general-chat

[normal owl]

Another random screenshot smh

[candid solar]

It's not random smh my head

[safe dawn]

Lol

[hard crane]

Shake my screenshot.

[normal owl]

Hahahaahaha

[distant mirage]

im glad that halo is adding new species with the new games. Very curious to see what's in store

[vague geyser]

JUG!

[safe dawn]

It is a good question tho tbh

[vague geyser]

WHERES THE JUGGERNAUT!? 🗣️

[candid solar]

Yeah, I realized it when I replayed Halo 4 a few months ago

[safe dawn]

This isnt cod

[distant mirage]

juggernaut?

[vague geyser]

flood juggernaut

[dawn needle]

https://tenor.com/view/funny-burn-fire-flame-run-gif-22635986

[distant mirage]

fluggernaut

[normal owl]

https://tenor.com/view/juggernaut-xmen-cartoon-gif-23216778

[safe dawn]

Oh, check halo wars

[vague geyser]

was cut from halo 2

halo wars dont count 😡

[safe dawn]

Prove it

[distant mirage]

i had the juggernaut on legendary when i palyed halo 2

i think i had a modded disc, because i cant find a single disc with it ever since

[tranquil loom]

If halo wars don’t count then atroix isn’t real

[normal owl]

Dang, now that's a checkmate.

[vague geyser]

its only in the gamefiles nowhere in the actual game @distant mirage

[distant mirage]

thats why i think i got a modded disc. i bought it from a thrift store

[vague geyser]

oh it was in fireteam raven apperantly

[dawn needle]

what is yall's favorite Halo game?

[tranquil loom]

H2

[distant mirage]

it had a few weird details that other copies of the game didnt have. On cairo station there was an injured soldier at the part with the two gunners in a hangar. There was a mission with the engineers where cortana talks about them being friendly. and then on legendaruy the jugernaut would show up, but didnt move.

[safe dawn]

Infinite

[candid solar]

Infinite. 5 if it had FoV and graphic options.

[dawn needle]

Swe-et

[hard crane]

No.

[candid solar]

Copypasta

[safe dawn]

No

[distant mirage]

shut up

[safe dawn]

Bro united us for ten seconds lmao

[distant mirage]

lol

[remote hearth]

Lol

[hard crane]

Now we go back to clash.

[normal owl]

Looks like that guy got dunked on.

[vague geyser]

halo 3 best all around game

[safe dawn]

Lol

[remote hearth]

Maybe

[normal owl]

of clans

[distant mirage]

i love all the halo games, its my comfort series

[dawn needle]

this is a test

[safe dawn]

Infinite better, just needs a few more vehicles and h5s sandbox of weapons and it becomes peak halo

[left bone]

id fight master chief with a hello kitty costume

[vague geyser]

ofc the guy with the osaka pfp would call it that

[safe dawn]

I would not.

[hard crane]

A Royal one.

[distant mirage]

y u gotta be so mean :(

[elfin glacier]

nah

[safe dawn]

Tf is osaka

[distant mirage]

shes a country bumpkin

[vague geyser]

azumanga slaps tho

[covert dove]

Chat always on some stuff in here

[distant mirage]

azumanga is such a silly series

[safe dawn]

Fr

[left bone]

you dare call yourself a wimp?

[safe dawn]

No, i call myself not a fool

[normal owl]

https://tenor.com/view/halo5spartans-fireteam-osiris-gif-27024036

[distant mirage]

what if osaka was in halo???????

[safe dawn]

It is, afaik japan is in halo

[dawn needle]

https://tenor.com/view/sea-turtle-ocean-gif-5611981

[vague geyser]

she would get glassed instantly

[distant mirage]

she'd be gods silliest spartan

[vague geyser]

with the dubs heavy southern accent

[distant mirage]

yes!!!!

