halo-discussion

[glacial tartan]

On a side note the idea of saying "These are the problems we have, this is the money we need to fix it" and letting us bounty out the bugs would actually be really interesting

[uneven bison]

Forgot that was a thing

It’s still happening is it?

[glacial tartan]

But thats with the knowledge that money isnt really the issue. We would fund it and then they'd add dances to the post game lobby

Cheaters arent as active in manipulating them anymore, but everyone who had theirs changed is still stuck. Even manual tickets they wont fix it.

[uneven bison]

Retroactive changes would be hard to implement I suppose

[glacial tartan]

Its not really that bad, the official rank is still on their profile - its just the spoofed one was appended

https://i.imgur.com/Kgi2equ.png

[uneven bison]

Probably frustrating regardless for ranked players to say diamond but get matched bronze levels

[glacial tartan]

This was the writeup I did on it like 2 years ago when it was really bad

(MCC not Infinite, but same sentiment yes)

The referenced "Semi-patch" is that the main method of manipulating the data was removed. Can still be done though, just much harder. So props to them for trying.

[uneven bison]

So they could hypothetically here go after anyone in the comp hopper

If a user queued for ranked, but never actually got in a game, like me, theoretically, they could still find mine?

[glacial tartan]

You dont even have to be online anymore 😄

It used to require them matching you and forcing it, but they got more creative

[uneven bison]

They’re committed I’ll give them that

Committed to something dumb but still committed

[glacial tartan]

If they ever paid attention to streams of MCC they could easily ban multiple cheaters every single night

Exhausting writing so many tickets. Its mainly focused on ranked though

I mean this guys profile is STILL not scrubbed on MCC and Ive been manually reporting it for years lmao https://i.imgur.com/rApz6g3.jpeg

[uneven bison]

I want to bash mcc and 343 for this but honestly I have to think that maybe hackers just aren’t stopped by simple bans

I remember a battlefront 2 hacking wave, specifically on PC, long after official support had ended. The anti cheat for bf2 was pretty good, it often caught a lot of them. Thing is, these people would spend all day finding clans and groups, especially those using modded matches, just to hack

Eventually dice started doling out IP bans and updated the anti cheat, and that scared a lot away

After a period of about a year and a half though, nonetheless

A game with support ended is going to be going at a snails pace for any punishment for cheating

Given that hackers have no other hobbies, it’s quite an unfair arms race

[glacial tartan]

It also doesnt help that there is undoubtedly a ton of technical debt considering the age of the underlying games

I think a few weeks of harsh bans on the people who are clearly flying in matchmaking would dissuade a lot of them like you mentioned.

[uneven bison]

Some of them, I would say

The fact they’re hacking in mcc kind of speaks to where they’re at priority wise

[glacial tartan]

100 a month (or 20 per day) at that!

[deep valve]

finally got all campaigns in MCC on legendary

[scarlet shuttle]

Did they already changed the name 343 for Halo Studio? I would have been full of hope if before releasing their new upcoming project, they would have saved Halo Infinite.

[river minnow]

idk what can save this game

[deep valve]

I mean campaign was kinda good

[celest heron]

not in the games

[civic sundial]

I don't think we'll see Halo Studios when a game boots up until they release their first game made under that name

[deep valve]

yea too much work

the MCC intro is like custom rendered

[crystal iron]

apparently they changed some of the staff

no confirmations on that if its true or false

but what i can confirm is that they're bringing in new devs into HS

[coarse dagger]

They've been hiring for a while now

Staff change all the time, as people come and go

[analog salmon]

might do if they release it on PS

who knows could also see Saber and Bungie. Get why they didnt wanna be associated with the game after its abysmal launch but both are on the original print copy

a game having both an Xbox studio and PS studio's name on the intro credits would be something

[glacial tartan]

Excuse me this is misinformation, nothing like this has been announced. Please be more careful.

[deep valve]

halo infinite?

[deep valve]

they said "if"

[glacial tartan]

Rumors/Speculation

[analog salmon]

I have no clue if there’s any rumours I don’t really follow that. Spencer said nothing is off the cards.

And you can speculate on the future of halo as a franchise last time I read the rules

[analog salmon]

MCC ofc, the game that contains 5 bungie titles lol

[glacial tartan]

I made a joke asking about why MCC wasnt announced for switch on the nintendo direct yesterday and was told that was misinformation and corrected the way I did here; only teasing ya 😄

[vast nova]

but what if the MCC comes to switch 2

[analog salmon]

When Spencer has said no game is off the cards it’s really not spreading misinformation to speculate about it

But yeah sometimes jokes get misinterpreted

[vast nova]

would there be a GameCube Backpack & Emblem in MCC on switch 2 (if it does come

[brittle hollow]

I don't understand why they had to change how the game saves your progress. Saving Checkpoint is only applicable if you die. If you exit and re-enter the game it loads you at the Saving Progress mark. Why? What's so hard about keeping things the same as previous halos??

[tulip tusk]

idk no point anymore game is game hav to wait for next one now

[cunning oyster]

Halo Infinte has the worst matchmaker of all time. Only game where I go 3-20. I get more kills in War Thunder.

[shrewd finch]

Do you go 3-20 consistently? If not than I would say it's on you. If so and assuming you are not really bad at the game then it could be the matchmaker not properly utilizing sbmm

[cunning oyster]

I’m not bad at the game. Late last year I was going 15-6. Now I’m playing lobbies that feel like a typical MCC Halo 3 match.

I think the playerbase on console has shrunk.

[shrewd finch]

If it's happening consistently than it probably is something to do with the matchmaker. But doing poorly every once in a while is just a part of online multiplayer.

[cunning oyster]

I am also set my search region to local. Could have something to do with it.

Yeah I swapped my region from local to expanded and improved my matches 100%.

[shrewd finch]

Ah good to know. Glad you figured it out.

[marble halo]

Holy cow the shock grenades on the guardian remake are so oppressive. Did they get a buff?

[odd osprey]

Is anyone here who plays MCC matchmaking regularly experiencing heavy desync, and hit reg issues after the EAC update? I play swat quite a bit, and I keep finding myself unloading into enemy players like its a normal game of slayer. but then I as soon as an enemy player see's me, I die before they shoot.

[harsh bronze]

#1075989764026675210

[cunning oyster]

Why use aim labs when you can play Halo Reach? Literally the best aim trainer ever made.

[slim hamlet]

HOW BEAT PROPHET OF REGRET BOSSFIGHT ON LEGENDARY

[celest heron]

if you're desperate, just watch a youtube guide.

[frosty condor]

Just punch him lol

[solemn portal]

Late tip: Kill all the Grunts and Plasma Rifle Elites. DO NOT KILL THE SWORD ELITES. They are much easier to avoid than the rest.

[slim hamlet]

Finally someone who responded trying to actually help and isn’t completely and utterly worthless, thank you.

[fair elm]

in the next Halo, if we meet up with scattered Spartans, I really hope we get variants of allies whose abilities extend beyond the weapon they have

like, marine differences are almost purely aesthetic, so having different armor variants like MkVII, Mirage/SPI, and Rakshasa for Spartan allies that have different stats and abilities would be cool.

I really just want to see SPI in action in a game

[lunar valve]

I think I last played Infinite in late 2023 . . . how much did I miss?

[frosty condor]

Some cool operations that came with armor pieces

And a few new game types

[lunar valve]

I took a gander at the PvE mode. Not bad.

[brittle hollow]

I noticed something about Infinite I dont really like. In the mission Nexus as well as Silent Auditorium, when you engage the hunters, the game teleports you to the room and then checkpoints you, meaning you can't backtrack for more weapons. Like why do you do this ?

[analog salmon]

Canonically chief forgets his weapons quite often

It’s why he is always saying he needs a weapon

Idk why he can’t just remember to keep a weapon on him

[rustic mason]

How many matches in Infinite until I can get a win?

I've been playing for a week and my matches are messed up, I'm literally on a losing streak for a week

It's either getting crappy teammates or my opponents are Jacked

And I've switched to btb and other playlists but still lose

I can't manage to get a single good game

[chrome pendant]

Didn't they have a cheater/hacker issue or was that solved?

Is infinite still doing updates?

[civic sundial]

The hacker issue was in MCC and Infinite is indeed still getting updates

It's not anything adding in sweeping changes but they've got a small crew supporting the game while the rest of the studio works on new projects

[celest heron]

infinite also has cheaters, but it's more subtle.

[harsh bronze]

Some guy shot me with a scarab cannon from halo 2 and got instantly banned lol

[latent acorn]

I have yet encountered and hackers/cheaters in both MCC and Infinite. I might be lucky on that one. But yes, both games are getting updated, and the small support crew are looking for ways to remedy the hacker/cheating problem in long run.

[celest heron]

unfortunately, it will likely be easier for cheaters over time as HS focuses more on their next projects.

[fair elm]

Infinite for sure had hackers, especially during the first and second years post-launch. Plenty even posted vids bragging about it. Got annoying.

I remember calling one out and his excuse was “I don’t have time to be learning how to play games” like it doesn’t take more effort to install mods😭

[analog salmon]

videos of hacks being used isn't really proof they arent instantly detected

[fair elm]

true, but he wasn’t the only one. Infinite did have a hacker issue early on

that was just an example of how public some people were about it

[analog salmon]

studios dont talk about how they combat hackers, but the ban isn't instant if the client side anti-cheat isn't tripped. server side anti cheat will often let a cheater do their thing for a while to learn etc

since they could be using multiple cheats but you identify one, you let them play the game and now you have data on a confirmed cheater

[civic sundial]

It's just a bad idea to tell people how exactly you're gonna combat their hacking in a very easy to access space

Like, imagine how bad it would be if there was a channel here where it was exclusively focused on telling us how they're combating the hackers

The hackers would be adapting to the new methods they attempt very easily

[latent acorn]

It is better to not reveal on what HS has in store on combating hackers/cheaters. Not revealing their plan is an advantage, it keeps hackers guessing.

[ivory kelp]

Why is alpha infected forced to active camo no matter if the intensity is 0%?

apparently 5% is basicially 0%, since 0% doesn't work

[glacial tartan]

They can be as silent as they want as long as they are actively taking steps to combat cheaters

Being totally silent and doing nothing would be the problem 😄

[shrewd finch]

I really hope this doesn't end up being true.

[chrome pendant]

What ar people playing nowadays waiting for the next halo that's not infinite?

[solemn portal]

MCC.

[viral latch]

Heyaa c:
Playing through halo infinites story with a friend right now
Does anyone know if the hydra does less damage in homing mode?

[scenic lotus]

i cant get "Straight to the Bank" achievement becuz there is no stockpile mode in the game

[worldly temple]

Part of me wants to get really gud at the halo mcc multiplayer but I don’t have any friends that play it lol

Most discord groups for halo I hear are toxic with multiplayer stuff so idk where it would be a good place to start

[ruby lake]

yeahhh that would be verry baddd

[mortal lark]

Guys is the coop in halo Spartan assault working ?

