawn killed ig
In fairness to the average btb player, I don’t blame them for not shooting a wasp with a sidekick or AR
Bandit might not be a universally loved but I bet more players will shoot at a wasp with it then a sidekick
I wonder if Infinite's punishment for going AFK should be 2 days.
I asked this before, but do you think big team battle should be replaced with squad battle?
that's definitely never happening lmao
I do wonder if 12v12 is too much and 10v10 might work better for btb but idk
No.
I do hope we get just a straight up human urban map for regular BTB.
I'm kind of sick of Banished and Forerunner stuff.
But then on bigger btb maps it already feels like you have to walk for ages to get to the battle sometimes
Breakneck remake would be dope ngl
that map always needed more people
I just want a btb map that allows you to drive vehicles around
oasis is like the only map that allows it
Just gotta be more focused on where the enemy is and don't drive into em
I like maps that allow vehicles and infantry areas pretty much
I think oasis nails that
You should have separate MMR curves for those playlists... so as long as you play consistently they should work independently (post "placement").
What "flow"? It's in those 8 seconds that your opponent is respawning that you set up the win for your team. That's when you play the objective. That's when you move into strategic positions. That's when you forage for weapons and ammo.
Dying is what loses the game for your team. Or at least being benched out of the game for 8 seconds is what loses the game for your team.
I wouldn't be surprised if their is a strong correlation between losing and the amount of time more than one player is waiting to respawn. It's when you are temporarily 2v4 or 1v4 that you aquiesce to your opponents.
Since the update I can't connect (Connection Interrupted) to anything on MCC and Teredo shows it alright any idea how i can fix this?
Did you update again after the first update?
Well my game should be on the latest version right now
I even tried two different VPNs
amazing just had a team that average negative 11 kda
i guess match makign really mess up this one
this is stupid now, I am getting the worse teams, literaly they are all negative 10 KDA and we not even getting 25 kilsl in a slayer when the enermy team wins
what are these unbalanced teams today
Must be because its friday night litearlly noobs are playing. they are literaly just walking and not shooting
28 kills and barely a win. Guess I am done tonight, friday is not a night to play on
lol I had to do 3 times to damage than the rest of my team to win. wow
Opinion: the only functionality of the bandit rifle is finding something to replace it ASAP.
Has anyone gotten the Unicorn of Ice Emblem yet? Or are we still waiting for them to be distributed
@proven breach Have the Unicorn of Ice Emblems been distributed?
Had a decent BTB game, even if we ended up losing in the end. Me and this one guy held the sniper spawn and these guys kept trying to use the man cannon to yeet themselves into our crosshairs. I only got 11 kills to 4 deaths, but at least I'm getting better about using cover better lately. I wish I knew where the weapons spawn. From game type to game type, it feels like the weapon spawns are never consistent, or maybe I'm just bad at memorizing where things are
We need assasinations NOW!!!!
Don’t you think the game is a bit boring when you just want to get that cool kill when you backslap someone. What happened, totally nothing more then a cool sound and a ninja symbol.
In halo reach and halo 5 also a bit in hal 4 assassinations have been a big part of those games, not only did all three games have a cost on game only for assassinations which I LOVED. Not only did you get that cool feeling when you got that kill and a cool animation happened but it was like a community.
As much I love halo I think it need some more fun in it. It’s no movement fun( they just removed the sliding speed) and NO ASSASSINATIONS. Like what. It’s like 343 wants the game to die. Just imagine how cool the animations could be now when people can make and 343 just chose the ones they like and the community
If you have the same opinion and you want assassinations to come back. Spread and write, make videos. We need to spread the word and get seen. Don’t let HALO DIE!!!!
This looks like a copy pasta bit
most people ive talked to turned assassinations off
Same
plus i dont think a lack of cool factor is killing halo
Yeah, things like better maps and expanding the weapons and vehicles in the sandbox would take a higher priority
I wrote it somewhere else
Ik. Just trying to make it sound more dramatic to get more people to listen and read it
lmao fair
The networking issue and the stability of the game should also be the priority
But the community could make the assassinations in forge or whatever. They just need to put it in the game
im personally getting tired of the maps, id love if 343 added a "bungies favorite" type gamemode where the best community forge maps made it into matchmaking
They sorta did with the Squad Battles list
You mean like the throwback playlists in h5?
I really think they can collab with Forge Hub and host some forge contests (in H:I) for remakes on classic maps or reimagination on cut multiplayer maps since the digsite team and the MCC team had found loads of content (Halo Online maps and cut/early versions of H2/H3 maps) recently.
They don't really do contests AFAIK, but they do keep tabs on top maps.
Last I checked.
for all the swords and knives 343 are putting on armor I'd be surprised if we never get them.
they said assassinations were apart of the live service plan somewhere down the line
a contest would be nice if they entered the maps into the queue and players could vote on them
they could add a post/pregame lobby too for a voting session, and then we could get a halo 3 style pre/postgame lobby
mb replied to the wrong message
fr, and itd would give 343 a better incentive to add game lobbies
To add up, due to some forge maps are remakes from other franchises like COD, Minecraft, Star Wars... etc, there are some issues to prevent those being put into matchmaking.
I'm wondering if 343 collab with first party studios in Microsoft like Mojang, can those Minecraft inspired community made map be able to put into matchmaking as a standalone playlist or it still has that license issue?
They did say they would like to have them back. And I'm sure they would love to sell them in the shop. But the problem still remains is that pretty much everyone turned them off. Maybe only in ranked to begin with - but after a while you just couldn't be bothered turning them back on again.
And don't get me wrong. I loved them. But I'm not sure how you make them work.
i loved them n i wouldnt turn then off, but ik a lot of people would so it might not be in ms's interest to add them
they won't be added because they will have to add an option to turn them off, which will directly contradict the monetization scheme of how they will be sold.
Assassinations are kinda a waste of time when you barely use them tbh
Backsmack much quicker and gets back into the fight quicker
Like I don't really remember getting assassinations all that much unless I went of of my way to do it
Not to mention the kill getting stolen mid assassination
Anyone remember this amazing trailer
Assassinations are basically taunt/showboating. Of course they’re a waste of time. Much like cosmetics
I can excuse cosmetics because they are always around
but I would rather get a new weapon for example than assassinations
They get a pass because they’re around longer? So if the roles was reversed, you would give assassinations a pass?
no no I meant like a lot of cosmetics get almost constant use
like players will always see my spartan, I will always see my Assault rifle model and coating etc
bad wording on my part
You can say the same for cosmetics
pretty much everyone turned them off.
I think they were cool, their omission from campaign especially was/is lame
Most enemies can’t even be back-smacked anymore in Infinite
ummm... i tried to uninstall the master chief collection, what is error code "0x80073cfa"
Assuming you’re uninstalling from windows store, there’s a troubleshooter than you can use to potentially fix issues
I meant as in you have the game installed though Windows not Steam on PC
Quick google search of the error code gives you this: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/error-code-0x80073cfa-and-0x80073cf9/0c787e76-01f2-4012-87d8-dc5762fbd766
the xbox app
on pc
i guess thats technicaly windows?
