general-chat

[fickle drift]

[wary dove]

Once that day comes Xbox will also propel further

[wary dove]

Alr just tell me which company u got and if it’s RTX 20 series capable or AMD Radeon 5800 XT capable

I mean the greatest test comes if you can run starfield at 30 fps

[wary dove]

For my series s the fps dropped for fallen order idfk how will it survive starfield

Everyone died lmfao

[vocal flicker]

The textures of the maps and stuff are pretty bad too

[dense pecan]

Whoever thought catalyst was a good map for arena deserves to not have anything to do with competitive halo

It's so easy to die and there's no where to go for cover it's so wide open

[static orchid]

Gameplay wise, not sure what's better

Halo 5 or destiny 1

[candid solar]

Halo 5 easily.

Because I hate Looter Shooters.

[dense pecan]

H5 because it revived halo esports

[candid solar]

And Destiny is one of the Arch-Heretics that started that trend so hard.

Alongside Borderlands.

[fickle drift]

Destiny... (proceeds to barf in disgust)

[tired wraith]

Halo cinco

[static orchid]

Whats a looter shooter

[candid solar]

Have you played Destiny?

[tired wraith]

I asssume it’s people that shoot to steal a load out

[static orchid]

Only the taken king

[amber mirage]

An RPG where you get randomized weapon loot

[candid solar]

Then congrats you've played a Looter Shooter

[candid solar]

^

[fickle drift]

the fact that Bungie rebooted Marathon as an extraction shooter disgusts me

[winter flame]

i dont even mind the looter shooter genre but the bullet sponge enemies in destiny are so unsatisfying. its like the complete opposite of halo pve

[static orchid]

I honestly don't even remember enemies dropping things

I need to re-download it for the 3rd time

[winter flame]

you can kinda see a bit of halo in destiny but its weird how they went for a completely different kind of combat

[amber mirage]

They went for RPG style combat, which makes sense for the genre

[candid solar]

I've literally never even played Marathon and it still annoys me.

[winter flame]

there's looter shooters with more of a "30 seconds of fun" type combat loop though

[candid solar]

But that's also because Extraction Shooters are the new Battle Royale and Looter Shooter.

[winter flame]

like The Division or something is much less bullet spongey

[amber mirage]

The Division is pretty bullet spongey

[fickle drift]

doesn't mean they needed to turn an already existing IP into something it's not Prey 2017-style

[amber mirage]

Especially as you go up in level

[fickle drift]

anyone remember Prey from 2006?

[amber mirage]

I played that somewhat recently. Haven't played the new one.

[candid solar]

New one was interesting. I should finish it.

[fickle drift]

I love both but I can't help but be bothered that Prey 2017 has nothing to do with the 2006 version despite it literally being considered a reboot by the devs.

[amber mirage]

Nothing to do, as in gameplay, story, or both?

[fickle drift]

both

OG Prey was an idTech 4 FPS, Prey 2017 is basically System Shock 3

[amber mirage]

Are they thematically similar?

[candid solar]

Not really.

They're about as thematically similar as Doom 3 and Doom Eternal.

[fickle drift]

^this

[amber mirage]

Aren't those both still "Demons invade Mars"?

[fickle drift]

except the gameplay and plot in 3 is more horror-focused and gets pretty spooky sometimes

[candid solar]

And Prey is still 'Mysterious aliens doing terrible things to people on a space station'

[amber mirage]

Sounds thematically similar to me

[jade gust]

If I recall, Prey (2017) wasn't originally meant to be called Prey and they were told to use that name by someone outside of Arkane Studios

[fickle drift]

^this

I hope 2006 gets a rerelease or even a remaster on Steam eventually because the only way to even get Prey 2006 now is via a Physical copy or by other means (y'know... the "Sailor" way)

[jade gust]

You mean from a shady Kig-Yar merchent?

[fickle drift]

pretty much lol

[amber mirage]

It's still digitally available on Xbox

[fickle drift]

theres also the X360 version but I don't own an Xbox

[dense pecan]

Love it when ranked just screws me more than once im down to gold 4

[hasty zinc]

all of my Halo gifs have been saved and are immune from the gfycat shutdown 👏

[static orchid]

Is it only halo 5 where the plasma pistol is op or is it op in other halos

[vapid siren]

i just simply know the guy who made the unypunch gifs

[wary dove]

Halo 5

[hasty zinc]

sweet

[quartz ridge]

Op in what way?

[static orchid]

As in a amazing gun

Can take down like almost anything

From both close range and long range like a sniper

[quartz ridge]

So do as it was intended?

[static orchid]

Why wasn't it intended that way in other halos

[quartz ridge]

It was, it was deemed noob combo for a reason

[static orchid]

Or did I just not run out of ammo enough to even think of trying the plasma pistol in other ones

Like a plasma pistol in halo 5 may be as good as a halo 2 magnum

[quartz ridge]

Both have different functions

[static orchid]

But with the same goal

[quartz ridge]

Not necessarily

[static orchid]

Ending a alien life

[quartz ridge]

Plasma primarily use is to take down shields and serves as an emp to vehicles

Magnum is to just kill with no other additional usage

[static orchid]

I don't use it to take down shields

I shoot the enemy where the shield is not

[stoic rapids]

plasma weapons are for shields

on flesh, it's eh

[static orchid]

It's Halo 5 it's great

[stoic rapids]

isn't everything in halo 5 powerful? didn't play 5 only heard about it

[static orchid]

Eh

Can't really think of a weapon that isnt

Wasn't a huge fan of the suppressor

But it was also great

Or the shotgun

But the shotgun is extremely powerful, just not a fan because not much ammo, the shotgun is only meant to fight the flood it seems

Well I guess the shotgun is great for fighting the warden

[frank jolt]

hello

[lapis snow]

so how tf grav hammer works?

like does it deal damage only through direct hits?

[frank jolt]

https://tenor.com/view/halo-teabag-gif-12948320

[fickle drift]

Does anyone know if Locke in halo 5 dies?

[candid solar]

It is an AOE.

[candid solar]

We don't know. Nobody actually says he died, not even the person who allegedly did so.

They all say he got 'defeated'.

[frank jolt]

i can assume he did with his helmet on hyperius's arm

[lapis snow]

didnt notice that, I died 99% of the time trying to salm ground near enemies and it did nothing, like at all

[fickle drift]

I'm playing halo 5 campaign rn I bought it like 3 days ago

[candid solar]

It's doubtful they'd offscreen him so I'm leaning towards no, he's not dead, but they for whatever reason don't want to say what happened beyond 'he got defeated'

I personally subscribe to the 'Locke was actually fine, Hyperius is just a dumpster diver' theory.

Post fail detected

[stoic rapids]

wasn't locke elsewhere preparing from another op around the time they were preparing to go to zeta halo?

like Breaker Trip, don't think that was elaborated much on

[candid solar]

Yes. But we know next to no details and there's a six month time gap.

For all we know, Break Trip could've been an attempt to shut down the actual firing mechanism of the ring so that it couldn't be used as a Halo.

[frank jolt]

isnt the infinite seasons taking place in the 6 month time gap

[stoic rapids]

wish that was elaborated more on

[candid solar]

Poor Locke. Somehow got done even dirtier than Arbiter did.

[stoic rapids]

lemme see

[frank jolt]

just completed season 3 battle pass since i had 4 done

[stoic rapids]

tutorial is set when the infinity and zeta disappeared

but the time jump from S1 to S2 wasn't really specified

[frank jolt]

yeah

@bleak yoke hi

[pliant hatch]

ugh, I hate when my phone shows all the info channels like the rules for example as having a new post in it. It's like a glitch or something.

[obsidian wyvern]

I thought a figured the way to fix it but nope, mine still does the same

only in this server too

[pliant hatch]

mine will do it in several, but it's more rare.

[lone turtle]

[fickle drift]

Hello

[quartz ridge]

All for more CHEEF screen time

[muted rose]

I like that theory. There’s some little lore stuff in regards to 07 I would like to know more about.

Like why the banished aren’t even trying to secure the index

Seems like the #1 priority to me if I were to be stranded on a halo

presuming the banished are stranded like we are

[rich canopy]

Bob Barker died :c

[granite sky]

have u guys seen the hugegrass mod for Halo 3? i hope for stuff like that in the main games forge but sadly never rlly goes there. pelicans, longsword, jets, phantoms, c4, siege turrets etc just a larger ;multiplayer] sandbox on giant maps go pewpew with big guns

someone even made a fully functioning covie spirit dropship in halo reach multiplayer mods lol thats the awesaome stuff i like

[fickle drift]

I just saw that. I remember being off from school and watching The Price is Right. I think it was a requirement if you missed school you spent an hour with Bob. 😕

[inner wing]

[fading silo]

I was rewatching the cartoon Ben 10 and it got me thinking. Would it be possible for the Omnitrix to scan the covenant or even the flood and have them as avatars? Considering it’s basically a portable library of alien dna

[faint mantle]

Technically yes

[rich canopy]

Halo: Combat Evolved: Anniversary in the OG 360 actually had that as a option, if you used the Kinect you would have a "library" and you could analyze and scan weapons, vehicles, Flood, marines and convenient forces.

