halo-discussion

[cold sparrow]

So who is in favor of revamping Halo 5 multiplayer because that's where we're going right now with infinite

[sturdy kernel]

Better to port Halo 5 to pc

[cold sparrow]

Right

[ruby lake]

bruh

i said you arent the only one

the heck?

"nah, its not just you"
not just you = you're not the only one who experiences this

like you literally made me facepalm so hard that i felt pain, just read

right???

i think if you own the pass though, you get to keep it even after

ill have to wait and see, since the recent livestream said that it'll be gone after the operation's over (due to the 3 armor sets being thrown into the shop)

[shadow turret]

I feel like there was an exception if you owned the pass, but I did also just skim through that article

[ruby lake]

ehh

ill just wait it out to see what happens

(they confused me)

[coarse dagger]

If you buy an operation pass, you keep it forever, just as you did before.
If you don't buy it, it closes off and you can't buy it again.
Free stuff goes to the Exchange in a few months time
Paid track stuff goes to the store in a few months time

There's a more detailed explanation in the release blog

[ruby lake]

oh thats

oh damn

now isnt that just some crazy stuff

-# "battle pass never expires"

-# false advertising i think...

[coarse dagger]

There is no false advertising here. They changed the model

[ruby lake]

ehhh..

i dont even like this

like, for me-- this the weirdest practice done on a battlepass concept ive seen

breaking it apart to make the free stuff go to a freemium shop and the paid stuff for the regular shop

then the trailer claims it 'never expires'

i feel like im missing something here

[coarse dagger]

Premium pass is advertised to never expire

Which is what hasn't changed

[ruby lake]

ehhh

this is just confusing for me

3 of 1 armor sets are included in that premium part of the pass sooo

[coarse dagger]

The change isn't much beyond not being able to buy passes after their time ends.

With the addition of pass items going to Exchange/Shop

[shadow turret]

If you buy it, it acts like passes always did when you buy them, and if you don't, everything eventually migrates to the store/exchange
At least is my understanding

[coarse dagger]

Correct

[ruby lake]

bruh

they couldve clarified that in the trailer

-# now i feel like they introduced FOMO..

-# ...again..

the more i look at this pass, the more "oh no!" feeling comes up

[grave ether]

Not a fan of that change either

[white birch]

What happens to the bonus I wonder. Does it just vanish into the ether?
(Least the other two passes are free still thats nice, so you only have to buy one pass every three months)

(The other two work like they did before yes)

[full sluice]

I need a weapon

[brittle mauve]

could any one give me an idea for a speed run challenge I'm gonna play all halo games MCC and 343 games with the thunderstorm skull on heroic any tips and tricks?

[mossy spindle]

Is anyone wanting to run some firefight later this evening by chance

[sullen kiln]

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[novel tundra]

Hay guys, brand new to halo, played infinite with my gamepass trial, enjoyed it, and baught master chief collection, playing through combat evolved now, and I gotta say, I played the first 3 hrs in remaster graphics, yesterday I found out how to swap to old, and I wish I had never used remaster I FORGOT I HAD A FLASHLIGHT all the levels of remaster were so lit the flashlight was usless, on new graphics I was like it's OK, with the old graphics, all the dark places, limited flashlight battery, and overall atmosphere, it's INCREDIBLE, also in remaster grunts blend in with the background? And you can't see shields on eletes? Who made this garbage? Anyway the last hour I played on og graphics was super fun, when I play 2 is the remaster awful like ce remaster?

[fossil harbor]

Halo 2 anniversary is widely regarded as a great remaster, especially the cutscenes.

Your criticisms of the Halo CE remastered graphics are very common in the halo community

[novel tundra]

Awsome (:

[edgy forum]

I never had any common problems with Halo CEA

Like at all, I found the conception of switching graphics with a button to be fascinating

Halo CEA Chief goes hard sometimes

[warped yew]

Yeah the flashlight should have a more prominent role with darker night time levels for the next game

The weapon scan thing low-key can act like a sonar so that's already nice

[balmy wedge]

It's weird, because for me as someone who doesn't prefer micro-transactions, it's perfect. I don't buy the regular passes, so I still get the same amount of cosmetics as an operation. But when do I clear the free track, now I have more time to work on the Seasons I have without the same pressure of the next one being right around the corner. And now I don't have that same time pressure of "it's free now but will cost five dollars later". I have more time to do what I want in the game.
But it the opposite for players who like to make purchases (Halo Infinite's primary clientelle), who now have a time pressure to make a purchase lest they get punished with a massive price bump of all the content.
I love the leniency towards free players, but feel for the people who are passionate about the cosmetics stuck between buying it now or later at multiple times the price. It's got massive pros and massive cons and I'm caught comfortably in the pros area.

[spare finch]

Halo Infinite keeps crashing now

Ofc the time after I say that it launches 💀

[radiant sundial]

it be like that

[spare finch]

Not earning career rank scoring from firefight

[shadow turret]

Visual bug.
It still tracks, but it won't update visually without a restart currently

[spare finch]

Interesting

[shell acorn]

Anyone else here not a fan of the strafing changes? I get that it’s legacy behavior, but the game feels so much more sluggish. Being fast is what I felt made Infinite so special to me, all the movement felt crisp and responsive.

I know that corner peeking was an issue to take into account, but tbh I rarely ever see it in casual play. That, and I’d take it over having everyone be as sluggish as they are now.

[analog salmon]

its not even a massive con, you have a month to buy the pass and get the items for cheaper. thats plenty of time. Removing FOMO for the free stuff makes the overall change a clear benefit to me.

they wanna get stuff in the shop and visible, not hidden away in a massive list of premium passes nobody is going to see

i really cant see much wrong in that honestly

[heavy edge]

im not sure if this opinion is common in this discord but as a die hard fan since CE launched I kinda want to see what Halo could become if they reboot the franchise, start over make it a franchise that is run like 40k have multiple games being developed of different scales and genres

the current story is so convoluted and it's hard for new people to get into it, take the best parts of Bungie's era and 343 era and mix it up

maybe even make the Forerunners be ancient humans like it was originally meant

[civic sundial]

Retconning and rebooting won't suddenly solve everything

[civic sundial]

Bungie wasn't as set on this as you may think

[analog salmon]

i dont think anything is really that bad to justify wiping 3 games worth of story telling

well 4 including HW2

i dont care if they remake the games but rebooting is just huge over correction. I would completely lose interest in the franchise if they decided to spend the next 10 years just retelling the story we already have experienced

my only concern with remakes is i feel like the longer you leave a sequel to Infinite, the harder it is to just flow straight into the next stage of the story

and Infinite in particular is just a build up to that next stage

[civic sundial]

Aye. I'd rather we get Halo 7, Infinite 2 or whatever it's gonna be called than a CE remake

[hallow sapphire]

Halo wars done another one down two more to go.

[daring shard]

is there a lore discussion channel?

[sturdy kernel]

#lore-and-universe here

[crystal iron]

They already rebooted the series like 2 times. 4 and Infinite

We do not need a reboot. We need a proper story that will get continued and get properly completed like the original trilogy

(I mean like overall journey. I know each game has their own story but like each one contributes to the bigger plot)

[warped yew]

You said it

[tulip tusk]

Idk they said that like 2 or 3 times already so idk what they're actually going to do next or what their game story will really look like

[onyx latch]

The fact you think we can't do this now is... Very, very wrong.

Like, you don't need a reboot to have a bunch of Halo spinoffs. Hell, the current canon timeframe is the perfect time for a lot of spinoff content.

[crystal iron]

The problem is all the possible spinoff games are in the books

Actually I don’t even know but I’m pretty sure there are some great stories that could be a game

[onyx latch]

No?

[crystal iron]

Yes I just I don’t really know

[onyx latch]

Keeping in mind that I'm saying this as a Mechwarrior alumni, you don't need every game to be based off a book, lmao.

[crystal iron]

I didnt say that

[onyx latch]

... Because I know that's not clear, the last three Battletech/Mechwarrior games have all been based off of the battletech novels, to varying degrees of closeness.

[crystal iron]

I just said some stories could’ve been a video game ngl

[onyx latch]

Nah I get that

[crystal iron]

I mean yeah I don’t rly care if it’s a book, but imagine actually getting betrayed by Mickey in a game

Or a horror game in the Mona Lisa

[onyx latch]

https://tenor.com/view/squidward-daring-today-spongebob-spongebob-meme-daring-today-arent-we-gif-23808696

[civic sundial]

Some ideas I'd love to see for Halo spin-offs (which don't require adapting a currently existing story to work), just to use as examples;

1. Make Unggoy Farmer real
2. Action Adventure game in a similar vein to Tomb Raider or Uncharted following a daring scavenger who has angered everyone from the UNSC to the Banished to Jul's Covenant set in 2556
3. Horror game set during the Human-Covenant War where the player is a civilian trying to survive against Stealth Elites stalking the hallways of a space station after the Covenant attacked
4. Non-canon racing game because why not

[keen silo]

“Master Chief, mind telling me what you’re doing on that go kart?”
“Sir. Giving the Covenant back their losing streak”

[upbeat frost]

we should be able to play as henry

[next iron]

Me and my homie had the idea of a Grunt Simulator that plays like a mix of Totally Reliable Delivery Service and Human Fall Flat where you do whatever the Elites and Brutes tell you while also trying not to blow yourselves up or die

[crystal iron]

Man I feel like if a modder can casually just make new animations for a new gun for free (Ruby of Blue), I don’t think it should’ve taken too much to like take FRG animations from Halo 5

Literally every month, we get new armors, weapon models, coatings, etc.

Hi Everyone

[coarse dagger]

There's a huge difference between a modder putting something together, than the studio building in support, testing and releasing for multiple platforms. There's so much that goes into getting released signed off and pushed out

[grave ether]

If it was as simply as copy and pasting an animation, one would think that would have been done already

[crystal iron]

Yeah well it’s the same game that took forever to fix it’s XP system

Any updates for halo mcc can’t wait to see Playstation 4 5 And Nintendo switch 2 Support Bc It make match, making faster to find also waiting on console mods and Boones settings in halo reach firefight

[coarse dagger]

Not sure why we're shifting the goalposts now, but ok

[grave ether]

Because all programing is the same as other programing, so if you can make armor, you can easily make working and smooth animations

[coarse dagger]

There was a small update just before the holidays, but nothing else announced at the moment

[crystal iron]

Here is Sone Update Ideas For Halo Mcc That I Want Xbox Mod Support And For Other Updates Boons Setting in Halo Reach Firefight From The Halo 3 ODST Firefight in vehicle in halo Reach Firefight Allys in Halo Reach/Halo 3 ODST Firefight

[crystal iron]

Oh I can’t wait for more

[crystal iron]

Im just saying give some effort for the new gun when so much other parts getting a lot of effort

[grave ether]

types normal, then switches to mostly typing a capital letter for every word

[coarse dagger]

They've done the best they could with the tools and resources they have available at the momement

[grave ether]

https://tenor.com/view/thats-not-how-it-works-nope-no-disagree-wrong-gif-5102428

fair

[crystal iron]

Wdym? That’s now how it works? How does putting putting your effort somewhere else not work?

