halo-discussion

[shrewd pewter]

Should I buy infinites campaign

[copper burrow]

Does Halo infinite campaign ever go on sale?

I would like to have it but I can't really pay 66$ atm.

[shadow turret]

It does but not often
I think I've seen it go on sale once maybe twice on Steam, and I've been playing since the end of Season 2

It might start to more but idk

[copper burrow]

There's seasons? I don't know anything about infinite 😭 I'll just add it to wishlist and keep eye on it.. thank you!

[sturdy kernel]

MP is free

You need to buy only campaign

[shadow turret]

Yea, there's a ton of battle passes lol
They switched from "seasons" a while ago, but the first few were

And np :3

[fierce pollen]

is infinite down atm? I'm getting the message "No dedicated servers are available for your version of halo infinite at this time"

[copper burrow]

Yeah I know but sone of us don't have 66$ to spend, hence why I asked if sale

[shadow turret]

Did your game update today?
Bc there was an update

[copper burrow]

I can wait for the sale tho, even if infrequently.

[fierce pollen]

steam isn't showing that there is an update to install... so i'm assuming it already updated

[shadow turret]

Odd

[fierce pollen]

mmmm in the updates section in steam is shows installed content updated Oct 8. so seems like it may not have

[shadow turret]

Yea, try making Steam look for updates for it (I think there's a way but I don't remember how)
Or you may have to reinstall if it won't update on its own

[winged hazel]

"enter my bloodstained world of scifi intrigue even though you probably have already"
"ok master chief"
"$60"
"no master chief"

[fierce pollen]

i fully exited and relaunched steam and now it's installing the update

[shadow turret]

Ah nice

I don't usually have issues with it but sometimes Steam can be a bit silly

[fierce pollen]

yeah.. definitely can be occasionally

[copper burrow]

At least I have the master chief collection, it'll suffice, for now.

[frosty condor]

Check Amazon for a physical copy cause I found one at my retail store for $10

(It was on sale)

[livid cobalt]

Hot take: remove the plasma pistol from the sandbox. I don't even hate using it, but it weakens the balance by making automatic weapons useless with its sheer presence

[rotund zenith]

It goes on sale for pretty much every major/seasonal steam sale, from 60usd to 20. Thisll be reflected on the other storefronts as well. Autumn sale at the end of November is likely to be the next one

[vale pebble]

that is hot, why remove it if it's an optional pickup that is a lot of the time an upgrade from most automatic weapons? ur rewarded for exploring the map and finding weapons that are not the default to kill enemies faster. plus, super helpful in vehicle maps

[stoic sky]

I was playing Halo CE Blood Gulch CTF with my friends, so we had four player split screen, and we drove four Warthogs into the center of the map, we all jumped on the guns, and any player who joined the match was quickly destroyed.

Proof that split screen multiplayer is so underrated these days

[heavy geode]

Splitscreen is great and it makes any game more fun even if its an otherwise mid game

[livid cobalt]

Because it's TOO good to not use whenever you don't have access to a power weapon

Legendary is designed so that it is the only reliable way to take down elites

[vale pebble]

r u saying pp is too good in multiplayer or campaign? also which halo?

[vale pebble]

nah gameplay is designed so any plasma, emp, power, or vehicle weapon can take them down. Even getting in close with a shotgun or spray with an automatic weapon gets their shields down very quick, and sustained fire from range with a precision weapon also works. pp just happens to be one of the best, if not the best method for dealing with them and theres nothing wrong with that cuz it still takes skill to land shots

[civic sundial]

And regardless of that fact, it's a very steep hill to try and convince the Halo community that the Plasma Pistol should be removed from the games going forward, especially with how much of a fuss people have kicked up over other weapons not returning like the Plasma Rifle, Needle Rifle or the Fuel Rod Gun

[vale pebble]

i dont think it should anyway, such a versatile gun that does reward skill so i dont see a reason to remove it

[civic sundial]

Aye, I agree, there's no reason to remove it

[livid cobalt]

Campaign, all of them

Less in 2 because non shielded enemies are more common

And to a lesser extent 1 and 3

[livid cobalt]

Automatic is the weakest option by far, if you don't believe me have another go at legendary

[vale pebble]

ur argument is that the pp makes it so that no one picks up an automatic weapon but i argue that im prob still not gonna pick one up as long as i have a precision weapon

im sure theres more u can do, but all i can think of now based on what weve talked about is that u can either nerf the sandbox and remove stuff like the pp to try to let auto weapons shine more, or just straight up buff the auto weapons so that people have more of a reason to use them

[copper burrow]

Thank you! This is very helpful

[lilac sparrow]

Just finished Halo CE on the MCC & just wow I’ve become a huge Halo fan now!!! Gonna start playing Halo 2 tomorrow I’m excited

[short flower]

Can we not have black eye on firefight please?

Now I’d rather have thunderstorm over black eye.

Stupid black eye and teammate made me lose a perfection on a firefight.

My final score was 5,645.

[onyx latch]

Just punch harder

[zenith zenith]

reach

[wintry pond]

Hi chat

[livid cobalt]

A precision weapon is what your second slot is for

Since power weapons aren't always available

[livid cobalt]

I can't think of a buff that wouldn't make them too OP considering you can charge the PP from cover, so it's always gonna be your go to

The only answer that still keeps the PP in seems to be making it use way more ammo, like only a few charges even with full ammo

Then again, grunts still drop it constantly so unless you face down a ton of elites they should make it so each charge drains 25% of the battery, maybe even 33%

[civic sundial]

I think you're trying to fix a problem by going after the wrong thing in the sandbox. Buffs to the automatic weapons could potentially cause them to be too overpowered yes, but it depends on how you buff them. Honestly, I wouldn't mind them taking a look at other games and how they balanced their weapon sandboxes for inspiration

[sleek hatch]

Are we talking about Halo Infinite only for PP and Autos?

[civic sundial]

Spy is talking about removing the Plasma Pistol in general going forward

Which I think is a bad idea

[sleek hatch]

Terrible Idea. Every weapon had its niche and its counter.
The AR is actually insane upclose. Compared to a BR or bandit the melee combo is faster. I believe it is 7 bullets plus a melee to black screen someone.
Faster than the sidekick and most weapons.
Just learn to bait the plasma charge or use cover or high ground in your fights, and the plasma pistol is the weakest weapon on the map.

[rotund zenith]

The plasma pistol justifies its existence irrespective of its performance in the players hands by being fun to be shot at with which imo is a niche that isnt given enough love. Plasma rifle and fuel rod cannon were also good examples of this

[celest heron]

don't think you'll be disappointed.

[celest heron]

shouldn't it be higher since it's double xp?

[jade pebble]

its honestly nice once you get around to working it. although sometimes the first hurdle is realizing its even on

thunderstorm makes everyone bullet spunges its terrible unless youre in a fiesta

[short flower]

I always have fiesta on

[livid cobalt]

I'm talking about campaign lol

It makes automatics obsolete

Trying to go rambo mode with the AR is a great way to get killed on higher difficulties

You'd be lucky to take down one lowly elite

It was clearly designed to make you charge your PP from cover, pop out and fire (don't take this out of context) then precision headshot whenever you don't have access to a power weapon

Except H2 where it wasn't even playtested

And like, every other method is just playing the game wrong by needlessly making it harder on yourself, cripplingly so in CE with its health system

[civic sundial]

You know higher difficulties are meant to be hard, right? But also, I've found myself being able to survive with automatics on higher difficulties, in part because I know when and where it's a good idea to use one

[low blaze]

What does master chief kick down that hole in the silent cartographer

[signal ivy]

https://tenor.com/bm8d7.gif

[low blaze]

Its glowing in the remake

They dont make rocks with LED lights

[civic sundial]

You never seen a glowing rock before?

[nova basalt]

Why do you think the moon lights up at night

[low blaze]

How did they put LEDs on the moon???

[nova basalt]

Very carefully

[cyan forum]

Speaking of the remake, i lowkey hope they change the end part of the flood reveal cutscene

My idea is instead of having the little infection forms randomly breaking through the doors (which they shouldve done so already by that point), have like several marine bodies start trembling and transforming all around the chief

[silver lion]

2 might be even better

[signal ivy]

you didn't specify the remake

in the original it was a rock

[livid cobalt]

You know I'm talking about weapon balance and viability here, right? Meaning it's a fun factor issue, not a skill one.

Like the CE AR for example feels very cool to use but it's not actually that practical, especially the higher the difficulty, when compared to the noob combo - which should therefore be nerfed to at least have lower ammo and/or range...

Outside of occasionally mopping up many grunts (or just toss a frag) and flood (or shotgun)

[low blaze]

it always peeves me when people call orions spartan 1

Cus spartan 1s are obviously supposed to be the actual Greek spartans

[onyx latch]

Ngl it'd make my skin crawl to think that was the case if I was a Spartan II/III/IV

[rare matrix]

I've always wondered that

I mean it makes sense when you think about it a certain way at least

[cyan forum]

I think in bungies original context that was the mentality

Spartan 2s are a futuristic take on the greek spartans. But when you consider the books, apparently there was a separate program that was a precursor to the spartan 2s

Which I always thought was goofy. Even goofier is that johnson was part of it i think? I cant with these books man

[fading storm]

Hey everyone the master cheif collection just went on sale. Is it worth it?

The only halo i ever played was halo wars

[winged hazel]

they're not nearly the same genre but if first person shooters are your thing, go for it

or even if they're not, it's still pretty easy to play for the story

[fading storm]

Mentioned that because i really enjoyed halo wars and have been wanting to play halo for the longest time

[fading storm]

What the difference between halo 3 and halo 3 odst

[signal ivy]

different campaigns

ODST just uses the engine from Halo 3

[winged hazel]

odst is more about what's happening on earth during the events of halo 2 and 3, to put it simply.

its multiplayer is more pve focused.

[fading storm]

Very nice

I heard it’s one of the better halo games

[winged hazel]

it's got a unique structure to its campaign

[low blaze]

Halo 3 odst is a standalone expansion to halo 3

[zenith zenith]

what’s your guys’ favorite halo edition ( CE, Reach, Infinite, etc)

[pure escarp]

i havent played mcc in so long and im dying too now

[novel pebble]

i have a question

[radiant sundial]

(Ignore the fact that it takes place almost entirely during halo 2)

[radiant sundial]

H5

[novel pebble]

would it make sense to make the AR's screen a sight? i've been wondering about that for a while ever since i've been playing halo and seen people in the games aiming the ar

[pure escarp]

i feel like h5 is underrated

idk about fav but yeah

[novel pebble]

imo the best gameplay in the franchise

if only it was on pc i'd play the crap out of halo 5

[radiant sundial]

yes and no, the AR has a dedicated rail slot, teh ammo counter just happens to be on the MA37/40's rail, and for the other MA5 series rifles, there's a spot infront of the monitor like an inch or two where there's rail covered by a dust cover of sorts

[novel pebble]

i'm buns on controller i play halo with mouse and keyboard 😭

[novel pebble]

so it's either ammo counter or sights?

