halo-discussion

[vestal bough]

Is hola is an interesting game

Please anyone here to guide me

[deep valve]

ok it wasn't actually that bad but it took me 2 hours to beat forerunners again (final was 3 hours cuz it counted the previous time for some reason)

[deep valve]

what is hola

[west rock]

By evolution do you mean it evolved backwards? Because you're completely right if so

[civic sundial]

Halo Reach introduced armour abilities and loadouts into the series. Halo 4 continued in the direction of having those as core aspects of the game, like by adding custom loadouts and sprint being a base ability every player has access to at all times. If Halo 4 had "evolved backwards", it would've gone to something like Halo 2 or CE's gameplay

[hallow pasture]

I really wonder what lies beyond the milky way on the Halo universe

That could be an interesting aspect halo studios could explore in the near future

[civic sundial]

Allot of nothing, and beyond that, other galaxies

I imagine there is stuff in those other galaxies, but I imagine we won't be getting a "Halo Andromeda" at any point

[wooden briar]

N7 Chief is an amazing pfp

[civic sundial]

Best thing about that is you can kinda make an N7 Spartan with Scorpion Punch

[hallow pasture]

Missed potential

I'd love a halo Andromeda game

Or story in general

[civic sundial]

I think it'd be neat too but right now, I'd rather we see the story of the Endless continued

Maybe that will include an interdimensional gateway to Andromeda made by a civilisation far more advanced than the Forerunners, but I doubt it

[hallow pasture]

That could work

[charred osprey]

Hey does anyone know where to post art on here?

[signal ivy]

#1076327824924872755

as long as it's your own Halo art

[charred osprey]

Okay thanks 👍

[hallow pasture]

Any Brazilian Halo fans here?

[fossil harbor]

I have to do this every time I boot the game

[hallow pasture]

2122

[edgy forum]

[sturdy kernel]

2552

[civic sundial]

AI won't work for coding a game

We don't need remakes, Halo needs to move on from its past, not constantly look back at it

[barren dune]

Nostalgia is gaming's biggest issue

[civic sundial]

Remakes aren't guaranteed to be good

And can just as easily fall into having the same issues as games which aren't remakes

[barren dune]

I'd rather they not waste their time and resources on stories we've already been told

[civic sundial]

Aye

Like, we've got Combat Evolved already, we don't need it remade

And most other games that have been remade in the past 15 years have had good reasons for it, such as the original game being hard to get or being very dated in how it plays. CE isn't either of those, even with all the changes Halo has had over the years

[barren dune]

The thing that makes a game enjoyable is experiencing it for the first time and actually wondering where the story will lead, the Bungie games have already been made, played and told their stories

Things aren't as simple as they're made out to be

[civic sundial]

So you would rather the Halo franchise become an ouroboros of constantly going for nostalgia and remaking the same stories over and over?

[barren dune]

The story from Halo Infinite has multiple directions that they can go from, Halo 5 suffered from writing themselves into a corner, Halo infinite gave 343/HS the option to make a well written campaign that doesn't have to follow something the books and previous games had

The only thing they have to follow is the endless, Atriox and zeta halo

[sturdy kernel]

If they will make remastered game, then that means they are milking Halo, no new story after Infinite

[barren dune]

The books have been self contained and generally end the day of the zeta halo conflict

Halo 5 and infinite's gameplay are good, it's not just gameplay

The things that hurt infinite were it's lack of everything except micro transactions on launch

And many people just aren't willing to give something a second chance

[civic sundial]

Infinite also had things going on behind the scenes which hurt it in the first year too

[barren dune]

A way to fix that problem is to make the games pay to play again

[civic sundial]

But the core gameplay is solid

[barren dune]

Contractors and leadership

[civic sundial]

Infinite works just fine for me

[sturdy kernel]

So no negative, Halo will continue over 100 years

[barren dune]

Maybe on launch, but now it's more so fine

[civic sundial]

That wouldn't necessarily fix the issues Halo Infinite had

[barren dune]

What do you play on? @crystal iron

[barren dune]

Many of the franchise's problems stem from greed, and a way to make money without sacrificing quality is making them pay to play again

Which Xbox

And the game is still popular, it's just that when someone plays a bad game, they uninstall it and don't bother with it again, and they wait for the next one in the series to come out

With quality marketing and better communication a halo game can do well

[civic sundial]

It's not just an issue with Halo though, the majority of games have to deal with greed, even the ones I had worked on before I was laid off

[barren dune]

They all do, but making them PtP and having minor MTX would avoid that problem

I'd still rather them just not

[civic sundial]

You're assuming the next game will abandon what Infinite has set up

[barren dune]

They aren't going to ditch the story at all, have you read or looked at summaries of all the recent books?

Cod has the ability to

[civic sundial]

Also COD has its own host of problems

Like, how its identity is kinda gone with all the crossovers it does, seemingly in an attempt to chase after what Fortnite does

[barren dune]

You should, but that's aside from the point I'm trying to make. All the recent books end either the DAY the conflict on Zeta halo starts or shortly after

They wouldn't be doing that unless they were planning on continuing the story from infinite

You do make a good point, but maps alone don't make people want to play multiplayer. Fun gameplay, the ability to socialize easily, custom browser, forge, etc are what make people want to keep playing

[tired haven]

Someone knows why i keep getting banned from EaC when i try to get into a matchmaking on MCC? It's happened twice since the update

[barren dune]

@tired haven

[tired haven]

Halo Studios can't even update the game without breaking everything

[barren dune]

That is true. Halo is definitely a game that was carried by its socialization options

[barren dune]

Skeleton crew is working on MCC

[tired haven]

And this doesn't even mention Steam, because it launches correctly, but the problem it's when i try to join a matchmaking match

[barren dune]

No clue then

[tired haven]

💀 Worse

[barren dune]

Make a ticket

[tired haven]

Like 4v4 halo reach and 3 all gamemodes selected

[tired haven]

where? On the website?

[barren dune]

Yeah waypoint

[tired haven]

Then i am sure i won't get a reply

[barren dune]

Worth a shot

[tired haven]

I guess

I don't know if it's my RGB program doing this?

Cause I don't have many apps in the background

[tired haven]

Ok it's a game's problem and not mine

I will stop trying to play cause if I keep trying I might get permabanned for no reason

[hallow pasture]

We already have the master chief collection

[glacial tartan]

That’s not a thing.

where is it kicking you out of the match? When it’s loading?

[novel tundra]

Is the mod halo new covanent campaign, fun in your experience?

[civic sundial]

Everything I've seen of that mod has be questioning allot of the decisions made for the story and level design

[tired haven]

Yes

I've solved the issue tho. I had to go trough the game files and repair the anticheat manually

jeez, i can't even imagine how microsoft it's one of the richest industry while making so many mistakes

[frosty condor]

What platform are you playing MCC on that’s giving you the EAC error

[tired haven]

Steam

[frosty condor]

Hmm

Did you file a ticket on the Halo Support site

[tired haven]

Now i solved the issue

Yeah i did but it was faster doing it on my own

[glacial tartan]

Something getting botched in the steam update on some builds, idk why but seen a lot of complaints. Luckily its pretty easy fix

[tired haven]

Wdym Botched

[frosty condor]

Can you share with me the Halo Support ticket # and how you fixed it, please?

[glacial tartan]

As in some files seem to not update correctly.

[tired haven]

In the dms?

[frosty condor]

Sure

[tired haven]

Gimme some minutes to finish this game

[frosty condor]

No problem 😉

[edgy forum]

Me praying that cross-core for armor kits happens imagining how cool it would be to place all the helmets on Halo 2 Chief’s armor

[uneven bison]

“Line would go down for old game though”

[edgy forum]

Not sure what you mean, but okay sorry for your condolences

Idk

Remember guys to ignore the trolls or those that try to instigate arguments here!

Feels good to not see these pointless words and dumb opinions :)

[uneven bison]

Not sure why you’re labelling this guy as a troll? Like even if you disagree it’s not an invalid argument

No reason to be rude

[harsh bronze]

who agrees there should be a few free red visors in infinite, put a check if yes put an x if no

[signal ivy]

there were some free ones no?

[shadow turret]

Scarlet Hunter and Rampant at least
maybe more

[muted yacht]

in the comics Jerome-092 beats up the flood, with a chair.

[harsh bronze]

lol, love that

[harsh bronze]

im saying like, common rarity, everyone gets when they start. like for armor there is cadet greay and such

[shadow turret]

this has been memed endlessly and I'm so glad its actually cannon lol

[harsh bronze]

fr

[hallow sapphire]

Jerome is a chad. Right up there with master chief

[brittle hollow]

How do I get Infinite to load the last checkpoint when I exit the game ? Right now, I realised there are two types of saves. Saving Checkpoint and Saving Progress. When you die, the Checkpoint Save is loaded. But if you exit the game, the Progress Save is loaded. Which means I have to play every mission in one sitting... Is this correct ?

[cloud pebble]

no, my issue is that now the option to choose anti cheat flag is completely gone

the devs have fixed it already

[brittle hollow]

I realised the game is automatically setting the resolution to 72 percent, making the graphics blurry when I boot it up

Why is this so ?

[outer surge]

Hey guys

Have u seen the new Halo Movie?

[civic sundial]

No new Halo movie has been made. There's been the TV show and a few web series over the years but we've never had a Halo movie

[north grotto]

What do you mean?

You seem to have missed the trailer that released 2 hours ago.

[civic sundial]

https://tenor.com/view/poe-dameron-heavy-sigh-star-wars-sigh-sighing-gif-26030273

[hallow pasture]

Theres no new halo movie

[hollow jackal]

man ruby rebalance ce is great

[civic sundial]

I'm eager to see their rebalance for Halo 2 be finished

[zenith holly]

Wasn't the Forward unto dawn Marketed as a movie as well as halo legends?

[hollow jackal]

im simply exited

[coarse dagger]

It released episodically, split up into 5 or 6 parts from what I remember. These days you'll find it as a full movie

[zenith holly]

Oh wait I forgot about fall of reach, or were those released episodically as well?

