halo-discussion

[tepid latch]

yuh

[sullen anvil]

pilot for $16

epic

[tepid latch]

it sucks, but just dont buy it if you dont want to pay that much

[sullen anvil]

Usually I just spend $10 a season

[tepid latch]

same, just for the pass

[sullen anvil]

that’s all I really buy is just the battlepass

[tepid latch]

or if i have some money from rewards points

[sullen anvil]

maybe if something really catches my eye in the store too but man the prices are not it

[tepid latch]

I was curious about using my credits from the pass on the operations too but seeing as the bonus item is just a vehicle coating im totally happy to go without lol

[sullen anvil]

I still don’t like how Hivebreaker Bunyip isn’t in the Combined Arms bundle

[icy pelican]

i don't even see how you would need to do that tbh. i guess it depends on how fast you wanna progress maybe?

because you can make the 1k credits back by just completing the pass

season 5 is probably the easiest for that i guess

[sullen anvil]

those credits aren’t in free tiers tho

[icy pelican]

oh, yeah. but my point is that you should only need to spend the 10 once, then complete the pass.

[sullen anvil]

yeah that’s what I do mostly

[icy pelican]

once you complete it you can buy another pass for free and keep going until you have them all except season 1

[sullen anvil]

but if something really catches my attention in the store I wouldn’t mind paying a liiiitle more

[icy pelican]

fair i guess. I don't have too much of an issue with that. my biggest issue is when it's what i consider overpriced. like the new master chief bundle. yikes.

[sullen anvil]

Yeah that’s really rough

[icy pelican]

I would charge about 150 dollars for a commission of that quality. and I could do it, too.

But they're selling to thousands of players so they're gonna make tons more money than that. so they could lower it to like 5 and they're making way over the labor of making it. It's just greed.

[sullen anvil]

Here’s what I want to see change about bundles: release everything like it is > once the bundle rotates out of the shop, split everything included in the bundle apart and given its own individual price.
However, buying those items individually will cost you more than if you just bought the bundle instead

I’m not as upset tho when buying cosmetics in this game because I know there is no urgency. I can come back to and buy whatever I want at any time which I applaud Infinite for doing that

but uhhh how come I’m still unable to buy menachite

[rare stream]

What are the Tactical rifles in halo infinite? is it the bandit and commando?

[misty vale]

Like, in the mode?

[ruby steppe]

Are the dewpoint maps getting added to squad battles later on

[cyan canyon]

Anyone know why an armor coating I purchased in season 1 is now locked as if i didn't buy it?

[coarse dagger]

If it doesn't show up correctly after restarting your game, submit a support ticket

[sullen kiln]

Please refer to the Halo Support site for additional information and/or to submit a ticket concerning any issues you may be experiencing.

https://aka.ms/HaloSupport

[tepid plover]

It’s a prank

[cyan canyon]

it hasnt been there for months now

[coarse dagger]

The part after the comma is then appropriate

[cyan canyon]

Oh thank you I was unaware how sentances worked

[coarse dagger]

Very welcome

[cyan canyon]

why is this server full of such toxic mods man

[ocean gate]

Hey so does it make any sense that I saw a full crosscore Spartan in ranked?

It wasn’t a bot

[left snow]

He is good. Definitely. And very creative / entertaining in his plays.

But as a streamer it's in his interest to be matched with players way less skilled.

In one of his SBMM videos I looked up the CSR of the victims in one his kill streak montages. They were all Silver and Gold.

Don't get me wrong. He's a national treasure. But his take on SBMM is a bit warped / inconsistent and vested in self interest.

[icy pelican]

my interpretation of his sbmm videos has always been him regurgitating what he hears other people saying. maybe that's just his way of making it seem like it's not in his self interest or something. Idk.

I've heard other people complain about the same thing though so maybe me using him as an example was a bad idea on my part.

[crystal iron]

Oooh man the refueled mode is fun, mostly cus I love the maps

Iv just accepted i will lose half my games at this point as once I win one or two matches it puts me in lobbies with super sweats

[hard grotto]

im ngl i haven't had that experience but I also quit in season 2 so idk what my sbmm looks like behind the scenes

[left snow]

It would be awesome if someone of Mint's profile would actually do a proper delve into ranking etc. It's not helpful when he uses terms like "secret hidden rank" to make it sound evil.

And maybe come up with some actual solutions to the problems we have?

In his last video he was complaining about getting harder opponents after playing a few good games. But isn't that what a SBMM algorithm is supposed to do? Adjust quickly to fluctuations in form to keep the matches evenly matched for everyone.

And then he was complaining that when he, a grizzled veteran with a high Onyx MMR, played with his partner's son, a newcomer to the game, that the opponents were too hard for his team-mate to get a kill. I'm not sure what he was expecting to happen?

[misty vale]

Homie had to moderate a discussion today where the complaint was not enough filler xpboost tiers in the not 9 month bp

It's a tough life

[past oracle]

Do any of the halos now have the same skill based leveling like 3 used to?

[misty vale]

This game has a lifetime rank which levels up much faster if you play well?

[past oracle]

Nah I mean the 1-50 skill rating like halo 3 used to have

[solid ingot]

does anyone know what this game considers a tactical rifle? I got the five kills with a bandit and it didn't count

[left snow]

Which bit did you like the best? The frustrating rank locking or the hidden 20 levels?

[icy pelican]

his issues and my issues are completely different, I play alone alot and end up hard carrying a team of people who consistently go like 3-10 across the board and while that would be okay for a team slayer mode, It's almost always on a team objective mode and that just makes it far more infuriating to lose

[left snow]

That would be frustrating.

[past oracle]

The part where you had to be actually good to reach it to max rank, not just play a thousand hours

[left snow]

But did you? A level 50 in Halo 3 was the equivalent of Diamond 3 in Halo Infinite. Not that I am that good anyway. 🙂

[past oracle]

Does none of the masterchief collection or infinite have that skill based ranking system?

[icy pelican]

Usually the team I play against is semi competent, as well.

they seem relatively balanced, can get kills. meanwhile my guys would be better off as actual AI bots

[past oracle]

Oh so it uses ranks like league now?

[misty vale]

there are five different types of guns in Halo Infinite: Kinetic, Hardlight, Plasma, Shock, and Power.

[left snow]

This is an issue with 343's match making set up. They seem to prioritise low wait times and allow games with too big a gap between the best and worst players.

[misty vale]

Does it say "in tactical slayer"

[misty vale]

The queue times are amazing so yeah this is why you see such a big disparity

[icy pelican]

i would happily opt into longer wait times to get more balanced games.

[left snow]

You have a CSR 1-1800+. But they are divided into divisions. Each division is supposed to be one standard deviation (300 points) of the normal population.

[icy pelican]

i want to enjoy playing halo but I feel like I have to sweat to win, to compensate for my bad teammates alot of the time.

[misty vale]

I think most players who are dedicated enough to join the discord would agree with you but there are many metrics showing low queue times as a driver of engagement

[past oracle]

Ahh okay, damn I miss the old Ranking system lol

[left snow]

And I think a lot of people would. We are crying out for a match composer of some sort. One where you can preference your wait times vs tightness of SBMM lobby.

[left snow]

It's still the same basic premise under the hood; Microsoft's TruSkill system.

But instead of having a final rank of 1-70+ (but only show a maximum of 50) like Halo 3, we instead have a scale of 1-1800+.

[icy pelican]

is there an eta or guess on when cross core shoulders will be out

[past oracle]

Just something about the nostalgia I guess

[left snow]

Nostalgia is real. Especially when you've invested decades into a passion.

[past oracle]

Saw that halo 3 refueled thing came out and was curious, only 10k active players though

How far halo has fallen from its prime days

[dusk thunder]

There’s a lot more games to choose from these days. Halo certainly has had its rough spots, some more recent than others, but to compare it to the glory days of Halo 3 (or even 2 when Xbox live came out) will always result in disappointment

But I’ve been invested since 2001, and I’ve come this far, so I’ll keep hanging on.

[smoky wave]

Something something Steam is not the only platform in a game that has crossplay everywhere
Something something

Also yeah there is a lot more games, specially on FPS that are competing in the market than when H3 was around too

[dusk thunder]

I’m curious if those 10k are just the Steam numbers. If so that’s pretty darn good.

[magic night]

Those are the only numbers that are public, so yeah

[smoky wave]

Yup

[dusk thunder]

Oh, then that’s pretty good, considering there’s possibly an equal amount on console, possibly more

[crystal iron]

In between rounds in hitting the kettle bell ab workouts... Gots to get in shape, and also don't want to be the fat person at a wedding lol...

[magic night]

I think you're in the wrong channel

[dusk thunder]

That’s awesome, I do my calisthenics between rounds. Glad I’m not alone

[crystal iron]

When I play starfeild I get on my treadmill

[dusk thunder]

Impressive! Does the treadmill power your console/PC?

That’s motivation.

🤪

[crystal iron]

O. It I did end up in the ship builder for 2 hours lol. Lost track of time until I realized I was on that treadmill for a while lol

[dusk thunder]

Tricking yourself into forgetting that your running is the key to cardio lol

[crystal iron]

Right, but I saw some TikTok of a guy saying you can't get in shape if your a gamer, and to grow up and get in the gym... I'm like bruh 1 I have. A home gym, 2, watch me get in shape while getting a multi kill lol

[tulip tusk]

i dont like treadmills

[crystal iron]

No one like treadmills just like no one likes leg day,... But one must do what they must do to not have high cholesterol lol

[dusk thunder]

I’ve always hated when people say you can’t game and be “an adult” at the same time. I’ve been kicking butt at Halo since I was 17. Now I’m married, with 3 kids, a career, I do calisthenics and martial arts 3-5 times a week, and I run 6 miles on Saturdays. What other “sage advice” do you have for me TikTok?! Lol

[misty vale]

You own a katana

[crystal iron]

Yup, I need to drop to 175 and I'll have my 6 pack back.

I'm at 190 now so a huge improvement from 225.

So I'm like naw I need to get into Spartan Shape now...

[dusk thunder]

I do, two actually. Authentic, not stainless steel wall hangers from the mall 😁

[crystal iron]

It do you have a matching Deadpool costume lol

[dusk thunder]

Lol nah no Deadpool costume

[quasi nexus]

Is there a playlist in infinite that has attrition or elimination in is? I'm trying to get the achievement

[dusk thunder]

are you trying to get “Medic!”?

[quasi nexus]

Yeah

[dusk thunder]

This should help

https://www.trueachievements.com/a346539/medic-achievement

[onyx latch]

I love treadmills, but I kinda lost my drive after COVID. I need to get back to running 8 miles a day on one.

