general-chat

[fallow relic]

what is dat

[fierce haven]

Send it in halo gear

[smoky token]

Vinyl record of Evangelion Finally, the soundtrack to The End of Evangelion

[fickle drift]

Can't. I need image perms which I don't have

[fickle drift]

Am I allowed to have image perms for like a minute so I can show what set I have rq?

[smoky token]

No, sorry

[fickle drift]

damn...

[smoky token]

Image perms are restricted to mods and people with the Inheritor role

[calm fiber]

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

[fickle drift]

bruh

fine.

alright

[smoky token]

you can DM whoever you want to send images to

¯_(ツ)_/¯

or use a site like Imgur

[fickle drift]

Sure then...

Yo proto can I show what I have?

In dms

[fickle drift]

sure

but i'll be playin mcc

[fierce haven]

I see we finally managed to cage the so called “Mighty” Iratus

[calm fiber]

You’ve caged nothing, puny Human

The Mighty Iratus is still as powerful as ever, and he is coming for all of you spartans at other firebases next!

[fierce haven]

No wonder I was confused

Nice try but I have 50 Million power in Rise of Kingdoms

That shut him up

[modern river]

Aka friends with mods = image perms

[smoky token]

nope :)

[fierce haven]

Iratus got real quiet with Power level in RoK

Bro got spooked fr fr

[reef pumice]

love this new event, they finally recognized halo ce

i think

i haven't seen many ce references in current halo

other than the magnum is 5 and tbe new weapon key chaim

[slim zealot]

hmmm

[wary dove]

Guys I have a question
Why isn’t there a free masterchief armour model in halo infinte multiplayer?

[void magnet]

You can get close with MkV(b)

But yea in 343i’s games his armor is often omitted from mp

[cloud wraith]

They will never come close to Bungie-era Halo

[timber charm]

Idk but a gen3 core makes a lot of sense

[reef pumice]

was dat hmmm for me?

[reef pumice]

especially since we actually got to be sangheili in 3 games, Halo 2, Halo 3, And Halo Reach

(despite their upgrades and downgrades)

[queen remnant]

Based 343 not having elites playable

[reef pumice]

Plus with their current system technically it is possible but i bet you they dont wanna spend time or making up a reason to add elites into multiplayer

[obsidian wyvern]

elites contribute nothing positive to multiplayer

[reef pumice]

hecl if you ask me i could give you reasons why the elites could appear in infinites mp

[queen remnant]

The reasons they give multiple times are for a good reason

[reef pumice]

wait are we complaining or just talking about it?

[queen remnant]

Balance issues, hitbox issues, low population usage, etc

Talking about it idk lol

[obsidian wyvern]

I mean we're not complaining because what 343 did was in favour of us lol

[reef pumice]

OOPS

Then this is not my convo

Buh Bye

jumps out of the chat

[obsidian wyvern]

?
ok

[reef pumice]

(nice pfp btw)

[cloud wraith]

"in favor" lol

if only they knew

[queen remnant]

Alright, tell

What brings something in favor on returning elites playable

[cloud wraith]

the sheer fact that a pretty notable chunk of the customer base would actually appreciate some diversity

[queen remnant]

Still a small usage of population that most likely will still stay small
Next thing, what brings something in favor

[cloud wraith]

the fact that it would make it feel like it was originated

a war of humans vs aliens

[queen remnant]

The feel of shooting and not going through because of the hitbox issue
Next thing

[cloud wraith]

The fact that the hitbox issue is not really an issue, but just would require people to simply get off their rears and actually do a bit of work. You're telling me a company of engineers and developers are incapable of appending the hitbox structure of a video game character class that's 15+ years old? Give me a break

But here, now it's your turn to write whatever and followed by "next thing"

You know what, I am choosing not to engage in this conversation. Good day all.

[queen remnant]

Every game that has elites had problems with hitboxes, one worse than another until reach they put basically behind certain game modes because how hard it was to balance it, with that you know that is not worth having them even having a company full of the best capable developers, which shows you don't know nothing about game developer
There is also the thing about low population usage that makes hard to justify to make them, why making them when you can put those resources in other more important stuff? 🤷‍♂️ the list goes on that not doing them

Have a good day

[obsidian wyvern]

they don't have any valid argument lmaoo

[queen remnant]

Basically, but at least they move on and didn't continue so that's good

[obsidian wyvern]

mhm

[midnight trench]

Taking my smurf account to onyx tonight

[candid solar]

Then it's not a smurf account.

It's also bad form to have a smurf but w/e.

[stuck geode]

Wort wort wort

[midnight trench]

If its not my main acc its a smurf acc

[slim zealot]

Anyone find out who that Onyx 20Bronze kid is yet?

Nobody seems to know who's smurf that is 😂

[lofty arrow]

hi

anyone have the oreo armor coating?

[vital viper]

A question guys. Do you know if Reach remaining helmets will be release in Halo Infinite ?

[obsidian wyvern]

no one knows

[obsidian wyvern]

yes

[queen remnant]

Yes

[cloud wraith]

chronically online

[steady jolt]

Thanks OneDrive, these memories are awesome

[queen remnant]

That's a poggers

OH the eyes is in the mouth alright lol

[queen remnant]

LOL

[obsidian wyvern]

i thought those were flies at first, this is even worse

[somber hazel]

Man's look like he trying to copy the enderman

[candid solar]

Palmer .5 picoseconds after Miller says a single word

[high elm]

"I have beaten a galaxy of flesh and skin and bone, destroyed fleets of thousands!"
-Whatever the hell this version of Palmer is

[dreamy stirrup]

Who?

[fickle drift]

should i try doing a cosplay of my multiplayer spartan?

[worthy ether]

hey 343 can i take inspiration from your games?

prolly shouldnt ask that

that was weird what i jus asked

[cunning hazel]

Is there any way to remove the 2nd sniper zoom level in infinite?

[worthy ether]

save files?

[somber hazel]

Don't zoom in a second time?

[midnight trench]

Hold to aim

[hearty flame]

Be advised

[obsidian wyvern]

yeah its not like halo 3 where you have to do it twice to get out if you didnt hold down the stick

[dreamy stirrup]

I don’t even think I know how to zoom twice on helljumper? Maybe it’s a?

[obsidian wyvern]

ngl I have no idea how to zoom in twice with the (mostly) default settings on infinite

[somber hazel]

Hey guys could you help me with a bug I've been dealing with recently? So I play on pc and I use M&K to play right? Well I have two monitors aswell and for some reason ONLY when I have a discord vc open on my second monitor. Now you see what ends up happening is when I try to actually play the game while on vc my mouse cursor will still be there despite already being in first person POV which makes me unable to control my character. Don't ask me why but as far as I can tell this only occurs while I'm on vc

[hearty flame]

Maybe it's a what

[somber hazel]

Does anyone know how to fix this bug or maybe it's a setting that I have to change?

[candid solar]

Windowed, windowless, fullscreen windowed?

[somber hazel]

Borderless full screen

And discord open on the second monitor

[candid solar]

Try the other settings and see what happens.

[somber hazel]

Well I'd need to vc with someone because that's the only time I get this bug.

[obsidian wyvern]

just hop into a VC here?

I doubt it relates to anyone being in the vc

[midnight trench]

Tabbing in and out fixes it for me

[pale river]

It's actually 13:43 in France (just remove the "1" and the ":")

[tiny oar]

does anyone know why my computer just blue screened when i opened mcc

it only happened once

[pulsar heron]

depends on what the blue screen said

[frozen gazelle]

MCC just does that sometimes

[fickle drift]

guys, does anyone have a link to the "map" of the levels in Halo Infinite?

[obsidian wyvern]

the one that shows all the collectibles and bases, squads etc?

[hasty zinc]

https://mapgenie.io/halo-infinite/maps/zeta-halo

[obsidian wyvern]

if so, its that ^

[fickle drift]

no, no. It shows all of the levels in the game (e.g. sergeant, cadet, etc)

[obsidian wyvern]

oh

?

[fickle drift]

yeah, that's the one

[dreamy stirrup]

Old image smh

[fickle drift]

cheers 😄

[obsidian wyvern]

theres a newer image?

