general-chat

[obsidian wyvern]

watch and find out

[timber charm]

tragic but id rather money goto CA

give them a shot, its their turn

[dense stag]

Whatever I anticipate getting Jedi survivor this summer

[obsidian wyvern]

wait

[fickle drift]

Hello, y'all! How are you all?

[obsidian wyvern]

your kd has gone up a lot

I swear it was 1.02

[dense stag]

It was but I think halo tracker reset and only included my recent matches (recent as in 3 months ago) bc it says my total play time is only 2 hrs

[obsidian wyvern]

weird

[timber charm]

im sittin on 2.36 kd overall

used to be 3+ before i tanked it in ranked

infinite is BY FAR my best halo

my past 25gamesBTB kd is 5+

[pliant hatch]

nice way of saying before I started playing people around my skill level.

[timber charm]

ur right, ranked matches rly got sweaty

like stressful basically

tbh i cant play my "skill" without stressn

have to lean forward and turn volume up

[winter flame]

the volume thing is real

[timber charm]

oh fr

it def is

[winter flame]

busting ur hearing over a video game probs aint worth it lol

[pliant hatch]

I don't play ranked for that reason either and because I'm terrible at Infinite compared to previous games so I don't want to look at a lower rank.

[timber charm]

for me to stress thru onyx again,

ill need a reward besides emblems

343 ples, give me incentive

[hasty zinc]

you'll be rewarded with the satisfaction of getting onyx

[timber charm]

wish it rewarded a neat lil helmet

or even a br skin

[cedar turret]

getting onyx what? If I'm going to go in on a present for them I want to know what I'm chipping in for.

[timber charm]

lmao

[livid nova]

blue

[timber charm]

yea that would demoralize me

i think an onyx skin reward wud do it

but make it exclusive, no recycling

i mean maybe now

but i sweated in solo/duo controller

now its jus open playlist

i onyx'd both, solo/controller was harder

and pretty obvious too

bruh semi pro and pro players were in solo/controller

[pliant hatch]

mizou is the best halo player we've never heard of.

[timber charm]

anyway feel like 343 cud make a onyx skin

[obsidian wyvern]

why have u got 15 accounts

[pliant hatch]

he's a pro so has to play on secret accounts

[winter flame]

but why

its some weird form of smurfing i guess but idk

[haughty palm]

It took them so much effort to remove the color blue they forgot to do anything else

[next fable]

Thanks that worked

[winter flame]

i gotta get back into ranked, game is just so much better with BR starts for me

just got bored of the same old maps, and its a commitment with ranked cause its not fun when you are rusty

[winter flame]

honestly idk how people play BTB

i get its a casual mode but it feels so laggy rn its unreal

its not even a desync issue its just latency even when your sub 50ms ping

i feel like its consistently worse rn then ever

i dont feel like im on European servers at all. even though ping spikes and whatnot are fixed

[stuck girder]

idk about the lag but its chaotic for sure XD

[winter flame]

the mode is fun, love the bandit starts

[round laurel]

BTB in Infinite always feels so 'off' to me. It's always slightly laggy and has increased latency compared to other modes. I've watched videos from other people and noticed the general jitteriness of the gameplay that I suffer from. I figured that people are aware of it and don't care, or they're not sensitive to it at all.

[steady lotus]

Did they change Double Xp working with match xp?

[winter flame]

yeh I dont know if BTB is 30tick or something but its really not pleasant for me

not to say 4v4 is amazing but its night and day difference

[candid solar]

Halo Fans when Silver, black and red: 😄
Halo Fans when White, black, red, and blue: 😡

I do think Watchdog is kind of an absymal reward in general though.

Even with the new version, it's... Kind of just a generic looking coating.

[ivory spade]

it only feels laggy if u are lagging

[winter flame]

i mean most people saying the game is laggy are talking relative to every other game they play. if i just had terrible internet i wouldnt give halo the slack for it would i lol

i just want this one to be solid

the only weapon i really dislike is the sidekick, bandit to me just feels like the perfect starting weapon for social

[fossil skiff]

BTB’s quality went up so much when it became bandit and AR starts

[hearty flame]

I wish I could use the bandit

[little coral]

How do I come to terms that I really just suck at halo

[hasty zinc]

admitting it is the first step

[winter flame]

i dont really understand how people can say the bandit is hard to use but the sidekick isnt

i choke with sk far more then bandit

sidekick feels good playing kbm but otherwise i feel like i have to sweat to compete against the AR. So i always just pull out the AR because i aint playing social to sweat my _ off

i get bandit is hard to use against BR but that's why bandit is the starting weapon and BR is on the pads

i gotta say nades are so much better now then launch

hell chasm isn't so bad now the shocks aren't insane

[hearty flame]

Sidekick is the second worst, or perhaps THE worst, incarnation of the handgun in Halo

The bloom is just awful

[winter flame]

its a weird weapon. its got an insane ttk if you get lucky with the RNG

i didnt really have a strong opinion on it until the bandit was added

and i just feel like the bandit is far more enjoyable both to fight with and against

[little coral]

I think it’s… fine

[winter flame]

if most of the casual player base prefer sidekick starts for 4v4 im fine with it and i will probably just be more inclined to play ranked if i really get back into this game. I do hope bandit+AR is at least put into Team Slayer alongside the AR+Side kick and AR+BR for variety

[little coral]

This game makes me want to cry

[winter flame]

i had one of my better nights ngl. granted it helps when you've complete all ur challenges already

but i think they changed the playlist weighting with the May Update

[sly junco]

cmon boah

[winter flame]

the rotation feels much better

[quaint oriole]

plz infection

[little coral]

I still feels wack

Each game I keep dying and dying over and over and I try to learn and nothing works

[winter flame]

if ur on PC with mkb, light weight mouse, low sense, big mouse pad, comfortable posture so you can move your hand with ease

i use 0.75 sense with 1000 dpi

[little coral]

Low sens for me always feels off, dunno why

[winter flame]

it only worked for me when i got a light mouse and a desk pad so i had nothing stopping me flinging it around

[little coral]

And I’m beginning to think that maybe I just suck at games in general. The only one I’m even good at is titanfall 2 which isn’t that popular

[winter flame]

TF2 is a gem, only reason it isn't popular is cause EA messed up bad

[sly junco]

we need to get more moneyyyy

[winter flame]

the mouse i use is the Logitech G203

which is basically the Logitech G Pro only with a "inferior" sensor

[cedar turret]

Have you tried a fancy mouse?

https://tenor.com/view/mouse-pimp-cute-eating-gif-15542550

[winter flame]

...

anywayyyy the G203 is so cheap so if you wanna try out a light mouse i can guarantee you the G203 is more then adequate for any casual player

[little coral]

Yea, even giving it a tuxedo doesn’t make it better

[cedar turret]

https://tenor.com/view/mickey-mouse-disney-gif-9503472

[winter flame]

i have a fancy mouse for productivity xd

[little coral]

But still I don’t think changing sensitivity will help out all that much for me at least

[winter flame]

it wont help if you're using a heavy mouse because you cant move it effortlessly

like i have a big ergonomic mouse i use when im not gaming and i cant use that to play FPS. So weight its definitely a big factor for me

or alternatively try controller, but i couldnt play without a controller that has rear buttons

[little coral]

I mean my mouse isn’t heavy but I I’m not sure if it’s “light” plus I’ve been used to a heavier mouse my whole life

[winter flame]

honestly doesn't take much to get use to, its just a mouse

[little coral]

True true

[forest lagoon]

I've got a Corsair Harpoon specifically because I noticed the reviews complained it was too small and it's perfect for me. I just wish it had a few more buttons on it, at the very least I wish the scroll wheel went side to side

[winter flame]

i solved that problem by just shifting my hand right on the keyboard, so many keys i can hit with pinky

only have shoot, ads, nade, and spot on the mouse

oh and scroll to swap weapon

[forest lagoon]

Yeah, still absolutely hate playing with a keyboard so the less I do there the better. Might get a Splitfish fragchuck to try out while waiting on the Hex Evo to be made

[winter flame]

but the G203 sucks as a normal mouse, its too small so you need a proper mouse for normal stuff

but for just £25 i dont really mind having the extra mouse on my desk. i imagine most people would just go with a bigger mouse that is comfortable for normal stuff considering there's plenty that are also pretty light

[fossil skiff]

I love my G203. Do wish it was slightly larger but otherwise fantastic. No issues after…3 years now.