[left bone]

one word

💥

[distant mirage]

chiyo would be a grunt

[vague geyser]

Chiyo's dad would be an engineer

[safe dawn]

Ngl i love how chat goes from hate to talking about random anime and stuff

[distant mirage]

controversial opinion, this cutscene was actually awesome

[safe dawn]

This is true

[hasty zinc]

I kinda want to make a longer high quality version of this scene

[normal owl]

agreed!

[vague geyser]

@distant mirage had to fix that lol

[candid solar]

It'd be neat.

[hasty zinc]

alright fine.. TWIST my arm why don't ya

[normal owl]

That would be great actually! The one I found was the best I could do.

[distant mirage]

i think some halo fans saw te spartans being badass the first mission in halo 5 and felt whiplashed because humanity wasn't on the backfoot in the engagement

like for some people, part of halo is that humanity is losing. and that you are the hero who saves everyone

[tranquil loom]

I think most people agree that’s the one good part of h5

[safe dawn]

Tbh after halo 3 we werent in the backfoot anymore

[distant mirage]

if spartans are doing good and humanity is now powerful, it ruins it for them

[safe dawn]

Random thing, the bulldog shotgun shouldnt work

[vague geyser]

im just happy they clawed back the artstyle in infinite

4-5 hurt my soul

[tranquil loom]

Agree

[left bone]

343 wanna be bungie so bad

mustn't be nice

[distant mirage]

bungie wanna be bungie so bad, theyre doing a marathon looter shooter

[left bone]

that will never release

[vague geyser]

got reeeeeaaaal low expectations for that

[safe dawn]

Tbh, i like h4/5's artstyles, before infinite came out i prefered them over everything besides reach, and then h4 still was the main thing i went for in terms if armor

[candid solar]

I'd drop two tenners on a set of Hunter or Technician.

[distant mirage]

idk why ppl revere bungie so much, its not teh same company it was 20 years ago and pretty much all the staff has been cycled out

[vague geyser]

halo 3 artstyle holds up insanely well for being a game from 2007

[candid solar]

Old thing make brain hurt less.

[distant mirage]

this is why i was fine with halo 3 not being remastered

[safe dawn]

Fr, those armors looked good, altho hunter coulda had just a little bit more armor instead of being mostly techsuit

[tranquil loom]

I think most people are talking about old bungie not current

[obsidian wyvern]

it's been hours and the discussion is still halo 5 wow

[vague geyser]

it really didnt need it at all

[candid solar]

Oh, no, it wasn't for a while

[safe dawn]

It just switched back lol

Also isnt it like 2am for you rev

[distant mirage]

didnt halo 5 bring back the busted magnum from ce?

[safe dawn]

Yes

[obsidian wyvern]

yes it is, how'd u know

[tranquil loom]

What’s up revenant

[vague geyser]

not the same but it was meta wep

[hasty zinc]

+5 ez

[normal owl]

Thank goodness I didn't miss it this time!

[safe dawn]

H5 combat evolved was fun, change my mind

[distant mirage]

i saw clips of it and wanted to get it so bad

[worthy crown]

so how the hell does this new spartan points work?

[safe dawn]

Weekly ultimate now = free currency u can use to buy old weelky ults or event items

[left bone]

is it in the game yet or--

[safe dawn]

Also nice pfp

[obsidian wyvern]

seeing you still around here makes me happy for some reason

[safe dawn]

It drops with next op

[obsidian wyvern]

it's like an antique in a new world LOL

[tranquil loom]

Haha same with u

[worthy crown]

I swear to god if they somehow charge us for this lmao

[left bone]

aaAAAGGGHGHHNNFFHHHHHHGGHHHH💢💢💢

MMGGH- wait

i looked into it

[safe dawn]

They'll probably add an option to buy it if u dont wanna grind

[worthy crown]

343 is being greedy, and is raising shop prices and it's worse than S1, S2 shops. Change my mind

[left bone]

u gonna get a loooot of that free currency just to get some

recycled stuff from the past(?)

