general-chat

[pulsar cobalt]

Oh no please don't that gets stuck in my head

[livid nova]

All units

[fickle drift]

unrelated but how does the community feel about the goblin grunt mechs from Halo 5?

[pulsar cobalt]

i haven't played halo wars in a long time for that reason haha

[oak cave]

hello

[bronze breach]

Bye

[fickle drift]

I believe they're in Halo Wars 2 as well? but I could be wrong

[obsidian wyvern]

@regal chasm youll like this wont you

[molten pelican]

peter pan and wendy has 3.3 imdb

knew it

[neon halo]

So it’s probably good

[void ridge]

Is there a way for me to not join matches in progress in Halo infinite? Just joined a CTF game and lost within 10 seconds of joining.

[molten pelican]

3.3/10 imdb is an amazing score

[obsidian wyvern]

nope

[void ridge]

Gross. I'm loving the gameplay but the matchmaking system is terrible.

[molten pelican]

dude its the most annoying thing that happened to me earlier on one flag

[neon halo]

Critics score mean nothing

Super Mario movie critic score

[molten pelican]

it makes me mad sometimes yup

[molten pelican]

haha fr, 1billion dollar box office, but its different context

[void ridge]

Whatever happened to having lobbies and just mixing up the teams each game?

[molten pelican]

although technically, its not an amazing movie but like its mario it doesnt need an amazing story.

[neon halo]

Keeping the same players in the lobby would encourage naughty behavior and competition so we can’t have that in our friendly game 🙂

[neon halo]

Exactly

[molten pelican]

Oh i read that wrong

I just wish there was a way NOT to join in a match with 30 seconds left while losing

[void ridge]

Lame. I swear new game devs are so dumb. They pump out amazing mechanics and visuals and then butcher things like UI and matchmaking. Whatever happened to "If it ain't broke don't fix it"?

[neon halo]

Halo fans in 2012

[molten pelican]

I disagree about the game devs is dumb part but I kinda do see what you are talking about, still

[fickle drift]

I don't think there's an ounce of creativity left at Disney, all they seem to be doing is rehashing old successful films

[molten pelican]

they gonna remake moana lmao

[obsidian wyvern]

IT JUST CAME OUT

[neon halo]

Nah give it 15 years

[molten pelican]

disney has all the resources yet....

[steady jolt]

I think this is more about copyright expiring for a lot of things

[neon halo]

Little mermaid actually looks good👀

[molten pelican]

they massacred my boy flounder and Sabastian 😭

[obsidian wyvern]

https://tenor.com/view/troll-pilled-gif-19289988

[neon halo]

[hasty zinc]

I mean to be fair, that fish doesn't look like cartoon flounder IRL

[steady jolt]

I'm down for live action Moana tbh, especially with Dwayne

[molten pelican]

but its no use lol

[neon halo]

This mindset ruined lion king

[molten pelican]

why not make an original movie

[neon halo]

Coco was good

[molten pelican]

facts lion king shouldnt have been too realistic, no emotion in the characters appearance

[obsidian wyvern]

coco was good

[molten pelican]

coco was good

[obsidian wyvern]

https://tenor.com/view/spider-man-we-one-gif-18212100

[molten pelican]

was just about to say lol

[void ridge]

I'm sorry but they're dumb. The gameplay of Halo Infinite with the matchmaking and customization of Halo Reach would have been 10/10. Now it's like a 8/10 because they want to try new (and worse) UI and matchmaking elements. Though I don't blame devs for the monetization of cosmetics. That's 100% on Microsoft.

[obsidian wyvern]

wait i just realised meowlnir already said it whoops

[neon halo]

I thought that was intentional

[obsidian wyvern]

whats worse with matchmaking

[obsidian wyvern]

nope i didnt see

[bronze breach]

If this game is going to last 10 years unless plan has been scrapped. They ought to redo the UI

[molten pelican]

its ftp (which I dont like) but that means obv the cosmetics gonna be monetized lol its not a big deal

[molten pelican]

yeahhhh its pretty buggy still

[neon halo]

10 year plan hasn’t even started yet they have yet to hit day 1 achievements

[bronze breach]

Should also add a matchmaking lobby with map voting.

[obsidian wyvern]

idk if im for or against map voting

[neon halo]

I’m against

[void ridge]

It is definitely a big deal. Idk if you were around for the glory days of Halo but back then having cool armor meant you EARNED it. Now you gotta swipe a debit card or you're out of luck. It makes it all feel pointless.

[molten pelican]

im for it tbh, just depends tho bc people could have friends with them

[molten pelican]

No I get it, but there is still armor to earn today just less effect

[obsidian wyvern]

like hell yeah id love to not play chasm/damnation

but i feel like everyone will pick the same map again and again to the point where i dread it, even if its good

[fickle drift]

for Veto
against Voting
🐀

[neon halo]

I mean I agree but this complaint is like a broken record at this point. I don’t think anyone likes it

[molten pelican]

But its true and I agree, sadly wont change anything and Ive accepted that

[void ridge]

Joining matches and losing within seconds of joining. Not having lobbies. I'm sorry if people have tender feelings but c'mon man. Nothing was better than wiping out a bunch of trash talkers. Things really feel less competitive now.

[obsidian wyvern]

live fire is an awesome map, but for the first few months of infinite, i didnt really want to play it much because of the first flight i was invited to

[molten pelican]

the joining matches while losing is super annoying lol

[obsidian wyvern]

JIP is good, but there needs to be some changes to prevent you from joining near the end, agreed. Would also like pre-game and post-game lobbies + text chat with the enemy team.

[bronze breach]

Should be mercy rule active if that happens because you joined mid match imo

[molten pelican]

its pretty ridiculous the situations they join you in

[normal owl]

Let's remember to keep comments constructive per #rules-and-guidelines

[molten pelican]

agreed

[bronze breach]

Yeah why isnt there text chat with enemy team in infinite

[normal owl]

Could be interesting, but I don't really miss those few seconds of hearing someone's awful music blaring from their 2-watt speakers on full volume.

[bronze breach]

My diabolical plans of baiting them with text chat has been foiled

[obsidian wyvern]

therefore toggle

pleasing both sides i guess

[normal owl]

Reddit syndrome fueled by competitiveness would produce some frightening results lol

[obsidian wyvern]

but also having a toggle on everything can get annoying

[void ridge]

Mute button has entered the chat

[molten pelican]

maybe not everytime but an option in settings

[obsidian wyvern]

can someone explain how exactly veto worked with halo, cant find much on it

[bronze breach]

Also it me or does people have weird names in infinite

[molten pelican]

play warzone

[obsidian wyvern]

get on roblox lol

[molten pelican]

that too

[bronze breach]

Lol

[normal owl]

Also, I'm happy having people silenced by default rather than the bothered having to take action just to quiet the botherer.

[void ridge]

Not allowed to criticize devs here eh? Truth hurts.

[molten pelican]

i mean Im a spork

[amber mirage]

You got a map and mode shown. You had a brief period to choose to veto it. if enough people vetoed, you'd get another random map and mode.

[molten pelican]

I mean calling them dumb isnt criticizing lol its just blind insults

[obsidian wyvern]

constructive criticism

[normal owl]

They're so wounded by your searing insight.

[obsidian wyvern]

ah ok

[hasty zinc]

and if you still didn't get the map you wanted, you could just pull your HDD from your xbox so it failed to load and forced a new map roll

[void ridge]

If someone does something dumb and you tell them they're dumb it isn't a blind insult.

[molten pelican]

yes....yes it is, bc thats subjective anyways, I agree with your points on the actual matter but not how you phrasing it lol

[fickle drift]

If players didn't like the map you originally got in matchmaking, half or more the lobby could press X to veto and it would give you another randomized map

So not as controlling as voting

[obsidian wyvern]

that sounds good

[normal owl]

It's what some people do out of frustration at knowing they're unable to effect actual change. Helplessness breeds anger.

[molten pelican]

I want that

[bronze breach]

Wonder what MS is going to do to appeal on the Activision merger

[amber mirage]

It usually led to people vetoing objective modes

[obsidian wyvern]

(not good)

when my favourite mode happens to be CTF

[molten pelican]

true

[void ridge]

True actually. I am quite angry that the series I've played since 2007 is a shell of it's former self and there's nothing I can do about it.