I guess there are other factors but still

[coarse dagger]

It may not seem like it, but there was a ton of work put in to getting the Fuel Rod SPNKR into the game - from concepting, art passes, weapon tuning, audio, playtesting

[crystal iron]

Yeah I know

I just wish Infinite got like the same effort as Halo 5

And that game wasn’t even live service

[grave ether]

Because one person skilled in on aspect of game development rarely has the skills to switch over and handle a different aspect of game development. Most roles are pretty specialized and take a lot of time to perfect. So while it may look like it to us on the outside that resources are allocated in a way we want to see balanced differently, in reality it's not always the case and there's a lot that goes into each part of the development

[coarse dagger]

Halo 5's release model burnt devs out and was not sustainable

[crystal iron]

I’m assuming the skeleton crew wasn’t one person. But dang Halo Infinite is getting worked on by 1 person??

[coarse dagger]

Infinite still has a team of people, but not a full team

[crystal iron]

Oh dang then I dunno what the Skyfi’s point is. I get there is roles in a team and everyone plays their part

But like I’m asking for 1 weapon when it’s been a long time since the last one

[grave ether]

[coarse dagger]

She was using "one person" as an example, not saying there was only one person working on Infinite

[crystal iron]

Yeah your saying what the comment is

I don’t get why it was used though because I know everyone has roles

[coarse dagger]

Cool, and we got one

And we're getting another one soon

[crystal iron]

Yeah I know it’s better than nothing but I can dream

I mean if that one you’re talking about has new animations, is it too much to ask that this FRG got more time to cook in the oven?

[grave ether]

Because you asked why they couldn't just plop a piece from one game to another and then asked as to why I said it might not seem like there is effort being done when OTHER PARTS of a game seem to be given attention. Which the answer I thought was pretty clear with my "one person might not" comment, but ok then

[crystal iron]

Yeah but you said 1 person

[coarse dagger]

🤦

[grave ether]

it was an example, not a literal statement of what's being done

[crystal iron]

😦 I’m just sad Ivy

[warped yew]

Yeah it's lazy

But it's better than nothing

[coarse dagger]

It's not lazy at all

[coarse dagger]

^

[warped yew]

Yes it is. I don't really care why they chose the route but it's still lazy

It's the same model slightly modified

With a projectile taken from a hunter

[shadow turret]

I'm honestly just happy the fuel rod isn't just a model
And that they're actually starting to make certain models into weapons like most of the community has wanted for ages

[warped yew]

And this might not be true but the FRG sounds like a hunter shot

[tulip tusk]

i alwys imagine about the Infinite streams they do now, that they r just tired of talking about infinite updates, esp bc updates are limited in what can be done. while new, cooler stuff are being worked on theyre not allowed to talk about yet. uny is always a positive guy but still

thts just feeling i get i can be wrong

[warped yew]

Idk

[balmy wedge]

Bro you gotta tag me when you reply, I'm busy and old and there's no guarantee I'll see what you say if you don't tag me, that was a five hour gap between our messages

If it weren't for my narcissism leading me to wonder if any conversation came from it, I wouldn't have known

[analog salmon]

i will try to remember in future chief

[balmy wedge]

I mostly agree with your thoughts, moving things to the exchange without the five dollar paywall is such a good move.
Though I do disagree with the "a month is plenty of time", just because I think there's a bit of ick in micromanaging player's time. Some have kids, some have school, some have work, some wanna play other games, and now a monetary value has been put on that time playing Halo, it's... Weird. But it's also very modern for a dystopian industry.
But that's mostly from my sense of morality, the change for free players is so immense and welcoming that it's easy for me to put that frustration that doesn't even apply to my play style aside.

[fossil harbor]

realest discord comment ever

[white birch]

The racing game can be canon. Remember, the Rally Hog exists.

[civic sundial]

True but how would you explain having fan favourite characters like Atriox, Cutter, Johnson, Arbiter and Tartar racing together

[white birch]

Depends on if you want it to be Mario Cart style or a more realistic racing game

[civic sundial]

Mario Kart style. I don't care for more realistic racing games

[celest heron]

have atriox use his grav hammer on other players when their carts are close to send them into a spin.

[civic sundial]

It'd likely be a pickup you can get from the item boxes (Yes, this would be a complete clone of Mario Kart but with Halo characters)

[magic night]

Kart racers are so overdone

[fossil harbor]

the warthog is in like 4 different forzas if you want a realistic driving experience anyways

[crystal iron]

Why not just make the idea an official game mode lmao

[inland kindle]

Honestly I love that this game has so many available modes to play, but I think queue times would really benefit from letting players select games across multiple playlists. For example, someone playing big team battles might also want to play the new assault mode. Letting them select both playlists could significantly decrease queue times and allow everyone to meet more people and play more games

[lusty wraith]

I think they should do an XP bonus on less populated playlists which refreshes every 6 or 12 hours or something

Planetside 2 did this for their world servers which helped even out population on them somewhat

They also had an XP bonus for less populated factions

[white birch]

They dont have a boost for anything other than BTB I dont think, yeah?
So everyone looking to grind gets funneled into BTB

[keen silo]

Does BTB have an exp boost? I despise BTB so i don’t touch the stuff. If they have an exp boost, I might bite the bullet

[inland kindle]

I’m not seeing an exp boost for BTB. Unless it tells you about it after the game is played

[white birch]

Its got a 1.8x score multiplyer. Its not listed but its there.

[inland kindle]

That’s really odd. Hasn’t that playlist always been super popular anyways?

[white birch]

Ye, for the most part. But thats how it is in most every Halo game

[white birch]

Its also either the most strict with the SBMM or the most lenient because I have been sadled CONSTANTLY with teammates who dont know how to play (or at least seem not to know how to play) against multiple coordinated teams.
Curse of the Hero grind, I suppose.
I really dont know why they got rid of the multiplyer for Firefight...

[solemn gazelle]

Mcc is so peak

[inland kindle]

The firefight playlist is still in multiplayer

[white birch]

Yeah but it doesnt give the 1.8x boost. You get what points you get, meaning you rack up, at most, ~3k points a game, maybe 5 if your good.
In BTB if you get like, 3500 points normally (especially if its an objective match) then you get almost 8k instead. Lot faster grinding.

Unfortunatly, that, combined with SBMM, and the suddenly AGGRESSIVE surge of smurf users (I'll believe your a bronze when I SEE IT BUDDY, you've got 200 gamerscore, I KNOW YOUR GAME) results in being tossed into games where you dont get more than 2000 if your LUCKY because the moment you try to do anything, the enemy team has an answer. And they spawn trap you and farm you instead.

Or on the opposite end of it you get blitz'd and loose the game in 4 minutes

[edgy forum]

Same, the MCC composer is a god send

Lets you pick what you want and not have to resort to random gamble

Although I wish we had map voting back or see a preview for the map

[silk musk]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwExbJ09bFY&ab_channel=AmericanaNinja

[white birch]

Wheres that old Sentai gif of the dude dressed as a cowboy on rollerskates...
This guy

The actual American Ninja

[latent acorn]

Is that Ninja Black/Jiraiya from 1994 Super Sentai entry Kakuranger?

[white birch]

I do believe it is
In the sub he's referred to as "American Ninja" so there was a meme that started from it

[ember path]

til fuel rod spankr is censored in the ingame chat

[coarse dagger]

Stuff like that is generally a false positive in the chat filter. I'd maybe submit a bug report about it, hopefully it's something that can be fixed

[white birch]

Just uses SPNKr

Thats what it says on the launchers side
Or, you know, M41

Jackhammer works too, that's an unacknowlaged nickname

[novel tundra]

Is there any fps halo games other than MCC, halo 5, and halo infinite?

[keen silo]

Technically Fireteam Raven, but that’s an arcade game. Plus goodness knows how many mods in other FPS.

[celest heron]

reach

[novel tundra]

Is halo 4 that bad? I am playing through MCC and realized halo 4 will be last and I don't want a bad game as my final game so should I save reach for last instead of playing it after halo 3?

[celest heron]

usually release order is the best way. I think most people liked h4's campaign.

[sturdy kernel]

Don't listen to anyone who trash talking about Halo 4

Just play

[novel tundra]

It looks cool but I see tons of yt vids saying it is awfull and true halo fans don't enjoy it and it's for normies or something

[shadow turret]

Imo H4 is great
Most people just don't like the artstyle

(Also Mantis is cool af)

[sturdy kernel]

Block those videos and play

[novel tundra]

Idk I just like shooty bang bang alein game so I don't rlly understand the hate from the gameplay videos I have seen

[celest heron]

maybe they mean the multiplayer

[sturdy kernel]

People don't know what they are talking about

[novel tundra]

Yeah I am kinda looking forward to playing it and seeing for myself, as I was introduced to halo with infinite and enjoyed it very much and ppl hate on infinite

[sturdy kernel]

Halo 4 campaign are cool, I'm sure that you will like it

[celest heron]

if you do release order, it will also prepare you more for h4 since reach is before it (not story wise).

[shadow turret]

I love Infinite, and prolly play it way too much lol (I have over 1800 hours on it)
I feel like H4 is a similar deal over the wider community tho
It's a good game but people nitpick

[sturdy kernel]

People love trash talking about games that they played once

[celest heron]

you should also try odst which is in mcc. it takes place during h2.

[novel tundra]

Was gonna play relese order, all them, my question was as to if I should save one the comunity likes more for last, but it looks like relese order is the way to go

[celest heron]

I wouldn't rely on community since everyone has their own opinion.

[fossil harbor]

I don't know why you would listen to someone with such a close minded and pointless take like that anyway. Just play the game and form your own opinion.

[sturdy kernel]

Every community has a toxic part

[zenith holly]

Question:if I don't buy this season's premium do I just go to 20 tiers and that's it?

[sturdy kernel]

I just don't care about a community opinion
While I will not try to myself that games I want, I don't care what community would say about this

[celest heron]

you'll likely still go to 50, but all the items will show up locked in the postgame screen. this is because you can still buy the pass until the season ends so it will count your progress if you buy it.

[sturdy kernel]

You can say that I am too toxic for this, maybe you're right all
I don't know actually

[analog salmon]

4 just doesnt play like a halo game, its not a bad game

the 30 seconds of fun formula doesnt really work in that game

but if you just play through it like any other video game, avoid the higher difficulties, its not a bad game

Like I play CE/2 on legendary for fun... I know how to play Halo. 4 just has some key flaws as a halo game sadly.

i guess i would describe it as the weakest execution of halo's gameplay formula, but should you play it and experience the story, art, music etc? of course

[zenith scarab]

Halo 4 & Halo 5 = CoD with Halo Skin all other Halos are Halos

[coarse dagger]

All Halo games are Halo games

[zenith scarab]

No

[coarse dagger]

You can dislike them, they're still Halo games :)

[deep valve]

halo 4 legendary is worse than halo 2

[deep valve]

if you mean they have halo in the name then you're right

halo 4 legendary: the light rifle spam experience

at least halo 2 was somewhat fun

[sturdy kernel]

Needler in help👍

[deep valve]

there's still 7 missions bro why can't this end sooner

[edgy forum]

Not really. COD is COD, it may have some similar elements but that doesn’t mean it’s necessary COD

People give COD away too much credit at the time because it was popular and trendy

[civic sundial]

If Halo 4 and 5 are COD clones, Battlefield is a COD clone too

But I think most people who love Battlefield wouldn't approve of calling it that

[edgy forum]

Generalization is a huge logical fallacy within video game trends or FPS shooters

[civic sundial]

Indeed

[analog salmon]

there is no denying the changes from 3/Reach to 4 are heavily COD influenced tho

[tulip tusk]

yea

[analog salmon]

halo 2 is just skill and skips

every sniper section is easily skippable

the rest of it punishing but rewards skillfull play

I would say CE is actually a harder game to master. Im not 100% sure but I think I could run 2 Legendary a fair bit faster then CE

well co-op CE is much easier thanks to respawning but I suspect with no respawning it would be the same as solo

there should be a non-scoring skull that actually enables respawning for Halo 2 Legendary, would make it a lot more fun to run with a friend

[onyx latch]

In the case of what the other guy's doing it's just simple immaturity.

