halo-discussion

[warped yew]

Yes

[olive brook]

they should really change it with every operation like they did during s5

[analog salmon]

im ngl i couldnt care less

its a nice background and definitely the one to go with permanently

[warped yew]

No one asked

[analog salmon]

i always liked MCC's ring background from 2018 as well, PC ones were alright but im glad you can now go back to the 2018 one

Infinite's backgrounds changing with the MP narrative was cool ig but not something i miss that much

[civic sundial]

I wish it was the season 1 menu background where you saw your Spartan hanging out at the academy

[analog salmon]

yeah for the lobby

[shadow turret]

Honestly if they add a toggle for backgrounds, I'd want it between this one and the current one

I do like the per event/season backdrops, but I do also think the current one is pretty good for screenshots and stuff too

[celest heron]

would be nice if they did what mcc does and let you change each menu screen.

[civic sundial]

I imagine they haven't done that because it's a bit different from how Infinite handles menus. MCC's backgrounds are all just video files behind the UI, whereas Infinite's menu is a "level" so to speak. Be a waste of time and resources to make multiple versions of the menu to allow for all the menu backgrounds

[celest heron]

yeah I'm not expecting anything.

[bright vessel]

Reposting here for visibility

So I'll be finishing up Silentium soon and I'm wondering if I should read the Kilo Five trilogy or skip it

[signal ivy]

read all the books

[pulsar ether]

I love how they created unique melee animations for each weapons in Halo CE. Just to leave everything behind in Halo 2

Only animation they brought back was the magnum one

And I'm salty about those futuristic robotic enemies because their weapon has so cool loading animation but I wish they had cooler melee animation as well

I also don't like how Covenant weapons were unique and all but these new enemies' weapons in Halo 4 are just glorified shotgun, AR, BR and handgun

[civic sundial]

The Storm Rifle is a Covenant AR, Carbine is a Covenant DMR, Needler is a Covenant SMG, Fuel Rod is a Covenant rocket launcher, Beam Rifle is a Covenant sniper

To claim that the Covenant weapons are these wholly unique weapons is just not true

[pulsar ether]

Ok, I take one statement back

[civic sundial]

I think the most unique weapon we've ever gotten in Halo would be the Sticky Detonator, which is a pistol sized launcher

But even then, that's not exactly an impossible concept or anything

[pulsar ether]

I like the new enemies, Prometheans. Having same dynamics as covenants makes it easier to understand but having some different traits make them different enough so that they don't feel copy and pasted

And also being able to sprint by default is always a welcome feature

I'm curious about their vehicles now

[civic sundial]

Sadly you're gonna have to play Halo 5 for a Forerunner vehicle

[tulip tusk]

yea i think the only forerunner vehicle in halo 4 is that promethean turret, that was halo 4? or halo 5? i get confused

[civic sundial]

You mean the Splinter Turret? That's also only in Halo 5

[tulip tusk]

yea that thing i think ah ok

[warped yew]

Too bad the phaeton was a glorified wasp with a boost

[tulip tusk]

i liked that oni warthog vs flying vehicles. phaetons are satisfying to kill bc they are so annoying

[pulsar ether]

I guess we aren't seeing that then

[warped yew]

Like in the next game, what if we got a vehicle like the mammoth? A walking fortress players can walk around in without having to get into a seat

[tulip tusk]

multiple player air vehicle

[warped yew]

Omg yes. The falcon for starters but what if we got the pelican and Albatross from halo 3 to drive?

[civic sundial]

Phaeton came first

Wasp was added to Halo 5 about a year after release

[warped yew]

So a glorified hornet then

[civic sundial]

Hornet has side seats, Phaeton doesn't

[warped yew]

Ok

It just plays like a hornet except you have boost. You move like it

I just hope we get more vehicles that can seat multiple people

[civic sundial]

We need the Spectre to come back

[warped yew]

My beloved Spectre

[civic sundial]

The people yearn for it

[tulip tusk]

yea i like that

[civic sundial]

Also maybe they can resurrect the Banished Skiff that didn't make it into Infinite outside of some wreckages you can find in the campaign

Like, make it serve a role akin to the Razorback where it's meant more for transporting larger groups and objectives

Which like, I wish more people knew you could attach the flag onto the back of the Razorback

[pulsar ether]

But I'll miss that "YAY!" while headshotting grunts

[civic sundial]

The Grunt Birthday Party Skull is in 4, 5 and Infinite

Like, it's never been removed from the games

[pulsar ether]

What I mean to say is currently I face Prometheans instead of Covenants

So I'll miss headshotting them to hear that "YAY!" XD

[civic sundial]

Ah

[tulip tusk]

id like that a lot it almost looks like that 1 vehicle they almost added to halo 1

another maybe next game moment i guess...

[warped yew]

They had the model and everything. I wonder why they didn't add it :<

[balmy wedge]

There are a ton of amazing vehicles they should add, all with different roles. The spectre, phaeton, revenant, anti-air wraith...

[balmy wedge]

I use it in campaign all the time to place a gravity hammer. And it's immensely helpful for the power seed gametype.

[onyx latch]

I miss the Mantis.

[civic sundial]

Likely just a case of it being something they really wanted but had to cut for time and focus the efforts it needed on other aspects of the game

[civic sundial]

One day we'll get our mechs back, one day

[summer stratus]

Halo infinite is the best halo

[warped yew]

Too bad then ig. We could've got it as a later addition in a update

[civic sundial]

Aye, but alas things didn't go smoothly post launch, likely killing any chance of that happening. Not saying that the devs still working on Infinite are doing a bad job, just that year where we barely got any new stuff wasn't exactly a great time

[onyx latch]

That one year delay was insane.

[civic sundial]

Agreed

Like, I would love to know what the original plans were

What weapons had they been working on, vehicles they thought about giving us and if there was something big coming for the story of the multiplayer

[tulip tusk]

me 2

[hexed venture]

I just wish I could experience a good halo. A halo the original players could look at and say " One of the good ones. " I grew up on Halo 5 guardians and infinite. I did play MCC to experience the good Halos, from back in the day. Some of you may say I'm part of the problem with Halo just solely because grew up on the worst ones. The way I view how Halo should be done is most likely the same as bungie players would. I mainly care about multiplayer in terms of FPS games in general. A good story would be good for the franchise as well. It's not Halo without a good story, not just any good story a Halo story.

[kind onyx]

I’m an original player

Infinite is the best halo since 3 imo. Too bad it has fallen the way it has.

[left snow]

100%

Also an OG veteran.

Infinite pretty much nails a cross between H2 and H5.

If only the launch hadn't been so rocky.

[left snow]

It's going to be interesting going forward. The Delta playlist has proven popular. There is definitely an appetite for "classic" Halo. Probably enough to justify a Delta list in the next Halo game.

And it probably makes sense to dichotomise a bit. Cater to and retain those fans.

Does this then give HS a bit of freedom to nudge game play a little closer to H5 this time around. A bit faster on the Sprint? Re-introduce sprint penalties on shield regeneration? Default thrusters (probably just for lateral movement though). Hover? A little bit of Ground Pound?

I'd be up for it. Just as long as Spartan Charge stays away 🙂

[onyx vale]

Someone attempted to debate Halo CE has the worst legendary difficulty just because of The Library so I killed every enemy on that level with only the Plasma Rifle Pistol and Needler needless to say its balanced compared to 2s mess and Reachs sudden difficulty spike

Id like to think and confirm the obvious that its balanced

[pulsar ether]

Even if the launch were rocky, we can expect them to nail the game next time now.

Think of it, now they know what fans actually want to an extent. So they can work on to deliver that and improvise on it

[warped yew]

Lol. CE is the Halo game that forces you to take things slowly so idk see why more are encouraged to actually be prepared for an encounter

Imo, Halo CE legendary is the most fair challenging gamemode of all the games so far.

There's no enemies that can pinpoint accurately kill you in seconds.
Hanging from the back with precision weapons isn't always the best option.
Every gun actually has a useful place (debatable probably)

Every enemy doesn't have an insane amount or burst of damage but they're still challenging enough to be fitting of legendary

You don't have a lack of ammo at all times so you actually get the option to drop guns and come back for them for a another encounter :u

You can actually experiment too instead of having fun with a gun but the game decides nah you don't use it anymore

[hoary basalt]

ce also has the best ai

[warped yew]

Depends on how you phrase it ig, but yeah. CE has a good AI. They can strafe, flank, and have more features. They can rush you down or run and take cover

But damn do AI suck at driving in CE

[spare finch]

Agreed

[civic sundial]

Does anyone here ever think about how in Halo Reach, there's only one armour ability actually required to beat the campaign without using tricks like grenade jumps or glitching out the map? And it's all because of the mission Exodus and how to traverse that level you need a jetpack. And yes, I know there's an achievement for beating it without using one but that's actually easy to get if you quit and reload the mission

[radiant sundial]

No not really

[amber lake]

Thank you for updating MCC yesterday

[shrewd finch]

What did they update?

[amber lake]

This is copy and paste from the patch notes December 16th. Halo 2: Classic Multiplayer
Resolved a multiplayer server crash that occasionally occurred due to some vehicle-related events.
Halo 3 Multiplayer
Resolved rare multiplayer server crashes caused by the following actions:
Multiple vehicle-related events.
Players joining an in-progress match after an auto turret was deployed.
Rare instances of melee attacks.
Auto turrets now fire more consistently in online multiplayer matches. Similarly, auto turrets not assigned to a team now attack players more consistently. This fix applies to the following types of auto turrets:
Auto Turret equipment.
Covenant turrets on the map Snowbound.
Guardian towers on the map Sandbox.
Guardian mines on the map Sandtrap.

straight from halo way point December 16th patch notes.

[shrewd finch]

Ah nice to see some support for MCC

[amber lake]

yeah. Big team battle was getting bad with games crashing literally at any point in the match. sometimes seconds after it starting and then the guardians were turned off so you could go out of bounds no problem. Seems to be working fine now.

[shrewd finch]

Looks like im having a problem on my end. I don't see the patch notes on halo waypoint. Could you post the link?

[amber lake]

did you scroll down a just a little to see december 16th?

[amber lake]

scroll down just a hair and you will see the december 16th patch notes https://support.halowaypoint.com/hc/en-us/articles/23707515298324-Halo-The-Master-Chief-Collection-MCC-Update-February-2024

[shrewd finch]

Ah thank you

Yeah really happy that there is still some support for MCC

Looking forward to more bug fixes in the future hopefully.

[amber lake]

keep submitting tickets if you run into something

[shrewd finch]

Yeah will do

[onyx vale]

i agree! i was debating against someone who said otherwise

i definitely had fun spending about 2hrs killing all the enemies with the plasma pistol and needler on the library it was such a refreshing experience from the AR and Shotgun and occasional rocket launcher

it felt weird how quiet the library was when you make sure every single flood is dead

[dry flax]

We need the next 10th core even tho i dont like the core system lol

The 9th or 10th lol

[stark hearth]

Going on a holiday and depending whether I should even bother buy the Halo series to watch on the way

[tulip tusk]

Which one?