[molten pelican]

AH so thats why your kd ratio is below 1 (jk)

[round laurel]

With veto it's still possible to get another objective mode though

[normal owl]

Yeah that was a partial surprise after it seemed prelim reviews had become more and more favorable.

[molten pelican]

I get ya

[round laurel]

Well you can.

Just don't spend money on it.

[fickle drift]

They are currently planning to buy all the supply of tea so we can't have any until we accept their deal

[obsidian wyvern]

its so hard to improve my ranked kd at this point when theres a 400 gap

[molten pelican]

ranked is a jerk

[obsidian wyvern]

i think my kd for most other modes is above 1 though

[neon halo]

I just play other games

[queen remnant]

Impossible suggestion

[neon halo]

My mistake. How could 343 do this to me

[amber mirage]

There's no way that any of the other thousands upon thousands of games out there are good.

[bronze breach]

Just wait for Gears 6.

[neon halo]

Doom 6

[normal owl]

People would rather try and force one game to become the experience they individually want than find the experience they individually want in any of the thousands of other games.

[hasty zinc]

Horse Racing 2023

[normal owl]

Don't even TEMPT me.

[amber mirage]

I had the same thought

[neon halo]

Aegis is a gambler at heart

[molten pelican]

horse racing

[obsidian wyvern]

he started my ms rewards downfall

[bronze breach]

Gears 6 will be long long away. Read that the VA for JD said he hasn't been called by TC yet

[molten pelican]

AHAHHA

[oak cave]

hello heloers

[amber mirage]

Maybe that means something

[normal owl]

HR2016 has been an institution, and I worry about whether they will stay TRUE to the spirit of the classic or chase money and give us a hollow shell of Horse Racing.

[round laurel]

Have we checked with Bender yet?

[obsidian wyvern]

I saw aegis win 10k and thought I could do the same

I lost 21k in the end

[bronze breach]

Possibly. But TC also shutdown their discourse forums as well lol

They dont also have an active CM anymore he got removed for unknown reasons

[normal owl]

Dude I didn't know it had gotten that bad.

Where's the MS Rewards hotline?

[amber mirage]

Well, whatever's going on with Gears, I'll patiently wait for and look forward to 6.

[bronze breach]

Same.

[amber mirage]

I still need to play Tactics

[bronze breach]

Not a fan of turn based games. I just watched the cutscenes lol

[obsidian wyvern]

well I knew I could win 5000% but only lose 100%

it was an easy choice

[amber mirage]

I am a fan, so I'm looking forward to it. Just a matter of when I get around to it.

[normal owl]

You shot your shot. Respect.

[bronze breach]

I just hope next Gears does not have cross over characters

[normal owl]

I loved the crossover stuff.

[amber mirage]

I hope it does. Usually easy targets in versus

Bautista bombing Emile is glorious

[round laurel]

Meh, as long as silly skins are a thing I don't mind it.

Terminator was a bit weird though.

[normal owl]

[amber mirage]

Terminator had like three different crossovers going on at that time

[bronze breach]

Terminator one was the worst originally. In darker maps you could blend in with the environments lol and couldnt hear them coming

[normal owl]

And it was neat how Bautista got some acknowledgement of his love for Gears.

[amber mirage]

Let's see if translates over to the Netflix series

[normal owl]

Netflix is rapidly growing its reasons for me to sub again.

[amber mirage]

Every other service is out handing me free subs, so Netflix is continuing to fail getting me.

[bronze breach]

Honestly I dont think netflix series or the movie is going to done well. I think movie is stuck in dev hell

[amber mirage]

Can't be a hell as deep as the Splinter Cell movie

[normal owl]

HBO Max and Peacock both expire in August. Oh shoot I need to claim that GPU perk.

[obsidian wyvern]

can anything get worse than the doom movies

[amber mirage]

The Doom movies at least came out

[normal owl]

got em

[obsidian wyvern]

oh

[round laurel]

The Doom movie had that cool first person scene... kudos for that.

[obsidian wyvern]

i dont think doom is suited for anything outside a game

[amber mirage]

Not even the books that apparently exist?

[neon halo]

Attaching a story to Doom is a bad idea

[normal owl]

Also was my first time seeing Karl Urban as anyone other than Eomer.

[neon halo]

Green guy kill

[bronze breach]

||laughing on Gears 5 story. The game was pretty much about establishing the hammer of dawn network again,but they lost the targeting beacons and gone back to square one lol||

[void ridge]

So once I do all my challenges how do I level up the battlepass? Just wait?

[obsidian wyvern]

i should have added in terms of movies/series

i havent seen the books, but they could be interesting idk.

[amber mirage]

All I know is the books exist. Nothing else.

[obsidian wyvern]

i still need to finish doom 2 and 3 + 64

[bronze breach]

If ms doesn't get activision I wonder if sony going to try lol

[obsidian wyvern]

doom 3 keeps crashing on me though

[amber mirage]

Are you playing on PC or console?

[obsidian wyvern]

i saw quite a few cloud gaming companies backing ms

[obsidian wyvern]

original dooms + 3 on desktop, but i also tried 3 on xcloud and that wouldnt get past the loading screen either

[bronze breach]

Also ms isnt advanced in cloud gaming. Crackdown 3 showed that

[amber mirage]

I played 3 on console and had no issues

[crude marsh]

Well tbf that was years ago

[bronze breach]

Ms are in the same position as everyone else and not really have a monopoly

[obsidian wyvern]

cloud gaming with xbox is pretty solid

[round laurel]

I think they're referring to streaming games

[bronze breach]

Oh

[obsidian wyvern]

only thing is input delay

[amber mirage]

Crackdown was also trying to a different kind of Cloud thing. Cloud gaming as in streaming is where they have the majority of the market share.

[round laurel]

Make sure to play Doom II with the brutal doom mod, there is no other way...

[obsidian wyvern]

looks interesting but im already halfway through 2 lol

[round laurel]

I don't think Sony could afford it.

[obsidian wyvern]

well i think halfway, ive just got to his home town

[crude marsh]

sony got that dumb money but ms got that crazy dumb money

[molten berry]

Anybody else think Halo 4 was actually good?

[crude marsh]

i liked halo 4 :)

[amber mirage]

Same

[molten berry]

Only thing i didn't like was those damn watchers

[amber mirage]

Shoot them first. Problem solved.

[normal owl]

This should have been WSJ's analysis headline.

[molten berry]

they so small it's so damn hard to

[crude marsh]

they need to hire me asap smh my head

[molten berry]

and they are fast as

[leaden juniper]

Level design in 4 was a meme and the ammo deficit made you camp at the back of the map especially on legendary, also knights were very annoying

[molten berry]

true

[elfin glacier]

Is there a single person who liked watchers from a gameplay perspective

[smoky token]

I would have liked them more if they didn’t have a shield

[elfin glacier]

They should have been way more fragile imo

[molten berry]

On the 1st level of 4, in the space bit, anybody else find that really hard?

They spawn everywhere

[round laurel]

Yeah the knights in 4 soured my experience a bit, at least from what I remember at launch. All I kept thinking was "I wish these were elites/brutes." Very frustrating and tanky.

Halo 5 made them more fun to fight.

[molten berry]

the amount of times i died in the discount firefight bit

Halo Reach made you tear up, don't lie

[elfin glacier]

Soldiers def filled a niche that knights tried to fill in 4

[amber mirage]

Only one game from 2010 made me tear up. It was not Reach.

[round laurel]

Red Dead? Mass Effect 2?

[crude marsh]

im scared to know which one

[smoky token]

Halo 4 was very rough in introducing the new enemy, Halo 5 definitely smoothed it out a lot

[amber mirage]

The former

[crude marsh]

oh nvm

[round laurel]

[molten berry]

heresy

[void ridge]

Ya know as much as I hate the battlepass system I will commend them for making each one permanently available. Small comfort but comfort nonetheless.

[elfin glacier]

The discourse sucks so much wrt halo 5 because there's a ton of stuff it did right

[molten berry]

never unlocked a thing in the battlepass i barely play multiplayer

and when i do i get sniped by a 7 year old from across the map who abused power weapons

I know they are 7 because of their usernames

[smoky token]

Truly

[dreamy stirrup]

how is being sniped "abusing" power weapons?

the purpose of a sniper is to....snipe

[molten berry]

cause all they have is power weapons

[dreamy stirrup]

all i'm hearing is you got outplayed.