[smoky token]

I hate this game

He was shooting me while we were taking off, didnt record far enough back

Now I have to eat a 30k repair cost

[hardy mesa]

yo

[candid solar]

War Chunder moment

[mystic portal]

Who wants to go into #481892690682707968

[high palm]

Hi

[pliant path]

Hi, how to see my kill and death stats? In multiplayer halo infinite.

[high palm]

Not sure

Been super busy lately, haven't played video games in a while now

[sly lake]

Man, heck this nickname

[golden elm]

why am I FluffyBee

[hasty zinc]

because your name contains non-standard characters and the bot changed it

[golden elm]

ohh that makes sense, thank you

[hasty zinc]

you're welcome

[deft osprey]

What’s up people of the halo community?

[timber charm]

goto halotracker and type ur gt

[quick escarp]

[faint mantle]

This ODST coating must have super powers or something

We had two quitters, two partial AFKs, and still won.

[restive plover]

https://tenor.com/view/yess-yes-gif-25420589

[faint mantle]

Please, allow me:

https://tenor.com/view/yess-yes-gif-25420589

[pulsar cobalt]

I think it does you know when i use it i do real good

[restive plover]

Hah, thanks Merty

[timber charm]

ninja medal respect

[smoky token]

took a melatonin and immediately chugged a coke

why do I do this to myself

[candid solar]

Silly

Maybe a little goofy

[faint mantle]

Oh oh...

[steady quarry]

I have not interacted with a server in way too long

[candid solar]

Smart, servers be stinky

My brain's too smooth to avoid it.

[lusty lake]

Im guessing devs thought it would be cute if it did a 3 shot to the head like in CE but in most instances that made the pistol horiffically broken

[faint mantle]

So smooth you're still here

[desert axle]

does that say about all of us?

[night rock]

Wort wort wort

[smoky token]

AWWWUHHAAHAWUWGHHH

[fickle drift]

Halo or call of duty

[obsidian solar]

Wort wort wort

[smoky token]

Halo 😎 💪

COD can be good too

I played the Modern Warfare campaigns from 2019 and 2022, both were really fun

[pulsar cobalt]

I would love MW2 Remaster for the MP like they did with cod 4

[desert axle]

none

both get boring in matter of hours

[smoky token]

That’s unfortunate

[slow topaz]

Random Question for staff. Until about like huuh 5 minutes ago I had the name "Massive ####ing Troll Xakioh" in here.
The issue is I don't remember ever writing a nickname in this server, and I have not spoken to anyone yet... It might come from a while ago or recently and I do not know why.
Honestly I really only realized because it was in my "AKA" list on my discord and I tried to find it, finding it comes from here.
I'm really only looking to shed some light on this but I'm not really expecting much tbh xD

I don't think I even wrote a message in this server until now actually.

[smoky token]

Names with profanity in them get automatically filtered

[slow topaz]

But my name should've only been "Xakioh" and always has been

hence my confusion on the nickname to begin with x3

[smoky token]

weird

has a friend or someone else ever had access to your account

[pliant hatch]

now add an xb1 that barely runs it and that's how I feel.

[slow topaz]

Not as far as i'm aware. My account got hacked once so maybe?
But the only thing they had done to my knowledge is DM alot of people with some scam thingy. I saw it happen live so it was pretty quick to fix.
I figure they would've changed the nickname on multiple servers tho not just here?

Especially considering I hadn't spoken here at all before now x3

[smoky token]

Can you please accept my friend request

[fickle drift]

.

[candid solar]

Huh. I just realized they got rid of the armor hall blur effect that messed with getting a good visual on the Interpres Receiver shoulders.

Neat

[vast venture]

Wort wort wort

[reef pumice]

Add the bandit to campaign

[untold mountain]

.

[tight remnant]

that would be good

[carmine mesa]

Can anyone help me find a map from Halo 4? It's Rail. Old 2v2 map. I need it for a tournament I'll be hosting

Can't seem to find it on MCC

[dry adder]

hello

[rare cedar]

[fickle drift]

Goodbye everyone I am currently downloading League of Legends.

[dry adder]

👍

[rare cedar]

[glossy oxide]

Sup everyone

[blazing idol]

You know, one thing that bugs me about Halo Infinite's changes is how they reworked some of the medals, in either just some of them being gone or others being renamed alla "Snapshot" to "No Scope". Which, to be fully honest, Snapshot has a lot more personality to it than the basic pharse of No Scope

also it kinda feels like some of the excitement from 5's announcer was toned down, which sucks

Its a nitpick, yeah sure, but I figured I'd put my thoughts out there

[fallen atlas]

So after getting an Xbox series console I’ve come to notice none of my saved custom maps and game modes are on mcc anymore, why didn’t they sync whenever it synced my data for the new console?

Are they something I have to transfer myself?

[noble herald]

Change your password

[slow topaz]

Been a while so its been done, also have 2FA now which i didn’t at the time

[proud mountain]

Has anyone been able to fix getting disconnected when trying to play Halo 1 coop. Asking before I look it up

[astral dagger]

u know @wind wolf makes custom halo armour and helmets

he is crazy

u could buy the cool helmet for 40

$140

sorry my bad its 140 dollrs

[soft olive]

I would buy it for $250

[astral dagger]

there

talk to hm and for any helmet you want and ive him moneuy

[steady jolt]

Just for info, the name change happened quite a while back - 3/12/2020

[slow topaz]

Ye, another staff went in more detail about it
It still doesn’t help me much but it at least confirms it was done from within my account so it removes some of the possibilities

Thanks though :D

[distant kernel]

Does anyone know if the watchdog skins aka rank 152 halo 5 skins are still obtainable?

[hearty spire]

Hunters

[hearty spire]

Not sure I'm still rank 145💀

[distant kernel]

are you still playing to get rank 152?

[hearty spire]

Yeah been getting back to halo 5 again

[distant kernel]

at this state of the game whats the most efficient way getting xp and how much you get per hour?

[hearty spire]

I been just playing legendary warzone firefight mainly, not sure how much xp I get but I use boosters too

[obsidian wyvern]

pretty sure they are

[obsidian wyvern]

warzone firefight with a ton of xp boosts like cg said

@fossil skiff how close are you to 152

[distant kernel]

I've searched quite a bit and I've found nothing on the net that tells that you still get em

[past jungle]

I wish James Rock, I wish he could come back to the halo games

[maiden grotto]

hello people

wait why is my name bouncy alpaca?

[past jungle]

I hope that 343 can make the remake of Halo 5 according to the plot of the promotional film, and the James Locke team hunts down the Master Chief

[obsidian wyvern]

have you found anything that says you cant

[past jungle]

Halo 5 does everything very well, but the plot is too bad

[steady jolt]

About a year ago your had a name that was just a period and a comma, that caused one of our bots to auto-nickname you. You can change it yourself

[maiden grotto]

oh, i forgot about that

ill keep the name, its kinda catchy

[tired wraith]

Indeed

[distant kernel]

I know right but like in case it doesnt unlock is it worth risking grinding that much when there is a chance you get nothing?

[past jungle]

Hey 343 what we players want is for Halo 5 to come to PC not your so called long update Halo Infinite

343 You Don't Consider Players' Feelings?

[obsidian wyvern]

i didn't mean it in a rude way lol, was just asking

as far as I know, you can still unlock the watchdog coatings and the mk 7 nameplate from mcc

[distant kernel]

Yeah I bro I took no offence on that 🙂
mk 7 nameplate on mcc?

[obsidian wyvern]

computing 3 campaigns on legendary

completing

[distant kernel]

I cant fing the nameplate you are talking about tho

[obsidian wyvern]

https://twitter.com/Unyshek/status/1460325565349519362?lang=en-GB

John Junyszek (@Unyshek)

Additionally, all rewards for SR 152 and marketing promotions should already be applied to your account 👍

• Guardians' Bounty = H5 SR 152
• Collection Conqueror = Complete 3 campaigns in MCC on Legendary

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655

Twitter · Nov 15, 2021, 7:15 PM

[distant kernel]

ok pal thanks a lot 🙂 hope I find out for fact if you can still get the watchdog skins so I can make a decision whether or not I wanna start boosting this game :/

[untold mountain]

our clan must be forced to play Halos? I mean, can it accommodate other roleplaying games like gmod / roblox...?