[fading silo]

Hmm interesting

[rich canopy]

While playing you would yell out "ANALYZE" and your hud would turn into a yellow visor, kinda like ODST and items you never indexed before would glow, and you would aim at them and the retical would turn into a square, then you would yell "SCAN" and it would scan the item and then index it, then you would go into the extras tab in the menu and look over everything you indexed and read into the lore and story of that item.

[undone hinge]

Yo guys i'm facing a very wierd problem can anyone help me out?

[rich canopy]

@fading silo

[fading silo]

Iol it looks like predator heat vision

That’s pretty sick tho

[fickle drift]

What a cool feature that was. Would be great to see something similar again, albeit decoupled from Kinect ofc

[rich canopy]

I thought it was a amazing feature at the time, something that was not needed for gameplay, but made the game feel more..open to the lore to beable to scan items and such to get a back story and idea of them

[fading silo]

He’d probably be scaring Gwen with the infection form

[viral valley]

Elites look strange in CEA

[rich canopy]

Main reason why things look strange and weird in CEA is cause they used halo reach models instead of making their own high def ones.

[fading silo]

I also remember Beast Boy once did it on an episode of TT where he replicated an alien creature from Star’s planet so he definitely could too

[rich canopy]

the textures is just a new layer, they just wrapped a new coat of paint ontop of the old, so all the old textures are there, but in the enhanced graphics, they are layered overtop, and then when you switch to classic, it would "disable" the top layer, AKA..just make it invisable.
So, reason why halo CEA can have low preformance is cause its still rendering the old textures under the new..and vice versa.

[fading silo]

Yeah the shotgun in particular is literally reach’s

Compared to Halo 2 where they actually redid the original model in higher definition

Like every gun

[faint mantle]

Though I don't really know about the Flood. Canon stipulates that the Flood surged from voluntary DNA corruption, so the watch may not be able to keep it

And probably for the best

[fading silo]

Yeah I don’t think he’d want it that’s for sure

Might end up like Kevin..

[rich canopy]

Well, the ORIGNAL corruption was a accident and acient humans were like "Lets use this space dust as makeup, whats the worse that can happen"

[obsidian wyvern]

where is the cone smh

[fickle drift]

If you ask me I'm pretty sure it could scan lifeforms from Half-Life's Xen as well.

every alien you can think of is probably scannable with that thing.

I just imagined Ben transforming into a gravemind, sounds nightmarishly painful.

[obsidian wyvern]

@hasty zinc reminder

[rare cedar]

My head… it hurts

[cedar turret]

Have you thought about trepanation?

[fickle drift]

isn't that literally drilling a hole into your skull?

[brave prairie]

Why are people so shy with the wraith? Imo Need to be a bit aggressive when you drive a wraith

[fickle drift]

every gamer is built different, not every Halo player is Mint Blitz y'know

[brave prairie]

I get it when you’re defending a flag/point but when it’s slayer, no need to hang back and stay behind the whole time

[fickle drift]

fair

[cedar turret]

You three go that way, I'll go this way. We'll meet at the respawn

[fickle drift]

You were drinking last night weren’t you?

[rare cedar]

Nothing crazy

Cause drinking WATER is important, folks

[dull vale]

Hi

[fickle drift]

🤨

[faint mantle]

I had electrolyte drinks yesterday

[rare cedar]

https://tenor.com/view/water-sucks-gatorade-is-better-the-water-boy-gif-17497971

[faint mantle]

Electrolytes are like Water 2

[rare cedar]

Water MCC

[fickle drift]

Water 3: ODST

I got those yakult drinks, tastes citrus-y. I’ve had to have those and yogurt thanks to antibiotics making my tummy go brrrrr.

I wonder why Bungie put a 3 in Halo 3: ODST, wouldn't it be more apparent that its a different game if it was just called Halo: ODST?

[cedar turret]

It wasn't.

was intended as dlc, that got a full release.

[fickle drift]

oh

that explains it

[steady jolt]

And it was built using the Halo 3 engine as a base

[cedar turret]

That's why the entire campaign is designed to show off firefight

why reach does the same thing on the other hand?

[worthy pebble]

Ah, Firefight. How I hope it comes to Infinite soon...

[faint mantle]

You're not taking antibiotics anymore right

[fickle drift]

No, thank heavens.

[faint mantle]

Good, that would've been counterproductive

Mine are still on the fridge waiting on me to finish this

[fickle drift]

How many more days do you have? @faint mantle

[fickle drift]

if anyone wonders why I ask dumb questions like this it's because I haven't played Halo until MCC released on Steam because I'm a PC Gamer. All I can say is that I have definitely been missing out.

[rare cedar]

Welcome to our family

[fickle drift]

thanks

[cedar turret]

Ask away, there will be no gatekeeping here.

[hearty flame]

Brawndo's got what plants crave. It's got electrolytes!

[fickle drift]

part of it is because my parents were pro-ESRB for the longest time and I was a kid

[rare cedar]

Nothing wrong with that

[obsidian wyvern]

there were some games my parents made me stay away from, but I was lucky enough to start playing halo when I was 3 lol

[rare cedar]

Never played GTA until I was an ✨ A D U L T ✨

[obsidian wyvern]

same

[fickle drift]

thing is everyone including my friends were playing games like CoD and Resident Evil even in Elementary School, so I was isolated within Nintendo land

thankfully I left Nintendo in 2016 and eventually built a PC in 2019, but I've been a PC Gamer since 2017 thanks to HL and Source being able to run on my 2015 intel laptop

the Halo PC announcement had me hyped because I could finally play Halo

I’ve been playing stuff like Mortal Kombat since I was 7. My parents didn’t care. Of course I grew up with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sly Stallone being my childhood heroes (and I’m a girl) so I had a lenient household.

I’m happy you got the experience the games and fandom eventually @fickle drift

I still have a vague memory of being at a friends house at age 7 while he played his X360 and I think I even heard "Unforgotten" for the first time

[fickle drift]

one of my first experiences with an R-rated film was ironically in High School where my Teacher risked his job to show us the first Terminator film. Best risk ever

[rare cedar]

worth it

[fickle drift]

indeed

Good Guy Teacher

I can’t even remember my first rated r movie. All I know is the first movie I saw in theaters was who framed roger rabbit and the first I remember is Batman ‘89.

The teacher had some "problems" which I won't talk about but I still thank him and some other people for introducing me to stuff like that, because my parents definitely wouldn't lol

My parents took the approach of me being less likely to do things if they openly offered them. No chance of rebelling or causing a fuss because it wasn’t off topics or limits. They were right. I’m a nerdy film geek introvert who debates the things they let me have as a kid. Basically a common millennial.

my parents were literally born in the 1960s so their mindset is different

So are mine.

fair enough

My parents are only on their fifties

my dad is 61

My parents are 58

And I’m 38

As with everything, people have different ways they do things. If it works for one child doesn’t mean it will for someone else.

[fathom mica]

Why Xbox record feature doesn't record ingame comms. One person on ranked end was toxic af, threatening with cutting head open and calling n-word. Some people need to chill out

[steady jolt]

Privacy reasons

[fickle drift]

plus its probably for the best not to record that because y'know

[obsidian wyvern]

I swear they recently enabled the ability to record in game chat and parties

[fickle drift]

Sounds like the guy needs to go back to COD lobbies

[fathom mica]

I see, well I reported the person anyway. Nothing will prob happen anyway.

And guy was swearing to all 3 of us 🙃

[fickle drift]

speaking of military shooters, I played a bit of CSGO awhile ago in anticipation of CS2's launch and the server proceeded to kick me because I "sound like a nerd"

trust me when I say CS isn't any better

[steady jolt]

If you reported, it will be investigated and dealt with - just not always immediately due to the amount of reports that get submitted

[fickle drift]

now if only Valve did the same thing with TF2

[fickle drift]

That’s not cool. I’ve never mic’d on there. I tend not to anymore. I can’t say I am surprised tho as I know the game is full of sweats.

[pale cliff]

Where do I report people with aim bot?

[fickle drift]

even casual is more competitive than casual, dear god its bad

[calm fiber]

https://aka.ms/HaloSafety

[fickle drift]

Not related, but your PFP is cute!

[pale cliff]

I can't get the clip to upload there. Says it takes too long.