[radiant sundial]

and then the MA37/40 may also have M-loc rails that just aren't used as such, and then the grip to may be an attachment, this is just speculation tho

[radiant sundial]

idk, there may be more rail spots hidden by the way the front of the AR is, but I can't say for sure

iirc it does have iron sights somewhere though

[novel pebble]

honestly i do think it would make sense if spartans/marines could aim through the ammo counter

[radiant sundial]

but then again most soldiers have atleast some form of HUD with a sight on it

[novel pebble]

we could just assume they have some form of smart link

[radiant sundial]

with all the buttons on it I wouldn't be suprised if it had a option to be used as a scope

[radiant sundial]

but then again that could just be brightness and literally anything but scope related stuff

all ik for sure is that the ammo counter is DEFINITELY on the only visible patch of picatinny rail

[novel pebble]

i feel like it would be a disadvantage not to have any kind of sight on the rifle

[radiant sundial]

there may be M-loc railing on it but I can't say for certain thats what it is

[novel pebble]

i mean halo 5 DOES have sights and ammo counters at the same time but like

the sight is smack dab in the middle of the ammo counter and it looks... strange

[radiant sundial]

tbh at the range we're usually engaging enemies in halo, you don't need sights lol

[novel pebble]

i'd send an image of it here if i could but yeah it looks weird

[radiant sundial]

I remember the H5 sights

[novel pebble]

speaking of h5's sights i loved smart link

h5 has one of the best aesthetics in the franchise imo

they learned from their mistakes from halo 4 and refined that for halo 5

[radiant sundial]

I just actually like the 343 artstyle lol

[novel pebble]

halo 4's artstyle was conflicting for me ngl it looks good and ugly at the same time

[radiant sundial]

ignoring the armors that just straight up makes no sense, teh 343 armors look pretty good

[novel pebble]

that game's major problem is the helmets

a lot of them look so ugly, same with halo 5

then halo 4 also had that absolutely terrible rendition of the mark v ce armor that makes the spartan look malnourished

[low blaze]

I don't think you quite get what a standalone expansion is but that's okay

[onyx latch]

The only AR model I've seen with integrated Irons is the Halo 5 model.

It has a set of flip-up sights on the cowling.

[short flower]

Is there a coating that matches the CE SPNKR colors?

[plucky flicker]

Hi there, folks!

Good to be back here, since the exam is over (technically).

[short flower]

Ah man I really gotta grind this elite pass to get the Mark V armor for H4.

Like I get my missing pieces at 33, 45, 55.

[low blaze]

They get taken as children and raised to be soldiers, like spartans

[paper estuary]

If the plasma rifle is a pen. It’s a Pilot G-2 Gel Pen

[plucky flicker]

So, after some discussions, I now realise the warmer tones in the remake Silent Cartographer is justifiable.

[nova basalt]

I heard somewhere that Tanks A Lot matches it pretty well

[short flower]

Oh that could work.

[livid cobalt]

You can try out just one game if you want, don't have to commit to buying all of them at once

[fading storm]

I think buying 6 games would be perfect to try it out

[frosty condor]

Ok but like what thickness? 1.0? 0.7?

[radiant sundial]

I do, you just missed the joke

Spoilered for people who don't want the explanation: ||the game is called Halo 3: ODST, which implies that the events take place during H3, when realistically everything is taking place after like immediately after the 2nd(?) mission of Halo 2||

[slender flume]

that's a cutscene i can't wait to see

in fact the whole level i cant wait to see it, 343 Guilty Spark was a masterpiece of Narrative Design and Atmosphere

[flat delta]

Did the forerunners and ancient humans share a common ancestor

[slender flume]

before the Retcon, Forerunners were humans actually

They were human, that explained why Spark trusted us right away with the ring, he said it himself that we were forerunners and that also made the crusade of the covenants contradictory with their beliefs

kinda reinforcing the "They don't understand what they're worshiping" deal

[flat delta]

I’m aware that the original creators did intend for forerunners to be humans or at the very least keeping them unknown

Personally I think keeping the forerunners as secretive as possible would’ve been better

yet again halo is full of retcons

I think it’s pretty clear that’s bungie wasn’t focused on creating some sort of deep lore early on tho they were just making stuff up as they went

[slender flume]

yeah but this one is the most important because the Forerunners are the source of everything

They are the base of the Covenants' cult
They built the Halo Rings
They are the ones who indirectly created the flood
Their technology is the base of many techs mostly covenant ones like Ships or weaponry
They built the monitors
They built the sentinels

get my point ?

[flat delta]

they obviously never expected halo to blow up the way they did, they didn’t exactly have a ‘ohh we have created the perfect lore for this game’, they sorta panicked and realized ‘oh crap the game blew up we gotta keep on making stuff up’

if we are gong to be honest the lore has always been a mess

you got cortana actively translating languages to English but when she gets left behind master chief can still understand what elites, jackals, and grunts are saying?

[rotund zenith]

not seen ingame but he put a baseballcap on top of his helmet that read "english please" in whatever the standardized covenant language is

[flat delta]

now obviously I like it when the covenant speaks English it would’ve been so boring if they were speaking gibberish

[onyx latch]

Autotranslate for most things isn't a Smart AI thing, it's a base system software thing.

[flat delta]

cortana automatically translates all the languages to English for chief lol

[onyx latch]

No. She doesn't.

She can, but she is not all the work there.

It's why Osiris, Rookie, and everyone else can understand the Covenant when the Covenant aren't actually speaking English.

[onyx latch]

https://www.halopedia.org/Translation_software

"Early into the war with the Covenant, the United Nations Space Command developed software to help translate the languages the alien races of the Covenant spoke, such as the TSV-442 or the Interrogator, which assisted in interrogations of Covenant prisoners. However, while the UNSC was able to make a literal translation for Covenant words, the true meaning behind them could often be extremely disjointed. This was solved when the AI Cortana managed to access a Covenant lexicon aboard the Ascendant Justice as well as implement software upgrades derived from a dead Covenant AI, making a more accurate English-Covenant lexicon. It would seem that it was around this time that the Sangheili language was deciphered, as translation software in the weeks preceding and succeeding the events of Operation: FIRST STRIKE was heavily updated."

Cortana found a fix around the same time the UNSC's scientists figured out the Sangheili/Elite language, which is the Lingua Franca for the Covenant as a whole. Prior to that point translation software worked but wasn't great. Cortana herself was not the default translator for Chief's suit, the TSV-442 would be, or whatever variant of it would be installed on MJOLNIR.

[sleek hatch]

It's 10 bucks rn

[short flower]

Is the tanks a lot coating in the store or exchange?

I’ve seen it but don’t remember where you get it from.

Looked it up, it’s exchange.

[paper estuary]

Any

I also have another nickname for the plasma rifle. The fishbone gun

I have a lot of nicknames for the guns in Halo FPS games

Commando is the fake Kriss Vector

Plasma Pistol as the green lantern gun

[sharp scroll]

Best halo game?

[flat delta]

Halo 2

[sharp scroll]

3

[celest heron]

4

[cursive scarab]

4

best halo game in terms of customization ?

[celest heron]

should've said 5

[fading storm]

Just got the master cheif collection for 10

Which order should i play them in, release or in timeline order

[celest heron]

release order

[fading storm]

Guessing hce is the first one then

[celest heron]

and for ce and h2, you can switch between classic and new graphics while you're playing.

[short flower]

I bought the tanks a lot coating, yeah it does match nicely for the SPNKR

[soft lance]

are people who play halo on pc fake fans

[short flower]

Another concern I have with firefight… why is Scarr a map? Why does the first hill gotta be such a nightmare?

[onyx latch]

It ain't so bad.

[short flower]

How about don’t make bottom mid a hill?

[frosty condor]

https://tenor.com/view/jarvis-jarvis-skill-issue-skill-issue-gif-24471438

[short flower]

There’s no need for that.

[celest heron]

if you use the repulser that spawns there, you can knock a lot of them off the map.

[winged hazel]

you think that's bad. clearly you haven't seen multi flag on hang 'em high.

[short flower]

oh heck no.

[short flower]

In other news, my teammate got 7k points in firefight

[dense ice]

How may times does Johnson die in Halo CE? I should’ve kept count

[civic sundial]

I find it's often one of the easier hills to defend on that map

[short flower]

I finally survived a scarr today.

[teal brook]

I c the MCC is on sale. can I coop all campaigns for all the games with my partner?

[serene badger]

Yes, i coop with my crew on all the games in MCC.

H1-H4, and the... Spartan Ops?? I forgot what it was called.

NOTE: that i have not been able to coop on MCC lately due to an error. I've been working with Support to correct it and they haven't figured out a solution. but it does not seem to be a widespread issue.

[teal brook]

thank you

[inland minnow]

the only thing to note is that PC players cannot play the CE/1, CEA, 2, 4 or Reach campaigns co-op with Xbox console players. only Halo 3 and ODST have cross-platform campaigns

[celest heron]

well technically once if you count the ending and never play 2 or 3.

but even then it's not shown.

[celest heron]

get the grav hammer that spawns there if you have a bad weapon and the repulser and it's not hard.

[dense ice]

So I started the Master Chief Saga cross game a few weeks ago. I only did the first mission and finally got back on yesterday. The problem is I forgot I was doing the cross game and started playing Halo CE through its menu. Now I feel like I wasted all that time and I just don’t have the will to play those missions again lol

Halo CE definitely shows its age when you are playing it lol. How every room you go into is the same exact design

[strange jewel]

The Covenant have always been glassing every planet they come across but I do see how anyone can make their planet better by chipping the glass It would take years to finish chipping the glass

[celest heron]

beep boop

[night wigeon]

I wish all max ranks could be permanently banned from matchmaking.

[celest heron]

wouldn't you mean all ranks then?

[night wigeon]

No just max rank players

[inner prawn]

How would banning them be beneficial?

[night wigeon]

They ruin every match

[civic sundial]

Banning people at max rank would kill any incentive to reach max rank

[night wigeon]

Don't care

[inner prawn]

So that's what me and my friends like to call a skill issue.

[civic sundial]

Which in turn would kill the population of the game faster than anything else

[night wigeon]

I just want to be able to steal the enemy wasp without being sniped by a max rank who always has a sniper

[civic sundial]

So, when you reach Hero rank, you'd be fine with you yourself being banned from matchmaking

[inner prawn]

Snipe them back

[night wigeon]

Not me

[civic sundial]

Ah, so you just want other people banned because you can't counter a sniper

[inner prawn]

✨skill issue✨

[celest heron]

then all the players below max rank would be max rank.

[inner prawn]

I'm just playing with you no need to be all hasty about it.
My advice? Use their tricks against them. That's how I got better.

[night wigeon]

Good idea

[inner prawn]

Yeah. Learn vehicle weaknesses and challenge for power weapons.