[obsidian wyvern]

what

[untold mountain]

If we create a clan and we will advertise in #1076334026090094602 , we have the right to have our clan play several Halo themed games but not necessarily the Halo game?

[obsidian wyvern]

halo

[steady jolt]

Your clan can do whatever they want really, but if you're advertising here it needs to be Halo related

[obsidian wyvern]

I mean they can't restrict what you do obviously, but I assume you advertise it as a halo clan

close enough

[vast venture]

Good morning everyone!

[fickle drift]

Hot take but games like fortnite need to have an option to disable crossplay or just stay pc only

[obsidian wyvern]

why

and what's games like fortnite

[fickle drift]

Games that force crossplay

Halo infinite does it too though that’s probably ranked

[obsidian wyvern]

I get having the option to limit platforms, but why just stick to pc. last part didn't make sense

[fickle drift]

I’m over-exaggerating but keeping inputs separated is a valid point

[obsidian wyvern]

they removed the option from ranked a while ago, they said it was due to a bug. but I'm guessing it was probably because it didn't have enough players to sustain that side of the playlist

[obsidian wyvern]

yeah fair

[fickle drift]

Idk if mw2 does it but man is it a pain

If you’re on kbm all you need to do is use an smg or that new ftac siege weapon and drop like 50+ kills

[hard otter]

https://i.imgur.com/ajZaFJ4.png

Tried my hand at crosscore

https://i.imgur.com/UIkiioK.jpg

no mods. just photoshopping

[tired wraith]

Cola coca or Coca Cola

I prefer fante

[pulsar cobalt]

Why are people so against crossplay ?

[winter flame]

haxers

halo works pretty well for crossplay though

i wouldnt play most FPS shooters with a controller if I can play with kbm instead, but in Infinite I pretty much feel like I can switch and my skill doesnt change

Warzone just gave controller crazy AA to the point you get beamed constantly. Kbm still has advantage in cq but you gotta be good with a mouse to complete with controller at range in that game

[vale pivot]

Why has 343 forgotten about halo wars

There is no new updates, it's not even on halo waypoint, and there is no halo wars tab here. I would love a halo wars 3 btw.

[winter flame]

i mean in fairness no game has a channel here. Infinite has its own forum but that's it

[pulsar cobalt]

I can understand that yeah but why reduce more players and then complain its hard to find a match haha

[restive plover]

Pretty sure they announced they are not making 3. Dont ask me for a citation though.

[obsidian wyvern]

we have like, no cheaters left in infinite

[restive plover]

Would Wars 3 continue the story of Spirit of Fire?

[pulsar cobalt]

I haven't come across a cheater on PC in awhile

[queen remnant]

I only got one cheater and it was like one month after launch

[winter flame]

its mostly high level players who will notice wall hackers

like i can never conclusively say someone has walls, i dont have enough understanding of the game

but obviously at a certain level someone can just tell the way someone is playing is sus

[obsidian wyvern]

again, there's like none left though

[pulsar cobalt]

its hard to spot them because way halo plays but i don't know you can just know when someone is cheating they could of done a really good game but nah some people real fishy

[obsidian wyvern]

they've all got bored and moved on to ruining other games

[winter flame]

again, the vast majority of players would not be able to identify a wall hacker who makes any attempt to conceal it

[obsidian wyvern]

spotting it at first may be difficult like recon said, but when you go into theater, it's pretty apparent

[winter flame]

i cant and there's absolutely zero chance i reached onyx without coming across people with walls

[obsidian wyvern]

that depends when you hit onyx

[winter flame]

I mean arguable when it was hardest S2

[obsidian wyvern]

season 1/2 I'd agree with you, but highly unlikely after that point

[pulsar cobalt]

I've never played ranked on infinite is that where they were mostly ?

[obsidian wyvern]

they also changed the way ranked worked moving into season 2, didn't they? they tried making it more matched

[obsidian wyvern]

yeah

[winter flame]

ranked S2 was a grind afaik, most people who reached onyx S1 couldnt get close S2

i have friends who got Onyx S1 and they are just normal players, not particularly great

[molten pelican]

how was everyones mothers day?

[livid nova]

Very good

[candid solar]

... Creepy.

[pulsar cobalt]

that is creepy

[tired wraith]

Pretty good

[pliant hatch]

Halo tweeted Dr. Halsey yesterday.

[tired wraith]

Lamo

What a mom she was

[molten pelican]

Jorge was tryna be nice to her in Reach and she was just being rude and then next thing yk he just dies😭

[tired wraith]

Yep

Insensitive son of a non male dog

[fossil skiff]

How was she rude to Jorge? I thought she was more rude to Carter and Kat tbh.

[molten pelican]

she was rude in general tbh

just saying jorge bc he called her mom

[hasty zinc]

he didn't

he said ma'am with an accent

[winter flame]

that will be all Jorge

[molten pelican]

based kat basically blackmailed her

[winter flame]

Catherine blackmailed Catherine

[molten pelican]

i just started the halo infinite campaign after way too long lmao

[crude furnace]

Dr. Halsey looks good for her age, she was in Ronin too, good movie

[molten pelican]

lol

[hasty zinc]

her best role IMO was in truman show

oh and Designated Survivor

man that was a good show

[smoky token]

I did enjoy that show up until the season he runs for re-election

when netflix picked it up

[steady jolt]

I really enjoyed that

There's a show on Paramount right now called Rabbit Hole. It's Kiefer and Charles Dance. It's pretty good

Flipping between that, Citadel and Last of Us

[hasty zinc]

oooh, might check that out

[crude furnace]

Yeah, Kiefer is a boss, I used to be a 24 fan back in the day

[candid solar]

Man why do so many cyberpunk themed games have such cool soundtracks, but always end up being a mid top down twinstick

I feel bad because I always want to play em because the music's fire but they always have gameplay I don't vibe with

Meanwhile FPS games are like freaking CoD and have some generic 'person moan-singing, same string music you've been hearing from these sorts of games for years'.

Halo was nice and went for post-rock which is a nice vibe, so at least I have that.

And Darktide went with... Something I can't really describe. Techno-orchestral?

[winter flame]

i've only played like 4 games in the last year so i wouldnt know tbh

2077 has fun gameplay at least xd

[muted rose]

Hear me out, cyberpunk/dark souls kinda game but it’s centered around Corscuant during the Clone wars

Like Jedi survivor, but more open world and harder

[livid nova]

GoW Ragnarok has my favorite soundtrack out of any game

[muted rose]

You play as a bounty hunter, who goes into the depths of corscuant after a bounty, uncovers the conspiracy surrounding the republic, finds out his target is in fact the only person who can stop it

[livid nova]

Tbh that sounds really cool

[candid solar]

I'd rather a new IP. I don't like Star Wars much.

[livid nova]

I just beat Gna in Ragnarok

[muted rose]

Congrats

[smoky token]

Technopunk? I wouldn’t call anything Warhammer related “cyberpunk” though

[livid nova]

Time to go fight Sigrun because apparently I hate myself

[candid solar]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLic2xw48lU

Whatever this is.

('Imperial Advance', Darktide OST)

[smoky token]

Yeah no i’ve played the game

[candid solar]

Ah

[smoky token]

i don’t really know how to describe it either

i guess techno-orchestral is accurate?

[muted rose]

I like Star Wars a lot, but I wish there were more new stories, like andor, and less jedi stuff. More gray area kind of thing

[candid solar]

NGL I think it's one of the few L4D clones I've ever played where the combat when the music ramps up like this is straight up a 10/10.

[livid nova]

The Valkyrie fights in both GoW games are the perfect combination of me pulling my hair out and having the time of my life

[candid solar]

I don't even consider L4D a 10/10 in any category, but Darktide when the music ramps up is a rare high I haven't had for nearly half a decade.

[hard otter]

Sorry, star wars is a jedi story.