[dreamy stirrup]

Yeah but it’s not a major fix lol

I’ve posted it here somewhere

[ivory coyote]

It is a very slow day today in content moderation land

[obsidian wyvern]

this website is really clean, even estimates how many games itll take to get to other ranks

[fickle drift]

I am both optimistic and dreading the responses I get on this #1139543599177011321

[obsidian wyvern]

😱

[fickle drift]

My money is on lizard man

[obsidian wyvern]

idk if anyone is stupid enough to put theirs on musk

[ivory coyote]

Zuckerberg has that robot strength

[fickle drift]

I mean dude is like 50 and has no martial arts training at all

[ivory coyote]

Bro was made by the machines to take over humanity, a physical bout will barely be a challenge

[fickle drift]

then there's Zuck with his Jujitsu

[ivory coyote]

For a nerd he's got that sleeper build

Very different from when he was photographed surfing from a few years back

[queen remnant]

Zuck is going to win here

[fickle drift]

https://tenor.com/view/munch-spongebob-meme-gif-23769884

[molten pelican]

okay I cant wait for this lol

[fickle drift]

NO EMBED AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

also who nicknamed me sillycoyote

[obsidian wyvern]

maybe im just not here enough anymore, but have you been gone spork

[molten pelican]

ive seen them both training, elon lost a ton of weight and got into shape but mark idk might have more experience and he's a robot so he wont feel pain

[round laurel]

Whoever wins, we lose.

[fickle drift]

avp moment

[round laurel]

Yeah that was my inspiration

[fickle drift]

I mean it's true tho

[molten pelican]

Ive been home, ive just been less online lately, been focusing on my futbol training and stuff

[round laurel]

I'd like to say Mark is Bishop, but unfortunately he's real in that movie

[molten pelican]

elon would just phase right through him like a hologram

[ivory coyote]

I dunno I get to see two of the biggest dweeb slap each other around. Even if it ends up being a wet noodle fight it'd be entertaining as we finally get something that a cultural zeitgeist has wanted for years, at least one of them being hit lmao

[molten pelican]

I will say im very impressed on their training and discipline with getting into shape for this lol

[ivory coyote]

They're two of the richest people on the planet they can literally buy discipline lmao

[molten pelican]

well

[ivory coyote]

In the sense thay they can afford the most elite trainers and dieticians lmao

[molten pelican]

oh ofc yeah

[normal owl]

Zuck must be so hyped: he was persona non grata for so long and now that Elon took that over, Zuck has a chance to regain some popularity here.

[molten pelican]

haha yeah

[normal owl]

Will definitely be enjoying some food w/ Sweet Baby Rays while watching.

[steady jolt]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/471722331820130326/1136045765920301086/CareerRank_Diagram_4K.png

This one?

[molten pelican]

heck ya you got enough for a spork?

[ivory coyote]

I mean he still should be it's just the best PR opportunity he's had in years

[steady jolt]

I'm looking and I can't spot the difference yet lol

[normal owl]

Of course! Let me just grab the bottle that's sitting randomly on an office shelf.

[obsidian wyvern]

neither can i

[ivory coyote]

Like I did trust and safety for Facebook for a couple years lemme tell you that place is wild still lmao, and that's even before the Cambridge stuff

[normal owl]

"I'm not just a tech brain. I'm a real boy!"

[molten pelican]

a true baby ray enthusiast

[normal owl]

I can't even imagine. If even the investigative reports I've read are shocking, I can't start to fathom what you had to experience.

[molten pelican]

I love when my internet cuts off randomly !

[ivory coyote]

I get money to do effectively nothing I can't complain much

[molten pelican]

im just sticking to youtube

[normal owl]

"Loved by Real Humans since 1985"

[ivory coyote]

Realistically a lot of the horror stories are from the American side of vendors

We have a bit more workplace rights in my country lmao

[dreamy stirrup]

Yes!

[molten pelican]

mark has been silently banned from purchasing all baby ray products, how does he survive with this knowledge

[molten pelican]

where do you live?

[normal owl]

I'm glad to hear it's not nightmarish for you. Cool that you got to work on something like that though.

[ivory coyote]

I still do just for a different social media client lmao

[molten pelican]

time for the ol windows update

[ivory coyote]

Fwiw Instagram was far more vile than Facebook was

[normal owl]

https://tenor.com/view/robots-bots-bits-iggydr-flight-of-the-concords-gif-18275136

[molten pelican]

have you seen the biography movie? social network I think its called

[ivory coyote]

Additionally a lot of people aren't built or mentally prepared for the kind of job it is. Only so much psychological support can do for people that aren't really resilient to traumas

[normal owl]

Not yet! It's been in my backlog forever.

[molten pelican]

i dont remember it too much but Im pretty sure its a solid interesting movie

[normal owl]

Yeah that's what those reports were saying. I'm glad it's not unbearable for you!

[molten pelican]

alrighty farewell mates gotta update the pc and get some breakfast

[normal owl]

So you could say you...liked it?

[normal owl]

Bon appetit

[molten pelican]

maybe

🤫

[ivory coyote]

It has its moments but I've been in the field for about 5 years now, so I've seen the worst and after that it's just a case of good regulation control.

Training and experience kicks in

[candid solar]

Why didn't Master Chief use armor abilities in Halo CE? Was he just stupid?

[normal owl]

The absolute best FB video I've ever seen: https://youtu.be/8OzZxjqKG10

[normal owl]

That's a level of resilience and mental triage that's very admirable.

[candid solar]

Master Chief would've won his fight with Atriox if he just sprinted away. It's what all the Halo fans tell me when they say Sprint's bad.

[ivory coyote]

Real money is working in house for the policy teams, I've had an eye on tiktok recently

Processing rapidly changing trends on tiktok sounds like a fun challenge

Since its a lot to keep on top of at the same time

[normal owl]

That has always fascinated me: how to be an observer who both recognizes patterns and is able to be predictive with a satisfactory amount of accuracy, because--as scientists have known for a long time--it's very hard to have the awareness of the observer and the authentic experience of the subject, whose experience provides the needed data.

Like, I often see this legal overlay on so many experiences in life. I wonder how it would be to just be able to enjoy those experiences without that involuntary filter.

[hollow leaf]

How is the bandit rifle in halo infinite

[candid solar]

I'd say it's feeling pretty alright

Nobody ever asks how it's doing so that had to give it a confidence boost

[hollow leaf]

Is it harder to use compared to br since it has slower fire rate?

[winter flame]

everything is harder to use then the BR

[candid solar]

I know you've been out of the field for a while, Bugget, but this is a BRthrough op. Any other gun would just slow us down.

[winter flame]

I lol'd

[untold epoch]

It keeps saying I have points to claim on Xbox notifications each day.
I’ve claimed once but since then they don’t register is it only redeemable once? Even with new notifications saying I have unclaimed points and to grab them quick

For infinite btw

[obsidian wyvern]

the 'd is aprotjwhahrw

[winter flame]

try disabling the notifications in game bar

[obsidian wyvern]

it's claimable once a day, it's just broken sometimes

[normal owl]

One of your best yet!

[untold epoch]

Ahhhhh thanks, seriously 200 points per day? Is this an event or something

[winter flame]

nope its 200+ points day

[obsidian wyvern]

nah it's always been like this, 250 if you have gamepass too

[winter flame]

free money for playing Infinite on PC

[untold epoch]

That’s sick

[obsidian wyvern]

just from the play with friends*

I think you get about 300 from doing the other 3 things

[slim zealot]

Some dude in matchmaking that runs with 3 other people

[obsidian wyvern]

yeah it's really good, surprised they haven't nerfed it heavily already

[winter flame]

putting the game pass quests into the main Xbox app has made life much easier too

1 less app on my phone

[untold epoch]

Is that infinite store credits or Xbox rewards? The notifications I’m getting is for halo infinite credits

[obsidian wyvern]

recon, did one of the duos we faced yesterday send a gg to you

[untold epoch]

Rewards isn’t supported in my country 😦 🇩🇰

[obsidian wyvern]

Xbox rewards, which you can spend on giftcards

ah rip

[obsidian wyvern]

wait what, since when

[winter flame]

i have 3 gg messages in my message requests

so probably

i think the folk you're talking about t-bagged and i t-bagged back

[obsidian wyvern]

idk but they're sending me random clips now and all I said was gg :(

[winter flame]

like they crouched then i crouched then they crouched

it was beautiful

just ignore them dont gotta feel bad lol

i dont even reply to ggs because i dont have any way of getting notifications

causes stutter on PC and I'm not enabling them on my phone cause I'll just get annoying Xbox adverts

[obsidian wyvern]

oh yeah, somehow recording through gamebar doesnt make me lag or anything but those notifications do lol

[winter flame]

"You have enough points to redeem a £10 gift card" yes I know Xbox I can read

[obsidian wyvern]

I've been tryna save my points, and then I go waste them on something dumb that I only use once

[winter flame]

get that infinite drip

[obsidian wyvern]

I can't wait for the days where bundles will be broken down so I don't waste my money on everything for one coating

[winter flame]

are you technically still a F2P player if you only buy drip with points you earned from playing Infinite

[obsidian wyvern]

yess...?