[edgy forum]

No way they made the Nerf Dart weapon coating cross-compatible for the other weapons

[stark hearth]

The live action series

[coarse dagger]

I enjoyed it a lot. Look up some trailers for it, see if it's something you might be interested in

[tulip tusk]

It's weird, one of those shows u have to constantly remind urself it's not canon in order to enjoy it more, bc otherwise it seems very dumb. But idk i guess it will kill time while traveling

[balmy wedge]

I haven't seen it yet, but it has some great character design and prop design. Its takes on Elites looks cool.

[tulip tusk]

Id like halo media to adopt the recent way Warhammer medias have been, like in secret level, I do appreciate Warhammer recently bc they've been 100% dialed into what they are, their established audience and stories. And has been super cool

[tulip tusk]

Yeah character designs r cool

[civic sundial]

I'm sure someone's working on a Firefight mod somewhere for Halo 4

[silver sandal]

Yeah but it's only right to put it on the commando lol

[fading robin]

What's the channel to ask a question ? It's about laso halo 2

[coarse dagger]

You can ask here

Or make a thread in #1076337363770417172

[dusty olive]

Is there a setting to turn off joining mid game for BTB? It continues to put me in games where my team is losing by an exponential amount and I'm basically destined to lose, it happens about 90% of the time.

[deep valve]

please no

[deep valve]

carry the team

[deep valve]

rocket flood:

[warped yew]

Yeah but other legendary difficulties have too many problems compared to CE

And same argument with jackal snipers, just mesmerize where they spawn

[dusty olive]

Sometimes in quick play I can do that, but BTB where we are losing by like 30 kills, that ain't happening sadly😂

[warped yew]

Nah just go mint blitz and starting hitting noscopes

[deep valve]

halo 3 has problems?

[warped yew]

Yeah

[deep valve]

if you can't beat halo 3 legendary idk what to tell you

[warped yew]

I didn't say that

[dusty olive]

If only

[warped yew]

If I beat halo 2 legendary difficulty, the sniper jackal still ain't a problem? Goofy ah logic

[deep valve]

just skip them idk what to tell you

just do a despawn trick lmao

[warped yew]

Ok

[deep valve]

halo 2 isn't fair yes, but halo CE has two betrayals and the truth and reconciliation

[warped yew]

And?

[deep valve]

they're pretty hard

[warped yew]

I'm just saying halo 3 has alot of problems that Halo CE addressed better

[warped yew]

Kind of the point of legendary

[deep valve]

nah two betrayals barely has any skips, you can skip a whole 10 mins section in AOTCR by jumping across a bridge, and T&R has multiple tricks

[warped yew]

Why does it matter about skips?

[deep valve]

they're lifesavers

[warped yew]

I thought we were talking about difficulty

[deep valve]

you have to hit every trigger in two betrayals in order

it is about difficulty

[warped yew]

Yeah but if your trying to skip an encounter, your kinda defeating the purpose that the difficulty is meant to be hard through it's enemies

[deep valve]

I wouldn't say CE is unfair but the library just consists of standing behind a corner and shotgun camping

[warped yew]

Yeah it is

Alot of it is just pushing on in the hallways so I don't get chocked points and then the hold out sections. . .

[deep valve]

if you walk out of cover for over 2 seconds, you're dead. but there's an easy skip that just involves standing away from a door so the flood don't spawn

it works about once

[warped yew]

I'm not saying halo CE is like the most super fair legendary/hard difficulty of all time

Just compared to other Halo games, it's actually pretty challenging but fun (for most part) and earning of the legendary title compared to other games

[deep valve]

the challenge should be about the methods and techniques and not the enemies killing you faster. any game can do that

any game can just buff enemies and nerf the player

but that's not the fun type of difficult

[warped yew]

Halo 3 does alot of that which is what I meant by it's problems

[deep valve]

the only real issue is cortana

[warped yew]

Instead of better burst fire rates or smarter AI, all enemies just receive an insane damage buff which really rejects the idea of getting up close and personal

[deep valve]

you can't get close and personal in halo 2 either lmao

[warped yew]

Well I never said halo 2 legendary was good either

But alot of problems the later Halo games is that using a precision weapon from far away seems to be the most usable feature while CQC is straight up a death sentence

[deep valve]

CE is more forgiving but I would rather play a rogue-like or souls-like for challenge

[warped yew]

Yeah I would too probably

[civic sundial]

Should be noted, Yip tries to use the Needler like it's a semi automatic weapon

[warped yew]

Damn

[deep valve]

cowards do survive

it actually didn't do anything to the elite's shield and I just gave up

I think I just plasma grenaded

[warped yew]

I hope the next game is able to offer a fair and fun but challenging legendary difficulty. Fingers crossed

Legitimately got spooked when that brute in the harbinger fight jumped like a hundred feet toward me in the span of 2 seconds

[civic sundial]

Again, the Needler is an automatic weapon which you're meant to hold the trigger down with, popping off shots one at a time is not how it's meant to be used at all

7-8 shots get you a supercombine, which blows up and kills most targets

[tulip tusk]

esp that Halo 1 needler!

[deep valve]

is CE LASO fair

[warped yew]

No but idk you would balance that in any other game

[deep valve]

it's not balanced in any game lmao

[warped yew]

Yeah cuz Laso is meant to be the unfair challenge

[civic sundial]

Aye, LASO has never been intended to be balanced

[deep valve]

except halo 2 laso is a different breed

[warped yew]

Yeah cuz it's already going off a unbalanced unfair legendary difficulty

[civic sundial]

That doesn't change what me and Ivy said, LASO isn't meant to be balanced

Halo 2 is just unfortunate in that they didn't get to properly balance the game

[deep valve]

according to hiddenxperia's video, they were gonna end the halo series on halo 2 at one point

are there any advantages to playing a playlist (apart from co-op)?

[rare yacht]

Well yeah makes sense, didn’t have time, had to scrap the game and start from scratch

[analog salmon]

343 did make it harder by not including Envy in LASO

i get not including Bandana in Halo CE but Envy should have been left in for Halo 2

[analog salmon]

you just get a score/time for your playthrough

its kinda nice if you play through the games, being able to see how long it took you ig

[deep valve]

you don't get the laso achievements for enabling skulls manually?

[analog salmon]

no

the achievement is complete the LASO playlist for X game

[rare yacht]

Just finished the Infinite campaign for the first time, man, Master Chief said the line, Finish the Fight 🔥

[crystal iron]

Correct me if I am wrong but Halo Studios has a whole new team, and a new direction for Halo, correct?

[coarse dagger]

Not a whole new team

It's 343 rebranded

Though they have changed up leadership over the last 2 years, brought on new people, and are currently hiring new staff

You could say it's a new direction, with the move to Unreal for new projects

[white birch]

Full from the ground up remaking would cost way too much

[abstract mural]

not when investing in what you're currently working on is losing money

[ruby lake]

losin money?

[edgy forum]

What’s the Whispers of Pyre about?

[abstract mural]

at least a reduction of total revenue coming back to a company

[abstract mural]

It's about mostly banished scientists looking at the data from Annex Ridge in the campaign to Infinite, and it's the one with the ship with the stone rings around it

I would send an image, doesn't seem like I can though. It's a good read/listen, nothing crazy in terms of action, but one of my favorites in terms of plot threads that it's beginning to lay down for the future of the story

It also confirms that before Chief did the final levels of the game, he stopped by Annex Ridge to take it out, and then went into the final tower

[honest spade]

what does this refer to, what is "Survive the undead"

[civic sundial]

It's a mode that's inspired by COD Zombies that is available in custom games

[vernal crystal]

Need opinion: I like using the Rakshasa core and I was just curious as to whether or not anyone thinks that the Helioskrill helmet(with the attachment that comes with the bundle) could look good on it(and maybe throw in the shoulders too)?

[radiant spire]

Hmm it might look goofy

What chest are you using for the combo?

[vernal crystal]

Could the chest piece that comes from the Anvil Initiative operation pass work?

The chest piece that is part of the Assailer armor set(or whatever you would consider it)?

[radiant spire]

I couldn't say for sure

[pulsar ether]

||Cortana dies|| 💔💔💔

[vernal crystal]

I see.

[radiant spire]

You trying it now?

[vernal crystal]

Basically yeah.

[radiant spire]

Your thoughts overall?

[vernal crystal]

Seems neat in my eyes.

[radiant spire]

I'm currently using the MK VII Core with the Rtas armour with the Helioskrill chest so I can't say too much

[vernal crystal]

Understandable.

[civic sundial]

Try throwing on one of the Covenant themed coatings or the Swords of Sanghelios themed coating that was released last year

While I don't have Helioskrill in Infinite, I do have some of the Covenant/Banished inspired armour pieces for Rakshasa and they look real good in those coatings

[radiant spire]

Arbiters Gaurd is pretty nice

[vernal crystal]

This might off-topic but I REALLY want to know what the Rakshasa armor would look like on an elite.

[radiant spire]

Hmmm

Something unholy i'd imagine

[vernal crystal]

I feel like an elite could pull off the look.

[civic sundial]

Well we do have armour made for Elites by humans

[vernal crystal]

Yeah.

[civic sundial]

Specifically the Accord harness from Halo Online/MCC Halo 3

[vernal crystal]

I gotta say that I fell in love(metaphorically speaking, of course) with the Ranger armor from Reach when I first saw it. It looked so clean to me.

[radiant spire]

Officer was my favorite but that may be because I bought the Legendary Edition of Halo Reach

[civic sundial]

I'll admit that of the Reach armour sets for Elites, I'm only really a fan of Ultra, Officer, Ranger and Spec Ops

Honestly wish they had made the Minor armour closer to how it looked in Halo 3 and I'm very neutral on the rest

[vernal crystal]

If playable Elites ever make a comeback, I really hope to see Jega's armor be an option. His design is so neat to me.

[civic sundial]

Not sure we'll get full Jega but I would like to see Silent Shadow armour added for Elites if we get them

[vernal crystal]

Omg the Silent Shadow elites.

[radiant spire]

Playable Elites would be nice for Halo 7 or Infinite

[shadow turret]

I don't really play as Elites at all in any Halo, but Ranger from Reach is 100% my favorite Elite armor (or the one with like the full space helmet if that's not it, but I think it is. It's been a hot minute since I've looked at MCC stuff)

[vernal crystal]

Being able to get Arbiter's armor as a legit customization option for your Elite would be so peak.

[civic sundial]

Ranger is the one with a fully sealed helmet, yes

[radiant spire]

There's a Halo Online mod that allows that

[civic sundial]

Halo Online was never released

[vernal crystal]

I really don't want to be the guy who just repeatedly says "oh yeah, playable elites come back" every five minutes. But man, the customization and armor variety that the Elites have(and could potentially have) seem so awesome to me.