Windows Store/Xbox app/windows, generally interchangeable if it ain’t Steam
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bros should i play h2 with anniv graphics/audio or not
H2 anniversary stuff is real nice
If you've never played Halo halo before I'd say maybe do a classic play through and then try anniversary
You can always switch between graphics as you play
Yep, i still play both methods. Some maps are more fun in the classic setting. Well, at least easier to see the enemy with the classic settings.
Hi, i need to do some achievement in coop on Halo infinite. someone wanna game ?
when did streets get removed from Team Slayer 😭
i slay so hard on streets its like the only map in the game i have figured out
i feel like small maps just allow for more skill expression in this game because the movement is so fast, combined with the faster pace due to even passive players being thrown into fights quickly
forest i just have to wait for my team mates to get across the map before i challenge, while the entire enemy team is sitting on their spawn trying to bait us one by one. cant do that on streets
The map rotations have gotta stop
All I want is Beaver Creek.
Especially when I inspected one of the buildings. There were some walls and some ceilings--wait! Just one ceiling.
Speaking of maps, how did the maps for that new squad gamemode ever get approved. I can't play half the games without either getting spawn camped because I get spawned in front of enemies or I get shot in the back while fighting one guy and his buddy spawns in behind me. Honestly, the only okay map for spawns is Resort and even then that's not saying much. The spawns need serious work.
Is it me or the Kawari helmet looks like the Kabuto helmet but with a new design lol
spawn camping is always going to happen on bigger maps when you spawn with a sidekick
better team all get precision and you cant do nothing
in fairness to 343 the bandit wasn't exactly universally well recieved, but i think its pretty clear its better in BTB
I love it in BTB. I do prefer BR because I can range people but that is also the point of not having BR starting over Bandit
Yeah spot on pretty much
I love the bandit
The bandit is cool but I hope they introduce a long range version for it. With all of this work for Weapon models, they could easily do a "req" version that gives it a scope. If not for Arena or Social, having the option for Customs would be great.
I also think a UNSC version of the Stalker would be cool too.
I think it does pretty good for range
You mean the DMR?
i think if they were to switch out the BR for ranked, it would be with a DMR
so i could see them adding a DMR at some point
I think it would have to come at the cost of a slightly nerfed BR just so they have distinct roles in the sandbox
by nerf I just mean the range so the BR is more similar to 3/4 then 2
but the DMR would be the UNSC stalker rifle pretty much
just 5 shot rather then 3
What is the worst nerf in halo 4
Does anyone like Halo Infinite?
Yes
Yeah, I was just going by their "naming scheme" lmaoo
I actually enjoy the game quite a bit
I've started playing it again but I have switched from xbox to pc
Is it good on PC?
Not exactly. It would be kind of close but it's the 3-shot kill that really stands apart. The DMR was never designed for that type of damage.
I play on PC with Mkb and I think it's solid. I do not like certain things and there are some Frame Rate issues even on a RX 6900 XT but still good
Alright thanks!
Did you wanna play sometime? If so add me on discord.
@trim wasp
Not opposed
Commando could be changed to a single burst weapon with great range
I like it a lot. Rough start, but it's come on recently in leaps and bounds.
Yes i love it
What are your opinions when playing on PC?
somehow i've managed to avoid most of the issues people seem to have
Hey guys, is the banished ghost supposed to have unlimited boost? The chopper does not, this is in infinite
Its alright
Haven’t gotten rid of sense launch so i guess so
I could have sworn it was a new thing? I play a lot and its odd that I only just noticed but perhaps I just missed this behaviour
Nope been here sense the beginning
Okay, I guess I just never noticed lol
Lost a game 44-50 because all 3 of my teammates went negative with 1 guy going 2-19. This matchmaking is ridiculous.
50-46 win, guy on the other team went 30-7 but his two deadweights went a combined 2-31.
Lol
The matchmaking would be more accurate if they were more people to pair with. Considering that the majority of the population died off years ago, your matchmaking is going to be random.
The only solution is to pair up with a good squad and hope it doesn't take forever to find a match.
Do we know why starboard got rotated out for rank or no
Anyone know if it’s possible 2133mhz ram could be a bottleneck in a game like Halo 2A campaign or RDR2? Like in 2A my CPU and GPU are below 70% (on all threads) but I stutter below 60 
We should know what your GPU and CPU are.
If those PC parts are from 2015 or before that, that might explain a few things.
My game works just fine. That's because I have a 3080 TI with an i9 12700K.
Quad core 8 thread i5 @3.9ghz from 2017 and rx6600, so neither should really be a bottleneck
It’s only 2A campaign that’s an issue so I’m not too bothered but I do wonder if slow ram could be a problem
Probs upgrading to a cpu/mobo with ddr5 so I’ll need new ram anyway
It was close match - so sounds like the MM did the best it could with the players available.
And in some cases it's still because players are squadding up with buddies to have fun (or try and manipulate opponent MMR).
I do think they should match lower ranked players with themselves and bots until they reach a certain level. And that would push the talent pool for other games slightly to the right.
I think higher ranked players would prefer to play 3v3 than have to wait for full teams.
That might be the reason. The CPU could be the issue, but I'm not quite sure. What is its number? For example, is it an i5 3700K or something?
iSpiteful about to reach Hero rank within the hour i think
I play the game on pc, a pretty old pc. It runs wonderful for me. The game is incredibly sensitive to the quality and speed of your internet connection, is a major criticism. I've never really had desync. 650 hrs and I can recall it being bad maybe 4-5 times. I did not play h2-h5 because I am a pc player so I fell off the series with h2 and tried this one bc it is free.
It reminds me of halo pc, a lot. It's great.
No real difference. But then again, I strictly play on controller.
iSpiteful has just reached max rank in Infinite GG
does anyone know if this map is in the Heavies playlist? Man I miss this map, one of the best and most unique BTB maps if you can put asside the "forge world" asthetic
I can't understand why it isn't in CTF
I imagine he's planning on a nice, looonnng sleep now.
not played for a while do u want to get to rank 5 or rank 1?
last i played higher number was better rank but now my score is making me go down numbers?
Anyone know how to get a Map into Matchmaking, Like is there a place to submit, does it have to have a Certain Tag, or does it have to be popular enough for 343 to notice it?
yuck, Paradiso. Map was just camp the top and shoot the spawners. Then if you matched a party like gamesager, you'd just get banshee spawned the whole game.
First you want to read through #1095517429611901009
Make sure your map is updated and and I a ready enough state that it could be considered.
is anyone playing in master cheif collection i can never find a game when i try
as in i have never found a game
Yes, lots of people! What are you searching?
Don't think the checklist says this but there's a tag on infinite, it's something like"343ask" for different categories that'll allow your map to be seen and reviewed by 343, iirc
But yeah follow the checklist
I am doing way better at killing vehicles lately. More or less since I keep tossing plasmas and spike grenades at them.
Vehicles are easy to kill other than the wraith and scorpion
Just need to play gud
i was thinking of trying to beat halo 1 campaign on legendary, im not a huge haloer but ive played the campaign before a long time ago. Is it actually fun trying to do it or is it a bit of a slog? I remember the enemies get very bullet spongey. Was considering just going heroic instead but doesnt sound like there's a lot of glory in that
Who in his right mind though mixing Land Grab with Fiesta was a good idea? Seriously? It’s the dumbest thing I’ve seen in gaming.