[safe dawn]

Tbh, this is what credits shouldve been in the first place

[worthy crown]

Yes lmao. 343 being greedy again

[safe dawn]

That you couldnt get if you missed before, yes

[left bone]

and im like

[normal owl]

Would love a paid option: not everyone is rich in time or money, just let both enjoy things.

[left bone]

what about the existing items that havent got defaced from the earth?

[safe dawn]

^

[vague geyser]

new armor stuff for MCC looks ummmm out of place

[smoky remnant]

hi

[safe dawn]

Needle minded helmet attatchmen is dropping, let that answer your question

[distant mirage]

the only thing i want from infinite now is the operater helmet from reach

where is the boy

[vague geyser]

rogue helmet best helmet
fight me

[safe dawn]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[left bone]

hooray! i can finally be kat from reach in infinite, only more accurate!

[vague geyser]

it just goes soooo hard

[safe dawn]

Which one

[distant mirage]

rogue helmet is good

[vague geyser]

h3

[distant mirage]

cqb helmet is also goated

[vague geyser]

halo 4 one is just scuffed eva

[safe dawn]

Correct answer, altho i really dont like it lol

[safe dawn]

Yes, yes it is

Remember orbital from h4?

[vague geyser]

they lost me on halo 4

[safe dawn]

Aka emiles helmet but designed with what shouldve been a shoulder decal

[distant mirage]

that helm was so degusting fr

[safe dawn]

Tbh, there are some good h4 armor bits, others, not so much

[safe dawn]

It woulda been fine without the skull lmao

[vague geyser]

h3 scout always looked so funny to me

[safe dawn]

Its only fault was trying to be emiles helmet

[distant mirage]

do you think it might tie in to the wargames lore a bit?

[safe dawn]

Tbh h4 scout is just h3 scout but better

[vague geyser]

been searching for halo 3 refuled for the past 20min

[distant mirage]

like, spartan iv's heard about emile and thought up the decal to honor him?

[safe dawn]

It was material group, an actual spartan wouldnt have halfdone it that poorly

[vague geyser]

reach scout helmet was tite tho

[safe dawn]

That was a helmet made by a hired company

[safe dawn]

Fr, juns gear goes hard even if he doesnt

[distant mirage]

jun is a cool fella

[forest lagoon]

Ok, so, imagine if the Plasma Pistol stalled a vehicle, but then the Shock weapon EMP reversed the driving controls

[tranquil loom]

Reach gungnir 👌

[safe dawn]

Shoulder knife in mcc reach when

[candid solar]

Honestly, it should just drop two plasma grenades on a stunned Warthog to save both party's time

[safe dawn]

LMAOO YES

[tranquil loom]

Gungnir in everything else 🤢

[vague geyser]

isnt it already there? pretty sure im using it

[safe dawn]

Wait when- oh dang yall gor promoted nice

[safe dawn]

I mean juns, not emiles security one

[vague geyser]

ah

[distant mirage]

anyone else think the aviator helmet looked like a dirt bike helmet?

[forest lagoon]

https://tenor.com/view/bobs-burger-evil-laugh-fire-gif-10696395

[safe dawn]

Nope

[distant mirage]

talkingthe halo 4 one

[safe dawn]

That was the first one, and the design hasnt changed much lol

[distant mirage]

hmm, just me then

[vague geyser]

halo 3 scurity

aka the fishbowl

[tranquil loom]

Iconic

[safe dawn]

Tbh i dont get why people like security

[tranquil loom]

Because during the halo 3 days it was unique and stood out

[elfin glacier]

still looks ugly

[forest lagoon]

Volant still my fav

[elfin glacier]

at least it's not the pistachio

[tranquil loom]

I don’t wear it but to each their own

[fickle drift]

I use the ODST helmet the most now.

[tranquil loom]

I mix it up each game the only thing I kept the same was the emblem and 343 don’t even have the yin yang in infinite

[fickle drift]

My OCD and ADHD would never let me switch each game.