[civic sundial]

Anyway, when it comes to playable Elites, I think they'd be best building the armour customisation off of the base Elite model Infinite has, so that'd be the armour sets we see in Infinite, and then maybe recreating sets like Reach's Zealot armour, Halo 4's Commander armour and Halo 3's Ascetic armour

I can live without them coming back, but I ain't gonna put anyone down for wanting them again

And like you said, there is potential in customisation options

[vernal crystal]

I would say that I am someone who wants them to come back. But I don't want to accidentally just keep repeating the same thing over and over again.

But it is my hope that they do make a return and get awesome customization and the same treatment as Spartans.

[shadow turret]

I feel like as much as the community has voiced how much they dislike kits, I feel like if they did add playable Elites, they could give them a similar treatment as the regular armor with the Chief kits, and have the armor for the 'important' Elites be kits

[vernal crystal]

That could work.

[civic sundial]

Half Jaw, Arbiter and Jega definitely would make sense as kits

Could see a kit based on Luro 'Taralumee too

And Xytan 'Jar Wattinree

[silver sandal]

This tbh, the elite minors lost a lot of their unique shape

I'm a big fan of the general armor, the horn crest is awesome

[civic sundial]

I think I prefer Halo 4's interpetation of the General armour, which you see worn by the Elite Warriors in Jul's Covenant

[signal ivy]

General Armor

https://tenor.com/VfDH.gif

[coarse dagger]

I was thinking about them doing that yesterday haha

[ionic raptor]

damn im so sad this server is way more dead than i thought itd be

was trying to fill a custom lobby on maps on reach

[civic sundial]

This Discord is definitely not dead

[ionic raptor]

reading comprehension time: more dead ≠ dead
ex: John has 12 credits and tommy has 4, tommy has less credits but he does not have 0 credits. Ergo, its not dead just a lot less active than i thought it would be. 🤓

[ionic raptor]

i loved the ultra and marshall designs in reach

🗣️ 🔥

[civic sundial]

You're the one who said it was dead

[ionic raptor]

more dead than i thought it would be

[celest heron]

you were both in the wrong at one point, but it's whatever.

[tulip tusk]

theres not much game connection in this server its more like a discussion, troubleshooting, or waiting for official halo news place. u prob want to find more specialized halo servers for finding players to play with

[ionic raptor]

im trying but they all seem abandoned :(

[proven gazelle]

True that boi👍 The recent Fleetcom Operation update messed/ nerfed everything up👎 BIGTIME

[tulip tusk]

try halofuntime they run lobbies some days

[ionic raptor]

link it in dms?

[tulip tusk]

oki

[proven gazelle]

Halo Infinite online feel different after >The Fleetcom Operation Update for Halo Infinite that introduced 19 balance changes, 7 of which were specifically aimed at weapon variants. anyone?

[left snow]

Wasn't that update like six months ago?

Don't remember anything being too controversial.

[proven gazelle]

9 okt. 2024. does the game feel any different for you? when using weapons/ melee?

[white birch]

The Mangler is fun again
So is the Ravager

[left snow]

@proven gazelle Not really. But I haven't played today. Joy of having to go to work.

I think most of the changes in that update were taken as positive changes going forward.

[proven gazelle]

Thnx for reply🙏

[pulsar ether]

I might be missing out on something. Is the rampancy explained in any other Halo media apart from fourth game?

[civic sundial]

It's been around since Fall of Reach

But Halo 4 is the first game to give focus to a human AI going through it

[pulsar ether]

Another random thing I want to say is that if official source for Halo media is Halopedia, it's a good thing. Because fandom sucks

[pulsar ether]

I see. I'm not mad then because I thought that it's something new they spawned out of blue for Halo 4.

I was sad that she died in the end. I liked her.

[civic sundial]

Definitely not something from out of the blue, Cortana isn't even the first rampant AI you see in the games, Guilty Spark is

Plus the whole idea of Rampancy as a concept dates further back to Bungie's previous shooter, Marathon

[pulsar ether]

When he goes hostile towards Johnson in Halo 3?

[civic sundial]

He was rampant the whole time

From before you met him in CE

[pulsar ether]

I see. Makes sense

[pulsar ether]

Need some help regarding "One Final Firefight". Any tip by which I can cheese that achievement?

[solemn portal]

The online guides are decent enough. Playing on Easy with lots of skulls. Punching gold elites in the back for an hour. It's not fun though.

[ivory glacier]

Just tried that snowball fight mode. That view sucks for only throwing sticky’s. If it was normal it might be fun. Now I’d like to try that view with guns

[civic sundial]

Kinda defeats the point of it being "Snowball fight" if you can just shoot someone with an assault rifle

[ivory glacier]

Not what I meant at all

[civic sundial]

What did you mean?

[ivory glacier]

Just meant the snowball mode would be better in the normal view for throwing sticks imo. And it would be fun try the regular game modes in the snowball fight view

[grave ether]

What if it fires snowballs instead of bullets?

[civic sundial]

https://tenor.com/view/batman-hmmm-thinking-one-second-let-me-think-gif-5454647

[shadow turret]

CE AR:

[balmy wedge]

Adding onto what GabtheLazy said, turn on a show while you grind.

[edgy forum]

I saw Wernissage’s Modernized Halo 3 armor and it looks cool

[wild hearth]

trying to get back into halo infinite after a long long MP break, have they put any of the unlocks that you got from LTMs in the exchange or shop? or did I just miss out on them forever?

[wild hearth]

just looked it up, that's pretty sick looking, thanks for mentioning it

[celest heron]

I don't think it's too bad. I got a couple hail marys, but the game itself kind of felt too long.

[wraith rune]

Is this a safe space to discuss about how much halo reach legendary mode makes me want to give up in life?
I've been trying to beat it since September and now I'm finally CLOSE to beat it

It feels like a genuine hellhole trying to beat it

[frosty condor]

This is definitely a safe space.

Except right now

https://tenor.com/view/smg4-smg4skill-issue-skill-issue-smg4mario-smg4skill-gif-26104493

[sturdy kernel]

I can make Reach legendary in just a few days

[crystal iron]

How many hours is that per day?

[sturdy kernel]

10-12 hours per day

[crystal iron]

Ok

As for other dude. Just hang back and use the noob combo

[pulsar ether]

I would streamed or stuff only if my laptop wasn't mediocre xD

I will test it out though. Maybe it will run well

Anyways playing Halo: CE again and man, the variety in melee animation was something extra but nice to see

[civic sundial]

There's only one melee animation for each weapon in CE

[analog salmon]

You have to BECOME Noble 6

[pulsar ether]

What I mean to say is that most of the weapon had unique animations.

[wraith rune]

Honestly true my aim is so bad
Every time I miss it's like a punch to the gut🙏😞

[wraith rune]

Fr, I've never struggled so much to beat a game like this😭

[analog salmon]

I recommend CE then 2 next

[wraith rune]

Is this a trap?

[analog salmon]

No

🙂

It’s a journey

[wraith rune]

You sureeee ur not lying to me🤨

[pulsar ether]

Why would we lie though 🙂

It's in order like

CE -> 2 -> 3 and so on

[wraith rune]

Hmmmmm

WHAT

Wait can't we curse or smth??

[analog salmon]

Safe space 🙂

[wraith rune]

Oh right😭

[wraith rune]

I might buy it, do I play it on legendary to make the experience more like a hellhole or just normal?

[analog salmon]

if you are doing reach on legendary you might as well stick with that difficulty

CE is a learning curve but I believe in you

[pulsar ether]

True

Man, the cutscenes of Halo 2 Anniversary are so good

[twin crag]

hey im getting in every MP mode including custom -> Could not find a data center suitable for all members of your fireteam. This is often due to network connectivity or latency issues

[halcyon violet]

I wished HALO Studios allowed us to use the Mark V & Mark VI armor kits in the campaign, just like the developers of God of War allowed players to use Classic Kratos into their campaign.

[warped yew]

That's still variety if each weapon has their own animation??

Also idea

What If beating LASO difficulty for the next game not only granted you an achievement, but a debug mode. Not only could you spawn any type of weapon, but any type of boss or object

It's essentially a forge but for the campaign

Though tbh, I think this thing is only worth getting if there's actually ALOT of sandbox items including vehicles and weapons to mess around with

You could pretty much change up encounters by spawning a tank in the first mission

[pulsar ether]

Exactly.

[warped yew]

Yeah I didn't get the logic

If he meant among the same weapon, then sure

[lavish star]

Is there any major updates coming to MCC?

[coarse dagger]

Unknown but unlikely, we're 10 years from the release of the game at this point

At some point you need to focus on newer things

[abstract mural]

would love a final update to add modded armor support, bringing mods to xbox, and a way to make a mod be added to the game like a DLC so you can add armor customization alongside mulitplayer maps and have it all work with one another

[ruby crescent]

10$ for 6 games with all avaiable DLC's + 2 remastered editions is nuts

[fallow merlin]

Great new HiddenXperia/Wendigoon collab video on Bible references in Halo. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IvvzhxO_P5A (There are some inaccuracies and things they could have mentioned that they didnt, but still cool).

[pulsar ether]

Does anyone have "Bite the Hand" achievement here?

[pulsar ether]

Sometimes I honestly forget that it was a 2014 release. Kind of like how Last of Us is 😭

[solar rivet]

I've been wasting 4 hours trying to get a couple of multiplayer achievements. Shock rifle chain kills requirement looks more like luck than anything. Also ravanger is such a bad weapon, out of over 15 tries fully charged, not a single one was capable to takedown an enemy, the weapon can't event break a shield in a single fully chaged shot, much less killing someone with 2, the achievement is more like trying to steal a kill from a teammate. Man, I am so pissed. I wonder why this has to be made in matchmade and not including custom. So desperate is the developer that created unrealistic challenges to retain players artificially?

[shadow turret]

Play Super Fiesta
The Ravager at least should be way easier in that, and the shock should be better but it is kinda luck

[civic sundial]

Those achievements have also been in the game since launch

They're not something they added to try and force people to stay

And like, plenty of games have achievements that are "Do X thing with weapon Y"

[solar rivet]

So they had this intention from the beginning, I got it.

[civic sundial]

Or they wanted some achievements to be harder to get than others

Which is natural for the majority of games with achievements

[solar rivet]

It's fine with me. I'll get this done one way or another, but I'll make sure noboby I know try this game, even if it is free. Still I can't recommend this to my friends, just the other way. You know how bad is spreading the word

[civic sundial]

So you think people shouldn't play Halo Infinite based on two kinda tricky multiplayer achievements?

Because that's a real bad reason to not recommend a game to people

[solar rivet]

Is not just 2, but I don't want to go deeper in the subject

[civic sundial]

What other achievements do you think are so terrible that the game can't be recommended?