[quiet osprey]

hows evry1doin tonight

[quiet compass]

Why are grunts on halo 4, when on a ghost and you shoot them from the front, their immune and only the ghost gets damaged?

I mean you can very clearly see the grunt, you are very clearly shooting at the grunt with the BR

And bullets magically bounce off them

Yet you can shoot them when on a turret straight in front of them when you can't actually even see them and they die very quickly

Something about ghosts

[civic sundial]

The BR doesn't have bullets which penetrate through vehicles, it sounds like you're just hitting the front of the Ghost

[quiet compass]

I'm definitely hitting the grunt. I mean you can't not do that, there back is literally pointed in the air

[civic sundial]

Do you have footage showing you definitely hitting the Grunt

[celest heron]

they might have odd hit boxes from the front, but I'd have to try it myself.

[glacial tartan]

Cant believe I went and tested this but TLDR you missed
https://streamable.com/48jjtb

[turbid snow]

Guys I checked the halo tracker career leaderboard and its all heros untill page 50 while every page has 100 players
Does infinite actually have almost 5k heros now?

[celest heron]

probly more

[glacial tartan]

It’s not that high of a bar iirc

In MCC there’s I think like 30ish max rank and ~500 more that have reached the halfway point. Something like that

[strange geyser]

Do i need all the Tablets Marine/Banished for 100%

[uneven bison]

Yes

Everything that gives you valor

[strange geyser]

lord this is gonna take so long

i dont have alot only maybe 10 or 20

[uneven bison]

Most are in the open world

[sturdy kernel]

Omg, they so hard to collect

[uneven bison]

Look around cliffs, caves, and mountains for the UNSC ones and the banished ones are mostly in levels and Beam Towers

[sturdy kernel]

They can even hide in unexpected places

Not even on outposts

[heavy edge]

Man no one is playing the Hot swap playlist

I wanted to try it out

It's taking more than 3 minutes in queue

[celest heron]

just listen for the sound cues when you're near one or watch a youtube vid.

[real forum]

sprint sux man.. game too hard

[brave carbon]

If anyone from 343 is on here, PLEASE add in game reporting of a player. It is absolutely ridiculous you get tossed to your browser and have to enter the person's gamertag and submit a media file.

[coarse dagger]

You can do that already:
https://support.halowaypoint.com/hc/en-us/articles/4403866308884-How-to-Report-a-Player

See the section on: In-game from Halo Infinite

[brave carbon]

I will have to look again I guess. There are two report options in game it seems. I chose the person, hit report, and was brought to my browser. Sounds like there is another report button in game. Confusing/tricky. Thanks and will check it out stckr

[dusky bramble]

please never get rid of firefight i genuinely love it so much it is so fun compared to other game modes

[ivory kelp]

It's in custom games, so you only lose matchmaking, but customs browser exists and you can host it with bots while you wait

[eternal zinc]

Remember when competitive FPS games had skill based matchmaking not engagement optimized matchmaking?

Really hoping the next Halo brings back SBM.

[civic sundial]

Uh... I thought the whole thing was people hating skill based matchmaking these days

And I'm pretty sure Infinite does have skill based matchmaking

[eternal zinc]

It has engagement optimized matchmaking. Mintblitz and a lot of halo content creators made vids on it a while back.

It's designed to give you a 50/50 win rate. Win a few matches it gives you better enemies and worse teammates, if you persist past all that it eventually locks you out with a long wait time. If you lose it will give you good teammates and awful enemies for a match or two. Everything is scripted, your wins a predetermined.

Even top tier players end up losing a lot because infinite will give them awful teammates. That's why comp players use custom browsers to get ranked matches started because it's at least not a predetermined W or L

[coarse dagger]

This is incorrect and Mint's comments have already been clarified by HS employees (Unyshek) that they are incorrect

There is, and never has been, a forced win rate of 50%.
What the game is designed to do, is to give both teams as close to a 50% chance of winning as it can, taking into account various factors like population and skill levels at that time. It's up to either team to take the win

Look up anything ever said by Josh Menke about these systems, he's one of the lead designers that built Halo 3 and Halo 5's systems, along with LoL

[smoky wave]

Love to see mint still spreading misinformation

[civic sundial]

They love to listen to anyone but the actual devs who literally know what they're talking about

[glacial tartan]

To be fair this particular conversation was years ago, but I get the point. Anyone who knows about SBMM knows they arent going to intentionally target performing players, yet its also true that it can feel that way.

[uneven bison]

Mint also is one of the least qualified to be pointing it out considering his whole thing is going for kills

Played against him twice, won both times

[onyx latch]

Grifters gonna grift.

[civic sundial]

Sadly true

[onyx latch]

It's sad that people continuously fall for being lied to, to their face, by content creators with a vested interest in lying or ignorance of a subject.

[glacial tartan]

at this point its a feature

[celest heron]

only does it for me in h3.

the only recent one I know of is marty, but I take his views with a grain of salt.

[analog salmon]

Team Snipers and BR Slayer are back in the same playlist very nice 😌

seems much more logical now

[edgy forum]

First match of Husky assault and it was pretty chaotic & fun lol

[analog salmon]

unfortunate you cant filter out community maps but i guess it was a mess

[edgy forum]

I love the Forerunner Assault Rifle model, looks very cool

[cunning oyster]

So I discovered that weapon offsets DO affect weapon performance depending on what you have it set to.

For example if you do the Halo 5 weapon offsets for all the weapons you’ll be better suited for using the zoom feature. Or if you do the alternate one, you’ll have better hip fire.

[civic sundial]

Which game is that in? Infinite or MCC?

[cunning oyster]

Both. But depends on what game you’re playing on MCC.

The Infinite and MCC offsets are virtually identical except for Halo CE.

[tulip tusk]

flood gulch map looks cool

[celest heron]

I don't think he's worked there for a long time, but I agree if it's recent.

[civic sundial]

Do you have anything explaining this in depth? I'd love to learn more

[glacial tartan]

Do you have some examples? Last I checked health is validated server side.

[onyx latch]

Sounds more like you're bad and coming up with excuses.

[glacial tartan]

I’m still almost positive health values can’t be manipulated. So either it’s some new method I’d be interested in or people are mistaken

[onyx latch]

They, and no, I just have had several friends claim the enemy was hacking when in reality they were just really bad at the game.

And someone who claims hacks that literally cannot mechanically occur is likely to fall in that exact same catagory.

Usually it's the other way around. What seems simple is actually really hard, to the point of not being worth the effort, and what seems hard is usually easier and 'worth the effort'.

[glacial tartan]

If it’s a P2P custom game anything is possible. If it’s on a dedicated server then it’s actually quite restricted.

[radiant sundial]

the settings allow for health to be manipulated, so there's definitely some way to manipulate it from your end i'd guess

[glacial tartan]

Obviously they can get around it. But no, HP/SP are very difficult to manipulate.

[onyx latch]

I'm not going to microedit my health score on the fly just to not get caught. I'm already hacking the game, I might as well go full bore.

Like, having a toggle makes sense for aimbots because sometimes the aimbot will prioritize incorrectly; But health doesn't have that need.

[glacial tartan]

Quite a few values are server side. There’s a reason you’ve never seen cheaters shooting mongooses out of their ARs.

[onyx latch]

Those are set by the game settings and cannot be changed mid-match and are decided by the server.

[glacial tartan]

You’re getting more into the realm of possibility, but without seeing them doing that, I would guess not.

[radiant sundial]

don't give them ideas lmao, I don't feel like running into the guy who hacked the warthog grenades from cursed CE into infinite

[glacial tartan]

@radiant sundial I’ve seen the logic myself, unless someone has a novel concept it’s not possible.

I’ve spent more time than I’d like to admit cataloging all of their nonsense.

[onyx latch]

Like at some point you need to also go 'well, what's actually practical and worth hacking'

Specific point-by-point health allocation is pretty damn low on that list.

But just making it so that I am an invincible flying dude? Practical and worth it. Autolocking heads? Practical, worth it. Magdumping a BR in a quarter of a millisecond? You guessed it.

All the more reason to go all-in.

[civic sundial]

They're not spawning in Halo 3 custom powerups in Halo Infinite to make themselves stronger, that's not how it works

[glacial tartan]

They said in MCC

TLDR: Cheaters are rare / relatively limited. They can’t do everything. No video/not rage cheating? Assume it’s not.

[civic sundial]

Ah, missed the part where MCC was mentioned

[dry terrace]

Prefect armor

Ugghhh it's so peak

[edgy forum]

By the way, Classic Firefight has been added to the Firefight playlist

Just go to the composer and find it to toggle on, I wonder if the mode will apply to established maps that did KOTH

[radiant sundial]

what?

[radiant sundial]

Because they track time independetly of eachother I assume?

If you played mcc before using steam for it that would show accordingly

You'd be suprised

Some people just download games and then never touch them too

Same, I'm in the .91% bc I spent way too much time looking for those skulls

Somehow I don't have all the amor lockers altho I'm mostly sure I do

Might just be all the different emblem variants

[harsh bronze]

Im in the 0.00001% that completed halo all scoring skulls on, legendary, and only using a pistol. : )

[pseudo mango]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1342577438697193503/1359361434957512825/Screenshot_2025-04-09_090551.png?ex=67f7337d&is=67f5e1fd&hm=af3cff81abf82cdb2e74930c5be9ef6729314c300ff5d5c168074e1d6cbfa282&=&format=webp&quality=lossless&width=1500&height=2006

This operations lasts for 940 days

that's like 3 years

[brave pier]

Anybody know a website where I can read some halo comics??

[coarse dagger]

Known issue, it's being looked into

[vernal garden]

Is the Tony hawk warehouse just really rare? I’ve been playing husky assault and haven’t gotten it once yet

[rotund zenith]

Makes sense, custom games didnt work very well if at all on release leading to a bunch of people steering clear and people who dont play customs arent going to be inviting their friends to play it

[lapis citrus]

so the new operation is 940 days long

[glacial tartan]

Not really. It’s just a placeholder date. It was mentioned as a bug like 3 rows up.