[tidal sentinel]

question well 2 actually

is it true that the development for the mcc has halted and its gonna become a dead collection and also is the masterchief the last spartan alive?

[shadow turret]

Yes, MCC is losing at least about 99% of its support (afaik)
And no, there are many other Spartans than Chief

[analog salmon]

its had bug fixes

[coarse dagger]

There was a patch released right before the holidays

[edgy forum]

Well I wouldn’t say “dead collection” just support is ceasing

[coarse dagger]

Nothing has been announced about dropping support

[edgy forum]

Fair point I forgot

[tidal sentinel]

F,honestly since i own the mcc on steam its great tbh and i cant deal with infinite its a shame microsoft doesnt see the mcc as viable since theres no micro transactions for spartan points

[coarse dagger]

Chief hasn't been the last Spartan alive since CE released

[crystal iron]

You know, speaking of Halo 5, for the longest time my only opinion of it came from the community YouTubers talking about how horrible it was. After playing it awhile back, man, y'all are seriously sleeping on a great game. It's not perfect, but then what is?

[onyx latch]

https://tenor.com/view/office-michael-scott-thank-you-gif-5278681

[coarse dagger]

This is why I don't listen to YouTube reviews and just play things

[onyx latch]

Little Caesars taste so good when u ain't got a [Redacted] in ya ear telling you it's nasty

[edgy forum]

When YouTube becomes “Rotten Tomatoes” 😭

[onyx latch]

Same as it ever was.

[edgy forum]

I remember when YouTube was a platform where you post fun videos and memes

[onyx latch]

Reqs are the one thing I'd never really defend.

[onyx latch]

I don't remember that time, honestly. It was correctly thumbed as a infotarget vector pretty quick.

[edgy forum]

I’ve been around on the Internet since like 2005 or 2006

[keen cargo]

steam

[coarse dagger]

@keen cargo we don't allow buying, selling or trading here

[keen cargo]

sorry but i just wanna play halo reach

[crystal iron]

I've gotta say, it really nice to see others that agree this game is fire. So many community "talking heads" still talk trash about it to this day, and I understand their reasoning, but I just don't think they're objectively correct.

[edgy forum]

I enjoyed Halo 5 over the past years. Just not happy with myself not being able to reach max rank SR152 for that Watchdog coating for Infinite. At this point I want to propose to give it away for free or any means since it’s a rare coating. At least I reached Hero rank because the XP system was tolerable in Infinite.

[onyx latch]

It's popular to hate. It's half the reason that a lot of the arguments made about 5 don't actually hold much water under scrutiny.

[crystal iron]

See, that's exactly what's so frustrating, the arguments against the game itself never made sense.

[fossil harbor]

It’s my favorite multiplayer ❤️

[crystal iron]

It's the only FPS I even play now

[shadow turret]

5 is the one main game I haven't played yet, but it does look kinda fun tbh

[crystal iron]

The MP is great, the campaign just leaves a lot to be desired

[tulip tusk]

i want to say i liked h5 warzone but i think ive said that 27 million times i need new halo sentences to say

[crystal iron]

I will say atleast the missions were opened up because Halo 4 was some of the most linear straight line segments ever

[onyx latch]

Good story, bad pacing.

Actual elements link pretty well except the Chief-Locke fight and sometimes contrived way Blue Team stays together.

[crystal iron]

I think the bad pacing ends up making the overall story bad imo

[onyx latch]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[crystal iron]

Roland would’ve been a nice way to see his view on the ai uprising

[tulip tusk]

new halo sentences

[onyx latch]

I dunno. I'm the kind of person who tends to separate my perspective on a story into catagories for rating-Story intent versus actual pacing, objective qualities, et cetera.

Like, pacing issues are one thing that literally every Halo has, with ODST and Wars 1 being the closest to the exceptions that exist.

[crystal iron]

It’s subjective I guess. I’m just saying bad pacing will ruin a story for me because sometimes there’s a problem and then it’s immediately we have the solution to it

I think Palmer, Roland, Halsey, literally everyone on the Spartan teams (except for Locke and Chief) could’ve gotten more moments

[sturdy kernel]

No Palmer

[crystal iron]

I think the dynamic between Locke and Chief could’ve been better cuz it’s not really there

[sturdy kernel]

Everyone, but not Palmer

[crystal iron]

What’s wrong with Palmer?

[magic loom]

Halo 5 campaign focused more on the speedrunning sort of gameplay, it so fast

[crystal iron]

She’s not even there enough in Halo 4 to be even acknowledged for me. She just says like 1 line at Chief and that’s it lmao

[sturdy kernel]

Too toxic
And I'm pretty sure that you wouldn't like being called an "egghead"

[crystal iron]

Isn’t she like a high ranking officer who trains Spartans or something

Isn’t she supposed to be tough or something

[magic loom]

Palmer was cool in Halo 4 she dual wields magums that was awesome

[sturdy kernel]

Believe me
You would choose toxic commander Palmer, or calm commander Agryna?

[crystal iron]

Idk in lore, do I have to choice to pick between the two

[sturdy kernel]

It's your own choice

[magic loom]

Sounds weird to say but her armor is scout, isnt it suppose to be stealth type armor? I swear she is more guns blazing type of Spartan, not shown being stealthy so why have scout?

[sturdy kernel]

I prefer to be with Agryna

[civic sundial]

I think what Exo is getting at is they don't think we spent enough time with both to properly form an opinion on them

[crystal iron]

Idrc tbh. If I can’t handle an insult, how would I handle a punch to the face lmao

[civic sundial]

Unless I got that completely wrong

[magic loom]

Agryna????

[fossil harbor]

Agryna sounds like a daycare teacher

[crystal iron]

Also I’m literally fighting in the UNSC, you need to be tough and you’re letting your commander get to you?

Actual Wuss

[crystal iron]

Not gonna lie, she kinda does

[crystal iron]

Yeah I really don’t get enough of each character to give an actual crap about them but I’m just saying idc

[fossil harbor]

“You’ve lost this match spartan…one more match 🥰”

[crystal iron]

And like Palmer fine af

[warped yew]

Literally "I can fix her" moment

[magic loom]

I remember in the halo 4 days so many hated her

[tulip tusk]

spartan 4 college bro moment

[crystal iron]

I can understand the hate but she’s more of a mediocre character for me because she really doesn’t do anything besides say a few words

It would’ve been cool to see her fighting with us while she rallys the troops

[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.

[fossil harbor]

The only part I can see where she might be annoying is when she constantly belittles the scientists but like…she’s a soldier, that’s extremely common

[magic loom]

I would of given her something like the rogue or CQB type armor I never saw her as the stealthy scout type if that makes sense

I swear they were so uncreative with the armors they wore in the cutscenes. Reach you can tell they had fun designing noble team

[crystal iron]

Blud there’s only like 3 unique armors in 4 campaign

Reach had your team, whatever armor you wore, and those dead Spartans in the final mission

[magic loom]

I mean in spartan ops too the main ones

[crystal iron]

Oh I don’t remember any of those characters

[magic loom]

They just wear the default armor, why not mix and them up more make them look cooler? Halo 4 had dozens of armor

[crystal iron]

I hate Spartan Ops, I hate how elites were depicted especially that one where that blind one fought
Iike a slug

Then Halo 5 decided to kill Jul Mdama which Spartan Ops have been building up

[magic loom]

I cant defend that, Elites in Halo 4 and 5 were atrocious. I dont know what happen to them

[crystal iron]

In the 2nd cutscene

Man, Jul Mdama deserved to be a boss fight

Yeah and not a one off character who gets offed

[magic loom]

I thought Jul was gonna obtain some forerunner looking armor and was gonna be a big threat that was gonna fight Arbiter

[edgy forum]

Apparently the elites and grunts from 4/5 were of subspecies of their race

[crystal iron]

Cool

[magic loom]

I love that concept

[crystal iron]

We’re talking about overall story and not making your enemy a joke

[magic loom]

Okie

[crystal iron]

I can get behind the sub species because like whatever it doesn’t affect the overall story

Personally, my favorite Elite designs are from the TV Series, the faces specifically

The language was ASMR lowkey

[magic loom]

They looked like arbiters mixed with medievil knight designs that was awesome

[crystal iron]

Hell yeah! I thought the armor matched the lore and vibe of the Covenant better, too.

[magic loom]

I dont so entirely because arbiter was a shameful thing for the covenant

[crystal iron]

Fair point

[magic loom]

I thought in TV show timeline the elites wearing the arbiter looking armor was a honourable thing and was not shameful thing because of different events.

[edgy forum]

Yeah they kept the consistency of not understanding their language from Reach to 4 before going back to translating/English for 5 and onward probably because it would bring back some familiarity

[magic loom]

Weird to say but I preferred how they spoke in Halo Reach

[celest heron]

she was mainly in spartan ops.

[crystal iron]

Spartan Ops needed some better writing, but I wish it was kept around for Halo 5. It would've been cool to have missions on Created-occupied worlds dodging Guardians, stuff like that.

[pseudo ledge]

Next halo game bring back ce elite noises

[onyx latch]

It's very frustrating, because fighting in Created-held zones sounds... Super interesting.

[celest heron]

I wouldn't be surprised if it was canned because they needed people on h5.

[crystal iron]

It does. Picture this: Spartans completing some objectives, hoping the Guardian doesn't notice them, only for it to slowly turn and face them, and hearing the pop of Slipspace portals around them.

[white birch]

More damn wasted potential...
Hopefully HS will stick to one bloody path for the story now

[celest heron]

raptor writing an essay.

[latent acorn]

Spartan Ops was supposed to have a second season. But it was scrapped due to negative response and reusing same area maps for the missions which was repetitive. Some of the story plans of S2 would end up in the comic, Halo: Escalation (supposedly).

[haughty crag]

No one cares about spartan ops that much... Tbh Halo 5 campaign sucked due to this... So many people didn't even know how Halsey's arm went off and buck became a spartan and all that. Other than that, story design is poor... 343 really messed up

Thankfully Halo Infinite cooked.

[tidal sentinel]

hey so uh question,is it just me or when you change graphics from halo 1 ce to anniversary graphics the game starts chugging and lagging

same with 2,also no my pc aint potato pc,its a mid to high end system

[onyx latch]

https://tenor.com/view/the-meal-bruhmoment-robustar-funny-gif-20116727

[haughty crag]

Yup

[velvet gust]

Just joined the server, wanted to find some positive or constructive outlooks about the Halo universe. All the other places I go are just people being so negative about the franchise.

[fossil harbor]

More like a dry piece of chicken breast with some pepper on it

[haughty crag]

Dr Pepper.

[tidal sentinel]

combat fun and good,dont play halo 2 legendary

sniper jackals 💀

[velvet gust]

Yeah... So I've heard. Been playing through the MCC on and off, just need to finish the Halo 4 campaign.

[haughty crag]

One shot kills hit hard...

[tidal sentinel]

im still finishing halo 2,finished 1 ce recently altho didnt find any skulls

[velvet gust]

I haven't done a skull run, might do one eventually.