[civic sundial]

That's in four episodes, even on the DVD (Which I do have somewhere)

[latent acorn]

Forward Unto Dawn had 5 episodes and it was a web series. It was made as a marketing effort for upcoming release Halo 4. Fall of Reach (from what I can recall) was a mini-series and it had 4 episodes.

[zenith holly]

Then I guess halo legends was the only halo movie we've had technically right?

[civic sundial]

Legends isn't a movie, it's an anime anthology

[zenith holly]

All in one film?

[civic sundial]

It's not a film

There's multiple episodes, each telling a different story

[latent acorn]

Halo Legends is anthology film that compiles 7 animated short films. It followed the same patterns from The Animatrix and Batman: Gotham Knight. They are not movies, but episodes.

[civic sundial]

Tell me, outside of back in the Bungie days with the one that was ultimately cancelled, when were we promised a Halo film? Because you're acting like we're owed one

[timid bough]

Halo Infinite is cool

Am learning the weapons

[civic sundial]

A good director does not guarantee a good film

[timid bough]

Good team and good writing + cinematography is usually a good film right

[latent acorn]

The canceled one with Peter Jackson and Neil Blomkamp?

[civic sundial]

Right but those things aren't guaranteed to all lead to a good film regardless. Studio interference, problematic actors, or a whole host of other things could happen

[civic sundial]

That's the one they mean, aye

[civic sundial]

It happens with every game franchise

[latent acorn]

That was the only attempt to make a theatrical halo movie. It was supposed to come out in late 2000s, 2008-2009, but the project fell through due to several issues.

[civic sundial]

Indeed

Infinite has a skeleton crew, the rest of the devs at HS are working on new projects

And they've not released info about the new projects yet because they're not ready to talk about them

[sturdy kernel]

Can't wait for another Halo story

[civic sundial]

MCC is over 11 years old. It's not surprising there's not many devs working on it these days

Heck, the fact MCC even got support for as long as it did is surprising

Most games after releasing in a terrible state wouldn't be given the support they need to fix it

[sturdy kernel]

And I have a strange feeling that they will call it "Halo: New Dawn"

[sturdy kernel]

Good name for the new project

And good stories for the Weapon, Echo-216, Chief and Endless

Also, banished too

[civic sundial]

Can you tell me how common it is for a game that released in a bad state is then given support to fix it and support it for over 10 years? Because I can only think of one example

Infinite's multiplayer is functional

Like I could boot it up right now and play it without issue

[hallow pasture]

Peak cinema and peak anime

[ruby knoll]

Infinite is still blam

Slipspace is a direct derivative of H5 blam

beats me

[civic sundial]

It's changed enough they felt it needed a new name

But that doesn't change it being an iteration on Blam

[onyx latch]

Friendly reminder that elites were gonna look like this

And chief was going to fight his flood-infected evil brother

[sturdy kernel]

That's more scarier than flood infected elites

[onyx latch]

Like I don't know why people assume the movie was gonna be good

[civic sundial]

Indeed

Like, we got District 9 out of it but we could've very easily ended up with a film about Halo which was extremely terrible

[onyx latch]

Especially with a plot that would make people's heads explode like this. Y'all act like the Halo show sucks, but at least it didn't have evil flood twin brothers.

[celest heron]

straight to dvd

[onyx latch]

I just said

I literally just said part of it

[civic sundial]

Chief fighting his evil Flood infected twin brother would've 100% been memed on way more than the Halo TV show

[onyx latch]

Like what? Sucking? Yeah, I'm sure it'd be better at being worse

[civic sundial]

Are you just selectively choosing to ignore Trench quite literally providing information we know about the cancelled Halo film because you can't admit that it most likely would've been worse?

[onyx latch]

Pretty sure using objective and citeable information is literally the opposite of narrow minded.

[latent acorn]

Video game film adaptations at the time in the 2000s weren't that good. It would take other 10-14 years for game film adaptations to be good and close to source material.

[onyx latch]

More citeable than "Yeah it'd be good because it just would be okay"

At least try to not be a hypocrite.

[civic sundial]

Do you happen to have access to the universe where the Halo film was made?

Because you're acting like it was bound to be a certified hit

[civic sundial]

I see we all got our cheap red cups

[onyx latch]

Oh, I got a milkshake instead.

[civic sundial]

Eh, it's still a good drink to have

[waxen rover]

He has a twin?

[civic sundial]

No, but it was a thing we almost got in the cancelled Halo film

[keen silo]

Gross. I remember being younger and having hype for the film rumors, but if we got John Halo 2: Flood edition? That would’ve been rather silly

[civic sundial]

It's why I'm glad it didn't happen

[hallow pasture]

Choose your poison:

Master chief having an evil twin or master chief showing his butt cheeks

[scarlet ridge]

I read some articles about how microsoft tried to fleece both Fox and Universal by making them fight for the IP and so getting more money out of them, what they didn't expected, is that both companies would ally together so they lost all the leverage, all bc of greed (what a surprise), the development hell the movie got into was mostly bc of economic disputes, microsoft wanted a big chunk of ticket sales, also licence fees and to get all the money from the merchandise for the movie.

[onyx latch]

I see absolutely nothing wrong with fleecing fox, honestly. It'd be a net benefit to the world if Fox entertainment in general ceased to exist utterly.

I suppose my only regret is that Microsoft ultimately failed to do so.

[harsh bronze]

evil twin.

[fossil harbor]

Evil twin but I’m not satisfied with the choice

[harsh bronze]

imagine if the flood evolved and was capable of creating "flood canons". then they used them on "flood ships" and destroyed the halos and the ark.

[hallow sapphire]

We need another odst game, halo 3 remaster (long overdue for MCC) and a halo wars 3 would be epic.

Possibly have halo 3 remaster done by the same studio.

[edgy forum]

Well there was gonna be a Neil Blapkamp Halo movie but it didn’t work out well and we got District 9 instead

All my homies remember MADTV Master Chief taking someone’s daughter out on a date and meeting her parents lol

[static edge]

Does anyone still play Halo 5?

I don't have gamepass or Halo 5 installed so I can't tell

[low blaze]

Its still active enough to find matches easy enough

Just dont try normal warzone because that gamemode is dead

[static edge]

Dangg

What about custom games H5 had better custom games

Than Infinite

[outer surge]

There is

I think

On Netflix

[static edge]

The last movie was Fall of Reach (2016) before that it was Halo: Nightfall (2014), Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn (2012), and Halo Legends (2010)

[civic sundial]

Fall of Reach was an animated series and it released in 2015. Nightfall was a web series and features multiple episodes, same with Halo 4 Forward Unto Dawn. Halo Legends is an anime anthology series, consisting of multiple episodes. None of those are films

Like, at this point I do have to ask, do any of y'all know what a film is?

[scarlet shuttle]

2:43 wait time for Big Team Battle 😱

[sturdy kernel]

BTB isn't so popular

[fickle urchin]

Unfortunate

[scarlet shuttle]

Well what is popular? Ranked is dead, 18/20 Quickplay is dead.

Even Forge Custom Lobby is dead

8 vs 8 is totally empty, I get a message saying there is not enough player in this playlist.

We are like 30 players online x)

[celest heron]

most people at school or work right now and I doubt eu is popular.

[north grotto]

Grapple is so short

[celest heron]

4k csr was achieved in ranked squad battle by nas/precellence. that's crazy

[north grotto]

Is halo infinite optimised

I swear it isn’t Bruv

[sullen briar]

Any idea it there will be more Cadet colors?

Or steel colors

[sturdy kernel]

I'm a huge fan of them, so maybe in the next operation HS will add them

[hollow jackal]

welp this it the maw im end rubys ce rebalance

[sullen briar]

Call me emo, but I would love to see steel purple

When I was little, I could never pick whether to be blue or red, so I chose purple. And I also like purple because of red vs blue O'Malley/Doc

[hallow pasture]

Still Wonder how both this film and Halo chronicles would play out

[frosty condor]

There’s a few purple coatings out there 😉

[civic sundial]

Give me steel yellow/gold so I can cosplay Wash

[edgy forum]

Imagine if there was a coating for Optimus Prime

Or Megatron

[civic sundial]

Well, they have coatings inspired by Gundam, Evangelion and Star Wars so it could happen

[uneven bison]

What’s the Star Wars coating?

There’s Metroid, Eva and Gundam, but I can’t think of any solid Star Wars coatings

[grave ether]

I don't remember the name but I know of one that is very similar to Boba Fett's color scheme

[outer surge]

U can DM me for it

There was one in 2021 I think?

Or it's new i'm not sure

[civic sundial]

Aye, that's the one I was referring to

[rugged quartz]

White would be good, and a good black (not dark gray)

[hallow pasture]

Halo 5 IS a master piece when compared to the Halo tv show

[feral hemlock]

Does anyone think there's gonna be another halo?

Or know if there is

[feral hemlock]

Facts

[onyx latch]

Who asked

[onyx latch]

Every time someone asks, they scrap one more concept

[feral hemlock]

I see

[edgy forum]

Multiple projects in development

[edgy forum]

Nah, don’t mind them they’re just trolling

There’s bound to be another Halo game

[feral hemlock]

Oh

Why do people troll lmao I was genuinely asking lol

[fossil harbor]

being insufferable is a requirement of being active here

[feral hemlock]

Unfortunate

[civic sundial]

I think some of y'all need to remember a lack of news is not the same as no more Halo happening

[feral hemlock]

I just was curious because I'm curious

[uneven bison]

Oh that one, yeah that’s boba fett for sure

You can make a pretty good clone with the white coating in the security bundle and MK IV

[civic sundial]

Crimson Sash! That's the name of the Boba Fett coating!!

[onyx latch]

Hey, I am very sufferable

[silent cairn]

Are we getting a pass this month?

[jade pebble]

are we expecting a march update?