[lapis citrus]

ah

i figured something was either bugged or there was going to be something big announced at the end of the 940 days

[glacial tartan]

Sorry to break your detective spirit

[lapis citrus]

it's fine

[civic sundial]

It also would've been a weird thing for HS to not comment on a longer operation (Especially one that long) if it was intended to be that long

[lapis citrus]

fair point, i was figuring if it was a huge announcement at the end of the operation it'd be something like a huge campaign dlc, or playable brutes

[civic sundial]

Wouldn't make sense to tease those things with an extremely long operation

And I doubt we'll be seeing something that big with Halo Infinite at this point

Infinite's ran by a small crew while the rest of the studio is focused on new projects

[lapis citrus]

fair

would be cool to see playable brutes someday

[civic sundial]

Honestly, I think if we are to get another playable species in Halo, it'll likely be Elites again. But it's a big if on if we'll get another playable species again

[lapis citrus]

yea, i lean towards playable brutes since the brutes are the main bad guys right now

would be interesting to see how playable brutes would work animation wise

[glacial tartan]

brb making a clickbait video “NEW HALO RELEASE DATE CONFIRMED!?” and I’m going to include an AI generated thumbnail

[civic sundial]

https://tenor.com/view/dandadan-anime-momo-ayase-okarun-ken-takakura-gif-1624990033878390232

[lapis citrus]

lol

[edgy forum]

Guys we’re gonna have to wait 2 years 😭 (jk) put me in a cryopod and wake me up when it’s done

[lapis citrus]

lol

[harsh bronze]

Wake me up. When september ends

[round forge]

I just got reminded of something from H4 that always bothered me story wise simply due to it being a huge stretch and that was the line from the Librarian where she says "when I indexed mankind for repopulation, I hid seeds from the Didact. Seeds which would lead to an eventuality. Your physical evolution. Your combat skin. Even your ancilla, Cortana. You are the culmination of a thousand lifetimes of planning.when I indexed mankind for repopulation, I hid seeds from the Didact. Seeds which would lead to an eventuality. Your physical evolution. Your combat skin. Even your ancilla, Cortana. You are the culmination of a thousand lifetimes of planning." I can understand the idea that the Librarian predicted that Humanity might come to requiem one day but to have planned for the human, Covenant war to break out, the development of the spartan program, for Halsey to reverse engineer forerunner to technology to produce Cortana based on herself, for Cortana to be given to the Master Chief, for them to win the war and for the Master Chief (in particular) to find and land on Requiem seem so far fetched it boggles the mind. I was able to pass off a lot of the stuff as suspending disbelief but that line just broke all the immersion I had in the game, it's just too insane.

[civic sundial]

She didn't plan for all those things specifically to happen, just for humanity to create super soldiers and for one to make their way into Requiem in the hopes the Didact would've healed by then via the Domain. Sadly the Halos did a number on the Domain and Didact was sat inside his ball with nothing but his insanity for company

[autumn thistle]

Adding on to that, the things you mention had equivalents in Forerunner society. Human augmentations? Not too dissimilar to rate mutations. MJOLNIR? Personal and combat skins, even down to AI (ancilla) integration. Even how humanity made Smart AIs is analogous to how the Composer does it (Halsey even remarks on the similarity in 4).

Even then I’d caution about putting all credit on the Librarian. Humanity may have had the ideas floating in the ether because of her, but we still had to claw to the stars and beyond on our own. We didn’t have Forerunner tech to guide us like the San Shyuum and Sangheili did.

The real question I ask is whether or not we should view the Librarian’s meddling as a good or bad thing. It’s been beneficial, but also more or less guiding humans to be just like the Forerunners. Would it not be better to decide our own fate? Or do we bend to the hands of a dead being from millennia ago?

[karmic oriole]

What is this 9 gb update? On xbox for infinite

[spark cedar]

So, the Blue Team pass is just… gone? 😔

[coarse dagger]

Yes, see the blog in the channel pins. It explains how passes work now. The items from the pass will still be available to get though

[brittle hollow]

Hi guys, I'm stuck in this room on the Repository and the door just locked and wont open

Its a one way door, the door is green, I reverted back to a checkpoint but it still wont open

And of course, when I ended the game, it sent me back to the FOB. This saving progress thing isnt even working

[celest heron]

might have to restart the mission.

[void gorge]

is something broken with the MCC Halo 3 matchmaking servers ?

nothing loads when i run solo. Only works when partied up with 2-4 stack

[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

[muted dagger]

what's a good first halo book? Im new to the series (got the mcc and am playing through it chronological order)

if this doesnt belong here Im sorry

[hidden pine]

There's two paths to take for most:

Start with the first novel ever released, The Fall of Reach, which will set up the Spartan IIs, the Master Chief, and everything in Bungie's Halo games.

Or start with Halo: Cryptum, then Primordium, then Silentium to get the setup for the eventual 343 Industries shift to more expansive storytelling and the Forerunner aspect.

If you want the Forerunners to remain mysterious for longer, I would recommend starting with The Fall of Reach and the other Bungie-era books. Reading by series/release order will likely be more rewarding in the long run when it comes to Halo.

[muted dagger]

thanks

[glacial tartan]

Are you on the Microsoft Store version of the game?

[void gorge]

yeah. not on steam

[glacial tartan]

The one that loads from the xbox app?

[civic sundial]

Just start with Fall of Reach, don't try starting with the Forerunner trilogy, it's deep lore which isn't a great starting point for reading the books

[glacial tartan]

Thats a known issue - well, known by the community, a mod from here sent it to Halo Studios yesterday. No known fix besides buying the Steam Version (or queueing with someone else) 😦

[void gorge]

the game crashed right before starting a match after searching for 2 hours

[glacial tartan]

You'll see it all over reddit, been making a ton of noise, nothing from them yet.

[void gorge]

my other friend reporting this same issue to me.. only works if partied up with a stack

[glacial tartan]

Fingers crossed they fix it soon its been over a month

[void gorge]

thanks for the feedback.. it feels like MCC is dying and it feels like it being done on purpose just hope im wrong.

FFA Panda i thnk i saw you on someone's stream

[glacial tartan]

MCC has held a pretty constant population over the last few years, no dying yet 😄

[radiant sundial]

Thats just you and the time of year

[void gorge]

yeah som troll was talking doodoo tryingto spread rumors that the MCC servers is going down in the near futur

[glacial tartan]

im mod in a few places and help support the competitive community folks on twitch

[void gorge]

some* future*

[harsh bronze]

MCC wont die bc it has all of the campaigns

[glacial tartan]

best thing that happened for MCC was Infinite lol

[civic sundial]

Yeah, MCC is a collection of older games, not everyone will be interested in playing them

[radiant sundial]

That is a good point, considering just how much is in MCC atm I don't think support is ending for atleast a decade

(Just my personal opinion though)

[void gorge]

yea im suspecting this

[harsh bronze]

Shhhhhh they have all of the campaigns. Until halo itself dies MCC wont die

[radiant sundial]

Buddy stop with the conspiracy theories XD thats not whats happening lol

[civic sundial]

That is literally not what's happening

[harsh bronze]

I mean

[civic sundial]

Never said anything about the quality of the campaigns, I was just stating they're older games

Older games don't traditionally draw in new people as easily as new games

[glacial tartan]

Despite their mistakes over the years even they are not willing to intentionally torch their own game. The simpler explanation is that they have very few people still supporting it and made yet another mistake.

[harsh bronze]

You said that not everyone will be interested in playing them. But they are necessary for the story. Its like playing fallout 76 or the witcher 7 and not playing the other games

[harsh bronze]

Exactly

[glacial tartan]

Anyway, give them some time to fix it. Sorry about the delay

[civic sundial]

Pretty sure you don't need the context of the other Fallout games to understand Fallout 76

But that's also never stopped people jumping in at the latest entry in a franchise

[void gorge]

yeah ive been away for 15 yrs i was just excited to get back into the game.. bought an expensive headset + controller and now running solos doesnt work

[civic sundial]

There's people here who started with Halo Infinite and that's fine

[coarse dagger]

Nobody is intentionally or "accidentally" doing this. Don't try and spread misinformation please

I don't care

[void gorge]

my laptop isnt a gaming laptop, crashes when i try to run Inifnite.

infinite*

[glacial tartan]

Oh good youre here, here's another one (and thanks again for your help)

[civic sundial]

The only time I can think of something being left broken intentionally when it comes to Halo is the weapon pad glitch in Halo 5. But that was because it was funny to see a machine gun shooting stuff like fuel rod rounds

But they also joked about fixing and unfixing it in the patch notes back in the day

[void gorge]

i thought this place wasnt active but im glad to see some feedback from you guys

[radiant sundial]

"Removed herobrine" moment lol

[civic sundial]

I wonder... Can those patch notes be found still... Be interesting to read over those

[onyx latch]

Uh... That's not including the issues from the OG Halo games that have not and will never be fixed lmao

Opening a Halo 2 level in an editor is like cracking open an IED with a sledgehammer.

[glacial tartan]

Not to mention a list of issues isnt indicative of anything on its face. For example, the whole "MCC matchmaking doesnt currently work on the MSoft Store version" isnt on the list at all. Totally lacking context/prioritization etc.

Thought they did a fix for that a while back, but cant remember 😄

[glacial tartan]

bye bye bot

[terse jolt]

could anyone tell me what battle pass they think is the most worth

bought a bit of currency so i could get some since they dont expire, wish other games did battle passes like this

[celest heron]

maybe one of the early ones that have more stuff.

[cunning oyster]

Using hip-fire to zoom is a war crime if you’re playing Halo Infinite.

Basically the technique is you start firing your gun before ADSing increasing your accuracy, all the while causing psychological terror in your opponent.

[civic sundial]

I found something radical on the Warehouse map, I think everyone needs to see it

[coarse dagger]

Hahaha

Amazing

[civic sundial]

There's so much cool graffiti too

Though this is the coolest piece on the map

[coarse dagger]

https://discord.gg/AvwZ9x9M?event=1359618806913171717

[cunning oyster]

I defeated a dude so hard he sent me an DM saying “Reported” on Halo Infinite.

[hushed salmon]

Does Halo have a lot of toxic people in its fan base?

Seems like it does. A little bit above average then a lot of fan bases

Drat

That’s a shame. Halo has such good lore and a story. Having a toxic fan base does not help

[civic sundial]

Sadly that's true of allot of game franchises

[cunning oyster]

Not all competitive games are toxic but Halo is one of the big 3 in the most.

[brazen zodiac]

https://tenor.com/view/jake-jake-the-dog-adventure-time-fortnite-fortnite-dance-gif-5860093881418745502

[cunning oyster]

I was in a husky raid match 30 minutes ago where a teamate was yelling and yapping and telling us to leave. Then he sent a DM to me telling me he reported me. I asked him for what, thought he was a hackusation type. Didn’t get a response and blocked him.

[hushed salmon]

Oof. So nasty. Some people are just sad. Blocking him was the right call

[hidden pine]

It's about where you look. I avoid social media because I don't find it healthy for anyone involved, in any circle.

There's many Halo community servers that exist that have 100% positive environments with a focus on having fun with the game. It all depends who you spend time with and where you're looking.

[hushed salmon]

That is very positive and uplifting. I like that. It’s all about continuing the search and filtering out the bad people

[vale storm]

Y'all get lobbies where people talk? i only get emotionless robots

[harsh bronze]

Yeah but I mute then

They just rage

[fossil harbor]

I just type gg after most games and hope the void appreciates it

[harsh bronze]

Lol

[finite tundra]

What’s yall top 5 favorite helmets and why do you like them and what game are they from/ what version since multiple games have different versions

Mine are as follows in no particular order

-Air assault (reach) it’s classy also one of my favorite characters, Kat uses it

-ODST (reach) improvement on the halo 3 version and is a classic, I like it with CBRN addons

-Grenadier (reach) classy, sleek yet strong, used by my favorite character, Jorge (RIP), like it with extra armor

-Scout (Reach) very nice, shape to a degree as the previously mentioned one but sleeker and smaller, like it with same attachments as Jun

-Gungnir (reach) classy, feels strong and armored, the inscriptions are a nice touch and the Nordic inspiration for them I love, put the CBRN on it and it is one of the coolest in game

I love reach

[inner prawn]

ooop okay hear me out

1 - Mark V [B] I used it a lot when I purchased Reach. It feels nice.