[celest heron]

hero is not a skill rank. as time passes, more people will obtain it like self admitted lesser skilled people like yourself.

[night wigeon]

I'm actually really good

[inner prawn]

You missed his point

[night wigeon]

I never miss. 😎

[celest heron]

except when trying to steal wasps.

[sick pagoda]

I can remember, what's the max rank in halo infinite?

[celest heron]

hero or onyx depending on what rank you mean.

[uneven bison]

Your names doing some insane lifting for you

[weak jasper]

I know two words that’s depressing to halo fans

Lone Wolf

[short flower]

I just did so horrible in CE multiplayer… I thought I was good at this… lie… I should just stay out permanently

improving is restricted, moving on

[frosty condor]

CE is tough to get good at

That’s my weakest halo competitively

[winged hazel]

people play halo 1 competitively? i'd be shocked if it wasn't just magnum spam lmao

[frosty condor]

That’s all it is

• nade placement to grab weapons and sniping

[celest heron]

I'd argue it's the most competitive given how large the skill gap is.

[glacial tartan]

Umm actuallyyyyy

But really CE is wildly competitive, its the only ranked game in MCC that you can still get a 50 if you grind it out.

And I agree w/ Lukepowa the skill gap is insane once you start to pay attention. Learning how to Random spawn is a skill on its own

[pseudo ledge]

Why did the prophets take the forerunner dreadnaught out of high charity and protect the city

[civic sundial]

Truth didn't take the Dreadnaught out of High Charity to protect it, he used it to escape while the Flood was consuming the city and because it was an easy way to get to Earth

[short flower]

So I think I found out the progression multiplier for normal firefight is 2.3x.

Wonder what the heroic and legendary multipliers are.

[sleek hatch]

Dm me for CE tips.

[short flower]

Just gonna stay away.

[sleek hatch]

Lol the best part is how fast the rockets come up.

The pistol is OP though. If you learn to abuse high ground and learn the 3 shot... you are unstoppable. Besides rockets.

[celest heron]

try less skilled modes where sweats (oh, sry. higher skilled players) will less likely be.

[slender flume]

replaying Halo 3 campaign never gets old

[short flower]

I only was doing slayer though… still I’ll stay away.

[frank rose]

Hey @topaz condor

Talk?

[sleek hatch]

What about Halo 2 or 3

[short flower]

Halo 2 I stopped. Got too sweaty. In my last match, people were noob combo farming me.

So cheap dude.

[celest heron]

try h2a. don't really run into that many people who try like that.

no matter the game though, you'll eventually run into decent people cause the lower population.

[sleek hatch]

Yeah classic h2 is the tryhards. H2A is pretty chill.
However, plasma weapons were buffed in H2.

[clever lance]

210k xp!!!

I’m climbing

[livid cobalt]

Hot take: Noble 6 having only a few generic voice lines makes him a little bland. It worked with one liners for the Chief but here they would have been better off either giving him more to say about what he thinks and feels, or even making him a silent protag completely so I can just pretend he's a mute or something

[robust valve]

My hot take is Super Earth would beat the Covenant both land and space

As for why, I did the math and in space Super Earth outnumbers the covenant 500/1

[left snow]

l thought that was the general idea. You are supposed to be 6.

So they left him/her a relatively blank slate.

[livid cobalt]

Yeah but again, in that case just make him a silent MC

Who did they even get to voice him? Just some random dude or what

"hey janitor, we're out of budget, real quick can you voice our MAIN CHARACTER for a few throwaway lines?"

[nova basalt]

Does it even matter? They achieved their goal of having an imprintable character

What did you want him to say, absolutely nothing?

[livid cobalt]

Honestly, yeah. Imagine how weird it would be if Gordon Freeman for example just said "hello" and "goodbye" sometimes, but nothing else

[left snow]

I thought it served its purpose well. You don't want it to be memorable.

[nova basalt]

Who?

[livid cobalt]

Half Life main character

Never played? You're missing out

He's a silent protag

[nova basalt]

I get that a lot actually

Sonic, Zelda, armored core, Half life, metal gear, tons of stuff

My two games are COD and halo
People don’t really understand that

[radiant sundial]

Do you ever explain that?

[livid cobalt]

Yeah, Link from LoZ is another example

[nova basalt]

I try

[radiant sundial]

Fair

Tbh rn besides wt and occasionally halo I don't play much else bc I don't find it interesting

[livid cobalt]

You either make your MC developed, silent or say a bunch of memorable one liners like Chief or even Mario (if you wanna count him speaking that primitive language... Italian)

[radiant sundial]

And before anyone asks have you tried other stuff, yes and no, yes I've tried some stuff, no I'm broke and can't afford a whole new console or $60+ games right now

[radiant sundial]

When does mario even speak italian?

[livid cobalt]

To quote the real time fandub of spider-man: "here's some life advice for you Peter - steal money, it's for your own good"

[radiant sundial]

To quote myself: "Hell no."

[winged hazel]

if not for the fact that super earth limits helldiver fireteams to 4. i think i can see why they do though lmao

[livid cobalt]

He occasionally just says a bunch of Italian sounding grunting and words like "mama mia" or whatever

[silver lion]

playing halo 2 anniversary for the first time and I gotta say, I love what they did with the city levels
still has that worn-down feel to it but it looks more like something you'd actually see in the 26th(?) century

[eternal kelp]

Is this me, or has normal difficulty become more a challenging after the update? I sometimes die on this difficulty

I mean on Halo: MCC

And some hostile NPCs do spam their grenades

[winged hazel]

what update?

[livid cobalt]

Maybe

[stoic sky]

Some people on here have been complaining that the 343 Halo game campaigns are too watered down. And someone said that Halo should be more gory. So, what exactly does gore add to a game being good or not? I for one don’t enjoy it, but I’m curious to hear what other people have to say about it

[winged hazel]

i think gore is only absolutely required if the game is particularly gritty such as halo 1.

[sour shuttle]

Halo 1 is pretty much dark, so it would fit right in

[winged hazel]

otherwise, i guess it mostly comes down to performance issues from having so many blood textures on the ground

[sour shuttle]

The Flood Level was already enough scary as it is

[winged hazel]

maybe to cut down on vram usage on the 360

[stoic sky]

I dunno, I think you could easily achieve the same effect by making other aspects of the game gritty. For example, Reach had less gore than Halo 3, but due to its grittier graphics and environments it ends up feeling darker and more serious than Halo 3. Not to mention that the Campaign’s more grounded setting added to the realism

[sour shuttle]

Halo is a good franchise, the best spot it shows upon the games? The Flood, a nightmare biomass creature, I would Recommend watcing “Halo Evolutions The Mona Lisa” cause it got under my skin watching it

[atomic ocean]

I agree with you in a way because sometimes gore kinda makes me feel wierded out, but I think the case is that 343 games have like little to none, its like shooting at a bunch of plastic dolls instead of actual aliens yk

[livid cobalt]

Well they're called spartans, so

Btw my game tag is also master chef lol

[dapper wind]

I never considered halo 1 to have much gore. You could beat the bodies and paint the walls blue and purple but it was more comical than gorey.

[livid cobalt]

Add dismemberment physics to the sword

[civic sundial]

Without reworking how the sword works, I don't see us getting dismemberment when usingt the sword

But also, I don't really think dismemberment is needed for Halo beyond the Halo 3 style dismemberment for the Flood and only the Flood. Beyond that, it's just not really needed for Halo to be Halo

Like, there's no real need for us to be able to shoot off limbs of Grunts, Jackals, etc, beyond the weak argument that Halo "needs to be more gory"

[dapper wind]

Agreed on this the flood dismemberment is cool but yeah I “like” grunts and elites too much

It wouldn’t feel right to amp up to this level out of no where

Brutes however

Which don’t apply to halo 1 anyway

[civic sundial]

The only way I can see dismemberment in Halo, beyond what was done with the Flood, working is for narrative reasons, similar to Star Wars, where it is an important part of the journey of Luke Skywalker that he loses his hand against Darth Vader. There was purpose to him losing his hand and his father's weapon in Empire Strikes Back

That isn't me saying that I want Master Chief to lose a hand per say, but if we were to see someone get dismembered, it would need to be handled more like Star Wars than "Let's just dismember things for the sake of it"

[dapper wind]

Ship masters mandible

[vale swallow]

Are the nerfing and buffing of weapons in halo infinite finally over?

[crystal jolt]

hello i played reach first and dont know what order should i play rn any suggestion

[vale swallow]

halo 1 2 3 odst 4 5 inf ?

[crystal jolt]

some people says i have to play reach last

[vale swallow]

well it is chronologically the first

[crystal jolt]

so i didnt f up

[winged hazel]

odst is chronologically between 2 and 3 iirc

[vale swallow]

oh mb, I barely played that game

[civic sundial]

Ideally, you should really play the games in release order, so starting with Combat Evolved, working your way through the original trilogy and playing Reach after Halo 3 ODST. It gives you a better sense of the mechanical progression of the series. Then after beating Reach, you go to 4

[reef hearth]

The fact that the brutes basically nuked themselves back to the Stone Age

[low blaze]

Gun Feedback

Halo 5 mostly removes blood so theres not much enemy feedback when you’re shooting them

[exotic ridge]

since when is blood a dmg feedback in halo

[civic sundial]

People love to exaggerate how much blood actually mattered in Halo

Like, there's the blood decals on the floor when you kill enemies in the older games, but they're nowhere near as important to seeing if you did damage to someone as seeing shields flaring up on enemy Elites or Spartans

And well, I'm more focused on the living enemies than seeing if there's blood on the floor

[gilded panther]

Does this game run on Arm64 CPUs? I really want to get this game but 1. Don't have the money, and 2. Don't know if it will run for me on my Snapdragon X Plus CPU

[winged hazel]

from a quick google search, the anticheat for either game doesn't run on arm64. you can easily disable the anticheat but that in turn disables stuff like matchmaking, achievements and spartan point acquisition/usage.

[gilded panther]

what anticheat does it use?

[winged hazel]

eac

[gilded panther]

easy anti cheat now supports arm 64. My laptop runs fortnite just fine. The devs should add support for Arm64

[winged hazel]

it might run fine then. see if infinite runs before buying mcc i guess.

[gilded panther]

does mcc use the same things?

[winged hazel]

should. can't be sure as i don't play infinite

[gilded panther]

I really wanna play mcc, so i will try

[winged hazel]

but it makes sense that it would

[onyx latch]

Meanwhile damage feedback in Halo Infinite actually mattering (brute armor exploding off)

[civic sundial]

Aye

Like, I am gonna notice the armour fall off and focus on shooting there

Granted I usually aim for the head anyway

[onyx latch]

I like to beat them til candy comes out.