[pale cliff]

Thank you lol

[fickle drift]

if y'all want something less toxic than CoD and CS, just stick with Halo or maybe even TF2 if you can handle the community and the aimbot problem

[fickle drift]

Yeah, this is true overall for most FPS games, people can take casual matches way too seriously.

[faint mantle]

8mb.video

You're welcome

(it's a website)

[fickle drift]

Not saying throw a game but people expect ranked or comp level mastery and it’s annoying.

gotta "love" how most companies make multiplayer more competitive than casual these days, yeesh

fortunately it seems 343i understands this and has successfully separated casual and competitive at least from what I see

[obsidian wyvern]

less toxic

TF2

what lol

unless we're talking about Titanfall 2

[fickle drift]

Part of it has to do with that I stick with more tame players, there are rare occurances though where toxicity happens

either that or I've been brainwashed

[obsidian wyvern]

TF2 is really bad ngl

[steady jolt]

Just seen that reporting voice chat was on Insider builds last month, so it should be close to release if not out already

[fickle drift]

I still like TF2 because of the shenanigans that occur lol

[obsidian wyvern]

maybe I'm hearing bots more than humans so I'm mixing it up, but the chats and VCS are filled with slurs

[faint mantle]

stckr just committed leak

[fickle drift]

the bots are a major issue but I mostly play TF2 sourcemods rather than the actual game

[obsidian wyvern]

oh no I like the gameplay, I just mean in terms of the community

[steady jolt]

No leak

[obsidian wyvern]

well I only like payload

[steady jolt]

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2023/07/12/xbox-voice-reporting-feature/

[fickle drift]

TF2Classic comes to mind

[faint mantle]

I know, :P

I mean I didn't know about the article but I know you wouldn't leak anything unless a good wine was involved

Oh look a sandwich

[fickle drift]

"sandvich make me strong!"
-Heavy TF2

[steady jolt]

Is that Starfield on 1998 graphics? 😛

[steady jolt]

Haha

[hasty zinc]

I can't believe Starfield is next week

I'm losing my mind

[fickle drift]

also I misread "South Base" on the radar on the HUD as "South Park", dangit brain

[hasty zinc]

idk if I want to play on MKB or controller

[faint mantle]

That NEVER ends well

[hasty zinc]

I put in for a week vacation

[fickle drift]

I heard Starfield is going to be the least buggy bethesda game, if thats true then thats quite an achievement

[steady jolt]

I actually have the early release week off work, but it's not for Starfield lol. Wedding anniversary is that week

[hasty zinc]

they had every QA in MSFT testing for bugs

[fickle drift]

I figured MSFT buying Bethesda would eventually help them out in the long run

[hasty zinc]

early congratulations!

[steady jolt]

Ty!

[hasty zinc]

how many years?

[hearty flame]

I wish all my Starfield friends a very happy release. I wish our anniversary friend a very happy week as well.

I hope Starfield has mod support so people can put all of Fallout and Skyrim into the game.

[steady jolt]

4

[fading silo]

Would probably be like when Kevin’s antitrix caused all the alien dna to fuse together and transform into that monstrosity

[hasty zinc]

It will have full mod support!

[obsidian wyvern]

they said you can make entire planets with mods

[hasty zinc]

gonna make reach just so I can glass it from orbit

[obsidian wyvern]

lmfao

you can build your own ships right

[hasty zinc]

yeah

[fickle drift]

wait you mean someone could theoretically recreate the entire Elder Scrolls world for meme reasons?

[hasty zinc]

sure why not

[obsidian wyvern]

so which one of you is gonna make a halo related blueprint for me

[fickle drift]

imagine crashing somewhere in Tamriel and suddenly the Skyrim intro plays

remember when the Space Core from Portal got a mod for Skyrim where he crash lands into the game? Thats quality

[fathom mica]

I would be surprised, if there wouldnt be some kind of collab between halo and starfield as Microsoft bought now Bethesda.

I could see some kind "official" mod by Bethesda and 343 on starfield later on

[fickle drift]

considering microsoft flight simulator got a Pelican as a vehicle I can see that happening

[fathom mica]

Or imagine adding starfield assets into halo forge for example

[fickle drift]

probably would clash with the artstyle but if they do it then I'm not stopping them

not that I would've been able to anyway

[pastel frost]

Is it possible we can collectively just veto the forge map salvation

like it's not a good map why is it in the rotation

[tight remnant]

I doubt this

[faint mantle]

hors

[weary hound]

[earnest umbra]

i only have the regular unicorn emblem

[wheat salmon]

Can someone explain why in ranked when someone leaves your team and you end up losing because of it, it's - 7. But when the opposite happens at the end of the match, and you end up winning. It's only +5?

Why are we still losing SR for people quitting?

[earnest umbra]

the +5 -5 thing only happens when a teammate leaves early in the match

[wheat salmon]

Well I got -7. 3 times in a row for a 3v4

Waste of my time

[earnest umbra]

if its a 3v4 and you try and play it out it will count as a regular loss

[sour gate]

anyone play the new Armored Core VI?

[young sable]

I BEAT HIGH CHARITY ON LEGENDARY WOOOOOOOOO

[sour gate]

NICE

how long it take you?

[fickle drift]

speaking of Legendary, I'm still baffled that someone actually did a deathless LASO of Halo 2 for that challenge from awhile ago, like how is that even possible?!

Surely the section where the Brutes get introduced as enemy NPCs would make said deathless attempts short-lived, right?

[fading silo]

Not to mention some of the incredibly broken spawns for enemies on the levels High Charity and Gravemind

[fickle drift]

right

[fading silo]

The flood come running in right behind you in that one section pushing you straight into the covenant

[left bone]

neiiiiihiheieheiheieghhh

[mossy spade]

[solemn wyvern]

Need a back smack for challenges, then I got the Achilles heel medal (melee someone with an overshield from behind), but it didn’t count towards the challenge 💀

[jaunty yoke]

It's confirmed that it will have it

In how much time after launch will they release mod tools? God knows, but they will

Btw guys

I was checking the cloud gaming list on the Xbox app on PC and games like Amnesia: The Buker, didn't show up, I had to manually look for it

Is anyone else having that issue?

[obsidian wyvern]

(Achilles spine lol)

[solemn wyvern]

🦶 lol

Got my back smack

[plain orchid]

I have an idea for Halo Infinite

You guys knows those electric weapons?

Instead of having them destroy shields and emp vehicles, maybe they inhibit function of said spartan or vehicle you inflicted damage upon

like, for spartans their gears and weapons will malfunction

and vehicles maybe they make them go super slow

[vernal granite]

that sounds cool
could be an equipment

[plain orchid]

Oh, and get rid of that plasma gun, the one with the tracking, replace it with the plasma rifle, everyone loves that

[vernal granite]

i have no words

[plain orchid]

Oh, and bring in the thug shaker emote

lmao

[vernal granite]

🗿

[hexed gulch]

In season 5 I hope anti-cheat will come to stop these hackers there's too many and that I'm catching people hacking on their main accounts the best area that I find hackers usually is in rank or SWAT. And last I heard they might be able to mimic names like copy someone's name to make it look like they're cheating when it's not even them now I heard about that in MCC but apparently it might be happening in Halo infinite

[plain orchid]

I play on Xbox and I use keyboard and mouse, which is fully supported, just hook it up and it works instantly. I don't think we have any cheaters over here.

Just something to keep in mind.

I feel the controller sentitivity sucks

isn't fluid or as snappy as I like it

Keyboard and mouse is so much simpler and easier to use, and I still meet plenty of people that beat my butt in matches, so I don't think it's a advantage

[hexed gulch]

@plain orchid I watch theater mode before I confirm they're actually cheating I look for the wall hacking and the Snap-on to the player's head and honestly sometimes I'm wrong and there are good players that are insanely good but I always check before I file a report on a player

[plain orchid]

Theater mode is back?

[hexed gulch]

Yes

[hasty zinc]

it never went anywhere?

[plain orchid]

I swear it was gone at launch

something was

[hasty zinc]

you're probably thinking of forge

IIRC theatre was day one

[young sable]

18:55 because I RUSHED through it hahahaha

was the first level where I just gave up on combat and rushed as fast as I could

gravemind took me 1hr 30 and I only got 4500 score lmao

[sour gate]

my brain defaulted on 18 hours and 55 minutes and i was really concerned

[young sable]

that was sacred icon for me

that only took 44 minutes actually, thought it took me at least an hour

[late bolt]

Slt cv

[jaunty yoke]

Lmao

I just finished a match and a guy sent me a message saying I was cheating because he shot 2 rockets at me and I didn't die

Now here's the funny part: I'm on Xbox

[cedar turret]

https://tenor.com/view/rocket-cute-girl-rocket-science-jump-velocity-gif-17849350

[plain orchid]

that explains why I get my butt beat by half the player board

[cedar turret]

Seems legit

I just get beaten cause my halo career has the word average tattooed on its forehead in glitter ink

[dense pecan]

Same competitive halo isn't for everyone

[latent tulip]

what is the best weapon to use

in pvp

[obsidian wyvern]

the br is generally solid for most ranges

[earnest umbra]

i think shooting is too easy in Halo TBH no one misses

you can probably 4 or 5 shot someone while sneezing with the BR

[ebon seal]

that is a laughable claim, especially when you even see missed shots on the HCS matches and those are the very best players the game has....