[ivory glacier]

I feel really stupid. I’m not understanding the battle pass. What’s the difference with the 500 credits one and the 2000 credits one? Does the 2000 just give you everything completed without having to play for xp?

[ivory glacier]

Never mind I don’t care anymore

[pulsar grove]

The 500 Creds is the "Operation Pass" it's a free 20 tiers but buying it gives a single coating. the 2000 Cred Battle Passes are the bigger rewards for paying and playing.

Keep in mind, despite being an event, the "Operation Pass" will progress over the Battle Passes now.

[frank plaza]

Hey, if anyone’s on MCC we’re searching team slayer ranked in Halo 3! Can’t find games

If anyone wants to lose

[heavy edge]

I don't need to spend credits on this Operation right ? It doesn't seem it gives you back your Cr

[ivory glacier]

I honestly still don’t understand but it’s ok. I bought the 500 and there’s 20 tiers of cosmetics I have to earn. The 2000 has additional tiers on top of that or there’s better rewards? I have every BP and I’m confused with this. I’m dumb

[solid ingot]

2000 means you skip leveling for the operation

so you don't get that sweet sweet dopamine hit when you level up the pass

[heavy edge]

These forge maps look bad compared to h3

H3 art style still holds up

[quasi nexus]

Got it quick ty bro

[solid ingot]

also, is the ultimate challenge bugged, or what

[pulsar grove]

I think so

[solid ingot]

cool

[pulsar grove]

What weapon did you use to get the headshot?

[solid ingot]

regular shock rifle

[pulsar grove]

I used the Volatile Skewer so

[dusk thunder]

The sniper rifle worked for me

[misty vale]

You didn't have to pay anything. The only extra you get for 500 is "grey"

[final escarp]

Some of these Halo 3 maps like to crash on load -_-

[ivory glacier]

I don’t think any of my tiers were unlocking until I bought the 500

Not a big deal I’m just confused

[misty vale]

It's not 'an unlock per challenge' anymore it is strictly a free bp. 1k xp per level, 20 levels

[ruby knoll]

nah not really

[heavy edge]

Compared to these forge maps they do

[ruby knoll]

nah

[heavy edge]

Only thing h3 lacks is in npc face models the art style and maps still look decent

[misty vale]

What specifically is different about the art style in h3 vs this game

[heavy edge]

I have never liked how forge maps have this flat texture look

[misty vale]

I don't know what that means. I do play with high resolution textures

[ivory glacier]

My weekly challenge only had 3 challenges at a time and the fourth slot was locked. Then unlocked the fourth slot after I bought the 500

[ruby knoll]

i think you're thinking of reach or halo 3

[final escarp]

Reread what he said

[ivory glacier]

Battle pass wasn’t progressing until I bought it all I’m saying

[misty vale]

Ohhh...yeah. lol. Ok enjoy your grey

[final escarp]

I'm literally progressing it right now without having bought anything

[heavy edge]

Husky raid matches last too long zzz

[misty vale]

Get a ravager, speed it up

[ivory glacier]

So what’s the 2000 lol?

[misty vale]

Don't need to play for unlocks

[ivory glacier]

Really? That’s just lazy

[misty vale]

Ya know what? People can put money in however they want

I myself am gonna just do this bp for free with no time crunch at all

[ivory glacier]

I’m joking around take it easy lol

[tidal bane]

aaa

[ruby knoll]

nice

[lone sluice]

They should make the old events purchaseable for 500 credits. Easy money for them because i'd but the mk 5 zeta helmet in a heartbeat

[noble urchin]

FACTS. i didn't finish most of the old events cuz they were locked behind one mode, which i had no desire to play

unrelated but, shop items should not cost NEARLY as much as they do considering Halo is first person, so you basically never get to see your own armor in game

[lethal falcon]

Ahem

[ashen hare]

They charge that much because people buy them and they've calculated the exact cost to maximize profit.

Blame whales there are people that buy everything in the store and they make up the vast majority of their profits while being barely a percent in teh community

I'd actually spend money outside the battle pass if things were reasonably priced

[noble urchin]

yeah man. ive bought some shop stuff so i guess im a lil to blame too but it wasnt expensive stuff

[lethal falcon]

Do you ever think Halo could pull of a Fnaf like game or something?

[noble urchin]

i only bought the blue halo ring and then the gold and green armor coating 😢

[ashen hare]

You aren't to blame, I'm talking about $20+ dollar skins, not little things

[noble urchin]

i could imagine that tbh

[lethal falcon]

Probably not, but it would be a cool take

[ashen hare]

A Flood horror game has always been a request haha

[lethal falcon]

Yeah

[lone sluice]

Isnt there a fan made flood game in the works?

[ashen hare]

The flood would be horrifying if you weren't playing as a 7.5ft tall savoir of humanity

[noble urchin]

we need a new ODST game, with modern gameplay like new cods. some would disagree tho

[ashen hare]

Yes, it looks great. Honestly I want it to be halo based but at this point I think the devs should do their own thing so they can make some money from it. I feel guilty.

[lethal falcon]

So you’re calling the flood non terrifying? Something that “eats” galaxy’s

A cosmic zombie

[lone sluice]

Theyre so squishy tho

[noble urchin]

😂

[lethal falcon]

If I was a spartan, I’d be terrified

[lethal falcon]

Bruh

[lone sluice]

Lol

[noble urchin]

they're terrifying in lore but they're not a threat to john halo 😎

[ashen hare]

I wish 343 did stuff with the flood beyond the armor. I don't know why they're so scared of the T rating...CoD doesn't need to be rated T to draw in an audience. Halo was always M.

[lethal falcon]

Actually, now that I think of it, the music drives it the furthest, and I don’t think chief casually listens to the flood theme in his helmet

[fierce apex]

Anyone else getting progress not counting for "5 tactical rifle kills in a single match" ?

[misty vale]

There was a person Earlier with that issue. Open a ticket

No clue what a tactical rifle is, that isn't a weapon type

[vapid marten]

Well.
Halo Wars 2 DLC did the flood in a campaign and Survival manner, and 343 oversaw that game.
The question here is if the reluctance to use the flood is difficulties implementing them in a meaningful, good way, or just distancing themselves from Bungie's Halos?

[frail tapir]

@343 can we pls have better mcc servers? The population is so low why do we need to wait for 2 people to start a match?!

[celest heron]

do you mean 4v2 or doubles?

[ruby knoll]

halo was always PEGI16

[viral kayak]

It was rated M until 343 got a hold of it I believe. Unless it's still rated M.

[summer aspen]

you do realize the Flood is T rated right

[summer aspen]

no, Halo was always intended to be a T rated game lol

[ruby knoll]

oh god it's him

@river minnow go dinf, use quick attack

[summer aspen]

what

[ruby knoll]

hello

[ruby knoll]

halo 4 was M

[summer aspen]

yea it got rated M due to one specific scene involving the composer

[viral kayak]

Yeah every game up to 4 was M for Mature.

[summer aspen]

also wrong

[slow walrus]

the game was always been M in every region that doesn't use the ESRB

[ruby knoll]

more like T/T+

[slow walrus]

if anything it's just a sign that the ESRB has gotten more lenient over time

[summer aspen]

not really, most of the time halo is always a 13-16+ rating afaik

it's never been 17-18+ in most regions beyond ESRB

[slow walrus]

even back in the day you had US senators questioning why a game so similar to Star Wars was being given an M rating

[ruby knoll]

frankly i think it's absolutely posdible to tell darker, more serious stories with just a T rating

[viral kayak]

Halo CE up to Reach what I remember have been rated M. Halo Wars was Rated T actually.

[ruby knoll]

it's also impossible for my speeling to get any wurse

[summer aspen]

and those should've been rated T but whoever was managing those games at the ESRB did an oopsie or probably just had it out for MS and wanted there games to sell less lol

[viral kayak]

I wouldn't call Halo and Star Wars similar? For one Halo doesn't have Space Monks that can levitate stuff with their mind.

[slow walrus]

CE through Reach should have been T if the games industry wasn't in panic mode over potentially getting overseen by government regulation

[summer aspen]

afaik the only real reasons halo 1, 2, & 3 even got M rating was due to the large amount of cussing, ESRB only allows very minor amounts of cussing in T rated games

Bungie even tried pushing for a T rating when they made Halo Combat Evolved because they thought the game wasn't going to really sell all that well.

[summer aspen]

what's funny is both call of duty 2 & 3 are T rated despite being far more horrific and graphic from what you'd normally see in T rated titles

like that makes you scratch your head a bit

[viral kayak]

Aren't we forgetting that The Flood exists? if I recall correctly for CE through 3 you could blow off body parts off them. I think that hits the gore catagory.

[summer aspen]

same with a lot of other various games that got T ratings through the ESRB, doesn't really make a whole lot of sense meanwhile cartoony games like Halo kept being rated M for no reason lol

[summer aspen]

not enough to be M rated lol
same stuff happens in HW1, HW2, Halo Fireteam Raven, and Spartan Assault. All of those games involve the Flood, with Fireteam Raven straight up copying assets from Halo CEA Flood & Halo 3 I think, H2A Flood also.

all T rated ofc

[viral kayak]

Not enough to be M rated? You blow chunks of them and their limbs off. In Halo 3 you could literally turn them into undead chunky salsa with a rocket launcher.

[summer aspen]

yea that's not enough to be M rated lol

did you not hear me

COD 2 & 3 got T rated despite being far more violent

i've seen worse things happen in T rated Star Wars games

[viral kayak]

Really chunky salsa is not enough for an M rating? Clearly you and me got a different understanding what gore is.

[summer aspen]

and you can't turn them into undead chunky salsa, the bodies kinda just explode/vanish in Halo 3, leaving behind a few arm bits or leg bits. No real blood or gore is shown anywhere, and they're barely recognizable as actual limbs most of the time.

that's no where near enough to be M rated at all, best case scenario you could argue 15-16+ but even that's pushing it.

hence why all future Halo titles so far have been T rated lol

[viral kayak]

Yeah, because somehow getting hit with enough explosive force to send all your body parts scattered about the nearest area, oonly some of them beinf recognized as a limb or two isn't "gory enough".

[summer aspen]

are you gonna try and tell me blood decals are M rated next?
cause Halo 5 has tons of blood decals from enemies everywhere, still T rated.

blood decals don't make a game M rated either

[summer aspen]

when it's the Flood and it isn't recognizable as actual human body parts, yes. It's T rated

if it's actual humans exploding tho, M rated. Doom, Quake, Half Life, some scripted segments in COD & more all show this best.