[molten berry]

i saw a bro campin right next to a spawn

[dreamy stirrup]

it's halo. gotta control those power weapons lol

[normal owl]

[smoky token]

Gee, it’s almost like Halo is an arena shooter where the whole purpose of the game is to control the map, spawn points, vehicles, and power weapons as best as possible, lest the other team dominate you with them

[steady jolt]

Kill them and get the spawn yourself

Coordinate with your team

[molten berry]

moment a sniper spawned he grabbed it, missed 3 shots off me and landed the last one on me after a hog drained my shields

[dreamy stirrup]

so he controlled the power weapon spawn and was rewarded for it

🙂

[faint mantle]

hershey

[smoky token]

That’s what Halo’s always been about

[steady jolt]

So they wasted 3 bullets, that's not really abusing anything

[molten berry]

yes, by camping it with a rocket launcher

[obsidian wyvern]

in all honesty, you should be able to kill them if they missed 3 shots

[round laurel]

I mean you don't really need to camp power weapons as it'll give you the spawn timer.

[dreamy stirrup]

again

it's an arena shooter. the name of the game is control the spawns and power weapons.

[smoky token]

Guys I just got an overkill with a single rocket after everyone on the enemy team was being stupid and grouping up all at once, was this abusing power weapons?

[dreamy stirrup]

but being in control of them is not "abusing" the power weapons lol

[obsidian wyvern]

Sam pls do a typing test

[dreamy stirrup]

why?

lol

[obsidian wyvern]

because that was freaky

[steady jolt]

Also, if you're getting hit by a hog it sounds like you're out in the open and not paying attention to your surroundings

[molten berry]

also he tried 360ing me with a rocket launcher from across the map and blew up a wasp from his own team lol

[dreamy stirrup]

i think last i checked it was somewhere north of 100 wpm

[smoky token]

Impressive

[obsidian wyvern]

that seems like 150 minimum

[smoky token]

last i checked i’m only at 80-90

[obsidian wyvern]

because mine is 100

[molten berry]

I was in scorpian turret

[smoky token]

I think I’m faster on my phone than i am on my physical keyboard

[round laurel]

Are we really going to complain about a guy that misses 3 shots when you're in the turret? hahaha

[smoky token]

Fun fact: the sniper is an anti-materiél rifle

It can penetrate armour easily

[faint mantle]

The Scorpion turreteer's only job is to mark targets for the main driver using the gun

[rare cedar]

Mine is 117

[molten berry]

he had terrible aim

[faint mantle]

One things go south, it's easy for you to die first

Especially since you're exposed

[steady jolt]

Hold up. You're in a Scorpion and you're complaining about people using power weapons against you??

[obsidian wyvern]

LOL

[faint mantle]

Or maybe aiming for the tank instead

All I'm reading is complains over logical thinking

[smoky token]

I got a really nice double on a wraith yesterday because I planted a grenade on the front. They had a gunner but he wasn’t paying enough attention to shoot me off.

[molten berry]

yes because i was literally just getting in it to shoot a bro in a hog

[bronze breach]

Every spartan for himself.

[steady jolt]

Please remember to turn off the ping /tag before replying. Thanks

[faint mantle]

That's the main tank driver's job...

You had no business there other than marking targets

[molten berry]

the driver got out as i got in lol

[normal owl]

The only abuse of power weapons is when I pick one up due to my poor aim.

[molten berry]

lmao

[faint mantle]

There's a button to switch seats :)

[dreamy stirrup]

wait

what did i just catch up on

[bronze breach]

I died right after spawning as my teammate mowed me down with a mongoose

[dreamy stirrup]

lmao

[molten berry]

yeah but there is something called not paying attention to it cause i was being ganged by 5 dudes

[faint mantle]

Bad decision making and game sense

[smoky token]

He was in a tank and is complaining about power weapons being abused

[faint mantle]

Too bad, that's team play. Stick with your own folks.

[molten berry]

tank turret, not a power weapon is it?

[smoky token]

Yes.

It is.

[faint mantle]

Looks like the enemy deserved to win ngl

[smoky token]

Lmao

[dreamy stirrup]

the scorpion itself is like the big boi power weapon

[bronze breach]

If you see an available tank then know that everyone is obviously going to gang up on for themselves or destroy it

[smoky token]

Tank beats everything

[steady jolt]

Yeah, none of this is abusing power weapons. The enemy team are controlling the map and weapon spawns to take out your power vehicles. Your objective is to do the same. You and your team just need to, in technical terms: git gud

[leaden juniper]

Yeah big agree. In 5 while they didn't change mechanically and I still thought they were poorly designed, you at least had squad commands so you could target them

[molten berry]

i kid you not, half my team was trying to all get onto a wasp for "air assualt"

[dreamy stirrup]

that's fun

i do it sometimes lol

[smoky token]

In other words, if you don’t like this kinda gameplay, Call of Duty is right around the corner

[dreamy stirrup]

but anyway, the power weapons are on the map to be used

you can't "abuse them"

if you keep getting them it's either:

the other team is bad at controlling

or you did a better job at controlling

ergo you are rewarded with said powe weapons

and free kills

[molten berry]

technically you are abusing if you are sitting right on it and quickly stealing them before moving to a second one and repeat

[livid nova]

The overarching solution to most game problems: git gud

[steady jolt]

I'm also guessing this is BTB

[dreamy stirrup]

that's not abusing it

[smoky token]

No that’s called map control

[dreamy stirrup]

that's literally playing the game.

[bold sparrow]

I mean the tag for Slayer says "control power weapons to defeat your enemy" so...

[dreamy stirrup]

if they're sitting on it they are controlling the spawn/area and deserve to be rewarded for it lol

[molten berry]

yes, most chaotic game i ever played

[steady jolt]

No, that's called controlling a spawn point

[livid nova]

It's not abusing it's better positioning

[calm fiber]

To disable the ping/tag when replying, please click or tap the "on" button at the right hand side of the chat box in order to turn it off.
For users on PC, if you hold Shift while clicking reply the tag will be automatically turned off.

[bold sparrow]

Has that ever been different in any Halo game?
I cant think of one that didnt have power weapon spawns to control.

[steady jolt]

Oop, need an updated image there

[smoky token]

I bet the other team was having a blast, sounds like they were really cohesive

[smoky token]

There has not been a single FPS halo game where this has been different

[molten berry]

same game, i saw some bros from both teams jamming hogs where they did not belong

[leaden juniper]

H4 got a little stupid with the ordnance drops and warzone didn't have them for obvious reasons but otherwise yes map control has always been a part of the game

[livid nova]

I singlehandedly got my team half of the kills on Highpower by monopolizing the Wasp

[normal owl]

[dreamy stirrup]

@pure spindle @crisp raptor hog room anyone?

[hasty zinc]

wow, way to abuse the Wasp smh

[smoky token]

Warzone was unique on it’s own and I wouldn’t give it any fault for that but yeah I do agree with the ordnance drops

[livid nova]

I would use one, once it got damaged I would fly to where the next one spawns, destroy the damaged one, and use the new one

Rinse and repeat

[hasty zinc]

unbelievable

[bronze breach]

I do the opposite I repulsor the wasps lol

[molten berry]

personally i do not use power weapons, they are hard to use cause either you need to be right next to em, or be in the open

[steady jolt]

You really can't complain about the enemy team "abusing power weapons" in the same game that half your team is too busy fighting over a wasp

They should be going after those weapons

[molten berry]

not fighting, messing around until some guy EMP'd it and they all died

[smoky token]

Yeah, to be clear, Halo is not the same genre of FPS as Call of Duty, or Battlefield, or whatever

[steady jolt]

Stop pinging me

[smoky token]

It’s an arena shooter

[round laurel]

Someone is going to correct me if I'm wrong as I don't play much BTB, but in regular modes, the power weapons have timers. You don't need to be right next to them until they spawn.

[frail walrus]

https://tenor.com/view/kto-kounotoritoken-kounotori-lbow-storkholders-gif-25676340

[livid nova]

Halo has a MUCH higher TTK than those

[frail walrus]

I also do that

[livid nova]

Responded to the wrong thing

[frail walrus]

signed, a fellow wasp abuser

[livid nova]

I prefer the term Monopolization

[dreamy stirrup]

at the end of the day, here's the thing:

Halo is an Arena shooter. the name of the game is to literally control the map, control the power weapons, and control the spawns.

the team that does that better, is rewarded with power weapons, vehicles, and better spawns.

and usually wins

if you don't do that, you lose

it's not "power weapon abuse" that you got sniped by a sniper doing the intended thing with the weapon - sniping

[bronze breach]

12:47 remember that time folks on highpower.