[tidal sentinel]

just figured it out,mcc was using the integrated gpu instead of the dedicated one

[latent acorn]

Thats mostly because a good fair number of fans didn't read some of (at the time) the recent book novels and comics. And H5's campaign had a rewrite around during mid or late development (supposedly) which it is what is unfortunately.

[haughty crag]

Nah bro generally it was just shipped up...

[tidal sentinel]

Why did they change the flashlight in halo 2 now you need to keep spamming the flashlight button to keep it light up it was different in 1

[velvet gust]

I've come to see a lot of the stuff with H5, and over years of reevaluating it I don't think it is a bad game.

It could have been better written, sure, but it is not terrible.

But that's just my opinion.

[warped yew]

Is this supposed to be dissing Infinite because that meal looks chopped

[tulip tusk]

looks like shrek swamp water i think he meant diss

[fossil harbor]

yeah idk why chief’s armor can supply power to his shields but not keep a light on for more than 3 minutes

Least they finally figured out it was a stupid mechanic in 3

[tulip tusk]

i kinda like flashlight its in halo 1 mcc multiplayer too. im not sure what h2

some map tunnels get dark. and if players leave their light on u can spot them coming which is pretty fun

[fossil harbor]

Sorry, I meant the flashlight not lasting indefinitely was stupid. I like having it as a feature

[onyx latch]

Bird meant diss, yes.

[fossil harbor]

They're talking in third person now

[edgy forum]

That’s gonna be with every franchise regardless, best advice is to surround yourself with positive peeps or actual legitimate criticism instead of grifting-toxic spews. I’m pretty sure everything right now is mainly good and not as bad as it was a few years ago.

[short flower]

Very close call on that assault match… first time playing one

H2 announcer: Bomb planted. Bomb armed!

[tulip tusk]

i just stick with the philosophy "maybe next game" it's pretty positive

[velvet gust]

Not a bad outlook.

[tidal sentinel]

so whats the deal with the arbiter is he just an elite or is he somethig more like akin to a spartan to the halo enemies

[tulip tusk]

i guess some chief luck rubbed off bc he is a beloved character we dont want plot to hurt him too bad

[velvet gust]

All Elites are really tough. The Arbiter we know, Thel Vadam, was a great leader and warrior in his own right. Most Elites respect him for how great a warrior he is.

[tidal sentinel]

why do the covenant hierarchs look the way they do? the covenant look reptile esque but the hierarchs look humany with skin ears and noses and a single jaw

[analog salmon]

I don’t understand origin slayer

The spawns seem wack

Like you just have to expect enemies right next to you

[civic sundial]

The Covenant is made up of multiple different species

[distant cairn]

he’s a high ranking elite who was supposed to be executed due to his failure to protect the CE ring. instead turned into a one man dangerous mission carrier, eventually abandoning his faith and loyalty to the covenant.

[tidal sentinel]

oh,so like the combine thought it was just the arbiter species and the canonfodder

[zealous panther]

You can't really expect people to read something game related. Maybe an argument can be had if this is a game based on the book series then maybe, not the other way around.

[distant cairn]

Yeah majority of people will always be casual and not too into the lore

even if they were, probably a quick video or two to explain stuff. not a whole series of books. that’s us nerds

[zealous panther]

The thing is... These books... Not that good tbh. I read a lot in my spare time but I just don't want to read halo books.

[civic sundial]

There's the Prophets, Elites, Brutes, Jackals, Drones, Engineers and Grunts that are member species of the Covenant

[distant cairn]

Ik some of the books are well done, meanwhile others… I just watch some of the big halo youtube lore guys explain stuff when i dont wanna read.

and the worms that make up hunters and scarabs

[zealous panther]

Yeah, probably some of them are good. It's like there is few good books like in the Warhammer universe, but majority is... Idk how to say it correctly. I would read them when I was 13 where this is mostly just description of "pew pew, and then he does the thing and then pew pew"

Anyway, my point is, I probably can expect from the game series to tell me enough to understand what's happening from one game to another without any other materials

[edgy forum]

Yeah, I’m all for literacy and advocate for reading the novels because they expand your mind on the Halo lore and rather just blatant point & go.

[stoic canopy]

Uh, has anyone else ever just had Infinite just shut down mid-match for no reason?

[distant cairn]

Nah but i’ve had it never get past the in game loading screen

and the match cancels but i get XP

[lusty wraith]

it's actually crazy how much better the game is with lower strafe acceleration and those headshot multiplier removals. Still not perfect and I wish we had legacy strafes/inertia, but genuinely it's so much better

[warped yew]

Because the covenant is made up of different aliens lol

I'm white but is why my manager Asian goofy ah

[vale sentinel]

How aren't people kicked for team killing?

Like I literally got team killed 3 times from the same guy

This is for Infinite btw

[glass goblet]

why is matchmaking so punishing for no reason.

[keen silo]

I know right? It’s so weird. I just killed someone three times and it never tried kicking me

[vale sentinel]

You sure you didn't kill me 3 times?

[keen silo]

For reasons of national security, I am not at liberty to answer that.

Jk no, I’ve been playing Monster Hunter all day

[uneven bison]

I’ve kicked one person in my entire time playing infinite, and I was goading them into killing me anyway.

The limit for team kills until the prompt pops up is ridiculous

It’s one thing to just hit an afk teammate out of spite or get petty revenge, it’s another thing to go out of your way to teamkill anyone you can

[crystal iron]

Damn we really gon forget about the hunters

[glass goblet]

idk if i can play this game anymore im getting banned for nothing and matchmaking is just dunking on me no matter what i do

[distant cairn]

made me choke on my water lmfao

[vale sentinel]

Bungie Halo was 1 bruh... I would rather get kicked for accidentally team killing (because it's really rare) than just getting team killed multiple times

[uneven bison]

It should be 2 times by the same person until the prompt pops up

[fossil harbor]

I didn’t even know there was a boot prompt in infinite

[left snow]

It's not trying to be.

It's just making each match as 50:50 as it can with the population available.

[glass goblet]

just doesnt seem 50;50 feels like i lose more often than not and its not me i know that im usually the only one doing good sometimes

[left snow]

Especially in Castle Wars. Sometimes it's miss a car of splatter wars.

[left snow]

Halo Tracker will tell you what you've been doing.

But keep in mind it's normal to trend in one direction or the other for a bit.

And as for doing well. It's tricky if there aren't enough good players to fill the teams. You get left to carry the torch.

Low population problem.

[glass goblet]

i mean its rough for sure and makes me wanna stop playing but. cant it at least try to make it seem like its balancing it lol

[keen silo]

Something important to also note, is that even though someone looses four plus games in a row, it’s about how close the games are.

This varies greatly from person to person, but I would personally rather lose 5 games back to back but each game be 49-50 (or similar) instead of winning a whole bunch and the score be 22-50

[warped yew]

Yeah

But this is 343/Halo studios yall were talking back there

Lmao

[glass goblet]

the games arent even close at least not a 49-50 close. just having 15 to 20 plus kills and all my teammates are either negative by like 4 or 5 or just dont even have kills, the amount of games that, that happens is mind boggling. even for a "50 50" win loss system the difference should be getting steam rolled and then doing the steam rolling, i get population is low but low enough to not even warrant a decent balancing is crazy

[warped yew]

Skill Issue

Jk but just do bad in one game so the next game gives you easy opponents

[glass goblet]

im just gonna give up man. no sense in playing into a system thats basically rigged.

[warped yew]

Yeah I agree tbh. You win too many times and the game decides to stack the odds against you

But it's only really bad bad in a small population which is Infinite

[left snow]

It's a perception / bias.

I'm not sure what it can do to make it "seem" more balanced.

Except wait longer / time out for a closer spread of MMR.

[left snow]

No odds are being stacked.

Each game is constructed as 50:50.

But the system can't predict how players will change in form and/or gel together as a team.

But it goes both ways.

People just naturally think of a run of good luck as pure skill on their behalf... and a run of bad luck as the system being out to get them.

😄

[left snow]

The main problem of the small population is the wide spread of skill on each team.

Leading to good players having to carry lesser ones.

And while this is still 50:50 overall - I think it does tend to widen the final scores - and less satisfactory games.

[uneven bison]

Smaller populations also mean you can’t cycle out deadweight players as fast

People going 0-30 and so forth are going to stay in your lobby longer

[glass goblet]

this doesnt really make sense in terms of 1 good player carrying 3 or more brainless people against 4 or more good players. thats one sided, that isnt directly 50-50, its rigged against you. one win shouldnt equal 4 losses where its a done deal in the first 10 seconds of the game and then 3 more very easy wins to combat that. if the system isnt "out to get me" then why does it feel like it literally is. if they want 50-50 shouldnt it be 2 good people carrying 2 bad against the same exact system?

[glass goblet]

which is why they shouldnt have quitting penalties or lobby disbanding when the matches are over. why should i be punished for leaving a game that there is no sense in staying in?

[solemn portal]

So, how is the game supposed to quantify a good player? Sure, they could use hidden Trueskill levels, but players don't always perform the same. Even the +30 K/D peeps play poorly sometimes.
They haven't figure out it yet and they most likely never will. Accept that you will get bad games where you're matched with "brainless" people. The only thing you can do is party up with other "good" players.

Or just play FFA. At least you won't be able to blame others if you lose.

[glass goblet]

its not about an individual skill its about team balancing. Teams feel one sided more often than not and i know population and what not is a factor but they could at least try to alleviate how poor the team balancing is. which i know they wont.

[solemn portal]

And how are they supposed to do that? The only thing they can do on their end is quantify a single player's skill.
And they'll never introduce a "only randoms" option because it'll segregate the player base even more.

[glass goblet]

dont they already just take an over all ranking for each team? i could be wrong about that and if i am then okay ill take that L. if there is then it still doesnt make sense to have one good player carry everyone else play against 4 people whos ranking is the sames as the one player.

[left snow]

It's about the combined skill of both sides.

And yes, in an ideal world there would be similar spreads on both sides.

But that's not realistic.

It's not rigged.

It's just backing that very good player has the skills to work with those lesser lights to make it 50:50.

It's not burning seven other players to build matches specifically against you.

[glass goblet]

im still failing to see how it isnt rigged. if im the only high ranking person on my team and the others arent, but the entirety of the enemy team is my rank how is that not rigged. other than stacking how is that not rigged.

[solemn portal]

You're a lone wolf with randoms getting matched against a party. It's not rigged. Get a party of your own.

[glass goblet]

so there just isnt other high ranked solos playing then?

[solemn portal]

Maybe not.

[glass goblet]

im the only one left? i doubt it

[solemn portal]

Or maybe there just aren't enough randos of your level within your own geographical area to match the demand at the very moment you queued. It's not complicated. It's either getting poorly matched team, or waiting on queue for 30 minutes or more.
Or as I said before, go play FFA if you can't accept poor matching because you refuse to or can't party up with other "good" players.

You not accepting the nature of pickup group matchmaking won't change anything.

[glass goblet]

ive accepted that its bad and im not going to give the game the time of day when its just not designed to be fun. idk what you mean by geographical area, the game searches the entire world brother. sure time zone and what not but still the odds are impossible there isnt at least 1 other person of similar leve on. I dont really think you understand what im really saying but im not going to continue to beat this dead horse anymore cause its getting us no where and nothing will really change.

[white birch]

Some people aren't playing because time wise, its 3Am for them and they're asleep.
SBMM does the rest.