[tranquil loom]

In mcc I kept them the same as the og with some of the new stuff added on top

Wish they added the robot arm for all the reach chest pieces

[fleet imp]

Hello, Spartans!

[fickle drift]

https://x.com/kevinkoolxhalo/status/1782919998367060004?s=46

“You can only earn the Xanadu coating IF Banished Honor lasts 6 weeks.”

Was there any word or indication that the prices as shown are final?

[candid solar]

No.

[hoary ore]

Was the oddball champion bundle in halo vaulted before?

[strange saddle]

Are these spartan points free

[civic walrus]

they can be

the ones in the operation will probably need to be paid for once it ends

[strange saddle]

Oh ok

[civic walrus]

but you can get them for free from challenges

[strange saddle]

Thank you

But in the battle pass while it is happening they are free?

[civic walrus]

I believe so

[strange saddle]

Ok thank you

[worldly sedge]

Can’t wait until Tuesday

[candid solar]

YUeppers

[slow lagoon]

if i finish a campain in mcc (pc) how do i uninstall it?

just one of the games

[vague geyser]

settings

you can choose what games/modes to install/uninstall

[slow lagoon]

thank you

[civic walrus]

boy do I have some news for you

[worldly sedge]

Hey, I just want to have fun

I don’t care what happens, life is too short gotta make every moment special

[civic walrus]

today is Tuesday 😊

[haughty kiln]

Hello, how many players does mcc support for local coop?

[frank pewter]

None

[haughty kiln]

On Xbox?

[vague geyser]

4

[tough folio]

yes

[red smelt]

who is that

[exotic bramble]

Hi

[graceful inlet]

Good Morning Spartans!
(And Marines)
Reporting for duty!

[exotic bramble]

I should give my marines snipers and rocket launchers

[graceful inlet]

I'll give them a hug🫂, And if Their mission Is a failure... I'll give them a punch So strong, they Will fly through the wall 🤜🫷

[exotic bramble]

Marines deserve some respect 😭

[graceful inlet]

Of course. 😁

[winged cradle]

nah i always kill them whenever i get the chance

[graceful inlet]

But in halo reach when one told me I smell... That Guy fr flew Away 😭😂

They Have those idle lines i dont remember the name. And some Are telling you that they don't date massive killing robots, or you Smell etc. Kinda funny lines to be honest.

[graceful inlet]

Not gonna lie... I keep them alive as long as I need them. When the mission Is complete, their nightmare begins🤜🫷

😁

[exotic bramble]

That was personal

[graceful inlet]

Yes

https://youtu.be/ICQFgGRvtko?si=Lc447dLKhrH0YEoJ here they Are

All idle dialogues

[exotic bramble]

Trade a rocket launcher for a plasma pistol

Well the other way around but they’ll absolutely love you for that

[graceful inlet]

They'll slander me behind my back. So... If I want Their gun, i'll kill them

Its Simple

[faint mantle]

[hearty gulch]

hello my Fellow spartan

[solemn tangle]

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-world-s-1st-hall-joystick-for-steam-deck-oled/coming_soon/x/35563285

[summer ice]

This guy is spam inviting me to a game I just woke up man 😭

[muted plaza]

No way ppl are crying about the exchange, we are getting free stuff and its not good for them bruh

The rates of getting SP are not THAT bad but I wish we would get like 50/match or sumthing so youd get more for spamming games

[keen mountain]

guys could chief defeat khan makyr

[worthy crown]

The new spartan credit is a scam

It would take you playing every day for the ENTIRE 6 week operation for you to get ONE coating

And the offers expire after 6 weeks. you can't get anything

[hard crane]

Turns out playing and getting credits to buy cosmetics for no real life money is a scam

You modern gamers are spoiled as hell, I swear

Person above me won't survive 2 weeks of WoW

[muted plaza]

Oh no, there is ONE, a SINGULAR coating which is expensive

The rest are 10k or less, there are stuff for as low as 750

[worthy crown]

go touch grass lmao, I was talking about the overly greedy 343 shop

[hard crane]

Best thing you could've said to prove my point

[muted plaza]

Ill def get the banana charm lol, its like 3.3k if I remember right

[worthy crown]

Niceeee

[obsidian wyvern]

take that back

[obsidian wyvern]

🤨

[candid tusk]

What can you say? People are strange.