[livid nova]

Not necessarily

[muted rose]

The skywalker saga maybe. But there’s plenty of room for other things

[livid nova]

Bad Batch as an example

No Jedi stuff in that

[muted rose]

There’s the one Wookiee but that’s about it

[hard otter]

Im ribbing at the fact that a 343 higher up back in the day said "halo is a spartan story"

[livid nova]

Yeah. that's about it

[crude furnace]

Its sad that Andor didnt do that well though, The Mandalorian is pretty cookiecutter but a moneymaker

[candid solar]

I mean it's one of the few times I completely agree on a company saying something like that, so.

[hard otter]

I summarily don't agree but you're entitled to your opinion.

[livid nova]

Andor didn't do well? I loved it

[candid solar]

Now if only we could get the ability to have our Spartans actually do the stuff they're canonically able to do instead of rehashed arena FPS gameplay

[muted rose]

I think andor is recognised to be good, but the reason I don’t think people really loved it was because stuff like marvel has kinda dulled our senses

[candid solar]

Let me control drone networks and spy on people's LANs to crush them in urban environments please

[hard otter]

If that were the case, we wouldn't have bangers like Halo Wars, 3: ODST, the Arbiters side of Halo 2, or the countless books following non spartans

[candid solar]

k

[crude furnace]

Andor is considered quite well written, but if you want grey stories, it needs to be able to pull up its own pants

[hard otter]

I just think its silly to limit storytelling to a single group

[candid solar]

One's an RTS, one's you playing as a watered down regular Halo game, one's okay I guess, and the books are books.

[livid nova]

Halo 3: ODST is a perfect example of that

It was really good and entirely lacked Spartans

[hard otter]

I'm specifically talking about story here tho. Not gameplay

[candid solar]

I have a serious beef with ODST because I like it, but it was a cowardly move to make you just play like a Spartan again. They didn't go nearly far enough to make it feel like it mattered and it also, yet again, involved ODSTs.

[hard otter]

(And ODST was a good game, cmon now. Im no bungie stan, but it was good, and it gave us firefight)

[candid solar]

Firefight was always one of the inferior horde shooter modes.

[hard otter]

Compared to what???

[livid nova]

Soundtrack slaps

Can't argue against that

[candid solar]

Gears Horde, CoD survival (Not zombies), L4D Last Stand.

[muted rose]

Like no hate to marvel, but if that’s the only kind of movies you ever watch, you miss out on a lot of awesome things. Crying at a movie, or thinking about the world because of the movie you saw is a great experience, but you never get that kind of stuff from Avengers

[hard otter]

You did not seriously just say MW3's survival mode

[candid solar]

Firefight, comparatively, was always low-stress and fairly easy.

[livid nova]

You can pick the difficulty you know

[candid solar]

And to me, that just ain't a good thing for your horde mode to be.

[candid solar]

What's the difficulty above Legendary then.

And then they made it easier with Reach's.

Like, what

[hard otter]

Oh, okay, because legendary is easy to you, that demeans the entire thing? Dog what

[livid nova]

I just enjoy a casual experience, and Firefight fit that well for me

[candid solar]

Yes. I don't like easy horde modes.

It turns into a waste of time instead of a fun survival experience.

[livid nova]

Generator Defense is pretty fun on some maps

[hard otter]

It's not that easy though?

[crude furnace]

Bro, I read the Infinity Gauntlet as a kid, seeing it onscreen was an experience comparable to crying to, say, Schindlers List

[hard otter]

And for that matter, what was ODST supposed to play like anyway?

[candid solar]

Watered down Halo 3 because they didn't have the time nor ability to make it more accurate or challenging.

[livid nova]

I like ODST

[candid solar]

Originally you weren't even capable of damaging brutes in melee.

[hard otter]

That's not what I asked. What, in your opinion, was it supposed to play like?

[candid solar]

... I just said.

[hard otter]

Watered Down Halo 3.

[molten pelican]

no

[candid solar]

It's designed to play like that, yes.

[livid nova]

Oh wow, the game with Halo 3 in it's title plays like Halo 3

[candid solar]

That's literally what they've said it was over the years, so that's what I think it was designed to be.

[livid nova]

How shocking

[candid solar]

Yeah, that's why I'm a little confused at how you're both acting like it's surprising that I'm pointing this out.

[molten pelican]

it is halo 3 same engine

[hard otter]

I cant help but agree with Bizcra. What the heck were you expecting

[candid solar]

I'm literally directly stating the blatantly obvious.

I just told you.

[molten pelican]

they are blind

[hard otter]

Thats. Not. What I asked.
What did you want it to play like

[candid solar]

What do I want? Not like Halo 3, for starters.

[molten pelican]

you didnt ask what they wanted you asked what it was supposed to play like

[candid solar]

^

[hard otter]

According to him.

[molten pelican]

be more clear lol

[candid solar]

What the hell

[candid solar]

???

Okay for a second I thought I was blocked and it was deleting my replies.

[hard otter]

Okay, don't be an obtuse jerk.

[candid solar]

... I was literally answering the question you posed.

[molten pelican]

okay ima leave now, anyways I love ODST

[livid nova]

Agreed

[candid solar]

I do think it has the best soundtrack of any pre 2011 Halo game by a country mile.

[hard otter]

You still havent said what you think it should have been instead

[livid nova]

Reach has a really good soundtrack too

[muted rose]

Of course, but nostalgia and memory is not the same as quality. Watching a movie and having it make you think deeply, is a awesome experience, and so is seeing a childhood dream become real, But I have never thought deeply about the world after watching a superhero movie, with some big exceptions, like the dark knight.

[molten pelican]

before I leave, what do you think it should have been?

[candid solar]

Because you only recently asked that and I've been pointing out your initial question wasn't what you're asking me now.

[hard otter]

Wouldn't change anything. Its a fine game.

[candid solar]

Oughf.

[muted rose]

There are a few things that should’ve been thought on.

It is not flawless

No game is.

[hard otter]

I said its fine. Not perfect.

[molten pelican]

we can read

[hard otter]

But you call me blind, got it.

[molten pelican]

I didnt? oh you mean what I was replying to trenchbird about, thats completely different lol?

okay anyways I wasnt here yesterday but happy mothers day

[stoic pulsar]

After season 4 release there Will be any more season?

[candid solar]

Complete top-down gameplay overhaul on every fundamental level with an end goal of more lethal gameplay with a stealth emphasis. Meaning it can't really be done with regular Halo gameplay whatsoever and still be convincing.

[crude furnace]

The genre of blockbuster doesnt lend itself easily for heavy thinkin, but I understand what youre saying. Thats a matter of taste though, its undeniable Marvel phase 1 is part of movie history now

[hard otter]

Okay pal

[molten pelican]

no the game will explode

[muted rose]

Don’t want to seem like a mini-mod, but Perhaps we should shift the conversation topic or take this to #halo-discussion

[molten pelican]

scroll up

[muted rose]

Before an actual mod tells us to

[molten pelican]

ur right

[round laurel]

I think I read a tweet that they're already working on season 5 stuff but I'm too lazy to find it (because searching tweets sucks), so take my comment with the pinchiest of salt.

[molten pelican]

someone promote this man

[candid solar]

That first sentence just killed about half the community.

[muted rose]

I am but a ordinary man making his way through the universe

[candid solar]

Like, on the spot.

[molten pelican]

"bunGie AHhHH Why Gone"

[molten pelican]

may I join you on your travels?

[candid solar]

The deep metaphors and lifechanging plotline of Halo 3.

It truly changed my outlook on life.

[molten pelican]

y video game not Christopher nolan level writing ahHH

[muted rose]

Nostalgia is a real killer. It’s like the wrong pair of glasses, it distorts everything into something that is often wildly different then reality

[hard otter]

As for this, I hope you're okay with scores of angry fans calling for your complete and total eradication for making it like COD.

[molten pelican]

yuppers

[candid solar]

Lmaaooooooooo

[muted rose]

I’m a victim of nostalgia too. I cannot for the life of me accept that cars was a mid movie

[hard otter]

Tell me I'm wrong.

[next fable]

Halo is such a good game series it's to bad they stopped making halos after reach

[molten pelican]

cars was an great movie who says its mid

[candid solar]

About Halo fans having the media literacy of Lenny from Of Mice and Men? No, you're not wrong about that at all.