[solemn portal]

For latency reason, you most likely won't ever play with or against South-East Asian players if you are a North American, for example.

[left snow]

It's the average MMR of both sides. With a few weightings (eg. for squads).

So, generally, the entirety of the opposition will be below your rank.

[left snow]

It's who is around on your closest server. Who have selected your play lists.

And complicated by who is in squads.

And who isn't already in a game.

[edgy forum]

I think the general gist people need to learn in video games is to just stop worrying about trying to win everytime

You’re gonna lose no matter or what in the matchmaking and it’s fine. That’s how video games work

I stopped caring about trying to win years ago and if I take the hit I just laugh it off and keep going

[glass goblet]

i mean sure but getting rolled all the time isnt exactly fun

either way im just gonna have to learn to live with it. they arent going to do anything about it any ways.

[warped yew]

Blud. Let people be competitive over that stuff

[edgy forum]

I never found competition to be that great

[warped yew]

1. Nothing wrong with that
2. Let people vent because that's what a video game is suppose to do

[edgy forum]

Only when ranked play is the MLG pro gamers practice their skills

[warped yew]

Also how the hell are you not competing when your not fighting another team for the objective

I mean being competitive

[warped yew]

Also wdym? You didn't find YOUR competition to be good? Or you just don't like being competitive

[edgy forum]

I’m just the support

[warped yew]

Just let people have their fun with game I guess

[edgy forum]

I tend to focus on just trying to ensure that the game is at a good pace for me and not sweating like I hit the gym

I know people are venting but I don’t think it’s at a good place like this, maybe take it to DMs or something

[warped yew]

This is Discord

And your asking discord users to take it somewhere else?

In a discord server that's about Halo

With Users that have all probably played the games

Haha funny guy

[glass goblet]

fr im just getting a general frusteration out and maybe it got a little carried away but im not gonna tell you to bugger off just cause you dont agree with me

[edgy forum]

🤷‍♂️ idk what’s with everyone’s problem

Just giving my thoughts on the matter, nothing too serious or first world problem

Just enjoy the game and have fun!

[warped yew]

Yeah and that's your problem

That is how they enjoy the game by being worked up about it yet they still play

[glass goblet]

this you right?

[warped yew]

Just leave it alone lmao. It doesn't even effect you

[edgy forum]

I mean the topic of this conversation will probably derail what else is going on here in case someone was talking and thus cause confusion or unrelated topics.

Best to move on from this topic before the mods get involved. Just saying.

[warped yew]

Let's just leave it at this. Leave it alone lmao

[glass goblet]

agree

[warped yew]

But like if you don't like being competitive, is Halo really the game for you?

Literally every gamemode has you competing for an objective

If you wanna be support, play a Hero Shooter or a game with classes like Marvel Rivals

🤷‍♀️

Aight I'm actually done

[tulip tusk]

i just throw grenades and shoot plasma pistol from backlines and run away at all times im support hehe

[glass goblet]

lol respect it honestly. youre doing gods work

[uneven bison]

They should have quitting penalties because quitters who make a close game into a losing one are the worst

There’s a difference between contributing but struggling and being a liability

[glass goblet]

dude we arent even talking about this anymore. please move on

[uneven bison]

Who’s we

I’m replying to your ping

[crystal iron]

I thought there was a ban hammer for quitting games

[onyx latch]

There is

[crystal iron]

Oh wait I understand the comment

[timber cape]

@paper tinsel no

[weary trout]

imagine you could wear hip or wrist attachments on left and right 😩

[shadow turret]

Some 100% need that
I know one of the Mark IV leg plates looks so off balanced on only 1 leg

[weary trout]

when its like bonus armor it feels so weird to have more armor on one side of your leg

[shadow turret]

Yea

[civic sundial]

The reason you can't do that is because of where some weapons and equipment sit on your armour when stowed, such as pistols and grapples

[weary trout]

you right on wrist part

but most of the hip attachments are on the thigh and not on the utlility belt that spartan armor has

[civic sundial]

Plenty sit on the area where you holster pistol weapons, like the Sidekick

And I don't think it'd look good to have a pistol clipping through a ammo pouch on the side of my leg

[weary trout]

oh yeah

[shadow turret]

Yea I get the wrist, but I feel like even with pistol storage, it's not incredibly difficult to move the models out a little for certain plates
And tbf I'd only really like UAs to be double legged, not anything with weird pouches and stuff

[tidal sentinel]

idk if i already asked this here but are all maps from the og games and content included in the mcc or did they cut stuff,also are all easter eggs there

[civic sundial]

Everything from the original games is there alongside some new additions. Some things have been edited in ODST, namely changing the Destiny Easter Egg and replacing Dancing Marty with Dancing Beamish. But nothing has been removed

Actually wait, one thing isn't in MCC, the analyse mode from CEA but nobody seems to care about that

[balmy wedge]

1 person cares about that, but I have immense bias towards bestiary logs.

[civic sundial]

Fair

[onyx latch]

I literally complain about them only doing it once damn it

I'm just nobody now? RUDE.

[civic sundial]

https://tenor.com/view/eto-bleh-gif-14618428694469046242

[fossil harbor]

I still haven’t played my copy of CEA, tf is that

[crystal iron]

Some thing you used by speaking

[keen silo]

I think you would shout at your Xbox Kinect (RIP) to analyze a thing. You’d get some lore entry or a data log if it worked

[fossil harbor]

There better not be achievements that require a kinect lmao

I’ve been meaning to 100% it but I always forget CEA exists

[tidal sentinel]

Analyse mode??

[tidal sentinel]

Aww damn kinda wish it was in the mcc but oh well

[tidal sentinel]

Also what new additions? And what has the destiny easter egg been changed to

[balmy wedge]

Don't mess with the Analyze fandom, all three of us will mess u up

The coolest part is the Kinect "functionality" is super arbitrary, the Xbox controller has more than enough inputs to manage it.

[cosmic coral]

Hello

[civic sundial]

New additions are maps, weapons, weapon skins and unlockable armour in Halo 3. Halo 4 and Reach also got the armour and skins treatment too

[haughty crag]

hey guys, my friend cannot play the mission long night of solace. it keeps on bringing back to the main menu.

[distant cairn]

gotta give more details than that!

[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

[tidal sentinel]

I see

[crystal iron]

To add to that, Combat Evolved got added customization in the form of additional visors and weapon / vehicle coatings.

Theres additional Forge content on some of the larger maps for H3, Reach and H4, vehicles and scenery items, etc.

MCC has added skulls compared to prior releases, Bandanna can be enabled across the board for example, and there’s Acrophobia which allows you to fly around, sort of like what you’d see in a dev mode.

ODST’s Firefight has been substantially expanded, you can customise waves now, play over matchmaking, use different starting vehicles like the Hornet or Scorpion on Lost Platoon, use previously H3 exclusive guns like the Battle Rifle and Senintel Beam, and fight enemy Elites, Sentinels and the Flood.
The Flood in particular are more fleshed out with civilian combat forms, the ability to use vehicles again like they did in H2, and they can convert your corpse if you die.

[cosmic coral]

Yo guys

[crystal iron]

Hi. I am playing Reach and I am unable to get through the lvl New Alexandria. The escorting the falcon area. I am stuck at the Club Building. I keep shooting at the banshees but the lvl doesn’t seem to be progressing

Can someone help me?

have to let all the level triggers happen

and all dialog

[civic sundial]

Have you gone inside the building?

Or is this a case of you having lost your Falcon and you're unsure how to progress?

[edgy forum]

I saw Wernissage’s old video complimenting Halo 4/5’s art style on my recommendations and after viewing it I can safely agree with his points. Like the environments for example; both Requiem and Sanghelios are magnificent and ancient. The DMR, Hydra, and Carbine are certainly a step up from the grounded look from past games. Warthog, Banshee, and Phaeton are cool.

The Zealot armor for the Sangheili in 4 makes sense with the four lights on the helmet resembling a cross like imagery. The Jackal’s pulsating and rippling shield effect in 5 is so mesmerizing. Then finally the armor: Mark V and Scout helmets are nice & spot on. The Atlas set I forgot existed looks nice. The Mako set was oddly an aesthetic choice for him. The Security helmet still looking like the Marathon helmet.

[haughty crag]

he loads in the mission, and instead of starting normally, it just goes back to the halo reach campaign missions

[crystal iron]

The door was not opening 😮‍💨. This happened in Halo 3 also.
I had to reatart the mission

[celest heron]

If you're escorting and nothing is happening, then you likely missed something.

[snow ermine]

does ce campaign support 4 player online co-op on mcc?

[celest heron]

I believe it's only two for ce and h2.

[snow ermine]

damn

[snow ermine]

is there a mod that allows 4 player co op for ce and 2?

[snow ermine]

also do you mean just splitscreen or can i not play ce campaign with 3 other friends online

[celest heron]

just two. Don't know about mods

[karmic oriole]

Did infinite servers die?

[crystal drift]

They did for me

[karmic oriole]

Yeah me too. I was playing a game and when it ended i tried to start another and It said "not enough players to estimate wait time" but it wouldn't let me click anything. I restarted and now the entire menu won't load

[crystal drift]

Same here I finished a game n said I was offline

Guess it’s back to cod

[rugged quartz]

Servers are back up

[novel tundra]

Guys, through the halo franchise dose it ever get like sympathetic towards tge covenant (master chief is "just as bad" as those he kills stuff that a lot of franchises do) or dose it stay "good guy kill bad guy who wants to kill him and his friends" just curious

[solemn portal]

The Covenant is unambiguously evil.
Also, so was the ||UNSC, but they're our evil guys||.

[oak brook]

It’s fun to betray them

[civic sundial]

The Covenant empire is very much an organisation that is using religion to justify their actions. You will see in Halo 2 what happens when that religion is questioned and faith within the leaders is shaken. As well as what the Covenant's leadership does to those who question their faith

I'm assuming by virtue of the way you phrased this question, you have yet to play the games?

[novel tundra]

I am halfway through the library

[novel tundra]

Over halfway through combat evolved

I like shooting aleins but I was kinda curious if it will ever make me feel bad at shooting aleins lol

[civic sundial]

Ok, I cannot say more without spoiling some major things within Halo 2

[novel tundra]

K

Than I shall see eventually

[karmic oriole]

Servers back? On infinite?

[edgy forum]

I’m about tier 43 right now, almost done with the Operation

[tidal sentinel]

so uh something weird keeps happening to me,so mcc to download fully is 170 being all games,multiplayer and reach content pack,my ssd only has 171 available atm but the weird thing happens when the game finishes downloading it says my ssd has 36 gb free so uh the math doesnt add up shouldnt i have 1gb and not 30

oh and also another question can you use classic halo 2 and ce graphics on mp or is it stuck on anniversary graphics,like by multiplayer i mean online lobbies and not coop campaigns

[balmy wedge]

It's probably because it installed the base game without all the DLC. Each Halo game on PC can be installed and uninstalled independently. On Xbox that applies to Halo Reach and ODST specifically.

[tidal sentinel]

that cant be it cause i can play all campaigns and multiplayer weird

[balmy wedge]

Welp. I'm probably crazy then.

Multiplayer Anniversary editions are handled completely differently.
For Combat Evolved, Anniversary is just a gametype for Halo: Reach. Otherwise, it's classic Halo, looking just like it did on the PC originally, all classic and such.
For Halo 2, likewise, you play it just as it originally was... But there's also a multiplayer remake of it. Imagine it like two different game installs. It uses Halo 4's engine, but has Halo 2's speed, weapon selection, and a handful of new goodies.