[civic sundial]

Next week

[coarse dagger]

There will be a new Operation starting March 11th

[silent cairn]

Cool

[spark ibex]

Is Disciple ever going to be removed from matchmaking rotation for maintenance?

been filing tickets for over 5 months ^_^

took me 20 minutes to fix the map with minimal forge experience XDXDXD

[karmic oriole]

Anyone else notice that they added a slight animation to your spartan on the main menu? It's not locked in place anymore in the stance. Just played yesterday and didn't notice it so they must've added it today

[north grotto]

A new dawn 293428

And we have moved to unreal engine 9

[edgy forum]

The graphics are so real, it’s like you’re in the game

[raven goblet]

Will there be a new game mode next operation?

[edgy forum]

Probably, they usually have one per operation which is consistent

I hope it’s PVE focused because I’m a chill back player now

[civic sundial]

When's SnD Extraction arriving? I would assume that's the next mode to be added to Infinite alongside an operation

But aye, more PvE stuff would be great for Infinite

[latent acorn]

Later on, this year for S&D Extraction to arrive.

[civic sundial]

Ah, thanks

[edgy forum]

Yeah later this year, not sure what month could be the Summer Update

[shadow turret]

April I think?
I think Frontlines was the Spring update, so that'll prolly be Summer

[tulip tusk]

halo

[edgy forum]

I sometimes wonder what happened to that Arby’n the Chief guy

[solemn portal]

He's still around.

[fossil harbor]

He shows up here and there on podcasts

[solemn portal]

If you want to look him up, he's Jon Graham on Youtube.
Can't promise you'll like his new stuff though.

[edgy forum]

Yeah I just found out what the heck, that’s awesome

[crystal iron]

does supernatural/psychological horror and sci-fi work well together

[solemn portal]

Yes?

[fossil harbor]

dead space

[crystal iron]

for e.g a demon that likes to torture mortals

[solemn portal]

You can do literally anything with sci-fi.

[civic sundial]

Sci-fi horror is a whole subgenre

And like Hannibal mentioned, Dead Space is a psychological horror game in a sci-fi setting

[crystal iron]

japanese demons plus sci-fi

a demon that curses men that cheat on their girlfriend

[keen silo]

Hm yes. I remember fighting those in Halo 3

[celest heron]

hmm, playing ff and the post game loading screen to get to the stats seems to be taking a lot longer than usual.

[crystal iron]

What’s the best way to level up

[civic sundial]

Firefight

[zenith holly]

I wonder if we're gonna get invasion or dominion as returning modes

[civic sundial]

Well HS was asking for community made Invasion maps a while back so I imagine a version of the mode is coming to Infinite

And Dominion evolved into Warzone for Halo 5, but it would be nice to have either of those two return at some point

[zenith holly]

I know we dont have playable elites in infinite but I think having banished Spartans can be of use for UNSC vs banished using the Spartan woman who's name I forgot and iratus as announcer voice lines for their teams

[civic sundial]

I doubt they'll be recording new voicelines for Invasion, I imagine the people who are in charge of dialogue are on the other projects HS has in the works

My bet is if Invasion shows up in Infinite, it'll be reusing audio from Reach's mode for the announcer

[celest heron]

best hope is that it's in the next game.

[quick bone]

Hey guys! Today is my 37th birthday! And I would love to host a Halo Infinite game night, probably in game chat so I can gather as many friends from different communities as I can. I haven’t tried this before, but I would love to bring people together to make this happen.

I thought I’d share here since I play with some of you in BTB vc here from time to time

[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.

[quick bone]

Yeah, i guess that would be a better place for it

[astral violet]

Hi, I have a question, if I get the operations pass, I will be able to progress through it any time I want right? It won't disappear, right?

[civic sundial]

Correct

[astral violet]

Thanks.

[brittle lion]

Is it just me or is MCC very slow after the update? Loading a campaign mission takes 2 minutes whereas before it took 15 seconds

[solemn portal]

Works on my machine.™

[harsh bronze]

It took 5 seconds before for me

[edgy forum]

Back to daylight savings guys

So updates will be 1PM my time and shop update will be 12 PM

[harsh bronze]

Est? Central? Western?

[shadow turret]

EST I think

Or Central
I'm EST but I forget update times for me ngl

[drifting jewel]

So do we hate fun at halo or what? Can we just get a halo 2 ( best ranking system) or halo 3 remake

[sturdy kernel]

None of them
Halo moving to future, not to past

[spark ibex]

A dystopian future where malicious hiring techniques and overworking staff make the game suffer immeasurably just so the shareholders can make 2 extra cents on the dollar maybe 😭

[edgy forum]

I honestly find Halo Infinite’s MP to be the best middle ground between old and new gameplay

[solemn portal]

The grappling, sprint, sliding and vaulting nonsense isn't a decent middle ground between old and new Halo.
It's not even Halo at all. Titanfall is right over there.
Take me back to the past, cause this present timeline of ours is 💩 .

[mellow sun]

Is there no extra Career XP in FF anymore when playing higher difficulty?

[civic sundial]

Halo 2 almost had sprint

[edgy forum]

Happy Birthday Master Chief

[plush bridge]

[edgy forum]

What are you talking about lmao?

How is it Titanfall? You cant even call a mech in Halo!

Look I get that you want Titanfall 3 but EA won’t let it happen

[celest heron]

I don't think it was almost, but more tested in the early stages.

[keen silo]

If game 1 has similar mechanics to game 2, then clearly game 1 is basically the same thing/worse

Halo has guns and a player character, so it’s basically the same thing as Goldeneye or Doom

[edgy forum]

Yeah if people say that COD is a clone of Halo then Halo is a clone of GoldenEye and GoldenEye is a copy of Quake and Quake is a copy of DOOM. FPS gamers be like: 🤯

[onyx latch]

I can't imagine looking at all the awesome movement techs that exist in games and going "Y'know what, no, I want to be lame and boring", but I suppose that's why you have the username you do.

For a franchise people claim 'innovated', Halo's fans really want to fall so far behind the curve they think they're ahead. Embarrassing mindset.

How freaking Call of Duty, especially modern Call of Duty, is somehow continually figuring out players like moving like they aren't wearing clown shoes and actually enjoy having freedom and agility in movement instead of 'clonk clonk clonk clonk clonk clonk', while Halo fans are screaming and clawing to go back to stumbling around in the damn dark ages will never make sense to me.

[civic sundial]

There's definitely changes I'd like to see from Infinite to the next game in regards to the base player abilities and movement, but I don't see a need to remove sprint, slide or clamber in any sense

[onyx latch]

Trenchbird's entire opinion on how Halo's gameplay should change ^

[civic sundial]

Unironically, I want them to bring back thruster packs being a base part of the player's kit. With players being able to toggle whether they want to use a piece of picked up equipment or utilise the thruster pack while in combat

Which could potentially allow for some really interesting plays being made using the thruster and a grapple

I'm not against stabilise coming back, so long as it functions basically the same as it did in Halo 5, but ground pound I don't think is needed

[solemn portal]

And Bungie thankfully scrapped it.

[solemn portal]

The fact you see CoD has the example to follow is exactly the issue here. 343i also had the very same idea!

[onyx latch]

Do you want some cheese with that whine?

Or are you more of a charcuterie fan?

[civic sundial]

I could go for some cheese actually

[solemn portal]

Man, i could really go for a prosciutto sandwich right about now.
And this franchise isn't Halo anymore. It's some trend chasing monstrosity that appeals to barely anyone.

[edgy forum]

I want the gameplay to always feel fun and fresh

If every Halo game was like 1, 2, or 3 it would get boring and stale real fast

[civic sundial]

Agreed

[edgy forum]

That’s why I invent change and innovation to the gameplay instead of keeping it the same formula.

What I’d like to see is a 64 man BTB lol that would be funny and chaotic

[civic sundial]

Which is why I wasn't looking at those three specifically for my ideas. Like, I think Infinite's equipment system and the base abilities the player has is nearly perfect for Halo and there's not much needed to change it. Just a slight increase in movement speed while sprinting (Like 5% more than what it is in Infinite currently) and a bunch of new kinds of equipment and I'd be happy

[edgy forum]

It’s really hard for reviewers and gaming nerds to keep comparing Halo to other FPS already in the market what has been already done

[civic sundial]

Plus my aforementioned idea with the thruster pack

[edgy forum]

Like everyone says Titanfall, like I get the hype behind Titanfall. I think someone like SplitGate should stay in its own lane because it needs to do its own thing

[civic sundial]

I don't see 64 player BTB happening any time soon, but I definitely would like to see something done with a larger lobby

At least as an experiment

[edgy forum]

I’d like for the modern and newer games to be noob friendly and nothing too complex or something of a curve ball to get through like CE and 2.

[civic sundial]

But I also think the next game needs to launch with some sort of dedicated PvE mode outside of the campaign and would rather resources go there than making an even bigger BTB

[edgy forum]

While at the same time not treating the player like they’re a toddler and doesn’t know how to play a game. Which is why I advocate for more PVE game modes because they’re more casual

[onyx latch]

Then leave.

And stop using a Reach pfp, hypocrite.

Reach is the trend-chasiest Halo of all time and it's always been so quiant that Reach fans choose to ignore that.

[solemn portal]

Nah, I don't think I will.
Also, I like Reach's artstyle and armor design.

[onyx latch]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

Trend-chasers gonna trend-chase, Reach is no exception.

Just saying, liking Reach but hating trend-chasing is the proverbial glass house and throwing stones of Halo.

[solemn portal]

Yep, Bungie began chasing trends from CoD with Reach. You won't find me defending their design decisions for that game.

[celest heron]

abilities are fine as long as they compliment gameplay. the fact that a lot of them got nerfed with some over the course of different games (sprint is a good example) is very telling that you can't just add something for the sake of having it. the plus side is at least HS was trying to balance the ones that had glaring flaws.