[livid nova]

I memorized the times the Wasp spawns

[round laurel]

Also, power weapons are just fun to use. Why wouldn't you pick them up?!

[fossil skiff]

I play with a group sometimes that tracks wasp spawns to the second :p

[molten berry]

I played a game with 5 of my friends and we wiped to floor with the other team using the spawn weapons, while most of their team hand power weapons and mostly just team killed each other

[livid nova]

The Wasp always first spawns when there is 12:45 left on the time

[smoky token]

Devs 6-3
“And thou shalt control the map, or he shall be subject to the cost of a broken controller and a television in need of replacing”

[bronze breach]

For me its 12:47 when it exactly spawns

[dreamy stirrup]

no one tell him about fiesta

[dreamy stirrup]

lol i love this!

[molten berry]

hate fiesta i always spawn with a plasma pistol and pulse carbine

[candid solar]

... Knights were changed entirely, what are you on about?

[round laurel]

Isn't that what you want?

[livid nova]

The Knights in 5 act more similarly to Hunters than the mainline troops they were in Halo 4

[muted rose]

Imo pulse carbine is actually pretty good

[molten berry]

i want something that y'know can miss by moving slightly to the right

[hasty zinc]

I appreciate it much more after doing the drills

[livid nova]

After they buffed it the Pulse Carbine is really useable

[muted rose]

People just hate it because it ain’t the og carbine

[round laurel]

That's the sniper

[obsidian wyvern]

lol force

[livid nova]

I present to you the Skewer

[molten berry]

haven't used the carbine in a while so idk how it works now

[dreamy stirrup]

pulse carbine is good

don't sleep on it

[livid nova]

I use it a lot now

[molten berry]

Skewer is based

[candid solar]

Like, Knights in 4 are teleporting (And frankly mean) Elite clones with the Battlewagons in particular having a serious case of spite.

[hasty zinc]

it's probably too hard to sleep on tbh

[round laurel]

Medium ranged shield drainer. Combo it with the sidekick

[normal owl]

Use a pillow instead: more comfortable.

[smoky token]

I’ve never been big on using the plasma rifle/storm rifle in Halo but, but Infinite I think is the first game where it’s truly viable in the form of the Pulse Rifle

[candid solar]

In 5 they're slow moving, sluggish tanks with weapons that usually hit like a truck. No shields, sectional damage.

[hasty zinc]

LTM: Spartan Pillowfight

[amber mirage]

Storm Rifle in 5 was a beast

[molten berry]

i both h

[livid nova]

I feel like the Mantis would fit well in Infinite's sandbox

[muted rose]

Burst format makes it much better too, headshot damage with it at close range is insane

[candid solar]

It's really just CE where it was good.

[molten berry]

bruh

[normal owl]

New map: Sleepover.

[molten berry]

my dog jumped on my lag gimme a secbdwbduh

[muted rose]

Sandwhich

[hasty zinc]

Just put it on Blood Gulch since that map is already a snoozefest

[normal owl]

literal lol

[candid solar]

Honestly, if they smoothed out how the Mantis' map traversal worked (Ignoring downed trees and whatnot), it'd be a way better 'tank' on Zeta Halo than the actual tank.

[forest lagoon]

Honestly, I prefer spawn weapons too. But I'll grab the power weapons at the very least for the sole purpose of denying it to the enemy if I can. Use them if I must or drop it to a teammate. Good times

[molten berry]

aight

[smoky token]

Has anyone remade Valhalla in Infinite yet

[molten berry]

someone has

[forest lagoon]

Unless it's rockets. I keep the rockets.

[muted rose]

I’d be surprised if it hasn’t

[dreamy stirrup]

yup

check the last forge features, 009

[livid nova]

Uneeq's High Ground is really good

[dreamy stirrup]

there's a version in there

[molten berry]

it's ok...the water is fake and the spawns are a bit off

[fickle drift]

but can we agree that a S7 Antipersonnel Sniper is not supposed to take out a fresh spawned Wasp in 2 shots, aka 2.5 seconds?
like whats the point of vehicles if every gun is just able to shred them way too quickly?

[hasty zinc]

all water in Halo is fake

[bronze breach]

I think wasp got nerfed. No?

[smoky token]

I’ve seen two games where the water looks genuinely good and neither of them have been Halo

[dreamy stirrup]

"the water is fake"

it's forge.

[livid nova]

Idk why the Covenant don't carry water balloons. It kills spartans instantly

[dreamy stirrup]

and....for a forge/game editor, it's really good

[smoky token]

Sea of Thieves and War Thunder

[hasty zinc]

this digital water is super fake bro

[muted rose]

1: subnautica
2: sea of thieves

[forest lagoon]

Most of the time my random BTB team has no idea how to take out vehicles and they survive for quite awhile for the enemy lol

[amber mirage]

Sea of Thieves water does look delicious

[smoky token]

I forgot about Subnautica

That makes 3

[muted rose]

Wait war Thunder as well

[hasty zinc]

the ocean pixels IRL are much more realistic

[molten berry]

also hate the generic blowing up vehicles are, they just got overcooked in the microwave and disappear

[round laurel]

I remember Half Life 2 water being pretty.

[fossil skiff]

Disappear? I see remnants of wraiths and scorpions all the time

[forest lagoon]

subNOTica any real water in there

[bronze breach]

The vehicle blowing up vfx is better since its redone in season 3

[forest lagoon]

Ok I'll see myself out

[molten berry]

you know what i mean

[smoky token]

Half Life 2’s water shader was good but nothing compared to water in modern games

[muted rose]

You are not punny

[smoky token]

Have they redone the Phantoms in campaign yet?

[livid nova]

Arkham Knight's water looks really good

[dreamy stirrup]

it's totally better when the vehicles just blow up out of nowhere with no indication 😛

[hasty zinc]

my favorite S3 change is the shinier Gladiators Edge

[jolly copper]

welp summer weather is here and my pc would run hot in winter already so its good bye to this game til fall 🙂

[fossil skiff]

Heat transfer issue

[smoky token]

Halo 4 vehicles when you accidentally tap them

[muted rose]

Use a bucket of ice smh

[forest lagoon]

No, I am puny

Wait ...

[dreamy stirrup]

bring back CE vehicle spartan physics

[smoky token]

It’s the ghost of all the dead CE spartans taking their revenge i swear to god

[dreamy stirrup]

LOL

[smoky token]

YEAH exactly lmao

[fossil skiff]

Up your external convection game

[molten berry]

i'm startin up a 4V4 on Bazaar, will let bros know how it went

[forest lagoon]

Let us ride on tanks

[round laurel]

Remember: go for the power weapons!

[bronze breach]

Let us spawn in banished scarabs

[fickle drift]

Sea of Thieves
Anno 2070
Uncharted 4

[livid nova]

Let us spawn with a personal Halo ring

[hasty zinc]

if my vehicles don't do this in MP I dont' want em https://gfycat.com/impressionablefantastichamadryad

[candid solar]

It should take around 4 unless you have someone who's a jerk like me who tends to shoot every vehicle he thinks the enemy will get.

[smoky token]

Genuinely though, i want physics sliders for customs

[fossil skiff]

Best I can do for you is taking a brute chopper off a man cannon and engaging boost

[muted rose]

Not a jerk move especially in btb ctf

[dreamy stirrup]

my favorite playthrough of this is when i died right as i got into the Warthog

[candid solar]

It landed correctly? I call BS.

[fossil skiff]

You can actually park it on the cliffs in highpower if you do it right

[dreamy stirrup]

and then Ka Five made it all the way to the end and i got the achievement for not getting out

but he didn't

@pure spindle he was mad

[forest lagoon]

Low gravity rocket gungoose races

[burnt frost]

someone please help me out. How do i embed images in a Show and tell post???

[muted rose]

Imgur.