[winter flame]

epic

[obsidian wyvern]

reward users stay winning

[winter flame]

i will probably end up buying the campaign with points from playing the multiplayer lol

[obsidian wyvern]

have u at least played it yet

[winter flame]

of course, half the reason i have game pass

[fickle drift]

Why buy then

[winter flame]

cause i aint renewing next year

got a backlog of games i picked up in sales and such to play

[wild sleet]

Man Melee lunge in this game just does not work when you’re at the range

[fickle drift]

Hello. How are you?

[candid solar]

I really want that cherry blossom emblem for my armor.

Because if there's one cosmetic combo I want to replicate, it's my old titanfall 2 Ion look.

Maybe with less red.

[winter flame]

the short melee range combined with the bounce mechanic is infuriating

its not inconsistent its just short and the bounce makes melee trades less likely

looks incosistent when someone gets a long melee on you but im pretty sure that just happens due to desync. you never experience long melees client side

or at least when you do there's clearly some rubber banding going on

i just dont go for melees unless a trade is my only option

[winter flame]

honestly i would just nerf the bounce so when someone melees you first you can actually counter melee

then again maybe that's the idea

[fickle drift]

I think that's a get out of jail free card

[winter flame]

Trench what's your thoughts on the lore accuracy of a spartan hitting another spartan causing them both to get yeeted in opposite directions

[candid solar]

I don't think I've really noticed a melee bounce outside of like

Spartan Charge in 5

Lore implication would be that the Spartan is trying to clear room for more shooty

[winter flame]

i more meant if it makes sense in terms of the strength and weight of a spartan lol

[candid solar]

I don't see why they shouldn't be able to push eachother around considering they're of a roughly uniform size.

And weight.

And strength.

[winter flame]

i see, so its just more accurate to Newton's third law

i do think it looks a bit cheesy how you bounce back into the air though

[candid solar]

As I said, I really haven't observed it as an issue.

Granted, I doubt Spartans would really try to melee eachother much. That seems like it turns into a wrestling match or rocket tag.

The real reason the Locke versus Chief fight was inaccurate was the lack of grappling.

[winter flame]

its not game breaking but i feel like 1 in 3 times you go for a trade the outcome is:

• you trade
• they only die
• you only die
  and bounce is what causes a much less consistent trade vs older halos

or they're one melee away from death, get a melee on you, and the bounce makes you unable to counter melee so they headshot you

[thorny glen]

decently lore accurate

I mean when you have forces like those pushing onto each other enough to break shields, yea it'd push you back quite a bit

[winter flame]

true much higher amounts of energy then anything a non-agumentented human could do

[thorny glen]

i'd say a spartans punch is probably the equivalent to a car crashing into you at 40mph or so

20-40mph somewhere around that i think

[thorny glen]

older halo's less consistent trading was far more often i feel

and I think the actual bounce from a melee was stronger back then to, I basically don't even notice it in H5 or HI anymore if 343i even kept it around

[thorny glen]

and most of that was likely tied to the servers just not being up to par back then vs now anyways unless you played LAN

HI desync is bad but you'll never know what it feels like to stare at a black screen for over 5 minutes only for the game to say "game over" and the sudden disconnect from xbox live
and then experience this at least every 5 games

[wild sleet]

Objective modes in this games makes me wish team killing is on literally the only one who plays Obj

[fickle drift]

Idk what yall are saying but I got 2 failed overkills yesterday so I am uninstalling fr

[steady jolt]

ok

[obsidian wyvern]

they should put team slayer higher up on the list, not right at the bottom

[pulsar heron]

@fickle drift • we dont allow server promotions here

[fickle drift]

I was just asking if anyone wants to join my not linking it

[pulsar heron]

that's promotion

if you would like to discuss the issue further, please dm modmail (@bleak yoke)

[fickle drift]

You sound like you made this server
🙄

[rare cedar]

[pulsar heron]

i'm just your friendly neighbourhood mod

[steady jolt]

Just enforcing the rules that were set out by 343, these include not allowing the promotion of other servers

[wild sleet]

Almost got a cross map fusion coil

And I crash, solid mid season Patch

[molten pelican]

lightweight no reaction

[winter flame]

are you a Spartan or a puppet?

[steady jolt]

I read that in Jason Segel's singing voice

[round cargo]

so is halo infinite dead now?

[narrow spire]

who wants to play halo 2 because they cant afford infinite

im game

[fickle drift]

Dont let any ufo sightings distract you from the fact that Vice admiral preston J cole wasted so many Heavy cruisers against the covenant!

[ivory coyote]

Infinitely dead or sumn that's how the joke goes right?

[round cargo]

idk, i dont know much about halo memes

[fickle drift]

no ones ever really gone

[narrow spire]

no seriously who wants to play halo

[round cargo]

good one boss

[calm fiber]

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

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

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

[ivory coyote]

This season has done a lot of work, its worth dipping your toes in. Completely different since launch

[round cargo]

i played it in season 2 or something, like 6 months ago and it hadnt changed at all since launch

[ivory coyote]

Yeah it's season 4 currently

Trust

[fickle drift]

Huuuuuh. You missed the ZOMBIE MODE???

[round cargo]

it's like a weak foundation of a house, where you still have a ground level that needs to be fixed to actually build up from there

[elfin glacier]

no

[round cargo]

from what i've seen its just more stuff ontop of the probllems rather than actually fixingt the problems then adding stuff

[fickle drift]

Gandalf stop smoking those hobbit ton weed

[ivory coyote]

Which problems are you talking about?

[round cargo]

mainly the gunplay, map design, progression systems, customisation systems

[solid ether]

Oops my bad bro

[fickle drift]

But halo infinite is free lol

[solid ether]

The campaign is what costs money

[winter flame]

gunplay > top notch since launch, with refinement

map design > top notch since launch, still top notch with some blunders

progression system > weak at launch and now solid

customisation system > weak at launch and now solid

[ivory coyote]

The gunplay has been extremely consistent for quite a while, I never noticed anything wrong with that substantially, even at launch state
Map design is def getting better, however the btb maps do suffer still a little.
Progression system is a thing now with a chase
Customization is still armour cores yeah, but there's a lot more variety.

[round cargo]

the gunplay wasnt top notch, and i think the maps were overall very weak but i'm glad they've fixed progress and customisation

[winter flame]

if you think the gunplay or the map design are bad then this game probably just isnt for you

[fickle drift]

Gunplay has been always great in halo infinite. Map design also was pretty good. Progression and customization… yeah, it had a lot of problems but it’s doing a lot better now

[obsidian wyvern]

map design I have to disagree on, I feel like it's mainly got worse lol

[round cargo]

ah ok, still haven't fixed my gripes which is unfortunate

[ivory coyote]

What specifically is it about gunplay though that makes it inconsistent to you?

[round cargo]

i dont think i agree with that tbh, the gunplay has always been weak compared to other halo games

[winter flame]

for me pit solitude and dredge have made up for the blunders

[obsidian wyvern]

well br starts dredge isn't a thing outside of a slayer playlist so I'm not a fan

[round cargo]

well most of the weapons are balanced around "professional play" which makes certain weapons incredibly weak compared to how they "should" feel. not to mention you have pointless weapon overlap that makes weapons obsolete for their designates roles, for example plasma pistol being reworked in favour of the utility that the "shock gun" uses

[ivory coyote]

The plasma pistol is a monster what

[obsidian wyvern]

disruptor is near useless now

[elfin glacier]

plasma pistol is classic style now

[obsidian wyvern]

bring back DoT

[fickle drift]

Ok, I think that it’s overall one of best halo games in terms of core gameplay

[ivory coyote]

It's not got its emp yeah sure but it still strips shields like no tomorrow so like the noob combo can be done

[winter flame]

that's every map they added imo. Catalyst, Argyle, Detachment, Chasm, Cliffhanger, Forest, Solitude and now Dredge are all better with Bandit or BR over sidekick. It's like the whole post-launch plan was around replacing the sidekick with the bandit and they just havent done it

[obsidian wyvern]

the plasma pistol's tracking got nerfed a bit too heavily imo

[round cargo]

yes but the core identity of the weapon is lost, it seems to be a running thing with most weapons in infinite

[solid ether]

I feel the same way from what I realized from playing Halo CE up to the current halo, halo infinite, tho I do enjoy going back and playing halo CE with the old graphics brings good memories back

[ivory coyote]

??????

[obsidian wyvern]

because people don't like change

[obsidian wyvern]

halo CE's guns was just.. the magnum from what I saw

[ivory coyote]

The core identity of the plasma pistol was that when was overcharged it'd strip your shields

[round cargo]

quite a few maps, have the reworked any current maps?