[edgy forum]

Halo needs more sandwiches like in Infinite

[keen silo]

I for one, argue Halo needs less sandwiches. I feels like it’s chasing old meme trends and losing potential players by referencing old memes

This is satire. I couldn’t care less about a Sandwich forge object

[edgy forum]

Well Machinima is being given a second chance thanks to the community and all, I feel that offers spirit to the fanbase with the camera controls.

I didn’t think the sandwich was an old meme, just jokingly saying that some funny stuff like that is needed lol

[celest heron]

ooh, playlists will finally be condensed in this next operation.

[limpid bough]

i just wanted to share a fact that is known but i thought it was funny, i started Halo 3 legendary and i didn't know Arby could actually die

So now his corpse is just there

[edgy forum]

Props to the devs for condensing the Composer Matchmaking

[civic sundial]

He'll get better

[harsh bronze]

I used to fire bomb him to take his sword and stuff, he respawned eventually.

[karmic laurel]

Does the Halo show have spoilers for the game? I haven’t played Halo 3 yet

[coarse dagger]

No, the TV show and games take place in separate time lines

[heady scaffold]

Brute plasma rifle and other brute weapons should make a comeback

[solemn portal]

The fact that 343i shafted the Spiker and the Brute Shot (really?) for a Brute centric game is still baffling to this day.

[fossil harbor]

I miss the brute shot, but I can't say I miss the spiker

[drifting jewel]

Nah man there is a reason only 4K people are playing this on a Friday

[edgy forum]

You're playing Halo Infinite

[drifting jewel]

I am

That’s how I know it’s not as good as old halos

[solemn portal]

This will never not be funny.
https://steamcharts.com/cmp/976730,1240440

[edgy forum]

Also there’s more than 4K players in this game everyday. Just everybody uses that Steam statistics which doesn’t account for 66% of the player count. Not many take in console or what not.

[solemn portal]

It's the only metric we have. It would be nice if Microsoft would release the player counts for both Halo Infinite and the MCC on all platforms, but we do not live in that world.

[drifting jewel]

Best message at night is queue times may be to long to find a game

[hallow sapphire]

Does anyone know of any good mods they can recommend for halo games? I havent touched any despite having played through all of them.

[edgy forum]

Anyway, I love Halo Infinite so much. Can't wait for the future updates and hope everyone has fun!

[distant chasm]

we love Miku

[rugged quartz]

The entire sandbox could have been expanded though

[rugged quartz]

Being the only metric shouldn't make you base everything off it

[solemn portal]

If you have alternative data, I'm all ears.

[civic sundial]

Cursed Halo

[versed kernel]

ask the entire population of earth one-by-one

[solemn portal]

Go for it, champ. I'll be right behind you, promise.

[hallow pasture]

I wish we could see the prometheans fighting the flood in a actual game

That Would be awesome

[harsh bronze]

Yeah, but have the flood evolve to take over machines

[hallow pasture]

That would'nt be cool

I rather see the flood infecting forerruners rather than prometheans

[harsh bronze]

Well not as easily as humans, theyd have to painfully integrate themselves with the machine.

Instead of having a lot theyd be pretty rare

[civic sundial]

The Flood has never directly controlled machines entities, the Gravemind did utilise the Logic Plague on Mendicant Bias but it's not the same as a biological entity being infected

[solemn portal]

The Flood can't do that, under 343i lore. The Prometheans were made explicitly for that purpose.

[solemn portal]

They can still pilot and control machinery if they have an interface.
Still, Flood cyber warfare seems to be under developed in the lore, in both in Bungie and in 343i Halo.

[civic sundial]

Right but they can't infect a Promethean Knight like they would a fleshy human

Like, they're basically space zombies, last I checked, zombies aren't building computers

[tulip tusk]

u are captured and turned by the Flood, it's over. But instead of looking for another host for contamination, u are kept in a small room and your form tries to build a gaming pc for the gravemind

[harsh bronze]

Thats why i said "evolved" it could be a fun little spin off series like "what if..."

[rugged quartz]

It's not about alternative data, it's about just plain complete data

[rugged quartz]

The flood are more than zombies and yes they've corrupted systems. Even in Saturn Devouring his Son, the flood subverts the forerunner ship's systems to release the flood

[solemn portal]

And we'll never ever have complete data.

[onyx latch]

I mean, their username does have the word lazy in it.

[solemn portal]

Where's your data, Trenchbird? People keep talking about data that isn't Steamcharts, and I've yet to see it.

[rugged quartz]

And you won't. But don't pretend that steam is all there is. That sounds a bit like object permanence stuff right there

[solemn portal]

It's not, but it's the only thing we have.

[onyx latch]

[celest heron]

why, so we can get brilliant hurr look how dead the game is takes? everyone knows the reality so it's not going to serve them any favors to post them anymore.

[fossil harbor]

I feel like it’s worth mentioning that MCC is 6 halo games versus one

[solemn portal]

6 old games VS one new game that is also free (the multiplayer part).

[shadow turret]

Their point is not (at least in full) about having Xbox numbers
its about the fact that the Steam metric isn't everyone playing. sure there's maybe like 4k or whatever on Steam, but there'd also be around that on Xbox too (maybe more, maybe less, idk, but still)

[solemn portal]

And my point is with the only metric we have, MCC is more popular than Infinite, which is funny.

[harsh bronze]

True

[ruby knoll]

both are far less popular than Age of Empires 2

[solemn portal]

Good for AoE II.

[harsh bronze]

Infinite? MCC? Either way there is a section for that.

Not the lore section

[timber shard]

fixed mb

[harsh bronze]

Your good

[harsh bronze]

Also, check out my IWHBYD post

[plush bridge]

[celest heron]

oof, playing so bad today

[plush bridge]

Yeah same 😭

[torn herald]

Hola

[glacial tartan]

@ebon island Cheating won’t ever be completely removed, there have been a ton of improvements made though yes. Unless you play exclusively ranked you’re not going to run into them really ever, let alone “often”. Hope that helps.

[celest heron]

last cheater I ran into was like 7 or 8 months ago in h3 btb.

[onyx latch]

Cheating in video games, and fighting it, is an eternal struggle.

You'll always have people wanting to cheat. It's a fact of life.

[timid bough]

Should I get MCC?

[civic sundial]

Yes, it's a six in one package

[solemn portal]

For the multiplayer? Sure, but do take not that Halo 3 and Reach are the most active.
For the singleplayer? Definitely.

[formal palm]

Halo Reach is definitely one of the best games in the series imo, since I'm a single player person. The single player is simply a masterpiece and I won't hear anything otherwise. It's up there with ODST and 3 for me

Halo 2 though has two of my all time favorite halo missions. The new Mombasa levels are peak

[oblique gyro]

True

[ruby lake]

whats up with this cross core glitch i keep hearin about?

[civic sundial]

It's a glitch that allows specific items to appear on different cores within the menu

[ruby lake]

just watched a video of it, hope it becomes a true feature in the game

and now, ill try it out

oh wow, it actually works

[ruby lake]

i can even customize the armor pieces on kits

[zenith holly]

Still sucks we can't make custom kits though

[ruby lake]

i want to make a gordon ramsay kit

[frosty condor]

Random but funny

[shadow turret]

I need Meowster Chief darnit

[civic sundial]

https://tenor.com/view/master-chief-uw-u-gif-20951888

[karmic oriole]

Any idea what will be in tomorrow's update? Besides shop update and new operation? New mode? New map? Any bug fixes? Anything else?

[tulip tusk]

i havent heard so i guess we wait until the trailer

there was show about some extraction thing idk if thats old news havent played in a bit

[autumn forum]

What are the common roles for ODSTs

[civic sundial]

I recommend asking that question in #lore-and-universe but they're basically specialised soldiers utilised for multiple kinds of operations, ranging from deep infiltration behind enemy lines to securing high value targets/assets, which standard marines are not the best equipped to do

[celest heron]

kinda like special forces

[timid bough]

you people excited for remakes of some games?

[karmic oriole]

3900 credits😭😭😭(buying it anyways)

[olive brook]

no exchange refresh?

[scarlet shuttle]

Previous operation isn’t available to buy to complete it?

[scarlet shuttle]

Seriously, not even anything related to shamrock for Saint Patrick 🥲 the operation is filled with Spartan Point which I can’t spend because I already got everything.

[arctic lance]

Real I love saint Patrick

[ancient sun]

So,
Does the new Operation pass not include any special items behind a paywall anymore?
Like the tier 1 items that used to be available when buying the pass for 500?

[olive brook]

still does i think

[ancient sun]

Doesn't seem to show it on Waypoint

[shadow turret]

It does
its Kelly's white coating

[brazen reef]

The free coating you get with BP looks exactly like Ultra Void with slight yellow details. Differences are found on some attachments such as shoulders( noticable on wolf , dragon,) which have grey details.

Anyway, looks like the exchange is running a little late perhaps?

[shadow turret]

That ones not the free coating
Grey Rabbit is

[brazen reef]

Mb! I meant the 500 cr exclusive

[shadow turret]

all good lol

[olive brook]

I just 900 battlepass xp from the new firefight mode?

insane

[shadow turret]

Apparently you can get like 3k

[olive brook]

thats actually crazy

i have a feeling its not intended to give that much

[civic sundial]

I don't mind it giving loads, it'll be great for grinding

Which for me is more than fine

[shadow turret]

Honestly yea
It'll be great for pass grinding (if I can get good matches)

[heady scaffold]

Halo gang

[shell acorn]

Fellas, I see a small bug with the new armor

The MK VI Gen 2 Mod Arm piece isn't equippable even though you have it

[heady scaffold]

Halo 2 or 3’s bug?