[cedar turret]

I’m pretty sure I read the ‘pros’ are in the seventy to eighty percent range

And by that I mean actual hcs teams

[ebon seal]

Just checked this dudes stats: he has an shot accuracy of 54.2% according to Halo Tracker. That is pretty good, but that means he still missed almost half his shots... And then claiming that "no one misses" 🤣

[obsidian wyvern]

lol

[cedar turret]

And I’ve seen videos of actual bronzes

They exist.

[bold sparrow]

Probably the same people who I see trying to figure out how to clamber in BTB.

[cedar turret]

More in the ‘trying to learn to move and shoot’ league

[ebon seal]

yeah i know, my friend is one of them. although with 44.3% my friend still has a pretty nice accuracy (okay, she uses the AR most of the time and often starts shooting only when she gets close to an enemy, so that helps her stats up a bit).

[echo current]

Gonna play the halo 2 campaign for the first time tonight

After that halo 5 will be the only campaign I’ve never played

[ebon seal]

ooh nice, have fun. It's a good campaign 🙂

H5 is also the only one i never played, but that's because i don't have an xbox and that's the only one that isn't available for pc

[echo current]

Same lol

I’ve played all of them many times since I was a kid but never got around to playing 2 for some reason

I mean hell Reach is my favorite game of all time I’ve played it so many times

[earnest umbra]

ok im exagerating but there really doesnt feel like theres much of a shooting skill gap

[ebon seal]

there is definitely a significant skill gap with shooting. With the lack of SBMM in social i am experiencing you definitely see the difference in hitting shots between players. Some players i never win a 1v1 against because they hit there shots better then mine and others i always win a 1v1 against because my shots are more accurate then theirs. You definitely see that difference.

Perhaps you play ranked a lot, where you do play against people you're own skill most of the time, then it's logical you don't see much difference, because they are about the same skill as you, so they do hit their shots about as well as you do.

[earnest umbra]

thats a fair point TBH

[fickle drift]

just wait till you start playing games using the Build Engine, you probably won't be ready for the motherload of hitscan enemies.

Blood (1997) is especially difficult in that regard

[echo current]

It crashed right when it started 🤣

[ebon seal]

oh boy 😮

did you try playing solo or co-op? I always have problems with co-op on H2 in MCC, but solo always goes well for me

[echo current]

Rebooted it’s working now

Ttyl

[ebon seal]

have fun

[echo current]

So far it's super fun

The gun play feels great

[fossil skiff]

How is it so far?

[ebon seal]

good to hear. H2 is probably my favourite campaign

[fossil skiff]

Bamboozled by not scrolling again whoops

[ebon seal]

he just answered that @hasty zinc 😉

[echo current]

All good lol

It happens

[ebon seal]

@echo current is just so good, he/she can answer questions right before they are asked 😛

[feral elk]

double kill

triple kill

[echo current]

The fact that I hear those in the announcer voice in my head just shows how much I love this franchise lol

[feral elk]

ong tho

[fossil skiff]

Running riot

[echo current]

Think I will beat 3 after 2 cause I've played 3 before just never fully beat it

[pliant hatch]

I wish I didn't miss, but I think there is a skill gap esp. with this game cause of the strafing. Instead of a slowdown like previous games, it's instantaneous when moving in a different direction which can cause many to miss.

[fossil skiff]

Makes up close fights a pain on mouse and key

but playing a low sens is kinda asking for it anyways

[hasty zinc]

wat

[fossil skiff]

He tagged you instead of me I think

Guess I should change it back now.

[hasty zinc]

see, I told you identity theft was not a joke

[fossil skiff]

[ebon seal]

oops, my bad 🤣
In my defense: the other Aegis tricked me with copying your name 😅

[hasty zinc]

I will never forgive you

even if there's a fire

[fossil skiff]

what if we didn’t start the fire

[hasty zinc]

I heard it was always burnin'

[fossil skiff]

Since the worlds been turnin?

[fading silo]

Enjoy. It’s definitely one of my favorites

[ebon seal]

only Canada, USA, Northern Africa, Southern Europe, Australia, .... 😛

[zinc pawn]

Heya, why is my AI still talking despite the fact i have it turned off? (Infinite)

[calm fiber]

Because I love annoying you very much ❤️

[zinc pawn]

[fading silo]

The first one i saw as a kid was Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith in theaters

Not rated r

But yeah

I don’t even remember my first rated r movie honestly. I saw so many as a kid

Most of them I either watched with my dad on tv or my parents rented it from the video store and i sat in the living room and watched with them lol

[zinc pawn]

Probably "A Serbian Movie/Film" was the toughest/hardest i watched back then

[fading silo]

Damn..

Prohibited text..

Anyhow the most messed up one or of the most messed up ones I watched was probably the hills have eyes

[zinc pawn]

Again, A Serbian Film
Or Wrong Turn

[fading silo]

Yeah wrong turn too lol I’ve seen those

[zinc pawn]

Both of them were just "wtf?!?!?" back then 🤣

Still are though

[fading silo]

Hills have eyes had a better storyline imo though. Both are messed up though

[zinc pawn]

Not talking about any storyline whatsoever here, just talking about the "most messed up" for me

[fickle drift]

Speaking of Rated R, is now a good time to mention that the teacher I mentioned earlier who risked his job to show us Terminator also showed me and my classmates stuff like Django Unchained

[fading silo]

He sounds like a cool teacher lol

[fickle drift]

this was in high school too

I did kinda hate the guy too though because there was this kid in there who was being a creep and showed me "stuff" on his phone that was very messed up and inappropriate against my will and he did nothing about it.

[fading silo]

My English class teacher took us to see the first Hunger Games movie. Rated PG 13 obviously but still a lot of killing

[zinc pawn]

I just assume you're both from the US, obviously
Makes me jealous i'm german lmao

[fickle drift]

I'm in Texas and trust me bro you do not wanna be here rn, we are in a severe drought with almost every day having high temps going above 100 for like 2 months.

grass and plants are dying everywhere because we haven't had rain either

its like Oddworld Stranger's Wrath all over again

Is there any jega emojis.

[fading silo]

I’d trade you for a few days. I’m over here in Michigan and it’s been thunderstorms almost every day for the past few days

[fickle drift]

erm... the high tomorrow is 106 degrees fahrenheit and thats not counting the humidity, its that bad

[fading silo]

My backyard is STILL wet

[fickle drift]

even some TREES are dying

its depressing honestly

[fading silo]

I was actually in Arizona last about 3 weeks ago so i get where you’re coming from. It was in the 100s the entire time I was there

[fickle drift]

I heard Phoenix was like Hell on Earth it was so hot

[fading silo]

It was lol

[zinc pawn]

Tbh? I'd definitely be more concerned about every second guy carrying a gun...
70/30 happy with being german, or say living in Germany

[fickle drift]

its the same way here technically

you can carry a gun legally albiet concealed

[fading silo]

It’s a good and bad thing depending on the circumstances

[fickle drift]

yeah

[zinc pawn]

Yet you'd have to worry for being killed by just anyone by just looking at them whatsoever
Y'know what i mean?

[fickle drift]

my sibling was in their car once and gave this dumb driver a middle finger and he legit pulled out a gun as a threat, I'm not kidding

[zinc pawn]

I'd definitely NOT mess around with them cops in the US, they get real, real fast

[zinc pawn]

Yeah see.. nah not my style of living in fright lol

[fickle drift]

anyways we should probably stop talking about real life problems before politics get injected into the convo somehow

[fading silo]

Yeah

[zinc pawn]

Agreed

[fickle drift]

what Halo mods do you guys like playing? I haven't played any besides Crash Site tbh

[zinc pawn]

Back to movies.. i gon' go as far as saying nothing is mor f'd up than "A Serbian Film"
Change my mind

[zinc pawn]

Xbox here, no mods at all 🥹🥹

[fickle drift]

oh, darn

[fading silo]

Hmm…I’ve seen a LOT so I would have to watch this to make a comparison

[fickle drift]

I've seen tons of messed up things, mostly thanks to the Internet being legit disturbing in some places

[fading silo]

You ever see the “Halo vs cod” video by Rackaracka? 🤣

[zinc pawn]

Probably out there on some streaming page surely
But you rather don't want to see it man, not even sure if i could mention one specific scene here

[fickle drift]

someone made a 2 hour TF2 horror film called Emesis Blue (which I recommend everyone to watch) and it made me feel sick to my stomach for 2-3 days, it was the first SFM to impact me THAT much.

it legit deserves both a TF2 saxxy award and an academy award

its also legit disturbing at times unlike most horror films nowadays

[zinc pawn]

I remember watching halo 24h later or something like that

28 days later*

[fickle drift]

well Emesis Blue is about a governor who gets kidnapped by some cult who resides at a slaughterhouse so Soldier and Spy have to save him but the plan goes awry very fast.

its far more disturbing than I make it sound

[fading silo]

Uhh…might have to chat with a mod about that

[smoky token]

You appeal with those mods, not these ones.