[round cargo]

yes absolutely

[obsidian wyvern]

they reworked catalyst in ranked

[winter flame]

slightly, weapon pads and whatnot

[round cargo]

but i think tht's a bit of an oversimplification of what its core is

[solid ether]

Yeah the mag bit op lmfao

[obsidian wyvern]

they also messed up with plaza, all the plasma nades spawns are replaced with frags lol

[elfin glacier]

"core identity" lmao

again, they reverted the changes made in h3, they didn't completely rework the weapon lol

[ivory coyote]

The emp was a halo 3 and reach specific thing yeah

[round cargo]

i think that the emp is pretty core to the weapon, it's a bit of a balance nightmare to have the stun on the shock pistol

[winter flame]

laser being gone means you need a new hitscan way to counter vehicles, that's the shock rifle and pistol

arguably better then getting splazed

[round cargo]

idk considering shock rifle and pistol is a common weapon

[ivory coyote]

Disrupter being called weak is a disservice tbf

That thing shreds in non vehicle maps

[winter flame]

not really much more so then the laser was on a map like sandtrap

[round cargo]

its not really my main gripe, there are just a lot of questionable design choices when i last played it, such as how the weapons are balanced to all feel either very weak of very strong based on whether they would be pro viable or not

take the shotgun, why change it to a less fun, less useful weapon

[winter flame]

balanced is balanced, there's sweats in social who will abused unbalanced weapons and make the game not fun for casual players

shotgun hasnt been changed for pros lol

if anything pros prefer the old shotgun

[elfin glacier]

less useful

[round cargo]

goood, the game at its core is not inheriently designed for pro play, there are reasons why power weapons exist

a casual player would prefer using a powerful weapon that's not strictly "fair" for a life

[ivory coyote]

Yeah current shotgun isn't as worthwhile in pro circled compared to the hardlight one

[elfin glacier]

the shotgun can hit outside of point blank range

[ivory coyote]

They'll always opt for the forerunner shotgun than the unsc one

[round cargo]

the shotgun being a one shot made it fun and easy to use for both pro and casual players

[elfin glacier]

they made it so different because it IS different

[elfin glacier]

lmao no

[round cargo]

different for different sake is not a good philosophy for design

[elfin glacier]

and yet they unnecessarily changed the plasma pistol in halo 3

or removed the AR in halo 2

[thorny glen]

Infinite's gunplay is one of the worst in the series, gameplay included tbh

It's not the worst, but it's up there

[elfin glacier]

Nighterlev my beloved

[stoic rapids]

L

[hasty zinc]

well there you have it. Might as well uninstall

[ivory coyote]

You say that like Reach didn't castrate gunplay with OG bloom

[round cargo]

atleast there were weapons that weren't all neutered to feel uninteresting to use

[elfin glacier]

@thorny glen have you crawled around any new heads lately? skitter around some nice walls

[fickle drift]

Ok, that’s your opinion

[stoic rapids]

Plasma rifle vs plasma repeater

[thorny glen]

Being balanced around competitive play isn't the issue, in fact I'd argue most of the weapons in Halo Infinite aren't balanced around competitive play at all.
It really just feels like they hap hazardly rushed things together and made the BR super op so comp users would have something to use (explains why the BR is basically non-existent in every other mode unless it's specifically BR starts).

[winter flame]

most unbalanced weapons are abused by moderately skilled players and ruin the game for the average player. How many average players are spending money on paddles for example so they could abuse the drop weapon mechanic? not a lot. Pros said it was a stupid mechanic and the whole community benefited from it being removed. Weapon balance isn't some zero sum game. A good sandbox works for everyone.

[thorny glen]

Disruptor is more useful now then it was before with the faster fire rate

[ivory coyote]

BR is only as good as the user I'm afraid

[elfin glacier]

revenant got TOLD by nighterlev

dynf L

[winter flame]

big L

[thorny glen]

The plasma pistol has been able to EMP vehicles since H3, you could do it in -
H3 ODST, HR, H4, & H5.

[winter flame]

I would actually say TU Reach has far less RNG nonsense then Infinite with sidekick starts tbh

i know you said OG bloom

but Infinite is repeating that mistake

[thorny glen]

there's not enough weapons in the sandbox to counter vehicles though, not enough spawns or anything.
shock rifle isn't great at countering vehicles either anyways ngl. why do I have to shoot a vehicle 2-3 separate times before it actually get emped?

[ivory coyote]

Shock rifle isn't anti vehicle I'll agree w that

[obsidian wyvern]

not enough weapons

shock rifle
disruptor
dynamo nades
rocket
hammer
skewer

sorry not enough weapons guys

[thorny glen]

it's called the redundancy meme

[ivory coyote]

At best it's a disruption weapon

Sniper, skewer, stalker rifle and rockets are imo the best anti vehicle weapons

[hasty zinc]

hydra

[thorny glen]

I didn't say HI had the absolute worst gameplay, HR obviously takes the crown. I just said HI is up there with it lol

[ivory coyote]

Oh ya hydra too

[obsidian wyvern]

oh yeah how could I forget the hydra, one of the best anti weapons in infinite

anti vehicle*

[winter flame]

Tbh I would probs agree to a large extent with Nighterlev on BTB. It just doesn't compare to past Halo games even with a ace map design like Oasis

[ivory coyote]

If shock rifle was more into a precision sniper weapon than a disruption I don't think people would mind too much

[dire palm]

Think 343 will nerf sliding? Or keep it the way it is?

[ivory coyote]

Its stuck between those 2 atm

[winter flame]

If it gets tweaked it will just be closer to S3

they are assessing it I think

[dire palm]

Can only hope

[ivory coyote]

I think if disruption was more focused on instant shield stripping than chip damage it'd be a bit more stronger

At best they're just a field hazard for crowd control as is

[thorny glen]

dynamo nades are nades, not really meant to counter vehicles

i already explained why the shock rifle isn't great for countering vehicles, disruptor has the same issues but it's even worse cause it takes far longer

rocket launcher doesn't lock on, at best you can counter land vehicles & it's a super rare spawn to begin with.

you're really saying the gravity hammer is meant to counter vehicles? just stop

we're including the skewer to? i'm surprised you didn't include the sniper rifle as well. yea, all these weapons suck for countering vehicles, there's not really a single good one that can do much against them & there simply isn't enough spawns spread around the map for each weapon either, especially when you're attempting to fight 12 man teams.

Remember when old Halo games had multiple rocket spawns, multiple sniper spawns, multiple BR spawns, multiple weapons, and enough variety? I remember.

[thorny glen]

if that's "one of the best" to you no wonder things have fallen so hard

[dire palm]

Seeing peeps slide cancel to get on small ledges or just slide everywhere makes me think they are yearning to play titanfall 2 lol

[drifting nova]

What are your favorite games of 2004 that aren't Halo 2

[ivory coyote]

Gravity hammer absolutely annihilates warthog class and below, it's got a displacement and a chance of straight up killing an occupying

[dire palm]

Unreal tournament

[obsidian wyvern]

are you good nighter

[thorny glen]

343i has a huge issue where even in BTB they only seem to spawn in 1 sniper, 1 skewer, 1 rocket, 1 of everything. Even 4v4 slayer is similar.

Why not 2 rockets? 3 snipers? 4 Hydra's?
Past Halo titles would do that. Why can't we have 6 BR's on a singular map? or 8 sidekick spawns?

[obsidian wyvern]

out of all of that I'm only gonna single out the skewer, it's made for countering vehicles wtf are you on about

[drifting nova]

Ratchet & Clank 3 and Jak 3, these are my favorites of 2004

[dire palm]

Agreed needs to be addressed, h3 had 2 snipers 2 banshees etc

[thorny glen]

Idk why we're comparing it to games released well over 16 years ago, compare it to something a bit more recent at least

[ivory coyote]

In fairness the skewer isn't as much of a threat as splaser was..it takes what, nearly the entire magazine to kill a tank class vehicle?

[obsidian wyvern]

the splaser is anti fun, why would you want that back against vehicles

[ivory coyote]

It'll one shot some vehicles but you absolutely leave yourself open to counter attacks and you have to consider it does have hang time

[thorny glen]

skewer is basically only really useful for destroying ghost or the rare mongoose driver lol, it doesn't even instant kill warthogs & can only instant kill an already damaged wasp anyways

it's not a replacement for the laser or other anti-vehicle guns that used to exist in halo at all

[ivory coyote]

Yeah i think the only vehicles it one shots straight up is the ghost, mongoose and banshee

[thorny glen]

I'm still mad they nerfed the Hydra of all weapons so ridiculously hard off of H5, makes no sense.