[civic sundial]

They're talking about Infinite

[shell acorn]

yee

[civic sundial]

And yeah, I hope it's something that gets fixed quickly

[olive brook]

yeah same

dont think it gives a lot of career xp though

[shadow turret]

it should I think
Ik Recon mentioned someone getting like 13k

[olive brook]

oh maybe i just suck at the game then idk

[shadow turret]

idk

I'll try it at some point and see
Since I already get like 6k a match from Gruntpoc Fiesta

[olive brook]

ive just been grinding firefight fiesta tryna get to hero rank

been getting rlly boring though

[plush bridge]

nice new battle pass

[shadow turret]

I feel u
I have prolly like 350 hours on FF alone (or more)

[olive brook]

only got about 3k exp again

dunno if im doing anything wrong

[shadow turret]

which mode specifically?
just normal Fiestafight?

[olive brook]

firefight classic

the new one

[coarse dagger]

Make sure and submit a bug report, if you haven't already :)

[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

[shell acorn]

Just did!

[coarse dagger]

[shadow turret]

I'll give it a shot soon
without infinite ammo it'll prolly be less score anyway, bc that's how I get most of my score in Gruntpoc Fiesta

[olive brook]

im so used to having the grappler that i keep throwing my repair fields onto the enemies

[ebon egret]

i wonder if classic firefight is better for xp than koth firefight

[olive brook]

battlepass xp is crazy

career im not so sure yet

[sturdy kernel]

6000xp for one run
Not bad, huh?

[olive brook]

the new one?

[sturdy kernel]

Yes

[olive brook]

ok im probably just awful at the game

[shadow turret]

with or without a boost

[sturdy kernel]

With

[olive brook]

ohh talking about battlepass xp?

[shadow turret]

yea
3k without a boost
6k with

[olive brook]

this wouldve been real useful when i was finishing up the 100 tier passes

[sturdy kernel]

Like, from tier 1 i jumped to 9 tier

[olive brook]

lolllll

[weak slate]

i got 12k exp in one match

tough to get high score cuz randoms finish the match

[olive brook]

what?

they can just end the match whenever they feel like it??

[weak slate]

theres a hill that spawns after the 3 rounds iirc

they just jump in it without thinking

[olive brook]

thats going to be annoying

[weak slate]

only 2 players required to end

gotta lfg then

[pliant palm]

known issue and somethign we're actively working on!

if you bought the bundle and don't have the wrist piece, hang tight. we'll be granting it to you

[sturdy kernel]

Actually I encountered a strange bug or issue
I bought a "Blue Team" bundle
Some time later, in the shop it counts that I can buy it again
But Fred and Linda pack(in separate) is counting that they bought them
But Chief's separate bundle not counted that I bought
But as I said before, I bought only a bundle for 3900 credits
And some pieces I can't use

[pliant palm]

Yes that’s part of the known issue

[weak slate]

my career xp still has the visual bug

[midnight lava]

Hey

Anybody knwo why I can buy the Blue Team battle pass for 500 credits but everything in it is free anyways? Am I missing something??

[shadow turret]

There's a coating that's payed
the very first slot in the pass shows it

[civic sundial]

It guarantees you can still progress through it even after this operation ends. Plus you get a free coating

[onyx latch]

Honestly kind of a mid extra item, IMO, compared to weapon models.

Eh. Someone likes it though, I'm sure.

[grave dove]

So I bought the Blue Team pack full price but didn’t get Chief’s wrist plate. Why is that?

[shadow turret]

bugged

[shadow turret]

^

[grave dove]

Okay thank god

[versed kite]

Aww man that sucks

[shadow turret]

This is the only reason I'm hesitant to play FF classic tbh
I wish they just had a lives system like Reach or sumn

[weak slate]

yea you pretty much gotta go lfg

[midnight lava]

thank you merty very cool

[lime robin]

I am indeed, very cool

[civic sundial]

I hope I can be as cool as you when I grow up

[lime robin]

It's all about the fans that make it possible 🥹

[civic sundial]

I have a cheap fan sitting about a meter away from me, is that good enough?

Wait no! Two fans, I have a tiny handheld watermelon themed fan

[lime robin]

A cheap floor fan is better than an expensive Dyson fan, and that claim was scientifically proven

[civic sundial]

Oh worm

[tall egret]

I'm honestly more curious about what caused the issue to begin with...

I don't think I've encountered anything like this before since getting the game a few years back or so...

[karmic oriole]

Hot swap is fire 🔥🔥🔥

[coral egret]

So you guys think there will be a osiris battle pass?

[civic sundial]

I'd be down for it

[pliant palm]

you should have a UA/LOCKPLATE now!

[ruby lake]

tariffs hit the halo infinite shop, this is unreal (engine)

[karmic oriole]

So what do i do when I crash (something that is completely out of my control) 5 times in a row mid game and get banned from playing what am I supposed to do

[untold wadi]

You wait till the ban is lifted

[onyx latch]

But what about UA/LOCKEPLATE?

[onyx latch]

There isn't a game I've ever heard of that will differentiate between a crash or a quit.

[glacial tartan]

Does infinite still not have rejoins? Rejoin feature helps a lot in a game that constantly crashes (thanks MCC!)

[onyx latch]

Not unless you're in a party with the game you dropped from.

Though, personally, I don't mind that. If I drop from a game I usually don't want to rejoin that match.

[glacial tartan]

Would depend on when the game crashes I guess.

[sudden nova]

question, has anyone else been stuck at the "press enter to play" screen, bc i cant get into the game

it says its loading, then i get the prompt to press enter again

[onyx latch]

https://tenor.com/view/monkey-laugh-meme-didnt-laugh-stfu-gif-26116802

[shell acorn]

Just put it on! Thanks

[ancient sun]

Playing the new firefight (classic mode)
My second game, and Ithis is probably the most fun I've ever had playing Infinite ever.

[civic sundial]

I feel allot more in control of where and how I engage with the Banished. Which likely comes from the lack of a specific hill to defend

I do still think a version of Firefight inspired by Halo 5's Warzone Firefight would be cool to see

[eager vine]

https://www.manticgames.com/news/halo-flashpoint-get-tactical-with-wave-2/

Halo Flashpoint Wave 2 stuff.

[pseudo eagle]

My buddies and I are running a 10v10 tonight with another clan, if you would like to join and have people to run with daily let me know! We mix between ranked and social players in Venezia.

We need 3 more signups

[plush bridge]

[dusty olive]

did Halo Studios forget to update exchange?

[coarse dagger]

No, it's changed as far as I know. Try reloading your game

[civic sundial]

Yeah, it updated yesterday, be odd if someone was still seeing the old exchange

[olive brook]

please consider getting rid of the complete mission thing in the new firefight mode

[dusty olive]

Yep! It's there now, thanks. I checked yesterday when the update released and it wasn't there, loaded it today and it is good now.

[coarse dagger]

[pale solar]

So, I thoroughly enjoyed Halo Infinite while playing on my old gaming pc, but after being forced to switch to my old Xbox One S the game feels relatively unresponsive and as such I'm growing to prefer playing The MCC, but I can't find any other players in modes like Swat, Firefight and a couple other modes. If you also play MCC and have a spare slot in your team of 4 for a firefight for example, lets play.

Also, if anyone knows how to optimise it Infinite on xbox one s please help.
Example of "unresponsive" is i go to turn and theres a delay, and when i stop turning with input im still spinning making hitting anything impossible.

Wifi is running perfect

[glacial tartan]

Im curious what exact games/gametypes you're selecting? (Ive played a lot of swat recently and havent had issues finding games, but I dont include reach/H4)

[pale solar]

So, specifically the gamemodes im trying to load are as follows and this is how many games ive actually found in each.
Firefight Matchmaking so heroic fight, arcade fight, blam fight, sniper fight and floodfight - all together no games found. Precision Slayer only found one game. Zone control found no games. Swat found no games. Grifball found no games.

So like, not every mode, but a good amount of them. And cant seem to find anything no matter how long i leave it to search. Yet all other games installed will find an online match, and other consoles all find matches on their games too...

Oh and as for which halos, i leave them all selected at all times as i love them all

[glacial tartan]

Interesting; thanks for responding 🙂 I assume you're not blocking any servers?

[pale solar]

Not blocking any servers.. to my knowledge. How would I check? And no, thank you for responding.

[glacial tartan]

Options and Career -> Settings -> Network

[pale solar]

So metwork is set to xbox live. Relays set to off, input-based matchmaking disabled. Platform based matchmaking disabled. All servers have a check in the box, assuming it means they're selected

[wooden briar]

You'll want to address this in #1075989764026675210 instead of here as that's where the resident tech big brains are.

[pale solar]

Oh, right. Sorry and thanks 🙂

[vagrant mist]

Where is the Halo Wars 2 channel?

[grave ether]

here

[vagrant mist]

There are several players cheating in Halo Wars 2 Blitz. I already sent a ticket, but they were banned for only 30 days. They should come back and play Halo Wars 2 Blitz still cheating.

[solemn portal]

If you see them cheating and report again, their next ban should be longer.

[frank plaza]

search h3 team slayer! looking for games on mcc

[vagrant mist]

It's not better to patch illegal programs and prevent them from being used, rather than report them.

[onyx latch]

You're right, you should just never report something bad and let perfection be the enemy of good when it comes to a decade-old video game that hasn't seen meaningful support in most of a decade.

[vagrant mist]

@onyx latch Forgotten games, I don't think so, because Halo Infinite is still played and updates are made, and there are still players using illegal programs.

[onyx latch]

I must have missed the update that made Halo Infinite a decade old strategy game, my bad.

[vagrant mist]

@onyx latch Even if they are decades old, since the games are hybrid PC and Xbox games, of course they already have the advantage of playing from the PC with illegal programs, even if they are decades old.

[onyx latch]

Yeah, I think the price of butter in China is pretty excessive too.

Not sure what it has to do with you deciding to complain without an inkling of relative priority, release date, or contextual relevance, though.

[vagrant mist]

@onyx latch Why do you talk about decades of the games are still valid? I see you use illegal programs because of the way you express yourself.

[onyx latch]

Yeah, I guess Discord is problably illegal in some countries.

[vagrant mist]

Who's talking about Discord? No one here talked about Discord. If you were offended, what I said isn't my problem. I commented here about the illegal programs they use to win in games like Halo Infinite. According to you, the game is a decade old. jajaja

[onyx latch]

No idea if that's right, I don't speak Spanish.