Everyone just quit everytime
Skewer swat
Put an emphasis on not messing up your shot
Jk this would just make people camp even harder >_>
It’s not too bad so long as you pace yourself and make sure to be smart with health packs
As long as you have a plasma pistol with enough charge you oughta be fine. CE’s plasma pistol is amazing.
On legendary, truth and reconciliation and two betrayals are probably the worst imo.
is there any way to play splitscreen on halo mcc?
or is it mods only that enable it?
Plasma Rifles are equally viable since against Elites, when you pop their shields with them, they actually get stunned
On console you just need to connect second controller. If you are playing on PC, maybe some mods are enabling this feature because it isn’t officially supported there
Is it reccomended to try heroic before legendary, and if so should I find a group or just do it solo
you can try it on legendary alone, shouldn’t be that hard
Alright with a second player
Ok solo
Slog during a sub 3 hour achievement run
Terrible on LASO
man, i wanna use Forge so badly, I wish so much that Infinite had a control scheme more similar to 3d software like Maya 😭
defs gonna give it a go and maybe sketch out some map ideas, just gonna be tricky getting used to the controls lol
I dont believe this issue is related to low population, I believe this is just how 343 balances teams because even at Infinites launch this was an issue. 4 higher skill players placed with 4 lower skill players in every match. Every. Single. Time.
*in social playlists, to clarify
Not my recollection. Generally social games were a much tighter knit. To the point that Waypoint was full of "Social is too sweaty - 343 needs to loosen it up".
Except for mates playing in squads, of course.
This degree of spread is new. And almost certainly did to the thinner population.
In Ranked it seems to be made worse by CSR lobby matching. But I'm not sure if that affects Social or not.
Anyone else realised that there’s a high chance Halo:Outcasts was made to kill Thel ‘Vadam off? Think about it, we already know they’re doing it with the Didact. I think 343 is trying to streamline the lore, so basically just enact genocide on the characters
My brother in christ the book isn't even out yet, calm down.
Nah, I don't want to hear it.
You can’t ask me to have an abundance of faith lmao. Infinite itself was designed to wipe the slate as clean as possible, so that IF they wanted to, they could bring certain characters back. But they have no real NEED to bring any of them back. That SUCKS
Crazy theories are crazy theories. Don't wanna hear em.
Good for you, this is a discussion chsnnel, I’m allowed to discuss, theories and all
Only reason I’m even considering this is because they’re choosing to take the didact off the table in a book… again
If they don’t kill off any main characters in Outcast I will be OVER THE MOON
I’m noticing that when I play Halo Infinite, my game speed and mouse movements aren’t as sharp or quick as they were before. Anyone have a guess as to why?
This is my first time playing Infinite in 3 weeks, if that helps at all
Just a bit of rust. Maybe you slept wrong.
I’ve been on vacation for 3 weeks
Alternatively, aging has accelerated and you are DOOMED
… I’m 20 😂
THAT'S WHEN IT STARTS
No but seriously, it might be with just Infinite itself cuz I played the MCC right before and it was perfectly fine
I’m even playing on my pc’s Turbo setting
I doubt that very much.
I don’t know what the issue is then
Maybe it’s because I left my computer unplugged for the time I was gone?
Idk
ok u guys convinced me, im gonna try it
question tho, i feel like i remember this happening to me before a long time ago, cant you get a random checkpoint at a bad time where you only have like 1 health, and you're just kind of screwed and stunlocked where you are, do you just have to restart the entire campaign at that point?
Uhhh I don’t recall having any incidents like that but you just restart a mission if you’re really stuck
But I think if you die enough times right after respawning at a checkpoint it puts you back another checkpoint
ah ok sweet! i just remember getting stuck when i was a kid and being cheesed and quitting
Top 5 best and worst weapons of Halo Infinite IMO:
Best: BR75, Bulldog, Sidekick, Pulse carbine, SPNKR.
Worst: Bandit, Heatwave, Ravager, Cindershot, Hydra.
That's one of the worst top's I've seen over here, congrats
heatwave in worst
lol, lmao even
Cindershot and bandit there too
Bandit isn’t bad just got to treat it like the sidekick
I just saw sidekick the best there 💀
I would rather have a sidekick over a bandit since it can fire/reload faster.
The heatwave's legit a great gun
The Bandit would be better if it had a scope and the damage was heavily increased.
I use the hydra more as an anti vehicle weapon then an actual weapon
The damage is already good, scope is debatable when the weapon is intended to be more close-medium
That's because it's the intention of it
The hydra can be used also as shoot one and then melee
I feel like the bandit is a cheap DMR from the Wish app.
Skill issue?
That's because the bandit is not intended to be a DMR at all
So basically yeah skill issue
They're exactly the same in terms of design. One just has no scope on it.
Desgin, not gameplay
That's why I said I would rather have a DMR. At least that is more reliable.
We are talking about the gameplay, not how it looks
In terms of gameplay, the DMR was way more effective in terms of damage and long range effectiveness. That's what I would rather have back instead of a mid-range, slow firing weaker version of the sidekick.
It can be a close range, but the projectiles move too slow otherwise. The Bulldog excels beyond the Heatwave.
I actually find more reliability in the heatwave because I'm good at predicting opponent paths in Halo.
I can reliably hit partial or full shots with the heatwave at intermediate range.
It’s so satisfying
me when halo ce magnum then halo 2 magnum then h3 magnum
If we were talking about how it looks, the M392 DMR and M392 Bandit Rifle both suck
Gimme that sweet crispy clean M395
i pray everyday for Chasm rework 🙏🏽
343's dmr was def a fat W
their br, not so much imho
why does mcc keep giving me the same maps over and over and over again on h3
half of my matches are played on standoff, im tired of looking at standoff 😭
Hello
i can barely tell the difference between the M392 nad M395 ngl. I think the hand guard looks weird on the M395 but otherwise it just seems like a longer barrel version of basically the same rifle
the other visual differences are just making it fit better into 4/5's art style
I can't even really understand liking one and disliking the other considering how similar they are
other then the handguard can't say i really mind the differences
Does h3:ODST for anyone else swap grenades when you push G? Doesn't do it for any other game for me just ODST. Swap grenade is not bound to G either.
I loved the boxier BR far more tbh
It's why I like the HCS kit
Random opinion: the best audio logs ever in Halo were found in ODST. It was the story of the two survivors during the covenant invasion.
What’s your fav precision weapon?
Best halo mission is that one tank mission in halo 4
Halo 5 pistol
Cliched, but my fav is probably the BR, mainly the Halo 2/3 variants
The battle rifle from H4 honestly slapped, despite how ugly it was.
*Beautiful it was.
2 guns that I hope return are the Railgun and SAW, enjoyable additions 343 brought in
i like the aesthetics of the saw but mechanically NGL it was pretty simple
why are the classic btb maps gone 😭
RAILGUN PLES OMFG YES
bandit is super good at mid range
assuming you got the skill to use it
commando is still my fav though, still really good at mid-far range
now it would be nice if i could play a quickplay match that didn't involve me to sweat
People play to win
brah, going 25-1 aint fun for anyone
especially when both teams have 1 emblems lol
or then you get 3 guys that are practically new, but one good person carrying each team. it's a weird dynamic
Oh I find it fun as hell
is it possible to still obtain the watchdog coating?
it's boring
At one point I might've said that
i'd rather go 16-15 against diamond players
Nah
Sounds like one of my matches last night in swat. It was not enjoyable
Poor dude on my team went 3-20 and had 5 games to date
ye :/
Vagabond is a neat map though. Had some fun 1v1s around cars and walls
I hope down the line, Spiker and Brute Shot return as well
Welcome to competition.