[novel pebble]

i've been replaying halo 4 and honestly i really liked it's artstyle

it's not perfect as seen with the covenant who imo look the worst out of all the halo games

and with master chief's new suit which i felt like made his shoulders look weird and too lightly armored

but everything else in that game looks amazing

[dapper wind]

Halo 4 had a lot of potential to be improved upon in the right ways in my opinion. I thought it was an interesting story. I didn’t think gameplay was bad in halo 5 but that story was horrible

Halo 4 packed in too much lore for one game I think. That probably could have easily been spread out into two.

[unkempt ember]

Will halo master chief collection and Halo infinite and halo 5 come to the ps5.

[coarse dagger]

Nothing has been announced about those games so far, right now the answer would be no

[sleek hatch]

If stckr had a nickel...

[unkempt ember]

@coarse dagger oh I meant in the future.

[coarse dagger]

We won't know until the studio makes an announcement to say they're working on it

[unkempt ember]

@coarse dagger ok thanks you.

[normal sierra]

No confirmation has been made. I doubt any MCC port as they're already remaking at least the first game, probably more.

[unkempt ember]

@normal sierra do you think there is still going to be more offline single player halo games and including halo 7.

@normal sierra and thank you.

[normal sierra]

I absolutely do. They prioritized multiplayer for the last decade and it got them nowhere.

[unkempt ember]

@normal sierra thanks you.

@normal sierra also do you think that future halo games will be online only including the campaign like how cod black ops 6 and 7 are?

[winged hazel]

i suspect it wouldn't be a great experience on a console without gold. or really an experience at all.

[odd cipher]

halo 2 legendary run for the first time

just beat qz and you know what?

https://tenor.com/view/ballin-gif-24950934

[low blaze]

I found out the pillar of autumn is bigger on the inside😔

[low blaze]

Level one of halo ce is too big to actually fit inside the autumn

[civic sundial]

Welcome to level design, it's not always accurate to the space it is meant to exist within

[unkempt ember]

Doe anyone believe that future halo games will be online only or will they have offline single player campaigns and will future halo campaigns be online only like black ops 6 and 7 are I just want to here peoples opinions.

[normal sierra]

I think Halo needs to earn it's (a) fanbase back first. CoD can do whatever it likes because it will sell like hotcakes regardless of what it does. Online only incentivises people paying for gamepass. The amount of people who turn their noses up at it will be negligible compared to its sales/ concurrent players. Halo isn't there ATM. But, once it is i think it's absolutely possible/ plausible we'll see an online only Halo.

[unkempt ember]

@normal sierra but do you think we will still get offline single player halo games still.

[celest heron]

I don't see the people who left cause of h4 coming back. It's likely mainly just a modern audience now, but those modern fans could if they left for whatever reason. Either way, I don't see halo returning to its past glory unless gaming in general changes.

[onyx latch]

More like Halo's fanbase needs to grow the hell up.

I swear, even the worst of the sonic fanbase is still better.

At least they can admit a semi-rushed game with a middling plot from the mid and late 2000s is a spade.

[deft sequoia]

You won a subscriber

[livid cobalt]

See I don't think 343's games are that bad but, well

They can still do better

When you're used to consistent peak, then even decent stuff would get nitpicked due to the higher standards and expectations

It's why most controversial media are usually sequels, remakes, reboots and so on - rather than original stuff

[sleek hatch]

What about Halo 3 multi-player tips and tricks? And gameplay?

[deft sequoia]

You have a channel ?

Maybe you should do speedrun tips

[winged hazel]

just out of curiosity, do you by chance play dark souls 3?

[sleek hatch]

One of my favorite games.

[winged hazel]

ah hell yeah

[unkempt ember]

Does anyone believe that future halo campaigns will be online only like black ops 7 and 6 campaigns are?

[rugged quartz]

No

[civic sundial]

I'm confused about why they asked that question a second time here today

[amber bone]

wouldn't be any reason for them to be online only

don't even know why CoD decided to do that

[magic night]

People complained that install sizes were too big, so they moved the high res textures to a streaming model like multiplayer games do to cut down on it.

[unkempt ember]

@civic sundial the reason I asked why was because I hate online only games and I am a big supporter of stop killing games and when a games server shuts down permanently you can no longer play the game including the campaign

@civic sundial like the crew 1 anyone remembers the crew 1 pepperidge farm remembers

It was so bad that Ubisoft added an offline mode to the crew 2.

I meant the situation was so bad and the hate Ubisoft got from shutting down the crew 1 Ubisoft added an offline mode for the crew 2.

[south herald]

I don't own Halo MCC on xbox, so buying ODST separately will I be able to play it without having to buy the MCC?

[signal ivy]

yes

[stoic sky]

@unkempt ember, I think the most likely scenario for a online halo campaign would be something like Halo 4’s Spartan Ops missions. A side campaign geared toward online multiplayer, but not the game’s core campaign mode

Online only games seem very fragile, mostly because they depend upon an active server, AND a large player base to keep it interesting. If a company is developing an online only game, they’re setting themselves up for failure when the game is eventually abandoned, they would be smart to design a offline mode ahead of time so the few players still wanting to play it can continue to enjoy it after the game‘s servers are shut down.

[unkempt ember]

@stoic sky I agree and thank you for answering my question.

[south herald]

Just in case I'm talking about XBOX Series, not PC. I know that on pc it's just seen as DLCs and you get the launcher anyway

[civic sundial]

Doesn't mean you need to ask the same question multiple times a day and tag me twice while I was sleeping

[robust valve]

Should I get Infinite while it’s on sale Ive played all main halo games except for infinite

[sturdy kernel]

If you new in Halo franchise, better to play Combat Evolved(it's first Halo)

[robust valve]

Ive played it

[sturdy kernel]

If then, yeah

[robust valve]

I even played halo 5

[sturdy kernel]

That's good
Yes, it's worth to play infinite

[robust valve]

The only thing stopping me was the price. 5 was free and I got MCC for $3. And now infinite is on sale, I’m getting it as soon as my brother stops hogging the Xbox

[sturdy kernel]

You can play Halo Infinite campaign on Xbox through gamepass

MP is free, but campaign you need to pay

[robust valve]

I don’t got game pass and I know my ADHD having ahh is going to forget to cancel it

[silver lion]

sometimes I think about floodgate from halo 3 and how you can pretty much just walk past all of its combat encounters

[limber bluff]

Some of them…I’ve had really bad RNG especially right before going into the covenant ship

[balmy gorge]

js got master chief collection on sale like 2 days ago, downloaded ODST, reach and im trying to download halo 4 but its just stuck on 61%???

[frosty condor]

restart client

[stark spoke]

One message removed from a suspended account.

[sturdy kernel]

As it for me... then
All Spartan generation, from 1 to 4

[stoic sky]

Spartan-IIs for sure

The Master Chief was a Spartan-II, and he single handedly fought off a army of Covenant and Flood, while blowing up a giant celestial object in CE

The Spartan IVs die a lot more often from lesser threats

[onyx latch]

No?

Lmao. People forget IIs were getting their deployments restricted, and their obscene cost and low utility are massive downsides.

[civic sundial]

Spartan IIs have also died to lesser threats. One generation isn't "better" than another when it comes to the IIs, IIIs and IVs. If a Spartan III or Spartan IV equipped in Mark V was on Alpha Halo, they likely would've done similar to how Chief performed during the conflict

[onyx latch]

One of the first II casualties literally would've died of vacuum exposure if he didn't die to a ship exploding around him first! The battlefield is very inconvenient!

(JK they would've just brought back Sam in a book)

[onyx latch]

People forget that IIs have died to the following;

• A needler (At least once, possibly twice)
• An overcharged Plasma Pistol breaking a seal and thus preventing leaving the battlefield (Fall of Reach)
• An obvious trap (Several)
• Getting crushed by Covenant warships (Once)
• Multiple cases of being dropped from orbit (Literally the first Halo book)
• Getting hit once by a hunter cannon (Ghosts of Onyx)
• Getting slipspace'd (First strike)
• Having her grenades cook off due to enemy fire (Also First Strike)
• Dying offscreen to unknown fire (Four to Forerunner, one to Covenant at least)
• Dragged into a slipspace Portal (The only interesting member of Noble Team)

Like, IVs are not exceptionally death-prone in a way that makes them exceptional compared to IIs or even IIIs. Anyone who says otherwise doesn't actually know the IIs or the IVs very well.

Compare to IVs, who have deaths to include;

• Getting their head crushed by a gravity hammer-wielding Chieftain
• Getting infected by the flood
• Stabbed in the throat by another Spartan
• Having their organs crushed via gravity torture devices
• Shot by Forerunner weaponry until dead
• Shot by Covenant and Banished weaponry until dead
• Killed by Hunters
• Mortally wounded and dying of shock and blood loss
• Impaled by Energy sword
• Having a Brute Chieftain use the blade of their hammer to punch through shields and light armor on the back
• Getting killed offscreen by unknown means by another Spartan IV
• Presumably an accidental crushing via gravitic driver

Honestly? It sounds more like IIs die to lesser things than IVs have.

[civic sundial]

And the things which have happened to the IVs would most likely result in the same end for a II

Like, I doubt Chief would survive having his head crushed by a Gravity Hammer

[uneven bison]

People die in insane ways in war Spartans are no different

[celest heron]

don't 2's have more enhancements? so without armor they would have a greater advantage.

[onyx latch]

Yeah, but what idiot is deploying a Spartan without at least Osteo or SPI?

(Shhh I know about Ferrets shut up)

[versed holly]

if you count non-canon, Ackerson from the TV series :3 (I hated it)

[normal sierra]

I didn't mind the series. I view it as a separate universe from the games. I still like the game lore better. But the show was okay. Certainly excited to see a different team take a whack at it though.

[onyx latch]

It literally, canonically, is a seperate universe, and that was established before the first episode of the first season ever came out.

[civic sundial]

The show is a separate universe to the games. Tha- What Trench said

[normal sierra]

Then I guess I view it correctly

[celest heron]

was mainly just doing a comparison between the two. In combat, I'd imagine experience would play a bigger role and also having your own advanced ai for chief at least.

[onyx latch]

Can't have an AI like Cortana without the suit.

Part of what makes full MJOLNIR such as Mark VI or Rakshasa special is its capability to house a smart AI.

[celest heron]

yeah, for the combat and ai part I was referring having the suit on.

[onyx latch]

Not every II is Chief and not every II has a smart AI.

I chafe at using Chief as an example for this sort of thing because he's an author fiat laden player character and shouldn't be included in these conversations.

[celest heron]

he'd be the exception and not really the standard cause of plot armor, but that's why I think experience would play a bigger factor in general.

[eternal kelp]

I’m kinda excited for the new CE remake

I’ll be looking forward to the release and buy it

[silver lion]

campaign evolved looks cool

I hope they keep 343 GS (level) dark

[short flower]

And library.

[normal sierra]

The devs acknowledged the loss of atmosphere in the MCC version so I'm sure they'll be trying harder to achieve said atmosphere this time around

[frosty condor]

Sauce?