2 - JFO This one was special it was the helmet I first purchased and made me feel awesome. Like a unique Spartan to lore.

3 - I like the ODST helmet in Infinite I have a Banished themed ex Spartan/ODST

4 - I oddly enough like Lockes helmet I don't know why but I do

5 - Whatever Douglass helmet was from Halo Wars I like it more then the Mark V

[vale storm]

eva
CQB
mirage default
mark 4
grenadier

[brittle hollow]

Why does the saving progress function work during a normal campaign run but not when I'm replaying a mission -.-

[inner prawn]

Thought that was just me lol

[brittle hollow]

You've been having this problem too?

[inner prawn]

Yep. MCC right?

Or Infinite? It's both for me

[brittle hollow]

Infinite

[inner prawn]

Yeah fsr it won't save my progress if I say am trying to go for an achievement

[livid sand]

hey I don't know if this is the right channel to ask this but im trying to play mcc for the first time on steam and i wont let me cross over my data even after logging into my microft account and it wont let me play mp it says "Contacting server to get the latest matchmaking data." could I get some help Ive heard about deleting something in my cred manager but im not sure its the best idea

[glacial tartan]

Make sure your system clock is set properly and synced

Clear web cache folder

Log out of the account in game by clicking your name in the top right, clicking change profile, and logging back in

Clear every entry in the credential manager that references “XbL”

(I suggest this order, one at a time - do the step, relaunch MCC and test, if no change do the next)

[onyx latch]

Me when I see a Banished Spartan OC

https://tenor.com/view/kill-steve-harvey-family-feud-yes-kill-gif-22934983

[inner prawn]

Hey...
Fair but no...

[rugged quartz]

there's one on promenade too

[brittle hollow]

Idk bro, I'm super frustrated by it also

The game also randomly changes my resolution at will

Stupid

[crystal iron]

Yooo, so halo is all about metaphors?

Pillar of Autumn= height of the Fall

Honeycomb structure= beehive

Lady in blue = queen bee

Technicians = Honey bees

Marines= Regular bees

ODSTs = Hornets, yellow jackets

And chief being the demon rising from the depths of the cold

And then in the end, the big bang, Michael says "the end is the beginning"

Fly through space it's the human race there's no time to waste so I rest my case

[civic sundial]

The UNSC personnel are not meant to be a representation of bees

[crystal iron]

Yes they ARE

Sorry but that was kinda funny I'll delete it in a little bit once some people see it

[frosty condor]

How about no

[brittle hollow]

Uhm guys, any help pls ? On the saving issue ? I cant be the only one facing thus

[frosty condor]

Restarting the mission didn’t help?

[brittle hollow]

But thats not the point ? The problem here is that it says saving progress, but when I exit the mission to the main menu and resume it doesnt work. It sends me back to my last FOB. This happens only after I clear the game

[civic sundial]

Well yeah, you've cleared the game

[frosty condor]

Once you beat the game, it takes you back to a FOB

[brittle hollow]

Yes but when I am in the middle of replaying a mission and it says Saving Progress, I would expect to resume from that point, not at the FOB

Meaning that after I cleared the game, any subsequent replay of any missions must be done in one sitting

Wtf ?

[civic sundial]

Replaying missions in Infinite without starting a new save was added post release

It's likely just a side effect of that

[brittle hollow]

Lool, ok...Thanks

[glacial tartan]

Imagine if the popup said "Saving Progress - unless you've already completed the game in that case we aint saving nothing"

[inner prawn]

Never had that issue...

[celest heron]

that shouldn't be the case unless it's a bug.

[hushed salmon]

Sounds bizarre. Must be a glitch

[glacial tartan]

Its a bug that was embraced as a feature

[hushed salmon]

Odd. It won’t let me share links

[glacial tartan]

Post them to #1076327824924872755 thats the appropriate place for it

If you posted something not relevant its possible you were prevented 🙂

[hushed salmon]

Oh. I see. I was posting a YouTube link for a Halo level made by a Halo modder that would of been great for a sequel to Halo 3

[glacial tartan]

Yeah better suited for a thread in that other channel

[hushed salmon]

No worries

[lime robin]

It is, became a thing after Forge was introduced with its canvas map in outer space.

[hushed salmon]

Do you consider the 343 Halo games canon out of curiosity?

I was talking to someone in a other scfi chat and it was interesting to know a lot of folks don’t consider them canon

[glacial tartan]

If they are the ones with the keys and the steering wheel in their hand I assume they are the ones driving

I may not like the story as they developed it but I would assume its canon yes

[hushed salmon]

Fair enough. Really wish Bungie would of made more

Bungie currently has another project going though called Marathon. There’s a rumor that the next Halo games will be remakes of the original 3

Not remasters but remakes. Like they will change the gameplay a bit and add some things to make it spicy

[lime robin]

All rumors

[hushed salmon]

Indeed. Still cool to think about though

[lime robin]

And yes the 343 games are canon. If some random person decides they're not canon, that's their opinion, still not a fact.

[hushed salmon]

Drat. Nooooooooo

Oh well. Is the Halo franchise being put on hold for a while then?

[lime robin]

Why would it?

[hushed salmon]

To be honest I do not know

Hahaha. Halo 3 was so good. Ugh. The online gaming scene was a blast

[glacial tartan]

What is this “was”? Still is 😎

[analog salmon]

I think part of it was all you could do is be creative

You couldn’t make something pretty, the maps that spread and became customs hits were just pure fun

It’s also nostalgia, but there was definitely something special about that 2/3/reach customs experience

I think also everyone using mics

Teacher, drive or die, hot pursuit, etc were all wayy better with everyone in comms yelling etc

The game physics also matter, 3 to reach the customs shifted cause lots of modes didn’t work while new ones did

[civic sundial]

The physics will be fine in UE

[native herald]

Yooo I got a question for you guys.

Does anyone know if that helmet, from the Thrird Person Halo before Combat Evolved. Is that in any games as like a reference or a callback?

[solemn portal]

Mark V? It's the closest I can come up with.

I think this is what you meant.
https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/5/51/PXH_CGW1999Cover_Screenshot.jpg

[native herald]

Yeah are there any helmets in infinite or McC that look like that

[solemn portal]

Mark V for Halo 3 and Reach.
Can't comment on Infinite.

[radiant sundial]

The orion armor got added to halo 2 anniversary in mcc

[rotund zenith]

Its missing the brim but the reach take on the security helmet gives me very similar vibes to the orion helmet

[olive falcon]

running through the halo series for the first time and like. why is all the info needed to understand halo 5 hidden in a bunch of menus in mcc

and spartan ops solo is actually kinda painful to play because isnt it meant for 4 players

[golden spindle]

is there a discord or website for halo chalss or money matches ect.

[devout valve]

its in mcc, called orion i think

[native herald]

Anything smiliar in Infinite?

[civic sundial]

Nothing in Infinite is similar to Orion

[celest heron]

there's only one video that was more of a promo. you shouldn't need to watch anything to understand it unless you want more lore, but you should play the previous games first to get a better overall picture of the story.

[celest heron]

correct. Also, in the original games, there's things called terminals throughout the games which you can access that will also show you more lore. you'll have to search for them since most a little bit hidden kinda like easter eggs.

[native herald]

Damn

[ruby knoll]

spops was a good idea with bad implementation

[civic sundial]

Exactly, which is why I wish they'd try it again

[glacial tartan]

You ran through this small room? Well now do it again but in the other direction!

(Immediately after doing it the one way, no breaks in between)

[ruby knoll]

yes that's part of the bad implementation

I'm not against reusing levels totally, but it was excessive

[glacial tartan]

Reminds me of CE running the same routes the opposite direction except much shorter and immediately after finishing it lol

Could have just done it one way and not repeated and the quality goes way up. Agree with you.

[ruby knoll]

like reusing a level with changes could work if it's not done a lot and/or spaced out

there were also too many missions i think which spread resources thin

[civic sundial]

Like, I would love for them to take some inspiration from Strikes in Destiny, especially ones like Winter's Run or Fallen S.A.B.E.R.

[civic sundial]

Absolutely, I think it would've been much better if they had focused on making 10 missions over 50 missions

Sure there's less storytelling to be done over 10 missions as there is in 50, but I'd rather have the higher quality levels

[latent acorn]

Yes. Spartan ops was a good idea, but it reused same area maps that had had same objectives that gave poor rep. Plus, it was too linear in design instead an open sandbox.

[civic sundial]

Could you clarify what you mean by "lingered in design"

[onyx latch]

Maybe do it like Gears of War 5's Hivebusters mode

Where users can make maps via templates and the dev team makes 'narrative' maps for their own purposes

[civic sundial]

See, I'd be fine with that if it wasn't for the fact it'd immediately lead to some people going "They're just outsourcing the work to the community because they're lazy" and some other people going "Look, we can do so much better than the devs, they should hire real fans"

[onyx latch]

"These people working on a hobby for free should be paid!"

[glacial tartan]

Can’t let the vocal minority win 🤷🏼‍♂️

[civic sundial]

I wish I wasn't cursed with both game dev knowledge and being a fan of the series at times

[glacial tartan]

As someone desperately trying to get $0 updates done for MCC, pls let the community be involved more 😂

[balmy sky]

is there lfg channels in here

[celest heron]

some people already do that so probly wouldn't matter.

[glacial tartan]

Type “#lfg” and then take your pick.

[balmy sky]

i just want someone to help me do halo ce laso

[glacial tartan]

#lfg-campaign then

[balmy sky]

since i know im not doing that solo

[civic sundial]

I know... I just wish more people understood game dev was not some simple process and it's a miracle any game gets released

[glacial tartan]

Ah yes, the “it’s just one value, how hard can changing it be” argument when that person has no software development experience even tangentially

[celest heron]

do it solo for more fun. at least the hud shows unless you get unlucky.

[civic sundial]

That one value then makes all the Grunts endlessly blow up, Warthogs fly, that one Brute is now half Brute, half, Mongoose, half Plasma Rifle... That's three halves!!

(For the record, I doubt changing a single number would make a weird hybrid like that ever happen)

[glacial tartan]

Obv but I get your point

[civic sundial]

(If it did, I'd be really concerned with how bad the game's code is)

[glacial tartan]

343 made a change last year that disabled the guardians in matchmaking for 6 months

That was a heck of a QA issue lmao

[civic sundial]

I imagine that was likely a True/False statement which they accidentally toggled

Or forgot to toggle back

[glacial tartan]

I think they were trying to stop cheaters from abusing it in matchmaking and uh didn’t think it all the way through

Good intention, bad execution. Kind of like Spartan ops to bring us full circle

[civic sundial]

Could be worse, could be missing neck hitboxes on everything but the default helmet option for a specific character you can play as (I'm eternally annoyed 343 didn't fix this with the Halo 3 Elites in MCC)

[glacial tartan]

Um excuse me elites are easier to kill, they are bigger! 🤓 (I’ve hated this bug since ranked swat came into existence)

But hey Halo Reach got its petroleum jelly smear back! So there’s that “fix” 💃🏼

[onyx latch]

I vehemently loathe the smear.