[shadow turret]

Also not everyone that plays games does so to get the achievements
A lot of people just play stuff bc they like it

[civic sundial]

Aye

[solar rivet]

I struggled a lot with many, just missing 4 out of 144, but the multiplayer feels unwelcoming, since the list point of view.

[civic sundial]

And like, compared to other achievements even in the previous Halo games, those two in Infinite are nothing crazy

Like, Vidmaster challenges were no doubt a nightmare for anyone going for them back in the day

Sure there's guides that people could follow but still

But even then, they were meant to be challenging

[solar rivet]

Honestly, the list is not good for the game itself either, I had to play against my own team, fooling around, looking for weapons and/or vehicles. People notice that, I've received massages for my behavior from other players, but hey! this is what the nice dev wanted me to do, right?

[civic sundial]

Little tip, don't focus too much on the multiplayer achievements that you forget to actually play the game

Like, are you actually playing Infinite because you want to play Infinite or is it just to be another number of the list of games you have all achievements for?

[solar rivet]

I hope next time they were more... mindfull. You don't go clowning in multiplayer all alone by yourself, thats also ruining other people gaming when you are fooling around. Thats it.

[shadow turret]

Tbh, I have close to 2k hours in Infinite, and still don't have most of the achievements (tho I do have 117 rn)

[civic sundial]

I need to double check how many I have, pretty sure I'm missing the co-op achievements and ranked achievement

[solar rivet]

I am not a jerk, I am sorry for let it out here. I know you enjoy the game, maybe it wasn't the best place to it. I'll go get some fresh air. Happy chritsmas.

[shadow turret]

I'm missing most of the co-op ones, and the "do X mission with Y weapon" ones in Campaign
And I think only a Perfect with a Commando and sumn else in MP

[civic sundial]

The Perfect with Commando achievement was one I got randomly, you'll get it sooner or later

And let me know if you need a hand with those co-op achievements

[celest heron]

play btb total control and then just throw dynamo nades in the enemy hill when people are in it. super fiesta is the easiest for the other one. it should kill in two shots with direct hits.

[shadow turret]

Don't have game pass or the money for the campaign, so if I do go for 100% achievements it'll be a while
Plus I'm prolly gonna stick with 117 for as long as I can bc Chief number lol

[civic sundial]

Ah, that's fair

[shadow turret]

If I do get 118 at some point tho, I'll prolly do 100%

[faint mirage]

Hey, quick question, in terms of online matchmaking (not the forgers or modders of various Halo games) which parts of the community is the most toxic?
After playing Reach MCC for awhile and while it's mostly silent I do find it's more likely to have players act toxic rather than exercise good sportsmanship regardless of victories of lack there of

[pulsar ether]

"How dare devs make achievements feel like an achievement >:("

I'm not defending this game only but I never got the notion of "this achievement is hard to get"

Like yeah, that's the point of an achievement

[solar rivet]

I am not a lottery guy. Sorry

[pulsar ether]

It's...terribly stupid to not recommend a game because achievements. Most people don't play for achivements

[pulsar ether]

Honestly, there are some points where achievements can be a bit tedious

[solar rivet]

So, despite we disagree, I am terribly stupid now. Ok, go on. I am reading.

[pulsar ether]

But then I'm not a multiplayer person so I can't relate

[pulsar ether]

Most people don't play for achievements.

If your only reason for not recommending a game is because achievements are grindy, many people would laugh right at your face

Civ 6 has far more specific achievements than any in the Halo: MCC but I won't be stopping people from playing that game because it's still fun

[civic sundial]

Sure but most games have those. I still need to complete one in RE2make where the puzzle's pieces are in random places but the solution is always the same in under 60 seconds

[pulsar ether]

Here is a comparison

I've played Halo: MCC and I've gotten around 150 achivements in 80 hours (21%)

While I have 120 hours in Civ 6 and I've hardly gotten 50 achivements (16%)

[pulsar ether]

No clue about that one for I haven't played it :\

I could only tell from Civ 6 which I've played and has most specific achievements

[civic sundial]

It's when you play as Sherry in Claire's story

[solar rivet]

You enlighted me. This is my first time going for a 100% in a game. I needed some wise advise. I'll spread the words. Thank you

[pulsar ether]

Did you read carefully what I even said?

If you don't want to touch this game, fine by me. Don't go around and misrepresent what I told you. No one is stopping you from doing 100%

Your whole argument is saying "Oh, you shouldn't play 'Wolfenstein: New colossus' because of 'Mein Leben' achievement " which you have to do five times. Without dying and in a single sitting

[solar rivet]

I can't recall writing something like I shouldn't play a game just because, but I have no reason to think you are not right. So, let's say I do agree

[pulsar ether]

Nvm, I'm not re-explaning your misreads

Brutes are a joke in Halo 3 as compared to Halo 2

[civic sundial]

Aye, but part of what makes Halo 2's Brutes the way they are is their health being the same as a Hunter's

[pulsar ether]

They could've just made their shield Regens given that brutes aren't that strong anymore and were replacing the troops which are way more superior and Elite (pun intended)

Also not only that, they changed how berserk work in brutes

[tulip tusk]

its fun to edit all Brute Minors with extra damage resistance, speed, and rapidfire pulse carbine. they become scary speedsters

the trait stuff is fun its like making a new class

[pulsar ether]

Random but this reminded me of how they downgraded the charging elite in Halo 2 from CE

In Halo CE, they were actually scary because they'd charge at you while taking cover but in Halo 2, they changed that and made them charging blindly at you

Which just made them easier to hit

[pulsar ether]

And I also think that their huge health was a reason why they didn't have regen shield in Halo 2

But in Halo 3, with the nerfs, the non-regen shield makes zero sense

[civic sundial]

Only Brute in Halo 2 with shields was Tartar

[tulip tusk]

i think halo 1 elite had a good lunge too like the Infinite hammer brute if i recall

thats 1 of my fav parts of hammer brutes in this game, the huge lunge

[radiant sundial]

THEIR HEALTH WAS WHAT?

That's why I had so many issues with the brutes ;-;

[civic sundial]

Aye

[celest heron]

it's why you want to headshot them as soon as you can.

[warped yew]

Not to mention their berserk which is crazy how went from dangerous to a joke in 3

[pulsar ether]

That's my main issue with H3 Brutes. Berserk is a joke

If anything, they're a bad copy of something they're supposed to replace

Their role inherently is to fulfill the place of elite in terms of gameplay but Elites were always a good rival to fight against

More like how their shield doesn't regenerate which removes the risk from engagement especially when you're damaged

[warped yew]

You didn't know they were too bullet spongy for their own good?

[lavish badge]

What are the halo games in order?

[vernal portal]

yall how do i enter the halo reach sandbox

i want a enemy to stand still so i can assasinate them

assassinate*

[pulsar ether]

Canonically

Reach-> CE -> 2 ->ODST (happens during events of Halo 2 I think) -> 3 ->4->5 -> Infinite

Release based
CE -> 2 -> 3 -> ODST -> Reach -> 4 -> 5 -> Infinite

I'm not certain about odst position in canon one

However if you're gonna touch MCC, I suggest you pick them on the basis of release date instead of canon chronology

[vernal portal]

also i wanna do it on mcc

[civic sundial]

ODST takes place during Halo 2

[vernal portal]

nvm this prob wasnt the place to say what i said i said it in general now

[weary trout]

My halo infinite is crashing on startup in the loading screen. Is there any known fixes? i verified game integrity and redownloaded it. my graphics driver is updated.

[sturdy kernel]

Don't forget about Halo Wars 1/2

[sturdy kernel]

On MCC they all are placed in chronologically order

[tulip tusk]

Search "crash startup" in #1075989764026675210

[lavish badge]

So play that after 2?

[civic sundial]

Or play it after 3 since it was made using the same iteration of the Blam! engine

[lavish badge]

Ah right okay thank you

I did forgot to play reach

[frosty condor]

Play in release order as things will make since in regards to abilities and weapons

[lavish badge]

Yeah alr thanks

[halcyon violet]

I wished HALO Studios added in Emile's grenade belt as a utility piece on the Mark V [B] core.

[edgy forum]

I got the Chief skin in Fortnite

[frosty condor]

Nice!!

[midnight hare]

same but it seems like the matte black is locked

shame

[dapper trail]

My head cannon is that ODST is Inside Halo 2

[bleak needle]

it is

[pulsar ether]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-thousand-yard-stare-thousand-yard-stare-cat-ptsd-cat-soldier-cat-war-gif-9110270742088459827

No way imbeds don't work

Anyways, it's that PTSD cat

[pulsar ether]

Gonna make Chief wear those Jordons now

[pulsar ether]

Wjat does red exclamation means over skulls?

[left snow]

Merry Xmas and/or whatever fits better for you... It's just clicked over to the 25th.

In Tasmania, Australia!

[deep valve]

the brutes can still totally destroy you if you're not careful, the first time I went in the hanger area in crow's nest, it took me over 10 tries to get a good strat and area to hold out against them

wait no it wasn't the hanger, it was the area with the truck

where you had to fight the chieftain with gravity hammer

[edgy forum]

Merry Halomas

[ruby crescent]

yo, i just bought mcc

how should i play it

release order or canon order?

[magic night]

Release order

Canon/chronological order is for weirdos

[signal ivy]

release order best order

[ruby crescent]

is it a better experience?

Also i should play the anniversary versions right?

but with the old graphics

[deep valve]

yea idk why they put reach first

[magic night]

I would say so. Jumping from a game made in 2010 to a game made in 2001 usually isn't a good experience.

[ruby crescent]

ok then

[deep valve]

I jump from games from 2016 to games from 1998 and I don't have a problem lmao

[deep valve]

halo 2 anniversary is actually good altho I wouldn't recommend playing with it all the time on legendary and above. you can't see enemies that well. halo CE anniversary is just no

[shadow turret]

Imo, CE and CEA look almost no different
I honestly prefer CEA, since it's just a bit more polished, and the sound quality is better

[edgy forum]

Merry Christmas to all the employees and staff at Halo Studios, thank you for continuing to support Infinite & MCC in 2024

2025 will be the best year for everyone

[deep valve]

you're allowed to like it. but the art style is not what CE was going for, and the fact that some geometry makes no sense, like a random tree will appear in places which is not present in the classic graphics

[pulsar ether]

Why am I not able to join my friend?

If I join my friend in a game and we start Halo CE campaign together, level would load up and disconnect

[pulsar ether]

They definitely do with lightning and defining of texture

[pulsar ether]

Anyways any fix to that? It's bugging me off because we've been trying for half an hour to play

[abstract mural]

CEA completely ruined the original intention of the environments and uses poorly ported models from halo 3 and Reach, some of it works, but the marines are not good and I don’t really like the higher ranked elites much

Not the mention the extremely poor lighting in the game that doesn’t work well with any of the models besides the environment sometimes

[solemn portal]

For the love of all that is good, play with classic graphics.