[tidal sentinel]

i see so theres only classic ce and anniversary 2 and classic 2,weird that there isnt anniversary ce but ok

[balmy wedge]

Exactly.

[tidal sentinel]

like i know anniversary graphics are a mess,(watch the noodle video) but the choice wouldve been cool

[balmy wedge]

Agreed! Though they look incredible for Halo 2, they definitely fixed where they went wrong.

[tidal sentinel]

basically making anniversary on top of the original was a cool idea but the topology of the models dont match leading to you shooting a invisible tree that aint there on anniversary graphics but are in og,likewise the lighting makes the flashlight useless cause its too bright and made the flood chapter worse

also when i bought the mcc i was under the impression that the anniversary editions were made for it but no they were made in 2011 or 2014 idr which one,theyre old i didnt know 343 existed that long

[balmy wedge]

There's a spot in the Library that was modeled incorrectly. In the classic visuals, you can step into a small room with an item. In anniversary, you step THROUGH the wall and can see the entire level. It's bad... But also really cool.

[balmy wedge]

This is true for Halo 2's anniversary additions, just not Combat Evolved's.

[tidal sentinel]

yeah

[balmy wedge]

And Halo 2 largely resolved the issue with inconsistent topology! I also think their lighting is pretty true to the original vision, but that's definitely debatable. I think Halo 2: Anniversary is the optimal way to play Halo 2 at this point.

[tidal sentinel]

i still dont get why some people say halo is bad or ruined fps or its just nostalgia and its overhyped,like did we play the same game?
its slow regenerating health blardy bar blar
like uh no i can argue halo 2 is way fast i mean bunny hops make masterchief a speed demon

its as fast as it needs to be,also its a tactical shooter,it doesnt punish you for moving cs go does,also it saved fps games by making joysticks viable to shooters with the magnetism and auto aim

what killed pc fps games back in the days were lack of inovation,id poor management and the doom style /quake falling off fashion as most things arent relevant forever

[warped yew]

Halo still has like the same formula of gameplay both in MP and Campaign

Since CE, you always had different types of sandbox items that would interact differently with your encounters

I think CE and Infinite have done this best, and the others fall flat but it's kinda there in those games

So

[tidal sentinel]

also all halo killers failing halo never left or was killed

[balmy wedge]

I'd say Halo 3 falls into third place here, but that's just me.

[warped yew]

Halo 4 and 5 does it the worst because you have so many guns fulfilling the same roles without much actual useful variation

You have the Light Rifle, DMR, BR, Carbine that all do the same thing function wise

The Supressor is like one of the most useless guns ever to be introduced because it's just Forerunner Ar???

[balmy wedge]

Oh yeah, I really didn't like Halo 4 that way. I think Halo 5 did it a little better than Halo 4, but that's because with the custom scopes and gimmicks and whatnot it put more control into the player's hands.

[balmy wedge]

It is fun to shoot point-blank with that giant bloom the Suppressor has.

[warped yew]

Yeah I will agree. Every gun has their own fun in a way but this only really happens with 4 imo

I just feel like the fun doesn't last enough because the game is always making me run out of ammo

Also some guns don't even show up enough like the concussion rifle or the sticky detonator

The Gravity Hammer especially but idk why anyone would use this in the first place

[balmy wedge]

This is actually something I disagree with, because, at least for the campaign, weapons are absolutely everywhere. Halo 4's campaign has so many weapons racks so I get to cycle through a lot of variety.

[tidal sentinel]

I still find funny how doom fans love doom and hate halo like under the mayo like do you realize that doom 2016 and eternal have halo influences like a dedicated melee and granade button even the energy sword crucible is heavily inspired by the energy blades them being basically a get out of jail free card

Btw what were your reactions to gravemind when you first encountered it? Did you think it was evil too?

[warped yew]

Sure but Doom is entirely a run and gun

[tidal sentinel]

Yeah but it has some halo in it,i mean 2016 doom slayer looks like halo masterchief guy

[warped yew]

Also the gravemind? Nah. That thing just gotta eat

[tidal sentinel]

I honestly thought it was at least at a base level malevolent given its the mind of the flood

[warped yew]

I mean we have intelligence and we eat animals but that doesn't make us inheritely evil

Sure the grave mind has intelligence, but by nature and instinct, it still has to eat

[tidal sentinel]

Yeah true

I still dont know why it didnt eat masterchief and arbiter but aight

[warped yew]

It's not like a combat form or infection form has any real malice against you

[tidal sentinel]

Ngl a grave mind boss wouldve been sick,does masterchief ever kill it?

[warped yew]

Well because of the grave mind's newfound intelligence, it needed us to do certain tasks to stop the ring from firing

It sent Chief after the prophets to stop them and it sent Arbiter after the brutes to actually stop the ring from firing

[tidal sentinel]

Yeah but does chief or the arbiter ever kill it? I mean wouldnt it end the flood spread

[warped yew]

The ring doesn't kill the flood, it kills everything

[tidal sentinel]

Also how didnt they get infected given gravemind breathed and shot spores of flood

[tidal sentinel]

No i mean killing gravemind no ring

[warped yew]

Ok that makes sense for Chief because of his suit, but for Arbiter, it's literally just plot reasons

Plot armor basically

[tidal sentinel]

Yep

[warped yew]

They technically did at the end of Halo 3 ig

[tidal sentinel]

Whats the deal with the post credits gravemind cortana scene

[warped yew]

They did blowup the Ark and the gravemind was rebuilding itself there so I guess they were gone

[warped yew]

I always thought the Gravemind was just asking Cortana questions idk

[tidal sentinel]

Yeah but seems overly dramatic for just a chit chat of questions

[warped yew]

For added effect ig

[tidal sentinel]

Idk maybe that was the secret oooooh spooky cortana was evil all along foreshadowing but hey thats just a theory

[warped yew]

I mean the Quarantine Zone mission has you start the mission with a mf rock track so that's the rawness of Halo 2

God why does the best music segments of Halo 2 not last the whole damn way

[tidal sentinel]

God i hate the quarantine zone,im still stuck in it,and if i die i gotta go back 4 rooms back

[warped yew]

How are you stuck on it. One of the easiest missions ever

Without glitches anyway too

[tidal sentinel]

I have a half charged energy sword and a needler

[warped yew]

Get sentinel beams

[solemn portal]

Nah, those are bad.

[warped yew]

One of the best weapons against Flood

[tidal sentinel]

Are sentinels even in the level??

[warped yew]

Your just not touching the blue sentinel beam

[warped yew]

Are you even playing the same mission lmao? They're like the first enemy you fight

[solemn portal]

You get Flood Ghosts and then Sentinels right after them.

[warped yew]

The Blue Sentinel Beam wrecks the flood

[tidal sentinel]

Oh uh im uh stuck at the "chief you would mind sitting this one out" part

[warped yew]

That is not Quarantine Zone

[solemn portal]

That's Gravemind.

[tidal sentinel]

Where the covenant has a in fight with the brutes and hunters

[solemn portal]

Also, sit that one out if you have an hard time. Sneak behind the Elites to steal their guns.

[warped yew]

Idk actually sit that one out ig

[tidal sentinel]

I mean yeah and if i die i go back 4 rooms ago so i just bunny hop my way back and die again

Thank god im not doing legendary

[solemn portal]

When you enter the room, stop moving and don't shoot. You'll trigger the Checkpoint.

[tidal sentinel]

Really? Cause i sorta skipped the hunters by bunny hopping over them and he shoots through the door so i gotta move otherwise im getting shot

[solemn portal]

Then kill those Hunters before hand. Get two plasma rifles and go at it.

[tidal sentinel]

Aight,sure will do

[karmic oriole]

Are the servers ok I've frozen 2 times already in 2 separate games, I've had to restart my game twice now because I can't do anything

[tidal sentinel]

its a sign,the end of halo mcc-vangelion

[civic sundial]

https://tenor.com/view/evangelion-lights-gif-8635402

[sinful hollow]

I did the maths on the UNSC infinity ramming scene

Considering the infinity took abt its length in a second to ram the ship and considering its mass its 4 gigatons of energy

[radiant sundial]

ow

[dense drift]

Out of curiosity, how long do the battle passes usually last. I’m new to the game so wasn’t sure

[civic sundial]

Operations last for about a month in Infinite

The current operation is the first to actually disappear after the operation finishes but the items within the pass will be going into the exchange if it's free, the item shop if it's paid

[north grotto]

I like halo 4 cause of the Mantis
It wasn’t even that bad the game ngl

[cyan gull]

been 4 months since i finished halo 1. finally going to start halo 2. should i play with the remastered graphics? or original with fixed lighting

[warped yew]

Original

Because like duh

[shadow turret]

The new ones last from the first Tuesday of a new month, to the first Tuesday of the next month, unless you buy the pass, then you have it forever, even after it expires
And like Eon said, this new one (Frontlines) is different, in that, unless you own the pass, after it expires, the free set will move into the Exchange, and the payed ones will go to the store

[fickle urchin]

I’d say play it on original for first play-through. But you can always toggle it on the spot quickly just to see

[coarse dagger]

@silk musk we have #1076327824924872755 for sharing any Halo clips and content you have made. Items will embed there too

[tidal sentinel]

ok so i have a game theory,cortana got corrupted in halo 2,in the ending where gravemind says i got questions for you and you will answer,could it be that cortana somehow got the idea from gravemind that humans are the real parasite and menace and deserve to be extinguished,and thats why shes evil in 5

idk like gravemind got all philosophical about humanity and what doth life that cortana snapped and became eeeevil

[celest heron]

no, it's just years have past and she was starting to become rampant.

[civic sundial]

As she says in Halo 4, AI deteriorate after 7 years

Specifically Smart AI

[tidal sentinel]

really?

also just finished halo 2 after finishing halo 1 like yesterday in binging halo like jesus halo 2 has the longest campaign doing halo 3 after

btw where in the timeline is reach

odst is before or after 3 so where does reach fit in

[civic sundial]

Reach is just before Combat Evolved

[tidal sentinel]

really?,well damn guess i did halo in the wrong order oh well im doing by release order then

[celest heron]

odst is during h2. it starts when the covenant ship goes into slipspace in the city.

[tidal sentinel]

ah so in the very beggining of 2

[sturdy kernel]

Yes, and while you are playing Halo 3 ODST, Halo 2 events are still on, and even touching some Halo 3 events || (like discovering a portal to The Ark near Voi) ||

So basically while you are playing Halo 3 ODST, Halo 2 events are still ongoing

Like separated history

[civic sundial]

Playing in release order is fine

[quasi socket]

Is anyone else having any issues loading into firefight sometimes because I’m on the loading screen and then sometimes it will kick me for inactivity even though I’m on the loading screen and I got banned Sunday forgetting kicked for inactivity and I wasn’t even in any game

This is the third time today that I got kicked for inactivity while loading into the game

[crystal iron]

I hate the change they made where career xp multiplier removed from firefight

[shadow turret]

It's a bug from merging the playlists iirc

[stoic canopy]

That'll buff out

I know it's not fair, but I'm seeing more and more people in (non-ranked) matches where their behavior just makes me wonder how they function IRL

I just sit there like that Visible Concern meme

[glass goblet]

i feel like castle wars should have gone into action sack

[left snow]

Maybe. But it's logical to put it into Squad Battles. Being 8v8 and all that.