[ionic goblet]

Does anyone know why Halo Outcasts isn’t on Apple Books anymore? I saw it available for pre order, but now they’ve only got the audiobook version

[winter flame]

just dont get splazed ez

they balanced slazer post 3

it didnt one shot kill

[thorny glen]

spartan laser is absolutely not anti-fun lol

[ivory coyote]

Yeah splaser is you going 'Hey look at me and see if you can shoot me before I get you'

[thorny glen]

I just found it on apple books
https://books.apple.com/us/book/halo-outcasts/id1609259449

[ionic goblet]

Must be a U.K. thing then

[hasty zinc]

straight up anti-fun gun

[winter flame]

splazing while in the passenger seat of a warthog is about as fun as halo gets

[hasty zinc]

what about getting splasered while in the passenger seat of a warthog?

[winter flame]

why are you in the passenger seat without a slazer? skill issue

[thorny glen]

also why even the spartan laser?
what about the various H5 weapon variants that existed?
incineration cannon?
where's the fuel rod cannon?
plasma caster from h5?
splinter turret?

so many various anti-vehicle specific weapons just missing

[hasty zinc]

idk

let's talk about food

[thorny glen]

still pretty fun tbh

[hasty zinc]

do you like mushrooms on pizza?

[winter flame]

now now there's no need to bring mushrooms into this

mushrooms are pog with an English Breakfast or a steak

[thorny glen]

no, and i don't like pineapple on pizza either.

[hasty zinc]

nice, what are your thoughts on using pulsar stars as graviational wave detectors?

[thorny glen]

what

[hasty zinc]

what are your thoughts on using pulsar stars as gravitational wave detectors?

[thorny glen]

you already said that, and I don't have the scientific background to answer that lmao

random out there question

[hasty zinc]

you already said that
tbf you said what

[thorny glen]

🤨

i'm confused now

[hasty zinc]

have you ever wanted to just float in the Dead Sea?

[winter flame]

yes

right now

[thorny glen]

nah has to much salt

[hasty zinc]

so you're a freshwater swimmer only?

[thorny glen]

no i can swim in the ocean 😳

[ivory coyote]

Just ordered some chinese fppd for myself and my partner

We eating good tonight

[thorny glen]

pretty sure the dead sea has way more salt in it then the ocean does

[hasty zinc]

awesome, at what salinity point do you refrain from swimming in water?

[thorny glen]

why would that be an important question to ask me

[hasty zinc]

I didn't say it was important

it was just a question

[normal owl]

Yes and done.

[winter flame]

when it becomes toxic

that deep blue

[ivory coyote]

Lot more there than I expected ngl

[winter flame]

well its called the dead sea not the dead pond

[ivory coyote]

Yeah but TV shows love to show off the salt plain one

[thorny glen]

that must be one of the deeper areas but I've never been there so idk

[ivory coyote]

They love the misinformation so they do

[hasty zinc]

but I've never been there so idk
because of the amount of salt?

[ivory coyote]

Anyways destiny is dying and halo is being resurrected what a wild time

[normal owl]

The coolest part was the accumulated salt that formed a sort of beach extending out from the land. Beautiful.

[thorny glen]

no? i live in the USA

[hasty zinc]

https://giphy.com/gifs/pbs-jets-planes-l3q2QrYMvRPyhYvXa

[ivory coyote]

The smell must be wild there though, bros getting salt therapy just from walking

[winter flame]

what about you Aegis

[gritty barn]

Hey guy's how are u all??

[thorny glen]

if plane travel was free i would've probably been across the entire world by now

[hasty zinc]

what's up?

[winter flame]

Have you swam in the dead sea?

[hasty zinc]

no but I want to. I'm ok with the salt content

[normal owl]

Yeah it was crazy to think "I'm literally surrounded by stuff that people try to sell at inflated prices at the mall."

[ivory coyote]

I was gonna say I feel my arteries tightening looking at it lmao

[normal owl]

I started to chafe a little from all the walking...and the salt made it almost unbearable to walk back to the hotel.

[hasty zinc]

did you see anyone scooping it up in high volumes there?

[ivory coyote]

💀 as someone with dry skin issues that's a fate worse than death

[normal owl]

Not in high volumes, but yeah lots of people putting some of the salt into baggies for souvenirs.

[hasty zinc]

interesting, I wonder if there is like a Dead Sea Salt mining operation there to ship worldwide

[winter flame]

well salt is just salt. other then the crystal structure it's pretty much the same mineral everywhere you find it

[hasty zinc]

or if mall vendors are just liars

[ivory coyote]

Dead sea salt is sold so yeah there's some markets there for it

[hasty zinc]

yeah I know that, just curious if it's ACTUALLY dead sea salt

[normal owl]

Very close actually! The major industry on the Dead Sea is for minerals/materials that are used for fertilizer I think.

[hasty zinc]

or if I'm just being taken for a ride

[hasty zinc]

interesting!

[normal owl]

Yeah I'm not sure how the supply chain from Dead Sea to mall kiosk is authenticated lol

[winter flame]

the question is why are you buying dead sea salt specifically

[amber mirage]

Maybe there's an organization that exists to verify that salt is indeed from the Dead Sea and they provide seals of approval for verified products.

[thorny glen]

you know the one thing I'm surprised about is that the entire dead sea hasn't been completely mined of all it's salt yet

[eternal basalt]

Does anyone still play Halo 5?

[normal owl]

To ensure that the product is worth its salt.

[hasty zinc]

well as you know, there is plenty of salt to go around

[amber mirage]

I sea what you did there

[thorny glen]

you'd think with how much demand salt has been in & how much it's increased over the last couple thousand years al the easy sources would be gone by now

[winter flame]

salt is pretty abundant world wide and shipping it from the middle east to say america doesn't make a ton of sense

[ivory coyote]

Salt is like one of the most universal elements we have, it's not a resource that's going away soon

[thorny glen]

i'm just referring to easy ways to get it, USA has there own sources anyways & the USA hasn't been around for thousands of years

[normal owl]

It's dropped a lot over the past centuries, but I think because it's so low in elevation that it will always receive runoff of some kind.

[winter flame]

i doubt humans are extracting enough salt to make a dent in something like the dead sea tbh

[ivory coyote]

Besides once our oceans dry up we've got a new source of the stuff

[normal owl]

hahaha. Also that reminds me that I heard the new Star Trek game is good.

[amber mirage]

I've heard the new Expanse game is good too

[winter flame]

that's one benefit of the sun's death i guess

[hasty zinc]

resurgence?

[thorny glen]

titanium is also very abundant in earth's crust but I don't see people making titanium roof's now (and we're actually in a titanium shortage despite it being the 9th most abundant element)

[normal owl]

oh I am 100% getting that once it's fully out and discounted. The Expanse is one of my top sci-fi shows of all time. Combined with true Telltale team members?

[normal owl]

Yes! Thank you, couldn't recall the name for a sec.

[thorny glen]

there's an Expanse game?

How would you even work that into a game

[hasty zinc]

telltale

[thorny glen]

Ohh it's a telltale game explains a lot

also $40 oof

[severe basalt]

so is Dredge any good?

[normal owl]

Once again I am asking Time to stop for 6 months so I can play all these amazing games.

[fickle drift]

Been dead

[hasty zinc]

what do you think as humans we can do to slow the shortage of titanium and what alternatives could be applicable to replace titanium long term?

[thorny glen]

It's okay, not a favorite but I muuch prefer it over the original hr countdown map

[normal owl]

This gives me flashbacks to essay questions on tests, and you look up and there's only 12 minutes left of test time.

[severe basalt]

I mean if you could find a replacement to titanium

[normal owl]

unobtainium would be preferable.

[hasty zinc]

what about tungsten carbide

[thorny glen]

pretty sure titanium is never going to be replaced & space mining is the only solution

[hasty zinc]

do you think it would be wise for NASA to attempt to steer and capture asteroids near earth for mining purposes?

[fickle drift]

Towards earth yes

[thorny glen]

why do that when the Moon is literally right there

[normal owl]

That idea rocks.

[hasty zinc]

what is the titanium content of the moon as compared to earth?

[winter flame]

How long will the moon last as a source of building spacecraft in space?

[thorny glen]

Idk look up moon elements
afaik the moon is literally just a chunk of the earth so probably similar to earth

[hasty zinc]

do you think that the back side of the moon would likely contain more titanium than the front half given that scientists now believe that the moon is an amalgamation of two independent celestial bodies that merged during a collison?

[normal owl]

Two heavenly bodies colliding doesn't seem bad at all.