[molten pelican]

WHO SAYS CARS IS MID?!

[muted rose]

A lot of people, at least in my discussions and I do think it’s great. Maybe it isn’t as good as some people expected it to be but that does not make it inferior to anything else

[cloud badge]

https://tenor.com/view/bait-thats-bait-tom-hardy-mad-max-gif-5055384

[molten pelican]

thought you were the modmail dm lmao

[molten pelican]

yeah

[next fable]

Embed fail

[crude furnace]

Life is a hiiiighway, I I want to ride xxx alllll niiight long..

[candid solar]

The fact you jumped to CoD after I said 'Highly lethal stealth game' is proof enough that a jab at Halo Fan media literacy was a legal target.

[crude furnace]

mmmmm ya

[candid solar]

CoD's many things, but 'Highly lethal stealth game' is not one of them.

[muted rose]

But again, I loved the movie as a kid, so my view may be skewed by that

[next fable]

Depends

[hard otter]

I wasn't saying it was...

[cloud badge]

saying halo 4 story bad is a sin

[molten pelican]

tom clancy games maybe idk

[next fable]

All ghillied up

[hard otter]

That's just popular perception of anything non halo in an FPS

[next fable]

I don't like voldimort in my 343 fanfics

[hard otter]

Especially slower based with stealth like newer entries

[candid solar]

They leaned more towards the tac shooter crowd which frankly wasn't a bad decision.

[forest lagoon]

Idk why so many people think mid is bad. Mid is middle. If something is mid then it's totally fine to be enjoyed. Nothing wrong with it but not a top tier. There's nothing wrong with enjoying media considered to be average or middle ground by some/most/many

[candid solar]

Tac Shooters are fun.

[muted rose]

Stealth is recommended

Why do I hear air raid sirens

[cloud badge]

To bad people said BS about the Forerunners. They are badass in every single way, specially the didact.

[hard otter]

Everything I don't like is COD, obviously.

[molten pelican]

exactly why I am sad someone thought cars is mid

[candid solar]

I should say that I haven't actually played a CoD since Infinite Warfare and even then I was always more of a 'Whatever's fun' fan.

[next fable]

I just don't like the entire game feeling like a fanfic from 2010

[forest lagoon]

[molten pelican]

stealth is optional

[candid solar]

Man, how did you just describe Halo 3 but like, 3 years later

[cloud badge]

dude it wasn't... Please explain..

[hard otter]

Halo 3 is the worst in the trilogy for a reason.

[muted rose]

The poor people in my hitman 2 speedrun will never forgive me

[cloud badge]

exactly lol

[next fable]

Forced love narrative

[hard otter]

And it's not for the reason people think.

[candid solar]

I do think it's massively overrated. Not bad though.

Like, overrated doesn't always mean bad.

Just means overrated.

[next fable]

Best overall halo worst story in the trilogy

[hard otter]

Not even close.

[molten pelican]

I dont think 4 is overrated, I see more people hating on it, but its not bad yeah its decent enough for me

[hard otter]

By the way, nothing personal. Just wanted you to know.

[cloud badge]

Halo 4 is way underrated. It's such a good story, almost perfect dialogue, badass score that actually FIT the game. Come on...

[molten pelican]

gameplay wise was amazing, good and climactic ending, maybe a few more mini boss fights? But besides that its the finale for the story 2 set up anyways

[candid solar]

You thought it was registering as personal enough to be concerned? Thanks I suppose.

[molten pelican]

(just take it and move on)

[next fable]

Voldimort is the main villain

[candid solar]

Fair and valid.

[molten pelican]

[next fable]

The story is mediocre at its best and downright horrendous at its worst

[hard otter]

Well, I guess that's what I get for extending an olive branch on the assumption I came across like a jerk, but alright.

[candid solar]

I don't usually take arguments over subjectives seriously.

[molten pelican]

bahahahhaa

[cloud badge]

what is voldimort ffs lol

[candid solar]

Nah, you're fine and I do appreciate it.

[next fable]

.... are you.. actually serious

[molten pelican]

im waiting for dozens, "moving right along" 💀

[molten pelican]

a good man, has a very large nose

[cloud badge]

https://tenor.com/view/what-gif-25726276

[hard otter]

What is "Voldimort" in the context of Halo 4, dipstick.

Especially because you're misspelling Voldemort.

[steady jolt]

Yes

[obsidian wyvern]

https://tenor.com/view/movingroght-along-movingrightalong-muppets-anyway-gif-17971671

[candid solar]

I assume they mean Didact.

[molten pelican]

there it is!

[next fable]

Typo on my part

[hard otter]

You misspelled it several times

[obsidian wyvern]

force spot on with the emoji lol

[molten pelican]

@obsidian wyvern you are being arrested for impersonating a discord police officer

[hard otter]

But i digress

[candid solar]

Which... Man, if you think Didact is Voldemort, I weep for American media literacy.

[obsidian wyvern]

they're talking about looks I assume

[candid solar]

Again. For like the seventieth time today.

[cloud badge]

i have to go... Bye.

[next fable]

I think he looks like him

[obsidian wyvern]

which is fair

[molten pelican]

bye modmail

[candid solar]

I should send memes to modmail.

[molten pelican]

no you should not

[candid solar]

Or would that be modmail abuse

[steady jolt]

Please don't

[molten pelican]

lmao

[candid solar]

Can Uny accept dad jokes through modmail?

I have submissions for him

[next fable]

🤣

[hard otter]

Didact looks like a mutated alien in a race with unique racial dimorphism. Does/did Michael Jackson look like voldermort because he didnt-- im getting upset, i need to stop.

[steady jolt]

It just wastes our time if you send nonsense to modmail

[molten pelican]

uny would love dad jokes tho, (dont actually)

[candid solar]

:c But what if they're really good memes and jokes

[molten pelican]

interesting

[next fable]

Halo (mainline) tierlist
1.halo 3
2.halo reach
3.halo ce
4.halo 2
5.halo 5
6.halo infinite
7.halo 4

[candid solar]

Profiling off of two characters looking similar is pretty much par for the course when it comes to ridiculous pitfalls in understanding context or characters in wholly different stories. Does tend to be funny though.

[molten pelican]

not bad, Infinite should be above 5 and 2 should be above ce imo

[candid solar]

Mostly on account of being hilariously wrong

[hard otter]

Halo 3 is not, and never will be, number 1. It's overrated.

[candid solar]

^

[next fable]

I'll probably change the list once they finish halo infinite

[next fable]

Fake news

[hard otter]

The only game that deserves that spot is Halo CE. (Or 2 but I'm biased for that one)

[next fable]

HALO CE IS NOT NUMBER 1

3 at best

[hard otter]

It kickstarted the universe, so... Wrong.

[next fable]

Ok?? It's still not the best one

[candid solar]

It's really weird that I dislike Halo 2's gameplay and dislike Halo 3's gameplay just slightly less, but don't actually mind playing ODST despite ragging on it for being so easy.

[quick escarp]

Objectively it’s the worst game 💀

[obsidian wyvern]

halo 3 stays winning

[quick escarp]

ODST kinda felt like a walking simulator tbh

At least in new Mombasa streets

[next fable]

Reach 😡🤬

[molten pelican]

campaign wise here is mine
Halo 2
Halo reach
Halo 3
Halo 3 ODST
Halo CE (only because it was repetitive levels and backtracking because of low budget its a great game)
Halo Infinite
halo 4
halo 5

[hard otter]

A walking simulator with guns and vehicles? A'ight.

[candid solar]

I can describe why (ODST has more interesting engagements outside of firefight most if the time and the levels play better), but it just seems like a weird pit when I talk about it.

[smoky token]

this is the worst list i’ve ever seen

[molten pelican]

so far infinite is actually pretty dang fun

[next fable]

I agree with this list maybe halo ce over 3 tho

[candid solar]

Haaaang on they got Reach in shouldn't exist

So that's at least one thing right

[next fable]

That's where 4 goes

[candid solar]

Nah.

[molten pelican]

I only put it lower bc technically it didnt have more bc it couldnt

[smoky token]

your opinions are terrible and you should feel bad

[quick escarp]

4 was actually decent

[next fable]

FAKE NEWS

[smoky token]

4 gave us the best and most emotional story in halo

automatic S tier

[hard otter]

Oh boy, are you gonna tell us Spartan-4's are power rangers next? That's my favorite crticism despite making precisely zero sense.