[tidal sentinel]

was blow me away ever used in the game or was breaking the covenant used instead cause if so did they cut blow me from halo 2 on mcc?

[elder relic]

Blow Me Away still plays on classic graphics

[jade pebble]

has something in the multiplayer changed since the update? idk whats wrong but Im completely out matched in every lobby

[civic sundial]

They changed up strafing so that could be what's throwing you off

[tidal sentinel]

so uh question why do we still fight canonfodders in halo 3,they allied themselves with the arbiter in 2 same with hunters why are they still in the covenant only ones that didnt were jackals they are still with the covenant

wouldnt it make sense for mc and arbiter to just fight jackals and brutes

[balmy wedge]

Playing in release order is actually fairly most recommended. I sometimes recommend playing 3: ODST before 3, but Reach is still best after 3 and before 4.

[balmy wedge]

Honestly, the only real answer is probably gameplay.

[civic sundial]

As for the lore reasons, we only saw the Grunts and Hunters that sided with Arbiter in Halo 2. Just as many Grunts and Hunters sided with the Brutes and Prophets. Plus, the Grunts (And the same is true with the majority of the aliens encountered in Halo), are not a hivemind, each member of a species is their own person with their own thoughts and ambitions

[tidal sentinel]

but then wouldnt some elites still be with the covenant then

also the mcc has only the option to watch halo 2 and 4 cinematics on the videos why?
why not halo 1 classic 2 classic 3,odst and reach

[civic sundial]

Those are the prerendered cutscenes and terminals from Halo 4, CEA and H2A

[tidal sentinel]

then why not have a cutscene viewer,like yeah yt but like why not

[analog salmon]

you either load up each mission to watch them or you need high res videos of them

mcc is already huge so the latter is out of the question

loading up each mission to watch a cutscene is probably not gonna be used by 99.99999% of the player base, especially when like you say there's youtube

[tidal sentinel]

true but yet maybe a seperate executable or something idk maybe ill just watch over yt since thats more convenient but the lack of an option in game is kinda sad

[civic sundial]

Because the prerendered cutscenes are video files, opposed to in engine cutscenes which is what the majority of Halo games have for their cutscenes

The lack of an option to rewatch in engine cutscenes is not because they were lazy or some "sad" decision. That decision was made when Bungie decided it wanted in engine cutscenes for Combat Evolved and the majority of the games since followed that. In engine cutscenes allows for the graphical quality of the cutscenes to be on par with the graphics of the game itself

Plus you can mess about with in engine cutscenes like seen in Infinite when marines are getting sucked off into the sky via a grav lift

I feel I could've phrased that better

[analog salmon]

the only way i can think of implementing a "cutscene player" would be something similar to how rally points work

mcc would have to load up the mission to do that tho and i just dont think waiting for a mission to load in order to watch each cutscene is gonna be very appealing

[civic sundial]

Exactly

[analog salmon]

in-engine cutscenes are a blessing tho. Gears 3 uses pre-rendered and now despite being enhanced to 4k 60fps, it still has 720p 30fps cutscenes

[tidal sentinel]

also i dont know if this is nit picking but why in gods name isnt the ost available on steam,like seriously i want to listen to blow me away on steam

[civic sundial]

And for missions which are just cutscenes, such as Noble Actual, there's zero reason to have them accessible in a separate menu just to do the same thing as loading them up via where the mission menus are

[civic sundial]

Pretty sure the OST for all Halo games is available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music, etc

[tidal sentinel]

i guess but yeah

[civic sundial]

Gotta agree there. Like don't get me wrong, I love the look of the prerendered cutscenes which bookend Halo 4, but I do wish they were in engine

[fickle urchin]

It’s on every popular streaming site

[analog salmon]

Halo 5's cutscenes are in-engine 30fps, but with enhanced visuals as a result

which is then perfect enhancing on future consoles and PC... oh wait

[civic sundial]

One day we'll see Halo 5 on PC

And then finally we'll see Plasma Rifles in the campaign

[analog salmon]

i wont be surprised if Microsoft brings Xbox One games to PC through some kind of High Level Emulation if what Spencer is saying about the future of Xbox is anything to go by

[onyx latch]

https://tenor.com/view/shrek-like-that-will-happen-gif-14783019212194612503

[civic sundial]

https://tenor.com/view/squirrel-squirrel-with-a-gun-gif-2268997743238870683

[tidal sentinel]

why wasnt halo 5 on the mcc again

like i know its not the most well liked halo but is there any reason other than that

[onyx latch]

Huge game, not built to work with MCC, already had a partial standalone port, lack of interest.

Even if it launched on PC today there is low odds on it being part of MCC.

[tidal sentinel]

i see but then my halo collection will be incomplete with the lack of 5,all halos are on pc even spartan ops so 5 would be perfect,besides people buy bad games i mean people bought dustborne and forspoken even if to make fun of it

[tidal sentinel]

partial stand alone port?

[onyx latch]

Not 343's problem.

[onyx latch]

Forge

[tidal sentinel]

hmm? do elaborate,is it the maps the campaign or what

[onyx latch]

Forge.

If you don't know what Halo 5 Forge is I recommend using DuckDuckGo instead of Google to look it up.

[edgy forum]

Just completed the Operations Frontline pass. Good game, good game. It was fun and good refresh for my experience. See you guys in March 11.

I have way too many Spartan Points (over 100,000) 😭

[civic sundial]

Don't forget it released after MCC originally did, I think allot of people forget the PC release of MCC isn't the original release

[celest heron]

they also forget that mcc wasn't meant to have every halo game on it.

[civic sundial]

Indeed

[fossil totem]

Is mcc still blooming I just downloaded for some nostalgia

[celest heron]

yes, but you might not find games in certain playlists.

[fossil totem]

Like is the community still active with mics ?

[celest heron]

mics are rare in all the halo games nowadays.

[crystal iron]

one playlist thats 100 percent dead is invasion

[fossil totem]

Anyone running halo game nights ?

[crystal iron]

i dont but i help with achievements

[celest heron]

you can try the lfg channels, but you'd probly have better luck in smaller halo discord servers.

[keen silo]

I’m stealing this. Such a good game and mildly threatening gif

[tidal sentinel]

oh i thought it was halo 5 content made in forge not forge itself,so forge is from halo 5 always thought it was made before reach and available in reach or odst

like iirc reach was made in forge source trust me bro

[coarse dagger]

Reach was not made in Forge

Forge shipped with Halo 3

[celest heron]

I think they meant h5 forge is on pc by itself.

[tidal sentinel]

i could sworn they made 3 odst or reach in forge

[celest heron]

why would they make a game in forge, lol?

[coarse dagger]

No games have ever been made in Forge, it's a tool for making maps and modes. Not games

[civic sundial]

Forge, especially back in the Halo 3 days, is not a game development tool

Infinite's is the closest to just directly having access to the tools developers have to make games, but even then, there's plenty of differences

[tidal sentinel]

kinda wish the halo rts was released somehow,or blam and monkey nutz

[tulip tusk]

i would like a halo rts to let player build any structure anywhere on map, instead of the set building plots like in halo wars games. but i guess thats what people are used to idk

jst leads to more interesting games imo not as limited

similar to AOE u start with a main base, but can build anything elsewhere on map too

[tidal sentinel]

ngl am i the only one who thinks a halo ce remake/remaster is kinda worthless its like the horizon remake or tlou remaster we dont need it,especially since anniversary sorta exists,but now it could work,you know how it could work by adding cut content from halo ce back as a bonus like the 15+ cut campaign levels plus adding dual weilding and the abbility to use covenant laser swords

now i know halo anniversary graphics are divisive but like they already remastered halo

[tulip tusk]

it would sell

[civic sundial]

I feel like there is more a case for a CE remake than there ever was for Horizon or Last of Us getting remakes. But with how easy it is to get Combat Evolved these days, there's just no real reason for a remake to happen

[tidal sentinel]

especially given in a sense they already remade ce with anniversary

[civic sundial]

CEA wasn't a remake though, it was a remaster

[tidal sentinel]

also why are we fighting the elites in halo 4? i booted halo 4 rn to see how the gameplay changed skipping 3,odst and reach for now and mc kills a random elite after climbing the elevator so what gives

[civic sundial]

They didn't remake anything but the visuals for CE

[tidal sentinel]

close enough

[civic sundial]

Allot can happen in 4 years. But also like I said earlier, the Elites are not a hivemind, each member of the species is their own person with their own thoughts and ambitions. Some decided that they wanted to continue the fight against humanity after the war

But also don't skip from Halo 2 to Halo 4

That'd be like skipping from Empire Strikes Back to The Force Awakens

[tidal sentinel]

didnt the covenant want to faze out the elites for brutes ie killing them,also thats stupid considering they allied themselves with humans in end of 2 and 3 thats like darth vader after becoming good and saving luke saying nah and freaking decaptating him just cause

[keen silo]

Elites as a whole species didn’t make allies with humanity. There are still plenty of elites that believe the Covenant’s old faith and worship the Halo rings and forerunners.

[tidal sentinel]

ah i see,was gonna ask if the arbiter now is evil just cause,that does make sense like some elites wouldnt have known the forerunners and hirearchs plans to erradicate them,maybe they were in another galaxy idk,and didnt hear the message

[keen silo]

The Arbiter isn’t the leader of all the Elites. Just a bunch of them so he doesn’t like. Speak on behalf of all the elites. He just happens to have the strongest ties with humanity

[edgy forum]

Halo 2

[slim niche]

Are the flood infectors animals in the first stage

[digital mesa]

does anyone else feel like grenade spam is just ridiculous in infinite? they've always been pretty spammy but I feel like I'm getting killed by grenades 3/4ths of my deaths, and usually it's due to 4+ of them being thrown at me within a few seconds

[left snow]

I don't think it's any more or less than previous Halo games?

They have adjusted the blast radius a few times. And they did just mess with the throwing time (slower) and bounce (more). But I would have thought it would be less spammy if anything.

Usually it's because your doing well and playing better teams. They co-ordinate and use grenades better. The general advice is keep moving so the enemy don't know which room / corner to spam.

[torn bough]

@timber cape no

[ocean oracle]

Hello everyone, I need help on my Halo Infinite. Whenever I tried to play it, it won't go past the "Press Enter to Play" screen. I do not know why, and I have not played this game for a year or two. Is there anyone that can help? I can provide screenshots...

[radiant sundial]

#1075989764026675210

[tidal sentinel]

i have a game theory the multiplayer is canon,its a bunch of spartans and some elites trying to prove themselves the best in gladiatorial battles

and the winner is crowned the best

[tidal sentinel]

and the medals are a scoring system to determine that and actual medals

[ocean oracle]

Hello, thank you for the guidance! I managed to find players who are in similar situation, yet I cannot seem to find the solution. I've tried reading the "! READ ME FIRST !" post and I have found;

• Similar situations on other players, but no solutions as of this message
• The post that had been recommended does not have any solutions to mine and others problem

I am VERY sorry having to violate a rule of which I am misusing a channel's purpose, but this matter to me is of interest and I would like to hear if you have any solutions to my problem (Screen unable to progress/stuck on the "Press Enter to Play" section)
Once again, I am sorry for misusing this channel, and hope anyone can help me find a solution. Thank you

[inland minnow]

make a post in the #1075989764026675210 thread. you are more likely to get help there as that's where people look to provide help. you could also submit a ticket with halo support instead

[sullen kiln]

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

https://aka.ms/HaloSupport

[digital mesa]

idk, it feels a lot more grenade heavy in this one and most of my friends who also have been playing halo for a while feel the same but maybe it's just the matches we're getting, I move around quite a bit unless I'm forced to sit somewhere for an objective

[civic sundial]

You are right about multiplayer being canon, but it's not gladiatorial combat. The multiplayer is all training exercises undertaken by the UNSC (And their Swords of Sanghelios allies) within simulated environments

[ocean oracle]

Thank you very much for your advice! I have posted my post there and I will keep an eye out for anyone commenting on it. I will stop replying now as it is inappropriate to do so for me.