[viral kayak]

Human based flood do exist so I don't see the problem.

[summer aspen]

start here @viral kayak

the bodies vanish lol

or they just fall down

that's not M rated material and idk what makes you think it is, it's not.

and that's where I'll stop replying to this cause I've had this argument with way to many people already. you aren't changing any of the points I'm making, I'm just trying to see if I can help you see why they should've been T rated from the beginning & basically are T rated games.

[viral kayak]

Ok mr. "Only I know what games should be classified as M rated." show me a M rated game that according to your criteria "earned" their M Rating.

[summer aspen]

where did I say only I know? I already showed you more then enough examples already, go read my previous messages, anyways ttyl.

[ruby knoll]

wtf nighterlev victory....

[viral kayak]

Honestly the dude wouldn't know a mature game if it came and bit him.

[summer aspen]

i've been getting better at just ending arguments relatively quickly nowadays when i can tell it's just gonna be a never ending back & forth
saves me time, saves them time.

[left snow]

Is there any real evidence for this "whale" stuff. Or is it just urban legend?

And what amount of expenditure defines a "whale" anyway.

I probably buy something every 2nd or 3rd week. Does that make me a whale? I certainly don't feel like a whale given that lunch at the Golden Arches can easily go over $20.

And why is there never any stigma attached to being a free-loader? Imagine what 343 could do with the increased revenue. And no, I don't have anything against those who are passively F2P.

[ruby knoll]

whales are only a lootbox/gacha game thing really. infinite's mtx wouldn't work being sustained by that proportion of players

[zealous panther]

Whale is a real term. And I actually know a guy who buys literally everything in the store and whole battle pass day one. One of this people worth a lot more then a pretty number of players.

[ruby knoll]

like people love to throw around whale

they think a few hundred or even a thousand dropped on a game = whales

when you're talking whales that's 5 figures and up

high 4 figures minimum

[slow walrus]

it's about the amount and consistency

if you buy from the store every two weeks like you said that's absolutely whale territory

[zealous panther]

No. Whales is about quantity.

[ruby knoll]

now to be clear there's definitely big spenders but it's not whale territory imo. unless you buy endless amounts of 2xp things, a "whale amount" of the playerbase can't spend enough to have a whale sized portion of the revenue

what enables whales is there being unlimited purchase potential

hence why it's very common foe lootbox/gacha games to have whales

why can't i splel tonhight

[smoky wave]

Skill issue

[grand sand]

Forcing you to buy the premium operation pass just to get the 4th challenge slot is kind of bad

[zealous panther]

This is just battle pass. They just didn't tell us this before because... Guess why?

Also f2p people now completely shafted, they can't progress season BP at all

[coarse dagger]

But they did explain how it all works, weeks ago

https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/battle-pass-operations-season-5

[smoky wave]

Yeah they did said it weeks ago

I still don't like the change at all tbh but oh well

[coarse dagger]

Yeah, I'm also not a huge fan of losing the extra challenge slot

[smoky wave]

Operations shouldn't take away your bonus xp and 4th slot if it's considered as a big event

[zealous panther]

operations shou... mini battle passes shouldn't be a thing in the way they are now. There is literally no point in the themed seasons then. I guess ranked seasons? Because this is just 3 month with 3 bp with only one of them normal. I'm sorry but 20 tiers 4 of them is xp boosts and 6 is emblems and stuff is just direct downgrade from the last event. It is free, it is nice, it is horrible for any new player especially f2p

also i read the article and honestly i can't find any clues about operation pass replacing main battle pass, it reads like just bonus separate thing with own rules

[smoky wave]

If you want all the bonus and take advantage of the premium part
In a whole season you are paying 20€ only on passes (2000cr)
Because it is 1000cr for the season battlepass and 500cr for each operation

There are positive stuff like everything on the operation is free but slow because you don't get that xp bonus and the 4th slot and you if you miss it you can buy it later

And again, consumables like xp boost in the operation feels kinda meh

[fallen flame]

This challenge slot thing needs to go tbh

and only 20 tiers for for 34 days isn't it

[olive brook]

Big team escalation slayer is the greatest thing ever

[karmic oriole]

Happy 22nd birthday🥳

[left snow]

To be fair it was explained pretty well. There was plenty of time. And the challenges are hardly that.

[zealous panther]

doesn't change that this is direct downgrade of existing system

[olive brook]

mfw ive been waiting 4 minutes for ''Other players loading''

[grand sand]

yeah I'll wait until they fix this because it ain't my internet

[smoky wave]

Xbox one and more weaker pc moment

Well, mostly having a hard drive and not an ssd

[ashen hare]

Wrong

Unless you count a zoomed out rts

Because a marine getting infected by a parasite that burrows into his chest before snapping his own neck, then getting dismembered by the player is so T

I’m pretty sure Bungie even confirmed that Halo 2 and 3 were only rated M because of it

Honestly don’t hit me with that Reddit sass right?

[left snow]

Two steps forward, half a step back.

[zealous panther]

no. there is literally no steps forward. Existing system with events was superior to this in every way.

[misty vale]

Except we're getting more stuff

[smoky wave]

But slowly if you don't buy the premium

[zealous panther]

please open last event 10 tier pass and say it was worse then this

[left snow]

Events were widely criticised for being too short and creating FOMO. Now we have double the time - and permanent access if you really, really, need something.

[smoky wave]

Like there are positives on this change but the negative is that if you don't buy it, you only can have 3 challenge slots and no bonus xp

[zealous panther]

they can make so people can buy event pass after it is over in shop?

[coarse dagger]

You can do that with Operations

[smoky wave]

And in any time too

[coarse dagger]

Same as with a Battle Pass, you can buy an Operation pass at any point

[misty vale]

If i was them I'd bundle off events with new operations . Bundling sells

[left snow]

The only step back is the reduced time to get the free stuff in the Season Battle pass. But you pretty much have to go out of your way not to get it.

[left snow]

I kind of expect that is what they will do. Once people get the hang of them.

[zealous panther]

Previously, it was possible to progress in an event, a weekly reward with an additional challenge and a battle pass at the same time.
Now you can make progress only in an event or only in a battle pass, and the weekly reward is obtained faster only where premium is purchased.
All that needed to be changed was to give the opportunity to buy access to events that had ended.

am i wrong somewhere?

[coarse dagger]

Yeah, the challenge slot change and the free track stopping early I'm not too fond of.

But it's not a_ massive_ deal to me

[misty vale]

Idc because i finished the 50 playing husky raid

It's so dang fun

Bring back btb heavy tho

[zealous panther]

Well, and of course, free to play players now do not have access to the themed battlepass throughout the season, but only to the active operation. This is of course a problem that does not concern me personally, but I find it unpleasant.

[left snow]

I guess 343 have to push their revenue streams alongside the free stuff.

But it would only be a problem if the challenges were actually a challenge. I would think anyone who regularly plays the game would rack up all the free stuff with buck loads of time to spare.

[misty vale]

I reckon players who are so casual to not have the 50 done aren't caring about it

[smoky wave]

There are more positive about the events changes but it is kinda a weird way to change it as like a mini battlepass within the season 5

[zealous panther]

i don't think there is any real people who can have problems in completing the challenges now, they pretty much complete themselves. It is all just rubs me personally in a really wrong way

and also this 4 xp boosts is just... uuugh.

[magic night]

Looking at it rationally, it's a net positive in the majority of cases.

[zealous panther]

looking at past few events... this operation don't looking any good

[misty vale]

Yeah but it doesn't affect very many people, and the ones it does don't play

[magic night]

Operations being their own battle pass makes progress overall slower unless you, but you don't have to time crunch unless you're super adamant about not paying, but still want all the stuff from the pass.

[zealous panther]

oh yeah, that's is just free stuff anyway and in the grand scale not really matter

[left snow]

The only value 343 gets from F2P players is boosting the population so that paying customers have someone to play against. So it makes complete sense that 343 would structure the free stuff to encourage regular play. They would be silly not to.

Someone who only logs on every now and then for a little bit of free stuff isn't much value to them.

[zealous panther]

i am just not a fan of making things worse then before in any cases

[misty vale]

What was the last event? Ten 3?

[magic night]

I think so

[left snow]

It's not worse for paying customers. It's better for those who F2P regularly. And it works for 343 if it encourages borderline players to either play more or cough up some cash. The rest aren't of great value to 343 or the rest of the community.

[zealous panther]

it is worse for f2p players in every way

[left snow]

Surely not ones who play regularly?

[misty vale]

To answer the question i like the same amount of things on the last event as this operation and an going to have no barrier to finishing it for no money and i was done with the 50 already by casually playing

People who play like this more i reckon, is more stuff

[zealous panther]

any player who play regularly will unlock everything... just like before. exept, if something happened in any starch of the season for them, they will lose main season pass and probably operation. also... i guess now there will be no events? just month without anything?

actually. how many events was in last season?

[misty vale]

Dude being this upset about hypothetical persons tho

Can we talk about the fun game yet lol

[zealous panther]

ok, so in season 4 there was 5 events with 10 tiers of rewards without single xp boost.

looks like we do getting less stuff basically

[pallid swallow]

dunno if anyone can help, but if someone has the Cinder Ring coating from the Mark V bundle can you take a screenshot of the Chimera core with it on? im debating buying the bundle but for some reason cant preview the coatings on different cores

[misty vale]

Xp boost isn't a thing

It's filler with no real purpose

Same with challenge swaps

[zealous panther]

unless there will be events. idk if 343 said anything about it

[magic night]

Operations are the new events

They said that explicitly

[zealous panther]

I guess then we kinda get shafted

[misty vale]

Again dude you're upsetting yourself over people who don't really exist

I could play halo with a dk konga drum controller and finish all this stuff on time

[pallid swallow]

Yeah unless I'm missing something they've taken out the ability to inspect coatings on different cores before purchasing?

They all just show for the base core

[misty vale]

Go into the armory you can see them in there can't you

[pallid swallow]

Kind of annoying because I would like to see what it actually looks like lol

nah I tried Scorpio, its not there

oh weird, its legit just for the Mark V bundle its happening I guess. Every other bundle is fine

[misty vale]

Mark V stuff is a full kit

[pallid swallow]

the Cinder Ring coating is just for Mark V?

it says "Multi" beside all of them

[misty vale]

Dunno. I don't really look at the shop sorry

No interest in buying cosmetics the free stuff is plenty

[pallid swallow]

That's okay, hopefully someone can come along and help lol. If it's only for a single core I don't know why they would have it individually listed the same amount of times as there is cores

[wraith willow]

2 years ago today, i pretty much screamed my head off

happy birthday Halo Infinite

[misty vale]

tuff launch tho, game ran really bad

glad it's gotten so much improvement

[pallid swallow]

"What if we launched the game and just... didn't update it?" for like a year lmaaao

[zealous panther]

Last few posts I was talking about literally amount of stuff we will get if there will be no more operations in this season then announced, comparing to the previous season. I am directly affected by this. Everyone is.