[candid solar]

Tfw a moderator thinks my opinion that Halo Infinite is a great game is wrong

[molten pelican]

reach is my second fav campaign dynf you keep hurting me😔

[next fable]

Didn't care for it

[hasty zinc]

if by decent you mean a visual/auditory/storytelling masterpiece and the best in the franchise, I completely agree

[next fable]

Halo story doesn't matter if the gameplay isn't fun

[candid solar]

But Halo 3's gameplay and story aren't fun.

[hard otter]

4 turned Chief into an actual character, and not a self insert power fantasy.

[molten pelican]

halo 4 story was fine, not great, gameplay was kinda lame in some spots, bullet sponges, not bad tho

[pulsar cobalt]

Halo 4 is a really good halo game

[next fable]

How spartan 4's don't even do anything for comparison they just kinda look Goofy

[next fable]

Halo 3 gameplay is fun

[quick escarp]

3s gameplay has a unbalanced sandbox, is slow, etc

[molten pelican]

3s gameplay is sm fun what

[candid solar]

Well, half right. 4's honestly way worse about the power fantasy part but he's not a self insert.

[molten pelican]

3s sound too

[hard otter]

Halo 3 gameplay is slow, floaty, and often saddled with things that end up arbitrary due to their uselessness.

[candid solar]

Ah yes

[rocky stone]

Halo 5 for me is best

[candid solar]

Stock sound effects, my favorite

Always wondered how much money they saved by doing that.

[quick escarp]

4s sound design does have some flaws, like the Br

[candid solar]

The Halo 4 BR kinda grew on me tbh

[molten pelican]

4s guns sound like they had a cold

[candid solar]

I mean I don't love it, but I don't mind it.

[next fable]

Halo 3 gameplay is the best in the series and nothing will change my mind

[quick escarp]

Except there’s no ah just chu

[molten pelican]

respectable

[quick escarp]

Nah bro you crazy

[hard otter]

Only the magnum and needler sounded like that. The AR actually sounding like an assault rifle was a great change.

[next fable]

Would you guys play a telltale halo game

[molten pelican]

when the ar was running out of bullets it sounded like its soul was being possesed by an evil spirit

[candid solar]

No.

[quick escarp]

Fr yes

As long as it isn’t cheesy

[candid solar]

I don't care for Telltale.

Though it's more a loathing of the mechanical quality than anything else.

[molten pelican]

bAtMan

[hard otter]

Honestly, Telltale is almost entirely to blame for narrative-cinematic driven games having timed responses that often forced a decision without careful consideration a la Bioware games of old.

[candid solar]

I don't care about DC or Marvel.

[molten pelican]

IM BATmAN

[hard otter]

Or the "silence" option often not even being true silence, but rather acting as if you took a specific option anyway

and often the "worst one"

[candid solar]

I suppose indecision is a decision.

[hard otter]

It was narratively clunky.

Only maybe 2 or 3 games benefitted from that design.

[candid solar]

Yeeeaaaaah.

[tired wraith]

Captain underpants

[candid solar]

Wh

[tired wraith]

Tra la la

[next fable]

Telltales twd was a masterpiece bro

[hard otter]

Lol
lmao.

[quick escarp]

[candid solar]

You're the last person I'd consider taking seriously regarding what a masterpiece is lmao

Well, actually, no, there is worse.

[hard otter]

Yeah, me.

[next fable]

Lmao

[candid solar]

So not the last if I was going to be a pedant about it.

[next fable]

Yall just don't know peak

[candid solar]

🙄

[quick escarp]

TWD was good but 3 is simply just being blinded by nostalgia at this point

[hard otter]

I sure loved it when Miranda needlessly crashed a pelican into the citadel and sacrificed herself despite that making zero sense, when we had multiple hornets, tanks and other ships nearby to do anything else for us.

[next fable]

Twd season 3 was bad but the rest are good

[smoky token]

100 gecs is pretty good

[hard otter]

Thanks Marty, you're a genius.

[candid solar]

What's funny is that her character arc mostly involves getting the majority of her crew killed over and over and over again.

Her literal first command, before the games, had her losing her entire crew with the exception of her and one other person.

She got a promotion for it.

[hard otter]

The Survivors Guilt medal. They don't really tell you about that one.

[candid solar]

It was because she rammed a Covenant ship with a science vessel.

[smoky token]

I don’t believe i’m familiar

[hard otter]

Yeah, I remember.

[smoky token]

what book?

[candid solar]

Halo Reach limited edition

[normal owl]

Agreed about Telltale games being excellent I've played through TWD 1, 2, 100 Days, and am currently playing through Michonne before starting 3 (no spoilers please!).

Telltale was one of the best at executing the concept of video games as the evolution of literature: making the audience feel the narrative more viscerally than any movie or book ever could because the audience is actively committing the actions of the character.

[floral pollen]

Hoi there Esq!

[normal owl]

What's up River!

[winter flame]

the source

[floral pollen]

Finally figured out a problem with my laptop drivers
I apparently have a GTX 1050, not a 1080 as I had thought

[hard otter]

Yeah, the reach limited edition set, which came with some goodies, and halsey's journal that talked about some things.

[candid solar]

I find it funny when it's supposed to be BS that Miranda got accused of nepotism but she's legitimately so incompetent that it's not hard to believe the veracity of the statement.

[hard otter]

It's not even detailed on what she did to earn the rank of Commander.

Just that she was in active duty after recieving a promotion in 2550.

The Silver Star, on Reach.

[winter flame]

thanks 😄

[candid solar]

Congrats, you killed a Covenant Destroyer and just cost the UNSC a lot of very smart, very important lives. Good job. Silver star.

[crude furnace]

Was? The Wolf Among Us 2 TBA 2024

[normal owl]

Well, glad at least that now you know what the issue is!

[normal owl]

That I don't know, but I did play Wolf Among Us 1 and enjoyed it a lot as well.

[hard otter]

And then the next notable thing was seeing her in Halo 2, where uh... the Flood somehow invaded the In Amber Clad and portal-jumped to High Charity.

Why did she go down with the marines to the Library? Shut up, it's dramatic.

[winter flame]

hands on commander

[muted rose]

Bad commander

[candid solar]

Bungie was just really into the show "The Last Ship" a decade early.

[winter flame]

Go to war Spartan

[muted rose]

Fine, maybe I will!

[hard otter]

This really shouldn't have made me laugh, but oh man.

She's just a badly written void of a character.

[winter flame]

Good because that's the only rally point you're gonna get from your Commander Miranda

[candid solar]

It's amusing that that's still somehow better than her original role in Halo 2's cut story.

[hard otter]

Which isn't even getting into what Bungie originally had planned for her, which was betraying the UNSC by striking a deal with the Prophets, because she blamed them for Jacob Keyes death, and wanted to kill Chief by welding a nuke to his armor.

YEAH.

[muted rose]

Ok I’m lost now I really am missing

[winter flame]

TO WAR SPARTAN

[muted rose]

Where is the war!?

[winter flame]

its the rally point

[candid solar]

I've been imagining some Marine O-4 or something just burying his head in his hands in the background and remarking on how utterly doomed they are.

Because he somehow lost ground command to her.

[normal owl]

Miranda is clutch on the weekends though.
"Sorry guys, club's full tonight."
"Get me & my friends in. I don't care whether I have the clearance or not."

[hard otter]

That cutscene always leaves me in stitches. The whole setup is just. so ridiculous.
John comes into the Crows Nest in the pelican, he gets briefed (very slightly on a plan thats not really elaborated on at first),
"Glad to have you back, Master Chief. don't think we could pull this off without you."
What, destroying a covenant AA gun?

And then she, the commander of this hidden base, is directly asked by a commsman on where to go for a rally point, and it's just, cocking a gun, and going "to war".

and then the cutscene ends, and she turns around and walks back to the center of the command room.

[muted rose]

Tsavo highway and the Storm are good levels but the setup is just stupid

[candid solar]

And then starts giving actual, if pointless, orders.

[hard otter]

It's so melodramatic, agh.

[normal owl]

Yeah, Halo is never melodramatic.

