halo-discussion

[deep valve]

when halo feels more call of duty than call of duty

the HUD moving with your camera feels immersive, like you're actually wearing a helmet

but it can make you feel dizzy

I learnt that halo reach was bungie testing the waters before making destiny

and destiny still somehow sucked

idk what halo 4 menu looks like cuz it's just MCC menu lmao

[rocky oasis]

bro look it up on youtube 😭 its the best thing ever. that music is amazing…

same. its only in mcc and 5 i started experiencing bad people lol

[deep valve]

why did they make dr halsey morally-questionable

[rocky oasis]

well she is 😅

always was

[deep valve]

the last game (reach) had us working for halsey then all of a sudden halo 4 makes us dislike her

[edgy forum]

Never said I liked her lol

[deep valve]

chief and cortana never kissed

[rocky oasis]

oh i was a kid i definitely couldnt see the flaws when i was young it took me years to quit. as a kid though it blew me away absolutely unbelievable at that point i was just playing minecraft and… gotham city impostors lol

[rocky oasis]

the spartans are aligned with halsey but that doesnt mean she isnt morally questionable. shes never really been a villain per se but halo 4 definitely wanted to explore the negative side of what she did, because it hadnt really been discussed

idk how much of a spoiler it is per so but do you know what she… did? lol

the thing that makes her morally questionable that is

also for the record, even despite halo 4s depiction of halsey nothing changed. shes still a mother figure to most spartan 2s, inculding chief (and as you saw, george)

[deep valve]

jorge

[rocky oasis]

lol sure 😆

[deep valve]

the fact that she 'recruited' children?

[rocky oasis]

yeah!

and to be honest i dont really know if halsey was “supposed” to be a character we “liked”. she was a prick in reach lol

very punchable lol 👊

[zealous panther]

and yet, she basically a hero

[rocky oasis]

but does doing a good thing in retrospect make you worthy of the praise?…. 🤔

personally i say no. shes a prick haha

[zealous panther]

she helped humanity to survive. It is what it is.

[civic sundial]

She's been morally terrible since The Fall of Reach released in 2001. Kinda hard to be a morally righteous person when you're in the business of kidnapping and experimenting on kids to make super soldiers

And it's not like the person who spearheaded the Spartan-III program is better either, Ackerson just used orphans of the war with the Covenant since those were easy to find and nobody would miss them

[fleet lynx]

i finally did the package easter egg in solo, last time i tried it i was 9

[zealous panther]

kinda smart. tho how they used spartan-3 isn't really

[fleet lynx]

on the xbox 360 is hard af

[deep valve]

how did they even come up with reach in 2001?

like why call it reach?

well microsoft wrote the fall of reach which got retconned by bungie in their version of a prequel

[civic sundial]

They needed a location for the Pillar of Autumn to have come from that wasn't Earth. They just settled on a planet called Reach being the name of it

And the novel fleshed out what Reach was more for anyone who was curious

[civic sundial]

Fun fact, Fall of Reach is 100% still canon, it just took allot of work on 343 to fix the mess Bungie made with Halo Reach

[deep valve]

mess? fall of reach was written without their involvement

I don't think it's fair to say bungie ruined the backstory when microsoft wrote a novel without their consent or involvement

[civic sundial]

I won't pretend to know all the details as I was not there but I highly doubt that there was an issue of consent with Fall of Reach's existence

And given that much of what Fall of Reach did informed allot of Halo projects released after CE, I think people who take issue with the inconsistencies Reach has with the novel are fair in taking issue

[deep valve]

well bungie had no say in it so it was very much microsoft's call and the writer's call

[muted cobalt]

Not sure to be honest. There’s others I want to do, but for some reason that one appealed to me most in the moment, so I went with it.

[edgy forum]

Halo Wars killed Ensemble Studios, a perfect game but at what cost

[bright yew]

why does my halo inf crash when on loading screen

[loud pier]

is it just me or does infinite suck

[bright yew]

nope noit you

[celest heron]

just u

[tulip tusk]

Only part that sux are the bugs and meh low population, rest is ok

[warped yew]

The bugs definitely ruin the experience

[sullen kiln]

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[deep valve]

you know, 2027 is the perfect time for halo 3 anniversary (hint hint)

also is playlists the only way to play co-op campaign?

[sturdy kernel]

For what Halo 3 anniversary?
For what point?

[celest heron]

nah, perfect time for an infinite sequel.

[civic sundial]

I second that

[deep valve]

how did dr halsey survive reach?

[civic sundial]

She hid in her lab at Castle Base, got found by some surviving members of the Red Team that was formed during the Fall of Reach (Which included Kelly and Fred), went down into a Forerunner complex under Castle Base (Remember that for later), got saved by Chief and other survivors from Alpha Halo, and escaped into slipspace via the the Gettysburg/Ascendant Justice

Just don't ask where Jun went after escorting her to Castle Base, we don't have an answer

[deep valve]

noble 6 just barely delivered cortana, the chances of her surviving the glassing is slim

[civic sundial]

Like I said, Halsey hid in Castle Base. It wasn't exactly something out in the open, given it was under a mountain

[deep valve]

in halo 3, chief looks for cortana; in halo infinite, chief..looks for cortana..?

[civic sundial]

Chief isn't looking for Cortana in Infinite

His goal was stopping the Banished from fixing Zeta Halo and halting what the Harbinger was doing

[deep valve]

isn't cortana like evil in infinite and that's why weapon is with him instead

[civic sundial]

Cortana's dead in Infinite

Like, that's a big thing the story tells us early on

[celest heron]

her secret lab was like a half mile underground and below an uninhabited area. she was vulnerable in the pelican while leaving, but reach is a big place and not impossible to escape.

[young orchid]

Anyone here know trademark and copyright laws well?

[celest heron]

https://tenor.com/view/birdlaw-charliekelly-gif-13249223

[zinc frigate]

I actually have footage this time. It could just be a game glitch, the first time a wall came up when I was aiming at an opponent but this time it didn't happen just a bunch of a walls that didn't let me see half the map. What do people use to share footage on here?

[celest heron]

sounds like somethings wrong with your computer if you're on one. I'd see if your graphics card driver is updated.

[zinc frigate]

How is it my computer and not the server or a bug?

[celest heron]

not saying it isn't, but that's the first I've heard of something like that with big walls. I've seen little tiny blocks on the series x though. it's not unusal for blocks or walls to appear if you have gfx issues or some other pc issue.

[zinc frigate]

Yeah you're probably right

[celest heron]

you could post a thread here #1075989764026675210 with your specs and maybe someone will help you.

[deep valve]

beating halo 2 legendary is just impressive

you could probably beat dark souls 3 if you can beat halo 2 legendary

[zinc frigate]

Or maybe it's developers that think they're smart

[uneven bison]

Different kinds of hard

I beat both, neither are really comparable

[crystal iron]

I don’t think the humans would’ve won the war

We were kinda doomed and almost all of our colonies were glassed

[deep valve]

master chief

what's your favorite halo game and why is it halo 3?

[deep valve]

halo 4 is good until prometheans

[abstract mural]

Gets great again when they leave for a bit, and then gets worse

[sturdy kernel]

Bullet sponges
Too annoying

[crystal iron]

It’s not three it’s 2

[crystal iron]

Yeah that armor isn’t doing much against a glassing beam

If the covenant came to earth with the same fleet size as reach it would be over

[deep valve]

ok so for context I don't suck at fps games. I got whooped like 200 times before I even beat the game..on normal

halo 2 is not easy

[normal mountain]

...bet

[crystal iron]

That’s very very true

You wouldn’t believe how many desk I’ve slammed through because of jackal snipers on my laso run

[viral kayak]

I have heard of controllers being damaged by throwing them, not desks being punched through like a kung fu board.

[viral kayak]

Seriously? Normal on Halo 2 is not that hard.

[deep valve]

that one section on a moving platform man

well some of the deaths were me walking into a hole without noticing it (why the hell are there so many holes)

[analog salmon]

you just gotta learn the combat tbh

normal use to be a challenge but once you've done legendary, you can speed run normal

[karmic oriole]

Any updates this week? For holidays?

[civic sundial]

A new operation begins tomorrow

[karmic oriole]

Nice

[viral kayak]

Which ones you talking about? As if both involve flood using duel needlers helps, and the carbine can headshot combat forms. The moving platform for sacred icon has flood also that drop both SMG and shotguns which can shred through flood forms.

[deep valve]

I miss halo CE magnum

[signal ivy]

play CE

[deep valve]

also what happened to dual wielding? ever since halo reach, it's been gone?

[signal ivy]

yeah it's not that great of a mechanic

[deep valve]

it's badass

master chef dual wielding is cool

[signal ivy]

no doubt that it looks cool, but for gameplay reasons it's not great

[deep valve]

so halo 2 is just pointless for introducing it?

[signal ivy]

idk if I would use the word pointless

but there's a reason bungie dropped it starting in Reach

[deep valve]

well it's a prequel and they're not master chief or arbitor

and somehow master chief..forgot he can dual wield in CE but figured out he can in halo 2? idk it's weird

[signal ivy]

that's just how it goes with game development

new features are introduced in sequels that weren't present in past games

[onyx latch]

Halo 2 is pointless for a lot of reasons. What's one more.

[celest heron]

reach didn't have dual wielding

[urban swift]

[celest heron]

unknown

[urban swift]

Known

[bright vessel]

I reinstalled Infinite just before Thanksgiving and have been playing Delta Arena ever since. I really hope Halo Studios decides to make DA permanent.

[edgy forum]

What seems to be the sentiment for Halo in 2024? I hope it’s calmed down and healing from the rough patches and launch. Just hate how YouTube/social media has harshly picked on the game.

[tulip tusk]

Idk I'm not the worldly sentiment analyst

[civic sundial]

Oh here we go again

[edgy forum]

But that doesn’t discredit the amount of work they put into it

[civic sundial]

Just ignore C, they're not gonna bring anything meaningful to this conversation

[tulip tusk]

Current sentiment for Halo has been discussed 7million times it's done to death let's discuss real things

Like will we play during a grunt rebellion

[civic sundial]

To bring it around to the original question at hand, right now we're at the end of the year and while it's not been a perfect year by any means, the fact that Halo Studios showed off Halo stuff in UE5 and confirmed multiple projects in development back in October tells me that we are gonna be in for something interesting at the very least. Plus Infinite got a new weapon last month, which nobody was expecting and I recommend checking out

[edgy forum]

Objectively interesting and a matter of wait & see yeah, could be awhile but nothing revitalizing than imagining how Unreal will look. I’m playing STALKER 2 and the game looks amazing on the engine. Just sometimes the game glitches and adds charm to it lol

[tulip tusk]

If halo youtubers upload 1 more halo sentiment video Google is going to close the site

[civic sundial]

How else are they gonna make money off of old information they can twist and use against the current people making the games?