[dreamy stirrup]

as you were told before you have to upload to an image hosting site and paste the link

[calm fiber]

Please note that direct uploads are disabled. In order to share your content, you'll need to upload it elsewhere and share a link here. Twitter, Instagram, and Imgur are excellent options for this. https://imgur.com is a free image hosting site that doesn't require an account to upload content. Thanks for understanding!

[hasty zinc]

and get this, this was me and I was doing the achievement to do POA run without being forcibly ejected WITH boom skull on and tht gif took place DURING that successful run

[smoky token]

The bit about imgur should be changed, since they are updating their TOS about uploading with no accounts… soon

I forgot if it’s within the next week or month or what

[dreamy stirrup]

ugh

[muted rose]

What? Lame.

[dreamy stirrup]

super annoying of them.

[smoky token]

Yeah

[dreamy stirrup]

are there alternatives?

i don't even know

[round laurel]

Imgbb?

[smoky token]

Idk

I’ve always used Imgur for everything

[normal owl]

Post on Myspace > link to picture album.

[smoky token]

Recently I’ve started using a personal CDN though

[muted rose]

If it’s to reduce bots, fine. If it’s to make more money, then I’m angry

[smoky token]

Does google drive embed images?

[muted rose]

Let me check

[smoky token]

It’s to please advertisers and such

[forest lagoon]

I just direct upload

[fickle drift]

nah i basically carried my BTB Oasis match and had 10 zones captured while the best in enemy team had 3, so i thought id reward myself with a bit of vehicular fun - jumped into the wasp and was greeted by some dude on the other side of the map, so small i couldnt see a pixel of him giving me 2 shots in roughly 2 seconds into my wasp before I could even fly anywhere safe and had to eject because the vehicles went up in flames.
Very much fun

[round laurel]

Making an account is a quick process, what's the big deal?

[bronze breach]

It shouldn't be a problem for people to sign up to imgur

[normal owl]

I think it displays your account's associated name somewhere? Or that could be a different common method I saw.

[steady jolt]

Aww nuts

[forest lagoon]

Or upload an image to my server that has me and only me and testing bots and the copy pasta the link to that

[smoky token]

That also works, unless embeds are disabled for the role

[round laurel]

Mmm... pasta

[smoky token]

But that wouldn’t change in show and tell I think

[muted rose]

Drive does not work for embeds, it just takes you to the login.

[smoky token]

I usually just DM mee6

[steady jolt]

Can you DM yourself?

[smoky token]

Lol

[forest lagoon]

But it'll still work as a link

[muted rose]

I’ll try again

[fickle drift]

even better when you have an account but you can click on Images and get greeted with "page missing" error and thus cant upload anything anymore

[muted rose]

I’m getting a Null error. Might be my phone or something

Wait

[hasty zinc]

alternatively everyone can create a free Amazon AWS S3 bucket and use a program to upload their pics

[smoky token]

lol

[hasty zinc]

it's a little pricey though, last month I had to pay 3 cents

[normal owl]

I guess not

[smoky token]

I’m paying $100 for 3 years on this box up in amsterdam with 2tb and 40 gigabit

[forest lagoon]

Bucket... Remember when photobucket was the king of images and forums, and then they broke it by making you pay for embeds so almost every photo ever posted on a forum was broken?

[hasty zinc]

oh sorry, it was 1c

[smoky token]

It’s not a flat cost for them, they charge for however much you use?

[hasty zinc]

AWS?

[fickle drift]

well that would still require embed to be displayed

[smoky token]

yeah

[hasty zinc]

yeah it's what you use

no flate rate

[smoky token]

Also they use their own silicon don’t they?

[hasty zinc]

some months I don't have a bill

[leaden juniper]

Frankly if they did I didn't notice a thing. They would still one shot you if you aggroed them and would snipe you across the map, so I just always squad commanded them

[molten berry]

ok I'm back

i won coming 2nd

[smoky token]

You didn’t notice a difference between the Halo 4 knights and the Halo 5 knights?

Are you sure you don’t mean crawlers?

[round laurel]

See? Power weapons are your friend!

[candid solar]

I know that's an extreme exaggeration unless the wasp had prior damage because it takes more than two shots to even get a Wasp into a doomed state. I just tested it.

Either way, I see nothing wrong there. Guy was attentive and went for the high threat low durability target who was flying where they shouldn't.

[molten berry]

i only used an energy sword for 2 minutes and damn bro did not know power weapons were so OP

I knew they were better but i barely used mine and got 8 kills with it

[candid solar]

You must not have been paying a lot of attention considering your first engagement with them outright highlights how different they are between games, honestly.

[round laurel]

I mean the energy sword is probably the best of 'em

[leaden juniper]

Can't really say I did. Like I say I would just squad command them every time because of what I figured they were going to be like after 4. I didn't really notice a change in their behavior.

[bronze breach]

That's why they are called power weapons

[candid solar]

Like, literally the first engagement tells you it outright to your face.

[hasty zinc]

a whole two minutes? why are you abusing the power weapon like that

[dreamy stirrup]

😂

i can't right now

[smoky token]

“The new ones they found on Oban”

[dreamy stirrup]

okay back to documentation hell

lol

[steady jolt]

Lmao

[smoky token]

or was it the new ones they encountered

Forgot the line

[dreamy stirrup]

oh good can't document while office updates

go fasterrrrrrrrr

[molten berry]

because a kid was trash talking me

[forest lagoon]

https://tenor.com/view/typing-laptop-cat-busy-cute-gif-22765614

[candid solar]

The new knights were encountered first on Oban.

[leaden juniper]

Probably not. I didn't care about 5's campaign I was just doing it on legendary for the MP rewards. Either way 5's level design was better than 4 also so I feel that played a role in why 5's knights weren't as frustrating

[candid solar]

5's knights also didn't really teleport or fight as conservatively.

[normal owl]

hm so when I share a link to a picture on OneDrive it seems to not display any PII, but I'm scared to test in a real server.

[molten berry]

I'll be fair, i did say a kid was abusing when he was just using them, but he still was trash with them

[candid solar]

Really, I think knights got done a huge disservice by 5 because of how much weaker they are.

[smoky token]

They were entirely different enemies in 5

[candid solar]

They're stronger physically, but they needed more mobility to set them apart from just being slightly more dodgy hunters with a worse weak spot system.

4's Knights are honestly ''smarter'' that people give them credit for.

Each rank actually fights in a different way.

[leaden juniper]

They probably would have been challenging if you didn't have squad commands, but you could basically always say "screw that guy in particular"

[molten berry]

So yeah i came 2nd place, unlocked a battle pass part, decided to get cat ears because why not, i got 20 something kills and 13 assists and only 3 deaths 2 of them were my fault because my timing is horrible

[candid solar]

I recall squad commands being worse than worthless 90% of the time.

[normal owl]

I enjoyed when AI squadmates would stand near me but not revive me. Or would choose the most exposed position from which to start reviving me, then get downed.

[leaden juniper]

The AI was a meme for sure, but I did use it just for knights sake, any other time I would tell them to back off because they would get downed constantly

Especially on legendary they were incredibly stupid

[molten berry]

just realized, canonically, the UNSC decided to give Spartan 4s, some of the best and strongest soldiers in the galaxy, cat ears

[candid solar]

Yes.

[normal owl]

best and strongest...in fashion!

[candid solar]

I'm surprised that Spartans don't wear goofier stuff sometimes.

[novel sundial]

hello there

[forest lagoon]

And it looks darn good

[leaden juniper]

UNSC also decided you have to pay for 90% of cometics, haha.

[molten berry]

tactical hot dog suit

[amber mirage]

Canonically, the UNSC has Spartan armor modelled after a magical ninja

[candid solar]

I never got Hayabusa's in-universe design role because it just looks like it'd be awful at it.

But, then, Bungie had a poor sense of armor articulation and lore at the best of times.

[molten berry]

I'm imaging a spartan engaging the Banished in combat wearing those inflatable dinosaur suits

[muted rose]

You would definitely know, lol

[hasty zinc]

have you seen Chimera core? lol

[muted rose]

That sounded far more Passive aggressive than I meant.

[candid solar]

I mean... That's not worn by Spartans.

[molten berry]

hello chat

[candid solar]

I left ping on.

Oops.

[muted rose]

Happens to the best of us 😞

[candid solar]

But yeah, Chimera's worn by non-Spartans. It's worn by Created Executors who don't really seem to get much of a choice in the matter.