And it's always realistic.

[candid solar]

Dark and gritty, until 343 took over.

(Please ignore the woman getting scan-flayed alive)

(Please also ignore the woman begging on the comms for anyone alive)

[hard otter]

There's good melodrama, and bad melodrama. It's defined by exaggeration and oversensationalization.

[normal owl]

"Good melodrama" and "bad melodrama" are entirely subjective.

[candid solar]

It's too bad most people's subjective is... Seriously flawed.

[hard otter]

It's detached and goofy.

People often praise bungie era halo as being dark and gritty, unironically.

(when that's only really true of Reach)

[quick escarp]

That kinda reminds me of reach

[muted rose]

Carter yelling at me to work faster is not going to make me work faster

Sorry

[winter flame]

Find the crashed Flood ship; overload its engine core. We either destroy this city, or risk losing the entire planet.

[normal owl]

It's fine if any single audience member subjectively dislikes something, but that person has no authority to determine whether something is objectively bad.

[candid solar]

Still find it funny that it took a retroactively added UNSC law regarding AI deletion to make Del Rio truly out of line instead of just massively disrespected.

[winter flame]

Miranda is a cool commander 😎

[queen remnant]

To war

[muted rose]

We’re not close enough to the war

[hard otter]

I'm determining it for myself, and giving my stated public opinion on why I believe it's bad. I never once said you couldn't believe otherwise.

[muted rose]

then I’ll fly in with my pelican to the war

[candid solar]

(And even then Del Rio's not wrong to be extremely cautious to the point of retreat regarding the Didact)

[hard otter]

Del Rio was a manager, not a captain. Just like how Palmer was only a corporal before getting thrust into the spartan program and subsequently made commander.

[crude furnace]

I dont want to contribute in a Bungie vs 343 thing, but Bungie did had a lot of elements which were wartyped, like, Masterchief's "luck"

[candid solar]

I still find that frustrating even if I don't mind Palmer.

[winter flame]

Arbiter: "What is it? More Brutes?"

John: "Worse."

And they never speak again.

[muted rose]

I always thought that it’s a little on chief for not trying to explain to del rio how they were going stop the didact. Sure, del rio is absolutely out of line, but your not giving him options

[fickle drift]

halo 👍

[hard otter]

yeah, ain't even getting into Arbiter's whole story getting slashed into a fraction because of people complaining about not playing John as much in 2.

[smoky token]

elaborate

[normal owl]

Your statements are repeatedly "It's this--" and conclusive so if your intention is to convey that you're just sharing your opinion then you may want to use qualifiers.

[candid solar]

The law regarding AI deletion protocol that Del Rio was involved in wasn't actually canon until after Halo 5 came out.

[muted rose]

Still del Rio was a poor battle commander, I think that is an objective fact. No recon on something as important as what is preventing you from leaving, is an incredibly poor decision, you don’t need military expertise to see that.

[candid solar]

Meaning before that point, he wasn't out of line by saying anything about her deletion. Honestly, I still think he'd have won that court martial.

[hasty zinc]

are you referring to article 55 of UNSC regulation 12-145-72?

[candid solar]

Yes, IIRC.

[hard otter]

Conclusive to my viewpoint, yeah? Unless you want me to constantly preface every sentence with "I think", which is repetitive and draining.

[candid solar]

I'm pretty sure that wasn't canon til a while after Halo 4 came out.

[hard otter]

But that's pedantic, and so is this argument.

[hasty zinc]

also, I feel shame that I have that memorized

[muted rose]

I have the numbers from lost memorised if it makes you feel better

[hard otter]

It wasn't. AI expiring after 7 years was something pulled from Marathon I think.

Or at least tangentially related to it.

( i havent played Marathon in a hot minute)

[candid solar]

Even then it's like... What options does Del Rio realistically have? The bottom of his ship's hull is a ruined mess, the internal bays are trashed if the promo footage is to be believed, the Spartan compliment is inexplicably comprised solely of first-deployment IVs except for Palmer, and the Didact had literally just displayed a capability to casually bring down the Infinity on a whim under the roof of a planet that pointedly did not like Humanity at all.

Down to disabling its point defense entirely and just casually jumping Prometheans inside.

[winter flame]

Del Rio did nuffin wrong other then talking down to chief when he asked about the recon

that was plain rude

[candid solar]

Not to mention the fact that you literally hear on comms that some parts of the Infinity were actively being overrun.

Like, that is not exactly a confidence booster, lmao

[hard otter]

How did Del RIo even get into command of the Infinity? I remember he oversaw its development, but how did he get to be captain of the most-advanced flagship in the fleet?

[candid solar]

He was in charge of its development and Hood thought he was the best choice due to it. I'd assume its running finances were actually quite low for a while due to him.

[muted rose]

Politics, I imagine. It’s stated that he became a senator after being relieved of duty

[winter flame]

343 retouching old cosmetics and bringing them to their newest game is based tbf

[hasty zinc]

prefect plz

[candid solar]

Now they just need to add the original instead of entirely changed versions.

Halo Reach gets it, Halo 4/5 should too.

[round laurel]

I don't think half the community are asking for a Halo 5 PC port, let's be honest haha.

[queen remnant]

True

[hard otter]

That's an L on Hood's part, then.
An accountant shouldn't be operating a battle tank.

[winter flame]

im all for it

[queen remnant]

Give me Halo 4/5 armor please

[candid solar]

It's not a battle tank.

[winter flame]

i hope everyone gets their favourite armour from past games in Infinite

[smoky token]

FOTUS my beloved

[candid solar]

It's not just a warship. The Infinity is a standalone supercarrier/pseudocolony/science ship.

It's a bit different than a purpose built warbird.

[round laurel]

I'm waiting for Halo 3 security and EVA.

[muted rose]

I’d say infinity is more a carrier/science ship if anything

[normal owl]

Helioskrill

[muted rose]

Sorry, WAS a carrier/science ship

[candid solar]

It's why I'd say Del Rio wasn't actually that bad of a choice for what it was being used for, until something went actually wrong.

[quaint finch]

hello how has eveyone been?

[hasty zinc]

sleepy, you?

[quaint finch]

tired and sore

[winter flame]

*was, its a wreck now xd

[normal owl]

That's a rail-y a-track-tive username!

[winter flame]

it went to war and lost

[candid solar]

(Frankly, I'd say the reason Parangosky actually didn't like him was because he wasn't her puppet-and was too old and crusty to be made into one easily).

[muted rose]

The ghost of Miranda sent it to its doom

One last loss of the entire crew

[tired wraith]

Lamo, good one

[candid solar]

I doubt it's completely dead tbh.

Crippled, maybe adrift

Doubt it's unrecoverable or outright dead though

[normal owl]

Same. Mother's Day was a whole thing.

[candid solar]

Yes, yes, concept art shows it dead etc etc

[winter flame]

they can just build a new one, call it eternity

[candid solar]

Eternity's keel is already laid, so.

[winter flame]

ah F

[muted rose]

It’s certainly in bad shape, given that it was rammed and then boarded, and it’s engines were offline too

[candid solar]

Oh, absolutely.

[quaint finch]

anyone got any good chest exorcises?

[normal owl]

[winter flame]

i thought i was clever coming up with the name for a second ship but nope, they literally already came up with it

[candid solar]

I'm thinking that it's either somewhere on the ring or it's floating dead where Zeta Halo originally was like a breadcrumb.

[normal owl]

Holy water is a must, for sure.

[quaint finch]

todays chest day for the gym or leg

[hard otter]

Parangosky also didn't like Halsey and had an axe to grind with her despite debatedly committing worse crimes than her (plotting the eventual extinction of the sangheili race)

[quaint finch]

it depemds on how i feel

[candid solar]

Parangosky was absolutely based to loathe Halsey.

It is morally correct to loathe Halsey.

[hard otter]

Sure, I'm just saying it's a double standard.

[muted rose]

I’m guessing that a lot of it is just debris around and on the ring. Seems like a lot of debris in warship gbrakkon

[candid solar]

There was an entire scout fleet that got mulched around Zeta Halo.

[winter flame]

salvage what's salvageable and then build a 3rd Infinity class ship

UNSC Timeless

[candid solar]

It's what the Mortal Reverie came from.