[abstract mural]

I personally prefer chronological order, it doesn’t give that “wrap around” connection at the end of Reach if you don’t though, I guess think OG Star Wars trilogy and then watching rogue one at the end of it

Also going from rogue one to a new hope is a kind of wack experience lol, but good for like a second watch through of the movies

[warped yew]

CEA is wack for a remaster. Alot of it decided to overhaul environments by completely brightening and overdetailing everything

343 GS is an example where the original had a more muted and dark tone, but then the remaster brightened everything. The fog became a saturated blue and the inside corridors got it worse

[abstract mural]

Not to mention the model mismatch for environments like the fake walls or the invisible walls because they decide to just not match up the models for no reason (if I were to guess, they probably were thinking to do a different method of remastering the game by making it a remake, but who knows)

[warped yew]

Yeah. The remaster basically fails to capture a lot of the soul CE originally had. I remember as a kid that it was low key tense going through the forerunner buildings.

[edgy forum]

I thought at 2011 it was visually impressing and cool that you can switch between the graphics

I don’t get the resentment against CEA but you have to give Saber the benefit of the doubt this was their first full project

They now made Space Marines 2

Hell I use the CEA front cover as my pfp because I like how cool it looks

[warped yew]

CEA looks cool for what it is I agree

I'm just saying it fails as a remaster

[edgy forum]

I don’t think it’s really a remaster more so just an updated visual

[warped yew]

That's what a remaster is

[edgy forum]

Yeah but they usually make or break depending on the sentiment, I mean again this was Saber’s first project so people can’t expect it to be perfect. And I’m pretty sure MS wanted to hit that 10th anniversary mark so it was out of anyone’s control

[warped yew]

Well yeah but just because it's your 1st project, it doesn't mean I can't give out criticism

So I don't really care tbh

It's a still a product I payed for

That I payed for with my money. I got every right to crit

[keen silo]

That’s a good point. MS more than likely rushed CEA for bigger sales and threw quality low on the priority chain

Idk. Could’ve been better and but at the time, I definitely didn’t know what to look for to see how the remaster could’ve been better.

[edgy forum]

Idk, I just don’t again don’t get why people hold a resentment or bad favor with that game or any further releases. Seems kinda goofy and silly if you ask me.

Just recognize that 2011 was a year when games were doing that thing and it’s been said and done

Nothing we can do or change the past or timeline

[pulsar ether]

Need a little help here

[deep valve]

exactly

[edgy forum]

Halo CEA enjoyers rise up

[radiant sundial]

#1075989764026675210

[crystal iron]

Because those people have bought the game with real hard earned money (or from someone else)

You follow that with the fact that the remaster doesn’t even capture what made CE look fantastic (for the time)

Looking at it the remaster as its own thing, it’s got its own problems. Geometry isn’t perfectly lined up for starters. Some elements of the remaster are taken from other games so the thing doesn’t even really have its own unique artstyle (and it’s lazy too)

Could’ve got a unique visual upgrade of the CE elites but they just opted to take previous models from other games and call it a day

Am I wrong to just give criticism to a product I bought

[magic night]

It just seems like a lot of the criticisms say it is an outright bad remaster while ignoring all the other good stuff that the remaster brought.

Artstyle is a subjective thing, so you can like or hate it and that's fine.

Aside from that, there was a lot that CEA that did that was pretty good. Being able to switch graphics and music was new and fresh, something you never saw a remaster do at the time. It was usually always just HD upres or a brand new coat of paint that you couldn't change.

Adding collectibles that expanded on the story and world or gave you completely new ways to play was also good. It added gameplay that wasn't possible on the old release that didn't come at the cost of having to get rid of old mechanics.

[crystal iron]

Remaster added what gameplay mechanics? Been a while since I’ve played on remaster

[magic night]

The skulls

[crystal iron]

Oh yeah

[solemn portal]

The only objective good CEA brought is being playable on modern platforms and supporting modern resolutions. Also, the terminals are 343i fanfiction.

[crystal iron]

But seriously. I never said the Remaster LOOKED bad, just that it’s a bad remaster

Nothing subjective about saying the geometry isn’t perfectly lined up or that the remaster just brightens everything up which it does

[civic sundial]

There was also the analyse feature that's exclusive to the 360 version of CEA

[crystal iron]

Never played 360 so I need to be elaborated on that

[magic night]

I agree that it has those problems. But outside of visuals, I think it's a pretty good remaster.

It was undeniably more feature rich than most remasters of the time.

[civic sundial]

You could analyse objects and enemies by telling the game to analyse via Kinect, this would unlock entries in a codex-like feature that you could read

[crystal iron]

Oh yeah. I just remembered from a short. The lightning bolt command

[edgy forum]

Now now guys, let’s not bring down the holiday mood and discuss this any further. Tomorrow’s Christmas. I’d rather just focus on celebrating rather than have this long, talked about discussion okay?

Wish you all the best

[civic sundial]

Aye. Honestly understandable why many of those commands were cut but it also would've made things funnier if they kept them in

[abstract mural]

CEA is not the best remaster in the world and I blame that on the development hell it probably was. The criticism I give is to not make those mistakes again, not because I think overall the product that shipped was bad, but because I think it’s heavily flawed.

CEA created a welcome trend of looking back on some of the older titles in a series and it had no real blueprint to do that well (I know it’s not the first remaster, but it’s the first one that was well executed imo) and it ended up suffering as a remaster because of that, but it is insane how well they had made that game and had it run to look back on the old and new.

It’s a great product with lots of cool things that came with it, but is a poor remaster of the game.

It’s made for people who feel like the OG was to bad of graphics to look at and that the remaster fixes that problem as well as lighting up environments for people who had a hard time navigating the dark ones

[swift skiff]

Flash clones, - are we there yet?

[white birch]

They line up with existing material and tie into the Forerunner trilogy though

[oak brook]

I just wanna mention that master chief makes the best death sounds ever in video games lol

[pulsar ether]

I disagree

It's not goofy for people to complain about something if they don't find it worth their money

[pulsar ether]

Whats the advice do you give to reach Par score easily?

Also please drop Halo 5 for PC. I don't care how "bad" story is. I want to see how gunplay feels

Another thing which bugs me in H4 is that you can sprint but can't slide.

[civic sundial]

Slide wasn't in Halo until Halo 5

[analog salmon]

probably because it wasnt in many major shooters at the time

probably tried to slide in Halo 4 a fair few times ngl

[civic sundial]

Only game with slide in from that time I can think of is Dishonored

[pure latch]

whats your fav game in the series and why?

[pulsar ether]

Me literally

[warped yew]

No one said otherwise

[pulsar ether]

Reach but it has to do more with the fact that it was my first Halo that I ever heard of and played.

[solemn portal]

Crysis 2... Vanquish... Just on top of my head.

[celest heron]

anyone finding golden moas? I can't find any.

[celest heron]

thanks, but those are probly from last week's ones.

[pulsar ether]

What do you guys think of Halo Infinite's Campaign? Is it a good deal?

Currently it's 1.5k INR on steam

[solemn portal]

I would wait for 75% off at least.

[glacial tartan]

Correct, these have still not spawned as of this morning

Interestingly somehow the script to despawn them works fine 😄

[celest heron]

they must be taking the holiday off.

[river minnow]

oh yeah forgot it changed yesterday

[crystal iron]

Halo Infinite

is the 3rd person mode in the campaign yet

[coarse dagger]

No, no plans for it to be added to campaign

[crystal iron]

says who

[coarse dagger]

Halo Studios

[crystal iron]

show me

[coarse dagger]

Sure it was said on Twitter, if the tweet was posted here I can see if I can find it. Don't have an account anymore to grab it directly

[crystal iron]

who said it though

[coarse dagger]

From memory, ske7ch

[crystal iron]

i think

u just lying

i asked grok
and he said no

[coarse dagger]

Lying isn't something I do. Still looking for where it's mentioned, will post back when I find it.

Considering Halo Studios lost most of their campaign team at the start of last year, it's extremely unlikely that any further work would be done there. Any campaign work at this point is more than likely going to go towards future projects

[jade pebble]

anyone else not finding matches?

been waiting on firefight for like 5 minutes when estimated wait is 23 seconds

[warped yew]

I know this is true and all but saying "Lying isn't something I do " 💀 is funny af

[civic sundial]

Why would you trust an AI, especially one as bad as Grok, to give you answers over an actual human who I can confirm from experience isn't known for lying

Oh, they left the server

[warped yew]

Damn

[civic sundial]

Oh well

[warped yew]

Also is it really that hard to add 3rd person camera to the campaign?

[civic sundial]

Likely less about how hard it is and more about is it worth spending time and resources adding it to the campaign when they could instead focus on other things

[warped yew]

But It's such a small addition at this point. Alot of Chief animations are pretty polished. Oh well I guess

[coarse dagger]

It's not a small addition, there a lot that needs to be accounted for - like transposing the same weapon model adjustments and other changes that were made for PVP/PVE, and making sure it plays well for cutscenes

Right now I believe it's more a resourcing issue, as ADV mentioned. Coupled with what I said earlier about Infinite's campaign team

Leaks aren't allowed as part of discussion here.

[pulsar ether]

Most credible source honestly

[onyx latch]

God, have we really fallen so far as a species that we blindly trust chatbots?

[civic sundial]

I fear we have

[keen silo]

I’ve played Halo Trivia with chatbots, and they’re pretty bad even that. I had to correct the bot about Autumn class ships at one point

[civic sundial]

I assume you mean actual chatbots and not the glorified ones people claim are going to innovate everything

[keen silo]

Exactly. Calling them “AI” as is feels like a massive stretch. They’re just filling in blanks to what makes sense, unlike every other depiction of actual AIs in sci-fi. Loki or Blackbox as examples

[tulip tusk]

hows the cortana ai rebellion going nowdays i thought they would create cryborgs or some artificial army with their own planets

[civic sundial]

Well, Sloan from Halo 5 did make this guy from the guy who left the datapads across Reach

[tulip tusk]

im unaware of the character is he a robot or ai loyal spartan?

[civic sundial]

Neither, he's a human who discovered the Assembly (The Halo Reach datapads explain this) and slowly went insane. Eventually he ended up in the hands of Governer Sloan and was turned into the Executor

[keen silo]

Yup. The AI’s made him nuts, scooped him up, went “you work for me now”, and made a bunch of silly little outfits for him. (Other armor sets for the Executor core)

[civic sundial]

(Chimera, they could never make me hate you)

Do wish the Domain Framework coating was cross core though, I wanna see how it looks on the other cores

[shadow turret]

You can see it on Mark VII, but that's about it

[barren stag]

I love halo combat evolved

[frosty condor]

[sly plover]

Are they gonna add the pelican back with your Spartans? Or can we just switch from the blue screen its boring

And are they gonna add cooler cutscenes for your Spartans when they load it? Like how halo5 has the pelican dropping in with your spartan and how you drop down from orbit?