[hasty zinc]

potato potato

[fickle drift]

Literally unforgivable

[muted rose]

What.

[candid solar]

... I'm not even sure it'd be accurate to say that they wear the armor.

[muted rose]

Why would you be confused, you should be glad.

What a weird statement

[candid solar]

I'm not touching that sentence with a ten foot pole.

[muted rose]

Ok, I think I should probably go

[candid solar]

I'd say you should get the hint before something untoward happens to your membership on the server.

[molten berry]

i looked away from my screen what happened

[hasty zinc]

keep it appropriate please

[molten berry]

it was lag

that is the answer to everything

[copper meadow]

What weapon is this weeks ult for?

[hasty zinc]

SPNKR

[copper meadow]

ooh

[candid solar]

I still say we should get a reflective belt for our Spartans.

So we don't get hit by Warthogs at night.

[copper meadow]

Nah I want a Fanny pack

[molten berry]

wonder why they named it the SPNKR tbh same with half the weapons in the game

[candid solar]

It's always been named the SPNKr.

[fickle drift]

may I ask what happened?

[molten berry]

i know but why was it named that

[candid solar]

Mostly as a joke.

[molten berry]

im googling gimme a sec

ah

[fickle drift]

because Bungie was and still is a bunch of not really funny nerds
look at Destiny and its childish humor

[candid solar]

It got replaced by a more credible design for a short period in one game (Please bring back the Pilum and just have it do something different than the SPNKr, I beg you).

[molten berry]

i like how Halo 5 has like the biggest weapon sandbox but you can't use half of it except for in forge

[copper meadow]

Let’s see how well I play after getting my eyes dilated at the eye doc haha

[fickle drift]

was the pilum that bazooka-looking thing?

[candid solar]

The Pilum was the mag-fed tubular launcher, yes.

[fickle drift]

yeah

[dreamy stirrup]

Ad Vic was so good

[candid solar]

I liked its design a lot because I'm a slave to practicality, but I get why people hated it replacing the SPNKr even for a short time.

[fickle drift]

I think it should be brought back as a weapon specifically for taking out vehicles, kinda like the JOKR from cod or the Archer from titanfall

[molten berry]

Halo 5 was carried by its forge, only reason i still play it except listening to SOS voice lines

[muted rose]

The Jedi have been removed from office for betraying the supreme chancellor

[candid solar]

Its actual in-universe role was more anti superheavy infantry, a'la Hunters and Knights. I would've said something more like the Direct Hit from Team Fortress or something-high speed small blast wave.

[muted rose]

I have spoken.

[fickle drift]

um...

[candid solar]

Were the Jedi ever technically in office? They were more of a spiritual honor guard mixed with generals.

[molten berry]

bro i pressed ctrl V and some absolute gibberish came up

[livid nova]

Jedi Survivor has been so good so far

[molten berry]

there is a whole other discord server for this

[candid solar]

<General Chat

[molten berry]

eh

tomato Algeria

[fickle drift]

but hunters are ez and knights don't exist anymore, so it's gonna need a different use if it finds it's way into Halo Infinite

[molten berry]

the joke is hidden

[candid solar]

Can still keep the faster, lighter splash. Maybe combine it with a deeper mag or better reserves, or look to its variants.

[fickle drift]

yeah

[molten berry]

I was in school earlier playing football, i heard someone yell from across the yard "Ryan Reynolds is the true successor to the forerunners"

[candid solar]

Make it a Sniper Rocket sort of deal, add more anti-vehicle hate and discontent. I love popping tanks and whatnot, so...

[steady jolt]

Yes, it's still being looked into

[molten berry]

i mean he aint wrong

anybody here watch/watched Red vs Blue?

[fossil skiff]

For 30 minutes, yes

[safe dawn]

Lol

[round laurel]

No, I didn't really get the humour.

[candid solar]

It was one of the dumber parts of those years.

[molten berry]

What season did you get to?

[safe dawn]

Yes, i binged all of it, including zero

[fickle drift]

Why are we talking abotu re-adding the Pilum when there were 2 more fun big scary weapons: the Flak Gun/FuelRod Gun and the Spartan Laser
much more fun and would actually be quite different to a SPNKr, while the Pilum is ... well just the successor to the SPNKr

[candid solar]

The combat scenes were okay I guess.

[fossil skiff]

Episode 2

[round laurel]

lol

[hasty zinc]

I couldn't get into RvB

[safe dawn]

Oof

[molten berry]

there are 18 seasons lol

[round laurel]

Oh god

[fickle drift]

excellent point tbf

[candid solar]

Because I like the Pilum and it was brought up.

Also the balancing of the FRG in a post-3 world infuriates me.

[safe dawn]

I watched all of the seasons including rvb zero

[candid solar]

Personally, I'd rather neither the Spartan Laser or FRG or even the Pilum-but the Plasma Caster.

[pure spindle]

You TECHNICALLY didn't get out

Cuz you were dead the whole time

[molten berry]

all good until season 16, got better season 17 then just UK economy'd itself in quality

[pure spindle]

Harrumph

[dreamy stirrup]

technically correct. the best kind of correct!

[fossil skiff]

I’ve heard the show was better after a few seasons but I don’t really have an interest

[safe dawn]

Personally, any weapon is better than the plasma caster to me

[fickle drift]

that thing was a tad bit OP for my liking 😓

[candid solar]

It did some crazy good stuff.

[molten berry]

watch season 10, my personal favourite

[candid solar]

Double fire modes, sticky charge shot. I'd just reduce its ammo count and make charge shots work a bit different (Higher velocity, no tracking?)

[fickle drift]

well if I speak about the FuelRod with the other name Flak gun, its bc I mean the Halo 3 variant. in reach is was purple i think and i dont remember much of Halo 4 weapons other than SAWWWW

[candid solar]

...

You were wrong on at least one level there.

[dreamy stirrup]

come on. it was funny.

[candid solar]

Reach's FRG was gold like the H3 version, as was 4's. It was balanced in such a way after 3 that it was a frankly overpowered 1HK machine.

[molten berry]

I am arguing with a dude on my schools Discord Server (yes we have one) and he will not accept Xbox is better than Playstation

[candid solar]

It's 2023.

Let the console wars die.

[molten berry]

no.

[fickle drift]

purple?????

[molten berry]

joke intended *

[hasty zinc]

my plastic paperweight is better than your plastic paperweight

[molten berry]

my paperweight is my puppy

[fickle drift]

oh yeah wait in CE its purple, in reach they just changed the overall model and made it darker

[molten berry]

self employed

[fickle drift]

his name is big british boy for a reason 🤭 (jk)

[fickle drift]

I have never seen a purple fuel rod gun in my life

[candid solar]

It's only CE's.

[molten berry]

Is it just me or is the Saw underrated?

[fickle drift]

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/halo/images/5/52/1215454542_Spartanwithfuelrodgun.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20080707181544

what

bruh i thought embeds would work now but noo

what is this witch-craft?

[candid solar]

... I just realized how weird it is that there wasn't a purple special Fuel Rod in Halo 5.

[hasty zinc]

they won't embed unless you have inheritor role

[candid solar]

There was red and there was yellow with fancy red glyphs, but no purple.

[fickle drift]

I swear to god fuel rods exploded if you tried to pick them up in CE

[molten berry]

all the variants in that game and not a small colour change

[candid solar]

PC's got them useable in MP only.

[fickle drift]

ohhhhhhhhhhhh

[candid solar]

... What? They constantly had different color schemes.

[fickle drift]

and whats the requirement of the role other than be on the server?

[candid solar]

The top tier of any weapon had a drastically different paint job.

[fickle drift]

my brain was about to quit for a moment there

[molten berry]

a gun that bounces- Fuel rod oversimplified

[hasty zinc]

be good

[candid solar]

Welp, I'm hosed.

[fickle drift]

and be max rank on Halo Reach (lol)

i would be better if embeds would work

[calm fiber]

Inheritors are folks with veterancy, a record of good behavior, and currently active

[molten berry]

Master cheeks is low-key a good actor

[fickle drift]

what does it mean by "veterancy"?

[tight remnant]

That's not true?

[steady jolt]

Be here a while

[fickle drift]

oh

[candid solar]

^

[molten berry]

He pretended to actually be good at his job

[fickle drift]

ive been here since 2021, id say thats quite a while tbh

[tight remnant]

I like the Pilum as well and it's variants

[fickle drift]

so what would I have to do to be able to read deleted messages? asking for a friend

[steady jolt]

On this server? You can't

[smoky token]

Do you have a death wish?