[civic sundial]

Like, it's something they could've fixed back when they added new options for the Elites in Halo 3, but they just didn't

I imagine because 343 didn't know exactly what the cause of the issue is but still

[civic sundial]

I need that to be reverted ASAP

[glacial tartan]

That’s why development resources instead were used on critical issues like - checks notes - end game podium screens and stances

[latent acorn]

It was typo on that. Linear level design is a level layout for players are guided through a pre-determined sequence of events and paths. Lingar level has a straightforward progression for example limited to revisit areas or no backtracking. For example, H4 and 5 levels had an "Linear" design that are a bit narrow and had limited routes to take.

[civic sundial]

Oh you mean Linear

[glacial tartan]

Are you trying to type linear?

[civic sundial]

Also like, linear levels isn't inherantly a bad thing

[glacial tartan]

I will actually intentionally queue Reach again if they do

[civic sundial]

Like, it allows for a more curated experience which open world games can't do as well since open world game design has to account for players approaching from almost any angle to an encounter

Like, I could come in from above in Halo Infinite for allot of the encounters in the overworld

Which is not the intended way for most of them

And like, the linear design in Halo 4's environments worked fine in the campaign, but when you're going into those environment again for Spartan Ops, it just doesn't work as well since the environments aren't being properly used like how they were in the campaign (For the most part)

[glacial tartan]

Of all of the things to “fix” too

[celest heron]

I'm sure they have their reasons for it.

[glacial tartan]

“Restore the original functionality”

Or appearance w/e same concept

[latent acorn]

Fixed it the spell correcting is not working for me suddenly. No is not a bad thing, we were used to playing the more open space level designs from the previous Halo entries, no one was expecting that 4 and 5's levels being linear at the time.

[celest heron]

I'd hook up my old crt for that.

[civic sundial]

Halo 5's level design is actually really good at featuring open spaces while also accommodating the abilities the player has access to, especially on levels like Swords of Sanghelios

And heck, Forerunner from Halo 4 is also a really well designed level for the gameplay of Halo 4

[latent acorn]

True. I enjoyed that level, it was fun to explore and trying to find data records. Other games that had linear level, I could think of are "Metal Arms: Glitch in the System" and some extent Doom 3.

[tulip tusk]

o p e n w u r l d

[hexed venture]

I think the next Xbox games showcase which will be on June 8th will reveal the next halo game

just my opinion

[ruby lake]

i would faint if halo combat devolved was announced

those halo glazers will still go crazy and wild about it, then they'll post it on youtube with the lines of something like..

"NEW MAP!?!? NEW ARMOR!?? THIS IS CRAZY!! HALO IZ BACK!!"

[celest heron]

I don't think we'll get anything or it will be a very short teaser.

[civic sundial]

I imagine at most we'll get a name for the next game

Maybe the year they're aiming to release it in

[languid flame]

anyone available to help me w something

[coarse dagger]

They're not going to do anything like this at a showcase. If they're not showing off or teasing a new project, you won't see anything Halo. Certainly not anything Infinite related

[ruby lake]

i doubt i'll see anything halo related in the showcase thingy

[terse barn]

wassup halo community

[latent acorn]

I don't think any Halo projects will show up at the upcoming Xbox showcase. The only thing we can do is just wait.

[ruby lake]

yeah

yknow i would be laughing if there was nothing halo related in that showcase

id laugh all day seeing their reactions about "HUH!?!? NO HALO!! WAHH!!!"

[solemn portal]

Free multiplayer with lots of MTX.
Campaign will be paid.

[granite cosmos]

i am honest to god impressed with the people who manage to go 7 and 20 in 4v4

[bright finch]

Don’t just be impressed, ask for ways you can donate money to me 🤣

[edgy forum]

I may have a cautious prediction that Halo will be shown at the Xbox showcase, have to wait and see

[rotund zenith]

Well someone has to make that prediction every year. Maybe itll be true this time

[brittle hollow]

So...is there really no resolution to the issue that the game does not save progress properly during mission replays ?

[frosty condor]

I’d submit a ticket to Halo Support and see what they say

[brittle hollow]

Sorry uh.. how do I do 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

[brittle hollow]

https://support.halowaypoint.com/hc/en-us

Sorry, thand

[frosty condor]

[brittle hollow]

Got HTTP error when trying to login lol

1000 IQ play. Make it impossible for anyone to login to your site so no bug reports are lodged

https://www.reddit.com/r/haloinfinite/comments/113xaqq/mission_replay_save_progress/

I saw that someone also has this problem but I doubt there is a solutin

[frosty condor]

Clear your cache and such.

[brittle hollow]

I tried to use incognito and it still doesnt work

[coarse dagger]

It's a very recent issue that's cropped up (not being able to log in). These things happen sometimes, it will get fixed soon

[brittle hollow]

This replay thing isnt a recent issue apparently

[brittle hollow]

I've said it once and I've said it again

Why the hell does this stupid game teleport you into a room with Hunters when I want to just stay back and kite them ?? Its so stupid

[inland minnow]

seems to be resolved now, can you try logging in again?

[brittle hollow]

Nope, same error

[inland minnow]

is it erroring on login.halosupport.com or another domain? it might be a regional issue as i'm based in the uk and based on the link you posted earlier you're in the us.

you could try logging in to the xbox site, or specifically login.live.com and then force refreshing the halo support site (ctrl + f5 on most browsers, cmd + f5 on mac)

[brittle hollow]

Yup this domain. I'm in asia so...

[inland minnow]

weird. i'd give it a day, it's unlikely the site bug will be fixed outside of their office hours unfortunately

[olive falcon]

i know about the terminals, i will work on finding them while i wait for infinite's campaign to go on sale (not paying 60 dollars for that)

[tulip tusk]

do u have a vpn?

[whole hemlock]

Did they ever say they are going to put Halo 5 on PC? or shoe horn it into MCC?

[civic sundial]

No to both

And the latter is definitely not gonna happen. Trying to get Halo 5 into MCC doesn't make sense for multiple reasons

[boreal raven]

My friend has eac enabled but I have it disabled if he invites me can we still play?

[solemn portal]

No.
Just make him disable EAC.

[whole hemlock]

right...okay cool. thanks MCC should be called the Bungie Collection (with the acception of H4)

[civic sundial]

They're not going to rename MCC that

Like, Halo 5 on its own is about the same size as the whole of MCC (100GB). On top of that, it released a year after MCC originally did (2014 for MCC, 2015 for Halo 5)

[celest heron]

343 actually did a lot so calling it that would be dumb.

[civic sundial]

On top of all that, the work it would need to add Halo 5 into MCC would likely lead to MCC breaking once again, and I don't think anyone would want a broken MCC again. I remember the launch back in 2014

[fossil harbor]

ah yes, The Bungie collection + Halo 4

[celest heron]

I think issues would happen, but I don't think it would be like the release problems.

[civic sundial]

I feel like a collection called "The Bungie Collection" would infer a collection of games exclusively made by Bungie, not just their Halo games

Maybe but I don't think HS would want to risk it

That's not gonna happen either

Like, when people ask for Halo 5 on PC, they're not asking for part of the game, they want the whole game

And stripping everything away and adding only the campaign to MCC isn't the right call. Halo 5's multiplayer has plenty of fans. Fans who would be upset if it didn't get a PC release alongside the campaign

That was back before Halo on PC was the norm and was meant strictly for Forgers to more easily create maps

And I remember people being vocal about how they should've done the whole game

That was before MCC was on PC

And doing it as a sort of apology of sorts for how MCC released is actually a good thing (Also pretty sure it wasn't free)

Ok

That doesn't change the fact people wouldn't be happy if Halo 5 got a partial port to PC

And if it was hypothetically added to MCC, what would happen to the console version of Halo 5? Unlike the previous games which were peer to peer, Halo 5 has dedicated servers

And that's not even mentioning the REQ system. People were opposed to microtransactions being added to MCC

So I imagine that in a hypothetical Halo 5 in MCC situation, they'd be opposed to those microtransactions being carried over into MCC PC

You really don't get what I'm saying, do you?

People don't want part of the game on PC

They never have wanted only part of the game on PC, they wanted the whole thing

But they don't want only the campaign, which I have said multiple times now

You are ignoring a very specific point I have made

[rocky root]

I’ve rescued all the squads in the campaign, but I don't have max valor, what do I need to do?

[civic sundial]

Grunt Propaganda Towers and any of the outposts

[rocky root]

Did those too

[civic sundial]

I don't need a questionaire to know people wouldn't be happy if only part of Halo 5 came to PC

I've already seen people be upset about Forge being the only part on PC

And people here complaining the whole game isn't on PC

[civic sundial]

Have you beaten the campaign? Because you get valor from doing that too

[rocky root]

Yes, I’m almost positive I’ve done everything that I know for a fact gives valor to the best of my knowledge.

[civic sundial]

I'm not using an opinion, I'm using observations of what I've seen. I'm not going to go out and get people to fill in a questionnaire just because you ask me to

[civic sundial]

Are you cetain you've destroyed all the Grunt Propaganda Towers?

Because some are tucked away

[rocky root]

Wait, do I have to do the ones that aren't marked on the map?

[civic sundial]

Yes

[rocky root]

So I have to run around until I just happen to find one?

[civic sundial]

Aye

There's a map of them online somewhere, I recommend using that so you're not wondering blindly

[rocky root]

That's…infuriating

But it explains why it’s a rare achievement

[civic sundial]

Honestly, grab a Banshee or Wasp and fly around. Better to search by air than on foot

[cunning oyster]

So I’m playing Halo Infinite with a realistic FoV that matches the human eye perspective. It’s really low, but very immersive and super effective in gunfights.

70 FoV is what I’m using.

[onyx latch]

... Human eyesight has an FOV of 135 degrees per eye.

[cunning oyster]

Depending on distance between the TV/monitor and yourself it can change. Since I sit very close, I’m at 65-75 degrees ingame.

I also go to the gun range so I can attest, the 70 FoV is within range for me.

[onyx latch]

That means nothing, I go to gun ranges as well.

[civic sundial]

I just bumped the FOV up to 90 because that felt good for me

[civic sundial]

That's blatantly untrue

If it was true, there would be zero reason for making anything which runs at a higher FPS

[coarse dagger]

Yep. There was a study done back in the early 2000's on USAF pilots, who could consistently see flickers at 1/220th of a second. Another 2014 study at MIT got results of around 77 on average.