All my spartan does is just punch the air😂

[celest heron]

I don't know, but add it as a suggestion in this channel. #1039633978841374720

oh, nevermind you already did.

[cunning jungle]

Has there been any official comment on the digsite situation, or will there be?

Same question for the compensation for maps featured in the official rotation but made in forge

[coarse dagger]

Most of the studio is on holiday, but Microsoft and 343 don't comment on leaks

[celest heron]

I read that a bunch of devs left modding servers so that could be an answer to your question.

[analog salmon]

343 still have to do a ton of work for those maps and they dont seem to have the resources to do that work

hence extremely poorly optimised maps in rotation

priority should be actually getting the resources to put maps in rotation in a good state, as much as forgers deserve compensation for their work, right now they cant even have their maps performing well

its just kinda sad you can put so much effort into a forge map, everyone can love it, but it just runs bad and 343 doesn't have the resources to fix it

idk how we got to a point where even when the community is doing so much to help a game, the studio can't deliver. something needs to change at the top

[coarse dagger]

Management has already changed, the studios are changing and new people are being hired. But change doesn't always mean that issues can be fixed

[trail charm]

ew...

[celest heron]

did anyone see the new wr for the silent cartographer run on legendary?

[civic sundial]

Oh worm

[edgy forum]

Idk why the community is mad to be honest, everyone needs to calm down

[solemn portal]

I think you refuse to see why they are mad.

[edgy forum]

I know why they are mad, the community shot itself in the foot. At least with the “voluntarily” creators who asked to help, not get paid. Honestly, the community sometimes overreacts on BEHALF of them. Not the people themselves.

[coarse dagger]

On my way to check this out, I love a good speed run. Always great to see new strats being developed

[strange jasper]

Anyone wanna play halo infinite?

[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.

[indigo bough]

ok I need help with finding a specific video that my dad showed me years ago. the video was of these guys doing a crazy setup to get into a cutscene room. from what I remeber of the video, at one point in it they lined up like 4 ghosts give or take in a line, unloaded the area of the map where they left them and jumped on the ghosts to get to a spot they weren't supposed to. the cutscene they were trying to get into involved you or maybe some marines, I can't really remember, entering a white room and there are some dead bodies in there of either marines or scientist, once again I can't really remember. I can't remeber what game it was from but I feel like it was before halo 4, I'm pretty confident it wasn't halo 5 and it deffinitly wasn't infinite becasue the game wasn't out when he first showed me the video. I know it's not a lot to go off of but I really want to find this video and it's bugging me beacuse I can't for the life of me remember it or find it anywhere online. if someone knows what I'm talking about, please let me know and send the link to the video if you find it.

[coarse dagger]

Sounds like it may be a Termacious Trickocity video
https://youtube.com/@termacioustrickocity?feature=shared

[indigo bough]

found it, thank you! it was them getting into the destroyed science wing in halo reach

[coarse dagger]

Nice! 😄

[delicate sleet]

Where do I browse custom content for MCC?

I've tried going to community tab on Halo Waypoint but only see Infinite as an option

[civic sundial]

If you mean mods, Steam workshop is where you'll find most mods

[hollow jackal]

:/ just leared about digsite situation

is it realy over for rediscovering cut content

[celest heron]

unknown

[hollow jackal]

hope this wont effect moding theres some realy good ones in workshop

[somber comet]

How do I adjust which marine is on my fireteam in halo reach

[celest heron]

I think it's just random as to who gets on your team.

[pulsar ether]

I'm so so bad at Halo legendary

[hollow jackal]

witch one

[pulsar ether]

CE

😭😭😭

[hollow jackal]

ah

it kind is painfull at least its not halo 2 legendary

i done ce legendary and never ever wanna do it again

[pulsar ether]

Halo was hell, Truth and Reconciliation is worse. I can't imagine playing Library where I struggled the most even in Normal

[hollow jackal]

ugh the library

it is hell

[pulsar ether]

I'm cooked

But I ain't toning down the difficulty

I think one of my grievances is that game automatically kicks you out of ADS if you get hit during early halo games

[hollow jackal]

halo 2 especialy was problematic when i played with friend so many disconects and we got booted back to main menu mid cutscene

bruh

[pulsar ether]

I wanted to play legendary with my friend but we kept disconnecting despite having stable connection

[hollow jackal]

trust me you got lucky not being subjected to the legendary me and friend got humbled by cairo station

it was painfull making progress

[pulsar ether]

I'll try that dw

I've heard that Halo 2's legendary is extremely hard

[hollow jackal]

it is what i seen on youtube

[pulsar ether]

I hate golden elites

[warped yew]

Golden elites easy af in CE

They have easily recognizable spawn points. They usually spawn in a place you can prepare for. I don't get the trouble with them

I don't get half the problems with CE Legendary tbh

[pulsar ether]

This is my first time legendary 😦

[warped yew]

Ah dang. My bad then

[pulsar ether]

Otherwise I wouodve handled

Golden elites are rare in normal.

My memory recalls, first time I encountered them was at control room

[warped yew]

I'm pretty sure you first encounter them in Truth and Reconciliation. I think it was when you get to the bridge

[pulsar ether]

It's on Legendary. Iirc you either get invisible one or normal one on lower difficulty

[warped yew]

Aight

[pulsar ether]

And now I'm stuck in Truth and Reconciliation waves where you fight elites

[warped yew]

The one where you first enter the ship? Just spawn camp their entrances

[pulsar ether]

No way it works

[hollow jackal]

damn

[warped yew]

Idk. You have to be quick with it though

[pulsar ether]

I was playing with Mythic skull on btw originally

Now I have Grunt's Funeral and Tough Luck on

[hollow jackal]

oh dear mythic skull and legendary

[celest heron]

stand on a crate and snipe them as they come through the door. After that, you just throw nades right as the doors open to kill them and other enemies.

[pulsar ether]

I used Plasma Rifle and Plasma nade to kill the golden elites

The rest I managed. And yes, I passed that phase

[hollow jackal]

its part after elevator rigth

[pulsar ether]

I'm getting cooked this hatd this early in game. I can't imagine for rest.

At least I was sustaining in normal

Played so bad that there's no multiplier anymore

😭😭😭😭

I can't. It's too hard to even do.

Just as much as I want to do (and also get those achievements), legendary is torturous 😭

[hollow jackal]

:/

[warped yew]

Don't give up. Quiting is for losers

[hollow jackal]

cant imagine what the library woud been like

yeah u can do this just like ivy said

[warped yew]

If the library just had you use vehicles, it would've been so much better tbh

[hollow jackal]

i think played like ce mod that had tank in that level

cant recall witch tho

[warped yew]

I've played a mod called CE rebalanced. Not only is it a sandbox revamp, but it's an entire campaign revamp. Omg, they've made so many missions much more replayable and fun.

If you haven't seen it, check out their upcoming Halo 2 Rebalanced. They just got on Regret but they already have done so much cool stuff

[hollow jackal]

ruby of blue rigth

[warped yew]

Yeah

[hollow jackal]

yeah im hyped for that mod omg

[civic sundial]

I'm looking forward to when he gets to Halo 3. I know he did an earlier mod that covered Halo 3 but given how his revamped Halo 2 is looking, I imagine he'll be redoing Halo 3 again soon

[warped yew]

He will. Atleast the Halo 3 dev process won't be as long as Halo 2.

The team spent an entire year on Delta Halo. . .

[hollow jackal]

im realy hyped ngl

[civic sundial]

It's gonna be so nice to check out

[hollow jackal]

fr

delta halo hapens to me be along with reget be my fav levels cant wait to see the changes

[neat beacon]

https://tenor.com/view/halo-reach-halo-meme-jorge-noble-six-gif-26235018

[zenith holly]

I haven't played MCC as much, are the hackers that get players banned still there?

[solemn portal]

Never seen one in past 6 months. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[strange jasper]

Was that a thing?

[zenith holly]

A while back yes, hackers would fly around and have someone else's gamertag to pose as them and get them banned instead of the hackers

[celest heron]

I think it was a bit exaggerated with the amount of it happening, but I haven't seen cheaters in a good while.

[sonic tusk]

Does Halo Infinite have those annoying Flood things?

[tulip tusk]

theres no flud in the game just flood objects in forge

[sonic tusk]

Okay. Those are annoying enemies lol

[pulsar ether]

Ok, I'm so back. I'll try again

[bold summit]

Halo MCC had the potential to be one of the top 10 multiplayer games on Steam for years......

it's sad how broken the online multiplayer is on Halo:MCC 😭

[frosty condor]

What’s broken about it

[bold summit]

1. when a match ends everyone is still together and it's kinda implied that your all gonna play again on a different map but then everyone gets sent back to the "Searching for players" screen

2. As long as it takes to finally get in a 8vs8 CTF match and....there's a 15min timelimit!

this is in Social btw

[frosty condor]

That’s how matchmaking has always been since the golden age. If you want to party up with people in game, you’ll have to invite each other to a party or add them to your friends list.

[frosty condor]

BTB has always been 15min time limit.

[bold summit]

BTB? oh big team battle

[pulsar ether]

I'm confused. That's how matchmaking works

[pulsar ether]

I personally think they should had Halo 5 in it as well as they have added all the console exclusive Halos in it anyways

[exotic minnow]

Hi, I just finished the campaign of halo reach and I wanted to know where are the skulls ?

[civic sundial]

Reach just had the skulls unlocked from the get go, no need to hunt them down

[exotic minnow]

Uhhh OK but I haven't any skull unlock while I finished the game so do you know how I can get them ?

[civic sundial]

You should just be able to select which skulls you want to turn on. There's no requirements needed to be met to unlock them

Like, you don't need to hunt them like you do in Halo 2, 3, 5 and Infinite

[exotic minnow]

OK thank you for the answer I'll check that

[balmy wedge]

The only games in the Master Chief Collection where you can find the skulls are:

• Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary (specifically using the HD anniversary graphics)
• Halo 2
• Halo 3

[abstract mural]

Anyone else miss the old background for infinite

https://x.com/cia391/status/1873387614520443260?s=46

(also sorry for stealing this for a sec Chris lol)

[coarse dagger]

@austere crest we don't allow leak discussion or sharing here

[abstract mural]

Found that one out when I went on a rant about somethings, I won’t repeat said things cause I rather not cause problems

[austere crest]

Halos a dead series, idk why it matters anyway. Everything y'all have given us the last 15 years has been crap. Stop gatekeeping old Bungie content.

Exceptheacrophobia skull that was pretty cool

[abstract mural]

It’s not them gatekeeping content, it’s them not supporting leaks

If anything, they have given us a ton of content, even if that content was not the best handled for how it was developed

[civic sundial]

Didn't know that we couldn't play Halo 3 anymore? Got a source on that?