[modern river]

You found someone else using the Copy Pasta, congrats.

he isnt the OP.

😉

[obsidian wyvern]

it was just at a very similar time so i was curious

[fickle drift]

I launch a razorback full of marines off the ring every time i play (am i sped asf?)

[civic walrus]

you may be speedy

[cedar spruce]

Can you really only get 2,750 Spartan points per week?

That seems a little low compared to the costs of the items in shop

But I mean I guess they still have to entice people to actually buy the items with money so I see how it goes I guess

[steady jolt]

Around 6.5k per week is what I'm reading so far, 26k per month

[cedar spruce]

The stuff I saw must’ve been off then. 6.5k is pretty good at least

[buoyant pier]

how?

[obsidian wyvern]

doesn't give u much to work with is the problem

[ocean herald]

6.5k seems high. iirc there is 15k SP in the operation pass. you can get 250 SP daily, and 1000 SP with the weekly. so per week you can only achieve 2750

[normal owl]

🎵 It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. 🎄

[steady jolt]

Oh, I took the 26k and quartered it. Hadn't actually seen the numbers behind it

Complete 1 game every day - 7k
Complete every weekly - 4k
Complete Operation Pass - 15k

[obsidian wyvern]

1 game every day would be put to like 30k

oh wait my bad, ignore me. forgot it was 250 a day, not 1k

[candid tusk]

Juxtaposed with the Fire Warning we had yesterday, it's a little funny.

[ocean herald]

excluding the operation pass, you can get roughly 11.5k in a month. you'll be able to get 1-3 items in the exchange if you go for the most expensive stuff.

[candid tusk]

Doesn't feel very casual friendly, but eh. We'll see what the real numbers are either next week or in a blogpost this week hopefully.

[steady jolt]

Pricing may change before launch and will almost certainly be adjusted post

[ocean herald]

given a lot of the feedback i've seen so far, i wouldn't be surprised. i'd personally like to see maybe a little SP given per match

[candid tusk]

The feedback we've seen so far has been more thrashing about. lol

[normal owl]

I didn't get that, must be a northern LP thing that I just wouldn't understand.

[candid tusk]

True.

[obsidian wyvern]

because I don't think it actually makes much sense lol

now you can pick what you want which is good, but the point of the exchange was to get old items as well

with the numbers we're seeing, you won't even be able to grab all the new items before they rotate out, forget catching up on the ones you've missed

[candid tusk]

It being rotational is my only ~real~ complaint honestly.

[obsidian wyvern]

yeah if it was a catalogue then I think it'd have been better received, but the numbers are still low

[ocean herald]

this also makes me think, why not just bundle these items in a pass and sell them for $10 😔

[obsidian wyvern]

that too

there wouldn't be a problem if those new items were put into the op

[worldly sedge]

Wasn’t the MCC exchange also rotational????

A weekly rotational if I can recall

[fickle drift]

It is aye

[pulsar cobalt]

It would 100% be better of as a catalogue and earning SP with each match would make it so much better

[worldly sedge]

Also Fortnite’s shop is rotational, so just wait for the item you want and don’t worry about it missing

[normal owl]

Also the earth is rotational.

[obsidian wyvern]

but it's easy to get points in mcc

[fickle drift]

I'm still waiting for Mirage(?) to come back into the exchange

[candid tusk]

Fortnite isn't a good guide to use for anything. lol

[fickle drift]

And some of the H2:A stuff

[obsidian wyvern]

and idk who praises fortnites rotational shop

you legit do worry about missing stuff lol

[normal owl]

like almost a fear of missing out on it

[obsidian wyvern]

their battle passes expire and skins don't come back for years if ever

[normal owl]

[candid tusk]

If I didn't know any better, I'd say that sounds downright psychologically predatory.