[coarse dagger]

In that case, yes, because there is no way to know you weren't actually being serious - especially when people actually come in with takes like that and are serious. Text alone does not always convey sarcasm

[glacial tartan]

Definitely broken more now 😄

[shrewd finch]

There is still perceived motion blur on OLED panels. LCDs with backlight strobing can have less of a motion blur effect if it has backlight strobing, but it is also dependent on the person.

Yes some people are definitely very sensitive to backlight strobing technology

[azure kayak]

im stuck on the loading screen with the yellow halo mcc logo in the bottom right corner whenever i open the game anyone know any fixes for this?

[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

[ruby lake]

folks take me too seriously for som reason

dont even take myself seriously that much, i just do what i want and say what i wanna say

[faint minnow]

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[last leaf]

Is Halo waypoint down? I can't connect to it and the stats doesn't load

[solemn portal]

Me too. Website is fine, but signing in isn't.

[last leaf]

ok ty

[lilac copper]

Ok everyone i just had an idea of a halo figure pack called "Blood gulch battle pack"

[harsh bronze]

Ok

[lilac copper]

The idea is a blood gulch replica,2 red and 2 blue spartan figures(the size of the old joyride mini figures but a half bit bigger)4 cardboard boxes with weapons and some gamemode accesories(the oddball skull and the ctf flags)

[harsh bronze]

Like a megabricks pack

[lilac copper]

It won't be a mega bloks pack,it'll be like a world of halo one

Also would y'all like it if it was applied to other halo ce multiplayer maps in a "Multiplayer battle pack"series?

[lost spruce]

The website is really bad

[worldly temple]

Do most people who play multiplayer memorize power weapon locations on each map?

Cuz I’ve been getting bodied by them in multiplayer

[solemn portal]

I mean... Map knowledge, which includes the location of power weapons, has been an integral part of basically all multiplayer games. Halo is no different.

[celest heron]

I think most would naturally remember where they're located once you play a map numerous times. memorizing when they spawn would be more skillful.

[worldly temple]

It’s hard memorizing them for each map lol

[celest heron]

I never really had that issue. I'd say to develop an opening strat to get a power weapon which can help.

[worldly temple]

What’s an example when ur playing slayer for instance

[analog salmon]

Run to power weapon
Fight for power weapon
Win power weapon
Use power weapon

[wraith pivot]

Would it be realistic of someone to finish halo infinite in a week?

[sturdy kernel]

It's possible even in 3 days

[fossil harbor]

preach sister

[wraith pivot]

What if I'm a newbie?

[civic sundial]

I finished the game in under a week when it first released, even with me taking my time to really focus on what's going on

[wraith pivot]

Thanks bud

Maybe, just maybe, I'll have a shot at completing it before master chief vs doom slayer comes out

[civic sundial]

I forgot Death Battle survived the shutdown of Rooster Teeth

But also, I kinda just don't care enough about Death Battle these days

[wraith pivot]

As a pretty hardcore death battle fan (I owe a lot to the show), yeah I can understand that

Should've just started with halo infinite and doom eternal instead of halo ce and doom 2016 😔

[civic sundial]

You didn't start with the original Doom?

But also, playing all the Halo games is good

[wraith pivot]

I did, just couldn't get through it 😭

I did play quite a bit of halo 2016 and really liked it

[wraith pivot]

I plan to 🫡

(Except 5 and maybe 4 unless I end up really getting into halo)

[wraith pivot]

1 hour in

Favorite character is echo 216

[celest heron]

I think it's only around 30 minutes if you speed run it, lol.

[civic sundial]

I think that's only on the launch build of the game where you can glitch out the playable area with a Pelican

[lilac copper]

Someone?

[lilac copper]

Man i hate time zones

[celest heron]

Oh, didn't know that.

[civic sundial]

I'd have to double check because I remember it being ran at GDQ ages ago and they were just like "Yeah we had to down patch to do this run"

[cunning oyster]

Is 40-18 considered good for ranked match in infinite? I’m just going through placement matches.

[grave ether]

depends what you get on your other matches

[celest heron]

it's good in general, but just means you got an easy match.

[lilac copper]

Damn i still remember the time when i played ce anniversary on the xbox 360,being the first ever halo game i've played

Also i played the multiplayer without knowing it was a copy paste of the one from reach

[bright finch]

Yo, I am playing on Steam Deck. Unfortunately playing co-op is impossible because of this. Any chance this becomes fixed soon or does anyone know if there is a ETA for an update?

[sick egret]

Playing every game in ranked arena at 120 ping against the same 4 stacks of smurfs is so good, such a great experience i wonder why more people don't play Halo

[grave ether]

it do be like that sometimes

[lilac copper]

And for some reason i called it halo 5 without knowing it was a remaster of ce

[cunning oyster]

I’ve been having to block a lot of players in MCC. Most of the highly skilled players are beyond toxic.

[tulip tusk]

there r def some characters in that bubble i guess theyve been playing too long. if theyre 30+ and still doing that theyre prob just not very happy in real life so it bleeds into their online presence. i wouldnt be happy still playing the old games i was competitive on lol after a while the time sink to stay good is a waste of time

[cunning oyster]

I’ve blocked like up to 50 at this point lol. Good news is the MM is a lot less sweaty lol.

Halo 3 and Reach are starting to become playable.

[shrewd finch]

Just because you don't find playing the old games competitively fun doesn't mean that the people that do don't have happy lives.

[tulip tusk]

? I speak of the toxic ones

[shrewd finch]

oh, the way you phrased it made me think you were talking about people who played it for a long time

[tulip tusk]

That's okay np

[edgy forum]

Finally completed the entire Operation Pass

Think next week or the following the BTB refresh update will come

[edgy forum]

Let’s gooo

[teal cliff]

sup

[bright finch]

Ugh im going trough ODST, I remember why I only played that a few times only :/ lol

[harsh bronze]

Its so good though.

[bright finch]

Prefer CE and 2

[harsh bronze]

Ce over halo 3?

The Ark and The Covenant are the 2 best halo missions ever

[wraith pivot]

Having a lot of fun with infinite

Better than ce imo

[vale pier]

So you just want to stay at noob status you only get better playing better players reporting and blocking the good playing is very childish if more ppl played be more noobs but it’s nothing but good players like me who play halo MCC I’m 42 and still wreck faces

[shrewd finch]

Not everyone likes to play solely to get better.

[grave ether]

Someone took that personally lol

[radiant sundial]

You're 42, bragging online to someone in a completely different situation than you like you're some hot stuff who's better than everyone, but your grammar is worse than a 12yo's. Do better man.

[celest heron]

maybe he doesn't care about getting better and just wants to play casually. nothing wrong with that. stop crying

[proper vigil]

Man im 40 now and prefer just casual play coming back to multi games now. I used to love that competition but now just want the comradery and fun chill factor

[tulip tusk]

I understand this point if on a public tournament or maybe ranked, thats a good mindset. I used to play this super fun and competitive rts where some players would just insta leave if matching a perceived better player, thus their skill would never increase and they'd become a disliked player for their lack of sportsmanship. But halo is a totally different experience and MM isn't really a competitive arena it's just for fun so block away it doesnt matter. Unless u going for the big pro tournaments then you may drag your progress down avoiding good players

Sometimes some players deserve blocking

[celest heron]

wouldn't be surprised if this is an example of the toxic players god emperor is talking about that they block just based on this person's post.

[tulip tusk]

ye i knowa couple that even get toxic in chill custom games lol they deserve a block

[celest heron]

anyone else getting this bug in infinite FF where projectiles like rockets or hydra shots don't disappear after they hit the ground? I just see their yellow exhaust fire for several seconds before it goes away.

[gray sentinel]

yes

[gray sentinel]

my game has been freezing alot

[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

[hushed salmon]

During the human covenant war which branch would you join in the UNSC?

1. Marine Corps
2. Army
3. Navy
4. Air Force

[icy canyon]

can i be a civilian and die from a glassing beam?

[celest heron]

none of the above

[proper vigil]

Navy. So I could play with the R&D budget within ONI as a scientist I have many ideas for the UNSC.

[celest heron]

click their gamercard

submit your evidence, explain the situation and see what happens.

creation or something like that

[glacial tartan]

If you didn’t play another game your most recent carnage report file will have their xuid

Are you on steam?

Paste C:\Users%userprofile%\AppData\LocalLow\MCC\Temporary in your File Explorer address area

There should be a slash between users and userprofile (you can also just navigate to this folder yourself)

yeah that xml

theres a variable in it, mXboxUserId

I would just include the xml in your ticket tbh. but you could also visually check it, open it in notepad 😄

[karmic oriole]

Where is the blue team operation on the switcher, it's not coming up

[cunning oyster]

So uh I can’t tell you who told me this. It’s possibly a leak from esports teams strategy’s from halo. But the pros use the weapons bolt on the side of the gun to determine weapon bloom. Have done so since Halo Reach.

[keen silo]

What? The bolt on the weapon model itself?

[cunning oyster]

Like you know how the gun fires and the bolt goes back and forth? As soon as the bolt goes back into the front position, they fire again.

That means the bloom is back to normal levels.

Yes the bolt on the weapon models.

For pistols they wait for the gun tilt down to fire again.

[celest heron]

sounds fake. I don't doubt they know how to counteract bloom, but you don't need to look at the bolt to know when to fire again.

[sterile meadow]

Hey, just joined the discord.

[celest heron]

welcome

[white birch]

Bolt animation doesnt match with bloom for most weapons.

[worldly temple]

How good are yalls accuracy in infinite

[frosty condor]

Average 60-65% each ranked game

[shadow turret]

Somewhere around 50% for me in Ranked usually
Tho I was getting like 55-60% in Fiesta for a while somehow

[radiant sundial]

sorry, but looking at the weapon's charging handle/slide won't help you figure out bloom or when to shoot, it doesn't work in real life either unfortunately

[radiant sundial]

not good enough (not bad but not good either)

[shadow turret]

I agree with Luke in saying this sounds fake
Any accumulated bloom is visibly displayed by the reticle, not the weapon itself.

That trick may be used to figure out as soon as the weapon is able to fire again, but even still, most are so fast it doesn't matter, and the timing comes naturally with practice anyway

Tldr, bloom/bullet spread is displayed by the reticle, not the model of the weapon itself.
Unless we've all somehow missed it, but I highly doubt that nobody would have noticed something like that, outside of the pros you claim. Most people look for details like that, and if it was something in active use during pro play, I imagine it'd be mentioned a lot more

[ruby lake]

skull emoji

ill never understand competitive players
always sticking their own heads under the endless thoughts of "strats", "tricks", and "becoming the best"

they're so sweaty in casual matches too, tryharding in every last second just to get a little bit of xp on their career rank or just wanted to win

this is why i stopped playing [traditional] PVP modes in infinite and focused more on the fun gamemodes, forge matches, and PVE

why worry about a player's weapon loadout if you can just ram them with a warthog that has a horse taped to the front?

theres another thing i dont understand about comp players, they usually get super angry if they lose once as if its the end of the world for them
blamin' everyone else but themselves

some folks dont understand that some people who play halo also likes to play for fun
but i guess that'll never translate through their thick hot-headed skulls because their mentality is just "I NEED MORE WINS!!!"