[misty vale]

Yeah? When does the next season start

[wraith willow]

ran fine on an Xbox One

[misty vale]

BTB crashed like every single game

[zealous panther]

Probably there was information about it. But when last operation ends it will be around 100 days for this season. So I can only speculate that there is no more operations planned.

[silver plaza]

You can cap, but capping that hard might start to cause life long issues

[young glen]

'fine'

[wraith willow]

oh you thought i was lying?

[silver plaza]

Either that or blissfully ignorant of stable performance :p

As a certified Durango owner, Infinite did not run fine

[misty vale]

isn't the xbone like 11 years old now

[silver plaza]

2013? I think that’s when Durango launched. Kinda hard to remember

[wraith willow]

maybe im misremembering, but as far as i remember, it's always been pretty stable

could be revisional differences too, im on a One S, and games run a little worse on my friend's 2013 One

[silver plaza]

Yeah November 2013

[glacial tartan]

I think its a translation problem - "un" keeps getting cutoff when he types stable

[silver plaza]

[young glen]

The vintage Xbox One can handle Infinite at an acceptable level, but it's far from ideal and should only be a holdover until you upgrade. It looks like soup, runs at 30 FPS with inconsistent frame pacing, and takes forever to load

[silver plaza]

Lol the XbOneS was code named Edmonton

[misty vale]

I'm still confused by xb naming conventions

[silver plaza]

Acceptable is a stretch there imo, but different bars of acceptability I suppose

[young glen]

Scorpio is the best code name.

[silver plaza]

Anaconda wasn’t bad tho

[pallid swallow]

I know one of ya'll has the Chimera core and Mark V bundle, help me ouuuut lmao

[glacial tartan]

1 Month for a ticket to get no response is kind of pushing it, right? I know MCC isnt the main focus here but still

[silver plaza]

Evergreen yo

[glacial tartan]

That's an interesting use of the term but sure 🙂

[silver plaza]

Kinda commonplace, evergreen content is content that usually doesn’t age or become significantly deprecated with time. MCC is effectively in an evergreen state

[glacial tartan]

Evergreen typically assumes constant updates/refreshes - I think maintenance mode better describes it

Which as long as its kept chugging alive I'm happy to be fair.

Admittedly some development still takes place, I'm not ignorant of that fact.

[silver plaza]

It’s coined off of the fact that evergreen trees don’t change all that much but stay alive and well

[glacial tartan]

I do get that - there were at least two updates this year so its something 🙂

[limpid lance]

22 years, 22 long years, that’s how long this franchise has been around
Happy anniversary, Halo!!

[glacial tartan]

I would want the tree pruned to complete the analogy

[silver plaza]

Obviously we can really only speculate what’s happening behind closed doors, but I’d expect MCC is pretty much a closed book. Which is fine, the games are in a pretty good state. Hell of a journey tho

[glacial tartan]

Simple, non-intrusive updates to things like playlists would go a long way.

[pallid swallow]

im just happy that we have H1 to H4 all on PC now, will make preserving them so much easier

[glacial tartan]

There's zero reason rotational playlists like multi-team or the forge community playlist cant rotate back in after years, or why Invasion has to remain a ranked playlist with zero population indefinitely.

[silver plaza]

I mean, I never liked invasion, I’m not convinced that a lot of people did to begin with. But that’s just my opinion

[glacial tartan]

Probably the biggest problem invasion had was getting disconnected - with rejoin that issue is largely resolved. If people quit they quit (without join in progress that never goes away).

[pallid swallow]

I want H5 Warzone, god i could have grinded that forever

[celest heron]

it's still there

[glacial tartan]

But the forge community playlist should have come back to MCC when the same concept was added to Infinite. Would have been an easy win but instead it was probably grifball again 🙂

[pallid swallow]

PC brudda

i shall not be buying an xbox for a single mode

[celest heron]

that's like wishing for h3a at this point, heh.

[pallid swallow]

nah im fine with the H3 we have

[silver plaza]

Tbh yeah, H5 PC is prolly not happening. Especially with the shoddy release of H5:Forge

[pallid swallow]

the campaign can stay gone tbh

but its a shame the MP isnt coming over

[silver plaza]

It’s true. Even if I’m not a particular fan, it’s a shame that it has been orphaned on Xbox

[pallid swallow]

PvEvP is so good for Halo, I hope we get it back in some official capacity in the future

[glacial tartan]

Its not orphaned its evergreen kappa

[silver plaza]

[pallid swallow]

Tornado do you have the Mark V bundle and Chimera LUL

[silver plaza]

I have neither

[pallid swallow]

What! But you are a self described CE fanboy!

[silver plaza]

$20 for armor? Not happening. I’ve got significantly better things to spend that money on than a cosmetic in a game. Like another game

[pallid swallow]

youre not wrong

i literally just want an all black shader for Chimera

[silver plaza]

I have CE, I love CE, and that armor is excellent. You’re not getting $20 of appreciation out of me

[pallid swallow]

but i cant preview it so gg

[silver plaza]

[twin crag]

[cinder eagle]

This H3 playlist got me acting violent

[young glen]

Why so serious?

[cinder eagle]

It’s all sweats who are so terminally ranked that they make it unfun

And the people complaining about no BR starts

Like shut up bro

Learn how to use the AR and we start with sidekicks (one of the best weapons in the game)

[celest heron]

I haven't seen any of that

[uneven bison]

Wait Is the h3 playlist ranked?

[cinder eagle]

No but people are acting like it is

Treating every match like it’s HCS or something

[uneven bison]

I would not be surprised if the h3 sweats came back for the playlist

[cinder eagle]

Also the SBMM is super strict for this playlist

[uneven bison]

They know every square inch for every map

[cinder eagle]

So if you do somewhat good one match you’re gonna run into people thinking they’re trying out for Optic next one

[celest heron]

that wouldn't really benefit them very much cause most of the maps aren't exact remakes and there's weapons in different areas.

[misty vale]

I played 4 matches of H3 maps, never played those before, maps are good. Aim assist for console players is so unserious tho lmao

[icy pelican]

I put my controller on to see if It was easier and it just wasn't

if people are complaining about controllers being op again, They're really not

[misty vale]

well one dude was pistol sniping me hard while I was trying to figure out where the guns spawned. Barely won that game.

Controllers aren't OP, controller players are dog at melee / melee weapons / nade throwing / grappeling

I said it wasn't serious, and it's not.

[icy pelican]

sounds like he was a mouse user. long range shots are easier with the mouse. the controller's aim assist doesn't activate at long distances with low magnification guns.

[young glen]

I imagine the skill matching criteria narrows in tandem with population levels for the playlist.

[misty vale]

SBMM works better with more players news at 11

[celest heron]

?

[young glen]

So because so many folk are playing Halo 3 Refueled, the skill matching is super tight.

[icy pelican]

didn't feel tight yesterday

I kept getting matched with noobs XD

[young glen]

It was for me, I checked their stats on Tracker and they were a similar K/D to me.

Although admittedly, I was playing like garbage.

[misty vale]

controller, in a general sense, is much worse at turning quickly. That's crucial for getting beatdowns with the way lunge works in infinite.

and it lacks the granular control to make good nade tosses and to spiderman with the grapplehook and still be able to shoot at people.

[celest heron]

a new playlist with its own mmr will take a few games to get everything to how it should be although it would be influenced by your mmr in other playlists.

[celest heron]

I agree with turning just cause I use a lower sens, but I don't have issues with the other two things.

[quick jacinth]

https://vxtwitter.com/RBIII_Ricster/status/1724817237868163105?t=DqTRzCAmCxPNBM4PPk6qHQ&s=19

22 years ago, it all began.

[misty vale]

I remember my first tournament win on CE PC. Got paid $100!

[summer aspen]

Flood is 100% T rated.
I already explained why, nothing you can say is gonna change those reasons so I'm not sure why I was pinged about this.

[summer aspen]

Events were never criticized for being to short. They got criticized for being way to long.

[summer aspen]

how is the new system a downgrade at all
it's an upgrade in every way so far

[young glen]

Strictly it ain't.

You can't progress your BP and event at the same time.
You lose a challenge slot + bonus match XP unless you pay for the premium event pass.

[summer aspen]

This is the only down side of the new system tbh. Beyond that it's upgrades all around.

[young glen]

I am a believer that 343 will eventually change the latter issue, but it is something that can make the operation a pain for some folk.

[misty vale]

I question how many people exist who are simultaneously not able to play for three hours a week and also keeping track of total dress up permutations

[celest heron]

people complained cause they were too short and now they're longer. I doubt 343 would make them longer if the majority of complaints were they were too long previously.

[summer aspen]

me when I lie

[young glen]

Yeah.

[summer aspen]

It arguably still doesn't now.

[misty vale]

I can't imagine the xbone is breaking 30 fps

[summer aspen]

That's because the XONE S is slightly more powerful then the 2013 XONE. Like 1.3tflops vs 1.4tflops

Small difference but it's enough to make a difference

[celest heron]

I played it on a durango for a year and a half. It ran fine in 4's, but btb was not good. Oh, and the aiming was a lot worse.

[summer aspen]

It runs at 30fps and has constant drops below 30fps

Says it runs at 1080p to but it's more like "we run at 720p 99% of the time"

[misty vale]

Jesus

Potatovision

[summer aspen]

And honestly it's not a fault of the xbox one either. It's badly optimized code that infinite runs on.

The game just runs terrible on all platforms really lol

[misty vale]

It honestly runs really solid on my computer

[strange canyon]

Runs fine for me too

[misty vale]

80-110 (monitor is 110hz) fps pretty consistently, not really any jitter / render lag

[summer aspen]

ok but the graphics and things you see/do in Infinite aren't worth how performance heavy the game is. This is why it runs terrible

[misty vale]

and my computer is kinda older now other than the 3070

[celest heron]

need to fix desnyc still

[young glen]

It's for sure an unforgiving game. It struggles to play on minimum spec hardware now. Folk with 4GB of VRAM get LoD glitches all the time from what I've read here and on Reddit.

[summer aspen]

also if you don't have a 8GB VRAM card the game is essentially unplayable

I've noticed that on multiple people's pcs

[misty vale]

I am on a wired, fast connection; it is very close to the chicago node for the game. I rarely get desync. It's a complex issue.