[civic sundial]

I think they mean the CEA remastered graphics?

[stoic sky]

Sorry if I presumed that Spartan-IIs looked way tougher based on the games perspective, but I figured training since they were six years old meant they had a leg up on any of the Spartan-IVs

[civic sundial]

The majority of IVs you see dying in Halo 4 just simply are NPCs in gameplay who haven't been given invincibility. Think Johnson in Halo 3 and how you can't kill him on the majority of levels or Noble Team in Reach, none of their deaths happen within gameplay and you can't kill them during gameplay no matter how much damage you dump into them. Basically, that isn't toggled on for the IVs encountered throughout Halo 4's campaign and Spartan Ops

[onyx latch]

There is a mountain of reasons the IVs didn't do so hot on Zeta Halo.

Even Chief would struggle-and likely fail-to survive in those conditions.

No AI, no reinforcements, no repair, no support, all comms tapped, no mission beyond taking as many as you can with you, and an enemy that doesn't care who you are, only that you are dead? Not a good time.

There's no logic in what you just said.

I'd say a gut feeling, but guts are full of crap.

[civic sundial]

Red Team's first encounter with the Banished was them getting easily defeated by Atriox

[onyx latch]

And running! Immediately running!

[civic sundial]

Aye

[stoic sky]

Fair

[civic sundial]

And Chief was also easily defeated by Atriox too, despite having more experience and better armour than Red

[onyx latch]

And again, a lot of Chief's survival is because he has the opportunity to get away. Chief in an open field with no anti-armor weapons against an entire damn hunting party of 20+ ghosts is not in for a good time.

Red Team realistically only survived because they had a Warthog.

[stoic sky]

Grapple shot

[onyx latch]

Didn't have one.

[civic sundial]

And Alice decided to stay behind to make sure Jerome and Douglas escaped

[onyx latch]

This isn't hammerspace arsenal wars, it's characters who operate with the equipment they have. If they don't have something they don't have something, and Chief wouldn't get it just because he's in their situation. It's integral to how bad the situation is.

It's why the IVs of Zeta didn't do so hot. They didn't have equipment, mission directives, or the legacy Chief has, the last of which is a major factor in why Escharum was pulling his punches against Chief.

They started their drop on Zeta with no intel, heavily damaged armor, no ability to repair said armor, no mission directives beyond 'take down the AA so more survivors can land', and then got mollywhopped by the whole damn ring breaking.

Chief got to nap in near-pristine armor for six months.

[stoic sky]

I fail to see why everyone decided to dog pile on me about this, I don’t have any problems with the IVs, I said the IIs were better mostly because the IIs pulled off more memorable things, the IVs to my knowledge haven’t pulled off anything spectacular in the games (except Halo 5) I won’t argue that the IVs are worse any more cause it’s pointless, and I haven’t read much of the books which is where they’re usually highlighted

I know there is plenty of outside media that focuses on specific Spartan-IVs and they’re important, I get that. But speaking in terms of the games, the only Spartan-IVs that are actually contributing to the story is Fireteam Osiris, Palmer only gives instructions or appears in cutscenes in the games

[ripe perch]

yo gng where do I start on these halo books

[civic sundial]

Start with Fall of Reach

[onyx latch]

It's two people correcting you, that's not a dogpile lmao

[stoic sky]

I thought there was a third person earlier, my bad

[onyx latch]

Also, in terms of the Zeta Halo Spartans it's more just being cognizant of the bad situation all the Zeta survivors were in.

You know from in-game audio logs that their comms were being tapped, for example-it's not touched on much, if at all, in the book, which implies they were completely unaware Banished had gotten in the network.

[stoic sky]

I try my best to avoid arguments, and since recently joining the Halo discord server, I learned that there’s a fair amount of people who like the later Halo games and media, it helped me have a better appreciation for the later media, and frankly, aside from Chief the Spartan IVs seem to be on par with the other Spartan-IIs. And Chief is Chief, he fits into the trio of ultimately powerful characters; Chief, Arbiter, and now Atriox.

I apologize for being harsh on the later media though

[normal sierra]

Alfredo, please

[chrome mauve]

Is anyone else having much longer load times in the pre-menu screen for infinite? I've been clocking at least 6 minutes to load multiple times

[celest heron]

It's usually around 5-6 seconds when I first start the game, but it's been that way for a long time.

[eternal kelp]

I hope one of the Grunts’ dialogues would say “Not again!” in campaign evolved. It was funny back in the old CE remake lol

[compact marlin]

Wasn't it also in Halo 2?

[eternal kelp]

I died laughing when one of them say that when sticking a plasma grenade on them

[robust valve]

What do they mean not again

[eternal kelp]

Idk. It was just a funny dialogue I ever heard lol

[short flower]

I set a new firefight high score! 6,790!

[silver lion]

i'll never not be fascinated by what halo things wikipedia deems significant enough for their own articles
the best part is that you can really make an argument for all of them

[glossy maple]

reach or odst?

[short flower]

Infinite firefight.

[glossy maple]

zzzzzzzz

[short flower]

…

[eternal kelp]

Audio is still missing in the Didact boss fight cutscene in Halo 4 on Halo: MCC. Does anyone know when are they gonna resolve it? This has been an on-going issue for awhile now

And before you say it, I play Halo on Xbox, not PC. And there’s nothing wrong with a hardware, it’s something to do with a development issue on the game.

[robust valve]

That happened to me as well Halo 4 cutscenes don’t have audio

[celest heron]

probly never

[winged hazel]

the last update they pushed to mcc was two years ago at least.

[sleek hatch]

There was a recent one to fix matchmaking on the Xbox app version.

Before that there was one in February.
Seems like there is one every 6-8 months.

[cyan jasper]

Anyone have any suggestions for Deadzones for Halo Infinite? I have a Hall effect sticks currently use

Move Thumbstick
Center 0.0
Max 15
Axial 0.0

Look Thumbstick
Center 0.0
Max 0.0
Axial 0.0

I get no drift but should I change anything.

[sleek hatch]

Dm me!

[celest heron]

I haven't found comfortable settings since the game came out.

[sleek hatch]

Wondering why 2011 CE anniversary multi-player was never brought to PC or MCC.

[coarse dagger]

It was, CEA used Reach's multiplayer with a map pack and I think some different tunings

[sleek hatch]

I remember it had Reach graphics but some differences. I can't recall if it was a standalone MM or not.
So if I search Reach on MCC I will play those maps?

[coarse dagger]

I honestly can't remember how integrated the Playlists are, but I'm sure the maps are there

[sleek hatch]

I will check and report back

[glacial tartan]

It is a rotating playlist called Reach CE Anniversary.

It was last in on October 15th, probably coming back in the next few weeks (seems it’s about every 2 months?)

[summer aspen]

It was just halo reach. The maps can be seen on Halo MCC - Reach - Custom games - Map selection.
The Anniversary playlist is rotational like FFA Panda mentions above.

You can still find these Anniversary maps in BTB & Team Slayer for Halo Reach actually, but they're not always common. I've played on them plenty.

I imagine you can find them in all the playlist for reach.

[sleek hatch]

They look really well done too!

[languid turtle]

Hi people. I have a question, and I'm not sure where to ask it. I asked on another chat too, not sure if that's against the rules.
I'm working on a game that is Halo based, but I've read the terms of service and all that. I'm trying to be careful with the name and the music, assets, different things in the game. My question has to do with Halo characters. Am I allowed to use established characters in my game, writing some story beats that go along with the established lore?

[short flower]

Operation Infinite… 71 now getting closer

[inland minnow]

if you've read the Game Content Usage Rules document and find that doesnt answer your question, you'll need to speak to a lawyer to find the answer

[stoic sky]

The first fps I played was the Metroid Prime Trilogy on the Wii U, and later I played Halo MCC on the pc, and then later Xbox… and dang it! I would’ve loved to see an alternate reality where Bungie didn’t have the restrictions and deadlines that Microsoft pushed. Retro Sutdio’s work on the Metroid Prime Trilogy is really underrated, and I bet Bungie’s Halo games would’ve turned out perfect had they gotten better working conditions.

Don’t get me wrong, I love Halo a lot, but I can’t name a single video game trilogy that pulled off a more immersive, graphics consistent, and engaging series than the Metroid Prime games.

Sorry, I just picked up the trilogy again after months of playing nothing but Halo so I’m hyped about playing it again

[magic night]

I haven't played Metroid, but I'd say Mass Effect fits that description.

[stoic sky]

If you do play the trilogy, the menu theme is so cool

[compact marlin]

I'm hanging out with The Banished and it's so weird

[stoic sky]

“All will eventually fall to Bassus, it is their destiny!”

[compact marlin]

For The Banished

[shrewd spruce]

So, are we getting a November Update for Halofest? The announcement made reference to a November blog where we would get all of the details, but it seems unlikely given the holiday weekend now.

[dusk bronze]

anyone up for some drive or die?

[neat vapor]

Hot take #2: Halo 3's campaign is only too easy in certain places.

[eternal kelp]

I was wondering how long has there been bugs/glitches in Halo 4. There another one in Halo 4: Spartan Ops, 3-5 Hunting Trip that an elite gets stuck in a rock behind the boundary wall of the map.

[winged hazel]

i quite literally just encountered that one

had to restart since i'm 99% sure that's a softlock

god soloing spartan ops is agonizing

[neat vapor]

I'm doing it legendary and finished section two does it get worse?

[eternal kelp]

And I’ve never done Legendary. That’s a very challenging unless you got some tactics

[winged hazel]

see the bug above

as for the rest of the game uh

i don't know i haven't finished it at all yet

[celest heron]

that's a legacy bug. you can kill him if you a lucky rocket shot.

[eternal kelp]

I tried using a SPNKR against it, but didn’t work

[winged hazel]

i don't think the spnkr's in this game?

[celest heron]

there's a certain spot you can shoot, but don't remember.

[eternal kelp]

A SPNKR is a rocket launcher that’s used by the UNSC

[winged hazel]

oh i see

[neat vapor]

I don't know which game it started in but I always thought it was weird that they started giving the weapons "technical" names like "s7 sniper" instead of just "Sniper rifle"

[solid canopy]

I've been playing Gears 5 after finally getting an oppertunity to come back and play it and it oddly has left me with a bit of respect for Halo 5 wanting to swing somewhere new in regards to the gameplay. But I will say that Gears 5 does it a lot better than Halo 5 was able to

At least in regards to campaign (my experience with Gears Of War multiplayer is very limited)

[winged hazel]

yeah that ain't helping with the numerous issues on my part lmao

i might be american but i am not a gun kind of guy

i'm not memorizing all those weird names

[neat vapor]

Personally I think the halo infinite shotgun model looks stupid

And the name? Bulldog?

Bruh

[winged hazel]

oh that's what the shotgun is

at least they kept the covenant weapons somewhat intact

or moreso readable

..save for the covenant carbine actually

why are there two of them

[onyx latch]

It's really not that hard to remember.