[white birch]

Lot of them see this as their job. They take it as seriously as a job.

[tulip tusk]

Anger no good

I think its more about ego they want to win and be seen as good to themselves or other

Some don't control it well

If they see it as job they're prob more professional about it, only psychos get mad and lash out at others at their job

[remote tiger]

hello peoples

im so bad at halo😞

[celest heron]

hmm, kinda odd if you're a fortnite god since those fps skills should transfer over, but don't worry cause a lot of people aren't good at it.

[ruby lake]

well if they're putting so much effort into playing the game like its their job, why cant they just apply for a real one?

[grim gale]

Is there any place to see who is playing Ranked MCC playlists and seach? its so dead 😦

[tiny scarab]

So I was going through Infinites story again and then I rmember a youtuber named Halo Guy when Infinite was about to drop and did. He even had a Waypoint article about him https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/community-corner-halo-guy

Does anyonme know what happened to him? His channel and twitter are gone?

[frosty condor]

Not sure

[tiny scarab]

I legit randomly rmember the guys channel as I was reading and tried to find him but he doesnt have a channel but then I remembered he got a waypoint article on him and kept looking till I found out

Sad cause I was going to watch some of his contnent as I was read Rubicon protocol

[worldly temple]

Is halo infinite’s campaign worth getting?

[magic loom]

Id say yeah its an enjoyable campaign with open world style elements, story wise it gets crazy and the Brutes are back alongside new and old enemies, its a good time.

[tulip tusk]

It's OK something Halo to play until next game

[olive brook]

yes but not at full price

[tiny scarab]

Yeah it's good. Just get gamepass for like $1 or something and complete it

[rugged steeple]

man i really hope that Halo 5 gaurdians comes to PC someday, i think it would perform really well

[tiny scarab]

I sadly doubt that. Same for HW2 coming to Steam

[celest heron]

it's the only main game not on pc aside from forge.

[worldly temple]

Cuz the infinite campaign is like 60 dollars on steam iirc

[vocal dawn]

I liked the mech in Halo 4, I want a return for the Mantis in Infinite

[versed raptor]

Anyone here play ultimate firefight and get issues with coop have a fix?

[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.

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[marble halo]

Hot take: if you’re at the level of bad where you can’t get a single kill and one assist you should be related to bot matches until you can get it together

Guy in my squad battle match twice in a row did this.

[twin hound]

My question is that should this only apply to ranked games or even social lobbies?

[marble halo]

Social too. I wanna say there was a halo game that did this, might be confusing it with another game. You needed to play like 5 training matches before going into the matchmaking pool.

The guy in question was playing as if you gave a toddler the controller. Just shooting in the distance, looking around, hovering over a weapon figuring out how to pick it up. It’s a bigger liability than the guy being an actual bot on your team

[uneven bison]

Not the worst idea but like

How do you figure out who goes there

Those kind of players are unfortunately part of every game, you just see them more with a lower player count

Again if this somehow was a thing it’d be great

I’ve had players do this too

But it’s not a bannable offense to have a 4 year old playing

[marble halo]

There is a hidden MMR and trueskill right? If you have enough games in a row playing that bad you get a warning. Put your 4 year old in bot matches imo.

Id say if a new game launches, and it detects you have played halo before on this account, OR that you have finished the campaign (or at least enough levels) it allows you to skip mandatory training.

But for other players it has you do a mandatory quick tutorial so you arent entirely useless. a lot of games do this I think.

Not the biggest issue in the world but it feels super bad to be put on a team with a guy that is doing worse than a bot would.

[celest heron]

don't really agree. they should be allowed to play social games just like anyone else, but what should happen is the match maker should put them in lower skilled lobbies.

[shadow turret]

Also
If you're playing Squad Battle
Bad teammates will happen
It's 16 players, so at least one or two are bound to be a lot worse than other players

[celest heron]

yeah, that's been a thing since btb/sb came into existence.

[shadow turret]

Yea

[crystal iron]

thats..... really dumb so you have the idea that if you miss out on operations you can always buy your way back in... but then if its a pass you can no longer get the chance to pay for it again....imo that doesn't gain you money, and that screws the player over bc we cant game 24/7 we have lives it be nice to have access to EVERY piece of armor.

[uneven bison]

That’s the point

It’s like poker but lame

[radiant sundial]

Yeah yeah we get it, you dont like it, move on

[civic sundial]

It could be much worse

Like, they could've gone down the route of making you pay for specific weapons. But thankfully that idea is super dumb and goes against what Halo's gameplay is

[uneven bison]

I highly doubt 343 would ever do that, nearly every time a game has done that it’s backfired

The most downvoted comment in Reddit history is literally that

[civic sundial]

For sure

But you just know there's some exec who would love to do it

Like, I think there was a former Ubisoft exec who wanted one of their games to charge you for the ammo you use as well as making players pay real money for weapons. Which obviously is a terrible idea but some people only care about making lots of money

[uneven bison]

Ubisoft is an example NOT to follow in gaming

They’ve had some abysmal ideas that they almost went through with

[civic sundial]

Oh believe me, I'm not suggesting anyone follow this idea, I'm just saying that things could be much worse

[radiant sundial]

What is this a militia?

It'd teach people not to waste ammo atleast lol

[civic sundial]

Aye but I don't think it'd be fun for players to have to buy three magazines of BR ammo, only to immediately die because someone shilled out for a SPNKr

[tulip tusk]

That's the far future of vr gaming. Alternate game life but u still need to buy normal life stuff but it's ingame

[marble halo]

Not talking about bad teammates. Talking about teammates that might as well be AFK.

Like doesnt know how to contorl his charactier tier stuff. Infinite has great bot games. Just play those until you can demonstrate competency

[radiant sundial]

they removed bot bootcamp so oh well

also with as big of a pool as squad battle and BTB pull from, you're just bound to get teammates who are new/still learning the game

[civic sundial]

Or teammates like me who are only going for a splatter kill so I can complete my weekly challenges before going back to Firefight

[marble halo]

Oh I didn’t know this rip

I think I’d have to also concede we don’t have the population anymore for it

[shadow turret]

literally all you're missing out on is SP
and you don't have to pay for previously free armor either, bc it goes to the Exchange, and payed items and Premiums go to the store about 2 updates later

and yes for the 50 tier passes, the payed armor sets will prolly be more expensive when they go to the store, but still

[lost fulcrum]

is Forbidden not optimized that well?

idk how else 3070ti is not good enough to run 120 FPS consistent

[noble night]

i run on a 3050 8gb and i get like 240 fps

the game was soooooo good before this csr update garbage. I played much halo with my cousin who isnt great. Gold 6, Where as i am diamond 6. Can i please ask what was wrong w it before?! Yes the Csr difference is huge. I get the whole smurfing accounts problem. But I never got out of diamond 6. This goes to show that Its all fair. Everytime i check my Halo tracker, It was always atleast 50/50. Most of the time 55/45 giving the opponents the edge. I now cannot play ranked arena with any of my friends. Which is the only time i play. Time to drop infinite for good i rekon. So unneeded when the player count is sooooo ridiculously low. Most of the time i cant even find a match in solo queue.

And by the way. Did anyone complain about people smurfing? i mean seriously. Feel free to post a link and ill check it out.

[left snow]

It's unfortunate that some genuine lobbies are hurt by the CSR limits.

But something had to give. And I would argue that Ranked should have even tighter restrictions on squad CSR ranges.

Although HS just went and made the problem 1000x worse when they formed lobbies on CSR. That just opened the door for Smurfs to walk right on through. 😦

...

Ideally the rank that you earn should be applied to that specific squad.

Like in rowing. You can compete individually. But you get the same ranking as your team if you row doubles, quads, or eights. Form a different squad of four with different mates and earn yourself a different ranking for that outfit.

It would be cool if you could name said teams. 🙂

That way friends of any range can get together and play whenever they want.

[bright finch]

Hey, got a question about Halo 3 ODST, hopefully someone can help me out. I’m trying to collect all the audio logs but Audio Log 13 is not activating for me, nor 14 btw

I just picked up 10,11,12 but 13 is just dead when I come to the place.

[solemn portal]

If that's your first playthrough, some audio logs can only be acquired after you reached a specific story point.

[bright finch]

Nah, finished the game several times already. I am trying to get them now on rally point 8 mombasa streets

[solemn portal]

You do know there isn't a specific order for audio logs, right? Maybe you picked them up in an earlier playthrough?

[bright finch]

Don’t have the achievement for them, I just restarted the story to try it again, no clue why it doesnt work

[bright finch]

I read this wrong, thanks for this. Its working fine now xD

[celest heron]

When have people not complained about smurfs? you can search in the server and the old waypoint forums always had posts about it.

[bright finch]

28 logs found, can’t find the last one lmao

[solemn portal]

Or they could use the Wayback Machine on Bungie.net and discover threads after threads of people smurfing to level 50 in ranked.

[wraith pivot]

||I'm at the scene where master chief comforts echo 216 with the "it's what makes us human" line, how close am I to finishing the game?||

[celest heron]

Don't end it or it might bug.

[uneven bison]

That’s a pretty good halfway or little before halfway point

[wraith pivot]

i gotta lock in then

[bright finch]

Huh? I…just ended xD I am not in the mood to run around any longer

[celest heron]

have you done the logs before?

[glacial tartan]

Smurfing in those days was also much much different than now - mainly because of the populations if I had to guess. You could play MANY games before ever running into the same person again. Nowadays not so much.

[bright finch]

Nope

[celest heron]

Oh, well there's a bug that can happen if you do all the ones before the last one and then quit the game. If that happens the very last log with the cop won't trigger.

[night ridge]

My buddy and I are doing CE LASO, and Truth and Reconciliation has completely stopped us. It is actually insane

[bright finch]

You know how to do the spawn bug once you got into the ship?

T&R took me 24 hours of total gametime to do on LASO. I restarted the mission several times.

[night ridge]

We got about 4 hours into the fight in the first room, but I’m not sure how to do that. I attempted to do the wraith belly jump but got nowhere

We can effectively clear up to the ship, but by the time we reach it we’re basically out of sniper ammo and grenades and just get bogged down by gold elites

[celest heron]

you don't want to use sniper on everything. try and use grunts to your advantage since they can do chain explosions.

[bright finch]

You know you can use a ‘trick’ to get unlimited ammo right?

[solemn portal]

From what I've seen, speedrunners use the Plasma Pistol a lot. Learn to use it accordingly.

[bright finch]

So the moment you need to reload, you change the weapon that is reloading for a weapon on the ground. You can hear the reloading sound and once it’s finished, the weapon is reloaded without losing ammo.

[bright finch]

You need to check youtube on how to bug the first room on the ship. Makes it so much easier.