[pulsar cobalt]

You can't even complete some of the xp armour stuff anymore on the skins

[obsidian wyvern]

yep I've got skins without complete sets

[pulsar cobalt]

Epic would make so much money if they allowed people to buy old passes

[worldly sedge]

I didn’t say I praise it, I just pointed out how weekly/daily they rotate their items in the shop. Also sucks that Chief won’t come back forever. The game definitely has a lot of FOMO and used to have Dark Patterns. This is why Halo Infinite’s season/operations model needs to be innovated because it allows newcomers or active players to go back and complete past events when they don’t have the time.

[normal owl]

Dark Patterns? Is that a mtx thing I'm not aware of?

[worldly sedge]

Used to be when someone hits a button, the game tricks them into buying something they didn’t mean to but suffice buy it anyway like how Diablo IV was.

[fickle drift]

Like they lack the confirm to purchase pop-up, that kind of thing
I think OW2 had it as well

[obsidian wyvern]

weren't they sued for that

infinite has that too with it's bugs

[foggy shell]

Thank you for the ping upgrades 343 its been running smooth as butter lately

[kind axle]

I’m playing halo infinite LASO

is it possible? For a non sweaty human

[civic cradle]

Very unlikely

[obsidian wyvern]

yes

the suggestions are get the tank gun or get the rushdown hammer when u unlock that side of the map

[kind axle]

Thanks 🙏🏿

Back to suffering I go

[winter flame]

sketch said they would adjust things based on feedback

these are free rewards regardless, they arent pricing them to be annoying

they just want it to be a rewarding level of grind

[civic cradle]

It takes at least 1 month and a half to change anything

It will release like that, and it will remain like that for the entire operation

[kind axle]

yippee

[civic cradle]

It was designed like that for player retention, nothing more

[winter flame]

yes but if the grind isn't rewarding, people wont do it

so making it too grindy doesnt retain more players lol

[amber mirage]

It was most likely also designed in a way to make players who have some of the old stuff not feel like new players are unlocking the stuff they had to get for significantly less effort.

[long halo]

Hello everyone

[normal owl]

Ok now you've gone mad.

[kind axle]

Welcome Spartan

[winter flame]

i dont even think it's that bad. you can get the 30,000 SP in 2 weeks right?

[long halo]

Thanks

[winter flame]

the SP are at the start of the operation pass, you get 20,000 from ultimate reward, you get 250 daily so you if you play a bit most days you're getting a ton of points from that

2 weeks doesnt seem that bad to me but idk

[kind axle]

I have no clue what they’re talking bout rn

[winter flame]

before you got a reward in 1 week, but you also couldnt bank that grind

[long halo]

I'm trying to figure that out as well

[round laurel]

I thought it was 1k from the capstone?

[winter flame]

oh that's where my maths is failing lol

yeah 1k should be like 5k or 10k

[jade walrus]

That’s a lot of spartan points

[jade walrus]

I’ve still been grinding for the mark vi armor

Overall it is a long grind but it definitely isn’t as long as the MCC grind

[winter flame]

MCC exchange doesnt rotate the featured items and probs never will

so that game actually has an impossible 100%

which is annoying when its a paid game

i dont even care about the items, just the fact I have spartan points and there's items i havent unlocked, yet they wont let me spend those points on the items

[jade walrus]

Performance on the halo infinite pc port and framerate are just like “we trade one villain for another”, somehow xbox has better frames than my pc despite being lower specs… what is this wizardry.