[winged hazel]

easy for you to say.

[onyx latch]

Mmmn

[uneven bison]

Despite both being carbines they have different roles within the sandbox of halo infinite

[onyx latch]

Also the Stalker Rifle isn't a carbine.

And the Pulse Carbine doesn't operate like the Vestige.

[uneven bison]

Originally I thought they were named carbines for the reason of being a shortened version of existing firearms for the covenant Calvary equivalent because that was the most familiar use of the term to me

But, I have zero idea if either have an actual elongated “infantry” form

[magic night]

I think it comes down to there being a little redundancy in weapon names and roles. As an example, there's multiple sniper rifles between all the factions, so just saying sniper rifle can be vague since the Shock Rifle, S7, and Skewer are all technically snipers.

[neat vapor]

This wouldn't be an issue if all of the weapons had unique names like the vehicles do. The UNSC vehicles are named after animals and birds while the Covenant name their vehicles after apparitions and such. I believe that it would pretty cool if the weapons followed the same formula as the vehicles.

[neat vapor]

Like this but better.

[magic night]

Yeah. I agree

Kinda hard to reconcile that with the legacy UNSC guns though, since they used very generic names.

[neat vapor]

True

[neat vapor]

But that was a different time

The anger and confusion would be worse if it changed so it might as well stay as it is

Although I do have to say that "assault rifle" and "battle rifle" is about as basic as it gets for names of weapons.

[short flower]

Friendly fire splattering has GOT TO GO from firefight. Sick of it.

[neat vapor]

It's super funny when it's in btb

That is, If you know the person you're painting the front of your vehicle with of course

[craggy wharf]

Putting the official term for the weapon (like MA5B or BR55HB for example) would sound too confusing especially for those who don't know the lore or type of variation it is.

Personally I'm a fan of the M6D and the BR85HB. Though for stealth I prefer to M6C and the M7S variant.

[lapis oyster]

Praise be the Space King

[errant gate]

Hello, I never played Halo, but I wonder, do I need to buy master chief collection or just halo 3 to play arena pvp mode?

[digital crag]

i believe either is fine

its my first time playing halo too i just bought master chief collection

like yesterday

[celest heron]

you can get h3 by itself.

[digital crag]

yea thats what i was thinking either is fine

[errant gate]

Oh nice haha, I never had xbox so I never played it, but I want to try a game like unreal tournament and I've been told halo is quite goated at that genre

[digital crag]

oh lol funny thing is i bought it in pc

[errant gate]

Yeah I'm gonna buy it on pc too

[digital crag]

it is

[errant gate]

It's just I think back in the day it was only on xbox?

[digital crag]

yea they added it in pc i guess

i mean its steam its a platform for all games ig

wait luke lets say i have masterchief edition can i add someone in any halo games

like for example i play halo 3 i can add anyone that has halo 3

[celest heron]

oh, on xbox you'd have to buy the full mcc game, but you can download h3 by itself.

if you can afford the full mcc, it's worth getting all the games if you're into the campaign.

[errant gate]

On steamdb it says that Halo: The Master Chief Collection has 7500 active players, so does that mean I can play with those people if I buy just the Halo 3 then?

[digital crag]

yea that was my question

[celest heron]

you can play with everyone who's playing h3.

[digital crag]

yea ngl its my first time playing halo too lol i played infinite before though and ive watched the movie

and played arcade

hey luke whats the channel to find people to play halo with

[celest heron]

the campaigns are worth playing. mp isn't as popular due to population, but they're good as well.

the lfg channels

[digital crag]

yea im doing halo reach rn im in nightfall

oh ok

[errant gate]

Oh so mcc is just a launcher, so I still can play multiplayer as far as I understand, I'll just buy it and check then ig

[celest heron]

yeah, I believe you can either d/l the campaign and/or arena.

[digital crag]

which lfg channel do i do for people to play with multiplayer

[celest heron]

#lfg-social

#lfg-competitive for ranked

[digital crag]

ty

[sleek hatch]

MCC is in sale. A decent price too. Then you can search Halo 3 matchmaking.

For halo 3 only it is like 3 bucks(Steam).

[civic sundial]

Isn't it usually $10 for the whole collection when it's on sale?

[sleek hatch]

$10 on steam $12 on xbox!

I would highly recommend it. It is usually $40. Plus Reach, CE, and Classic 2 have a decent player base.

[civic sundial]

Honestly, that's a steal for someone who hasn't played the series yet

[sleek hatch]

It is

[digital crag]

im playing it rn and i got a questioin for halo reach

u get these abilities for example sprint or hologrammer does it waste

if u use it too much

[sleek hatch]

No it just needs to recharge

It is not like Infinite

[short flower]

Someday I will get that 7k+ point firefight match. Someday.

[sturdy kernel]

Valhalla map, white skewer
Easy 7k+ points

[short flower]

And of course on my match I was in just now I just randomly died to the environment.

I was using rushdown hammer?

[neat vapor]

https://discord.com/channels/471722331820130324/1444581627744485376 Do you guys think this is valid?

I know its kinda dumb though.

[mystic kindle]

Is anybody playing halo 5 warzone

[sullen kiln]

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

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

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

[winged hazel]

oh i'm three hours late for that lmao

[livid cobalt]

Wait, did Cortana know Chief before 1?

Because Reach implies they first met on the PoA

But 3 points to it being a more long term thing

[eternal kelp]

With Campaign Evolved coming, we can play that next after Reach if doing campaign compilation

However, the new remastered will be separate from Halo: MCC.

What I would do, is close Halo: MCC after finishing the Reach campaign, then launch Campaign Evolved.

[misty sand]

They met during the Fall of Reach

The day before the PoA fled the planet

Cortana was fragmented in two, her primary fragment was already on the Autumn at the end of Reach

The fragment you carry as Noble Six is the one tasked with understanding the Forerunner artefact beneath SWORD Base

[compact kayak]

How do i even turn into the monitor to edit stuff in forge mode on halo reach on pc?

nvm i found out its by using my mexican N letter key that for some reason is banned here

[short flower]

Operation infinite done… now to level up heroes of reach over time

[cursive scarab]

Any mcc news ?

[rotund mist]

no

[frosty condor]

Other than it’s on sale on steam

[cursive scarab]

Im just waiting for the day for the possibility that it comes out on playstation

Also rad

[glacial tartan]

There’s the rejoin feature still being broken on MCC, that’s news 😭

[oak rover]

Hello ! I have issues with Halo Infinite, just bought it yesterday. Launch is fine, but it launch the mutliplier part, and when I want to go for the campain, game crash. Can someone help me ? :(

[sleek hatch]

What's broken about it? I haven't had problems with it?

[glacial tartan]

It doesnt work in H3 and/or fails across other titles semi-randomly

[sleek hatch]

Thats annoying. Basically a temp ban guaranteed.

Luckily there are always games in the custom browser

[glacial tartan]

Yes. Waited 45 minutes to play a game of Turkey Time, game fatal errored and couldnt rejoin

Cant play in the CGB if you get one of the temp bans. Great thinking there

[sleek hatch]

Didn't know that... great design

[hidden thistle]

Is it wrong that I like Halo 5's multiplayer more than Infinite?

[sleek hatch]

Everyone has different preferences.
Some prefer CE over Infinite.

[hidden thistle]

I prefer 3 over Reach personally. Even though I would go to Reach for a better sounding Assault Rifle

[sleek hatch]

My optimal Halo would have Halo Infinite movement, with no clamber, and the curb slide speed slowed down. With an adjustment to physics(
I want to be able to collide with teammates).
Better netcoding(which is hard on its own).
Give me more weapons in the sandbox like the mauler, bruteshot, grenade launcher, fix the shotgun, SAW, fix Hammer, plasma rifle, etc.
Add equipment from Halo 3, Reach, and 4. Hologram, power drain, lift, flare, radar jammer, and a speed boost.
Have the best made maps from each Halo be dev made like Guardian, Lockout, Recharge, etc.
Have forge, more modes, auto queue, looser sbmm, have Ranked use only Ranked MMR not global MMR(Everyone starts at Bronze).
Optimal Playlist and searching. Better social features for the community Basically.

[civic sundial]

What do you mean by "Fix the Shotgun"? Because if you're referring to the Bulldog, it wasn't trying to be the classic shotgun in the first place

[sleek hatch]

Which is true but I always thought the shotguns in Halo were in a good spot. They didn't have a lot of range but up close they were a get off me tool.
The fact the mutilator doesn't 1 tap people as a power weapon is absurd. Yeah it has a good melee, but not having a shotgun be a get off me tool... is insane, in my opinion.

[river minnow]

you have not played multiplayer in halo 2 lol

also you can 1 tap with the mutilator

[sleek hatch]

I have though lol

[river minnow]

the shotgun sucks

[oak rover]

Ok, so now I can play it but the game crash again and again and again... (on steam)

[sleek hatch]

If you switch modes yes

[river minnow]

well then why complain lol

[sleek hatch]

Still one taps at close range.

[river minnow]

yeah breathing distance

[sleek hatch]

For real though.

[sleek hatch]

1 shell should 1 tap. Its a power weapon.

Alos not complaining, mostly giving feedback. However, most people see people give it and see it as complaining.

[civic sundial]

And the Bulldog wasn't designed to be a power weapon

And the Mutilator takes the place of the pump action shotguns we saw in previous games as the power weapon shotgun

[sleek hatch]

Correct.

[sleek hatch]

I wouldn't say it takes the place of it. You use it very differently.

[oak grove]

can anyone help me with multiplier and want to team up?

I'm gold rank major 3 and need someone else to help balance the SBMM because it's kinda gone rouge today

[civic sundial]

It's a boom stick you use in close range. The major difference is the Mutilator has a lower maximum number of shells it can be loaded with and has a unique melee which functions like a gravity hammer. But that latter one is something which separates it from most other weapons

[oak grove]

and I don't have teams that I can communicate well with because most don't use VC and I have some skill issues I'm working out

[sleek hatch]

Ok

[gilded panther]

I have a question. My laptop doesnt run easy anti cheat because it Arm64. I can run MCC without eac, but was wondering if i could still unlock achievements

[glacial tartan]

No

[gilded panther]

oh, do they plan on updating support to allow Arm64?

[glacial tartan]

We have no idea of any roadmaps Halo Studios has for anything. Arm64 support could come out tomorrow, MCC could shut down tomorrow, we really have no idea

[gilded panther]

ok

[glacial tartan]

I would wager a guess its highly unlikely to ever happen

[left snow]

I could probably cope without sprint - but I don't think we can go back to no clamber. I don't think modern gamers would cope with players stiffly bouncing off a jump they missed my millimetres. It would just look silly. Comical even. And be frustrating to play.

What we need is more skill jumps on each map- so players who can avoid the clamber animation with nade jumps, crouch jumps, or other use of the terrain - have the advantage; faster movement, less noise, quicker to shoot.