[bright finch]

https://youtu.be/bR7nmEAfLSU?si=kc8_33zCvNl6AoOs follow this guy his guides, it’s perfect

[night ridge]

Thanks that is super helpful. I’ve definitely tried the infinite ammo bug but I can’t quite seem to pull it off, I’ll have to practice it

[bright finch]

On the first room, you basically need to run into one of the gates and hide around the corner, I am sure if you check youtube that you will find the video informing you how to do it flawlessly

[bright finch]

It is more difficult with certain weapons, sniper is one of the easiest.

[night ridge]

Yeah, it’s Definitely tough not being able to rely on it. The assault rifle is worse than a nerf gun

[bright finch]

Pistol and plasma = ❤️

[night ridge]

Yeah 100%, the worst part of CE laso is no covenant weapons

[celest heron]

let the enemies fill up the room after you hide and then come back to shoot a grunt and they'll clear most of it out if you get lucky.

[bright finch]

Well covenant weapons or not, you got ‘possibly’ infinite ammo with the sniper so

And in the end @night ridge Halo CE on Laso is, in my honest opinion, the best Laso experience you can get.

[night ridge]

Yeah 100% what gun should I use to do the juggle, since I think the only guns on TAR up to that point are the AR and the Sniper?

[celest heron]

I like that we still get hud elements.

[night ridge]

The first two missions were quite fun, he and I got over halfway through Reach LASO in our anger at CE

[night ridge]

I’ve become a master at just guessing where the middle of my screen is from 3 and Reach

[bright finch]

Ahh xD I used a tiny part of a ‘post it’ lol

[celest heron]

yeah, that's the easiest way

[night ridge]

That’s what my buddy was doing, but I had no tape in my house so I decided to wing it

[bright finch]

Once you beat T&R you will be able to beat the entire game and also 2.

In my opinion it was the biggest and best test troughout those 2 games. Even the notorious ‘Gravemind’ is a piece of cake once you got T&R completed.

[night ridge]

Haha that’s the hope!

Oh man I am dreading Gravemind. Even on legendary that first room is a damn nightmare.

[bright finch]

But you are 2 manning it, so it will be quite doable

All you need to make sure is that you will get ontop of those cages that open

And also the elevator skip is tricky but not really difficult. Just make sure you don’t fail because if you do and don’t quit the game in time, you will have a checkpoint 🤣

[night ridge]

We did a legendary run where we were stuck in the elevator to the prison room with a checkpoint. What a nightmare

With Masterblaster too, that skulls is fun for messing around but it is so destructive

[bright finch]

AHAHAHAHA 🤣 well, I guess you guys got toughened up by that 😛

[night ridge]

Yeah we did that skull on Regret Legendary to knock out “Needs More Wammy Bar” and “Like Peanut Butter and Chocolate” at the same time

[bright finch]

I can’t remember those achievements 😂 soon enough I’ll jump into halo 2 again.

[merry hazel]

Me and my friend recently completed CE LASO and are going on our 1st attempt at Gravemind LASO tonight

And let me tell you, in my humble opinion, there is no more painful experience in all of Halo LASO than Truth and Reconciliation

1. TaR
2. The Library
3. Cairo Station (maybe Gravemind)

[bright finch]

Ah man, you didn’t have fun in the Library? 😛

[merry hazel]

It was fun but I think I may have broken my B button from spamming melee so much. Took us roughly 6 hours to beat that mission. However, on TAR, we have almost 20 hours combined trying to beat it. Got good and beat it in a 3.5 hr run

General consensus is that Halo 2 LASO is harder than Halo 1, but personally I think CE is the true experience

[night ridge]

My biggest fear is Library, but CE flood in general is awful

[merry hazel]

TAR is much worse but library is not fun. Lots of RNG and tough checkpoints. The last checkpoint where the final door opens and you have to make a break for the index took us 2.5 hrs alone. If not for that, we beat it in 3 hours

I’ve thought about streaming our Gravemind run but I don’t think people want to listen to “BRUTES!” or “Here chief, jump in!” 40,000 times

[bright finch]

Well, you know in the end, you got it done and there are not many people who can say that.

I think in terms of solo experience, LASO CE&2 were one of my best ones during 30+ years of gaming

[merry hazel]

Saving and quitting so many times would drive me mad if I was in solo. Me and my buddy were 6 when we started playing CE on Mac in my basement. One person was on mouse the other would use the keyboard lol

So we got roughly 20 years each on halo

[night ridge]

Mad respect for doing it solo, that would actually make me go crazy

[night ridge]

The only thing about 2 is that it has super easy skips, like the Mertopolis one and Great Journey

[bright finch]

Thanks !

[bright finch]

DAMN!!!! That’s a lot of effort man! I started playing halo in late 2021 for the first time. I regret not having an original Xbox , for when Halo was released first. One of the best FPS experiences ever. Compareable to Modern Warfare when it came out.

[bright finch]

Halo 2 is more about skips in my opinion than CE. Some parts were perhaps more intense, but that intensity that halo 2 as a hole game contains is present in TAR and Two Betrayals.

[night ridge]

I’m honestly more stressed about Halo 2 legendary under three hours than Halo LASO

At least LASO has no time limit

[bright finch]

Yeah…that is going to be a wild one. Total different ballgame than Laso. But then again, practice makes perfect!

[bright finch]

https://images.steamusercontent.com/ugc/24315184043092540/97B356159253A6CAF05936134C069828201CAC36/

@celest heron @solemn portal ty for the help! Got all the audio logs ❤️

289 achievements to go

[heavy edge]

Bro the BTB refresh playlist is dead

How is that possible

[devout valve]

It has blood gulch

[heavy edge]

Ive been queuing for 2 minutes and still no match

[tulip tusk]

every1 is playing Oblivion

[hasty cobalt]

WHAT did they do to BTB??? Stop ruining the maps with every update.. WE DONT WANT REGULAR BTB TO BE HEAVIES!!! We dont want drop pods everywhere and loads of vehicles. Dont need banshee and wasp on every map! dont need tanks everywhere... what are you even doing?!?!?

[tulip tusk]

i havent rlly played much infinite btb but i remember h3 btb heavies being super fun

reach heavies as well

[celest heron]

flood gulch gets scorpion tanks and I already saw a game where one almost got a hundred kills with it.

[shadow turret]

Pathetic, I've gotten over a thousand in Firefight

[tulip tusk]

scorps are such a menace i feel wraith is a nicer choice for heavies. they r good but not snipers

like instead of scorp put wraith

[short flower]

I finally, finally got the stinkin rocket jump down once for getting the bandanna skull! (Halo CE Anniversary, not MCC)

finally got up there to be able to get that skull

[bright finch]

Library right?

Nvm that is a grenade jump

[short flower]

Silent Cartographer!

[bright finch]

Ah for the speedrun lol, that stuff was so wack when I saw it lmao

[edgy forum]

Will there be an update or later fix for the BTB Refresh playlist? It seems like the time to search for a match is long! Hope it gets better for the BTB crowd.

[limpid python]

X2

I cant find a match in btb refresh and have all modes selected

😭

[coarse dagger]

Might be worth submitting a support ticket if you're having issues, even after restarting your game

[limpid python]

How i do that?

[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

[bright finch]

@night ridge TAR finished yet?

[night ridge]

We’ll be attempting again tonight, but if we’re unable to complete it in under like 3 hours we’ll probably just finish Reach

[bright finch]

I believe in you!

So does Obi Wan

[night ridge]

Thank you! Worst case scenario, CE gets pushed to the end of the LASO line

[bright finch]

https://tenor.com/view/obi-wan-use-the-force-force-think-jedi-gif-17003100

[marble halo]

Did they significantly buff shocks?

Any map in ranked I feel like they are the most powerful thing on the map lmao

Incredible damage, range, duration. Guaranteed damage.

[radiant sundial]

No, people are just good with it

Its a simple weapon to use that when used correctly, is very effective

[marble halo]

I’m talking about the grenades

[radiant sundial]

Oh

Point stands lol

I think they got nerfed if anything

But remember shock damage jumps between players so if your team is clustered it's even worse

Area denial at it's finest

[shadow turret]

And weapons, equipment pads, and weapon pads

[teal silo]

Shocks just punish bad positioning, honestly

[radiant sundial]

I believe it only jumps via equipment, not via pads

[shadow turret]

It jumps via pads
Maybe not on Dynamo nades yea, idrk bc I don't use them, but shock weapons can jump with pads

[marble halo]

I feel it it punishes everything. We treat it as a power weapon on maps and are successful at that but it feels weird to be treating a grenade spawn as such lol

It’s brutal on that guardian remake

Feels very good easy to toss 2 and get a guaranteed kill

[teal silo]

Yeah it’s wild how something that used to be a throwaway pickup is now basically a map control tool

[delicate ferry]

Hey I need a lil help where is the channel for tech?

#1075989764026675210

[green prawn]

hm

[bright finch]

Sup

[green prawn]

Feel like a "new" recruit still btw

Its very intresting becuse know I have been playning Halo now for some time. But I feel like I have so much to learn 🙂

[bright finch]

🤣 well, I came back playing MCC after 3-4 years and felt/feel kinda new too still

[green prawn]

I hope you enjoy the game to man

[bright finch]

Well, I need to finish a few LASO games still (ODST, 3,4,Reach) and I don’t feel like it but I want to get that achievement

[green prawn]

While it may sound strange it feels a little bit like you join a fraction or something. Not just play a game

Hm yeah MCC feels like it have maybe one of better or most rewarding achievement or systems 🙂

its a nice list imo 🙂

[bright finch]

I guess, I feel like those games are so much different from Halo CE and 2

[green prawn]

hm not sure. Halo 3 feels at least a little bit but I guess not so much diffrent then lets say Halo 2 🙂

[sturdy kernel]

Halo 2 on legendary💀

I played it thrice

[green prawn]

Still "in progess" hehe

or on a break atm..

First mission done there

[sturdy kernel]

I would better play halo 3 on legendary, rather than Halo 2 on legendary

[bright finch]

I like CE and 2 on Legendary. It was really great. The other games feel like a task which I do not like

[green prawn]

@sturdy kernel That is the game am at now man 🙂

But it be very cool to beat CE on that diffcullity was well hehe

[sturdy kernel]

Good luck with jackal-snipers

[green prawn]

I thought almost that you know that btw 🙂

[hard oracle]

He has no chance

[sturdy kernel]

CE is just boring, better to beat it once, and forget about that nightmare

[hard oracle]

I don't agree it's not boring it's very cool

[bright finch]

CE boring? 😮 It is my favorite out of all the halo games

[hard oracle]

Exactly

[sturdy kernel]

Yes, it is

[hard oracle]

It's not even close to being boring

[bright finch]

What do you consider boring, ‘lack’ of weapons or vehicles you can get into?

[green prawn]

Well I guess you can have diffrent opinoins about that man. I thought that is was brilliant tbh hehe

[hard oracle]

It's less boring than halo infinite halo infinite is too repetitive look Banished base outpost open world forerunner structure that's all

[hard oracle]

Halo ce is brilliant man never gonna get bored

[sturdy kernel]

Level copy pasta
The first time when i played it, I managed to lose damn way