[grand sand]

Have they fixed bp not loading

[young glen]

This is the strangest thing about Infinite.

In BTB it's egregious, but in smaller modes it occasionally pops its head, like when I directly hit a dude with the Hydra yesterday and nothing happened. Very, very strange.

[misty vale]

The game is incredibly sensitive to ping

like in a game where ping is over 50 it's way, way bad

[grand sand]

Yeah I know a match is gonna be fluid when I’m at 27-35

But a lag fest at 70 or above

[ashen hare]

Clown show missing it’s lead performer

[misty vale]

my usual ping is in the teens

[young glen]

lmao

[misty vale]

and I very, very rarely get desync

it's definitely a major issue for people playing on wifi / console

[ashen hare]

You are blessed

[grand sand]

It’s mostly lag btw

[misty vale]

it's renderlag and netcode lag

[ashen hare]

Weapons like the Needler are insanely ping dependent

[grand sand]

Desync is almost entirely fixed in arena. It’s mostly BtB and customs it gets bad

[misty vale]

like someone with 30 fps and +20ms from wifi...I'm still getting the data that says they killed me when I fired my rocket on my screen and since this game has shooter-preferenced netcode it feels like I died and my rocket disappeared. I died before I shot the rocket on the other guys' screen. It's entirely due to his connection. Feels bad.

luckily my ping is so good that it happens really rarely to me in comparison to even my suburban bros I play with

[tough stirrup]

Does anyone know when/if we will be getting new vehicles for season 5 on halo infinite?

[serene furnace]

Today Halo Infinite officially turns 2 years old, happy birthday

[serene furnace]

No

[summer aspen]

You should lay down on the insults & toxicity. Would help a lot.

[serene furnace]

Nighterlev is right
The Flood is T rated

[ashen hare]

I'll try to be nicer next time so the message gets through easier lmao

Anyways, I'll be sure to ignore all the interviews and podcasts I've listened to over the years so the world's greatest 343 fanboy can correct me.

and his simp sidekick (pistol not related)

[serene furnace]

If you're angry that Halo went down from M to T rating
Just know that was exclusive for America
The rest of the world always marked Halo games as PEGI 16

[serene furnace]

You're not helping your case at all if you say things like this, you are not trying to be nicer

[ashen hare]

I was being sarcastic. Conversation is done anyways.

[serene furnace]

Drop your sarcasm if the only way you know how to do it is by calling someone a "343 fanboy"

[misty vale]

Why are you guys fighting about the rating of the game honestly now. Go outside

[ashen hare]

I have grass on my desk its cool

[olive brook]

please put a spoiler next time grass is terrifying

[ashen hare]

you may not like it but this is what peak perfomance looks like. You know that guy has a rated M lifestyle.

[icy pelican]

I feel like I'm foaming out of the mouth for cross core shoulders.

i hope it comes with the firefight update.

[vapid marten]

What was it called when there's really no "connectivity" issues but shots don't register, melee lags behind and getting killed behind corners, at 50 ping?

[crystal iron]

Event not fun

[icy pelican]

its ok

exp rates are too slow across the board because they expect you to use boosts

boosts should be bonuses ontop of the expected rate

Also love how they're pushing a new playlist but it's less exp to play in that playlist vs other playlists

[olive brook]

hitreg?

[charred creek]

do you guys reckon any of the old events will return?

I really wouldn't mind getting all the stuff from alpha pack

[hexed plume]

could be, didn't tenrai rerun? or were they different armor pieces

[charred creek]

yeah I think that was a sequel rather than a rerun

[hexed plume]

i think that's something they could explore then, maybe trim down the original lengths

[ruby knoll]

i don't think he can help it

[misty vale]

I think most people living in reality expect them to release the old events as combined event passes. Like Tenrai 1-3 would be a pass and 1000 CR

but nothing confirmed

[hexed plume]

i'd buy the yokai helmet

[misty vale]

Not looking forward to the complaining about the price of old event stuff, not looking forward to old players complaining that they're re-releasing stuff RE: all those weeklies they redid. A lot of "No reason to play" nonsense on here when they did that.

[uneven bison]

People wonder why we’re considered a toxic fanbase

[hexed plume]

they didn't re-release abbey lime did they? i can still flex my rare skin then haha

[misty vale]

the sniper skin? Yes they did

[vapid marten]

I honestly forgot, but it wasn't hitreg, that's hit registration, the word I was looking for was Desync.
Atleast on my end it seems to worsen with new battlepasses, to get better down the line.
Just had a match with horrendous Desync, not experienced something like it since a year or so ago.

[icy pelican]

The way this game forces teamplay is the worst thing ever. let's put everyone in team based gamemodes so they are forced to work together or lose. I miss when we could just queue for team slayer and it just be team slayer. it was mindless fun, using my brain and trying to win in team objective modes when my entire team won't actually PTFO is the worst thing ever.

in MCC we can opt into the mode we want to play, Why can't we do this in infininity..

and when I do find a good team that's on the mic and talking and playing the objective I don't get to stick with them because it separates each lobby after every game.

[ruby knoll]

there's a team slayer playlist

[hexed plume]

isn't there a regular slayer list?

[icy pelican]

Yeah but it puts you in objective modes.

like oddball and king of the hill and stuff like that

[hexed plume]

nobody in social playlists knows how to play obj correctly anyway

[icy pelican]

that's my point

[ruby knoll]

....there's a Team Slayer playlist
its not quickplay

try scrolling the list sometime 👍

[icy pelican]

You're not listening, It puts you in strongholds and other modes too.

[vapid marten]

In the Post-game menu you can send the players messages and invites, it's not the best solution but it's the one we've got.

[hexed plume]

no i mean stuff like when to drop the ball to team shoot or how to reset the ball properly

[ruby knoll]

what playlist are you picking

[hexed plume]

xbox lfg is also a good resource

[ruby knoll]

as in, what is the specific name of the playlist

[icy pelican]

I usually play the team slayer one which is why I know this. but recently I've been playing the halo 3 one

[ruby knoll]

the h3 one is probably a mix

[vapid marten]

That one too.

[hexed plume]

yeah i found some solid team mates for ranked on there

it would be interesting if 343 released a ranked distribution again, i think it would different now

most of the ppl on lfg seemed to be gold

[serene furnace]

"I don't like to work as a team in a game mode that is all about a fight between 2 teams"

[vapid marten]

The Halo Refueled playlist contains a mix of different game modes, and is meant to be that, a mix of different modes from back in the old days.
It is not called "Team Slayer", it's called "Halo 3 Refueled".
The actual Team Slayer playlist which is on my MP menu third last, contains not a single Objective game mode, it's Team Slayer, Slayer and Slayer BR, that's all there is in it.

[misty vale]

inb4 "well there should be a h3 refuled slayer only"

(make a custom lobby)

[hexed plume]

just ignore the objective entirely

[misty vale]

"Why am I taking Ls"

[vapid marten]

"Everyone else is bad"

[hexed plume]

what do you mean we shouldn't try to triple cap on strongholds?

don't you know 3 is faster then 2

[glacial tartan]

^ Cant tell if joking or srs

[vapid marten]

It's actually both.
Joking seriously and seriously joking

Taking jabs at players so self-absorbed they can do nothing wrong and going to town with it, no not you Rias, things just went that way naturally, but we've all experienced that line of thought with others, even if you don't said anything close to what we're joking about.

[hexed plume]

yeah i think it's natural to feel that way in multiplayer sometimes

i get slammed a lot though so it keeps me humble lol

[vapid marten]

When I get slammed I understand why

[sick egret]

I've seen people complaining about the mm in the H3 playlist but I think the sandbox is the real problem with it

[hexed plume]

tbh i didn't find the matchmaking that much different than quick play

playing halo 3 in mcc was far sweatier

[icy pelican]

I miss the days when I could play games without getting annoyed. now in order to do that I gotta drink x3.

+1 alcoholism

[hexed plume]

for me i put all my competitive energy into ranked

that way i can just laugh about the dumb stuff in social and just not take it too seriously

[vapid marten]

Eh, more like a train of thought.
See, someone might have something to say about a playlist being mixed, then someone else would say there should be TWO playlists, one with slayer and one for objectives. Then they proclaim they don't play the objective for some spite / rebellious reasons as if it somehow was a detriment to the developers.
Moving on from there, some of these entitled players are also those who question why they lose so much, and it's almost always everyone else's fault despite them almost constantly being the bottom feeder in the scoreboard.

[sick egret]

I could tell there was sbmm in the H3 playlist, in quickplay I feel like I'm playing with kids that just started to play, I feel bad for them and it's not fun for me. And I'm not even that good

[icy pelican]

I know people who do that. it's the worst.

[hexed plume]

also halo is one of the less annoying games in my experience

it's not that twitchy like other shooters, plus equal starts + high ttk means it's more fair

cod is a million times more annoying

[vapid marten]

Yeap, yesterday me and my team got flamed in GW2, not Halo, because the person was on an 8 losing streak, going for his 9th.
Of course it was everyone else's fault, of course we as a team was crap, of course they ended up with no single top score at all, and they constantly jumped the enemy team alone.

the 1v1 challenges in Halo has died down for me but I have gotten two challenges in Halo Infinite

Most of them were in Halo 2

[hexed plume]

nice, i've only gotten one toxic pm so far haha

[severe hill]

where are the patch notes

[vapid marten]

Just one? I probably have gotten five in Infinite, two of which were also the 1v1 challenges

[severe hill]

how to see patch notes

[icy pelican]

it's a whole slou of things that bug me about this game all coming together to make a very annoying experience, Even though I also really like the way infinite is now.

i believe it's on it's comeback and is going to become the game I want it to become. It just needs a little more work

[hexed plume]

i've been flamed in the game chat too if you're counting that

[vapid marten]

In Halo: Reach, I got spawn trapped by a pre-made, sent them a message asking them if they could just finish the match so we could move on, and as a response I got an image of the entire six men team mooning the camera.

Sure it counts but I've lost count

So I only remember the actual messages over XBL because they take some effort

[hexed plume]

no way, they sent you an irl photo?