This server is for Halo related business exclusively.

[wind dragon]

i dont have their tag

[smoky token]

That sucks

[wind dragon]

dang

[fickle drift]

sorry mate, but the mods here can't control what goes on in those other servers

[zinc pawn]

Ban ingame or XBL?

[smoky token]

Either way it doesn't need to be discussed here

[zinc pawn]

Aye sir

[river orbit]

Anyone wanna play halo infinite campaign

[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.

[fickle drift]

anyone here ever played Entropy Zero?

[rare plinth]

Hi

[fickle drift]

its a Half-Life 2 mod where you play as a combine metrocop who must survive in the Rebel-controlled City 10, its so good its even got a sequel.

[rare plinth]

Gordon Freeman is goated

[cedar turret]

I think you mean gordon freeman has a goatee. And it's not a goatee, it's a van dyke

[fickle drift]

oh I'm sorry its not just a metrocop, he goes by the name "Bad Cop" no I'm not kidding

[rare plinth]

I Only know a mod called cry of fear

[fickle drift]

I've played a lot of them

yeah I've gone that far into the Half-Life/Valve/Source rabbit hole, how did you notice?

[river orbit]

is anyone on halo infinite

[cedar turret]

use the lfgs

[fickle drift]

so far in fact that I've watched probably all the insane and weird Gmod/SFM vids in existence in the past 5+ years I've been a Valve fan

[serene parrot]

anyone down for a campaign marathon

mcc only

[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.

[inner plover]

Hey everyone I’ve figure out how to play halo on vr without a pc or link cable

[civic walrus]

beat a jackal to death in vr please

[inner plover]

It cost $20 and I don’t have to r money

It’s a game called contractors it’s where you can make your own maps and stuff I don’t think there’s any campaign

[ornate grotto]

Sup

[flat ivy]

Ah yeah, you can be able to play pretty much halo mp on there

From what I remember, it’s like a halo 2 vr multiplayer type thing, looks really fun

[faint mantle]

Unless it's on Gamepass or GeForce Experience I find that very difficult to happen

And even then I very much doubt that title is there

[flat ivy]

It’s a mod for Contractors I believe

I’d have to look into it again, been a minute since I last heard of it

[faint mantle]

Yeah you're screwed

[quasi tapir]

[static orchid]

At times locke just as good as chief

[vapid siren]

if i have to face another smurf im going to lose it

i hate to be that guy but jfc ranked feels borderline unplayable with just how often it is. for me today its been every other if not every single match having one

[fickle drift]

Howdy. How are y'all?

[vapid siren]

going insane because apparently CSR matchmaking solved ranked and totally didnt make smurfing more and more of an issue as mmr focus is phased out

[fickle drift]

yikes

[pliant hatch]

going to csr makes me think they don't have any good formulas to tinker with mmr matching. Just need to bring Menke back so he can figure it out.

[earnest umbra]

smurfing has always been an issue

[fickle drift]

Low key it's been a while since I have been on Halo, and I am just now getting back into it, what's CSR..?

And by just getting back into it, I mean the last Halo I truly played hardcore was Reach

[pliant hatch]

it's your skill rating.

[earnest umbra]

your rank , Competitive Skill Rating

[static orchid]

Magnum orrrrrrrrrrrrrrr sidekick

[fickle drift]

Ahhh okay

Also fat rip, I just did a speedtest and my ping is at 743ms 👀

[pliant hatch]

yes, but their impact was vastly reduced cause the system would figure out their rating with only a few games using mmr.

[pliant hatch]

magnum in which game?

[earnest umbra]

they can still have high MMR and get a +15 on wins and -5 on loses and rank up faster

new accounts rank up super fast

[vapid siren]

not really

[mossy loom]

anyone know why my halo is crashing during opening loading bar?

[vapid siren]

csr mm focuses actual rank not the skill mmr

[mossy loom]

please help

[vapid siren]

so we gave rise to more smurfs now

[earnest umbra]

ive seen smurfs since season 1 constantly

[vapid siren]

its worse now is the issue

[earnest umbra]

doesnt feel better or worse

[pliant hatch]

I was referring to when it used mmr

[earnest umbra]

i know but the game still has hidden MMR it just now matches you on CSR in ranked but your hidden MMR can still impact how fast you rank up

[pliant hatch]

or actually H5 tbh

[pliant hatch]

okay, but then aren't they matching similarly skilled people at that point?

[earnest umbra]

new accounts have to play 25 games before being able to play ranked but thats not a lot. Should be more annoying to make a smurf

[brittle flicker]

Hi

[earnest umbra]

once i went on a 20 game losing streak in ranked and started going -5 on loses and when i started winning again it was +10 or more each win

even if i didn't do that great

[vapid siren]

the game just needs to recognize who they actually are and just throw em to the wolves that they should be facing normally

we were RIGHT THERE and reddit complained

[earnest umbra]

i complained because the quality of matches sucked way more with that system. By quality i mean ranked felt more like Social.

with how teams were balanced

I remember losing games where i had 50 kills and had teammates with 13 kills with that system

Seems like pros get matches like that under the CSR based MM but i feel thats because 4 stacks queue with lower ranks so it screws up the balancing

[vapid siren]

oh hey another match smurfs this time all 4man

its legit every match

i cannot escape

and if anyone dares asks "well how do you know for certain?" just open your eyes its so blatantly obv

[earnest umbra]

yea ranked gets pretty frustrating NGL, Smurfs always play super selfish too and wont play the OBJ if they are on your team its annoying

[pliant hatch]

that will change now in onyx at least.

[earnest umbra]

I get having an alt account but it feels like people make them every other day with how often you run into accounts with under 100 games played

[vapid siren]

theres no excuse

you do it youre a cheating lil rat

[fickle drift]

What's up my halo slayers

Been popping off on halo 2 (not to brag or anything). Man do I feel good

Don't even need to learn those button combos 😂

[earnest umbra]

probably will have smurfs but matches will still be balanced. DIamond and below might get worse idk

[earnest umbra]

you playing mortal Kombat

[pliant hatch]

yes, I do think smurfs will go up cause people want to play with their friends.

[vapid siren]

thats not the reason

its to cheese

[earnest umbra]

mainly it is to cheese its to get easier games at higher ranks and boost CSR

i agree with that, cant count how often i would see high Onyx queued with low diamonds

and they would only get -5 or -6 on loses but +10 or more on wins

[fickle drift]

No it's just there's these button combos and stuff like bxr and such. Surprisingly there's alot of depth within halo 2s gameplay. But playing halo 2 casually is just as fun

[forest lagoon]

What I'd personally like to see in ranked is it be more individual performance based instead of solely being win/loss based since that puts your scoring being reliant on possibly bad teammates which you don't have any control over

[fickle drift]

There's like ALOT

It's insane

[earnest umbra]

you would just get teammates baiting and playing for KD which already happens to some extent

[fickle drift]

Thankfully halo 3 got rid of this crap

[pliant hatch]

would probly be an issue in objective games

[earnest umbra]

because in Halo 2 people would use modded controllers

[forest lagoon]

Exactly. But I wouldn't be punished because some smurfs or griefers decide to throw the match

[inner wing]

yo

[fickle drift]

Yeah. Halo 2 just has alot of indepth tech to it. And I only know like 4% of all the button combos there is.

There's a video on it

[pliant hatch]

I suppose, but I could also see people doing it to kind of give 343 the virtual middle finger. look how bad this is now!

[earnest umbra]

i think damage delt should have a bigger impact

sometimes you get games with 5k damage and 10 kills but the guy with 2500 damage has 20 kills cleaning up oneshots

[vapid siren]

it used to be personal based in h5 but people hated how you could gain on a loss or lose on a win

it just has to be w/l based primarily or else things get really weird even if its mad accurate

[forest lagoon]

That's because people can't seem to accept it when they don't get rewarded for bad performance

[earnest umbra]

idk objective gametypes are weird because sometimes the guy with the least kills makes a play that wins you the game

[pliant hatch]

dats me. sometimes lol.