Like, you just know one of them is waiting to bring up Halo 2 almost having sprint and claiming it being cut is a sign that Bungie didn't chase trends back in 2004

[edgy forum]

Costco pays better than YouTube lol

And you get the pizza/hotdog at Costco

[civic sundial]

Now I want pizza

[edgy forum]

I want a cheeseburger

[crystal iron]

I wanna get Halo 5 that’s on sale ends later today for $4.99 but first can I play Halo 5 Offline without internet if my internet goes out ?

[bright vessel]

I just finished up Primordium and I truly have to wonder why Halo Infinite's campaign didn't reference even one thing in it

[civic sundial]

The campaign can be played offline

[crystal iron]

Thanks I always make sure before I buy games that it has a Offline mode

[civic sundial]

Fair

[crystal iron]

I don’t do those online only games

[crystal iron]

What about Halo Spartan Assault can that be played Oflline without internet ?

[civic sundial]

Let me double check that right now

You can play Spartan Assault offline

[crystal iron]

Thanks then I’m downloading it now for $5 if I can play Offline

[tulip tusk]

Cool book!

I feel similar

[gloomy tulip]

Are ranks resetting tomorrow?

[clever lance]

So why do people hate the library? I beat it on legendary yesterday and the only complaint I have is the amount of spawns there are.

[coarse dagger]

Library is fine tbh, it's Cortana that's pure evil

[civic sundial]

Cortana is just so horrible as a level

Like, it was more fun coming up with changes for it as a university assignment

[shrewd finch]

The library is boring and repetitive on normal difficulty. I don't know why but it's way more fun on legendary.

[tulip tusk]

i like library bc it's reminiscent of a halo horde mode

[balmy wedge]

You go to a cool university.

[civic sundial]

Went to, not been there for a few years now

And you wanna know the coolest bit, my lecturers worked on the original Lego Star Wars games

[balmy wedge]

DUUUUDE.

What's your degree?
I have a programming degree and have been making a game, I know how to make a good sandbox but am garbage at actual design past that.

[zenith heart]

Well, I got yet another game pass code that I cant use since Im not in one of the supported countries, so heres the code: 36VJX-24CQR-4J9FW-F3X39-6MKCZ (14 day trial btw)

[civic sundial]

Game designer, specifically with a focus on level design (Not that I really got to use that degree at my old job). But I also did some 3D modelling, character design and game concepting

[balmy wedge]

That's super rad.

[civic sundial]

It was real fun

Though having to finish it during the pandemic was not easy

[balmy wedge]

Ah, fair.
I might look up some tutorials on level design. My work sponsors learning materials so I might as well.

[civic sundial]

Do it, you'll learn so much

Though you will forever be explaining to people who know nothing why decisions were made for some levels

[balmy wedge]

It's probably one of those "you don't know what you don't know" things too.

[civic sundial]

Basically

[balmy wedge]

Got any textbook recommendations? I feel like it's a medium more hands-on than books could help, but I could probably source the author or their credits and go down a rabbit hole of learning materials.

[civic sundial]

I lost my list of text books I had sadly

Kinda had allot going on and that list is somewhere but I can't remember where

But like, I have seen people recommend looking at architecture for level design if you're going to make environments based on real world locations. Which is a bit of a no brainer but you'd be surprised how many people forget that

Like, if you're gonna make a level set in a castle, looking at how castles were designed is very informative

Which I regret not doing in one of my early assignments

[balmy wedge]

I actually am. Fortunately most of my family are big architecture fans and have a lot of books and education on that sort of thing.

[civic sundial]

Oh you have a big advantage on me then

The biggest tip I can provide though is to make sure you know what abilities the player has access to when designing a level

Like, if you're gonna give the player a jet pack, keep that in mind when making the map

[rocky oasis]

totally fair!

[crystal iron]

I hate jackal snipers that much

[grizzled wolf]

Oh god jackal snipers on legendary have the most insane aim.

[elfin slate]

anyone wanna play modded Halo with me? i was thinking Ruby's Rebalanced

i’ve never had anyone to play Halo with before

[sullen kiln]

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[earnest quest]

We can try! I played rebalanced mod already, but we can do it together some time :)

[short flower]

Green Man coating fixed so now it looks more accurate? That’s huge.

Boy people are very upset about delta arena being removed.

[edgy forum]

Yo! The Nerd weapon coatings!

Props to Halo Studios for the armor coating fix

[civic sundial]

I just checked it out and yeah, Green Man is different to how it was last month

[next sun]

I want to play through all the Halo games with 3 of my friends, does anyone know if there's a good mod for Halo MCC that allows 4 player co-op for Halo CE and Halo 2?

[balmy wedge]

It's too bad, but I get why. It'd be very easy for a new player to jump in a match and get frustrated that some features aren't working.

That said, it'd be GREAT for Firefight. I started making a gametype with these settings that only had Elites, Grunts, and Jackals, but I never finished it.

[civic sundial]

I remember seeing someone working on that, not sure if it's a completed mod though

[next sun]

I think you're talking about the Halo CE in Halo 3 mod but yeah that one only has the first 2 levels of CE

[civic sundial]

No, I distinctly remember there being someone working on a mod for CE which adds in 4 player co-op

Not CE in Halo 3

[next sun]

oh dam, do you remember the name of the creator or mod itself?

[civic sundial]

Sadly not, I was scrolling on Twitter and remember seeing it a while back

[next sun]

Aah sadge, I'll keep looking then, thanks

[limpid python]

HALO VR IS AMAZING

[civic sundial]

Worse case scenario, split into twos and just do a race to see which team can beat CE and 2 faster

[edgy forum]

They put Delta Arena in the quick play list

[quick kindle]

second time's the charm with studios devoted to "continuing the story of halo" ig. high hopes honestly maybe the drought is finally over

4 years out from infinite i'm genuinely excited bc of the studio reset but moreso bc this'll be the first halo i'm there to see the launch of

[stray root]

sucks that the santa hat is only on like. two helmets :/

[civic sundial]

I imagine it was originally intended to go on only the Mark VII as it sits better on that one

[balmy wedge]

I wouldn't call that a Santa hat problem but an overall Halo Infinite Helmet Attachment problem. A lot of helmet attachments are very specific to, at best, its core, at worst, a single helmet.

[civic sundial]

Aye

And like yeah, for some attachments, it makes perfect sense to be exclusive to specific helmets, such as the new Brute Stalker inspired helmet, but others, like the small things that can be added onto the side of the Reach helmets, I am surprised aren't useable on helmets for other cores

[balmy wedge]

Oh absolutely, I think the basic rule should be "if it doesn't clip, it should fit". Which applies to a lot of store items. It'd be REALLY nice for the various Banished/Covenant items since there are so many at this point but all without much crossover. It's like every operation includes a helmet attachment that works solely on one cosmetic which just makes the Operation unlocks tiring overall.

[lusty wraith]

I hate Infinite's strafes so much man 😭

genuinely rage inducing, it's so awful

[shrewd finch]

They didn't remove it though. They moved it to the match composer.

Halo Studios needs to be more vocal about this because a ton of people are confused.

[celest onyx]

Do we know what gametypes have Snow Fire and Snow Ground in the match composer? only seeing Snowbound right now

and i didnt see them in the patch notes, only the announcement post

[short flower]

Most accurate visor to the chief’s classic H2 appearance? Feel like vandal is kinda accurate

[lethal bobcat]

Hot take: the next game that takes place after infinite chronologically should not have cheif as the player character. I think it'd be cool if he made appearances but it's time for a new player character in halo

I think we've worn out chief. he's saved the humanity/galaxy how many times now? I mean... I feel like it undermines any conflict because even in-game characters will be like "well this is just another Tuesday for him"

not to mention he's old

it was hard to like locke bc he's literally an antagonist to chief in H5 so I don't think that was a fair test. but reach was great. fighting alongside a team of spartans was cool.

[agile cobalt]

is halo infinites servers down or am i tweakin

[vague night]

Is it true they removed third person firefight?

[sturdy kernel]

I guess so

[abstract mural]

yes

it's dumb because they said they'd keep it around

and it had a better playlist selection

also, would love for the playlists in general to be organized better

[vague night]

Ugh. Where does 343 get off calling the demolition of 3p f- gets headshotted

[keen karma]

Hi. I do have a question for Halo fans. It is true that Microsoft is going to give their games such as Halo games to PlayStation?

[crystal iron]

Why would it matter

I doubt playstation would want that

[ivory glacier]

That’s stupid they put legacy slayer into quick play. I like to play between that and normal infinite. Now I have to select the modes I want each time

[naive reef]

it will save your selected game modes unless you change it

[tulip tusk]

im a dumb fan im not a microsoft ceo insider

[open umbra]

The match composer in Quick Play and BTB does need some sort of categorization though.

[iron cypress]

hey so i got back into playing the xbox version of reach (not mcc) and i was wondering if there’s still a way to unlock the waypoint content? i really want the security (i think it’s called) shoulder pads

[crude totem]

thats a hard one dude. i wouldn’t know because me and most other people have moved to mcc, good luck finding someone man

[rocky oasis]

halo

[tepid stump]

I dont think so

[rocky oasis]

how much fomo does halo infinite have? like ie, how much stuff is never coming back

[civic sundial]

Well the Exchange exists so that stuff that was FOMO cosmetic items is able to come back

[rocky oasis]

isnt exchange an mcc thing?

[civic sundial]

It's not perfect as not everything that would fit the bill to go in there is in there yet but everything in Infinite's Exchange is still obtainable, even after it's not on the Exchange store page

[civic sundial]

Infinite has one too

[rocky oasis]

ah fair. yeah i dont care for not being allowed sometthing because i didnt play when the devs decided it was time to…

i was genuinely considering retrying it

oh well.