[vapid marten]

Yeap, Kinect camera

[hexed plume]

that's incredible, you win at halo

[vapid marten]

oh you

[icy pelican]

I hated the MCC UI but it was better than Infinite's UI. but really we just need an old halo UI back

[hexed plume]

i think having separate playlist tabs would help

but other than that i'm used to the ui by now

[sick egret]

Yep the ui isn't great

[vapid marten]

Ugh, divided, so much to do, so little time

[icy pelican]

introduced my friends to the game and they couldn't figure aynthing out they couldn't even leave the party when they wanted to quit

[sick egret]

They just started a stream on Twitch

[hexed plume]

yeah the social navigation could def use work as well, on pc i think you can only add people through the xbox app

[icy pelican]

you can invite people on your steam friends list which is nice

[hexed plume]

like being able to right click on someone and just add them in game just makes sense

for sure

[icy pelican]

what's one thing they could do that would make you stop complaining for the forseeable future x3

[ashen atlas]

I’m sorry, but that’s the funniest thing I’ve read all day

[hexed plume]

honestly just keep the quality content coming + network fixes and i'm pretty happy

[icy pelican]

content is kinda eh for me.

the content we have is nice but we don't need more content RN i feel like we need fixes.

[hexed plume]

i actually agree, i forgot to mention there's a lot of long standing issues with ranked that need to be addressed

[icy pelican]

Lobbies sticking together in social would stop me complaining for at least 2 weeks i'd me ecstatic for that,.

[hexed plume]

i don't see that happening tbh but ya never know

[icy pelican]

me neitehr

firefight is gonna be a good one.

i just hope they don't make it garbage exp

if firefight becomes bad exp it's going to be useless and that's gonna make me cry.

because we really need a good PVE battlepass progresser.

[hexed plume]

i have like 50 2xp boosts i always forget to use them lol

[vapid marten]

desync....

[icy pelican]

Multi core shoulders are coming. I'm excited about that

[eternal lion]

The press kit link for the event doesn't work :/ I'm sad

[scarlet shuttle]

I though the 2400 credit bundle included the 3 new bundle 🤔 i was about to buy it then saw it only has 2 of the 3. Neverminnnnnnnnd

[vapid marten]

this desync is rivaling early Halo Infinite.

and them smurfs came out of the woodwork enmasse

[reef crypt]

How come the bulldog still sucks?

It's also unfortunate that after every match, you're still kicked back to the menu and have to restart matchmaking manually

In the previous halos, you could just stay in the lobby and continue playing with some of the same people. Pretty big oversight imo

[neon vapor]

Bulldog is OP whatchu mean

Do you use it as a single fire?

[north stag]

I used to for the longest time not even realizing it's like semi-auto if I'm using the right term

[neon vapor]

It’s a regular “automatic”

It does have a pump but you use it as a automatic for some reason

[north stag]

Ahh yeah

[glacial tartan]

All of the playlists built into MCC (that are unused for a long time - yes I included the debug/testing playlists because they are still concepts and still there!) yet we keep seeing Grifball and Fiesta rotate.

Social:
Waterfall
Yapyap
Multiteam
PowerSlayer (Freeze tag?)
Race
Mayhem
Duals
ReconSwat
forgeTest (Community Forge Playlist)
Reach Firefight Versus
Reach Firefight Legendary
Reach Firefight Easy
Icebox Infection
H4 Arena
HCE Arena

Ranked:
Icebox 2v2
Icebox 4v4
HCE 5 Kills 1v1 (Battle Creek)
H2 1 Kill 1v1 (Beaver Creek)
H2A 1 Kill 1v1 (Lockdown)
H3 1 Kill 1v1 (Blackout)
H4 1 Kill 1v1 (Adrift)
HR 1 Kill 1v1 (Countdown/Zealot/Element/Sanc_MLG_v7)
H3 Recon Slayer
Lone Wolves
H3 Arena (Slayer/King/Oddball/Bomb)
H2A Arena
H2C Arena
Invasion Slayer
H2A Fast Slayer
H3 Hardcore FFA

Didnt mean for that to copy over so long 🙂

[misty vale]

what's it like to literally only play this game for cosmetic drops

[scarlet shuttle]

Wtf is going on with the game right now? I can’t kill anyone. My games KD are like 2 - 13

I usually go in 20 - 6

[crystal iron]

Playing husky raid an dit seems the other team is getting way better weapons. Like they were just spamming rocket launchers and the whole game I never spawned with a rocket launcher

[icy pelican]

I like progression systems that reward you for playing the game, sue me.

[crystal iron]

I was having rockets travel through players, and s uler rounds now do damage. It's crazy also I'm getting a lot of unstable packer loss

[viral knoll]

I keep getting put into these wierd loaded games where everyone is doing moonwalks at rocket speed 🤣

[crystal iron]

Bru

[crystal iron]

Dude I just did a round where the screen kept glitching

[viral knoll]

Yup had a few like that, have no choice but to back out & I never quit a game. It hurts 😅

[misty vale]

perfect customer

[icy pelican]

what does that even mean

[crystal iron]

Weekly done no more Halo I til next week or when Firefight get drops

[vapid marten]

Nothing to be sorry about.

[scarlet shuttle]

I’m having a bug with coating, it keep unequiping my coating.

[twin crag]

Ig they mean the perfect customer of the week-long grindfest that is the challenge system

[ruby knoll]

i remember when playing the game was its own reward

[icy pelican]

I think they're just a troll honestly

not worth the time responding anymore

[heavy edge]

the weekly ultimate has to be bugged right

i got two shock rifle headshots and didnt count

[bleak nymph]

It doesn't count if you got it with the variant. It has to be the regular version of the Shock Rifle/Sniper/Skewer.

[heavy edge]

used the normal one

[bleak nymph]

Hmm. Then maybe shock rifles don't work? I assumed it was a variant problem because it worked fine when I did it with a regular Sniper.

[heavy edge]

i just got a skewer headshot lets see if it counts at the end of the match

it counted

the shock rifle is actually bugged then

[twin crag]

I'm also a troll 😦

[twin crag]

It still is,
U play u get career xp (Masterchief kit)
U play u get battle Pass xp (battle.pass /operation pass)
U play u get challenge done u get ultimate reward
🤷‍♂️

[coarse dagger]

Yes, shock rifles are not counting at the moment. Known issue

S7 sniper or skewer will still work, you need to be scoped in

[sonic whale]

Is there a place to give feedback, I hear halo way point isn't effective at all

[twin crag]

I would assume 343 is always listening to feedback wherever you post is publicly
Whether on discord or twitter and etc.

[coarse dagger]

Discord is a primary hub for feedback since the Waypoint forums closed, but they do look at other social spaces

Best thing to do is make a post in #1039633978841374720 if it's Infinite related or #1076337363770417172 for MCC

[sonic whale]

Alright well thanks for the help

[teal scarab]

Anybody got Warped Sky pattern screenshot for other armor sets?
I am curious how it would look on Mirage

[celest heron]

found a mt dew halo case, but no doritos

[misty vale]

It's definitely not worth talking about. We have a difference of opinion on why we play games. You play games because you're addicted to the threadmill. That's why F2P / gamepass and all that work and make so much money, which is why I called you a good customer.

I play the game for the gameplay.

I'm annoyed at how much I enjoy playing the soda powered map

it's SO green and wet

[lusty wraith]

S7 didn’t work for me

Forgot to not ping sry

[signal ivy]

it has to be scoped

[lusty wraith]

I was scoped

[signal ivy]

was it the flexfire

or normal S7

[lusty wraith]

Nope

Normal

[signal ivy]

ah

I'd submit a ticket

[lusty wraith]

🎟️ 🫡

[hollow bobcat]

This weekend, I'm actually going to dedicate some time playing the new maps that released. Other than that, I'm not quite sure exactly what's in this new seasonal content.

[misty vale]

20 free tiers of unlocks which includes...about 4 good thigns

they really need to release more weapon models

since that's....what you actually look at in this game.

[white birch]

Still waiting on a Hydra skin that turns it into the H5 Hydra

[tulip tusk]

how about the vortex plasma pistol weapon of the Old Ones

[icy pelican]

Forge is harder than it seems now.

Took me like an hour to make one building. I miss the days when there were a bunch of premade structures to play around with.

343 should release their own prefab pack from the campaign.

[violet sun]

For halo infinite, to complete the campaign on legendary does that mean having to do a whole new campaign or can I just stay on the playthrough and like just do them on legendary difficulty

[celest heron]

you have to make a new slot

[violet sun]

[ashen hare]

the challenge discription was just updated earlier

the devs addressed the bug pretty quick

[thorny brook]

Sorry if this is the wrong channel to talk about this, im a returning player from season 0/1 and trying to grind ranked this season in infinite for onyx again, it seems a lot harder to climb? am i missing something or am i just rusty?? seems like a lot of win/lose/win/lose for me

[misty vale]

Well you won't rank up doin that

[ruby knoll]

there's prefabs in the filebrowser

[icy pelican]

true.

[bleak nymph]

Combined Arms is kind of a disappointment after Tenrai 2. There's no conjoining theme for the operation, is it a Halo 3 throwback event? Is it an aircraft-themed event? Is it an alien alliance event? Because it somehow manages to be all 3 and none at the same time.

[maiden comet]

and half the rewards are lame vehicle themed nameplates

[bleak nymph]

I wouldn't mind that, if the rest of the event had literally anything to do with it.

[maiden comet]

or if any of the vehicles featured were even in the game

[bleak nymph]

There isn't a Wasp one? Like complete the set at least.

Yeah, I take it back. Nothing in the Operations pass should be part of an Operation at all.

The event should either be a Halo 3 throwback event, with Halo 3 themed cosmetics in the pass. Or an alien alliance event, with an alien alliance playlist day one and alien themed cosmetics.

[maiden comet]

yea overall really dissapointing in every way

[bleak nymph]

Oh wait, I just realized it gets even worse. It's Halo CE's birthday today, and none of the event has anything to do with CE.

[maiden comet]

it has the wasp

but also the sabe, broadsword and longsword, none of which are even in the game but heres a nameplate of it to pad out a battlepass

[bleak nymph]

Ohh, no Falcon or Hornet though.

I mean, Sabres, Broadswords, and Longswords just wouldn't work in the PvP sandbox environment so no biggie on them.

[ashen hare]

I heard a rumor that the falcon might come back

That would be great and hopefully some more open maps go with it

[zealous panther]

You can buy 22 bucks ce armor kit xD

[vivid light]

Yes. Complain we have emblems referencing vehicles from other Halo games/lore. Every piece of equipment ever must be in Infinite or else it's not allowed

[onyx latch]

I want Mantis

[vivid light]

I want Jackrabbit

[white birch]

Im not sure the maps are large enough for the Jackrabbit not to fly off the edge if you tried to drive it.

[sinful agate]

I just want covenant/banished vehicle skins

Or any way to make them not red

[spring sonnet]

wondering if anyone knows. do all infinite games run on a dedicated server or does the server push some of its processes to the client.