[muted rose]

Also true. The whole valley by the gorespike cannons has, what, 3 frigate wrecks?

[candid solar]

God, and people say modern Halo doesn't have cool ship names.

[quaint finch]

whats the best spartan armor and why?

[candid solar]

Seeker.

I do not need to explain why.

[winter flame]

Recon

I do not need to explain why.

[muted rose]

Tracker

[hard otter]

To be fair, a good number of them are stinkers.

[candid solar]

Cringe take, absolute gross

[normal owl]

The best one is the one you like best.

[obsidian wyvern]

i hate coming in here

[candid solar]

NOOOO YOU CAN'T JUST LIKE ANYTHING

[hard otter]

This is categorically wrong because Mk.IV gen.2 and Nightfall, and Helioskrill exist.

[winter flame]

wym chat is balling out today

[hard otter]

(this is also hyperbole, get off my butt)

[candid solar]

And Argus, Centurion, Scanner, Soldier, Warrior, Shinobi.

[frail walrus]

+1 to Centurion

So good

[muted rose]

Yes, Argus is very good too

[normal owl]

lol I know what you mean.

[candid solar]

Technician, Hunter, Helljumper, Icarus, etc etc.

[normal owl]

Also, did you get actual sleep?

[obsidian wyvern]

me?

[normal owl]

Yeah

[warm mirage]

Hi

[obsidian wyvern]

yeaa

[normal owl]

WOWWW miracles do happen.

[obsidian wyvern]

i think i got like 8 hours

[hard otter]

Buccaneer was kinda cool, too. 👉 👈

[muted rose]

You say that like you didn’t

[obsidian wyvern]

nah ive been improving recently

[candid solar]

I unironically like Legionnaire nowadays because it kinda reminds me of Battletech mechs having silly theme decorations to hammer a point home.

[obsidian wyvern]

i have my first exam on thursday so i have to fix it before wednesday

[floral pollen]

I also actually got sleep last night

[hard otter]

Probably because FOTUS means "Fist of the unicorns"?

[candid solar]

That they were cooler than you (They are objectively correct)

[normal owl]

Getting enough sleep is Life LASO and it's impossible.

[hard otter]

this is why you take a lot of sleep aid medicine.

(dont actually do this unless you know what youre doing)

[muted rose]

Fotus could

[candid solar]

That doesn't make you cool.

Like, it literally comes with a skull that makes you do it without dying lmao

[fickle drift]

The one that Halo uses

[quaint finch]

lol

[hard otter]

John Halo? 👀

[muted rose]

The green guy

[fickle drift]

Yeah the green dude

[hard otter]

He's a pretty cool guy.

[muted rose]

From the Simpsons

[quaint finch]

who here likes family guy?

[candid solar]

My favorite question is "What Halo Spartan is your favorite" because my answer usually results in confusion.

[winter flame]

wait there's doom armour in halo? no way

[muted rose]

That seems really really dangerous

[fickle drift]

I only watch family guy if subway surfers gameplay is below it

[candid solar]

Void Dancer

[obsidian wyvern]

lol

[obsidian wyvern]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[muted rose]

No but there’s this cool game called fortnite

[meager rover]

Seems Xbox owns cod now

[obsidian wyvern]

the deal went through?

[meager rover]

Eu approved

Finally

[candid solar]

That seems really really dangerous delicious

[muted rose]

Hold on I think the EU approved it

[winter flame]

assuming Microsoft leaves the UK market which it wont

[obsidian wyvern]

time to go to twitter so see the chaos

[muted rose]

Saw something about it earlier

[verbal hawk]

same

[normal owl]

EU is for, just UK is against, right?

[winter flame]

yuh

[normal owl]

and US is suing to block it.

[muted rose]

I have these awful melatonin tablets that melt in your mouth and they leave these little gritty bits in your teeth

[obsidian wyvern]

didnt the CMA say they were doing it to protect cloud gaming competition?

[round laurel]

Yes.

[hasty zinc]

speaking of Cloud Gaming

[normal owl]

Their reasoning was cloudy at best.

[candid solar]

If I give Uny enough dad joke suggestions can I get my Gulf War desert camo coating

[obsidian wyvern]

but then all the cloud gaming companies said that they were for the merger

merger/takeover idk, i dont remember

wow aegis

[frail walrus]

Boo aegis that was a good one by Master Chief

Hahaha

[obsidian wyvern]

you gonna post another 6 dislike emojis just to catch up?

[frail walrus]

Lololo

[hasty zinc]

ok I will explain my thumbs down

[frail walrus]

Hear hear

[hasty zinc]

you used the word cloud in the pun itself when talking about cloud gaming

[candid solar]

... Wait, why am I blocked by you?

[frail walrus]

Trials is in session

[candid solar]

Ooookay then.

[obsidian wyvern]

maybe they have dms off

[normal owl]

8 up to 1.5 down: landslide victory.

[obsidian wyvern]

nvm LOL

[candid solar]

Yeaaaah kinda weird.

[frail walrus]

The people have spoken

[hasty zinc]

resolved

[muted rose]

That’s a lot of downvote buttons

[candid solar]

Eh, not the first time I've been randomly blocked by someone for nebulous reasoning.

[muted rose]

Would you like another

[obsidian wyvern]

im starting a business

[normal owl]

LOL dang, the person have spoken 😞

[obsidian wyvern]

i love the way we see the blocked message each time hagfdsxdfgh

[candid solar]

Like... Why crop it that poorly though?

[round laurel]

That's my favourite part.

[hard otter]

Sending a message, I guess.

[normal owl]

That's just sanity.

[winter flame]

to let you know

[muted rose]

Poor trenchbird

[fickle drift]

The bird is getting trampled over and over again

[obsidian wyvern]

i feel you

[candid solar]

I'm a spiteful guy but even I'm not that spiteful lmao

[obsidian wyvern]

if blocked messages didnt pop up, id have so many blocks

[normal owl]

It's never permanent. I just calm my reading waters until certain discussion storms die down, then I unblock.

[candid solar]

Well, I guess it'd be more petty than anything else.

[muted rose]

Spork is probably permanently blocked isn’t he

[winter flame]

i think the confusing part is you showed everyone in the chat you have him blocked, not that you have him blocked

[hard otter]

Comes across as a weird flex.

[obsidian wyvern]

i think the only person i have (had) blocked from here was 68jets

[winter flame]

i miss 68jets

[obsidian wyvern]

i do not

[normal owl]

I'm not entirely sure who that is, but I'll keep an eye out to unblock. Thanks for the heads up!

[winter flame]

he raised spirits

[obsidian wyvern]

but you 2 were always there in the infinite channel

[muted rose]

He’s funny, just talks a lot

[candid solar]

Yeah, pretty much.

[round laurel]

I love Halo infinite!!!

[winter flame]

all he wanted was to let everyone know how much he loves the game

[obsidian wyvern]

lol

[hard otter]

Me too man.

[normal owl]

Aw we need more of that honestly.

[fickle drift]

Halo infinite rocks!!!!!!

[obsidian wyvern]

i wonder how many of us actually understood that though

[muted rose]

Think I blocked one or two that attached to me for some reason

[candid solar]

I only block people if they legitimately infuriate me to even talk to whatsoever.

[muted rose]

It’s weird random people just obsess over me and dm me constantly

[normal owl]

We realized too late.

[obsidian wyvern]

idk if thats as bad as when one person here claimed me as their pet

[hard otter]

I've blocked maybe 3 people in my whole discord existence.

[winter flame]

because you wont go to war

[normal owl]

Are they trying to entice you with crypto lol

[hard otter]

Yeah man, you were told to go to war. Why aren't you going to war?
What do you mean you need directions? Just do it.

[candid solar]

🥳

This is some next level psyop.

[rare cedar]

[muted rose]

No, surprisingly. They’re just like one of those weird sticky seeds they just pop up in your dms

With 100+ messages

[floral pollen]

PANDAA! Haven't seen you in a bit

[obsidian wyvern]

its at that point where i turn off dms from all servers randomly

[normal owl]

my bad @candid solar ! Just was skipping the lore discussion.

[rare cedar]

Hey hey!

[candid solar]

E

[rare cedar]

How’s the queen of USB’s doing