[civic sundial]

I highly recommend giving Infinite a try regardless, it's still a pretty fun game

And every month gets new stuff added to the exchange

Sure this month it's a bit lackluster but that's just because it's a bunch of Christmas items, I'm sure next month will bring back some cool stuff

[rocky oasis]

eh. fomo sadly makes me less interested in a game

[civic sundial]

The FOMO is being removed is what I'm saying

[rocky oasis]

does it still work how it did on release? where you werent allowed to progress in the battlepass you paid for if you didnt play whatever gamemode 343 decided you had to that week? lol

[civic sundial]

Like, the exchange is how you get stuff from old events and stuff

[grave ether]

There isn't much fomo because most stuff cycles back pretty regularly

[rocky oasis]

i hear you but not everythings come back?

[rocky oasis]

most? 😅

[civic sundial]

Not yet but stuff is coming back every month

[grave ether]

and you can always buy a past pass and complete it if it's over

[rocky oasis]

also i read mando as risk of rain lol

[grave ether]

I say most because the stuff does, we just don't always know when or how often

[rocky oasis]

thats what id do, but im talking more about event stuff

plus how it worked on release was bs. “no you arent allowed to play slayer, go into oddball and throw power cells at people” lol no thanks…

is it still like that? or am i allowed to do what i find fun?

regarding challenges

[grave ether]

You can select the modes you want to load into now
and there's firefight

[civic sundial]

Firefight is fantastic for grinding out passes

[rocky oasis]

yeah i heard about that! i mean challenges. i hate being told how and what to play

[civic sundial]

Challenges are super easy to do these days

[grave ether]

Most of the challenges are earnable passively

[civic sundial]

They're stuff like "Complete X matches" "Get X amount of points" "Get multikills"

[grave ether]

Like I rack them up without looking at them

[rocky oasis]

fair how it used to work in mcc was bs like if your past lv100 you ONLY get stuff from gold challenges. what?

[civic sundial]

Which for the multikill ones, use Firefight

[rocky oasis]

sounds much better… no more “throw power cells at people “?

[civic sundial]

Infinite's challenges are not like MCC's but there is a weekly limit to how many you can complete since you are trying to get the weekly reward of some number of Spartan Points (I don't remember the number off the top of my head), which can then be used for stuff from the Exchange like Mark V Zeta

[grave ether]

No, but it's still really fun to do and I recommend it

[rocky oasis]

oh ffs yeah i remember those weekly awards. i totally forgot, THEY were the main reason i uninstalled week 1

absolute pinnacle of fomo bs

[civic sundial]

You get Spartan Points from the weekly reward now

[rocky oasis]

wait so no more you have to play every week for an item?!

[civic sundial]

And old weekly rewards are showing up in the Exchange

[rocky oasis]

do you have to do EVERY challenge a week, or can you do 1 for 1 point or something like in mcc

[grave ether]

There's an operation pass you can try to complete within a certain amount of weeks, but if you don't finish it in time you can buy the pass to finish or save up the points for when the items are in the exchange

[rocky oasis]

like i have a life and other games i want to play lol i cba with anything like that

[rocky oasis]

as it should be yeah. sort of like doom eternal

[rocky oasis]

is this still a thing?

[weary trout]

ngl, a operation dedicated to the headhunters would be cool

[balmy wedge]

Definitely better than how they used to be, rather than a difficulty commitment they are largely a time commitment, about 20 or 30 minutes a day for me as someone not great at the game. Which isn't a ton but adds up.
But still nothing for campaign play which breaks my heart.

But not so long I feel like I can't play other games, and it usually takes me half the time of availability to complete an operation. I just wish it was faster.

[balmy wedge]

I'd argue this is pretty much the only source of FOMO since they're not permanently free and don't reward credits to buy any other operations.

[crystal iron]

Is the game even worth grinding out past passes for? I am scared that it will completely die out soon

[bleak nymph]

Yo, can we not with the FOMO in the shop and just let items that get a solo release stay solo? I just found out they sold the Banished bulldog skin for one day yesterday and now you can only buy it from the $22 bundle again.

[warped yew]

:u

Damnnnn

[crystal iron]

Thank god I am too broke to even consider anything in shop

[rocky oasis]

looks like we have a impostor among us 🧐
[pretend theres an image here of a spartan with green blood]
no idea why this happened

[rocky oasis]

wait are you advocating for or against fomo?

it sounds like your asking for something to not come back. my bad if im misinterpreting lol

also imagine charging £20 for skins lol

weird theyre still doing that

[warped yew]

Inflation probably

[rocky oasis]

yes, the higher ups bought 3 less teslas this past few years lol

[warped yew]

I don't buy anything and never will but the fact you can't buy stuff separately in bundles is stupid

[rocky oasis]

true

[warped yew]

What Halo Studios/343 is doing ain't a fix lol

[rocky oasis]

for some reason i was considering retrying infinite earlier. no idea why lol

brain worms were taking over i assume

i am not liable for anything i say under the influence of parasites 😆

[zinc flax]

Washington has strict laws against gas powered cars if I’m not mistaken

[rocky oasis]

… okay! 😆

[crystal iron]

They want something to be able to be bought on its own

[rocky oasis]

ohh fair

[crystal iron]

Something was in shop, now can only be bought as part of a pack

[rocky oasis]

dumb, but unsurprising lol

[crystal iron]

Thank god I don't spend any money

[rocky oasis]

for sure lol

[crystal iron]

Biggest reason I play infinite is cuz it is free

[rocky oasis]

valid

[clever lance]

I need a super silly halo pfp :3 (the hunter is temp rn)

[warped yew]

A squid face

[viral kayak]

One thing I wish Infinite had was Reach's Commendations. For Infinite I would want them to go towards gaining more XP.

[edgy forum]

Hey I wouldn’t recommend buying but some of the items/armor in the shop is pretty cool

Proud of getting my Mark V and Mark VI

Just be thankful y’all aren’t dumping a loan of money in Destiny 2

I’d say Halo’s microtransactions are better to be honest

[clever lance]

Halo’s microtansations are completely cosmetic, while destiny completely content locks you out of campaigns, weapons, armor, and even abilities.

[warped yew]

Thank God we don't have that lol

Even worse, some of the campaigns you buy, you have to buy again to play again after a certain amount of time :p

[white birch]

And a lot of the cosmetic stuff you can get in Destiny is mid

No matter what you buy your Warlock will never look like anything but a nerd

[warped yew]

Well that's part subjective

Ig. The whole artstyle of destiny is different obv

[white birch]

Yeah but you can't put powered armor like on a Titan on a Warlock

[crystal iron]

Sucks that that "every single update is a paid dlc" method still exists

It is a subscription at this point

Halo has enough stuff available with spartan points that I don't even need to consider paying

[deep valve]

I'd love to replay halo CE.. but the library

[sturdy kernel]

Library are easy

[deep valve]

were it so easy

[bleak nymph]

To clarify:

I'm saying when an item that came from a bundle gets sold solo in the shop, it should remain solo if you try to buy it from the armory.

The skin in question was sold at a discounted 150 cr. The bundle is 2200 cr. Even if the discount goes away I should be able to select it as a solo option for, say, 300 cr if the discount was 50%. But no, one day late on the sale and the only option is that 2200cr bundle

[rocky oasis]

totally fair yeah. its bs they do otherwise

[crystal iron]

So haven't been in th le loop but are they planning on doing anymore cross ckre stuff like the chest or wrist attachments

[civic sundial]

No word yet, I would imagine gloves are the next easiest one to do before any of the chest or wrist pieces. Especially given how the chestpieces are often designed very specifically around the core they are native to. Like, Achillies would not work on Mark IV or Rakshasa at all

[sullen kiln]

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

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

[uneven dust]

when do they swap out ranked playlists?

[spare tiger]

How come the Haunted Helmet doesn't have the HUL [3]/BNR/COURIER PEARL attachment? It's a huge part of the helmet's identity and it currently has the UA attachment by default, yet it is without the HUL [3]/BNR/COURIER PEARL attachment. Are there anyone part of the Halo Infinite team that can fix this? I submitted a support request about a glitch that displays that it can be equipped, so it can functionally fit on it with no issues. So I don't see why it's not a possible attachment when it's available on every other Reach helmet.

(1) Click on Mark V, attach UA/TYPE E3

(2) Go the Haunted, Equip Helmet

(3) Go to locked Helmet (JFO), then go to attachments, try to equip HUL [3]/BNR/COURIER PEARL

(4) Get Helmet Locked warning, click okay

(5) Go back to Mark V, attach HUL [3]/BNR/COURIER PEARL

(6) Then go to Haunted again, and you'll see HUL [3]/BNR/COURIER PEARL as an available attachment. Try equipping, the box will not be checked, but it'll display on the helmet. Is how you can see the Haunted Helmet with the attachment. Meanwhile my support request states: The Haunted Helmet should have the HUL[3]/BNR/COURIER attachment as an option since it's the default attachment that is available on it in Halo Reach, along with the UA attachment. The UA is permanently part of the helmet as default in Halo Reach and Infinite, yet the HUL[3]/BNR/COURIER is not able to be equipped in Infinite, when the UA and HUL[3]/BNR/COURIER are the iconic two attachments that's on it in Halo Reach as the Inheritor/Haunted helmet. I believe not allowing the HUL[3]/BNR/COURIER PEARL as an attachment for the Haunted helmet is an oversight or forgotten to be implemented and takes away from its nostalgia. Please fix this and make it as a possible attachment, it's the most recognizable attachment part of the Haunted Helmet in Reach.

However, I was redirected to the Discord from my ticket, to express this concern here instead,

[tulip tusk]

what are u doing

[analog salmon]

its not a bug but i sympathise with ur pain

its just an oversight, if it fits on pilot it obvs fits on haunted no problem

idk what you can do really. maybe make a thread in #1039633978841374720

[weary turtle]

idk if this is the right channel but I have two challenges that won't complete in mcc :(

[civic sundial]

Which two challenges?

[weary turtle]

Late reply, apologies: From the beginning (3 reach or combat evolved missions) and Eagle Eyed (300 unsc weapon kills)

I did have the Acrophobia skull on for Eagle Eyed where I got the last few kills, so it's at 300 but nothing happens

Update, From the beginning popped, Eagle Eyed still hasn;t

[inland minnow]

could try relaunching and then playing an online match, sometimes that pops challenges (i think?)

[clever lance]

Agree

People just want to rush through everything, but that’s not the right mindset for something like the library, especially on legendary.

It’s a marathon, not a race.

Or I guess a marathon with checkpoints.