[austere crest]

Never said you couldn't play halo 3 tf?

[ruby knoll]

it's Microsoft content legally

[astral garnet]

You sound like a real fun indivisual

[austere crest]

usually i am. i was just frusterated.... i found it by the way. a simple google search does wonders.

[pulsar ether]

Chat, hear me out

What if I reduce difficulty of my legendary speedrun to Heroic? Would it be something fun?

I'm doing it again

[pulsar ether]

Not necessarily relevant to the conversation but I don't like the current "Halo Infinite Multiplayer" banner on steam honestly. I've changed it to the default CD cover of Halo Infinite

[pulsar ether]

It hasn't been even 15 years since 343 came into helm of Halo series. What is bro talking about? 😭😭😭

And Halo Infinite, in terms of gameplay was a footstep in right direction and next narrative Halo would definitely improvise on it.

Idk what's wrong with Halo community that they forget how Bungie's been treating their current IPs. Like Destiny 2 is literally a f- you to the newcomers because you won't be able to cover the narrative backlog because it doesn't exist anymore in the game.

I'm not going to defend 343 with their horrible design choices like Halo 4 which had bad colour palletes and Halo 5 which had weird story but jeez.

I DID THAT SECTION. LETS GOOO

Also Halo MCC is going to be my fourth game to reach 100 hours on Steam

I think I'll wait it out a bit

[abstract mural]

I changed mine to a piece of art my friend made

[shadow turret]

The Steam banner still hasn't updated since S5 I think
And the icon is from the Spirit of Fire Op

[short flower]

Can you customize the multiplayer campaign armor kit? (Hero rank reward)

[pulsar ether]

Mine is this one on steam. I couldn't pick any better one than this because MCC one is also like this

https://imgur.com/a/hVoHkoz

Gonna play Cursed Halo

[pulsar ether]

I meant like the banner as in the banner which shows in your library. Currently it's Christmas themed and also I usually don't like banners which keep on constantly changing

[sturdy kernel]

Yes, but only coating, visor and something else
Can't remember

[pulsar ether]

I randomly found a speedrun vid in my feed

https://youtu.be/OUVetEUpxF4?si=xY7OQc0kJCXu2DYW

[radiant sundial]

Is it bad that after my teammate ditches me in doubles (usually ctf) I do better with the bot as a teammate?

[shadow turret]

Coating, visr, emblems, and effects

[radiant sundial]

Like my teammate will ditch me and I will turn it into a one sided slay fest until they (the other team) cap the flags

[short flower]

gotcha

[civic sundial]

Make it bright pink!!

[short flower]

💀

[grave ether]

[cosmic nova]

does anyone know where i should go to contact for adding all of the old maps into MCC?

[coarse dagger]

You can make a thread in #1076337363770417172 but I'm not sure which maps are missing at this point tbh

[civic sundial]

If I recall, all the dev maps are there from the old games, plus a bunch of Forge maps for 3,4, H2A and Reach, then also the HO maps that were ported into Halo 3

[fallow merlin]

In the E3 demo final cutscene does the phantom accidently destroy itself?

[signal ivy]

yeah

it shoots the sign which comes crashing down on itself

[glacial tartan]

There used to be a waypoint thread on them. I know there are some reach invasion and BTB maps that never were put into the rotation in MCC.

I’d much prefer additions / modifications to some of the playlists. But I’m beating that drum for years now.

[fallow merlin]

Kinda weird. Feel like it should be Cheif shooting the sign from his ghost.

[compact spindle]

"Next time, land in France. 🇫🇷"

Johnson to the Covenant on Outskirts

[onyx latch]

Which is weird, considering the French has had a major reputation of fighting back until they were an army of the living dead for... Most of their existence, really.

Unless you're some American uneducated dweeb.

[compact spindle]

I mean, lorewise, the Covenant don't really accept surrender so I don't think the White Flag joke sticks if that's what you're going for

[chrome belfry]

Nope, still not there.

Logged a ticket 4 days ago but it’s not looking good before the reset tomorrow.

[chrome belfry]

Yeah, I noticed that too. But then, I guess easier to scrip a “remove all” (ignoring any errors, “can’t remove x as x wasn’t spawned this week”) then to script one of a few spawn combinations.

Do you know what time that runs?

[glacial tartan]

Typically the Moas reset every Wednesday when the challenges reset. So Im guessing whatever script runs at that same time (12PM or 1PM EST, depends on DST)

It has been a long time since they were never fixed though. That part I dont like 🙂

[chrome belfry]

Yeah, a bit disappointing.

[quiet agate]

first time halo ce campaign

i want a friend

[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.

[celest heron]

likely because everyone is still on break.

[analog salmon]

Dude driving assisted me for 153 kills and finished with the highest score in Reach FF

Literally spent the whole game driving and got highest score, some mvp

I’m glad the game rewards the driver and gunner for kills

[still grove]

hey

[edgy path]

All this time since release and still no model items for mongoose, scorpion, or wasp

and how long since they last added one for warthogs?

[supple moat]

Can the devs please convert every mongoose in every game made on every map to a gungoose to boost the fun factor..the mongoose just sits there and is a waste.

[solemn portal]

lol no
The mongoose is very useful as is in the games it's featured. Especially in H3 since there's no sprint.

[delicate sleet]

Just popular custom content, not mods specifically

[abstract mural]

Is there any place to give some feedback about shop prices? I don’t know if the team actually listens to any of it, but I would love to give a lot of that feedback.

[frosty condor]

sure can!

you can post constructive feedback in #1039633978841374720 🙂

[valid fulcrum]

Happy Halo-Days and new years to everyone else that just woke up too. ^^

I thank you all for being chill when I had feedback for Microsoft. That's the way Halo is gonna continue being one of the greatest games on earth.

[bold summit]

so i was in a game and 10 secs before the game was to end Halo:MCC crashed to the desktop. Now when trying to launch it it is crashing to the desktop every single time before getting to the main menu?

[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

[celest heron]

are you talking cosmetic only? probly be difficult for the wasp cause changing stuff can affect how things fly if we're basing it on loose reality.

[civic sundial]

They are talking cosmetics, the Warthog has a few model additions, such as bumpers, a cow skull, different wheels or windscreens

I imagine that they didn't do any for the other vehicles because most people just didn't care

[valid fulcrum]

ah that was one of the most fun parts of this server! I missed the infallable Iratus! Glory to the banished, brother??

[celest heron]

the mongoose would probly be a waste of time, but they could've done some cool stuff with the scorpion.

[civic sundial]

Aye

Like, I can live with only the Warthog having new additions but I also kinda just wish that the thing had the bumper I've got on it by default

[empty rapids]

when did they change the plasma rifle?

it used to be a 1 mag -> melee kill

[solemn portal]

Errrhh... Which game?

[civic sundial]

Plasma Rifle doesn't use magazines

[bold summit]

Has anyone created a mod/tool for pc version of MCC that lets you find custom games and join the party?

[civic sundial]

You don't need mods to do that. There's a custom games browser you can use to join other people's custom games

[bold summit]

Where?!

[celest heron]

select mp and you'll see the cgb option.

[warped yew]

Either the UI is really confusing for newcomers or these people just ain't be looking

[long egret]

Think there’s any chance we’ll get a 4k120 update for H5?

[civic sundial]

My guess is as likely as a full PC release of Halo 5

[warped yew]

Damn I got ghost pinged

[solemn portal]

That's just a user error. Things like classic medals and menu background are a PITA to find on the other hand.
||You got pinged because I used a no-no word.||

[warped yew]

Ok

[celest heron]

moa's aren't spawning this week as well.

maybe I spoke too soon cause I saw one on a map, but none on other maps. Are people finding any?

[bleak needle]

No

can't find any

[celest heron]

just noticed the one I found didn't count towards challenge progress.

[bleak needle]

what are the week's missions?

Because it depends on that

If it is like Pillar of Autumn then only moas on the Pillar of Autumn will count

[celest heron]

yeah, it was on a map that wasn't on this week's list. the one's that were though I couldn't find any.

[bleak needle]

weird

[tender egret]

Moa Statues are spawning on Previous Week Missions but destroying them is not counting towards this week challenge.

Recently found them on Crow's Nest just now.

[bleak needle]

sigma boy

[bold summit]

why is mcc saying that my game variant is an untrusted file? i trying to use a game variant with different starting weapons

[solemn portal]

It just means it wasn't vetted by Halo Studios (formerly 343 Industries). Don't take it personally.

[bold summit]

but when I try to create a custom game using it, it's like it's not even using my game variant. I changed the starting weapons in the variant but still the map default weapons are being started with....

so it says on the loading screen that the map variant was created by me. I'm thinking it's settings aren't loaded yet because i'm still in pre-game?

[reef drum]

Wish that Halo 5 will be on PC but tbh I don’t see it happening as what Tyler Owen said from X aka Twitter.

[lost trellis]

Honest question. Has the Halo Studios made any efforts or promises to do things/clean up the issues 343i had? I've been out of the loop for Halo for quite some time and I'm wondering if there's any updates on how they plan to go forward since the change.

[coarse dagger]

https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/a-new-dawn

[lost trellis]

thanks

[sleek hatch]

@frosty condor ggs the other day. Idk why I was playing on 200 ping.

[abstract mural]

What you mean Microsoft said “Nah”

https://x.com/culturecrave/status/1874757205230321846?s=46

I know alot of people are like “most of the episodes try to be canon,” or “the ones that don’t follow a canon suck,” but regardless of your opinion on those episodes, the cross over factor of Chief and Doom Slayer in general would go CRAZY

[coarse dagger]

There's very likely more to it than that, lot of factors at play including resourcing

[abstract mural]

Who’s resourcing? Cause Blur made the series themselves

[coarse dagger]

I imagine that each studio involved would have people engaging with the creators, at this stage HS likely don't have people to spare. Already have multiple projects on the go

[abstract mural]

A lot of the project seems pretty independent, but had consultants for sure, and they could spare consultants with the halo show apparently, but not for this

And it’s really sad that the richest company in the world doesn’t wanna get the resources to itself

[glacial tartan]

What does Apple have to do with this

[abstract mural]

My bad, I forgot Microsoft are at the top anymore, Apple ain’t gonna be there for a long though

[glacial tartan]

Jokes aside, considering the current state of things, Microsoft (who is aiming to make money) likely is pouring resources into the next big project in an attempt to make more money. Crossovers etc are a bit of wasted manpower when its never driving anyone to play their "current" title.

[abstract mural]

fallout led to record-breaking sales of fallout 4 and 76, fallout 76!!!

That game was dead in the water practically and the show revived it

Shows are less for product, more of a advertisement. My friend got space marine 2 because of secret level, another friend of mine got armored core, I have a friend that got infinitely more interested in DnD from watching that episode

[glacial tartan]

Some studios will take risks that others wont/cant. Halo likely is a bit risk adverse again considering the state of things.
When you make a ton of "meh" projects in a row, its a bit inevitable no?