Anyone else feel like squad battles are more fun in infinite then 4v4? like it feels more like a standard mode then 4v4.
Probably the nostalgia talking
no like it flows better, and I don't have nostalgia as I never played H3 multiplayer.
This is a question we don’t actually know the answer to, when infinite released you were still able to but apparently now someone changed it so you can’t but nothing is concrete
If you’re 152 maybe hit up support with a ticket?
Idk
🚶
Commando is a very challenging weapon to work with, but I find it easier to just tap with the weapon for my shots so it doesn’t kick nearly as hard
So you want to win without effort? So you want bots?
The commando is great for taking a couple of pot shots at mid to long distance - and help with the team shooting.
It's also not bad to auto fire at close range and finish off with a melee.
But I find it hard to 1v1 at mid to longer range. And I have nothing but respect for those who wield it well.
Can anyone recall for me the story of Halo for a moment?
Like the whole lore..?
Well basically how the whole thing started. U know.
from the verrrrry beginning
Pretty much yes.
okay i'll give you a really simplified version
100000 years ago precursors created forerunners and humans
They then passed on the mantle to humans, so the forerunners became angry and killed them.
Precursors turn themself into dust but that corrupts creating the flood which kill everyone, then the forerunners use the halo rings and kill everything and reseed life
Skip about 100000 years and you have halo wars one, where the human covenant war begins. This leads up to halo 3 where the covenant are destroyed because of the great schism and the high prophets die.
Skip to halo 4 where the chief meets the didact who is the only forerunner and was their military leader. Chief and cortana chases him down and beats him in a fight but at the cost of cortana because of her rampancy. Later in another comic blue team and a monitor find him again and finish him off by using the composer on him
Skip to halo 5 where chief and blue team re unite. Cortana comes back because she gets in touch with the domain which heals her. She kidnaps blue team but then is saved by lockes team. She goes around the galaxy with her guardians forcing people to obey her
Skip to halo infinite, where the unsc infinity is ambushed by banished. Chief is beaten by atriox but gets found by the pilot, a normal human. Chief gets a remake of cortana, the weapon whichs purpose is to delete cortana. We know then that cortana destroys herself because she got cornered by atriox but destroys part of the halo ring killing herself. Chief goes around killing all the banished, then encounters the harbringer. We don't know much about them yet but apparently it's something worse then the flood. We see atriox at the end of the game using a forerunner AI to probably free the harbringers species, showing that he survived when he met cortana
I missed out alot of stuff so lmk if u are confused on anything. I think this should be all right. U also have side games like halo wars 2. which is the unsc spirit of fire (same ship from hw1) fighting and escaping banished forces on the ark
Thank you. Its basically a very long story to remember.
Team MMR with search range on local: 1000ish. Team MMR with search range on expanded: 1400ish. What.
Oh, the game is just forcing losses on me got it. It's expected me to go negative in my last 5 games...
did you go negative your last 5 games?
I did in 3 of them!
Kinda shocking they publish expected kills/deaths and show the team MMR after matches. They say they don't force a 50-50 win/loss rate but when I'm getting chucked into 1400 MMR lobbies and waypoint is saying I was expected to do bad that's hard to believe.
Team MMR 1,463 expected k/d 9/13 actual k/d 7/14 result: L. Team MMR 1236 expected k/d 11/7 actual k/d 17/6 result: W
its not hard to believe, when the matchmaker prioritises time you can be thrown into lobbies of any average skill level regardless of your skill level
its very rare to have a social game someone isn't going 0.5 or worse
at least for me
yo i jus downloaded halo like 30 mins ago and have been playing with my friend anyone have recommendation onhow to get better along with the most fun game mode. any answers are appreciated
You can also watch the game terminal vids on YouTube or in mcc to get visuals.
About getting better, well, just play and you will get better with time. About the most fun mode, slayer, fiesta, if you are playing infinite then quick play, big team battle
alr ill try it out later today and tell you how it goes?
Yeah BTB and squad (or whatever the name is) are the only modes I play on infinite. Sometimes infected
Those modes? Slayer is just team deathmatch. Fiesta is team deathmatch but you always spawn with random weapons. Quick play is just a rotation of slayer, king of the hill, capture the flag and other objective modes. Big team battle is like quick play but on bigger maps and with bigger teams(12 vs 12)
You totally can
Are you sure? I have read here that people that recently reached 152 didn’t got watchdog coating
Yeah, but it can take up to 24 hours to show up.
I hope that you are right then
you can try playing another online match in both h5 and infinite, that may help push the update over
found 2 voice chatters on MCC, god bless em
This might upset some people (for some reason), but I think Infected in Halo Infinite should remove the cloak ability for survivors.
Hard agree.
It's legit broken on some maps. Most, really.
actually I’ve been playing doubles with my friend and that’s been great
Cool
I'd just assumed that expanded was just distance/ping. But from that it may also include how tight the lobbies are. I'll have to keep an eye on that.
Nope. Losses aren't forced. It's just the natural run of games.
Why is it shocking? We're all calling out for more transparency!
And they don't force a 50-50 win rate. That comes with balanced lobbies, accurate ranking, and the fact that a player's skill performance doesn't really change. Player's just get overly hopeful that a little run of form is actually getting better.
And being "expected" to do bad just means you were thrown into a lobby higher than your pay grade.
I'd imagine most lobbies now have such players.
I wish the game would give you wait times based on whether you're searching local or expanded
Shyway on YouTube, halo tips/tutorial guy
I’d rather mcc’s server selection so I don’t have to play with the other half of the world
Yeah, being stuck with local in infinite sucks
I feel like I am the only one playing infinite in my whole country
Same
Which country?
The one with the most population
China?
India
That’s rough.
Thanks Zuko
Good luck looking for matches. The odd times that I ever touch infinite, I usually find ones in ranked arena
At least I do have fun playing it, even if I suck at it.
Anyone else want wanna see halo 5 to added to the mcc and ported to PC?
Considering the thread mostly got hijacked by the same ceaseless discharge of normal Halo 5 discussion, I wonder if I should just make a new one for 'updated re-release of Halo 5'.
You know what, scratch that, the same suspects would start the same obnoxious discourse.
Halo 5 should just get ported to PC
Only upside I see of MCC inclusion is a better career path for the armor than REQs
would they even be able to port all the forge content into MCC?
its always gonna get hijacked 😔
all for this or at the bare minimum kbm for xbox version
ew KBM in a controller designed game
cannot tell if ur being serious or not considering you just said it should get ported to pc?
-say that you want game to be ported to PC
-say that KBM isn’t good for this game
nah just to the "minimum kbm for xbox version"
at least I can turn cross play off and mostly not deal with KBM with crossplay
or just add cross input on/off so you can choose to only play with controller or kbm or both.
if h5 came to pc theres still likely be no cross play off button just like there isnt one in infinite
there isn't enough infinite players to turn it off and find matches anything
Most FPS games are designed for mouse and keyboard. For example, Counter-Strike, Quake III, etc. Just because Halo is more prevalent on consoles doesn't mean it's designed for controllers. It's just a preference. Hardware doesn't determine skill level either.