[winter flame]

i wanna deplete everything useful from the moon and then destroy it. no more tides. no more surfing HAHA

[thorny glen]

Idk why you keep asking only me these questions cause whatever answer I give you for them isn't really that interesting

[hasty zinc]

just having a conversation

my apologies

[thorny glen]

having a convo doesn't consist asking someone complicated questions exclusively as if this is a "are you smarter then a 5th grader" tv show

[amber mirage]

Are you smarter than a 5th grader?

[hasty zinc]

idk, I like space and I like talking about it

[normal owl]

Sorry that Aegis has a keen interest in the wonders of astronomy, science, and the universe.

[shadow shoal]

are we ever seeing halo 5 come to PC

[gloomy axle]

Don’t take things too personally

[winter flame]

Aegis would you rather live on Titan or Pluto? What are the pros and cons of each celestial body for human habitation?

[faint mantle]

The eyes are fixed!

[normal owl]

Pluto is always the worst choice: the longest time in between birthday, Christmas, Halloween.

[supple shale]

Hello

[thorny glen]

I do to but it doesn't seem like you're giving much interest in anything I tell you at all beyond just asking me another question that's unrelated to the previous thing or barely related to it

[thorny glen]

They still need to fix the massive blur effect on the Mister Chief AI in the menus

pretty sure it's a depth of field issue

Increasing the resolution also seems to cause weird issues with depth of field in the menus

[faint mantle]

We trade one bug for another

[hasty zinc]

Titan for sure, it would be way more hospitable for humans. Pluto while VERY interesting and despite recently discovered to have geological activity STILL, seems like it might not be a place I would like to live. Titan would probably be great for human outposts and walking on the surface (at least gravity wise) wouldn't be that much different than earth.

[thorny glen]

I thought they would've fixed both bugs at the same time ngl. Thought they were probably causing the same isuse to happen

[amber mirage]

Titan's pretty chilly, so I'd need a blanket. On Pluto, I'd probably need two blankets.

[winter flame]

titan seems a bit unstable

[hasty zinc]

that's just the methane getting to you

it'll be fiiiiine

I wouldn't mind going rafting down a methane river

[winter flame]

idk man the rain seems like a pain

[amber mirage]

How about kayaking?

[normal owl]

now that's just unrealistic

[hasty zinc]

yeah rok

we're trying to have a discussion grounded in reality here

[thorny glen]

Titan doesn't actually have strong enough gravity, Mars is a far better option for that. In fact, you'd actually weigh less on Titan then you would on the Moon.

Only pro Titan mainly has is it's atmosphere is thick enough for a human being to technically stay on it's surface without needing pressure suits, you'll still need a heated suit tho

[normal owl]

I bet Rok feels so foolish right now.

[amber mirage]

Yeah. Canoeing is probably a better choice.

Maybe paddleboating.

[hasty zinc]

only problem is that mars kinda sucks

[supple shale]

How's everyone doin?

[normal owl]

Milky Way is superior

[hasty zinc]

I mean it looks cool and all, but as a planet it's not that great

[winter flame]

shame Titan isn't here to give an opinion

[thorny glen]

why is Mars not great as a planet?

[hasty zinc]

have you seen it recently?

[normal owl]

and it pays surprisingly poorly to live on Mars.

[thorny glen]

yea what about it

[shadow shoal]

looks like a desert and nothing else really

[hasty zinc]

plus the lack of a strong magnetic field is pretty 👎

[queen remnant]

Just have a big white ball terraforming most planets when it lands there- woops wrong game

[elfin glacier]

@smoky token owneddd

[thorny glen]

and the massive amounts of radiation Jupiter produces is also a big 👎

[hasty zinc]

sure, but we're specifically talking about Mars

[thorny glen]

yea I was talking about from a gravity perspective Mars is the best candidate
who needs a magnetic field when you can just live underground?

[hasty zinc]

I don't know the conditions of Mars underground system to be able to agree or disagree with that

[thorny glen]

it's just rock

you know people live underground on Earth already so probably similar to that

[normal owl]

yeah it's not well-worn knowledge like canoeing on Titan's methane rivers.

[hasty zinc]

I don't live underground, I wouldn't know

[thorny glen]

this has gotta be a joke lmao

[granite sky]

u cant live on mars there are no cactus there

[winter flame]

mars looks nice

in 2552

[obsidian wyvern]

I've played enough doom to say no to mars

[thorny glen]

ikr like who wouldn't want to live here, even has clouds
https://halo.wiki.gallery/images/8/8b/Enc22_Mars.jpg

[hasty zinc]

it has clouds now too

[elfin glacier]

true

[muted rose]

Eh, the portal is only there if you use the bfg. Not a big deal otherwise

[normal owl]

The problem with Mars is the logistics in preparing for the trip: you have to planet.

[thorny glen]

how do i planet? need full explanation stat

[muted rose]

That’s an impressive pun

No way I could’ve thought of that on the spot

[obsidian wyvern]

have you been around attorney much

[queen remnant]

Oh my god that pun

[muted rose]

No, I prefer to avoid the law

[normal owl]

You all are making me feel so gratified, thank you!

[thorny glen]

what do you think should happen 1st
moon colony
or
mars colony @hasty zinc

[hasty zinc]

moon colony

[jaunty yoke]

Neither of the 2

[hasty zinc]

starbase on the moon for easier launching of rockets

[thorny glen]

do you think we'll have a moon colony in our life times

[hasty zinc]

nope

[thorny glen]

rip

[muted rose]

I think people want Mars because the atmosphere is still there, just really weak

[jaunty yoke]

The domus diaspora period lasted over 100 years in the Halo universe and that is sci-fi
Now imagine reality

[obsidian wyvern]

honestly doubt we'll ever relocate

[muted rose]

Where as the moon has zero atmosphere whatsoever

[hasty zinc]

permanent habitation on Mars is pointless without the techonology for terraformation

unless you just want to live in a series of bubbles for your lifetime

[amber mirage]

So you're saying Mars is only good for summer homes right now?

[smoky token]

:(

[thorny glen]

people want Mars because it's another planet, not just a moon or within Earth's reach.
you basically get to witness the 1st humans actually traveling space itself, outside of earth entirely.

[muted rose]

Hear me out, we take all of the greenhouse gases on earth, and take it to Mars, so that way it warms Mars up and cools earth down

Smort

[hasty zinc]

now don't get me wrong, I ABSOLUTELY want humans to walk on the planet. It would be a fantastic achievement

[jaunty yoke]

What we would need to do is get out of the solar system and look for something beyond that
But we don't have the technology for it yet

[hasty zinc]

our solar system is kinda mid compared to some of the stuff out there

[queen remnant]

We got bad rng

[amber mirage]

There are many like it, but this one is mine

[hasty zinc]

well earth got great RNG

[normal owl]

hey we get what we get and we don't throw a fit

[jaunty yoke]

In the Halo universe Reach is located in the Epsilon Eridani system
That system is real, it exists

[amber mirage]

Earth got humans to counteract the good RNG

[queen remnant]

True...

[thorny glen]

In reality i could easily see us colonizing most of the Solar System within 50 years once it starts

[normal owl]

Random Numbskull Generator amirite?

[hasty zinc]

forgot about that. Oh well, maybe after the collapse of the universe we can get a good re-roll

[jaunty yoke]

Good luck finding something to do on a gas giant

[thorny glen]

now exactly how long it'd take us to figure out how to explore beyond the solar system and into other solar systems, it'd probably take a hundred years or so

[muted rose]

That would be the US

[hasty zinc]

it'd probably take a hundred years or so
that is quite generous

[jaunty yoke]

The first step is inventing slipspace travelling

[muted rose]

Hey, lando made it happen, I bet we could as well

[amber mirage]

I'd say it's far more likely we never make it out of the solar system than the reverse being true.

[jaunty yoke]

Unfortunately yes

[hasty zinc]

I dont' have enough faith in humanity to think that they would eventually work together so well that we could achieve that

[thorny glen]

Based off the fact that the industrial evolution lead to rapid advancements incredibly fast & we're still technically getting rapid inventions happening to this very day in the digital age

Yea, I could easily see something like full colonization happen within 50 years tops once it starts.

[unborn wedge]

why not just stay on earth

[hasty zinc]

earth will eventually be heated and swallowed by the sun

[jaunty yoke]

If it's a matter of a race between colonizing a new planet and humanity coming to exctinction on Earth
One of those 2 things is far more advanced, and it's not a positive

[unborn wedge]

in a few billion years

[thorny glen]

not really, as long as new inventions keep being made constantly & whatever new elements or new things is found on other planets
yea, probably 100 years after full solar system colonization until someone figures out how to do it.