[vagrant mist]

eso le digo que solo halas de décadas y juegas halo no me haga reir jajajajaaj es que decadas jajajaaj

[onyx latch]

I literally just told you I don't speak Spanish.

I just assumed you did because of the 'jajajajajaja' thing.

[vagrant mist]

I don't speak Spanish and you write in Spanish jajajajaj

[ruby lake]

jajajajaja

[onyx latch]

There's this magical tool called https://translate.google.com/?sl=gd&tl=en&op=translate

But hey, whatever, have fun with your circus.

[vagrant mist]

He spends his time talking about decades on Discord. ajajajajaj

Why did you delete the message in Spanish? jajajajaj

[vagrant mist]

There's this magical tool called https://translate.google.com/?sl=gd&tl=en&op=translate
Google Translate
Google's service, offered free of charge, instantly translates words, phrases, and web pages between English and over 100 other languages.

[coarse dagger]

Let's move on please

[vagrant mist]

ajjajaja

[ruby lake]

lol

[vagrant mist]

😂 🤣

[dry terrace]

Did you know that the longer the icon of sin is on earth the stronger he will become

[coarse dagger]

https://tenor.com/view/doctor-who-what-2023-david-tennant-regeneration-gif-17631921334377291702

[dry terrace]

Slayer
The longer the icon of sin is on earth the stronger he will become

[cold beacon]

hello

is halo 3 a good starting game for playing the halo franchise?

[coarse dagger]

Most people would generally recommend starting from the beginning and playing in release order

[cold beacon]

so combat evolved?

[coarse dagger]

Less jarring going from older mechanics to newer

Yeah

[cold beacon]

alright i'll see

[crystal iron]

None of them are bad choices

The lore and gameplay vary, to follow them cerebrally, follow 1+

[hushed veldt]

stars wars that thing

[autumn forum]

lore speaking, I would recommend you start from Halo Reach but gameplay wise then Combat Evolved first

[sturdy kernel]

Actually
Halo wars 1 should be first in lore

Halo Wars 1 -> Reach -> Halo CE -> Halo 2 -> Halo 3 ODST -> Halo 3 -> Halo 4 -> Halo 5 Guardians -> Halo Wars 2 -> Halo infinite (if in lore storyline)

[visual pawn]

Is there a reason why you can’t buy the last season pass anymore?

[coarse dagger]

The way passes work was changed beginning with the last operation. You can now only buy a pass during its active period. Once the pass ends, it's no longer available to purchase.

What will happen, though, is that the items from the pass will be made available at a later date. The free track items will go to the Exchange and the paid track items will go to the store

There's a more detailed version of the change in the Spring blog
https://aka.ms/SpringUpdate25

[zealous panther]

i greatly dislike it

[north grotto]

I started from there but no

[tulip tusk]

if its meant to not be hidden dont tell them

[visual pawn]

Oops

[tulip tusk]

😁

[lime root]

Is MCC multiplayer still unplayable?
I’ve tried searching for a match for over a week now and still can’t find a game. What is going on?

I’m trying to reach Tour 11 for the Eagle icon, I’ve got 6 levels to go, and now I’m stressed it won’t happen because I can’t get into a game 😢
Been working on this grind for 3+ years.

[glacial tartan]

Are you on the microsoft store version? Ive heard people saying its not working for them, and I havent seen any acknowledgement from 343 on it.

Let me know if you're on that version 😄 we can troubleshoot past it

[lime root]

Yeah I think it is, as I don’t play it through steam lol

[lime root]

Ty for reaching out, greatly appreciated!! ❤️

[glacial tartan]

What region are you?

[lime root]

Australia, I think I’ve fixed it now, I threw on all the regions including the 600ping ones, now it has let me find a match, not on the high ping servers though 🤷🏻‍♂️
So very strange lol

[brave parrot]

Hi

[harsh bronze]

Hi

[plush bridge]

👋🏻

[drowsy field]

someone here

[crystal iron]

Saw the game got some update, apparently there is some new firefight mode or something

[shadow turret]

Correct
Firefight Classic

[keen silo]

I enjoy the firefight classic. I much prefer it over the KOTH firefight

[hollow bobcat]

What would happen if the future Halo multiplayer increased damage by 30%? In other words, the BR can take out another Spartan in 3 bursts.

In other words, gun fights will be less monotonous with a slightly increased TTK. It's not on the level of Call of Duty obviously, but it's noticeably faster.

[solemn portal]

Call of Duty is right over there. Halo has been CoDified enough thanks to 343i.

[hollow bobcat]

That was Halo 4.

In Halo 4, you had custom classes, perks, streaks, etc. Afterwards, it was the basic Halo formula again.

[solemn portal]

Why make Halo more like Call of Duty in the first place?

[hollow bobcat]

I'm not saying make it like Call of Duty. I'm saying making the TTK a little faster to make the gunfights less monotonous.

[solemn portal]

So make Halo less Halo and more like Call of Duty.

[hollow bobcat]

Did you hear the part where I said that wasn't what I was talking about?

[solemn portal]

High TTK is quintessential Halo. If Halo Studios has any sense, they wouldn't listen to people like you and try to go back to the slower, more "monotonous" Halo gameplay.

[hollow bobcat]

Considering Halo Infinite is pretty much dead, it needs some new feedback at this point.

Just like the match composer. I mentioned it was way too much and it needed to be slimmed down. It took them nearly a year to do something about it, but it's still way too much.

[radiant sundial]

Both of y'all have dumb arguments

If you want fast ttk go play tac slayer (swat) if you want normal gsmeplay just go play normal modes

[harsh bronze]

Wait i forgot what ttk is lol

[signal ivy]

ttk = time to kill

[harsh bronze]

Oh ok

Thank you.

[shadow turret]

I prefer it way more but I also get bored of it quicker tbh

[split ether]

When do yall think Halo 7 is out?

[keen silo]

At some point between now and the release of Halo 8

[wild hearth]

I am absolutely livid

I didn't realize that the Hellcat event would be a limited time thing and I didn't get a chance to unlock it. Now it's vaulted so FML I guess

[distant cairn]

finished 3 laso's in a day

[wild hearth]

that isn't too hard IMO, unless you did Halo 2 LASO

[distant cairn]

We’ll prolly do that one last

[dusky nova]

I saw that there was an update that changed the xp gain from firefight to "intended values". I am assuming that was a nerf as the xp gains were very high before.

How much has it been lowered though?

[celest heron]

yeah, it was nerfed, but don't know the values.

[civic sundial]

I wish I could test but I already finished this operation

[glacial tartan]

On reddit I saw a comment on this saying after 1 set the XP went from 900 to 200 😄

[dusky nova]

That's quite the adjustment.

[snow ermine]

does anyone have a file share gamertag for halo 3 garbage man/trash compactor wtv its called?

[flint forge]

<t:18386244000:f>

[hollow bobcat]

I said faster. When I say that, I mean just slightly faster. In other words, I'm not suggesting a battle rifle wipe people out and one or two bursts. I'm talking more like three or four instead of the usual five or six.

[civic sundial]

It's usually 4 or 5 bursts to take out another player, not 5 or 6

[hollow bobcat]

And that's why I say three to four would be good because of increased consistency and less monotony.

And speaking of less boredom, I've always complained about the respawn timer being 8-10 seconds. 5 seconds is a sweet spot, but 4 would be very nice. That includes objective games.

I once suggested a possibility of 5v5 has the norm, but if that doesn't work, the maps would be more intricately designed for smaller engagements with 4v4. The bigger maps can always be utilized for 8v8, which should be the standard big team size without anything going over (or possibly having AI opponents and teammates to serve as fodder).

[civic sundial]

Making the BR more effective will make it a must use, even moreso than it is already

[hollow bobcat]

I'm not just talking about the BR. It's every weapon.

Depending on the strength obviously, the general norm would be approximately 30% extra damage.

[civic sundial]

Like, if it killed in 3/4 bursts, it'd completely overshadow the Bandit, Commando, Stalker Rifle and most of the other weapons in the sandbox

[hollow bobcat]

And that's why other weapons would get the same treatment.

[civic sundial]

So basically you want to do a net buff to all weapons?

[hollow bobcat]

Essentially, although very carefully, an overall faster TTK, but nothing obscene. Probably reducing the time by about half a second or slightly more.

Combined with the earlier mentioned respawn timer reduction, try to make the game a bit more engaging and less sluggish. Not on the Call of Duty level as some people are accusing me of trying to make it.

[compact hare]

😭 why tf did the wonky ahh bot delete that friggin braidnead

I need help cuz halo 4 crashes the MCC for me, says D3D device lost some crap like that when i try launching that. anyone got an idea why?

anyone?

[radiant sundial]

Buddy, the minimum amount of shots for a br kill is 4 bursts

Actually it might be 3, I dont remember off the top of my head

What I know is that whst you're asking for is literally how it is alresdy

You definitely havent seen how pre-season 4 ranked was

[shadow turret]

pretty sure its like 3 and 2 bullets or sumn weird

[civic sundial]

It's usually 5 bursts to kill

[radiant sundial]

I'm talking about for a perfect kill

[civic sundial]

Aye, so am I

[radiant sundial]

Its only 4 bursts to get a perfect???