No, same goes with the whole game, it would most likely going to be seperated if they ever port it on PC
I've been watching a lot of high skilled players conduct themselves on Halo Infinite. A lot of them seem to enjoy using that shock rifle. I need to start practicing because apparently it's a one shot machine.
It's also utilized via hipfire mainly. I'm not quite sure if that's just a preference or it's somehow making the weapon stronger. I guess it's just based on skill with headshots.
Yeah the skill is in keeping the players head in the cross hair to make sure all of the electricity hits as a headshot. from experience (as a kbm player) its pretty freakin hard, but definitely not impossible
It also fires three rounds which I didn't know. I thought it was one single projectile. I guess I should probably do more research.
It'll probably come in handy if I play a lot of fiesta. That's where you can get some good training on different weaponry.
Of all the weapons I've had in fiesta, I think one of the most brutal tools of destruction is that powered up sentinel beam. The capacity is weak, but the strength is unreal.
That thing can do some damage
Although I know that the weapon is weak and inaccurate, I still have a soft spot for the Halo: CE assault rifle. That weapon pumps me up.
Could use the trip mine equipment again. Loved it H3 so I hope 343 recreates it
Maybe have it stick to surfaces so if people vault onto its detonation proximity, it could do some damage, but not outright kill them unless they are already pretty damaged and it takes a second to activate after lodging ito a surface
A really neat way to make a way for somebody to escape by leaving behind damaging hazards
honestly i would take the trip mine exactly as it was... only not have ally vehicles detonate it 🤣
Probably would have an FoF detector so allies won't trip it. Kinda like how the Threat Sensor doesn't show allies to opponents, at least that would be the logic I would apply here
I've always preferred the ARs with slower fire rates, cause the visual and sound design make them feel more punchy
And also cause it doesn't make me think "how did they stuff 60 rounds of 7.62 in a magazine of that size"
But a lot of the CE weapons have a soft spot in my heart because of how they're largely unique compared to all their other appearances, like the shotgun with 12 rounds or the famously-powerful magnum
Did something happen to Halo Infinite servers? Was on during the morning and night and the ping for every game was horrendous (259-348ms), with local search the queue times are 13-20+ mins long (BTB, QP & Featured List) x_x
Idk what happened but the last two days I've turned into trash in swat. I went from getting at least 15+ kills every game and going positive to getting absolutely stomped. I have over 1000 games at this point so I don't think there's any MMR adjustment going on.
Question is there more than just a handful of letters in infinite forge? My game doesnt have the whole alphabet when i go to add decal letters. I see A-F but no more but im seeing maps with different letters which is confusing
imo, I think objective play is worse on Halo Infinite compared to COD.
Nobody wants to go for anything
why are the lyrics from songs removed when they play in halo 2
The worst part is that most of my teammates will play for a minute, then go AFK every 30 seconds.
Why do people constantly go afk? If you can't play the match, don't start a game.
or just quit.
I said it before as well, but there should be NO COUNTDOWN when I hit the search button. I'm tired of having to wait, only for the countdown to stop the moment i click on anything else. Give me the option of not having that timer and not having said timer interfered with via clicking on other items.
We need more guns
More action
In H5, and the other halo's we also had lots of vehicles and game types, we need more, if I worked for 343 I would do as much as I can for people to have fun
I mean.. it's 3 seconds
It's longer than that. And it's still very annoying.
Give me the option to disable it. If people really don't mind it, then keep it enabled. Easy.
when it gets to 1 it also takes a couple extra seconds to initiate the search. but the annoying part here i agree with is how you cannot click on anything else in the game before it finishes the countdown... a lot of the time i just wanna press search and go do something else like mess with my armour or activate a boost, should either be instant search or just let me click other things after i press search
I feel like cheating is becoming more rapant and obvious lately. Has there been any explanation as to why there is still no way to report a player in infinite? That seems so odd to me considering the devs went to such lengths to try to make the lobbies not toxic lol
Well and MCC for that matter ig
You can report a player in Infinite.
You should see Counter Strike matches
90% of games are won by the terrorists because no one in the other team can be asked to defuse the bomb
Do you have proof of said cheating? Is it extremely obvious from the footage?
You don't report a player in game because you have access to their gamertags, those are the ones you report
How? I can't find that
Ya I save most of my game clips. I'm not that worried about it I was mostly specifically asking if we knew why they didn't have that feature. But it turns out I may be wrong. Awaiting a reply
Sorry I just saw this was in response to me. Thank you for this
It does in face turn out I was wrong.
I dont have the option that is described here which is weird. I did not however know you could report elsewhre. But that's why I didn;t know about it. Thank you again
If you suspect someone is cheating, it's best to check something like Halotracker first. They'd have suspicious stats if they are cheating.
yes
Well, at least, that's what I do. Becuase reporting a player for cheating requires effort.
Is there a way to play older versions of the MCC on PC? there are some mods i want to use but the creator hasn't updated them since dec last year ://
I just wanna play Halo in thirdperson
or could we get a thirdperson skull 👀
I ask because a lot of people who are destroyed by better players will often lay out the "hackusations". I ask for proof because it'll confirm what is said is true.
I don't even have a particular case in mind. I was simply asking about the report feature
Quando teremos Halo 5 para PC?
When you suggest cheating has become more rampant, I assumed you encountered said cheater(s) in your lobby.
Confirm they are cheating first before making that report.
When Halo 5 will come to PC?
There are no current plans for any more of Halo 5 to come to PC
It is a noted request though
That's my observation as well. Most of the time I go back and review the tapes and/or check out their stats on Halo Tracker - they probably were just having a good game. And you kind of end up embarrassed that you let them get away with it.
One player I had on theatre was 100% using a wall hack. But that's the only one in 1500+ games.
And the other day I was left to sit in a spot and shot enemies entering a zone. Got 30+ kills. They probably thought I was cheating too. But if / when they check the tape they will realise all they had to do was sneak around behind me.
Yall plz chill. I have explained myself plenty
I am not even planning to report anyone rn
They already did. Zoey said they were wrong... ?
You're fine.
I think they only have A-F to prevent people from, well, being people. There aren't any rude words or phrases you can make with A-F.
If you want more letters you probably have to Forge them yourself.
played total control on Exile and I felt like it was too chaotic. maybe it was too many vehicles/weapons, but thought too many things were going on at once.
Just a small bug but if you select an item in a bundle and then back out to the rest of the items, if you highlight (not click) a nameplate background in the same bundle, you see the image of the first item behind your nameplate in the preview
Kind of hilarious looking lol
not to armchair dev or anything, but I'd say the preview for the nameplate background is taking the 'selected image' ID to use instead of the highlighted image's ID
melee continues to not register. joy.
baba faca.
dad effa
getting all the RvB maps in Squad Battle slowly
just need Blood Gulch now for the main ones
Do we need Blood Gulch when we have (a very good version of) Valhalla? And when you take off the nostalgia glasses - the Gulch doesn't play well.