[coarse dagger]

Everything is run on azure servers instances

[coarse dagger]

@worldly karma You already have a post in the support forum, someone will help there when they're able to

[low musk]

Some people speculate that we might get a firefight playlist in a couple weeks time even before the Winter Contingency event. That, however is just a working theory given how we have the Jackal and Elite in the picture, so take that with a grain of salt

[icy pelican]

i have inside information that we will be getting a playable elite core this year (jk)

[lime robin]

What's your source, the Halo 3 Player Association?

[icy pelican]

my source is I made it up

[grand sand]

are they ever gonna fix the bp and challenges not loading until you play 1 multiplayer game

[lime robin]

Try turning off IPV6

[sharp pendant]

im SO happy that the water bottle hip attachment is back in the exchange for reach on MCC

it was the last thing I wanted to unlock for my spartan on there

[lime robin]

It's been known to help last season, it may help now.

[old merlin]

Any one had a similar bug recently with halo infinite teams ? I just played a ctf on empyrian and my team capped two flags back to back, one of the enemy team leaves and the game just goes nuts and decides to replace him with THREE PLAYERS, and it became a 4v6 not even joking. And to make it worse one of us left the lobby too so we're 3v6 and we lost instantly lmao this game sucks

[ruby knoll]

one note: turn it back on after (assuming it's a system wide setting)

[celest heron]

submit a bug report

[signal ivy]

I disable it on router and PC. Most ISPs implementation of IPV6 is awful

[coarse dagger]

Which is wild considering how long it's been a thing

[signal ivy]

yep

[plucky river]

Is there any news on the Nvidia bug fix? It has been a long time now.

[civic sundial]

Didn't they release a fix for that recently or am I imagining?

[plucky river]

Nope

All they said was to install an older driver

Who is installing an old driver to play Halo then install new drivers for every other game?

[glacial tartan]

#halo-support-news message

[plucky river]

Thank you

[dusky nova]

Man, the refuelled playlist seems quite sweaty from my limited time with it. A couple of games I got put against two or three players with diamond/onyx career rank (judging by their nameplates) who were playing ridiculously good, then similarly another game against some guy using [TTV] as their tag 🙄, who went like 28-3 in slayer. Last game I did had some guy with a thick asian accent just absolutely screaming into his mic the entire game as he didn't like how the team were doing.

[coarse dagger]

Sounds just like Halo 3 tbh

[bleak nymph]

I noticed the Bandit grants Assault Rifle medals, instead of Tactical Rifle medals. That's a mistake right?

[dusky nova]

The screaming into the mic part maybe, yeah

[serene furnace]

Yeah

At launch there was a bug where headshots with the Shock Rifle were sometimes counted as Sidekick kills

[ruby knoll]

the ipv6 transition has been impeded by a supermassive black hole of inertia

[olive brook]

one flag is making me go insane 😭

[low musk]

Out of curiosity, does this weeks reward change with the coating, or is it always solid black?

[signal ivy]

it changes with coating

[low musk]

Oh cool. I've been wanting to play all week, but been under the weather, so I haven't really been playing anything that requires alot focus (Mainly Chained Echoes)

[pallid swallow]

is there no toggle to turn aim assist off on mouse

[signal ivy]

correct

[pallid swallow]

but why

[celest heron]

noticed it's taking longer for the ui items to load like the bp and challenges when first starting infinite.

even mcc is taking longer. must be server issues.

[sterile kernel]

Think it's a increase in foot traffic?

[celest heron]

no, probly just a temp issue.

[gritty stirrup]

Who knew that to make Halo: Infinite good was to make Halo 3: 2

[ruby knoll]

nah

who knew making halo 3 maps worth playing on was to put em in infinite

[rose rain]

ngl the rakshasa viper helmet is cool

looks like its kinda based off of the FAST helmet

with the nvg shroud and what looks like the battery on the back and the headset

[wise kite]

When you go 34 - 8 and your team STILL barely wins

They seriously need to tune down the skill based matchmaking, you should not actively be punished for being good at the game by always being forced with bad teammates to balance out the matches. Casual matches should not have to be sweat fests in order for me to complete my challenges.

They also really need to let you convert xp boosts to something useful I've got like 100+ I've got nothing to do with

[civic sundial]

The Bandit is treated as an assault rifle within Infinite, kinda like how the Sentinel Beam is labeled as an SMG when it's not really an SMG

[clear cedar]

I swear I always get the Schrodinger's Gravity hammer

Or I am just Faze Jev anytime I deal with the gravity hammer in general, I use it, enemies surviving point blank, enemy has grav hammer, hits me from a mile away

[vocal basin]

remake halo 3 maps for a playlist
only matches im getting is in a neon green swamp

[young glen]

It's a good map, not gonna lie. Better than Construct, anyway. That map has always been whack.

[ashen atlas]

The regular gravhammer definitely feels op. The diminisher of hope deserved the boost because that felt useless compared to the rushdown hammer

Had nice knock back but the damage felt underwhelming

I should say the regular gravhammer feels op when compared to the rest of the normal weapons

[full warren]

This new halo 3 throw match match making ogtta be the worst yet lol

I am just getting -5-10KDA players on my team and all the good players on the enermy team

[zealous panther]

Diminished kills people like across the map. Especially on little Walhalla it feels like it is bugged or something

[full warren]

when you get 34/8 and lose LOL this game is so bad with its match makking

when you see 2 brand new players on your team when game start its a sign, just quit and play a differenmt game mode

i see why people is complining about the hammer

this update its busted, guy got 20 kills with it in husky raid just standing there and spamming the ground

[full warren]

month break nothing changed with the game, no joiners when people leave on my team, I join mide way games that are basicly ended. still the same SBMM. now mint blitz has talked about it I hope someonthng get changed

[jade mist]

not only is every game mode unplayable because of the matchmaking but you only get the same handful of maps over and over, played 18 games of quickplay and 13 of them were either forbidden/prism/ or forest 😂 nobody wants to play these garbage new maps its like empyrean and vanilla maps were taken out the game

whatever algorithm they have to increase the amount of times you get trash maps needs to get deleted along with the sbmm/lobby balancing

[sterile kernel]

Ok so who lives in the most unattainable mountain dew place

[twin crag]

combined arms bundle looks beautiful
shame I won't buy it 😦

[sterile kernel]

Its free

[signal ivy]

they're referring to the combined arms shop bundle

[sterile kernel]

Oh. The new skins right? Bought those....

[signal ivy]

same. Pretty good deal for what you get

[sterile kernel]

Yeah agreed

[crystal iron]

Took a rocket to the face so my teammate could deliver the flag...

Hey anyone know the exact date of when the mid season update is coming

[signal ivy]

only 343

[sterile kernel]

Did anyone in the other countrys or whatever need a code? Got a 5 point box code

[dusky bluff]

So the combined arms pass doesnt give you any credits back right?

[signal ivy]

correct

event passes have never done that, only seasonal battlepasses

[dusky bluff]

Ah, not yet used to the new format of event passes

[upbeat pilot]

I'm gonna be in general discussion vc playing halo reach if someone wanna vc

[sterile kernel]

I mau play once my wife leaves for work and I setting back in

[pallid swallow]

https://vxtwitter.com/Halo/status/1725559029684924758?s=20

nah we cant be doing this Halo HAHA

whoever has been memeing on the official account lately is doing great lol

[lime robin]

https://vxtwitter.com/Halo/status/1725559029684924758?s=20

[pallid swallow]

ahahah

[sterile kernel]

Glad someone explained it in the replys lol

[unborn whale]

I need a code from Belgium

If you still got it

[sterile kernel]

Still got it

Msged it to ya

It a 5 point box code

[scarlet shuttle]

Will they ever fix their -oink- theatre mode??? 😱

[lusty wraith]

There have been some fixes, it’s better than launch

Still a ways to go but yea

[scarlet shuttle]

It was better a launch for me, now it straight up doesn’t work at all. 0. Can’t watch any previous game, they are all empty. Can’t even see game result.

It can’t even properly load the map thumbnail anymore 😅 I don’t call this “fixes” it’s in a worst state then it was before…

[crystal iron]

And just quit my fight game, The games feel extremely sweaty so I'm lost interest rather quickly...

God I can't wait till firefight drops already

[icy pelican]

anyone else noticing all the creators complaining about SBMM

Who's the community outreach person because I'd love for someone to actually say something about it.

[crystal iron]

Honestly I'm at the point where I'm just purposely doing bad so it can get into more casual rounds.

I keep getting tossed it o rounds where the enemy team wants to go to compete in HCS.. after like the first minute those games become boring to me I'm literally in a game now and I'm typing this that's how I interested I got in this round but I want the XP

[icy pelican]

Yeah i play m/kb and when things get really sweaty I just kick back get my controller and play with that because I suck with a controller so it puts me in lower lobbies too.

sometimes though, it backfires.

Sometimes I get put in lobbies with people who would've been at my skill level who end up carrying me against sweaty mint blitzes

so it doesn't matter either way sometimes.

it seems either I'm carrying or I'm getting carried depending on the game.

[crystal iron]

The game is really starting to lose it's casual feel. Social playlist now feels like People act like it's ranked mode

[icy pelican]

you say starting.

It's always been this way. since release. it's the biggest flaw this game has.

[crystal iron]

I don't play much anymore so I have not a huge chunk of data to base it off. But starting back up playing and I'm over here like man when Disney everyone become a try hard

[icy pelican]

I thik I'm gonna stop playing today, honestly. I have 30 days til the operation ends so i'm not worried about completing it yet. 5 levels to go

It's so sweaty that it feels like torture to play it because I have to sweat and carry a team of 3 toddlers every time I wanna play.

[crystal iron]

I'ma be out of town alot somi just want to get it done I have a ton of XP boost so I get like one rank per game and I only need 3 but after that I think I'll stop playing until Firefight..

I just play husky raid now for the Higher xp

[icy pelican]

yeah that's my reasoning for wanting firefight too. there's no way firefight won't be casual. It'll be nice to be able to grind my battlepass in PVE sweat free. crack open a beer and just have a good time. I'm excited for that.

[hoary vault]

cuz those guys get smacked in ranked, but are good enough to seal club in casual

[icy pelican]

remember when we could have fun i halo?

I'm sick of carrying, man.

I keep getting into games where I'm goig 25+ kills and still losing because my teammates are getting single digits and double digit deaths

[hoary vault]

I've been just playing Husky and doing my best not to care

It's like grifball to me

[crystal iron]

It's crazy because everyone keeps noticing that their version of SBMM is broken but they won't admit it.