[muted moss]

Halo infinite having issues? Can't seem to load up in a game. Keeps giving me server time outs

[past spear]

Yeah me too

I was worried something was wrong with my game/pc lol

For some reason infection and custom games work but everything else doesn’t lol

[muted moss]

Oh okay so then it's not just me lol I thought maybe I got reported for something 😂

[past spear]

Try infection idk why that’s the only playlist that works rn

[past spear]

are you on steam? i think its a steam issue

[muted moss]

No xbox lol

[past spear]

oh hm cause steam is down rn

[viral kayak]

Honestly I wish we could have multiple attachments for helmets in Infinite. I miss my CBRN/HUL for my ODST helmet for Reach.

[past spear]

should be working now

[willow fox]

Hello

[spare finch]

When that happens I just restart the game and it seems to fix it, causes are unknown

[real ivy]

anybody have experience with the original Halo CE PC edition? I'm trying to get mine updated to patch 1.0.10 but nothing I've tried so far is working

[deep valve]

it's dogcrap

[real ivy]

Not really the technical advice I was looking for but aight

[civic sundial]

You're better off with using MCC's version of CE if you're doing anything in the game these days

[real ivy]

well the VR mod was built specifically to work with the original one so

I ended up getting it to work in the end tho so tis what tis

[rocky oasis]

halo vr oh no lol

[deep valve]

how do you play with mods without loading up custom campaigns? I've seen people play with mods in the regular campaign

[civic sundial]

Those are mods that exist for the games, you download them via Steam Workshop

[deep valve]

so do they load when you start a campaign in anticheat disabled mode?

I don't see a steam workshop button on the menu so that kinda sucks. you can't disable mods in-game and you can't change the priority of mods

[civic sundial]

You access Steam Workshop via Steam

[deep valve]

there's a steam workshop button in l4d2 and half-life 2 20th anniversary update

[civic sundial]

Those are games made by Valve, the company that owns Steam

[deep valve]

doesn't mean other companies can't add a steam workshop button

spartan locke is not bad, just a victim of bad writing

[deep valve]

halo 5 guardians might've been received better if it only had multiplayer, cuz the campaign is decent at best

[civic sundial]

If it only had a multiplayer, people would've hated it

[deep valve]

well people hated it anyway lmao

[neon breach]

i need help

what game mode has 3rd person

[bold shell]

does anyone play halo reach infection

[young orchid]

Dudes

I've just found the most wild glitch ever

[celest heron]

it's funny when my teammate says our team sucks and then they end up with the second worst score.

[celest heron]

none of them do, but 3rd person ff is coming back next week.

[celest heron]

well you said it was decent so some people had to of liked it which is better than having a hundred percent negative rating cause it didn't have a campaign.

[spare finch]

Going in gruntpoc legendary bc why not

[spare finch]

Why is gruntpoc legendary fun

[pseudo ledge]

What do you guys think of reach

[spare finch]

It reached (pun intended)

[pseudo ledge]

With all seriousness what did you think of noble team’s death

[celest heron]

I think it helped support the narrative that Reach was a losing battle and it kept a somber theme while also showcasing that spartans weren't invincible despite maybe seeming that way from the original games.

[onyx latch]

It's certainly a planet in the Halo franchise.

[rocky oasis]

they just didnt. itd be a bit pointless and niche anyway- a restart is fine

[rocky oasis]

cry 😢

[crystal iron]

Just discovered my Nerf Gun skin is now cross core for all my guns. Thank God

[crystal iron]

My personal list

1 halo 2

2 halo 3

3 odst

4 infinite

5 reach

6 ce

[deep valve]

and halo 5

[deep valve]

noble team was not the focus of the narrative, they are nobody. noble six is nobody. they died as regular soldiers trying to serve their duties. they are just a small pawn in a larger picture

they delivered hope (specifically noble six by delivering cortana), ultimately reach fell. and master chief was the one who saved humanity

[sturdy kernel]

Chief did not save humanity... For now
Until Endless has not stopped, we can't say that he saved humanity

[deep valve]

he finished the fight

bungie chief and 343 chief are not the same person in my eyes

[civic sundial]

Chief helped stop the Covenant, the Flood and the Ur-Didact, those count as saving humanity

[civic sundial]

They literally are the same person

[deep valve]

he finished the fight tho, halo 4 marks a new era and honestly you can count that as a retcon game

it was never explained why the truce with the covenant was broken

[civic sundial]

The Covenant fell, Chief was gone for 4 years, 7 months and 10 days. Allot happened in that time, such as Arbiter forming the Swords of Sanghelios, a group that is allied with the UNSC. Others, such as Jul 'Mdama don't like humanity and want to continue fighting them

The Elites aren't a hivemind species, they don't all think the same way

And Chief, as far as he knew, still thought that the truce with the Covenant Separatists was still a thing, since he didn't have access to current information on the galaxy until he met up with the Infinity

[dense timber]

For SEA players, is the matchmaking improved? Back when Infinite came out, I had a hard time getting matches due to low player count on my region even when the campaign launched.

[deep valve]

kat's voice is nice

[deep valve]

idk about infinite but halo MCC matchmaking doesn't seem very active

[dense timber]

if that's the case, it'll be worse for Infinite then

[deep valve]

is it worth beating halo 2 on legendary for the achievement

[crystal iron]

Yeah I left those out on purpose

[civic sundial]

Why?

Seems odd to leave those two out of a ranking of all FPS Halo games and not explain why

[deep valve]

well he also didn't include halo wars or spartan strike

[civic sundial]

Those games aren't FPS

[rocky oasis]

based

[onyx latch]

A truce with the Covenant was never brokered. The 'truce' was Thel stabbing Truth in the spine.

Thel is not the Covenant.

[warped yew]

If u think about it. The jump between halo 3 and 4 is jarring for the character. In the first mission, the boy is already talking way way more than he should normally be talking

I think Cortana is justified though. She's been awake for 4 years straight right?

Also

[deep valve]

he got brain damage from the fight in halo 3

[warped yew]

Is this in the books? -<-

[deep valve]

no

[warped yew]

Wait rly? So this in the game ig?

Probably no :<

[celest heron]

no. him talking more is just a story decision.

[civic sundial]

Yip was making the brain damage thing up

[warped yew]

They should've transitioned it more slowly imo. Chief is his usual quiet self but as the missions go on, we get that halo 4 Chief

[celest heron]

I think that would've been more odd especially with new fans.

[pseudo shore]

Remember when halo was halo?

[civic sundial]

It's always been Halo, it's just evolved

[coarse dagger]

Just as the first game says 😄

[civic sundial]

Exactly

[rocky oasis]

evolution does indeed include going backwards i suppose 😵‍💫

[civic sundial]

When did Halo go backwards?

[pseudo shore]

It all started with halo 4

[celest heron]

started with reach which was before ce

[balmy wedge]

If you wanted to be crazy, Halo Wars, since that's way before Reach but was finished after Halo 3.

But that's only if we're counting the shooters.

[celest heron]

I'm assuming they're just referring to the main fps games (even though reach is a spin off) cause it's a dig at h4 and probly 343.

[civic sundial]

Halo 4 build upon ideas seen in Reach, not sure how that's going backwards

If Halo 4 played exactly like 3 and ignored everything Reach added, then I'd agree that Halo did go backwards, but it doesn't

[celest heron]

it's not common, but it does happen in nature.

[brittle void]

Bit of both honestly. Halo 4 went backward on some things but any issues it had were amplified by it being the first title of a new company. Y'all wouldn't even be half as negative if it was released by Bungie exactly as it was but since it's 343I, it come across as some bad company desecrating your childhood or something.

Someone get me that quote from Regret about the anger due to a change of hats.

[civic sundial]

See this is why I'm glad I never had that mindset in the first place

Like, Halo 4 was my first Halo I got at release and I had a good time

Sure it isn't a perfect game, but I judged it as a new Halo game, not as a game made by a new company that hadn't made a full game before

[brittle void]

Only ever played CE as a kid cause I was a pc kid so I didn't start Halo 4 already hating it.

Honestly Halo 2 is a worst game than 4.

[civic sundial]

Oh that's a controversial thing to say here

[pseudo shore]

Only said that because 4 wasnt as good as reach in my opinion, but it was still decent. Although thats where im getting the devolved ideas from. 4 just.... story wise is where it started. Not gameplay mechanics, they evolve after 4. The story itself went downhill from 4

[civic sundial]

I think Halo 4's story is one of the best in the series

There are changes I'd make, but there's also changes I'd make to Infinite, to 5, to Reach, ODST, 3, CE and to 2

But that's just the nature of me looking at what each Halo game does with its story and going "Oh, I personally think this change would make the story a little bit better"

[brittle void]

There were no good vehicle section in Halo 4. I do not see this mentioned enough.

One of the best vehicle section is that one spartan ops mission where you steal a Lych's power core.

[civic sundial]

Mantis section on Infinity

Also the Broadsword section is pretty fun

Shutdown though, is my least favourite mission and I have so many thoughts about how to make it better

[celest heron]

you forgot the tank section before that.

[civic sundial]

Yeah but that pales in comparison to the Mantis section

[earnest quest]

They're all linear as hell

[civic sundial]

So is Halo 2's scorpion section on Metropolis

[earnest quest]

Which is pretty bad for halo vehicle section, unless it's an escape sequence

[civic sundial]

And the one on Delta Halo is linear too

[brittle void]

I admit those were fun but I wish we had more moment where we could just pick a vehicle and be allowed to roam around and be given a bit more freedom not unlike TSC or The Ark.

In 4 you were always kind of pressured to go for your objective in a very linear level.

[earnest quest]

Yes

Wait, there aren't many vehicle sections in halo games that aren't linear now that I think about it

Should've turned my brain on

[civic sundial]

There's choice in what vehicles you can use, not so much in where you go within those environments. And even then, often you'll just be told to get in the vehicle right in front of you

[earnest quest]

Yes

[civic sundial]

Like, yeah, you can try hijacking a Brute Chopper on Uplift Reserve, but really, you're meant to drive the Warthog

[celest heron]

reach was probly the best with sword base since you got to choose which objective to do first.

[civic sundial]

And heck, in the aforementioned Mantis section, you could do it on a Mongoose if you really want to be that person, but those were mainly there for co-op

[brittle void]

Or me in CE just driving off into the ocean in TSC trying to see if there's an edge.

[civic sundial]

Aye, that's a great example of a vehicle section where you got to choose what you did first

In fact, pretty sure it's the only one

[celest heron]

Infinite is likely the worst with mission specific ones. I think the road is the only one where you're supposed to be in the tank unless I'm forgetting.