Oh. Don't worry. I reread your post. RvB maps. My bad.
In that case. Yes. We need Blood Gulch.
I enjoy gultch simply for the vehicle combat
the H2A version was good for that
But i get what you are saying
I would love for some of the Reach BTB maps to be added into the playlist
I've made it into a couple of games with Mintie.
But National Treasure that he is... I wasn't sure of the etiquette of tea bagging him. 😄
I held off. Which was probably a good thing. We only won by a point. And I'm sure firing him up wouldn't have been a good idea 🙂
Meh, I never T-bag people just out of principle. Doesn't mean I was always afforded the same courtesy in kind, but that is the way of the world
dawg i gotta be honest, squad battle is just pure dog water. Mostly due to the horrible match making algorithm is uses, stg i'm always top of my team and being the only one to play obj
i thought the MM on Squad battles was nearly nonexistent
Oh i stg it is, it's heavily forced at times too, i once went 53-3 because i kept the tank alive on Valhalla and to this day i still have not recovered. I have an entire folder of lop sided matches where i'm near the top or am the top player and half my team missing
in fact, funnily enough i just came out of a one sided stomp with half my team gone on the new halo 2 remade map
@languid prism Sounds like your experience is shared by lots of other high ranked players.
Not sure what the answer is. You'll probably time out while waiting for a lobby of your peers.
Low population, game cannot perfectly balance lobbies so it’s a bit lopsided. Repeat.
Are the MCC team ever going to get around to sticking some of the other limited time skins and customizable on the exchange that have yet to make an appearance?
I got nearly 250 spartan points to spend and nothing to spend them on
The Sniper avalanche skin from the Recon Renegade challenge is one that comes to mind and the scorned fate skin for the BR
there's a few others too that I missed
The match making in team snipes is pretty bad lol, I got 26 out of 33 kilsl on my team while the enermy team got 50 kills. I mean..... it might aswell be 1v4 at this point I probably will done better
i wish halo 5 wasn't active when i have to go to slee- just found a ranked match
people can still play halo 5? lol
I won't buy Halo Infinite until Halo 5 comes out for PC
I need to play halo 5 story mode 
you could play it on PC using Xbox Cloud gaming
but is it keyboard compatible ? Because i'm not sure
its not and probably wont ever be
if Xbox Cloud Gaming gets kbm support it will probably only be for games with console kbm
I’m guessing that bot bootcamp will come back later in the season lol
I don't really understand people who prefer to go for Bot Bootcamp over simple Training Mode
XP is why
quick games to level up Battlepass
Don’t forget career rank
Yep. I still play it 8 years later
squad games !!
Maybe all the arena objective people are in ranked now cause it popping
Somehow the one day I’m finding ranked games instantly the servers have never felt worse 😔
$1 game pass ultimate
Or wait two months and get it with gamepass core
Or wait another year or two for the PC release of Halo 5.
mid. Reach and ODST on top
People have been saying this for years
I feel like the turret should be removed In infection lol because you can easily camp with it
Halo 5 isn’t going to be released on pc
If the demand is high, then it will be possible to do.
Plus it makes no sense to have every Halo game on PC except for Halo 5. Seems kind of pivotal to leave out, right? That's like having a massive book series collection and you have one giant gap.
Some people suggest that not having it on PC is because the game wasn't good. I disagree. The game wasn't the best, but it was miles ahead of infinite in terms of the campaign.
The turret can be powerful, but the problem is the infected can easily sneak up to you if you're not careful. In my opinion, the only thing that needs to be removed is the Spartan cloaking for the survivors. People just end up using it to hide.
Why don’t duos use in game vc
Like we could have 4 people with mic but the duo decides to stay in party/discord?
This is diamond ranked
Weird to just choose not to communicate
I doubt it'll be high enough to justify it. Part of me thinks that people would want 343i crucified for doing more beyond noting that there's a market for it that exists at all.
With the recent purchase of Activision, do you think some of the studio assets will be poured into the possible Halo 5 PC version?
I doubt
I'd sooner believe a standalone Bethesda-made Halo RPG was in the works.
So I finally got around to playing Halo Wars and it was so amazing, I'm so glad I finally played it 😂
My birthday was two days ago and I got halo reach
No
Late happy birthday! Hope you liked halo reach
lolno
anyone still plays halo combat evolved or custom edition
I just found out there's pizza weapon camo. I want it.
Good, you can buy it from the customization screen
Pizza camo?!
I play CE anniversary on MCC
It’s the coating from halo 5
Hey quick question about tenrai 1 will the items from that event pass make a return my cousin and I want to get the antler attachment for our yorai spartan's
Nope once the event is over it doesn’t return sorry
Well that absolutely blows
They might make a way for event items to be available again, its just not clear as to when or how they will implement it
Imo they should've just allow people to select the tenrai 1 pass once they completed the tenrai 2 pass
Like it would've been great for the people who didn't do the first event because they didn't like Fiesta
It hasn’t come yet but it is coming
no..?
Only NA and probably EU too
Oceanic's got a rough lot.
Yeah we have no players in mcc and a few in infinite
solution for lopside: allow teams to have number of people based on composite skill
Saw something interesting about battlepass (can’t find any answers online) but is it possible to get past season battlepasses equipped?
Google says they’re a available permanently so just wondering or do you need premium for the past ones to equip it
Yes, but you need to buy the premium version of the pass to do so.
thanks a lot 🙏
@343Spokesperson will MCC PC ever see local splitscreen or multiplayer? Thank you for your time.
Unknown. Any announcements like that would come via Halo Waypoint / #announcements
I imagine the next season either takes place in October or November
October, I'm sure
Hopefully, there is speculation on some game modes, I will forever hope we get the Mantis back one day. Hopefully being resistant to the grapple shot (Not that people can't swing onto the environment to board it)
I chose the wrong time to play Halo Infinite right now and pop a booster. Nearly 30 minutes and I haven't gotten a match yet. I don't think I've ever seen that happen before till now
so something weird happened to me and now I'm scared, I buy a item in the halo Infinity shop 2 minutes later I regret it so I search if I could ask for a refund and I could so I got my money back but the item that I bought in the shop was not reverted when I told my sister about it, she told me it's likely I'm going to get banned because she said she's seen it happen with somebody is that true ?
I think she is messing with you
It didn't sound like she was joking
How did you get the refund? Through Microsoft support?
yes
Then you're fine.
You would've been in trouble if you charged back through your payment card.
thank god I use a gift card
bruh aim assist on controller is so annoying
like one time this guy was shooting at me, i was in the air to his right, and this guy is shooting straight in front of him and he still hits me
like whaaaaat
i hope halo infinite fixes the aim assist
@serene furnace That's a difficult one. The number of players on each team is a big dynamic. And can make some teams better, and others worse.
The way you nerf a very good player is to put bad players on their team. Which is where we are getting into trouble on the first place.
And uneven numbers can be more important in some game modes than others.
"big dynamic" when you take complete scrubs and put them on the same team as experts, you're doing something very similar already.
"make some teams better and some teams worse" that also applies to having extremely mixed skill levels on the team.
"the way you Nerf a good player" I'm sorry, is this now objective fact? are we now never talking about any other ways to try and experiment with this? is this simply a settled science for which there is no more room for progress? do we actually believe that they Halo infinite multiplayer experience is the zenith of Halo multiplayer?