[left snow]

I've actually gotten used to no player collision. And at the very least it makes for a clean start.

[left snow]

What we actually need is tighter SBMM. I feel that it's the skill gap that is hurting the game at the moment - there is too big a chasm between the best and worst players in each team. One player ends up carrying - and the rest are just holding on for dear life. But that's largely down to the relatively small player pool at the moment. 🙁

And you need MMR for SBMM. Starting everyone off in Bronze (and presumably go up with every win) is not an accurate (or timely) way to track a player's skill.

[sleek hatch]

After going back to MCC I really enjoy no clambering.
I think the skill jumps in H2 and H3 take more skill than the jumps in Infinite(and 5).
However, if they can actually make skill jumps have skill with a clamber... I am all for it.

[sleek hatch]

I am in the fence with this one.

[sleek hatch]

Ranked or Social?

[left snow]

Both.

Ranked should be matched tightly around the player. And if the meta continues to be around individual ranks then the squads need to be tightly controlled (even if that means you can't play with friends).

Social can be matched around the teams. With a wider skill gap between the best and worst players. But if you let it get too far you end up where we are now.

[left snow]

I like being able to spread off the start without jostling team-mates. And while it gets a bit weird when you phase through someone during play - it's better than being blocked from cover because your team mate is standing behind you.

It is a bit annoying when an enemy steps back through a human shield though. 🙂

I know a lot of people want collisions so they can climb on each other's shoulders and jump to hidden spots - but personally I hated that. It ruined Infection (for me).

[sleek hatch]

Ranked uses CSR to find players than used a global mmr to balance the matches.

Social is weird. I literally can't find games anymore really. I can play 8 games in an hour vs 2 in Infinite

[left snow]

Which is the silliest thing they ever did.

Just because a bunch of players couldn't cope with the fact that their form (MMR) can drift above or below their CSR.

So we end up with a bunch of really badly matched games during placement - and squads that can use their CSR to manipulate the opposition make up.

It's just so frustrating.

[sleek hatch]

It is. I know players with 2k mmr and diamond csr. And it is all they talk about.

[summer viper]

most do

[sleek hatch]

Lol

[left snow]

All they need to do is show the player their MMR.

Have a line Bronze to Onxy - and put a marker where your CSR is (eg. Platinum 4) and then put an MMR curve in the background (eg. centred on Platinum 2).

There would be so much less angst if the MMR wasn't "hidden".

You could then see how your form is travelling over a session - and how your CSR simply "chases" it. And I'm sure it would be sobering to players to see how their skill drops off with time (fatigue etc).

But I guess that's why they don't show it - players might stop playing when they see their MMR dip.

[uneven dew]

...

[short flower]

For any career rank, I think master sergeant is the halfway point. So I’m MSD. (Master Sergeant, Diamond)

[onyx latch]

bewm. Headshot.

[short flower]

Now when I get to Onyx yes it will become SUPER grindy. But better performances in FF should alleviate it a little.

[onyx latch]

Friendly note, Survive the Undead, if you know the meta, you can earn upwards of 100K plus Xp a match.

[short flower]

That is true… holy cow.

[onyx latch]

I've jumped multiple grades of Onyx ranks with one game before

[short flower]

Oh wow lol.

[short flower]

Perfection stolen from me last minute due to being machine gunned by a hunter. NO FAIR!!!!

I hate when stupid RNG strikes.

[short flower]

much better, kept it in the next match!

[limber bluff]

I’m running LASO rn and The Ark was a lot harder than I thought it would be, I can only imagine Gravemind and The Library

[livid cobalt]

Check this out ya'll, looks like the closest thing to a Halo 3 Anniversary (for now) https://youtu.be/NumkMKBsHwA

[hidden thistle]

Finally reach Level 76 in Halo 5

[wooden briar]

Looks cool! Please put this in #1076327824924872755 so that it doesn't get buried in here, then others can check it out too.

[celest heron]

you'll need to learn the prison skip on gravemind which is one of the longer things to get right.

[plush forge]

Gravemind has a lot of funny skips.

You can skip the first landing pad section with the floating decorations, that's obvious.

The prison skip is another one that's hard to do though,

[livid cobalt]

Is H2A MP lively anywhere?

[celest heron]

yes, when I was doing weeklies, I'd find h2a games in slayer and koth with oddball every now and then.

[frosty kayak]

Just finished halo 3 campaign for the first time

on legendary

[winged hazel]

damn why does mcc reach matchmaking always put me in the TU gametypes? what does the TU prefix even mean.

[tranquil edge]

Title update I think

[glacial tartan]

Correct, its Title Update. And because the TU changes are were voted on and confirmed better by the community many years ago

[winged hazel]

mmm. always assumed it was one of those uber-competitive modes made for hcs or something that i kept seeing in halo 3.

though that does mean elites are outright banned if i had to guess lmao

[glacial tartan]

https://www.halopedia.org/Halo:_Reach_Title_Updates

It was balancing changes. Bloom reduction was a big one, also armor lock was changed significantly

[glacial tartan]

The only Elite vs Spartans gametype is Invasion, its not fair otherwise

[sleek hatch]

@glacial tartan found your channel. I didn't know you made videos.

[glacial tartan]

I hope you enjoy, saw your comment and agree we should get some games in sometime 😄

[sleek hatch]

Have you matched creamy goodness yet?

[glacial tartan]

The name doesnt ring a bell, but I would assume I've played most people by now

[sleek hatch]

He only has 2 servers that he has 5 ping to checked. Then continues play like an absolute god. His ability to live is wild. And my lowest ping is 47.

[short flower]

One small change I’d like for them to make for the (armor coating) version of Platinum Anniversary is change the orange lights to white, on the CE kit, since the OG suit has the white lights.

[real notch]

Bandit should be the starting weapon in every game mode. The game would be better for it overall.

[left snow]

No arguments from me. I think it's a great option.

Although I wouldn't be against having the loadouts tailored to each map and/or game type. In some cases it may be preferable to have BR or AR starts.

[sleek hatch]

Need to have a precision start and AR start for sure.

[hidden thistle]

Just looked at all the Halo 5 cutscenes. Damn, what an awful direction after 4. 4 actually had something going, just don’t involve Chief at all

[onyx latch]

Nah, I prefer its direction as an extension of 4.

Plus, Brian Reed had a better handle on who Cortana was than most of the Halo franchise, let alone the fanbase's stunted ability that's stuck in Halo 3.

[warped ivy]

Just finished Infinite and while I think that campaign does compromise a little much, I like that it acknowledges the Halo 5 elephant in the room

Shows how she destroyed Sydney, the Spartan training facility, the Brute homeworld

It doesn’t just shy away from the negative reception, it luckily tries to tie it into her character of her being forced into such a rough position she tries to fix it, since her intention was never directly evil, it would just take a lot to get her to deviate from her plan

I think Infinite does try a little hard to have her go out on a more heroic note but it’s an interesting attempt that doesn’t feel malicious towards Halo 5’s pretty interesting direction

[left snow]

The story of Halo 5 was really jarring. But that was mainly because it just didn't gel with the pre-release hype / trailers.

I played through a second time, a year or two later, and really enjoyed it.

Locke isn't that bad.

It was only the dialogue between Blue team that really sucked. The in-game chatter. Some of it was pretty lame.

[left snow]

Just not too much BR though. The Infinite ones were like mini-snipers. And they could really pin you down from ranges you don't really want.

[onyx latch]

Being fair, Blue Team was never really a buncha yappers when Chief was around.

Like Blue Team really only ever seemed to get personalities when Chief was gone for some reason

[civic sundial]

That's part of why I think Chief should've been completely alone in Halo 5 and Blue Team was working alongside Osiris to help find him

[sleek hatch]

H3 br feels better

[civic sundial]

Only because the BR in Halo 3 is really the only viable non-power weapon

[hidden thistle]

I agree about the fanbase comment. I personally think that Halo 5 would’ve been better if it was marketed as a multiplayer only game. It’s a dumb comment from me, but I’m dumb anyways, so it works out

[sleek hatch]

It really is. However, some weapons have really good uses. Mostly to punish enemies making mistakes.
Infinite is the same way with the bandit...

Plus I like how the shooting is in Halo 3 than Infinite. Yes the AA feels stronger, but there is a skill gap in it.

[short flower]

So pretty much each fiestafight match I’ve played has had infinite ammo. So that should help on legendary FF.

[winged hazel]

in the halo infinite tutorial agryna mentioned something about chief being with other spartans? was i supposed to have played halo 5 first?

[short flower]

Elites with T & M on… dude. I can imagine how many cindershots it would take for one.

T & M = Thunderstorm & Mythic

On normal, it’s like almost a full magazine.

[winged hazel]

haven't heard of that first skull. is that just a literal thunderstorm?

[short flower]

Upgrades the rank of most enemies.

[winged hazel]

i meant thunderstorm

[celest heron]

that's what it does

[quiet adder]

I have a copy of Halo CE Anniversary that I am running on my Xbox One. I have 2 controllers 1 signed in as Me one signed in as Guest.

When we go to campaign the guest can not join. The only option is to download Xbox live profile.

So is there no way to play split screen coop without 2 Xbox live accounts?

[summer viper]

yes, correct

[winged hazel]

oh god is that to say that it stacks with mythic?

[hidden thistle]

Glad I didn’t buy it at my retro shop near me

[quiet adder]

Dead ahh. My wife wanted to play Halo for the first time and what a bad introduction lol.

We ended up having to make her an Xbox live account to play. I remember the good ol' days when you could turn a console on and play the game with your friends.

[hidden thistle]

I founded the OG Xbox at the same place for $100

That’s better than paying $110 for a refurbished Wii U

[eternal kelp]

Bruh, how long has the door in The Tower mission in Halo Infinite not been fixed?

I thought they fixed it after the update

[wicked flower]

I need help in the final level in Reach.
Currently I'm at the part where I have to control a turret to shoot down a ship but the problem is that the enemy flying in the air are destroying me every time. I need to know if there is a certain point to attack the ship or do I need to constantly attack the enemy and the ship?

[celest heron]

all you have to do is stand by the stairs and then just shoot the final shot when prompted.

[alpine oyster]

Halo theme song is so fire

[short flower]

Each of them are good. Opening suite, prologue, Atonement etc.

[covert hornet]

Lads anything new on the franchise or is it silent until next year?

[inland minnow]

given that we are in a peak holiday period, it's unlikely we'll get regular news. keep an eye on #announcements though, they may drop something

[karmic oriole]

Bruh did they remove the xbox game pass discount you get on halo infinite credits 😭i have game pass ultimate right now and the credit costs aren't discounted that's wild if they did unless it's glitched rn or something

[hidden thistle]

From a Russian Badger video: Bungie physics be like: Ah. Another suicide grunt

[fervent sage]

hello

[uneven dew]

...

[hidden thistle]

The Rookie’s back from the dead?