[civic walrus]

that’s probably why it exists

[forest lagoon]

And they should be rewarded for that

[pliant hatch]

CE will make your head explode.

[civic walrus]

so that people who aren’t as good at getting kills can still win games

[vapid siren]

so thing is i'd argue there's always gonna be elements that you cant exactly track

what if the guy doing least kills makes the pivotal game winning play

what if mans' comms are on point and directing the team

[earnest umbra]

which happens sometimes

[vapid siren]

it happens enough to make it where win/lose is the main condition for gains/losses

thats what it should be

[earnest umbra]

I have had games where the guy with the most klls chokes the game by not playing the objective and instead pushes a spawn

i agree with win/loss being the main factor because stats dont always tell the whole story

[civic walrus]

one time I was playing oddball with a friend of mine and the other team was playing as if they thought it was slayer

we won that match

[earnest umbra]

i been on the losing team where everyone went + 10 KDA and lost because players dont understand how spawns work

[pliant hatch]

I remember the opposite in I think a Reach tourney where snakebite had an insane amount of deaths, but they still won.

[forest lagoon]

Fair enough. But I would at the very least like to see an in-game depth of my skill and where I failed to perform. I'm a stats nerd and I want to see it regardless as if I'm the playmaker or the reason the team was dragged to the bottom.

I want individual performance sheets

[earnest umbra]

I think a lof of players dont understand that you can influence teammates spawns as well not just the enemy

[cedar turret]

The interior decorating portion of the match is the most important

[earnest umbra]

Ive had teammates betray me before for "hiding" when we are 3 ddead not knowing that what i am doing is giving them spawns closer to the Objetive especially on odball

[vapid siren]

see thats fine, but also side note you can download all your matches as a .csv on leafapp and then use power bi to make funny custom graphs

[forest lagoon]

Yeah, no. I'll stick to scrolling halo tracker lol

[earnest umbra]

Halo tracker is weird, sometimes it tells you the chance your team had of winning a game and sometimes it doesnt

[forest lagoon]

I've never noticed a percentage on halo tracker like that

[earnest umbra]

if you click on a match from your game history it will sometimes tell you eagle had a 60% of winning for example

[pliant hatch]

I like to think there are casual ranked players who play it, but not at a higher level so they don't know about spawns or map control etc. I'm assuming it was a higher ranked game though so that should be more common knowledge. Idk or maybe they're just dum dums.

[cedar turret]

Eagle can never win, it’s bald

[pliant hatch]

halo tracker can also take awhile to update which is a little annoying.

[earnest umbra]

ive ran into a lot of Onyx players who blame spawns for everything

[ebon seal]

you will always have players who are very skilled at aiming and reacting and therefore compete in the higher ranks, but are just not very tactical because their aiming/reacting was good enough that they never realy needed to think about tactics

[earnest umbra]

they dont realize sitting in the middle of the map they can spawn behind you

[vapid siren]

the % chance tho is really down to the difference in csr when matching so honestly kind of irrelevant

i refuse to ever look at that metric cause its gonna jsut screw with your head

[earnest umbra]

yea but the game matches you based on CSR now so it should be something

[quartz ridge]

Someone that gets it. Kudos to you my good man!

[vapid siren]

nah

its still meaningless

[earnest umbra]

the most fun matches ive played in ranked is where teammates werent playing selfish

[quartz ridge]

When reach ditched the individual ranking and went back to W/L, the competitive games automatically got better

[earnest umbra]

reach had it based on individual performance?

[quartz ridge]

Yeah. For the first 3 seasons and it was horrible. People were team killing for power weapons, hogging power weapons

[earnest umbra]

dang i dont even remember reach ranked

[quartz ridge]

It was in percentile based and didn’t update in real time, it was every day at 6 AM est

[earnest umbra]

thats wild

[pliant hatch]

I think I played enough to get ranked and then never touched it again.

[earnest umbra]

i remember not liking reach that much because of the abilities and bloom

[quartz ridge]

I loved reach. Part of why i enjoy halo so much was because they were not afraid to reinvent the wheel with their games. It forced people to adapt

[faint mantle]

Ayo!

Where's my extermination at?

[earnest umbra]

dont they all have to be on respawn for it to be an Exterm

[pliant hatch]

the first player would've spawned by then.

[earnest umbra]

the first guy might of been spawned up by the last kill

[faint mantle]

[pliant hatch]

fiesta also might not have that medal activated, but could be wrong.

[fickle drift]

Some of them already spawn back you have to get extermination if you kill all of them at the same time

[slim zealot]

Yes, I think everyone knows that

[rugged birch]

Lmfao can't report in infinite?OK 343

And no I don't mean the standalone report button that sh is useless

Can't report a specific reason...LOL 343

[calm fiber]

https://aka.ms/HaloSafety

[quick escarp]

s5 is less then a month

[chrome vortex]

do we even have a roadmap for s5

[fading silo]

Hmm..

[grim glacier]

Also, many people talk about a big map like Valhalla, but I couldn't say if it's true or not.

I'm not a 343 employee tho lmao

[high frost]

El Pozole

auraghghghg

[eager mango]

Gm happy Sunday, playing some ranked arenas on kick

[quasi birch]

looking for custom games group

[grim glacier]

Good Morning everyone!

Gonna start the day with some nice infection rounds

[steady jolt]

#lfg-customs

[fickle drift]

why the hell did i get warned for my name

BRUH

[small flicker]

quiet toniught

[fickle drift]

wha

[small flicker]

very quiet

[fickle drift]

????

[small flicker]

it quiet here

[fickle drift]

k

man

[small flicker]

meanwhile queing in ranked for like 3 minutes

[fickle drift]

i cant even use my username?

[small flicker]

y

[fickle drift]

the second i join i get a warning

[small flicker]

how

[fickle drift]

NAHH

i hate bots

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hhm

[fickle drift]

ill just dm you what i mean cuz this bot wont let me

2nd warn already lol 💀

[steady jolt]

Always quiet at this time, very early on a Sunday morning for the most active regions

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yea[h

[fickle drift]

i dont see anything wrong with t

[steady jolt]

Please don't bypass the filter

[fickle drift]

im just gonna leave this server bro

cant even use my username

[steady jolt]

People are regularly making inappropriate comments using it, to the point we had to filter it

[fickle drift]

oh

atleast let me use my name-

[steady jolt]

It's auto-filtered, can't bypass that

[fickle drift]

bru

[warm osprey]

To be fair that is a bunch of barnacles

[calm fiber]

For server moderation concerns, please message @bleak yoke.

[hearty flame]

You know what else is autofiltered? Journalists by Armored Core apparently haha

[quasi tapir]

John-117

[tired wraith]

I think bananuhs are pretty cool guy

[stoic rapids]

that first boss

[stark dune]

after 2 years i return yay

[earnest umbra]

we need some of those MCC nameplates in Infinite

[fickle drift]

lmfao troll

[shell agate]

I’m curious, what’s the general consensus on the armour Chief has in 4 and 5? I personally like it more than CE’s and more than 2 and 3’s (depending on the day).

[earnest umbra]

i dont remember what any of them looked like

[livid lion]

Is the door in Tower mission still bugged in Halo Infinite campaign? It’s still not fixed after the update.

Did most people reported this? Because I was trying to report this issue.

[hasty zinc]

did you submit a ticket?

[livid lion]

Was trying to, but it’s hard for me to answer these.

[hasty zinc]

but they should have a tab for that
#1076327824924872755 is where you can self-promote for Halo related things

[tired wraith]

Well it’s not bad for a company that’s never created a new master chief back then.

I don’t like the mp versions tho

They’re too slanted on the sides

[shell agate]

Infinite is by far the best Chief look unless there’s some 20 year old comic or something I don’t know about

[timber charm]

It’s fine, but h4 nanobots/retcon is lame

[tired wraith]

Yeah

[midnight onyx]

Loads cheaters on MCC Halo 3 waw

[shell agate]

I thought it was just artstyle-

[vapid siren]

Its both

Artstyle rationalized with lore

[tired wraith]

It didn’t really explain the weapon change ALTHOUGH I know it’s just a game and they do that just to refresh a bit

[timber charm]

Armor inconsistency hurts lore,

Nanobots excuse bandaids it

[tired wraith]

How different would this server be in bungie still ran Halo

Or in general, how different would halo be

[fickle drift]

I guess we’ll never know
But tbh with today’s bungie I wouldn’t expect halo doing any better than how is doing now

[timber charm]

Ik bungie considered doing h4

My guess, chiefs h3 armor wud be in h4

Forerunners wud look different too I think

[meager arrow]

does anyone wana play halo multiplayer with me?