"uneven numbers can be more important in some game modes than other" it would really suck if you had a team member who wasn't playing the objective and was effectively reducing the number of people on your team by one. fortunately, that doesn't happen with the current model.
for fun's sake, darwi, if the current model worked perfectly with the current population levels nobody would be talking about this. I can't think of anything other than desync that gets talked about more than the uneven team matching.
if the issue with the current system is the population, and the population isn't changing, then the system needs to change.
Y'all still ain't got it that the skills mismatch is because they want queue times very low?
lol, I have no idea if what you are saying is true or not. assume for a second that I take you at your word and I do zero research. it's not addressing the defense of the matchmaking setup which I have heard repeatedly, which is that there are not enough users. I have heard that since basically day one. how many users are enough users? that's something nobody seems to have any kind of grasp on.
and if the current result is intentionally created, then I guess we know another reason that there's a lower population.
population of this game isn't stellar but y'all need to get off the misery circlejerk that is reddit. There's plenty of people playing this game. The reason that queue times are low is because low queue times are paramount in free2pass games.
nobody plays it via steam except for people like me who have never played a halo campaign and don't care. Everyone else is on the free track.
'misery circlejerk' buddy, I don't care if the pop count is high or low as long as I'm having fun, and right now, fun is kind of hard to come by in infinite if you're either a high skilled player having to carry a bunch of low skilled players or if you're a low skilled player whose job is basically to not be thrown into a meat grinder.
I was paid to play Halo CE and I'm consistently far and away #1 on my team in Halo Infinite and I love the game. I do not care about being a terminator. Losing doesn't change any rewards.
but anytime I bring this up, the thing people defend the system with is that there simply not enough players. so that's what I'm addressing.
cool? but others do. and I'm not recommending you stop being a terminator, I'm recommending that they change how match up with terminators and scrubs works.
for example, some people are of the opinion that people with high skills should only ever be matched against people with equal skill. I think that's counterintuitive.
It's silly to complain about something that is a feature. Low queue times are paramount for free games. Free games are necessary to compete with gamepass. not enough people understand that gamepass destroyed AAA gaming and unsub it. This is just going to be reality moving forward because the consumer is too dumb. Instead realize that the game is fun and losing doesn't change anything.
realize something that isn't true?
if you are having fun, that's great. fun is subjective.
If you're not having fun, take a break
I took such a break that I learned how to draw
perfect, what're you drawin up
studying can literally be more entertaining than the gameplay
what's the medium and subject
digital, and anything that's fun. ships, syfy, space, magic,
also a lot of anatomy pencil sketches. bones get freaking weird dude.
the limitation on the rotation in your forearm relative to your elbow is caused by the two bones in your arm criss-crossing inside.
Nice. I don't like digital myself, but that's because I don't want to buy more electronics so that I can draw on my porch
free for all is fun for me. PVE in general is fun for me. throwing on a custom game of me and a buddy against six Spartan bots is fun for me. tactical Slayer is fun for me.
one flag is not fun for me. purple rain is not fun for me. big team Battle does not function and is not fun for me. Tina Slayer, which I understand is supposed to be the bread and butter of multiplayer halo, is often not fun for me. vampire skull team mode is not fun for me.
this would be less of a problem if they didn't keep rotating the free-for-all modes out. I like infection in MCC in every game that has it. I do not care for infinite infection.
I hope they let us play LSS on the squad battle maps, they're a great size for it
one flag on the squad battle maps is a hoot tho
yeah, I think you're number five or something
anyone else unable to equip stances on xbox?
I haven't gotten to play it on squad battle yet. is it still the thing where everybody has the exact same loadouts and it's best out of five?
it's BO5 but what do you mean same loadouts?
if you have already tried resetting your xbox, see if you got an update recently that you can roll back
okay, I see what you're saying. it's one flag without the camo and swords and motion detectors and that jazz
okay, I like that.
I somehow haven't gotten that mode in any of the squad battle games I've played
like how launch site used to have one flag, but without launch site
Launch Site is literally not a good map
yeah, my statement was intended to be received as a positive criticism xp
like the thing that had the bad thing but without the bad thing anymore
which reminds me. what is up with the map design?
I never got to play Halo 3 online much. when I did, I had the most fun playing lone wolves. but I remember the maps.
and the Halo 3 maps are working really well. and I would not be upset if I never saw bazaar again for the rest of my life.
I understand that they have to tweak the h3, h2, h5 maps in size and scope to fit Halo infinite, but they are working really well
what do you feel is wrong with Bazaar
man I couldn't tell you.
bazaar I do not like. pit, I do like.
Aquarius is better than bazaar but worse than the pit.
recharge has a giant area of death that pushes all the combat into the back hallways. that's not bad necessarily, but it makes it feel like there's no room to maneuver.
I don't dislike symmetric maps. I'm usually a big fan of them. but behemoth and bazaar I just don't like
behemoth gives me the same gameplay I got back in CE on blood gulch. easy sniper, verticality on the sides, a way to go through the middle where you don't get sniped
and vehicles
is it a "Good" map? Maybe not. But I like it
I haven't even made that connection but you are absolutely right. behemoth feels like blood gulch.
It's got all the same design elements as gulch, which always struck me why people love gulch and hate behemoth if you look at the elements they are very similar just behemoth has terrain that makes grappling and repel jumping worthwhile
it's very good if you have good precision. if you do not and your strength lies in positioning instead, you will have a harder time.
I never cared for the original blood gulch. I liked Valhalla though.
blood gulch always felt like a dummy site to me. like a map that existed for testing technical elements. sort of like a smoke room in elder scrolls.
........ I think it's the size of the maps.
Valhalla and Blood Gulch are almost the exact same map?
"size" in this case is an illusion. a player's speed, mobility options, etc can all reduce how big a map feels
they are.
but Valhalla actually has some cover between the two bases.
not much, but more than blood gulch.
Blood Gulch had a trench, and two paths through the hills in the middle that you were safe from snipers
and then the paths around the sides were also safe
one of the paths through the middle is also where the pw spawn wasw
but yes, Valhalla has more cover
that said, a good sniper on valhalla is just as oppressive as anyone on gulch ever was. It's so easy to snipe from the top of the bases and rocks
and I've only been playing that map for a few weeks...I never played H2-5 because I won't subscribe for multiplayer, ever.
no
? you need to subscribe to get multiplayer on mcc?
I never played MCC because nobody else I knew was playing it. They all played those games on xb
ahhh.
I don't know. maybe my problem is I'm comparing it to Halo 5 and how that game felt with regard to its maps versus how infinite feels with regard to its own. when repurposing old maps makes better products than maps made intentionally to fit the gameplay from launch, but it's the same people making the maps, it leaves me scratching my head.
I don't think I agree with you that the older maps are better than the new ones. Especially Catalyst and Scarr.
it certainly not a universal statement. there's a reason I would not like blood to come back.
... which game was catalyst in?
do you mean epitaph maybe?
I think epitaph was mostly for free for all games. but I also think catalyst was modeled on epitaph. catalyst also feels a lot more open and punishing at long ranges than epitaph did.