[molten berry]

welp im hoppin into a CTF on Blood gulch (CE)

[candid solar]

I mean, I do. Can't speak for them though.

[fickle drift]

😢

[candid solar]

I think they're pretty cool now though.

[molten berry]

CE is the only casual shooter of the Halos

the rest are competative

[candid solar]

Please stop saying silly things.

[molten berry]

or however you spell it idrc

CE is pretty casual though

[leaden juniper]

Eh, bungie was kind of in between, they had a competitive scene sure but they considered it a party game

[molten berry]

So is 2 i guess

3 onwards is just noscope central

[candid solar]

Even the most casual game somehow tends to develop a competitive scene.

Like Smash Bros.

[molten berry]

depends on the server

[round laurel]

Halo always seemed like a game that gave you the option of either playing competitively or casually. That's just me though.

[molten berry]

some are chill as

[fickle drift]

well if I remember the lobbies from H2, it was the most competitive game ive ever seen.
even the most vile counterstrike servers had less slur and rage than any H2 multiplayer lobby

[molten berry]

i mean i joined a CE game where it was just guys trying to break the games physics

game ended with red team winning 1-0 on flags because someone snuck it across the map

[round laurel]

Did Halo 2 have ranked and social playlists? I never played Halo 2 in its prime, unfortunately I was an internetless PS2 peasant

[leaden juniper]

Yeah that sounds about right. Halo 3 had some memes too with turncoat warthog drivers from the other team lol

[fickle drift]

but the PS2 had internet too?

was I pinged or am I losing it?

[smoky token]

https://tenor.com/view/meta-knight-smash-bros-fight-me-come-at-me-halberd-gif-18155429

[round laurel]

I didn't have internet at home.

[fickle drift]

aw dam

[molten berry]

Who else remembers getting a full team on the Elephants in Sandtrap and just doing pirate battles?

it was the most fun time

[fickle drift]

guys? help

[leaden juniper]

Yeah had a few of those lol

[molten berry]

Name one more fun moment in Halo MP

[fickle drift]

still have my Ps2 standing behind my monitor, loved Destruction Derby Arenas, NfS U2, Tekken 4, GT4 and SplinterCell

[molten berry]

Just realized i planned on going to sleep 3 hours ago

[leaden juniper]

PS2 still goated fr. I miss twisted metal especially, still go back to Black

[molten berry]

i have a ps1

[steady jolt]

In a reply that was removed, yes

[molten berry]

got 0 games on it

just hop on it for nostalgia

[leaden juniper]

True. Pretty unfortunate that modern Sony consoles don't have back comp that's a big oof imo

[muted rose]

You guys had PlayStations and Xbox, I watched YouTube and played wii

[fickle drift]

infinite cloak and hammer as start equipment
You couldnt see much but when you did it was a Hammer Spree or Dream Crusher incoming

[molten berry]

ps5 pretty chad for letting you pop in a ps2 disc and play on it

[leaden juniper]

Did they put that on Ps5?

[candid solar]

I just consistently got grounded for silly things and never got to use any of my consoles.

[fickle drift]

wait wat? you can play older Playstation titles on the PS5?

[molten berry]

yeah half my ps5 games are from ps4 discs

[muted rose]

My first encounter with halo was playing halo 4 at a friends house, then my parents caught wind I was playing halo and told me never to go over there again

[leaden juniper]

Well yeah ps4 not ps2 lol

[molten berry]

but still

i have 2 ps2 discs on it

[leaden juniper]

They cut functionality with PS2 games after like 2 original PS3 models

[molten berry]

i cant remember anymore

[muted rose]

Aren’t certain games compatible? I have some original Xbox games on my series x

[fickle drift]

oh
it wasn't anything important, was it?

[molten berry]

my brain shut down after i was being spammed for a spelling arror

[fickle drift]

some ps1/ps2 games are compatible through streaming

[steady jolt]

Nope

[leaden juniper]

Yeah unfortunately not all are compatible, xbox uses an emulated runtime not real hardware like the old PS3 once had

[fickle drift]

good 😄

[molten berry]

"we have captured a command post"

[leaden juniper]

The real battlefront 2

[muted rose]

We are losing a command post!

[molten berry]

"another command post for the empire!"

[muted rose]

Tanks in that game are absolutely broken

Especially walkers

[molten berry]

so is

lots

[leaden juniper]

Yeah that campaign was actually pretty dope too like 501st journal? Bravo for 2005 man, maybe not republic commando level but still cool

[molten berry]

yeah

BF2 is goated

up there with my top 5 favourite games

[round laurel]

What's number 1

[molten berry]

Halo:Reach

[muted rose]

That coruscant intro made me kinda scared the first time I played as a 11 year old

[round laurel]

lol

[molten berry]

never knew 1 guy talking at you with weird cutscenes could get a bro emotional

but here we are

[fickle drift]

I just looked up for the first gen PS3, aka CECHA
Konsole CECH-A00
EUR 553,75
Sony PlayStation 3 60GB CECHA00 PS3 Piano
EUR 999,03

WHAT?!
I swear not even iPhones of that era have that price sticker

[leaden juniper]

Yeah, when i first saw the one where they were talking about killing Aayla I was like damn bro

[fickle drift]

some 15 year old used console costing 500€ is absolute insanity

[molten berry]

The clones shooting aalya in the back so much though

[muted rose]

I am both glad and sad that they retconned clones having a choice to kill their Jedi commanders

[molten berry]

tragic when you learn your lore

same

tbh makes them kinda more badass if they did have a choice

[muted rose]

It does, but I think clone wars wanted to show us that the clones were not like stormtroopers, and they had different personalities and were human. Another way to make the empire bad, I guess.

[molten berry]

"we all knew what was about to happen, what we were about to do. did we have any doubts? private traitorus thoughts? perhaps but nobody said a word, not when we marched into that temple, not when order 66 came down. not a word"

and with that

i leave you now

see you homies tomorrow

[muted rose]

Wait you can’t go Mia, that’s my job

[leaden juniper]

See this is why I kind of always wanted an imperial commando. A game really from the imperial perspective like republic commando but after order 66. The newer bf2 did that and then you... joined the rebels

(Would make for a pretty good sequel too)

[candid solar]

IIRC you don't go traitor in Squadrons.

Don't quote me on that.

[leaden juniper]

Oh the flying one? I haven't played it yet

[candid solar]

It was good

I need to go back and finish it though

[muted rose]

I was thinking about that a lot, and while it seems really cool, movies about villains are usually a little bit of a gamble. Sure, there are good ones, like Joker, and then there are awful ones like Cruella

[candid solar]

They should make a movie about Cobra Commander.

Or Megatron.

[muted rose]

I’d totally be down for a starscream or megatron movie. I don’t know that much about transformers, but starscream and megatron are really cool.

[leaden juniper]

Yeah I know, it's just the old trilogy empire has enough lore behind it to constitute it I think, kind of like how force unleashed had you in the middle of it

[muted rose]

I just wish that games (and just media in general) would take more risks. Make something new, something unexpected. I don’t want your reboot, I want something new.

[candid solar]

Risks don't make money.

[muted rose]

Oh yes they do. What is investment if not a risk and reward?

[timid crane]

Anyone play the new Jedi fallen survivor game yet? I’m excited to play it but I’m broke and can’t buy it rn

[forest lagoon]

Aye, it's fun

[timid crane]

Looking to see if it’s good and if it’s perceived as good, I’m gonna buy it anyway but just wanted everyone thoughts

Trying not to spoil it for myself on YouTube lol

I played the first one and fell in love so I have high hopes

[round laurel]

Waiting for a patch to fix the perfomance issues first. But I heard it's a fun game.

[candid solar]

Well, the risk is releasing a new property and banking that people won't get bored of you shoveling out the same old content to nostalgia-clamoring masses, or doing a bad job at shoveling out said content.

[timid crane]

I’m glad

[timid crane]

Oh..ok well I can be optimistic now lol

[forest lagoon]

The photo mode make sit a lot of fun as well. Took some great screenshots already!

[candid solar]

It's generally safer and richer money to build off an existing IP in a very cautious and nostalgia-focused fashion, and happen to do a good job, than blunder on an entirely new IP.