[tidal sentinel]

really,thought it was just spartans killing each other just cause the glory and only the strongest will survive

[grave ether]

The last the the UNSC needs is the super expensive augmented Super Soldiers wasting each other's lives to simply see who is the strongest whenever there is overpowering alien factions attacking them trying to wipe out everything

[tidal sentinel]

i mean yeah but then again who knows maybe theyre like space marines,we live we kill we die

[civic sundial]

Spartans aren't cannon fodder. They're traditionally deployed on operations where standard infantry is not going to be able to get the job done

[karmic oriole]

Need yall to join up on castle wars i can't find a match

[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.

[cyan gull]

damn halo 2 was insane

[sturdy kernel]

Yes, it's true

Especially on legendary

[ruby lake]

the quillhawk attatchment needs more love imo

[cloud spear]

My little cousin always refers to this game as “The Grandpa Shooter” and it kills me every time

[crystal iron]

Dang The grunts ain't no joke lol but I love me some firefight fiesta

[keen silo]

Enough grunts will be a problem. They’re the textbook definition of quantity over quality

[stuck jolt]

anyone else cant load infinite? iv done everything i know to do it just wont load. uninstalled and reinstalled the game 2 times now, verified the files on steam as well as checked for updates on my drivers but when i load the game it wont go past the press enter screen to load the home screen...

[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

[crystal iron]

I just noticed something
the gravemind is like the leviathan in dead space 1
you can see it lower the prophet of regret into it's biomass

should i write a fanmade script for halo infinite 2

the game begins with the xalanyn being released by atriox and working with the banished

the xalanyn tell atriox about themselves and their precursor abilities and become the main antagonist

it is revealed that the xalanyn are the precursors and the flood is a part of their endless cycle of torment

or they have powerful precursor abilities and are meant to be the reclaimers instead of humans

or they are the precursors.

because they can freaking teleport

they cannot be infected by the flood

as they lack a nervous system

they are living without a nervous system that means one thing. precursors.

[civic sundial]

Starfish don't have a central nervous system. Does that mean they are Precursors too?

Same with Jellyfish

[crystal iron]

domain, nervous system, things worse than the flood it all connects imo

i mean what could else be so significant

[civic sundial]

Also where are you getting the Xalanyn not having a nervous system from? Because there's nothing which confirms they don't have a central nervous system

Sure there's concept art that looks Starfish-like but it's just concept art

[crystal iron]

because they are immune to halo arrays

[civic sundial]

We don't know exactly how they survived

Sure it could be due to a lack of central nervous system, but that fact isn't confirmed

For all we know, there could be something about the Xalanyn homeworld that protected them from Halo's fire

[ancient sun]

Anyone ever have it where on rendezvous firefight, one of the terminals won't count/activate?

[tulip tusk]

ye i had that once

[crystal iron]

just played my first game of halo in a couple of years, when did everyone become such a baby at fighting? i cant even get a simple 1on1 without the entire team being right there behind them

[tulip tusk]

bc team games are for teamwork

[warped yew]

And the Infinite playerbase is made up of some doo doo brain dead players

Me when the person who gets the sniper before me absolutely can't aim crap

[balmy wedge]

Nah, hold up, I actually like this thought process. We have a LOT of humanoid Halo enemies, but ones that look like deep sea creatures would be so alien.

[rugged quartz]

Something with living time

[civic sundial]

It's part of why I want the shark people to show up in a game

[radiant sundial]

Not everyone is a crack shot with it, heck, I'm pretty good with it but sometimes you'll go through the full mag bc you can't get any good, clear shots

[warped yew]

Yeah

I'm still gonna get mad

[radiant sundial]

All i got is get over it then

When I play I play assuming the only person I can rely on is me, therefore my teammates either meet or exceed expectations

[civic sundial]

Or just be like me and stay as far away from a sniper rifle as possible. Unlike Leonard Church, I know I'm never gonna be good with one

[fossil harbor]

Missing your shots is just preventing the enemy from utilizing the weapon

[warped yew]

Cope for being dog water lmao

Better to let me use it then some noob

[edgy forum]

I want those Valentine’s Day Halo cards

[wooden briar]

Relax, your personal enjoyment is not worth denigrating other players, who have the exact same right as you to enjoy the game.

[wooden briar]

No more negative comments about other players.

[grave ether]

https://tenor.com/view/no-i-dont-think-i-will-captain-america-old-capt-gif-17162888

[celest heron]

I hope they don't betray for snipe.

[shadow turret]

I had someone stand in front of me to get my fuel rod in FF once

Still beat him on the leaderboard by like 2k I think lol, and I'm pretty sure I ended up stealing my fuel rod back

[uneven bison]

90% of the time the players who can’t use power weapons just lose them, the enemy team rarely gets value out of it in my experience

Yeah your not getting any out of it either, but now you don’t have a spnkr floating around

[onyx latch]

Use it or lose it, is the way it goes.

If I'm not on my A game I still try to secure power weapons if only to ditch them. Asset denial.

[radiant sundial]

When you know no one on your team can use it, but the enemy can, asset denial is the way to go

[uneven bison]

The best way to take them for yourself is just to know where they spawn and listen to your AI call them out if you have it on

It should tell you when they’re about to spawn, and when they do spawn

(Probably the only time the AI voices help)

[radiant sundial]

The AI voice is there for comedy, not help

And to quell the feeling of eternal lonliness

[uneven bison]

Guilty spark would like a word

[radiant sundial]

Tell him my spartan laser is itching for a round 2

[distant cairn]

Damn bro. I’m guessing you got a CPA / CFA and JD for your field?

[edgy forum]

Sadly did not get the Ice Unicorn nameplate

[tulip tusk]

i think it takes time bc its manual

[hallow dagger]

Did they remove a bunch of game modes from quick play? Are they somewhere else now?

[edgy forum]

Yeah they probably moved them around in other playlists

[vale sentinel]

Matchmaking is cooked, I see enemies board our tanks and my teammates does absolutely nothing

[solemn portal]

What about you? Why did you let the enemies board your tanks?

[vale sentinel]

I was the tank driver

And I was in a midfight with another tank

[solemn portal]

Fair enough.

[vale sentinel]

But the enemy team has literal people that know how to protect tanks

[warped yew]

Yeah it's kind of the point of Halo MP

You can probably go and dominate doing your own thing but team coordination helps the thing. Kind of like Titanfall 2 lol.

(Mabye the other way around since TF2 came later lol)

[vale sentinel]

The worst is BTB, it literally has the word 'TEAM' in it and people don't act like a team

I've no joke been in the team full of level 1s for an hour. An hour losing streak is crazy because people don't know how to work in a team

[warped yew]

Yeah because a lot of people are doo doo

[vale sentinel]

How do these people survive real life jobs if they can't even work as a team in a video game?

[warped yew]

Because it's a video game

[vale sentinel]

You can still work as a team while having fun

[warped yew]

Me personally, idgaf. I play a video game to vent and chill out, not to be literally stressing with other people to do certain objectives

[vale sentinel]

Can't really vent when you keep on losing

[warped yew]

Idk. Idc really care if I win or lose. It's just about the kills for me

But like how often are people really coordinated? I feel like those moments only really happen when it's an entire party of people with mics against each other

[solemn portal]

Well, it's not like we have telepathy. Only way people can coordinate is through mics.

[warped yew]

I bet most of your BTB wins weren't even coordinated teamwork. It was just the other team's skill combined wasn't good against yours lmao

[solemn portal]

And being able to infer what other players are doing by just looking at them takes a lot of experience.

[warped yew]

The only real stuff that most people will do actual teamwork without a mic is the vehicles

Or an actual objective like oddball or CTF

But that teamwork isn't really teamwork anyway because it's just alot of people doing their own thing

[vale sentinel]

yeah

you know what, that speech encouraged me to get hell let loose

i hear that teamwork is everything there

[warped yew]

I mean there is teamwork definitely but it's pretty scrambled in just social MP

It's not like your actually coordinated with random teammates

[shell sigil]

Gang

I just saw sm crazy

The smg from halo 2 and the frontlines bulldog look the same

[vale sentinel]

Bro's straight up ruining the fun atp

I'ma just stick to UFC, 0 teamwork needed in that one

[warped yew]

Aight bro

[left snow]

It always amuses me when I see people asking for 16v16, 24v24, or even more.

Can you imagine how dysfunctional those games are. In terms of teams.

They shouldn't have gone higher that 8v8.

[warped yew]

Nah it would work probably if Halo had more players

[vale sentinel]

You're right

[vale sentinel]

32 v 32 in Chivalry 2 is already chaos... It'll be hell with higher team numbers in Halo

[warped yew]

Ok keep it 24

Besides just do it as a workshop gamemode or something

[vale sentinel]

And atm there is no map big enough for that

[warped yew]

So make one

Ever heard of forge

[vale sentinel]

why are you asking me to make one? you're the one proposing it

[warped yew]

It was just in general

And like there's probably a map out there anyway. Probably forge world lol

[vale sentinel]

my statement still stands, forge has the maps to accompany the players. but halo is too fast paced to allow for it

when you look at other 32 v 32, they're a lot slower

[warped yew]

Ok 🤷‍♀️

[edgy forum]

Guys I got the Halo CE magnum in Infinite! Bip bap bam! I just headshot BipBap

[hollow jackal]

damn i think my sensitivity been waytoo low my aim was so bad i never tweaked sentivity till now

[civic sundial]

The CE pistol isn't in Infinite

[edgy forum]

I’m just making it up, silly business

[ruby lake]

i smell skill issues in this chat

[fossil harbor]

real

[balmy wedge]

Actually, it is! It's just really really small and you have to attach it to another gun... But it's in there!

[main adder]

still waiting on a better halo to be made

Please take bomb out of ranked

[tulip tusk]

maybe next game

[edgy forum]

What do you mean? All Halo games are great!

That’s like saying “I’m waiting for a better COD to be made” because all of the games, well maybe some of the modern ones are enjoyable

[deft bloom]

My game is stuck infinitely loading at the halo ring screen, does anyone know a fix for this?

[warped yew]

Infinite was good but there needed to be more in it tbh

More distinctive levels and I’m not talking about biomes and visuals

Smh the game didn’t even give you a way to use the later added guns in the campaign

[trim hatch]

so since the precrurser/primordial died and became the flood/gravemind that mean they will be back and since zeta halo had been overrunned by the flood before the first firing

that means the flood will return on zeta again either by outbreak at a facility or a pod thats hiding away

because after the 6 month gap between infinity coming to zeta and chief waking upo

there is alot of bodys just enough for the gravemind to come back again

[civic sundial]

You're assuming the Flood containment facility has been breached. Nothing indicates as such

[coral egret]

Anyone know what the mirage odst is based of in the new season? I know you got the halo 5 odst and halo 2 odst