Really they should have left it out of social playlist and left it exclusive to ranked

[crystal iron]

.y problem with husky raid is that the other teams has seemingly always gotten power weapons while. We get base weapons more frequently

[hoary vault]

pls dont ping

[icy pelican]

Husky raid can annoy me too because i still get bad teams

i get matched against sweats in husky raid too. lol

[hoary vault]

the guys who have god tier grapple skills and always spawn with a rocket and a hammer lol

[icy pelican]

yeah

[crystal iron]

Kinda feels like the tryhards and Sweats are people with huge insecurity issues and have to take that out in the game lol

[icy pelican]

This.

[thorny brook]

does anyone know if the amount of CSR gained in ranked slowly goes down as you play more games? or more or less performance based? (was getting about 10 points per win, now its more like 7-8)

[icy pelican]

lots of people play games like it's what gives their life meaning.

[olive brook]

me loading into a game of husky raid knowing ill regret it

[icy pelican]

lol

[olive brook]

do good one match and get absolutely destroyed in the match after

[hoary vault]

It's fun af to absolutely roll a team in husky tho. I think my shortest game was like 1:31

[sterile kernel]

I came to chats looking to fins chill people to play with and make friends

[crystal iron]

That's the. Broken SBMM of Halo Infinite

[olive brook]

yeah

[icy pelican]

I think I have a solution to this problem btw.

[olive brook]

i tried playing the h3 playlist but its just too much

[icy pelican]

make friends with good players and queue together.

pub stomp.

[young glen]

Just you wait, Firefight will scale enemy difficulty depending on the squad's skill rating.

[sterile kernel]

Well I use to play back in og halo 2 and 3 and we had a blast back then

[icy pelican]

either that, Or it'll give you 200 xp at the end of every game that takes like an hour and a half to finish, making it useless for actually leveling anything.

[crystal iron]

Hokestly I feel like 343 will do that, it's almost like they don't understand what chill and have fun means... They see something fun and go oh no we have to throw a little HCS comp into this

[icy pelican]

I guarantee you they'll ruin the exp gain of firefight to make you not wanna do it beyond just enjoying it.

[hoary vault]

I'm coming back after not playing for like a year. And I feel like there's 75% no lifers, and 20% brand new players, and %5 casuals

[sterile kernel]

😦 hope not

[hoary vault]

This

[crystal iron]

Oh yea for sure they will throttle XP in firefight so players don't shift over there to much and stay in PVP.

[sterile kernel]

Wish I had no life, life makes it hard to play x.x

[hoary vault]

They want you playing PVP so the whales who keep buying from the shop can show off their purchases

[crystal iron]

I think to be honest when they removed the post and pre lobbies it killed the social aspect of it, and on top of that your team doesn't trick together after the match so it's always just recycle with randoms.

That right there is where I think alot of the social feel went downhill

[tulip tusk]

i only do custom games lol may have played 2 pvp games in several months

[sterile kernel]

I'm not whale but I have bought stuff. It speaks to my poor ADHD brain

[crystal iron]

There is no conversation before or after the match, so no one really feels like putting on headsets and just BSing in game anymore...

COD still has those aspects and it's always noisy

[sterile kernel]

So thats why ita quiet....though I messed up a safety setting lol

Miss H2 and 3s lobbys

[olive brook]

wish more ppl had their mics on in game other than the occasional dude screaming at his team

[crystal iron]

Yup unless you have a actually party, you have no pre game lobby,...and when the match is over your team gets shuffled and randomly tossed in with a whole new team

[sterile kernel]

=0

[crystal iron]

Without pre and post game lobbies not many players see a point.

[sterile kernel]

Geeze I'm always alone so never noticed

And havent done mm since release

[olive brook]

hope they’ll add it someday

hope they stop being so focused on making a “competitive” experience

[sterile kernel]

Are the lobbys in the old pc ones? I've noticed things to me dont feel as clean hit as old-school halo

[crystal iron]

It's crazy because when I play halo it's silence... But when I hop over to COD I have eto freaking mute people sometimes lol.. also they have a pretty easy to use mute feature in COD, open scoreboard..... Mute player it's so simple I kinda wish Halo Infinite adopted such a simple feature

[sterile kernel]

They had it like that for Reach I think. Just back button and mute

[crystal iron]

Not with Infinite though, this game was built around HCS first. But hopefully firefight gives us pre and post lobbies at least

[sterile kernel]

Kinda miss being told to drop my balls (female so...)

[tulip tusk]

yeah i wish mute system was simpler, in infinite its just weirder, have to open player menu to see who is the loud one, memorize name, then have to reach the separate tab that has squad members and mute from there

[sterile kernel]

Man....kinda sad if they're just gonna focus on them

I still remember my first h2 no mic game and the 2 randoms that were so friendly and showed me weapon areas

[crystal iron]

It's over complicated for no reason but I'm sure 343 has like a million excuses of why they didn't that way. When it comes to muting players COD has the superior form... Halo feels almost outdated in a lot of aspects.

[sterile kernel]

Eh it was the grand daddy of the lobby, he'll h2 was the best vchat around back then....just chill in lobbys

Then when someone falls alseep start up a game and mess with them.

[crystal iron]

Oh. O the enemy team has our flag... Behold how I will put in no effort lol

[sterile kernel]

Aww or that's your teammates

[crystal iron]

Naw it's 100% me right now, I have hit full Saitama mood with this game

[sterile kernel]

Ahhh lol

[crystal iron]

I don't even know why people go for the flag in husky raid, just run the pic out and get kills

[tulip tusk]

hm is there a Halo ce assault rifle skin?

[sterile kernel]

The bot didn't like my s word 😦

I suck basically. Bot wont let me insult my self

[tulip tusk]

i wish the upgraded variant of the assault rifle was the 60 bulky one

[crystal iron]

Yea the moderation of words is rather tight almost rather uptight in this Discord.... Sometimes you need to just join the COD ones to let lose a little

[sterile kernel]

I see, man...dont wanna get banned

[crystal iron]

Hokestly right now I just play the game Tomkins give me some rest in between sets of pushups lol

[sterile kernel]

Just wanna chill and chat while gaming while home or at work. Cant play it to seriously

[crystal iron]

I heard it is pretty easy to get banned in here too.

There's like two or three guys in the COD discord that were banned from this one.

They seem cool it they can Crap talk pretty epic, on eof then made some person in the COD discord have like a meltdown with how bad they roasted them... Twas delightful the witness

[crystal iron]

Yup I'm hitting some pushups and kettlebell bell workouts in between rounds....

Trying to drop down to 175.

Weighed myself.today and I'm at 198 was at 197 last so I'm kinda confused lol...

[sterile kernel]

Lord best to do right, old and out of shape and have to go to the chiropractor once a week

[crystal iron]

I'm al.lst 40 but I refuse to get out of shape, I'm trying to look like a Viltrumite lol

[sterile kernel]

I weight around 180 or so and Im female but I dont look like that number. Same 39

Got nerv issues also makes gaming hars sometimes

[latent echo]

Dumb question. for the skewer achivement in campaign can I grab the special one from the weapon pad and load in and kill the boss or does it need to be a regular skewer?

[ruby knoll]

halo fans continue to miss the point part 47890531

[crystal iron]

Well I finally got a winning streak I think it's 3 in a row in husky raid... The key is for me to have a sniper rifle lol

[sterile kernel]

Lol

[crystal iron]

Another win in husky raid once again I used the snipe to hit them at their spawn lol

Also whoever has a grapple hook needs finger the flag

[hoary vault]

wanna group up?

[crystal iron]

Maybe, But I'm. It on a Micdont think you want to hear me knock out workout sets in between rounds lol

[olive brook]

im gonna actually lose it if i have to play one flag one more time 😭😭

[hoary vault]

say again?

[crystal iron]

I'm not using. A mix due to me working out between rounds

But go ahead and send in invite being in. Someone else's party might be better somi don't have to hit A each time after every round

[sterile kernel]

Lol

[crystal iron]

My gamertag is in my Bio, I'm in a row imright now though I'ma try and see if we can pull win number 5 or 6 idk

Nope SBMM says I won't to many now it's time to lose cus I'm up against seal team 6 now lol

[hoary vault]

damn I should do that. All I have is a bar and a heavy bag haha. I used to walk on a treadmill and play

I wonder if the gym would be ok with me hooking up the gamer laptop on their treadmill hahah

[crystal iron]

The entire enemy team had rocket launchers,

[crystal iron]

Get the perfect pushup thing.. do those in between rounds

And we lost lol... Yup SBMM said Inwas winning to much somit put me up against a team of tryhards

[hoary vault]

true. I'm more of an 'only legday' guy

I'm up to 4 figures on the leg press

[crystal iron]

Nice, yea I have a while home gym now, I avoid public gyms.. it got weird with people constantly recording themselves and getting mad if you were in their shot... I just preferred to be at how than deal with morons

I'm actually going to stop playing halo for now,

I think I hit the Im bored point of PVP

[sterile kernel]

Lol I'm playing halo dress up

Wish it had more like Destiny but eh

[low musk]

Does anybody know what qualifies as 'Tactical rifles'? I've head Sniper rifle sprees and bandit rifle sprees, but those don't seem to qualify

[young glen]

BR and Commando

Just play Tac Slayer

[low musk]

Fair enough. Thank you for the info. The game should really put in a description on what 'tac rifles' are. You'd think the sniper rifle and bandit were qualifiers

I'm not looking forward to having to deal with the capstone. You'd think that having the Team Snipers playlist would have been perfect for it, but nope

Just gotta hope you get the BTB Snipers playlist or the Escalation slayer

[sterile kernel]

Bandit yes but not sniper though as I wouldn't consider that a true rifle

[young glen]

The Bandit is classed as an assault rifle.

[sterile kernel]

Was thinking more of power class. Yeah bandit is similar to br.

[icy pelican]

Just finished combined arms. was very underwhelming. the pilot helmet should've been what we get at the end of it but noooooo gotta put it in the store.

[low musk]

Jeez. 4 games, and nothing but bandit starts on Tac slayer. FML

[icy pelican]

The dude leading the dev team is either evil or the guy leading them is evil because man they're greedy as hell

[white birch]

At the very least, none of my Spartans look like they've been living in a dumpster, which is unfortunately what most Warlock cosmetics result in.
...in truth even Titan armor is...annoyingly thin in many cases.

[low musk]

Combined arms is pretty mid. It would have been the prime opportunity to get people to play Firefight again. Either it isn't ready, or they are waiting for Winter Contingency 3

[icy pelican]

i have a theory that firefight will release sometime next week.

[white birch]

Could be they're waiting till later in it, yeah.
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