[short flower]

Legendary fiestafight isn’t a thing? Rip…

I want infinite ammo on a legendary match :(

[short flower]

So legendary firefight even Gruntpoc sucks, keep away from it at all costs.

[celest heron]

all I play is gruntpoc, but not the legendary version.

[frosty condor]

Gruntpoc fiesta normal difficulty

11-13k per game

[feral vale]

Yuuuuup. If you get a lot of kills and stay in the hill, you get 14k average.

Hill time alone will get you 11-13k, even grabbing a sensor to get assist points will add to it.

[brave carbon]

Does halo tell you if a player you reported received disciplinary action?

Played Valorant and it does, which is super nice

The amount of quitters and afkers is kinda wild rn

Go down 0-1 on flag and people immediately bounce

[glacial tartan]

No

[brave carbon]

Any plans to improve that

I mean, I will gladly take no more battle passes or cosmetics for gameplay improvements

Melees, kongs, spawns, uneven objectives. Would drastically improve the game

[celest heron]

well there actually won't be any more battle passes, but who knows if there will be any more gameplay updates.

[brave carbon]

Dang, bummer, might be the end of halo for me. Been a good run. Been playing since CE

Infinite frustrations getting to be a little too much tbh

[celest heron]

there's still a lot of people playing mcc if infinite isn't for you.

[brave carbon]

good to know, thanks

maybe it is my connection. But I encounter A LOT of questionable things

def could be connection

[silent drum]

Anyone know halo wars ?

[solid canopy]

This sounds silly but seeing the footage of Metroid Prime 4's jungle environment has made me go "That looks just like Infinity in Halo 4!" more than once

FTR that is not me claiming they ripped off Halo 4, rather that it gave me a sense of deja vu crossed with some form of excitement

[onyx latch]

Members of Halo 4 and 5's dev teams worked on Metroid

[solid canopy]

Like as in, they worked on Metroid before going onto 343i or they went to make Prime 4?

[onyx latch]

The latter

Which is funny because some elements of Halo 4/5 are clearly heavily inspired by Metroid

[olive rover]

I gotta ask is it bad that I’m struggling on halo CE on normal difficulty? It’s my first time playing and I’ve made it to captain keyees but man this game is brutal I’m getting through it but it’s taking a lot out of me and I usually play shooters on normal difficulty

[hardy forge]

not really

i did struggle on some parts on my first difficulty

and sometimes got stuck on some

you'll pull through man

[olive rover]

Thank you I know I will it's just very brutal

But the game is still fun just very unforgiving

[hardy forge]

i get that haha

[olive rover]

but I've never played a halo game before

And no Halo fireteam raven doesn't count even tho I did beat it

[hardy forge]

you beat the arcade game???

[olive rover]

yep

[hardy forge]

this is surprising to me

[olive rover]

took a lot of money but I did

[hardy forge]

as people dont usually beat arcade games

[olive rover]

it probably helped I was playing with my dad

[hardy forge]

ah

i was playing alone for the majority of my playthroughs

[olive rover]

Yeah for a long time that was my first sorta Halo game 😅

[hardy forge]

me too

fireteam raven was my first introduction to halo

[olive rover]

Lol that's crazy were the same

It's like playing terminator salvation arcade before watching the movie

[hardy forge]

yeah it is

lol

[olive rover]

I've yet to beat that one

It's funny that that was just probably made just for a quick cash grab and yet you can still find it at arcades to this very day

[solid canopy]

Huh. Neat. Do you know who specially worked on both?

[past spear]

where are all the boys at theres tumbleweeds blowing through the VCs in here. I am looking for halo infinite squads

[olive rover]

Can I ask why is the game spamming enemies in the maw

Trying to destroy some vent or whatever with a grenade and of course the game has to spam enemies cause that’s how we pad the run time

[sullen kiln]

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[olive rover]

Okay I’ve done it I’ve beaten halo CE

Was it wrong that I struggled on normal mode and I play a lot of shooters on normal mind you

I feel so stupid when everyone says it’s easy

[sleek hatch]

You got it! Everything is hard the first time!

[olive rover]

Is halo 2 easier on normal or should I just play easy

[sleek hatch]

Totally up to you. I would recommend normal. I can only think of 3 interactions that are hard on normal.

Just remember to use cover!

[median totem]

what order should I play the Halo games

[sleek hatch]

By release date

[median totem]

I heard reach takes place before Halo 1

[olive rover]

Yeah looking at the master chief collection the games seem to be organized by timeline

[sleek hatch]

Yesh but I think the release date is a better idea. Keeps up with the mechanics, and you will appreciate the Reach campaign a lot more too(imo)

[olive rover]

I mean my first Halo game was ce hopfully 2 will be a bit better

I say that and people are probably gonna be like should I tell him

Also I did not know CE had co op

[olive rover]

Also anyone struggling on the grenade jump on the halo mission

[fringe briar]

i can see that infinite still has the horrible sbmm

[olive rover]

Is it as bad as cod

[fringe briar]

my team apparently has a higher skill rating yet, they all go negative to a team with less skill rating, im convinced i just get put with bad players cause the game thinks my skill is so high that i can carry

and this is in quick play, not even ranked

halo 5 felt leagues better than this game for a reason

[left snow]

That's more to do with the low population. The matchmaker has to balance teams - so you get a big gap between the best and worst player. It's not much fun for anyone.

[hollow narwhal]

I wonder if after Halo Studios remakes the original Halo games CE-Reach they’ll make remakes of Halo 4 and 5. It would be a good opportunity to fix and rework how broken and damaged those games were.

[celest heron]

I don't think it's been confirmed that they're doing more than CE.

[hollow narwhal]

Didn’t they confirm that they’re going to at least be remaking the original trilogy?

[celest heron]

no, I think that was just a rumor/leak

[hollow narwhal]

Oh

[celest heron]

I wouldn't really want 2 or 3. CE is fine to hold us over at least temporarily, but I'd rather move forward with the next game.

[latent acorn]

It is more likely the CE remake is a test bed for Halo going on Unreal engine. It’s most likely the sequel to Infinite would be next after CE remake comes out. But we all can do is wait.

[celest heron]

that's what I think as well.

[onyx latch]

God, I'd hate it if they did a remake of the entire OT.

[olive rover]

Well so far I’m enjoying halo 2 more than I did 1

[velvet cobalt]

halo 2 is the best one imo

[olive rover]

The difficulty is also much more consistent and the cutscenes are far better than 1

[velvet cobalt]

im trying to complete halo 2 laso rn

already did standard legendary 2 times

i love halo 2 so i dont really care about re playing it

[velvet cobalt]

well, i think the worst thing about halo 2 is it difficulty to be honest LOL

[olive rover]

I hear that heroic and legendary are harder than 1 but normal and easy are easier than 1

[velvet cobalt]

yeah

[olive rover]

I’m on normal so not my problem 😅

[velvet cobalt]

first time playing?

[olive rover]

Yep

[velvet cobalt]

nice

[olive rover]

I’m playing all of the collection first time so 1 was pretty difficult for me

[velvet cobalt]

halo ce is very hard

the hardest ones are ce and 2

[olive rover]

I don’t even know how people say heroic is normal lol

[velvet cobalt]

i think halo ce difficulty is fair

its hard but most time you die "its your fault"

halo 2 feels like the game hates you and wants you to die

[olive rover]

Guess I’m inexperienced

Probably cause I also didn’t run and gun mostly

[velvet cobalt]

take your time and enjoy the game

[olive rover]

Okay I’ll try maybe soon I’ll get good at CE

[velvet cobalt]

the only thing that makes halo 2 easier in some ways than halo ce is that the game has alot more glitchs and bugs

and you can use them to your advantage

[olive rover]

That’s probably why CE was brutal for me is I didn’t use the glitches

But I’ve already struggled on doing one so idk how well I’d do on others

[velvet cobalt]

halo 2 has 7 missions that you can complete in 5 minutes or less lol

using glitches

halo 2 uprising mission can be done in 2:46 minutes 💀

those glitches are only used in speedrun or legendary/laso, for a first time playing i recommend playing the game in the intended way

[solid canopy]

That is 100% what it is. This isn't even the first time the idea of remaking Halo CE as a way of getting the team accustomed to making Halo games has been brought up.
Ryan Payton talked about it when asked what he would do differently as game director on Halo 4

[solid canopy]

@onyx latch

[onyx latch]

No

[solid canopy]

And honestly, it isn't a horrible idea. Working within a preestablished framework to get used to working as a team/working on a game's engine provides a good way to be assured you can deliever the more anticipated games.

I just wish they were doing this in 2011 and not 2025

[left snow]

It will probably come down to how it sells on PS5.

They won't leave a (profitable) player base hanging.

Personally I'd like them to release the rest of the game(s) in episodic form.

Slowly turn Halo Campaign Evolved into a new Halo MCC.

[onyx latch]

🤢

[potent vale]

I just had to deal with bots in MCC with a dude whos cheating

Dude used the name inverbing (defo not his user) and had 8 bots in an infection lobby

[left snow]

It's not my cup of tea either. And I get the utility of the CE remake to kick off Halo using Unreal Engine.

But as long as it doesn't delay Halo 7 and/or the next iteration of Multiplayer - I'd be happy for them to remake whatever.

You would think it would take less resources as they go.

Bonus if it brings in more fans to Multiplayer.

[sleek hatch]

Such a great idea. With Multiplayer too

Although let people search for classic or remade.

[left snow]

Definitely. There is still a classic fan base.

The match composer should toggle classic vs modern to cater for every one.

[olive rover]

There should probably be difficulty modes that fit both classic and modern fans so it’s more appealing

[olive rover]

One thing I love about Halo is how cheap the master chief helmet is

60$ on Amazon not bad at all I might get one sometime soon

Especially since other helmets are crazy expensive

[craggy wharf]

Spartan Ops tried that. And it didn't work.

[idle rampart]

Anyone use steams recording feature with Halo Infinite? I've noticed it's missing a bunch of sound effects in my recording. Only way to fix it is by recording my entire system audio

[winged cedar]

Fred

[short flower]

Anyone’s infinite ever freeze and have you get killed by the game? SO annoying. Just happened to me in firefight.

Never again game, please.

[solid canopy]

A lot of things about Spartan Ops didn't work

[solid canopy]

I am not doubting you but I was wondering if you do have a source for where it says that?

[left snow]

Spartan Ops was a great idea that I don't think quite gelled.

But if your regular DLC is actual full game levels - that would be a different story. And the key is that some levels, particularly in later games, would need very little tweaking. And by then you would hope that Halo Studios have the tools in their API to almost cut and paste from the old games into the new one (and yes, that is a gross over simplification of the whole process).

It seems a fait accompli to extend the new CE to at least the full trilogy.

But if it's successful you'd imagine there would be a market for ODST / Reach and then Halo 4-Infinite.

[solid canopy]

Spartan Ops existed some four-ish years too soon