It's never taken more unless I miss one

[shadow turret]

Yea no ADV is right, I'm like 99.9% sure
I think its 4 bursts and like 2 bullets or sumn (ik its not a full last burst to get a Perfect)

[civic sundial]

Aye

[radiant sundial]

That doesnt sound right at all

[civic sundial]

I think the only time where 4 bursts get you a perfect was the MLG settings for Halo 3

[radiant sundial]

Som1 check plz

[shadow turret]

I'd go and check rn, but I gtg, so I can't

[radiant sundial]

Its been 4 since season 1

[civic sundial]

But I haven't played those settings in ages so cannot confirm that

[shadow turret]

In which mode(s)
bc the Ranked BR I think has a slightly faster TTK than normal I think
So in Ranked it might be 4

Eh, f it, I'll go check rq

[radiant sundial]

The normal ones, ranked might be different but I rarely pick up brs in ranked

[shadow turret]

4 bursts for the normal one (prolly 3 and 2 bullets)
and it seems the same for the Ranked one but idrk

I can only do that one in a custom and I can't freeze bots there

[civic sundial]

Use the training mode, you can tell the bots to not move or shoot

[shadow turret]

I did for the normal BR, but I can't get the Ranked variant in training

but they both seem the same overall tho

[crystal iron]

Why are people still allowed to follow you around all game shooting you in the back but not get kicked? Every single game.

[solemn portal]

There is no way to reasonably track this kind of stuff.
Record your gameplay and send proof to the support website. Do not report ingame, it's a waste of time.

[harsh bronze]

I just deal with it tbh

I dont let it bother me

[crystal iron]

And that's why they do it. Because there is zero punishment and people don't care.

[tribal walrus]

Didn’t know where to post this, so I’m putting it here, but I made a 55 second video about Halo Reach’s deaths (if the link works)

https://youtu.be/SBVyYqSs8s8?si=pRVGfOdFq8zXodtB

[celest heron]

#1076327824924872755

[shrewd finch]

Halo isn't COD. A super fast respawn timer would make map control almost impossible.

[left snow]

110%.

And not just map control. You deserve time to run the objective while the enemy respawns. To collect ammo. And for your shields to recharge.

There needs to be consequence to dying.

[celest heron]

h4 was probly the closest to that with instant respawns in slayer and shorter times in objective.

[hollow bobcat]

I never said it was supposed to be like Call of Duty. In COD, the minimum amount of time you have to wait after skipping a killcam is around 1.5 seconds. I'm talking about something more reasonable for Halo, which is 5 seconds on average (including objective modes). That's definitely nowhere near what Call of Duty respawns are. If you are an OG, 5 seconds was actually the normal timer for a lot of the games.

Personally, the timer itself isn't tied with map control. It's the severe advantage in certain objective modes. If you manage to wipe out most of the enemy team, it'll take them 10s to respawn and even more just to get back to the objective. That's at least nearly half a minute or more of an uncontested point lead.

Not only do I think there should be more adversity, but people should be playing more instead of watching the kill cams. Yes, not dying definitely helps, but dying is also inevitable. I would rather have more flow, action, and increased play time to keep things engaging.

Of course, there are exceptions, like the one life modes. Obviously, you need to watch the kill cams if you die because you can only respawn next round

[onyx latch]

Map Control is absolutely still a thing in COD, in fact it's one of the few things you can mostly control against enemies. It's amusing that people think otherwise.

[hollow bobcat]

It is, but Halo respawn timers are not directly involved with map control. I just want a more engaging experience with faster times to get back in the action.

[onyx latch]

Yeah, I get that, it's more a tacit agreement with your position on my part.

[hollow bobcat]

Ahh ok. Yeah, Call of Duty respawn timers are near instantaneous and you can still battle for the better spawns and map control.

[onyx latch]

If anything it lessens the power of map control, making it easier to cause a scoreboard upset.

Thus increasing overall competition.

[radiant sundial]

in ranked or normal arena?

because in ranked you get kicked for teamkilling

in modes outside of ranked it literally does not matter because they can't do anything to you

[hollow bobcat]

This might be a controversial opinion, but I think ranked playlists should either be gone or condensed into one single rotational mode. There's not enough people to support it and having four separate selections is unnecessary.

[fair sleet]

ARE SERVERS DOWN

[sullen jewel]

You get one free team kill I believe

[radiant sundial]

No I think its more but you have to consistently do it

[keen birch]

For the MCC achievement ‘Demon’ which is for finishing a Halo 2 mission without dying on Normal or harder, you can save and quit, load up the last checkpoint, and if you don’t die from that checkpoint onwards it’ll give you the achievement even if you died before that checkpoint

[shrewd finch]

Thats not how that works. Decreasing the power of something that takes skill is the opposite of competitive.

[onyx latch]

It sounds like a skill issue if you can't compensate for a power loss.

But then, complaining that things are harder to handle is par for the course for your average competitive whinging exam, so. I guess it comes with the territory.

[shrewd finch]

What? No it just makes it so learning map control, something that has skill, isn't as important anymore. Meaning it is less competitive. There is no "skill issue" here.

[onyx latch]

Again, sounds like a skill issue; failiure to properly compensate for a shifting battlefield situation.

If you cannot maintain control just because the enemies spawn faster, you are encountering a failure of your capabilities. A failiure to rise to the challenge is a failing between seat and monitor.

[shrewd finch]

You should be punished if you lose map control though. Not being thoroughly punished for a mistake you made via a lack of skill is the opposite of competitive.

[onyx latch]

Cool, so we're on the same page. You should be punished for failing to keep up for map control because enemies spawn faster, ergo enemies spawning faster is a higher challenge against your skill. Ergo, the failing to handle faster spawning is an issue of competence, not an issue of design.

The defending control players are punished for failing to keep up; The attacking players are punished for failing to take advantage, if they continue to fail. Additionally, faster respawns incur a further penalty of lacking a cooldown breath, meaning you are more likely to get heated and thus make mistakes, another layer of skill added.

[shrewd finch]

But decreasing the respawn timer only punishes the people who have map control and benefits the people that don't

[onyx latch]

Yes, I literally just said that, thank you.

Not sure where the disconnect is here. You seem to be under the mistaken impression that I think decreasing the superior position's advantage in order to make things more difficult is a bad thing.

[shrewd finch]

You are right that decreasing the respawn timer would mean that you would need a lot more skill in order for map control to be as powerful, however this would make it so that team A would need to be a lot better than team B to gain a significant advantage, which decreases skill expression.

[onyx latch]

Let me state this as clearly as I humanly can; Map Control should be one of the single hardest things to maintain in a game. Ever. At all. Strictly due to how powerful it is.

[onyx latch]

Sounds like Team A should express their skill more then.

Instead of sucking at the video game.

After all, if Team B gains map control, and it's sooooo easy to regain it, then Team A, if they are worth anything at all, should be able to reattain map control. And then, hopefully, redress the failure that led to them needing to regain control.

Or, alternatively, Team B wins due to the advantage, then retains map control despite that being more tenuous of a position, that would mean Team B is then the superior team and thus expressing the difference in skill between B and A in B's favor.

[shrewd finch]

It would cause a lot more close games and less one-sided ones, meaning that the better team could end up in a very close match and even losing

[onyx latch]

If you lose you aren't better.

If you were better, you wouldn't have lost.

As for less one-sided games-good. The less of those, the better.

Teams should always be fighting tooth and nail against even odds.

Halo is a wargame, not a wargame. The adage about fair fights and war isn't true here.

[shrewd finch]

Thats mostly true, however a team that is generally better than another team can end still end up losing a match if played against enough.

[shrewd finch]

I personally believe that if a team is slightly better than another, the game should express them winning by a longshot, I think that is the most competitive way of doing things

[oak basin]

i personally think they should remove respawning altogether

[onyx latch]

And you would be very incorrect. If that happens, then the team has failed at balancing.

And if you insist that is correct, and stomps become common, or worse, the norm, your game will not retain the player presence to continue having a competitive circuit.

[oak basin]

what if you computer just spontaneously combusts when you die

that would add REAL stakes

[onyx latch]

The best-run games incentivize conflict and push-and-pull for a reason. Nobody likes to handle a foregone conclusion, more losing than winning. Feeling a sense of continued competitive momentum is more interesting to both observer and engager, so stomps should be disincentivized through mechanic manipulation of whatever means are least intrusive.

[oak basin]

👎

[onyx latch]

And yes, of course, as the thumbs down above implies, losing teams who are stomped should be put to death, as is gladiator tradition.

[radiant sundial]

that makes no sense at ALL

[karmic sky]

Just bought the halo Master chief collection. Has 6 games

gonna be my first time playing Halo

[radiant sundial]

if one team is just barely better than another it should be a very close match, that expresses that both teams played well and knew what they were doing, if one team gets pubstomped then that expresses that they didn't know what they were doing at all

[radiant sundial]

congrats, what game are you going to start with?

[karmic sky]

Well the thing comes with: Halo Reach, Halo Combat Evolved Anniversary, Halo 2 Anniversary, Halo 3, and Halo 3 ODST

so I'll probably start with Halo Reach

They're about done downloading

I missed one

idk but there Are 6 halo games

[coarse dagger]

Most people, myself included, would say to start with CE and progress forward in release order

For a gameplay and graphical perspective, it can be a bit less jarring

Nevertheless, welcome. Hope you enjoy Halo :)

[karmic sky]

I'm probably gonna be on the lowest graphics for all the games

[civic sundial]

I second what Stckr said, start with Halo Combat Evolved

And basically go through the games in release order

[shadow turret]

I third that too
Lore order is best for a 2nd or 3rd playthrough imo

[karmic sky]

loading up now

gonna play in release order starting with CE

[karmic sky]

dang

I gotta download the individual games now

CE needs to download

[grand urchin]

currently doing halo reach legendary run

i am aging 3 times a normal man

[karmic sky]

Ngl I don't think I could do legendary for my first playthrough 😭

[grand urchin]

its not worth it

[karmic sky]

I don't play many shooter games unless you count rdr2

but that game is so laggy 😭

[grand urchin]

do not listen to anyone who says stop playing after halo 3. play all the games and decide for yourslef if you enjoy them

[harsh bronze]

^^^ true

[karmic sky]

I've had this game on my to get list for a longggg time

[solemn portal]

Nah, 4 is complete 💩 , don't even bother with it.
And for the love of all that is good, do not touch Spartan Ops.

[karmic sky]

I mean I have it so might as well try it out

[grand urchin]

i enjoyed 4 and i completed all of spartan ops

[swift iris]

It's those kind of people who can never seem to let go. It's because of it I detest 3.