[calm fiber]

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

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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.

[echo current]

#lfg-social

[echo current]

That lol

Welp time to play Halo 3

[static orchid]

Whats the worst part of any halo game

[echo current]

The Oracle on halo 2

Idk why I despise that mission lol

[static orchid]

It's not that great of a mission

But it isn't bad

[steady jolt]

Cortana, Halo 3

All of it

[ruby pecan]

When it ends.

[grizzled fjord]

The endings, the good games shouldn't have to end, the bad games should just have different endings.

[untold epoch]

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1254764178210696643/438D422F7C98AE00E53457DFCBA754C104877CD9/

I know this replaced the old MVP nameplate but how did you get the MVP nameplate? Is it for everyone now?

[static orchid]

If it doesn't end its a bad ending

[grizzled fjord]

We aren't talking about the campaigns

Lifespans

343 killed every game in their roster

[static orchid]

Which halo game isn't available to get?

[grizzled fjord]

Halo 2 original

[echo current]

Halo 5 isn't on pc

[static orchid]

You cant buy the disc for it?

[grizzled fjord]

You can, it's rare. And it's also not on any of the Xbox stores.

[static orchid]

I found a halo 2 for 20 dollars

Within like 3 seconds on google

[grizzled fjord]

The original Xbox?

[static orchid]

Yep

[grizzled fjord]

Damn

[winter flame]

Honestly I will forever find the halo 4 ending the most far fetched physics bending blatant plot armour in the franchise. Cortana can just magically make forcefields so chief can survive a nuke he detonated in his hand

[static orchid]

Found halo 2 for 4 dollars

[echo current]

Halo 4 was trash in general

[grizzled fjord]

Alright I got your point

[winter flame]

Partly why I don’t think halo 5 story is any worse then halo 4 is just that part

[static orchid]

I liked halo 4

[echo current]

Thats cool I just personally think it's a terrible game

[grizzled fjord]

Halo 4 custom game is some crazy stuff

[static orchid]

The gameplay of every halo is pretty much exactly the same

Other than halo 5 and I think infinite

[grizzled fjord]

Now I'm starting to hate you man :/

[static orchid]

That's fine

[winter flame]

Generally I don’t mind plot holes because I just write them out in my head canon but how do you even explain 4’s ending other then cortana having insane super powers she can only use once lol

[static orchid]

In halo ce you walk around killing covenant and the flood and you have vechiles

In halo 2 you walk around killing covenant and the flood and you have vechiles

[echo current]

I mean you could say that about battlefield too or cod you walk around shooting things and there's cars

[static orchid]

In halo 3 you also do that

Halo 4 is almost the same but you have a different enemy

[daring niche]

Hi,

Been out the loop of Halo infinite for months.

Is cross core customisation here yet?

[echo current]

No

[static orchid]

Halo 5 is pretty different, you can run, you have a thruster thing, you can float for a few seconds while aiming when you jump, you have the weird thing I can't remember the name of where you can knock down walls just by running into them and you have a thing like that but with jumping

Infinite may have different things like halo 5 did but i don't remember, I haven't played infinite in ages

[echo current]

Really wish they would port 5 to pc I wanna play it so bad

[cedar turret]

warthog flip should be added to mcc

[candid solar]

Rekt

[candid solar]

Spartan charge, Ground Pound, Thruster boost, Thruster Hover

Really, the only obstacle from proper enjoyment from 5's movement for me was the damn sprint shield recharge block.

Maybe if you tried not doing things that get your messages removed and actually read the rules, that wouldn't happen.

[static orchid]

Sprint shield?

[calm fiber]

For server moderation concerns, please message @bleak yoke.

[cedar turret]

warthog flip was part of h3's release. (The good part) it should be added to mcc

[candid solar]

Yeah, when you tried to sprint, your shields recharge would reset as a 'balance' that was implemented due to people 'running away'.

[static orchid]

Don't recall that

[candid solar]

Personally, I'm of the opinion of people having a skill issue when they complain about their prey getting away.

[winter flame]

Slow sprint is how sprint in halo always should have been

[echo current]

Yeah lol just get better

[candid solar]

Maybe if you could properly secure your kills in the first place, you wouldn't struggle to deal with counterplay.

[static orchid]

Also why do people say master chief is sooo good and locke is so bad

At times (those things being when they are playabale) they are equally as good or as trash

[candid solar]

Locke's a Spartan IV. People hate that which they don't understand. People don't understand Spartan IVs.

[winter flame]

The problem with fast sprint is it makes playing life take no skill. In infinite the biggest skill gap is being able to effective play your life at higher levels

[granite sky]

bc oni sux locke needs to break away from oni and go team chief and arby

[candid solar]

Locke literally wasn't working for ONI in 5.

He was working for regular UNSC Operations.

[static orchid]

But like when the person is playing as locke it makes it so locke is as good as master chief when the player plays as chief

[candid solar]

A mix of gameplay and goose+gander.

A Spartan's a Spartan. They're dangerous people in pretty much every way that matters.

[granite sky]

he was oni agent b4 so hes not cool

[candid solar]

Oh, wow, I totally didn't know that, I also totally didn't know he spent his young adult years as a contract killer.

Which is literally what got him into ONI.

[granite sky]

time for him to get in line and support arby n chief the best duo

[candid solar]

First of all, Chief+Arbiter as a duo is just a contrived situation.

Chief literally says one word to Arbiter in the entire history of the franchise since 3.

Halo 2's about a single sentence.

[granite sky]

they dont need to talk like social media addicts they just sent emojis via their armor

[candid solar]

Anyways, it's a contrived and annoying combination.

They fought together for a bit and Arbiter acts like Chief was the one who got away as a crush.

[granite sky]

anyway its best duo

[candid solar]

It's stupid.

[granite sky]

its best

[muted rose]

If you don’t want to have any other main characters in a halo game besides Chief and arby then I’m not sure what to tell you

[candid solar]

Dumb conversations aside, Locke's out-of-universe reception was ironically the same thing Cortana accused him baselessly of in the actual game. They viewed Locke as a 'replacement Chief' with poor characterization and poor design.

[granite sky]

smart conversations aside true locke wasnt popular replacement for mr chief

[candid solar]

Because he literally was never meant as a replacement.

Locke is Locke. Locke is not wannabe Chief.

[granite sky]

mind blown

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

[candid solar]

The literal debout game he starred in makes fun of the idocy of the idea.

[bold sparrow]

Enhanced Thrusters in Warzone was my instant go-too as soon as I could get it.
I was running across the battlefield like I was Kelly

Oh no you pinged my shield? Let me just run around the back side of this base real quick

[granite sky]

very fast zipping around

[daring niche]

"[...]Locke is not wannabe Chief"
Yeah, go tell that to the marketing team

[candid solar]

I personally went for mobility first because I prefer moving faster overall to the shield thing. I just wish I didn't have to make that choice.

[candid solar]

Yeah, maybe someone should've. It's not as though that's a consistent issue with Halo marketing or anything.

That said, Locke calling someone a relic doesn't mean he's gunning for their position as savior of humanity.

[granite sky]

i hope infinite gets more huge modes bigger than warzone

[candid solar]

As the adverts frame it, he's voicing it like he's disgusted with Chief for throwing it away.

[granite sky]

like hugegrass mod for halo 3 !

ok fine listen they can sell colors and skins for all the new vehicles surely thats enough incentive. people will want the cool pelican skins

[daring niche]

For real: People want to change the horn the vehicles make into something else

[candid solar]

I'll admit to being very, very surprised there's no horn options for Warthogs or Mongeese.

[bold sparrow]

Wheres my Halo theme horn for the Hog. Its obvious. Come on.

[candid solar]

I want a lightbar for the Razorback.

Theme packs would actually be pretty lit.

[bold sparrow]

The Razorback doesnt have any model changes for it does it...

[candid solar]

Nothing not shared by Warthogs.

Because, well, it's a Warthog.

Actually, there's a few things I wish for

Like having a Rockethog and Chainhog version of the Razorback

But yeah, so long as we're doing things like Covenant themed coatings for armor, I'd love some stuff based on factions past and present

Like having a Liang-Dortmund themed coating pack with the Liang Dortmund logo as an emblem.

Or company-themed sets like an "Opticam Healthcare" set for medic-themed Spartans.

UNSC Air Force themed pack with a snazzy urban tigerstripe pattern like a non-digital version of the old ABU's and UNSCAF logo.

[fickle drift]

morning fellow Spartans, what did I miss?