[earnest quest]

From memory the scarab fight on The Covenant, you can use environment to launch yourself with a warthog, break scarab's legs, hijack a banshee or let AI fly you to the scarab (He will pick you up after destroy it)

[civic sundial]

Like yeah you could choose to destroy the far shield generator first on Reclaimer, but it's not that far from the other generator, whereas ONI Sword Base's vehicle section objectives are in environments designed around the player completing those objective

[earnest quest]

It has more variety

[celest heron]

maybe h5 as well, but I can only think of one vehicle area.

actually n/m there are more than one.

[civic sundial]

See that's just Bungie throwing those in there for the final time we fight the Scarabs as Chief. But most people are just gonna pilot a Hornet themself opposed to letting one drop you off

Either that or they're gonna stick with the Scorpion they could've used for the push to the Citadel

[earnest quest]

In reality any other strat is hard to pull off even on normal for me

[warped yew]

There's like only two times the game gives you a scorpion which is crazy for an open world game

We had so many missions compared to previous games and then yeah lol

[celest heron]

the open area is not really suited for a tank either in a lot of places.

[civic sundial]

This is why I'd rather have a return to the linear level design of the older games

[warped yew]

Yeah but games like halo 3 and CE had open areas where you used a tank?

The ARK, covenant, and AOTCR

[civic sundial]

And sure, a Scorpion can be very useful in Infinite, since it is something that can put out allot of damage, but most the time, you just didn't need it

[celest heron]

infinite is a lot more vertical than those games.

[brittle void]

Missions like Halo (CE) and TSC are an excellent blend of semi open and linear imo. Sure you don't have multiple way to tackle your objectives but you can do them in the order you wants and the "open world" isn't 90% empty like Infinite was.

[civic sundial]

Those are still linear missions, you have to move from one end to the other. Having areas designed around the player having vehicles doesn't change that

[empty rapids]

bro this quickplay mode that doesn't let you run is messing with my brain

i have years of running integrated and i can't play like that xD

[celest heron]

oh, that gave me an idea for the next game if we're still on the halo ring. how about a tank that's similar to batman's knightcrawler which climbed walls?

[civic sundial]

Having something with that much firepower capable of climbing walls is risky

Could it go on ceilings too?

[celest heron]

maybe, but it would be outdoors

[civic sundial]

Because if it could, you'd risk someone camping upside down in a tunnel

[warped yew]

Lowkey sounds hard to balance in MP

Now we got a tank that's more maneuverable and is it still keeping it's gun?

[empty rapids]

i mean, you don't get to fly the pelican in mp

so ehh?

[warped yew]

I mean yeah but it's never even been used so we wouldn't know

[celest heron]

I was only thinking for campaign. Or, just make it easier to traverse the scorpion around the open world.

[empty rapids]

halo 4 sp let you pilot one

[warped yew]

Yeah but it just played like a hornet with overpowered guns

[empty rapids]

probably best to make a hybrid between a scorp and a warthog

like a light tank per-se

[empty rapids]

true, but we did nonetheless lol

[civic sundial]

That's why I said it was risky

[warped yew]

But still. There's a number of ways you could balance that sorta stuff and still make it fun. You just gotta be creative and intuitive instead of just giving up

A huge downside of a pelican or phantom in MP is that your super huge and hard to miss

[civic sundial]

They'd also be easy killtaculars for whoever takes it down

[celest heron]

maybe make it a lighter assault version and call it the jumping spider

[warped yew]

So buff a pelican and phantom health enough to where it's actually viable enough to be usable, but make it so that you have to get teammates to actually man your guns

[latent acorn]

That might work. If it's in Infinite's open world that will work.

[civic sundial]

I think if we really need a new tank, just give us a Forerunner tank which has a large sentinel beam as its turret

[keen silo]

Don’t the Banished have a similar unit already? The two legged AA walker from Halo Wars 2, reaver I think

[warped yew]

Cmon be creative.

[civic sundial]

Aye, Reavers, those are dedicated anti air units

[warped yew]

I hope you don't mean copy of the same tank with a different gun :<

[celest heron]

sounds like a vehicle for the next game

[civic sundial]

The Forerunner tank has energy shields to protect a weakspot on both sides?

But only the weakspot

[keen silo]

There’s a bunch of Halo Wars vehicles and Mechs I’d love to see in a main title. Like the Locusts or Vampires

[civic sundial]

Maybe also it needs to charge up before firing as to balance out the powerful beam

[warped yew]

Well we need to go off a general role for this vehicle. It's just how I go with this sorta stuff

[brittle void]

Shade turret but it can walk with it's little leg and walk on the walls and roof.

Give it a powerful beam attack so it can attack vehicles. Maybe active cloaking so you aren't immediately killed by a tank?

[warped yew]

Is it a support unit? A hit and run or a straight up tank?

[keen silo]

Sounds like you’re reinventing a Locust lol

[civic sundial]

Well the Scorpion is great at direct damage against targets, Wraiths are all about being a mortar tank, so this Forerunner tank idea is about maintaining sustained damage over a period of time

[celest heron]

give me this

[civic sundial]

Aye, I'd rather have the Locust at that point

[civic sundial]

Would it keep those anti-air weapons seen in that picture

[warped yew]

So yeah. Because of the mortar, wraiths are great at firing from behind enemy lines and can act as support units. You also get a boost to ram your opponents making you alot more useful in CQC

[keen silo]

Not including a Grizzly in Halo 5 was a lost opportunity. That would’ve been amazing REQ to pull

[celest heron]

everything

[warped yew]

We lowkey just need more vehicles that can seat teammates

[latent acorn]

Now that will double or triple the firepower and make it a force to be reckoned with.

[civic sundial]

I'd like to see a Forerunner equilevent of a Warthog

[keen silo]

Aye. Things that aren’t the troop carrier versions of a Warthog/Razorback

[civic sundial]

Like, how would that even look?

Also please bring back the Spectre in the next game

[warped yew]

Falcon would be a good idea honestly

[celest heron]

it would probly just float like a ghost

[warped yew]

My beloved Spectre

[warped yew]

What if it had the ability to hop?

Actually

[empty rapids]

like what, a timed repulsor jump tldr?

[warped yew]

What If it could just straight up fly?

[civic sundial]

Like, this thing should've been in so many more games but alas

[keen silo]

And those are easy enough to take down and balance. I wouldn’t mind seeing that come back

[civic sundial]

Then it'd be a Forerunner Falcon

[warped yew]

Yeah but it can also drive on the ground??

[civic sundial]

Oh so it has a flight mode and a ground mode?

[warped yew]

Yeah :>

I got the idea from Cursed Halo btw

[civic sundial]

That could be interesting and it'd play into the idea that the two of the Forerunner weapons in Infinite has where they have multiple modes

[celest heron]

touching the ground seems beneath them, lol.

[warped yew]

Yeah but still would be cool

[civic sundial]

Yeah, that's the big thing, why drive on the ground when you could fly

[warped yew]

The idea is that it's suppose to bridge aerial and ground vehicles by not excelling in both

[civic sundial]

Does it have weapons that only function on the ground or is it super slow when in flight but deal lots of damage?

[warped yew]

Idk just give us a beam to fire

I see it being a support unit tbh

Ykow what? Just give boats to drive in the next game

[civic sundial]

Didn't they toy with boats in one game?

[warped yew]

Wouldn't it be cool if you could attach said boat behind a razorback?

[civic sundial]

Like they never got far with them but didn't they plan on adding them at some point?

[warped yew]

And in said boat, you could carry any smaller vehicle like a ghost or mongoose

[civic sundial]

So a Sea Elephant

[warped yew]

Yeah but smaller ig

Give us a jetski too

Also how about a motorcycle because why not lmao

[abstract mural]

Sea Elephant would got crazy

[celest heron]

jetski would probly sink with a spartan on it, lol.

[warped yew]

Still would be cool and make it some kind of super advanced jetski

[celest heron]

maybe, if you want to make waterworld or something. idk, water stuff doesn't interest me that much.

[civic sundial]

Red Vs Blue Season 9 is calling, they want their motorbike back

[warped yew]

As long as we get a wider range of vehicles in the next game that aren't just reskins and slightly modified versions of eachother

[abstract mural]

Digsite for ce has that one jetski type vehicle

https://youtu.be/qzJ3QZrj0KA?si=UuVl-D30nMzjA4ft

That one

[celest heron]

motorcycle would be holding on for dear life with that much weight on it, but maybe we got better suspension.

[celest heron]

oh, I forgot about that one. needs more guns on it.

[versed hazel]

hi people, a question if I already have an open world almost complete in infinite, but with a friend we want to get the LASO, from that same open world session we can restart the missions to get the achievement? Or would it have to be a new session?

[abstract mural]

You’d start from where ever your friend is at, and you can replay missions to get the achievements

[shadow turret]

I wanna drive this thing so bad
I wouldn't care if it was even a campaign only thing
I just wanna drive an M-850 Grizzly

[versed hazel]

Thanks broo

[deep valve]

I just beat halo 4. and I gotta say shutdown is by far the worst level/mission. the pelican sections are cool yes but there's so many watchers and they're so annoying to kill

halo 4 is fine honestly, idk if I'll replay it often tho

I beat it on normal cuz I don't like suffering

[shadow turret]

If you learn to control Acrophobia, you don't even need the Pelican if you put that skull on (I think that's the right one anyway)

[civic sundial]

I just do the skip on that level

Much better than doing it legit

[edgy forum]

Wish you could replay the Infinite MP cinematics, I want to see my Mark VI Spartan interacting with the Lone Wolves

[deep valve]

why bother putting gravity hammer in halo 4 if you only get to use it once on the final mission?

[clever lance]

Pvp I’d assume

[fallow oar]

Could anybody help me find out why I can't run in Halo 2 multiplayer?

Is there some keybind to run?

[crystal iron]

https://tenor.com/view/tonytreesap-alien-king-talking-gif-17015309

Please please tell me you’re joking

[crystal iron]

Are you being serious?

[fallow oar]

Yeah. I reinstalled MCC after three years and lost all my keybinds of course.

[crystal iron]

Have you ever played Halo?

The original ones? Even the campaigns?

[fallow oar]

Yeah, but that was long time ago. I forgot everything.

I was playing Halo 2 multiplayer a few mins ago and everyone was running, I was walking

[fallow oar]

That didn't really answer my question...