Generally.

[timid crane]

Any SS you dm me that won’t be spoiler territory? I’m excited to see what it looks like

[forest lagoon]

(insert the I'm an ea partner of the creator network and have to disclose this when I share content from the game text)

[timid crane]

😂

Assuming that’s on coruscant

[forest lagoon]

It might be, it might not be, I won't spoil it

[muted rose]

I wish people wouldn’t be so willing to fork over cash to reboots and sequels…. Especially from franchises that were never very good in the first place, like Jurassic park. (The first movie is awesome and a pioneer in vfx, please do not burn me at the stake.)

[timid crane]

Thank you my kind sir

[round laurel]

I mainly play indies for this reason.

[near tree]

Yeah, 2 and 3 weren't near as great
I genuinely enjoyed Jurassic world though

[timid crane]

Any other ones? Lol that’s just a big ol sign

Don’t get me wrong I love the big empire logo lol

[muted rose]

I feel that Jurassic world 1 is good, but is seriously held down by some features, particularly the two boys that annoy me.

[timid crane]

The games are good tho man

[candid solar]

It's not something that really should've gotten as many sequels as it did.

[crude marsh]

I have spoken too soon :(

Jedi survivor keeps freezing on me 😭

[candid solar]

Then again, a ton of franchises love to vastly overstay their welcome.

[timid crane]

say it’s not so

[muted rose]

Yes, Jurassic world evolution is goated One of the best business sims I’ve ever played

[forest lagoon]

I've taken some more but idk what may or may not be a spoiler so I'ma wait a bit before sharing

[round laurel]

Yeah...

[crude marsh]

I thought I was one of the lucky ones 😓

[timid crane]

Ok well I appreciate it, when you get more info on what’s spoiler and what not please share and ping me or dm lol I’d love to see more!

[round laurel]

What you playing on?

[crude marsh]

Pc :(

[round laurel]

Oh god haha

[muted rose]

Oh dear me

[round laurel]

PC version is bad man

[crude marsh]

Still a fun game the amount I played

[timid crane]

Luckily I’m on series x

[forest lagoon]

I mean idk how much you know about the game and what's in it because I didn't pay attention to the trailers at all and have been surprised with a few things here and there

[muted rose]

I let my series x stay on all night so it would download, so I’ll just have to wait and see once I get home

[crude marsh]

Hopefully with upcoming patches everything will be good

[faint mantle]

Wth? You had the 1070 right?

[crude marsh]

Ooooo same here I refused to watch any trailers for the game

[timid crane]

Only thing I know it’s there’s multiple stances, and the old high republic is mentioned a lot

[crude marsh]

Ye :’(

[round laurel]

Yeah I'm sure they'll optimise it further. EA are usually good for fixing their games for the most part.

[muted rose]

Some. Just some games.

[timid crane]

And that there’s multiple different planets all ranging with different biomes

[round laurel]

Eh...

[crude marsh]

Cries in anthem

[timid crane]

We don’t talk about that

[amber mirage]

I might replay Anthem one day

[faint mantle]

I have a friend with a 1050 3GB who says he can run it
Cri

[crude marsh]

Ur friend is a legend omg

[timid crane]

I thought they shut down

[muted rose]

Battlefront 2 was absolutely fixed, from what I know battlefield 2042 is still a mess

[round laurel]

Yeah Battlefront 2 is fixed, albeit still a very shallow game

[amber mirage]

They cancelled future development. The game is still up an running.

[faint mantle]

I pardoned that one for you 🥴

[timid crane]

Good to know, I thought the servers shut down entirely

[crude marsh]

Let’s all play anthem to bring back interest pls I really wanted that game to live

[timid crane]

Dude thank you

I did not mean to say that 😂😂

[muted rose]

Annoyingly shallow. Unless you like takodana, then you’ll love it

[smoky token]

didn’t marcus lehto work on Anthem?

[amber mirage]

Same. I enjoyed what was there. It had potential to be pretty good if they continued development.

[crude marsh]

Titan I spoke too soon, Jedi survivor has been crashing on me :/

[crude marsh]

I agree I was really sad they cancelled their next project

[livid nova]

Jedi Survivor has only crashed once for me

[timid crane]

They just needed to bring content and flush out some stuff

[timid crane]

What platform?

[left bone]

i wanted to play anthem but

[livid nova]

Series X

[amber mirage]

Negative, from what I can tell.

[crude marsh]

Anthem still till this day has the best flying mechanics in any game

[left bone]

i dont like being told what to do every 5 seconds before going freeroam

[timid crane]

That’s a relief lol I have a series x and was worried about performance when I buy it based off what everyone’s saying

[livid nova]

It's been performing great for me so far

Only like 2 times I had any performance issues

Though definitely run it on performance mode

[amber mirage]

Yeah. I also liked that the game's story was filled with a bunch of optimism. it was no masterpiece of storytelling but it was just nice to have a game filled with hope.

[timid crane]

I heard performance mode locks it out around 30 fps and caps at like 40 fps in good areas

[livid nova]

Performance mode has reached 60 fps with decent consistency

The graphics mode is basically locked at 30

Though it struggles to maintain that

[timid crane]

Ok so I guess that guys series x was just ragged

[pearl laurel]

Halo guys

[timid crane]

Indeed

We are halo guys….but also halo gals

[frail walrus]

I loved Anthem, just such genuine fun gameplay. Was quite sad the way it turned out

Really wish EA/BioWare kept it going

[timid crane]

Let’s just hope EA learned from the lesson of abandoning titanfall 2 and battlefront 2

[amber mirage]

I can see why they cancelled. Relentless negative reception would've been really tough to overcome, but I wish they didn't and kept going.

[timid crane]

I feel like if everyone’s learned from anything that’s happened in the gaming community recently is that no matter what happens you don’t abandon a game, especially when it has a cult following

[amber mirage]

One of the awful things about modern gaming, and even other media in the social media age is that so often, people without firsthand knowledge of something will rail on something because of hearsay, kinda ruining the prospects for fans of that thing.

[timid crane]

^^^

[normal owl]

Best Iron Man Simulator ever.

Wow this brings back memories.

[crude marsh]

Woah !!!! Now that’s a cool looking javelin !!

[crude marsh]

I’m so glad you said this btw cause anthem just proves that a iron man/Superman game is possible !!

[fickle stump]

yo

[normal owl]

Thank you! I stuck with that white & gold for a while.
And yes, its mechanics were solid, fun, and made you feel like your javelin did what you intended it to do. Totally could put that gameplay core inside a licensed package.

[copper meadow]

Fiesta best for this weeks ult?

[tight remnant]

I hope they put out a patch soon for the forge properties bug as it makes forging super frustrating

[tight remnant]

I did BTB

I tried fiesta but wasn't going well

[copper meadow]

Yeah my weapon luck in fiesta is garbage

These explosive only or hard light only challenges are a pain

It would be nice for one of these ultimates to not take hours to complete

[west hazel]

https://tenor.com/view/lets-go-halo-red-team-halo-wars-gif-22616024

[obsidian wyvern]

was hoping itd be more active rn 😔

[timid crane]

Dead island 2 looks pretty cool to

Oh man I picked a bad time to move in between life styles

[tight remnant]

And also the crashing when you change multiple object's properties. I had another project but then the budget for scripts got messed up with the update and i couldn't do much with that.

[obsidian wyvern]

https://fxtwitter.com/KaptainKarizzma/status/1651896039966900225

[tight remnant]

That's a god spot to get it

[obsidian wyvern]

what other nap has a teleporter

map

[round laurel]

I think that's it

[obsidian wyvern]

yeah that's what I'm thinking

[tight remnant]

Blood gulch. Chiron TL 34. Headlong. Warlock

🙂

[obsidian wyvern]

oh I meant in mm rn

[round laurel]

haha

[round laurel]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOzq5bbkgvs

this map too

[obsidian wyvern]

oh yeah

I think it's called detachment

[tight remnant]

I really want an infinite map set on zeta but in a lore heavy location

Map set on ancient human village

Something out of primordium

What they did for the hang en high remake was brilliant

[hidden estuary]

Where ranked rooms

[quaint canyon]

imagine a remastered forge world.

hi

[tight remnant]

What are you asking exactly?

[tight remnant]

I don't see too much value in it