[candid solar]

Things

[fickle drift]

fair enough

[fickle drift]

wouldn't Locke technically have a similar role that Noble 6 had? Like when I hear Fireteam Osiris I think of a squad that goes to assassinate individual people or aliens that are causing serious problems and if I remember correctly Noble 6 was an assassin prior to Reach.

They did assassinate a certain Elite in Halo 5 after all

[candid solar]

We don't really know a lot about Six's typical mission profile or the typical mission profile of Osiris due to limited info on both.

[fickle drift]

fair enough

[candid solar]

That said, yes, while Locke still worked under ONI, he absolutely got involved in jobs of the cutthroat assassination variety.

As I said, it's literally why ONI gave him a job in the first place.

[fickle drift]

still find it cool that 343i didn't forget Halo 3 ODST and made Buck into a Spartan, it does suck that Rookie got killed tho.

[candid solar]

Amusingly, they almost didn't do that in 5.

Nathan Fillion was slotted in early on for 5 due to scheduling issue with Thorne's VA, who was originally supposed to be in Buck's spot on Osiris.

[fickle drift]

sounds about right

[candid solar]

That little issue is why I think scriptwriting for 5 actually started pretty early on and that's why some of Buck's lines in the final game can seem a tad out of character, like him saying he considers the Elites "Brothers in Arms" for the sole reason of being allied with the UEG against the Ex-Covenant.

That sounds a bit more like a Thorne thing to say.

[fickle drift]

never heard of Thorne tbh, were they completely cut off from 5's plot or something?

[candid solar]

Thorne is another Spartan IV from Spartan Ops who was the 'new blood' of Fireteam Majestic, wearing Recruit Armor.

[fickle drift]

oh so he was in Halo 4?

[candid solar]

He, but yeah

[fickle drift]

dangit lol

[candid solar]

IVs use last names, not first, unlike earlier Spartan gens.

[fickle drift]

I nearly forget that Buck was Buck's last name, isn't his first name Edward?

[jade gust]

Aye

Edward Buck

[candid solar]

Holly Tanaka, Olympia Vale, Edward Buck, Gabriel Thorne, Jared Miller, Sarah Palmer, Naiya Ray, Tedra Grant, Carlo Hoya, Nina Kovan, Tomas Horvath.

To name a few.

[bold sparrow]

Paul Demarco

[jaunty yoke]

In the mission Shutdown at the starting hangar there are several Spartan 4s chilling there and they have unique dialogue. They will mention other Spartan 2s they fought alongside with, they'll ask you if you know them, they'll mention fighting at your side when they were ODSTs, they will mention captain Keyes, and other events

[candid solar]

It's almost as though IVs are longtime veterans of the HCW and typically have a bunch of experience under their belts.

Curious, that.

[jaunty yoke]

That's why I never saw Spartans 4 as any less

They are Spartans as far as I'm concerned

[candid solar]

As time goes on the more obvious it is that people willfully ignore some parts of canon to fit their headspace regarding certain concepts.

A lot of 343i era stuff is actually very clearly stated and cut and dry but will frequently get tuned out, downvoted, shamed out, stripped down, misreported, et cetera in favor of easy crowd-pleaser answers.

[jade gust]

Which ain't great

Then again, I do find it annoying some people try to claim that Halo 2's cut ending is somehow more canon than the actual games

[jaunty yoke]

Fans get so angry about the Chief's armor being different in Halo 4 but they're totally fine with Halo CE and 2 not explaining how Johnson survived one and got to the other

[fickle drift]

Halo is one confusing can of worms lol

[candid solar]

That's the stupid thing, it really never had to be.

And really, it still isn't.

[fickle drift]

wasn't Halo CE going to be the only Halo game until Xbox stepped in?

[jaunty yoke]

Fans want the games to be self contained and explain everything, but that goes against the concept of a extended universe

[candid solar]

I can answer most burning questions in under a minute, and when I can't, it's NBD; it's because this community has such amazing resources that I can literally go and find it within a half hour if I'm struggling.

[elfin glacier]

i never get that, it's so dumb

[jaunty yoke]

It was made to be a self contained game yep, Halo got destroyed, the Flood was gone, and the Covenant had no weapon of mass destruction anymore

[bold sparrow]

They're too terrified to crack a book because if they do they think they'll turn into 40k lore nerds.
And that thought terrifies them.

[elfin glacier]

like ok bungie had some ideas but they were cut and not picked back up

[fickle drift]

its like if Half-Life 2 explained what happened on the entire planet all at once

[jade gust]

I don't get it either but some people see it that way because of the same old "Bungie good, 343 bad" mentality that some people have gotten into their heads

[bold sparrow]

Kinda like the Lucasfilms Good Disney Bad stuff in Star Wars
Except the handover between Bungie and 343 was seemless more or less (as in; no Retconomicon)

[candid solar]

343i predates Halo 3's launch lmao

Not that you'd expect anyone to remember that

[fickle drift]

honestly I heard really good things about the latest Halo book with the Arbiter

[elfin glacier]

and frankly beyond "ooo it's mysterious", what does keeping the forerunners mysterious add

with "revealed" forerunners we can now explore that society and time and such

[jaunty yoke]

And the worst part is that they'll claim 343 are bad developers when they aren't

[candid solar]

the recent Halo books have been hitting it hard pretty consistently as of late.

[fickle drift]

I'd rather have Forerunners as a separate race than "oooh ancient hyper-advanced hoomans"

[bold sparrow]

"Thats a good argument, but"
Slams down Forerunner trilogy to silence other nerds saying their super space empire is better.

[fickle drift]

makes more sense in the grand scheme of things

[jaunty yoke]

Fans were angry about the Forerunners's mystery being finally explored 4 GAMES IN, but they were ok with the Flood's goal being a mystery in the first game and being explained in the second one

[bold sparrow]

I cant think of a single person whos mad that the Flood got more detail to them.

They went from "just space zombies" to "eldrich god made flesh"

[candid solar]

It's situational.

[jade gust]

Thank you! I am so tired of the whole "The ancient civilisation was actually humanity all along" cliché and it's why I like that they are a separate species

[modern river]

They technically aren't bad devlopers, they just had horrible upper managment that have thankfully all been fired.
hopefully they wont get so many contract devs and programmers now, and will reduce technical debt.

[fickle drift]

I do think Halo 4 was great, heck it didn't even end on a literal cliffhanger like the Bungie Halos

I hate cliffhangers

[jaunty yoke]

If Halo 4 was bad it couldn't have had a "game of the year edition" re-release

[candid solar]

First off, they weren't horrible. Second off, they weren't fired. Most promoted or moved on to different fields. Third off, no issue with the third because you should always hope the next team does better no matter how good the first team did.

[jaunty yoke]

Only GOTY nominees can have that

[modern river]

underrated halo game, especially after major balance update, DLC maps were great too, plus it had some of the best gamemodes introudced into the series, Ricochet, Turkey Bowl, Dominion.

[fickle drift]

trust me, I've seen a fair share of Halo fans trash 4 but I never really understood why

[bold sparrow]

Loadouts was the big thing I heard.

[jaunty yoke]

I don't even know what part of Halo 4's ending is a cliffhanger. It's actually quite similar to CE's ending, which is a conclusive ending

[left bone]

hmmmmmmmmmmmm.....

[granite sky]

one huge part of h4 that bothered and angered me was the BR sound ahah

[candid solar]

I liked its BR sound.

[fickle drift]

I'm not saying its a cliffhanger but rather a proper ending

[left bone]

hmmm.............

[elfin glacier]

god the contractor thing has been twisted and misrepresented to an insane amount

[left bone]

i have an idea!!!!

[elfin glacier]

wtf new pfp???

[bold sparrow]

Like everything else in truth...

[modern river]

Halo 4 had an amazing ending that setup the future of Master chief and forerunner lore etc, Halo 5 just did not care and ruined everything

[candid solar]

It's also not really something they had much of a choice regarding.

[candid solar]

Ah, boy, this tired garbage again.

[jaunty yoke]

Halo 4 has the best Assault Rifle design AND sound

[granite sky]

what did u think about battle rifle

[modern river]

Best pistol gameplay wise too, most balanced pistol we've ever seen

[jaunty yoke]

Looked good, sounded bad

[fickle drift]

Anyone who thinks Halo 5 is garbage should play Hunt Down the Freeman, that right there is the DEFINITION of a bad game

[granite sky]

lol yea i honestly couldnt play the game but im mentally unwell the noise distracted me that much

[elfin glacier]

like how long contractors need to get up to speed is extremely dependent on the task at hand
like some things could be done after a week or so of onboarding

[modern river]

Halo 5 is garbage, only good thing was the forge, but that doesnt save the game because of fans making the game good themselves.

[candid solar]

I don't think playing bad games really contextualizes it and it doesn't really broaden people's horizons.

[fickle drift]

fair