[crystal iron]

It really did

[warped yew]

You were walking when everyone was sprinting? In halo 2?

Idk then

[fallow oar]

Maybe I really haven't played the game for a long time and forgot it all

[crystal iron]

Yeah, well I’m gonna answer your question

[warped yew]

So your saying you forgot how to sprint/run?

[crystal iron]

There is no running in halo 2

never was and never be

[fallow oar]

I see. Then I just forgot about that. It felt weird.

All good then

[crystal iron]

It feels natural to me

[warped yew]

A simple misunderstanding aight

[crystal iron]

But to each their own

[regal glacier]

my halo infinite keeps timing out help

[sullen kiln]

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

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

[obsidian jay]

oh no

halo studios

iratus has hacked into the discord server

and giving game help advice to people

[jade pebble]

anyone else had a bug in VIP where the score isnt counted correctly?
finished a game 8/10 loss
total of VIP kills was 12 on both sides

[sand isle]

I don't know where to ask questions so I'm asking here, will new ai companions be added to halo infinite? I really think they are a fun part of the game and wish we had more options to choose from, because in my opinion they were one of the best features added to halo and are really slept on.

[left snow]

I think someone posted earlier that a VIP killing another VIP doesn't count?

[jade pebble]

It does

[deep valve]

did they cut the tutorial from halo CE?

[civic sundial]

They didn't cut the aiming and shield tutorial from CE if that's what you mean. Those just don't get used on higher difficulties

[deep valve]

oh well I played on legendary so that's probably why

what is the "enhanced" graphics? how is it different from original

[abstract mural]

can we get some basic communication from the finance team? I would LOVE to have some feedback on why Infinite is priced the way it is. I've been studying pricing a ton in college and why things are priced a specific way, and they constantly break nearly every rule of pricing constantly

[pseudo ledge]

I believe I know what happened to noble 6

[coarse dagger]

They died

[pseudo ledge]

I believe jun killed the elites and Jun and noble 6 ventured out of reach and train spartan or are oni headhunters

But look what it says before you play the mission, “Spartans never die just lost in combat”

[coarse dagger]

It's been confirmed since the game came out

Halsey says it in The eulogy at the end of the game, Bungie confirmed it in an interview after the game launched, and Halo Studios have released multiple media drops confirming it, along with employees outright saying it

This is one of these things that's a done deal

[pseudo ledge]

Maybe 343 unconfirm that and make a game where Jun and noble six went and found cryp pods and slept till 2559 and leave reach and fight the banished

[coarse dagger]

I don't think they're going to do that

[pseudo ledge]

It could be a good game but based on how 343 is making games I don’t know about it

[coarse dagger]

They wouldn't undo Jun's story of training Spartan IVs

[pseudo ledge]

They can still keep it maybe instead Jun killed the elites but took noble six to a cryp pod and he left I was also thinking maybe there was survivors of the dead spartan teams around and saved 6

[coarse dagger]

Six is dead, he's not coming back

[pseudo ledge]

But why didn’t they show him getting stabbed

[coarse dagger]

There are some obscurities in Halo, where things are sometimes left vague. Six is not one of them. He's dust

[coarse dagger]

Because they didn't need to

Let me see if I can find the interview they did

I'll find it, but for now

[pseudo ledge]

Alright you win

[civic sundial]

Jun recruited for Spartan IVs, he can't be in a cryopod on Reach

[onyx latch]

Jun only recruited IVs, last I checked.

[coarse dagger]

Couldn't remember out the 2, thought it was training

[onyx latch]

Fair.

[atomic sapphire]

For the enhanced graphics they redid the whole game. There is a button, on controller it’s the “select”, that you can press. It will toggle the graphics from new to old

[deep valve]

I saw that on enhanced graphics, there's dithering, at least for ce anniversary

and the "enhanced" option not the anniversary/remastered graphics

there's enhanced even for halo 4

[atomic sapphire]

Ohh yea, my bad I was thinking remastered. Not sure at all about the enhanced

[edgy forum]

Happy Three Years of Halo Infinite

[vast nova]

should i play the multi on infinite even tho its the campaigns bday

[civic sundial]

Just playing the game is a good way to celebrate

[deep valve]

people usually celebrate anniversaries of games in multiples of 5

[civic sundial]

You're allowed to celebrate any anniversary

[chrome mauve]

man i wish they would bring back the old multiplayer menu

having the spartans chilling in the background felt cooler than just having the stances

[austere crest]

Has anyone tried the halo ce vr yet?

[pulsar ether]

An achievement to destroy Wraith barehanded is crazy

[civic sundial]

Not that crazy

[celest heron]

have you never done that before in a game?

[pulsar ether]

Nah

Not enough guts tbh

[celest heron]

you just board it and then hit the melee button.

[pulsar ether]

Ahh, that? That I can do

Lol, I usually nade it and run away xD

Also I suppose Firefight of Halo: Reach, ODST and H4 can be played as co-op too?

[civic sundial]

Yes

[rocky oasis]

halo 3 anniversary when

@343

[half junco]

So has 343 just given up with Infinite and are releasing every cosmetic available in the exchange?

Since when did they add pre-order bonuses in there?

[civic sundial]

If Halo Studios had completely ended support for the game, why did we get a new weapon last update? Plus, they said that the exchange would be used to let people access cosmetics they missed out on due to missing events, giveaways or promotions

[half junco]

I've only just come back to the game yesterday so I have no idea what they have and haven't done.

That's why I'm asking...

[signal ivy]

a lot of those had exclusive expiraiton dates on them when they first came out

so it was always know they COULD come to the store after the expiration date

[clever lance]

So I have completed the reach, winter update, and snowbound battle passes. I don’t have any of the rest so what should I get? I was thinking about getting reckoning.

[warped yew]

Pretty sure MCC support is done besides minor bug fixes etc

Halo Infinite is getting like the bare minimum. We didn't even get anything new to forge

[celest heron]

I don't like the silence either, but it wouldn't be correct if they still end up doing bug fixes even if it's few and far between.

[frosty condor]

I’ll take as many bug fixes as they can pump out while working on other projects

[mighty oar]

Since they added every other armor in canon to halo infinite, i feel like they should also add the halo 4/5(spartan 4) style armor aswell

[onyx latch]

Still missing quite a bit.

[left snow]

The lack of communication certainly doesn't help.

But I think you will find most people are pleasantly surprised at how well supported Infinite is at the moment.

We all feared the worst as soon as they announced the future projects and move to Unreal Engine. A lot of people put a line through Infinite at that exact time.

But since then we've had events, updates, maps, game modes, and even a new weapon.

[onyx latch]

NGL I'd rock GEN2 Seeker though.

[warped yew]

Seeker?

Aight

[keen thorn]

Are we allowed to talk about clans in here?

[warped yew]

Probably ig

[celest heron]

#1076334026090094602

[rocky oasis]

yeah i dont get why they dont just say something lol why do they want people in the dark?

the only thing that makes sense to me is for plausible deniability idk. like oh we didnt commit to anything idk

i wouldnt even mind if mcc was done but itd be nice if they confirmed it lol…

though just add halo 5 and its done id say

[left snow]

At some point the Halo Community needs to take some of the blame. We can be pretty toxic in our ability to holding every comment to it's 'nth' degree.

[rocky oasis]

i get that perspective!

at the same time though, i feel that each individual comment becomes something to pick at as a direct result of there being so few

saturation vs starvation sort of thing 🤷‍♀️

im not hardline about it or anything personally for what its worth. halo is just a fun thing to stick on from time to time, realistically it doesnt make a huge difference to me haha

just an opinion i suppose

[pulsar ether]

Mako from Mass Effect vs Warthog from Halo:CE. Who's winning on which one is worse?

[halcyon violet]

Having issues on HALO: Infinite right now. I keep trying to startup firefight, but it keeps saying Unable to join Matchmaking Canceled even though I've restarted my internet, Xbox Series S & the game itself.

[civic sundial]

Mako, the CE Warthog didn't require tweaking when they remastered CE

[edgy forum]

Everybody has become impatient these days with how the gaming industry has been lately and COVID. I only wish everyone takes care of themselves and not diverge into toxicity or grifting with bad Halo PR. Instead focus on important things in life or other games to play in the meanwhile while waiting for updates/operations. I’ve lately learned this way because I took self-therapy and realized that it’s highly recommended to be chill. That’s what Chief would do.

[civic sundial]

I've been playing other games so that I don't burn out

Like, I reinstalled Battlefront II and was going around as BB-8

[edgy forum]

Nice

[left snow]

I've always thought the best way is informally. Fireside chats. Which 343 are actually quite good at. Those live streams where they are just chatting on the couch and playing / demonstrating the game.

And previous to that, going way back, the video blogs.

You'd think they could do something in-between. A short 3 to 5 minute video once a week / fortnight. A short profile / interview with a staff member , a Halo Infinite 1v1 game between two colleagues, a tiny update on what they are working on, a curated Q&A, a couple of the staffs favourite clips, a Forge profile.

It doesn't have to actually tell us anything. Just fill the void and keep the connection with the fans.

[crystal iron]

whats going on with halo infinite?

havent played in like 2 years

[austere crest]

I'm gonna try the halo vr tomorrow. Hopefully it works.

[civic sundial]

We got a Christmas event this month and last month we got a new weapon in the form of the MA5K Avenger

[delicate lantern]

Multiplayer, halo reach mcc social games; FFA dead? Does everyone play 4v4 now?

Have only ever had luck with 4v4’s

[earnest quest]

Me too :(

I have never played classic halo 8v8 games

[deep valve]

and name plates

[rocky oasis]

beautiful take ✨💕

ive never really understood the ferocity gamers™ tend to have regarding games though i suppose its the same with any group obsessed with any kind of media

so many people concerned about pointless and dumb stuff, like what characters in games look like or identify as, sound like, art style choices or music choices or what have you. so bizzare.

your message was a pleasure to read 😋

[rocky oasis]

yeah, thats sort of what warframe does! and youll notice warframe announcements dont tend to have that same ravenous community response and i think thats the reason why personlly

unless theyre supposed to anyway, like args 😵‍💫

[celest heron]

woo, got 5 achievements done in one h5 mission.

[civic sundial]

Oh worm, which ones?

[feral scroll]

Is there a possibility someone could help with my start upon the path of Halo once again? Im an enjoyer of the content people make of the game, im just not sure where to start/what to know…

[civic sundial]

Start where it all began, Combat Evolved

[celest heron]

score attack and equip skull ones.