[unborn wedge]

humanity won't live that long lol

[normal owl]

I was going to say "that wasn't the Bespin on the whole idea" but the spelling made it too far of a stretch.

[normal owl]

not with that attitude.

[jaunty yoke]

He's right you know
Humanity won't live that long

[amber mirage]

Even aside from that, I just think technologically such a breakthrough seems unlikely to be possible.

[thorny glen]

This hasn't started yet btw, it'll start once a Moon colony gets estabilished.

[unborn wedge]

a billion year and humanity would probably be long gone

[jaunty yoke]

Even if humans don't go extinct, evolution would eventually replace humans with something else
Human 2 or something

[hasty zinc]

yeah the distances between bodies in the solar system is nothing compared to distances between solar systems

[unborn wedge]

human 2😭

[hasty zinc]

you probably couldn't have actual living humans make that trip

you'd have to have like a seed ship

[unborn wedge]

what's added in the new rendition of humans

[normal owl]

The distance between any two bodies is a hug.

[jaunty yoke]

Now humans can wield 2 weapons instead of one

And cars have boost

[amber mirage]

Kinda underwhelming sequel if that's it. That's already possible.

[unborn wedge]

buff humans

nerf the climate damage

too op

[jaunty yoke]

The alternative of becoming robots and living forever doesn't sound so bad either

[thorny glen]

I personally think we will make it out of the solar system eventually, who knows what sort of things or entirely brand new elements might exist on other planets.
just finding the right type of material can literally be the breakthrough we need

[amber mirage]

Relying a lot on luck there

[unborn wedge]

living forever would suck

[normal owl]

🎵 "The humans are dead!"

[amber mirage]

Hoping the answer exists

[fathom quiver]

Howdy

[jaunty yoke]

Living up until we want*

[slim zealot]

wassup

[unborn wedge]

if i had the choice i would just want to die of old age

[thorny glen]

not really, we already know rare earth metals are very common in other parts of our own solar system, and sometimes it's just cause we don't have enough rare earth metals

or some element we know already exist doesn't exist on earth at all, etc.

[obsidian wyvern]

living forever sounds boring

[unborn wedge]

living for anything past that is just

[fathom quiver]

Nm u

[unborn wedge]

something is wrong about it

[normal owl]

That is the default ending for the campaign, so you're in luck.

[jaunty yoke]

We would also have to be ready for when we encounter alien life
If it's pacific then all good
If it's hostile... we're done

[hasty zinc]

what if it's atlantic?

[jaunty yoke]

Bruh

[unborn wedge]

yeah but what if we are the alien invaders

[jaunty yoke]

We would be the moment we colonize another planet

[unborn wedge]

what would be the ethics of invading an alien civilization

[severe basalt]

I mean if the aliens are pacific we are gonners - All hail Cthulu

[thorny glen]

if the recent US congress hearings are anything to go off by, we apparently already have encountered alien life

[jaunty yoke]

The food chain says every species ultimately fights for the same goal, which is survival
Insects invade our house to survive, not too different from us colonizing another planet

[shadow shoal]

how many battle passes are available currently

[hasty zinc]

whoa I didn't know aliens could type!

[unborn wedge]

5

4 if you don't include winter update

[shadow shoal]

is it possible to do the older ones

[obsidian wyvern]

yes

[shadow shoal]

cool thanks

[normal owl]

Hopefully our strategy will be better than the insects. "What do we do now Captain?" "Just bounce around inside this alien abode's window blinds endlessly. Can't lose."

[unborn wedge]

yes go for season 4 and then work down

[thorny glen]

you can do the winter update one entirely free still
but you have to buy season 1, 2, & 3 to do them

[shadow shoal]

damn

[obsidian wyvern]

they all give enough credits to buy the next one except season 1, so keep that to last

[hasty zinc]

you only need to buy the current BP to get all others free of charge

[thorny glen]

just buy season 4, get 1,000 credits, use said credits to buy season 3, do it again, then use them to get season 2 and finally season 1

[shadow shoal]

oh thats actually really great

[jaunty yoke]

I'd love to see the day we meet the Unggoy

[unborn wedge]

thats what i said 😔

[jaunty yoke]

You might want to wait for the end of the game's cycle to buy the season 1 pass
Since that one doesn't include 1000 credits

[thorny glen]

aliens are probably controlling the halo franchise 😱

[hasty zinc]

I mean technically if you look at it from a non-human perspective they are

[normal owl]

classic stereotyping smh

[unborn wedge]

or just buy more credits after you finish all of the seasons

[jaunty yoke]

If humans had encountered the Covenant in the current 2023, we wouldn't have had the slightest chance of surviving

[hasty zinc]

oh not at all

[thorny glen]

who's to say the Covenant would even consider us enemies lol

at that point they'd probably fully take us over

[jaunty yoke]

I mean they did at first contact

[tight remnant]

the luminaries and the prophets?

[thorny glen]

not directly actually
it was apparently because a Grunt had a happy trigger finger, shot at a marine, and full scale fight broke out cause of it then they retreated to the ship and stated glassing the planet 😳

[fossil skiff]

Covenant would see how we manage our current affairs and just glass us without bothering to introduce themselves

[thorny glen]

if the Covenant saw us now they'd more then likely kill a few people then take everything over cuz we can interact with forerunner stuff

[hasty zinc]

well some of us

[unborn wedge]

we would still be dead anyways

they would just activate the halos

[jaunty yoke]

By the current 2023, the Covenant is over 1200 years since formation in the year 852 BC, but they still haven't added Brutes into it

[hasty zinc]

I would imagine they would line us all up to figure out who could activate forerunner tech

[thorny glen]

you know the whole reason they found the halo's at all was because of Humanity tho right

[hasty zinc]

that wait in line would be awful

[normal owl]

That's why the world needs to agree to maintain an elaborate earthwide set of clues leading to a nonexistent treasure: to intrigue alien intel into at least occupying the planet out of curiosity vs obliterating it sight unseen.

[unborn wedge]

si

[normal owl]

No one can resist an enticing scavenger hunt or treasure hunt.

[unborn wedge]

they would still probably find it eventually

[fossil skiff]

Funny you say that, Ackerson did just that

[thorny glen]

ok and because we haven't colonized those planets, the Covenant would likely never find the Halo rings

[unborn wedge]

wouldn't they still go to said planets

[jaunty yoke]

We found the first Halo ring at the same time actually

[thorny glen]

no because how would they know the planets existed without humanity colonizing them?

covenant only knew the planets existed is because humanity ships went to them etc

without that, those planets might as well not exist

[jaunty yoke]

What humanity shouldn't have done was following the Covenant to the Ark when the portal opened in Halo 3
Because they would still humans to activate the rings, and if no humans go...

[normal owl]

can't cry over spilled milk

[thorny glen]

They'd still figure out a way to do it with Engineers tbh

Engineers could bypass anything

an Engineer even managed to activate the portal at Voi without a Keyship so

[normal owl]

4 hrs until sushi

[dreamy stirrup]

i want sushi

[fossil skiff]

T-minus 240

[jaunty yoke]

Engineers are so cute

[golden compass]

I dont like sushi

[jaunty yoke]

Can I keep one?

[normal owl]

I will eat a roll thinking of you guys.

[shadow shoal]

you haven't had good sushi then

grocery store sushi isn't good suchi

[golden compass]

Probably, I’ve only had grocery sushi and restaurants.

[dreamy stirrup]

i mean. grocery store sushi isn't stellar but it's not always terrible.

[shadow shoal]

usually its okay

at least at my HEB

[worthy crown]

I went to a professional sushi restaurant and yes, I did not like it

[golden compass]

I think its because I dont like vinegar unless its on chips

[normal owl]

Oftentimes the hiring decisions are by the store, so sometimes a store will hire a good sushi chef to make a bunch for the day.

Unfortunately though, refrigeration begins to degrade the texture and taste as time passes throughout the day.

[obsidian wyvern]

TIL
https://fxtwitter.com/NobbieSlicks/status/1690029321845358592?t=elZO4wEXl9t6FXLBA_g9Zw&s=19

[thorny glen]

sushi has never interested me in general ngl

[normal owl]

I just set up a new TV and speakers for my friend's sushi place so the dad can watch his sports without straining to see. I wonder if my sushi tonight will be worse because he's distracted lol.

[fossil skiff]

We were this close to greatness.

[slim zealot]

whole foods has valid sushi

[dreamy stirrup]

wegmans sushi is also great

Giant here does 1/2 price sushi on wednesdays

[normal owl]

wasabi or no?

[dreamy stirrup]

if i go in the morning, i can get it made just how i like

no to wasabi for me.

[normal owl]

same

[dreamy stirrup]

this week the guy was different and it wasn't as good. not terrible, but for $4 not complaining lol

[normal owl]

$4???