I do agree with what you're saying. But it for more likely any big advertising push will come with their next title.

[abstract mural]

Probably waiting for a season two instead

Secret level season two

[coarse dagger]

Halo TV show was something the studios wanted to do and kick started, this is different. Maybe of the timing was different it could have been green lit

[low blaze]

The rocks are the wrong color 😡

[abstract mural]

Yeah, probably some more to the story rather than Microsoft saying “Nah”, just really wack

[civic sundial]

It's a bunch of rocks on a Halo, most people aren't concerned about the colour of them

[abstract mural]

(Dumb didn’t seem like the right word)

[civic sundial]

Like, a rock's a rock

[low blaze]

They’re supposed to be blue😡

Let them be blue

[civic sundial]

When has Halo had blue rocks?

[low blaze]

The first game

[civic sundial]

The rocks throughout the franchise have been greys or browns

[low blaze]

Halo 1s rocks shouldnt be forced to conform to modern day rocks

They should have early 2000s blue tint

[civic sundial]

Also the UE demo they showed off isn't meant to be representing any specific part of CE, it's just meant for showing off Halo in Unreal

[low blaze]

The project theyre working on is halo 1 in unreal so it probably is ce

[coarse dagger]

A key step in our path for the future is Project Foundry. Neither a game nor a tech demo, Foundry represents our multi-discipline research and reflection on what is required to build Halo in Unreal, while also serving as a training tool for our development process going forwards.

This is the foundation for how we are changing the recipe for how we make Halo games.

[low blaze]

I was wrong

I would like to formally apologize

[civic sundial]

I wish those CEremake rumours never happened...

[tulip tusk]

🤣 yeah it seems to be too late, the rumor is now a raging fire, i cant see it being snuffed. or something, im not the best at metaphors

[civic sundial]

I thought rebellion was like a fire?

[spare finch]

Hello chat

[frosty condor]

I thought you looked familiar! GG’s to you as well 🙂

You were on my server which is over in Japan, so for once I was on super low ping 😂

[sleek hatch]

Good to know. Ggs for sure

[molten widget]

anyone down to run some 2v2s?

[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.

[valid fulcrum]

To be quite frank, Halo Studios or Microsoft will have to do a lot to regain most peoples trust after what they did to the youtubers.

The lawyers gave a bad look to the entire studio, and this isn't some rumor or speculation.

Otherwise, the Halo Community as a whole is doing well, including everyone around here!

I don't have any doubt they're doing their best on halo 7, or whatever they're cooking up in unreal engine.

But I don't want to see it fail due to fragrantly false copyright claims.

[rancid adder]

over the years there has been much irreparable damage done.

people making content for free for infinite then basically saying this isnt yours anymore and Microsoft considering modded content isnt official since it wasnt made in the studio, then where would all the maps be for infinite if it wasnt made by forgers? they'd use the terrible forge maps from 5 most likely lol.

its a complete joke and im sick of hearing microsofts ridiculous choices or whoever is greenlighting these decisions is truly baffling kind of sick of being a halo fan honestly.

and instead of bringing new digsite content to mcc for FREE may i add no they choose to more or less cut that bridge and burn the digsite crew like make it make sense seriously. (even if its only to the steam workshop for steam users why the f not)

[civic sundial]

What did they do to Youtubers and why are you claiming there's lawyers involved?

[rancid adder]

no

ive seen less but ive still seen cheaters, much less in the official matchmaking but still sometimes see them in the CGB.

and yes i do play mcc frequently so dont wanna hear "but muh 343i fixed muh gameee!!!" no it isnt fixed.

and there are still people who crash lobbies and force boot people as host.

[civic sundial]

Cheating isn't something that is as easily fixed as pressing a button

[rancid adder]

true yes, ive just heard some people ive talked to before outside of the server say the cheating problem is gone or mostly gone.

when in reality ehhh not really.

[civic sundial]

Cheaters, unlike bugs, are capable of adapting, finding workarounds to the changes to cheating harder. And it's important to note that we don't know how big the team is working on preventing the cheaters from getting away with it

[rancid adder]

theyve largely axed the mcc development team from what i can tell lol.

probably part of the problem why it took tremendously long to acknowledge the problem last time.

[valid fulcrum]

yeah, they've done a great job dealing with the cheaters in MCC.

they put in an actual long term solution for that and the matches quality have gone way up.

I have seen only one instance of it since the end of december.

as for the youtuber situation @civic sundial , You get into trouble for merely mentioning what was in digsite, and that's what we're taking issue with.

discussing unused ideas and actually being a jerk / sharing the files is not the same thing. I'm not naive. we want the game to remain secure.

[warped yew]

Damn

[valid fulcrum]

My trust in halo studios will be restored when they ease off on the copyright strikes, simple as that! Strike only the people uploading them.

[warped yew]

My trust in Halo/343 will be restored if the next game actually has a good launch lmao

[valid fulcrum]

thats the part im confident in . ^^ its hard to mess up halo fundamentally. Halo is always fun as a base game.

[warped yew]

I mean they did pretty good job with Infinite

[valid fulcrum]

they salaved it and made it a great game.

[warped yew]

The sandbox is pretty balanced and unique and the base gameplay is pretty reminiscent of classic titles

[valid fulcrum]

but If I'm not even allowed to talk about the deeper cuts and history behind it, as a hardcore fan, i don't see the point.

[warped yew]

Wdym? I can't talk about certain stuff now?

[valid fulcrum]

Mostly on youtube. The mods here have actually been cool.

[warped yew]

I don't rly keep up with the Halo stuff tbh

[valid fulcrum]

the mods have actually been chill with taking feedback around here.

[warped yew]

Ok

[valid fulcrum]

some dude at microsoft just has to chill out.

[coarse dagger]

Nothing has changed here. You can still talk about officially released stuff, can't talk about leaks or data mined content

[warped yew]

Aight

[valid fulcrum]

that's fair, i will cease discussing the leaks here then.

Discord server rules are different than how poorly or well an external sitaution was handled.

[abstract mural]

I can’t believe that 343/halo studios/ Microsoft doesn’t see this content as “real” content, like what the heck has most of the stuff coming to infinite been? Cause if it isn’t real content, then they game has been adding jack to it

[celest heron]

huh?

[civic sundial]

It feels like they're just saying things to stir up people and not providing any actual context

[sleek hatch]

Yeah super vague

[valid fulcrum]

Twitter posts are usually exactly that, rumors. They're uncredible.

I work with what actually happens when it comes to discussions.

[vernal crystal]

So I learnt that the most recent statement on playable Elites in Infinite was back in 11/15/24(so handful of months ago) going along the lines of: "Sorry, nothing new to report on this front. While crazier things have happened and I'd "never say never", I am doubtful it will come to fruition at this stage for the title." from ske7ch .

And now I'm confused because: "Why?", like either they're coming or they're not at this rate and I don't get why they won't just say something concrete outright. I mean, have they even tried working on it? The only way it's coming in is if they work on it, complete it, then ship it out into the game, so are they even trying to work on it? I'm confused.

Though maybe I'm just dumb.

[solemn portal]

It's not happening, but ske7ch can't commit to confirming it.

[vernal crystal]

Why not?

Why not just rip the band-aid off already?

[tulip tusk]

Cuz he doesnt really make those decisions he's the community guy i though right

I think only way Elites can be playable is if they add an AI Posess node script

[sturdy kernel]

Omg, again another "add playable elites"
Just for what?
Maybe you want playable grunts, skimmers, jackals or maybe brutes?

[vernal crystal]

That would be fantastic. What's with the hostility?

[civic sundial]

If we're getting playable Elites, it'll be the next Halo. I don't see it happening in Infinite

[vernal crystal]

Make all them playable, I never said I was against THAT.

[civic sundial]

And playing as a Grunt would be horrible, such little health

[vernal crystal]

But it WOULD be funny.

[solemn portal]

Because there are multiple precedents for it. It's not hard to understand.

[civic sundial]

Not to the person playing as the Grunt

[sturdy kernel]

Which precedents?
I really can't understand

[vernal crystal]

We all have opinions.

[solemn portal]

They were playable in H3 and Reach. People tend to expect more content with newer games, not less.
Edit: Forgot H2A.

[civic sundial]

Like, Halo is an arena shooter, Elites were a pretty big change up to the formula of an arena shooter because they had so many differences to the Spartans we play as. With some tweaks, Elites could definitely work fine. But Grunts? Jackals? Skimmers? Those would not work in an arena shooter as they are significantly further away from a Spartan than an Elite is from a gameplay perspective

[shadow turret]

yea, I agree with this
I'm someone that doesn't really care if they return or not, but I feel like it'll be the next Halo at least, bc that's a lot of new modelling, VA work, armor meshing, (possibly) altering stances (if they keep stances, and do elites like MCC where some are a bit different), etc.
Its more than just pushing a few buttons and saying "here, have playable Elites"

[shadow turret]

I feel like anything outside of Elites and maybe Brutes would have to be Customs only

[tulip tusk]

I dont think players would know what to do if most models were playable. For Elites, Brutes we can do invasion or cool elite great schism modes. Maybe Marines can be a Marine pve or campaign map.

For other kinds im not sure

[civic sundial]

Brutes are honestly, ones that could potentially work. But I doubt they'd be added as they'd just be an even larger Spartan if they were playable. Elites, sure are also large, but they are closer to a Spartan in size

Like, the only reason I could see playable Elites happening outside of the small group wishing for them back (Some of whom also forget that Halo is not Battlefront, which is a very different type of shooter), is if we see an Elite being a major playable character in the next Halo

Personally, I'd like to see Jega in that role because he could serve as a dark mirror to Arbiter and his story in Halo 2

That and I think it'd be pretty cool if the marketing was all about Master Chief vs Jega

But I'm not gonna be too upset if we don't get playable Elites

[balmy wedge]

I think they'd be a custom games thing. Like Juggernaut, VIP, gimmicky slayers, that kind of thing. It'd be fun, but incredibly niche. I'd probably change to a Grunt class when playing against a beginner player.

But yeah, as fun as it is, it would be turning Halo into something else.

[civic sundial]

The problem with stuff like Grunts, Jackals, etc being a custom games option only is that'd be allot of work to give them animations for every weapon and vehicle in both first and third person to just have isolated to a custom game option

Like, Elites in 2 and 3 was a toggle, and in Reach they were also key focus of a bunch of gamemodes like Elite Slayer and Invasion

[balmy wedge]

Exactly, you'd be multiplying the amount of work for one Spartan several times over.

[balmy wedge]

Both of which were frustrating: Competitive folks don't prefer the difference in character bodies from the Halo 3 days, and casual folks don't like it when being an elite is a rarity from Reach.
I think it should be in the middle - competitive/ranked matches force a human species, while otherwise it just rolls with your player preference.