I'm finding h5 to be a little more annoying with the amount of prometheans that teleport and my team that is barely functional at best.

[civic sundial]

I'm assuming you're doing it solo?

[celest heron]

yes

[civic sundial]

Well when you go for the co-op ones, hit me up, I'd like to get those done on my end too

[inland minnow]

@modest birch • please use #1076327824924872755 for sharing clips like this

[half junco]

Is there any point in reporting people that exploit in zombies? Will they actually get banned?

[frosty condor]

Halo Support will look into the report and enforce the proper protocol on the player if found in the wrong

[modest birch]

I was looking for a channel for that. thx

[celest heron]

I wish the pistol shot faster in h5. I like infinite's rof better.

[stoic canopy]

Random Thought: I know the Superintendent means "Out kill the enemy" when he says "Out Decease the Enemy" in Slayer...but taken literally it sounds like he is telling you to die more than the enemy to win the match.

[fleet hamlet]

yo

[deep valve]

what is xp used for in mcc?

[shadow oyster]

ranks

[balmy wedge]

And unlocks, you get a point to spend per-rank.

[twin timber]

Hello!

[frosty condor]

Up to a certain rank, sadly.

[pulsar ether]

Halo ODST is hard

[celest heron]

it's usually considered the easiest, but maybe if you're new then yeah.

[pulsar ether]

Yes, it's like. Yeah, I've died the least in this one but it still feels hard because encounter get overwhelming for no reason

[celest heron]

might have to go slow then

[keen silo]

Or avoid the encounters. You can sidestep or re-route your pathway during the Rookie’s sections and just not fight.

Slowing down may also help

[pulsar ether]

On a sidenote, I like the Piano tones in Rookie's section. Kinda capture the feeliny

Got it, I was gettinf stuck at the section where you receive distress signal

[celest heron]

the beeping will let you know you're close to a highlighted object that triggers a mission. the police sirens, phone ringing and atms going crazy mean you're near a phone that will narrate a side story when you answer it.

[keen silo]

It’s worth chasing the side story. You unlock a bunch of weapons for Rookie as you collect more audiologs. Especially if you do a legendary playthrough

[balmy wedge]

Not anymore! A while back they removed the 100 rank limit and even retroactively rewarded cubes for people who were past that point!

[frosty condor]

[balmy wedge]

Someone's gotta launch the Master Chief Collection and discover their new cube count.

[keen silo]

We love that funny cube number.

[civic sundial]

https://tenor.com/view/cubefunk-cube-spin-animation-drawing-gif-22979313

[pulsar ether]

I just learnt that you can apparently change the main menu background of Halo MCC

[celest heron]

just about every menu screen

[coarse widget]

Anyone want to join my clan

[sullen kiln]

If you are interested in joining a clan, are recruiting for a clan, or are looking for general clan discussions, please visit #1076334026090094602 and find the clan of your dreams today!

[formal sigil]

IS

is matchmaking working for everyone else

[shrewd finch]

I love not being able to spend my cubes on items that will never come back into the exchange.

[celest heron]

omg, yes mm is working. (annoying bot deleting my single word response even though I only said it once in another channel) weird

[deep valve]

man I just realized I was on uprising when I gave up on halo 2 originally

I was so close to beating the game lmao

[pulsar ether]

Halo reach doesn't even have an achievement for first mission lol

[deep valve]

the hardest part of saving keyes is the marines throwing grenades under our feet

[strong plover]

Anyone want to go for the back in the day achievement? Need three for a CTF Custom on blood gulch

[sullen kiln]

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

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

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

[earnest quest]

Me!

[celest heron]

of course I get a game with two people on the other team with 3-1 kd's and just destroying our team.

Anyone else not seeing golden moa's on the maps?

[chrome belfry]

Golden Moa statues haven’t spawned in MCC for this week.

Also, not had any of the newer locked nameplates release since August, should have got one a month for September to December.

I’ve logged tickets to flag the issues.
Hopefully they spot it soon.

[left snow]

Hopefully soon. It's the bit I'm looking forward to the most!

[ivory glacier]

Anyone having trouble getting a game. Keeps saying unable to join

[tulip tusk]

yea lots

[celest heron]

not in mcc

[crystal iron]

Well MCC is dead anyway lol

[radiant sundial]

It really isnt

[celest heron]

I've been getting games all day soo not really.

[rocky oasis]

i wish i could play mcc socials again. just so toxic!

i had to leave most games and got banned for it a few times lol

no idea why 343 wants to cultivate that 🤔 oh well

its been pretty fun just hopping into random custom slayers recently but they arent too common for reasons that make sense i suppose

[radiant sundial]

Wdym by toxic?

[rocky oasis]

well i mean what i say really 😅 harassment, cruelty, etc etc. back when mcc had updates getting the time limited items (astoundingly dumb btw, especially since the exchange didnt exist either so as far as we knew it was our only chance) was incredibly detrimental to my mental health simply because of the people i encountered while doing it

i remember this one time (i assume because i was doing quite badly) all 7 other people in slayer turned against me. it was bizzare

[magic night]

You should report, mute, and block anyone who does that.

[rocky oasis]

of course haha, but when its in 70% of matches you could say it became something of a deterrent.

it makes me wish i never changed my name sometimes even though i really like it haha. misogyny still runs freely in the blood of gamers 🫠

oh well though. custom lobbies are a true blessing ✨

in those when people are toxic, you can just… leave lol. bliss 🤣

i might try infinite just for custom lobbies tbh. they exist right?

[magic night]

I assume so. I don't play customs

[civic sundial]

There is a custom games browser

[nova spire]

I run Halo MCC Customs. On the weekend mostly. Everyone practically has a mic in my lobbies. Our Discord runs lobbies practically everyday av various times.

If you see a "RavCast" in the MCC browser it'll be Me and my Crew.

Were chill. But we throw shade at each other. But it's all in fun.

[granite gust]

Yes, it has a custom games browser

Also unless you are competing you can just mute the people in your lobbies and avoid any potential toxicity. You are not missing anything of value

[bright mulch]

take a look at Halo Syndicate server on here I think the people in there are OK havent come across the usual gemer crap there

[rocky oasis]

sounds like fun, ill see if your ever around! thanks!

[rocky oasis]

i will do, i appreciate the heads up. ive yet to meet a nice halo group… the one i did was toxs lol

turns out they were awful. just good at hiding it. to me anyway. most hated them and i guess i never read the room 😩

[chrome belfry]

Good news Spartans, the Golden Moa statues have appeared now in MCC, so you can now complete this weeks Eye Spy challenge.

[edgy forum]

Go away troll, not in the mood for your nonsense

[celest heron]

oh, I thought they were responding to a deleted message or something. that wasn't even bad.

[nova spire]

Ever shotflipped a cone and make it land?

It is indeed satisfying.

[clever lance]

So the fastest way to level up your universal rank is firefight, correct? If so, does legendary firefight give you more xp? (I’ve never done legendary firefight so just wondering.) I’m trying to grind for the infinite chief armor core.

[shadow turret]

Heroic and Legendary FF do have a slight score boost over normal FF
Imo, Heroic is more worthwhile than Legendary, since Legendary has no respawn timer, and unless you consistently have like a 3 or 4 stack, it'll often end on the first hill, at least in my experience
Heroic Gruntpocalypse Fiesta is my personal fastest way to grind score, I can get about 5.5k a match, which gets bumped to around 6k or so with the boost, and even in rando squads, I can usually do all hills too

Sorry for the rant, just all imo stuff lol, but tl;dr, yes, Legendary does have a score boost at the end of a match, as does Heroic, although less so

[coarse dagger]

Some time after today

[atomic swallow]

hi spartans

🦗 🦗 🦗 🦗 🦗

anyone home

[celest heron]

I can usually get around 5k in normal gruntpocalypse, so with a boost you'd only be getting around 500 more xp for a harder difficulty. not worth it imo, but that's just me.

[shadow turret]

I average between 5.2-5.7k in Normal Gruntpoc generally
usually about 5-5.4 in Heroic Gruntpoc

[celest heron]

I'd rather stick with normal cause it's easier and there could be less chances of teammates dying.

[shadow turret]

yea I get that

[white birch]

Ironically enough the same result was with WZFF in Halo 5.
Heroic was faster and netted you almost as much overall points.

[pulsar ether]

Is it a deliberate choice that covenants don't speak English in Halo Reach? In rest of the games, you could understand them clearly

[sturdy kernel]

Because Halo Reach is prequel

Some of the troops are speaking English, but it's very rare

[civic sundial]

It was a deliberate choice to try and make the Covenant feel more alien by Bungie. Halo 4 kept this with the Covenant remnant we fight in that game

[spice hornet]

bro im new to halo infinite but in lower ranks why are there people hacking? hes afk and hes killing us through walls

[left snow]

If you think that someone is cheating / hacking - you should report them.

AFK is a hard one. Sometimes it's just someone who hasn't loaded into the game. On their screen they are stuck on the loading map/mode bit. But yes - they could just be AFK while grinding XP.

Killing through walls. Is that a known hack in Infinite? I've seen a person who could see through walls. Had a video of them following players with their cross hair and then shooting at them the instant they stepped around the corner.

Don't get confused with the "shooting around corners". Which is just a latency error - you have stepped around the corner - but on their screen you are still in view. The server tends to favour the shooter when reconciling the lag - so you get shot.

In general - if you are going to run then do so early (never wait until you are one shot) - otherwise stand your ground and fight. There is a chance you could still win the duel - or at the very least get one more shot in to make it easier for a team mate to step in and get you an assist.

[spice hornet]

ok thanks, but i am new and i need to play 50 matches, wich game mode should i play? i played a few games in quick play, but i always feel like im so bad because every game i get more deaths than kills

[civic sundial]

Firefight

[left snow]

The best place to get the hang of the basics is the academy.

Choose a map. Set it to just you vs four bots. Infinite ammo. Deathless. Choose the Pistol or the Bandit as your weapon.

Run around. Practice shooting so that you pop their shields with body shots and then finish / kill them with headshots.

Once you get the hang of killing the bots try and do it without letting them pop your shields.

Get the hang of strafing left and right. Occasional crouch to mix it up. Throw grenades before the gunfight (not during).