[dreamy stirrup]

yes!

half price on wednesdays

[normal owl]

That's heaven!

[dreamy stirrup]

so a spicy tuna roll is like $4.50

[hasty zinc]

same with Moa Jousting 😦

[dreamy stirrup]

i will not complain about grocery store sushi for that price lol

[normal owl]

That's the best meal you can get for under $10 nowadays.

[hasty zinc]

• the price of tums 😩

[dreamy stirrup]

i have never had a tums in my life

[hasty zinc]

lucky

they're actually pretty tasty

[fossil skiff]

Are they yums?
guess so

[dreamy stirrup]

their appearance reminds me of necco wafers

[hasty zinc]

yee

[dreamy stirrup]

i used to LOVE necco wafers as a kid

i was a weirdo lol

[hasty zinc]

they are good

[normal owl]

I've never tried them

[hasty zinc]

it's a thicker softer necco

[errant barn]

is it possible to access the halo infinite store without entering the game like i was able to in the halo waypoint app?

[dreamy stirrup]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necco_Wafers

[normal owl]

If you like them so much you wish you could conjure them out of thin air...you'd be a Neccomancer.

[hasty zinc]

https://www.halowaypoint.com/halo-infinite/store

[errant barn]

your a lifesaver, thanks mate

[hasty zinc]

you're welcome

[normal owl]

kind of like smarties then?

[dreamy stirrup]

no

smarties are great

necco wafers are werid lol

[hasty zinc]

I saw those other weird wafer candies the other day that look like they're made of plastic or styrofoam

[normal owl]

I used to love smarties and those candies that tasted like they started making them in the 1920s and just never stopped.

[hasty zinc]

the UFO looking ones

[fossil skiff]

You ever tried saltwater taffy?

[normal owl]

YES

[dreamy stirrup]

i do like smarties, both US and EU ones

[hasty zinc]

Ocean city taffy is the best

[normal owl]

It's a traditional treat to get at gift shops in Michigan's upper peninsula. So I eat loads every year when I take Mom up there.

[obsidian wyvern]

there's a difference in taste?

[dreamy stirrup]

banana runts: yes or no?

our smarties are not like M&Ms, rev

[normal owl]

Yes, saved those for last when I was a kid bc I liked them best

[fossil skiff]

I like to pick up some whenever I am downtown on River street

[obsidian wyvern]

in what way

[errant barn]

peanut m&ms are the best, change my mind

[hasty zinc]

smarties in the US are just like compressed candy powder

[dreamy stirrup]

ours on the left

[fossil skiff]

That and the pralines. Fresh made pralines. The destroyer of diets.

[obsidian wyvern]

ugh

I hate those kinds of sweets

[errant barn]

the ones on the left are called rockets here oin canada..

[hasty zinc]

Fishers Caramel Popcorn 😋

[normal owl]

But as a kid it was easier to make my health-conscious parents allow me to buy those kind of candies bc of lower amount of extraneous ingredients.

[obsidian wyvern]

my dad loves them so didn't take much convincing when I didn't mind them

[fossil skiff]

Thanks to you lot I want to go downtown now

[hasty zinc]

don't let your dreams be dreams

[dreamy stirrup]

i only ever really got candy at my grandma's or halloween lol

[obsidian wyvern]

I get dizzy whenever I have them now

[fossil skiff]

But summer tourist traffic

[normal owl]

https://tenor.com/view/making-my-way-downtown-gif-11038080

[hasty zinc]

my grandfather had two types of candy. Werthers and those Strawberry candies in the wrappers that make them look like strawberries

[normal owl]

just listened to that the other day

[dreamy stirrup]

oh those strawberries are elite

[fossil skiff]

I’ve had the latter, they are phenomenal

[normal owl]

My dad loved both of those!

[hasty zinc]

they are teh best

[obsidian wyvern]

strawberry laces are the best use of strawberries

[normal owl]

the chewy strawberry center = the coup de grace.

[fickle drift]

I finished athe last battlepass phew

[normal owl]

We wouldn't get candy that often, so if I found an old Werthers that Dad had dropped in the seat cushions or something, I'd still eat it.

[hasty zinc]

they last forever

I once found a tomagotchi in the sofa that I lost 4 months previous and it was still alive somehow

[normal owl]

4 months???

[hasty zinc]

yeah, my sister and i were like no way

[dreamy stirrup]

was it mad at you

[normal owl]

must've been one of those species that can go into cryo sleep

[hasty zinc]

then I made the mistake of upgrading to the Talking Giga Pets which was just like a tomagotchi but it was always waking me up in the middle of the night screaming for food

[hasty zinc]

no but there was a lot of cleanup

[normal owl]

Good training

[dreamy stirrup]

have y'all seen the long furbies?

[hasty zinc]

I threw it in my closet but that made it even creepier at night when it would scream

[normal owl]

I never even heard of the long furbies yet

human height?

[hasty zinc]

I just googled it. Actual nightmare fuel

[dreamy stirrup]

i will let you explore the googles of it

LMAO

[hasty zinc]

Furbies are posessed

[normal owl]

IRL Freddy game: those giant stuffed animals horror games.

AHHHH do not want!

[hasty zinc]

you googled it didn't you

[normal owl]

I DID

[hasty zinc]

[normal owl]

Why would they make that?

[hasty zinc]

because humans are awful

[normal owl]

That should be a workers' right to never have to be part of that manufacturing process.

[dreamy stirrup]

my friend has one and she would like you know you are heathens

lol

[hasty zinc]

lmao

we need to bring back the popularity of tomogotchis

[normal owl]

The Baby Yoda tamagotchi recently was a big hit.

Gave a couple as gifts

[hasty zinc]

my wife has the R2-D2 one

and let me tell you

I HATE that thing

[normal owl]

my phone text tone is the R2D2 chirp, though it's perennially on vibrate.

[hasty zinc]

it was always beeping and doing the R2 scream ALL DAY

[normal owl]

hahaha "whaaaaa!"

[hasty zinc]

then I'd have to go give it oil

then an hour later

SCREAMING

I'm so glad the battery died

[obsidian wyvern]

I just expected it to be a tall furby, wtf

[normal owl]

I never got one of those digital pets for myself.

[hasty zinc]

I'm not going to replace it either, I want the battery to corrode and destroy it

[normal owl]

It's like morally reprehensible isn't it

[hasty zinc]

Lurby

[dreamy stirrup]

i would not want to deprive anyone of the experience of discovering it for themselves

[normal owl]

They look like they would dwell in the deep sea and suddenly appear in your submersible's light.

[hasty zinc]

reminds me of wiglett

[normal owl]

Success

[dreamy stirrup]

HA.

sharing the love

[normal owl]

Others must suffer as I have suffered.

[fossil skiff]

Now they must listen, through rock and metal and time

[slate ice]

Is there a waiting time on getting the unicorn nameplate for getting a map recommended?

[hasty zinc]

there is

you have to wait until you get it

[slate ice]

6 weeks now

[hasty zinc]

that's nothin

[normal owl]

So you're only in the 1st trimester.

[smoky token]

I had to wait 3 whole years

[faint mantle]

I fear of googling

[hasty zinc]

I matched up with 343 on 3 different community playdates before I got mine lol

[faint mantle]

The problem was: You weren't with me

[normal owl]

Don't be afraid. No one has regretted googling it*.

*everyone has regretted googling it.

[lusty belfry]

Long furbie is off putting but goofy looking imo thankfully not the worst of internet anomalies, Flesh Pez takes the cake on that

[slate ice]

Logging it was support was a complete waste of time too

[normal owl]

Discord is wrong: should say "--the herald angels sing."

[lusty belfry]

Lol nice one

[hasty zinc]

👶 👑

[lusty belfry]

I haven’t heard that a lot actually, maybe once or twice before

Grade A

[normal owl]

☮️🌎

[lusty belfry]

Almost time for some MCC

[normal owl]

Merry Christmas Cheer? Because you already brought it with your name.

[lusty belfry]

Damn you guys are on fire today

[hasty zinc]

I AM??!

[lusty belfry]

B14 BUUURRRNIN

[faint mantle]

When did that happen?

[normal owl]

When Dwight ran the office.

[hasty zinc]

when dwight was picking the assistant to the assistant regional manager

[worthy abyss]

For a split second I thought you where "The act attorney"

[faint mantle]

Shame on me, I don't know my episodes

#NotARealFan

[worthy abyss]

😂

[normal owl]

You are in my book!

[normal owl]

I provide legal services to Acts but have to refer out Intermission cases.

[dreamy stirrup]

no self promo pls and thanks 🙂