[karmic sky]

I just bought the master chief collection so I have 6 Halo games to play

[harsh bronze]

The only thing wrong was the the fact that the graphics were new and experimental (kind of) in halo 4

[grand urchin]

halo 5 campaign is my least favourite i don't really enjoy it but its still a shame its not on mcc cuz its still part of the story. i had to buy an xbox one for cheap just to play it before i played infinite

[karmic sky]

I got my dad's old Xbox one whenever he got an upgrade.

I play MK11 and MK1 on it mainly

[grand urchin]

i think halo 4 should have explained in the game why chief's armour is different. i know the reason is cortana nanobots or whatever, but they should have at least had her make a passing comment about it so that it didnt just seem as though they were ignoring it.
that being said i didnt actually notice it was different when i first played it

[harsh bronze]

Halo 3 armour until he got onto infinity

Makes more sense

[swift iris]

To be fair it was on a old system and require 2 discs to get everything working. The One came out a year but company demanded one game per year. And everyone knows crunching to release something will not work.

[grand urchin]

i suppose so but i guess it wouldnt have matched with their new style. still someone saying something would have been nice

still sad they cancelled campaign dlc for infinite and rushed the initial campaign cuz while it was enjoyable I WANT MORE

[harsh bronze]

Yeah

[swift iris]

Something had to come out for the 20th anniversary for the franchise no questions asked.

[hushed estuary]

Never played Halo in my life until my friend got me into it recently and I met the voice actors just completed halo 2 now off the halo 3

[zenith knot]

Question. Would you all be opposed to Halo MCC coming to PS5 and Switch 2?

[shadow turret]

Honestly, no
Same with Infinite

I feel like it'd be a decent player boost, and also just let more ppl experience Halo

[neon gulch]

John halo

[fathom hawk]

Was there a silent/unannounced nerf/change to the xp awarded in Firefight classic? Seems like the mode no longer rewards the 1000 to 3000 xp for set completions.

[dusky nova]

https://x.com/HaloSupport/status/1900609192941203746

Technically not silent/unannounced, but it is kind of silly that people are expected to follow social media channels to be aware of changes like this.

[balmy wedge]

Well that sucks, how much was it reduced to?

This explains why I didn't get as many points as anticipated yesterday, it's a shame because I used an XP boost too.

[celest heron]

It was also posted here. #halo-support-news

[dusky sigil]

I just realized that the halo 4 online servers are still up

Nobody plays on them anymore though

[civic sundial]

Halo 4's 360 servers are not still up

[latent acorn]

The 360 servers of H3, Reach and 4 were shut offline in January of 2022. Three years ago.

[shadow turret]

500 pass XP for 6+ rounds iirc

plus the usual 50 for a match completion

[cold beacon]

man the cortana mission in halo 3 is difficult

those flood thingies do suck

i wanna get on with halo combat evolved soon so i dont have to suffer through not understanding the story

[celest heron]

you started with h3?

[civic sundial]

Yeah why would you start with Halo 3?

[latent acorn]

You should've started with CE first. It's logical, since it is the first Halo game.

[kind sparrow]

I started with Reach..

CE confused me haha- might have to go back

[celest heron]

reach was more of a spinoff game.

[heady scaffold]

Play halo reach next!

[hushed estuary]

I’m playing in order so 3 is next

[dim cedar]

is anyone down to play Halo MCC online i play on Xbox tho

[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.

[zealous cape]

are there any coatings that “diffuse” or match the color of the MK7 chest and helmet attachments?

it’s a weird like very faintly blueish metal and I can’t find anything that matches it

[shadow turret]

Grey Rabbit might work
idrk

[cold beacon]

yeah

and i regret it, i don't understand nothing that is being said

[ornate stratus]

Frontier Outrider

It was a Eaglestrike coating but ofc is cross core now
Works perfectly with og attachment colors

[radiant sundial]

The steel coatings are pretty close to it

[brave frigate]

What do you guys think Mendicant Bias sounds like?

[uneven bison]

Bri’ish robot

[pulsar canyon]

Hi, who will come with me to halo mcc ce on legendary difficulty

[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.

[coral egret]

Morgan freeman

[ivory kelp]

I'm stuck on "authenticating with services" are servers down?

[fiery horizon]

Damn same here

[sharp storm]

I mean, that's why socials are there for 🤷🏻‍♂️

[honest spade]

any solutions? banned from matchmaking after just 1 crash so

[abstract mural]

I was told that the Battle Rifle was in the events of CE and I have no idea where they would have been. I was also told the DMR was in the events of CE and have no idea what source backs that up

[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

[glacial tartan]

This isn’t a bug it’s a feature

[fathom hawk]

This is fake news. 343's Halo 4 servers are indeed offline which breaks things like progression and loadouts... But the MATCHMAKING servers are still up as it uses Xbox live matchmaking and it's still possible to play any of the default playlists in Halo 4 if enough people join the lobby... though in a degraded state.

[fathom hawk]

Yeah, 3 days later.. . and 30 minutes after the post you replied to.

[civic sundial]

So you're saying that if I insert my copy of Halo 4 right now, I'm going to be able to play online, even though they shut down the servers back in 2022?

Because unless you have actual proof outside of your words, I'm not inclined to believe you

[glacial tartan]

They are skipping the necessary requirement of the leader of the party at a minimum has to have a modded client 🙂

Not sure we are allowed to discuss that 3rd party project here

[civic sundial]

Thank you Panda for providing the information they were omitting

And yeah, I don't know if those kinds of things can be discussed here

[glacial tartan]

Ill be fair and say they might not realize, if you join a friend and can search its possible you're not aware they've done those modding steps - so benefit of the doubt!

[ivory kelp]

Do you also have trouble loading anything related to xbox on other devices?

[fathom hawk]

yes, that's what I'm saying. You clearly have no idea what youa re talking about since you just admintted to not having tested it yourself.

[fathom hawk]

I've long documented the multiplayer achievements still unlockable in Halo 4 after sunset in 2022, those 17 achievements are still obtainable to this moment and published on TrueAchivements for anyone who cares to look. https://www.trueachievements.com/forum/viewthread.aspx?tid=1351231

[fathom hawk]

Again, fake news. Halo 4 multiplayer works with the retail unmodded disk. If you have 4 friends with halo 4, you can matchmake in doubles today if you want.

[civic sundial]

Why would I test if I can play a game which I have no reason to play anymore due to having done everything I need to do in it, especially when there's another version of the same game with better framerates and additional customisation options in the MCC?

[fathom hawk]

You are the only believing/spreading false information. Just correcting the record.

[civic sundial]

What misinformation am I spreading by saying I had no reason to go back to the 360 version of Halo 4?

Like, the only information there is information about my specific reason for not having used my old copy of Halo 4. That's not me spreading false information

[fathom hawk]

Sorry dude can't help you.

Halo 3 and Reach Matchmaking are dead, only playable by the community using a modded Xbox to host lobbies.

[civic sundial]

Good thing I can play Halo 3 and Reach in MCC

But you still haven't answered my question, what false information am I spreading?

[fathom hawk]

Halo 4 Matchmaking is still working, though degraded since all the Halo 4 custom loadouts are unavailiable as 343's servers needed to support them are down. matchmaking uses the 360 Xbox live servers, and this is still functional

[civic sundial]

Again, you keep saying you can play online yet you don't actually seem to have any proof

[fathom hawk]

Here's your false info.

[civic sundial]

That's not me spreading false info, that's me responding to someone who provided information you omitted

[fathom hawk]

I linked you proof. You can also test for youself if you want.. but as you said you don't want to as it will of course contradict your bias.

[glacial tartan]

I tried looking it up through some halo 4 content creators and saw them playing H4 on 360 and said they had to use the mod to do it. So thats the only proof I have 😄

[fathom hawk]

There's are mods to enable to missing features (such as carrer progression,, loadouts, armory). but matchmaking itself works without mods... That's all i've pointed out and the only topic brough up in the OP i initially responded too. .

[civic sundial]

I'm reinstalling my copy of Halo 4 now to see if your claims are true

[fathom hawk]

Anyhow, the point is... The only reason one would care to run the old Halo 4 matchmaking is to unlock the 25 acheivments you can unlock they missed back in the day. Obviously several other achievements are discontinued due to needed services being missing (IE, you can't equip certain equipment needed for some of the DLC cheevos and such.)

[glacial tartan]

Makes sense - so to actually play H4 matchmaking on the 360 as intended you'd have to use the mod, otherwise you can play the watered down version for some reason. I dont play H4 much so makes sense I'm uninformed 😄

H4 and H4:2 (H2A) were never enjoyable for me

[fathom hawk]

Move the goal post all you want. The only claim is, you can queue into H4 lobbies today with an unmodded game and a match will start if enough player do.

[glacial tartan]

Im not having a debate with you, its okay to talk to me like a human lmao

I admitted I was wrong. Live your life

[ruby knoll]

ah low four

[glacial tartan]

It does make me wonder though - why are we queuing OG H4 in 2025. I guess for the handful of achievements if you really really care, hm

[fathom hawk]

Who knows... but the OP did for whatever reason and posted thier discovery here before a lot of people chimed in with false info and suggested the use of mods. #halo-discussion message I frankly find it interesting people still do queue up from time to time, despite how horrid the servers behaved when they were actually "supported". Those months before shutdown were awesome as everyone rushed to finish thier cheevos/goals in game... and there are still people from time to time gamers seeking to complete whatever 360 era Halo achievements they are missing which can still be done.

[onyx latch]

20 minutes...

Halo 4 ate Eon...

[fossil harbor]

cuz halo 7 ate 9

[civic sundial]

Those Halo 4 servers are definitely not up anymore

[quick jetty]

When i get master chief collection, what order games should be played in?

Date of release?

[civic sundial]

Release order yes

[shadow turret]

Yes, at least for your first playthrough or two
then lore order is fun to do as well after