[spice hornet]

thanks ive played a few matches, is firefight the best way to rank up? im corporal now

[sturdy kernel]

Yes, firefight is the best way to grind

[spice hornet]

alright thanks

[spice hornet]

im almost the rank after corporal, but i keep dying after wave 2 because they one shot me, what can i do?

[shadow turret]

Which difficulty of FF are you playing?
I assume normal but I was just wondering

[civic sundial]

Normally is best for consistency since most the time you won't end up losing

[shadow turret]

Yea
Gruntpocalypse is good for beginners too imo, since its just grunts who are easy to clear a lot of

[civic sundial]

With heroic and legendary, you have a higher chance to lose because of the higher difficulty and the extra exp isn't worth the risk of losing

[shadow turret]

yea, 100%
Like I'd maybe recommend Heroic if you get really good at FF, but Normal is mostly always worth it
and Gruntpocalypse Fiesta is (imo) a lot easier and gives more score than regular FF too

[civic sundial]

Gotta hope your teammates are competent on Heroic, played a few too many where teammates were rushing in as if they couldn't die

[shadow turret]

yeaa
that's why I say only do Heroic if you're very competent in FF, since its def a step and a half up from Normal
and I'd only recommend Legendary if you have like a 4 stack of insanely good players, legendary is impossible solo imo

[spice hornet]

it is normal but still

[shadow turret]

in regular FF, the brutes and Hunters pack a punch and a half

[spice hornet]

so which should i play? regular?

[civic sundial]

Aye, stick with Normal Firefight

[shadow turret]

Normal difficulty Gruntpocalypse Fiesta imo

[spice hornet]

is grunpocalypse a map? i cant find it

[civic sundial]

It's a mode

[shadow turret]

its in the modes
if you click on the Firefight: Normal playlist, there should be a mode selection somewhere just below the little picture, and you can check/uncheck whatever modes you want

[spice hornet]

whihc map you like?

[shadow turret]

Honestly most of them
if I had to pick I'd prolly say either Kusini Bay or House of Reckoning tho

[edgy forum]

I just saw the Forge community post and I cannot wait for the PVE experiences next year

That’s gonna be so awesome and fun for someone like me who enjoys PVE. And I can’t wait to see the Halo 4/5 themed maps

[onyx latch]

I'm glad to see someone actually understand the whole 'shooting around corners' issue and why it happens. It's infuriating that people act like that's new or a Halo Infinite issue, when it's been an issue for video games since the early Unreal Tournie days.

I swear, no matter how many times you hit people in the head with that factoid, they just. Do. Not. Get. It.

[white birch]

"Guys, there's a Chieftain with a hammer"
Spartan down
Spartan down
Spartan down
LAST STAND

"Oh you have got to be kidding me."

[white birch]

They like to hold on to the possibility that its new and can be raged agaisnt because the other option is simply accepting its an intrinsic issue with video games as a whole and cannot fully ever be solved outside of making LANS a thing again.

[onyx latch]

I swear to the Precursors, the drive to save face by blaming dumb short-term issues for long-term systemic problems will be the death of us all.

[civic sundial]

Gotta agree with that

[white birch]

Also a lot of current players are not grognards and have never expereinced the old days

[civic sundial]

Quite literally had a game where I marked targets (Because I was really not feeling like being vocal that day) and all of my team ignored that I had marked a Wraith and all of them ended up dead

[white birch]

Yeah as soon as Fog comes on, you can tell who's good at the game and who isn't
Or at least, whos played the campaign or not.

Also; dont be afraid to dip out of the hill, guys, its FINE

[civic sundial]

Aye

Like, I have had a few moments on the Lone Wolf remake where I've no shields and teammates are wondering why I dipped out the hill to get to proper cover

[onyx latch]

I'm not even a damn grognard, I just have a good memory lmao

[white birch]

You've probably been playing longer than some of these kids though.

Case in point the random 12 year old playin Infinite from a Microsoft Store free use Xbox
I didnt even know MS stores were still around, I thought they canned them all...

(That was funny; "No, mom, let me just kill this guy, please, then we can go-"
Instantly smashed by an Onyx Colonel 3 with a Shock Rifle, from halfway across the map, with near perfect aim because the dude was on PC and running, Im fairly certain, that weird "shoot with a mouse but move with a controller" split bit Ive seen on Tiktok)

[terse cave]

Evening all, I just wanted to ask if I am able to make a post for request of body actors anywhere? I am not sure as to where to actually make a post for it. So any tips or advice would be very appreciated.

[radiant sundial]

iirc theres a MS store in manhattan still, im not 100% sure if its still open tho

[rugged quartz]

I once walked into the ms office thing in manhattan thinking it was a store

[white birch]

See Manhattan would make sense.
But they put a lot of the stores in weird places.
Im still mad they yanked the one in University Village...but, there was an Apple store there and it was very impressive so of course everyone went there.

[neat haven]

Does anyone know where i could cast a poll and how i cast a poll???

I was thinking about asking people what they like the most about each game from CE to Infinite

[coarse dagger]

You could start a thread in #1076337363770417172 - we don't have polls enabled here

[left snow]

Or, even if they kind of get it - they can't grasp that it's not about their ping - but a combination of everyone's connection in the game.

[weary trout]

ngl

assassinations were so cool

[left snow]

They were.

Lot of fun; pulling them off. Saving a team-mate from one. Yoinking a kill by a buddy.

My wallet is open and loose if Halo Studios could ever work out how to bring them back.

[weary trout]

"but its not competitiveeeeeeeeeeee" 😩

i dont get that arguement, halo was never solely based on e sports and stuff, i want halo to be fun and cool again, not this e sports hyper competitive stuff anymore. I think thats the main issue of this game.

[celest heron]

h5 had a toggle to turn them off so that's not really an issue.

[left snow]

I don't think it's got anything to do competitive (that whole argument in general is a bit tired).

It's the simple fact that people turned them off, for whatever reason, and tended to not turn them back on.

And that makes them a bit unattractive for Halo Studios to put any effort into.

[left snow]

It may have worked better if one of the toggle options was to just turn them off for Ranked games.

[warped yew]

Or just not hold the melee button

[quartz silo]

I dont get how bungie could make such perfectly multiplayer gameplay in halo 3 then put the gauss hog in most maps

[analog salmon]

they didnt

heavies wasnt that

popular back in the day

i barely even remember playing heavies in Halo 3's day, i mostly recall it from Reach

[keen silo]

I think I avoided heavies until like, Halo 5?

[empty rapids]

the minimap is so useless in infinite lol

it has been since launch

one of my biggest pet peeves with the game ngl

[civic sundial]

It's not a minimap, it's a motion tracker

And it's functioned the same way in pretty much all the Halo games which feature it

And be glad you actually get told useful info from it, Destiny's just goes red whenever there's vaguely an enemy somewhere close to you

[pulsar ether]

Wjat did they turn my grunt into in Halo 4 😭😭😭😭

[pulsar ether]

There's no minimap in Halo.

It's motion sensor and works pretty well in that regards

Ok, so I hate how bad Halo 4's sensor looks

[pulsar ether]

Today in my Halo MCC review I learnt that steam reviews have word limuts

[quartz silo]

pretty much all I played was heavies

[empty rapids]

it is still useless lol

it doesn't show enemies in the near area unless they're already ontop of you coupled with the fact that it's so small

i feel like i have decent situational awareness but the enemies just don't seem loud enough to not rely on it

i remember enemy footsteps being easier to hear, which allowed for you to kind of do a "quick check" per-se

that or my hearing is actually getting worse 😂

either can be true

[civic sundial]

It's got a radius of 18 meters in Infinite's multiplayer, that's more than just right on top. It shows people whenever they move faster than crouch walking or firing their weapon. Active camo does not show up on the motion tracker

[empty rapids]

i know that

i mostly just hate how bloody small it is

[radiant sundial]

They changed how footsteps work awhile ago, try turning up your volume

Also it really isnt small for most map sizes

[empty rapids]

they did? I stopped playing for a few months. Might be what's throwing me off

[solemn gazelle]

I just got Extermination in halo reach

Never heard or seen of it before, is it an mcc exclusive thing? :0

[civic sundial]

Some new medals were added to the older games in MCC

[celest heron]

it's been a medal since h3.

[civic sundial]

Gonna be honest, I forgot Extermination dates back to Halo 3 on 360

[analog salmon]

I never forgot because I was getting exterminations every match when I was 9 years old

I was destined to be the greatest player of all time

But then I discovered Minecraft

[tulip tusk]

halo 1 pc heavies all vehicles 🙂

[celest heron]

woo, h5 cheevos done. game uninstalled

[frosty condor]

Congrats

[celest heron]

thanks. I didn't do two solo ones cause one of them was mainly for co-op and the other was too annoying so I stopped trying.

[frosty condor]

Oh so you didn’t 100% it 😦

Nonetheless, congrats on doing the ones you could do

[civic sundial]

I'd have helped with that co-op one

[celest heron]

lol, yeah done as in the ones I wanted to get done.

[celest heron]

thanks, but I'm usually not interested in those.

[civic sundial]

Ah

[rigid saffron]

Hot take:

The Weapon > Cortana

Because at least she doesn't wanna backstab us for the sake of glory and power

[frosty condor]

https://tenor.com/view/hot-fuzz-same-person-gif-22982328

[rigid saffron]

She got dupped, deleted, and then went through programming therapy

Crazy doesn't seem very cool anymore now does it?

[rigid saffron]

Been in a spartan rage kinda mood, I'll kick some spartan butt again soon

[thorn raven]

hello! does anyone know where the neutral flag on Illusion (the one with the camo hall) is? online i cant find anything (one source of reddit asking with no answers).

we spent an entire match playing slayer because no one found it

i may have found it: a third flag spot in the middle. except in Neutral Flag there is the Energy Sword there instead of the flag. how odd

well this will be going in a bug report

[rugged quartz]

Right that it's not a mini map but indeed even halo 2 had a larger range. They tried to buff it with outer range but I'd just prefer if it was at minimum 25 meters defaul

[onyx latch]

Wrong interpretation of why Cortana did what she did.

Cortana's acts were performed much like why Halsey made the Spartan IIs.

[cinder heron]

Uh what do: Error Code is 20011 (an incomplete easy anti-cheat service is already running please exit other running games or reboot

Idfk what this mean and this is for the. halo: the master chief collection

[olive brook]

Anyone else experiencing a lotttt of disconnects on infinite recently?

[spare finch]

Is it just me or is the background of multiplayer still Zeta Halo