No I mean that Catalyst and Scarr are among the best maps for Halo ever.
ooohhhhh
yeah, no, neither of those were launch maps
I really like catalyst. scarr is too dang gray for me. but it's not a bad design map.
the only map out of the launch maps I don't care for is Launch Site, a bad map
almost everything about Launch Site is all wrong
just from a design standpoint
launch site is too lopsided. there's a big team battle map that is also two lopsided, but several of those maps are so similar I can't even tell the difference between them when I'm playing them
here, let me describe it to you.
it's got a lot of green grass and gray white rocks.
Highpower
more seriously, it's the one that has the snipers perch up top and the big hole that all the new people accidentally drive right into
yeah, I think that's it. there's a buttload of weapons on one side and a lot less on the other.
yes, it takes exactly the same amount of time to get to the same weapon spawns
? they don't even have the same number of weapon spawn
yes they do
on high power?
this map
count them
no, those are technically the same number of weapons.
and you're saying that they are the same distance from where the players spawn?
so the ones that look like they're in the middle of the map instead of near a base are still functionally just as accessible?
yeah it takes ~the same amount of time to get to the same type of spawner.
for instance, on the "east" there's a tactical rifle spawner which nobody ever goes to because it's on top of a tower, takes forever to get to
it's "in the base" unlike the west base where the tactical rifle is by the...I think it's called a man cannon?
okay, so what's the deal with the launchers?
what do you mean there's a launcher on each base's roof, and a launcher offset the exact same distance
?
there is a launcher on top of the East base, but the other launcher is not on top of the other base
there literally is.
it is attached to the structure in the middle of the map
on the west base? I don't remember seeing the launcher there. I'll take your word, but where is it? you said on the roof?
use your eyeballs again
up the stairs from the wheeled vehicle spawns there is a launcher on the west base
exact same distance from spawns as on the east base.
then there is a launcher spawn on the north path, and one on the south path, same exact travel time from spawns.
I don't know why it feels like it's skewed against the east side. if what you're saying is correct, then the asymmetry should not technically be any kind of problem.
that's my point is that while it is asym terrain, the weapon spawns are logically placed, even if it does affect the flavor of the map.
I will admit that the terrain is complex and that can be hard for many players to learn - a learning curve is strongly disliked by the Halo fanbase RE: vehicle driving in infinite.
RE: the west side energy rifle sniper nest.
RE: not even knowing about hiding spots in infection
i relearnt infinite controller aiming, but sniping? god
doesn't the reticle turn red for controller players
Ik most of the 343 spartan designs get quite abit of hate but am i the only one who really likes the design for Blue teams armor?
It does for everyone now. They made that change last season.
They do look amazing.
yeah, the hard part is getting any of my shots to land
in house 343 designed armours in general look pretty good
iirc a bunch of halo 5 armours were outsourced
That's been a problem for a long time. For some reason, Halo players can't actually be bothered to play the game.
Arbiter's Guard Armor Coat, I might crack 😫
When they release it
Too bad it's only good, in my opinion, on Mark VII
And somewhat on Mark V [B]
This new Xbox dash board looks nice, but I really wish they brought back more attention to the avatars thing.
I really liked seeing me and homies Avatars in the title menu. Idk it just looked col because they all were doing something and how the new avatar system works only to be buried behind a bunch of Menus feels like a waste, they should be showcased
They fit better than the original designs. They did a hell of a job with that
Just got "matchmaking encountered networking difficulties". That's a new one
i dont get it tho, whats the reason they’re afk
If they quit they get banned. AFKing doesn’t get you banned.
you can get banned for being AFK too much
I would hope AFK is instant ban
no real excuse not to just quit when the game has JIP
when you requeue you will be put back into that match if nobody has been JIP
ig they could turn you into a bot after 30 seconds of inactivity but if you come back let you take back over. but since you're just standing there for 2 minutes you should get banned
AFK as an instant ban is a bit much imo. I try not to be afk, but sometimes there is genuinely a good reason for people being afk, but sometimes they are just on their phone or something. Playing multiple rounds and being afk for multiple in a row in social games should be a temp ban, whereas being afk multiple times in ranked should be a much longer ban.
just quit
please for the sake of everyone else who wants to enjoy this game just quit if you have to go somewhere
Some people think they’ll have enough time to get back, people are sometimes just doing a chore.
Which I agree, quitting is best
it doesn't matter. the game has JIP
let the bot take over, once ur back u reqeue and if no human was put into that match, you can rejoin
I’d rather have someone quit, then feed the other team points
But a ban is a bit much, is my point.
why? people will learn to quit
takes 2 seconds to hit quit
its a ban for ruining a match that if you spent 2 seconds pressing a button might have been avoided
not unreasonable at all
Because the context of being afk varies, doing a chore is different then just booting up the game and leaving.
I’d be for it if it was a temp ban
Oh, well in that case by all means, ban them.
Multiple violations should lead to a lengthier ban
If your not sure that you can actually play don’t play.
its so annoying just having them sit there, giving the enemy team free kills
yeah its just not fair someone can ruin a game and then come back and instantly matchmake
The timer should be 2 minutes, and the last minute is a kick if they don’t leave spawn
Or whatever constitutes as spawn
if you actually had a situation you just had to throw the controller down and go somewhere, youre not gonna come back 5 minutes later and want to matchmake again anyway
You’re not getting banned for AFKing in MCC, unless something changed.
its 2 minutes of inactivity i believe right now. its just they dont get temp banned necessarily. im not sure because ive never done it
I can understand having to leave the console because something unexpected happened, but queuing up, then leaving is dumb.
There are people with 0 kills hundreds of thousands of deaths that have AFKd nonstop for months on end
Yeah it’s a problem
That’s what we’re saying. That and dedicated betrayal accounts.
I’ve reported them via waypoint tickets, made YT videos, tweeted. It’s just part of the experience at this point.
I have noticed sometimes when im like, not doing anything in the menus while waiting for a match im considered afk?
They use macros or some other automated method so they never go fully “afk”. Spinning, etc.
ah, sad..
Rubber band method was the old school way
Accounts made just for afking? That’s new
they’re boosting the playercount
I’d rather have a low player count then cannon fodder
same
I posted that 6 months ago after running into them over and over.
You can block them so you don’t match them in social anymore but still.
I would think so, they just hope their team wins and they get a little bit of xp
The XP gain is so minuscule I think it’s more so to annoy people.
thats so incredibly sad
There are plenty of accounts for just betraying people, it’s not that far to think that people do the same for afking
Now that join in progress works in MCC betrayers CAN abuse it but it’s rare.
wait so if you get booted you can just rejoin?
Betray until they force the boot pop up and quit. They rejoin and you can’t kick them if they do it fast enough.
They can’t rejoin if you boot but if you’re slow to boot they can quit and come back.
ohh
There’s also accounts that don’t technically betray, but instead they do these little things to annoy people into killing them, then boot you when they get the chance.
The rejoin can be abused in other ways. If you’re playing VIP and you are the VIP just quit and rejoin, then you won’t have one anymore lol
Like putting you at half health while you have the flag
what is this game man 😭😭
I’m not actually suggesting it, but there’s no limit on rejoining so it’s easily abused unfortunately
People will abuse anything, it’s not unique to this game. It’s just a matter if they can or not.
If there’s a way, they’ll do it.