Hopefully pc stability is fixed soon

[winter flame]

it just depends on your system i think

i know the thread utilisation issues weren't an issue on my Ryzen 7600

there's also probs memory bottlenecks if your on DDR4

[jade walrus]

Nvidia issue prob because I have an RTX 3060

[winter flame]

what CPU

3060 should be alright

[jade walrus]

Intel 5600i iirc

[winter flame]

you sure? a 5th gen Intel CPU is pretty old

2015 old lol

[obsidian wyvern]

she was saying her CPU was old a while back

[winter flame]

my GPU is slower then the RTX3060 and i hit 160fps @56% of 1440p

[ocean herald]

Is your fps capped? I’ve seen issues sometimes if you don’t cap it

[pulsar heron]

yeah with a 5th gen intel you might want to consider capping if you arent already. 5th gen intel vs rtx 3060 is a crazy bottleneck

generally capping around your average fps is wise. sometimes you can squeeze out a bit more performance and get higher avg fps by capping closer to your current average since your hardware wont be trying to push for unlimited/higher than the bottleneck can handle

[wild sleet]

Can we unalive any existing OneFlag modes in Infinite please, thankyou

[pulsar heron]

you can say kill here. its okay.

[winter flame]

honestly its more that the game will just feel terrible hitting a CPU bottleneck regardless of what the average is

[smoky token]

@obsidian wyvern

[obsidian wyvern]

@smoky token

[wild sleet]

I was being creative

[smoky token]

[pulsar heron]

that is true, but there's still ways to make it feel better even if its... not actually better

[smoky token]

did you see

the new trailer

for the new netflix movie

[obsidian wyvern]

for

[hard crane]

Prep for JLOfall

[obsidian wyvern]

oh.. yeah

[smoky token]

[hard crane]

...at least it has Simu Liu

[smoky token]

i don’t care

[winter flame]

Titanfall 3

[hard crane]

I do, Shang Chi rocks

[smoky token]

it’s AI generated slop trained on Titanfall

[candid tusk]

What is the name of the movie?

[pulsar heron]

oh no what movie is this

[smoky token]

Atlas

[hard crane]

Oh yeah, for sure
But that's probably the best part about it

[pulsar heron]

oh thank god you had me worried it was an actual titanfall thing

[analog knot]

Built a PC for my wife who enjoys simulators and relatively simple games. Then she tried Fortnite and wanted to be able to play it with every setting as high as possible on 240hz, but oh yeah also she needs the smallest computer possible with no noise 😭

[hard crane]

It's the closet we'll ever get for an actual Titanfall thing

[smoky token]

go watch the trailer and you’ll understand why it still sucks

sullying Titanfall’s good name

[hard crane]

Huh I just realized

[winter flame]

how can a trailer actually be that bad though? like who would watch that and actually watch the movie?

cant they at least make it look not as bad as it is?

[hard crane]

Netflix has more Titanfall in their DNA than Respawn

[smoky token]

Even I don’t get more than 50 fps on max settings in fortnite

[hard crane]

I'll do it for the laughs

[pulsar heron]

this may come as a shock to anybody who's seen me say to play titanfall 2... i actually dont want a titanfall 3. i just dont think it would be handled/go down well. community's too hyped for anything respawn would actually do with the core titanfall universe. not that i particularly trust respawn to do it justice anyway

[hard crane]

Oh trust me, not a single sane Titanfall fan wants TF3 nowdays

[pulsar heron]

this thumbnail alone makes me feel. bad.

[smoky token]

good thing most of us are insane

[candid solar]

Ah, Half-Life problem.

[candid tusk]

It looks like a good movie to kick back on the couch with a group of buds and laugh about, but then somehow get sucked into the plot and actually end up really liking it.

[winter flame]

They should just get Dice to give up on Battlefield and make Titanfall 3 in Frostbite 😄

[candid solar]

I actually want Titanfall 3. Except I want it to crash and burn for similar reasons to 2.

[winter flame]

i should probs /s that

[smoky token]

Titanfall can’t be done outside Source

[hard crane]

Just Jennifer Lopez holding onto her last moments of being relevant

[smoky token]

I actually forgot Titanfall was an EA game ngl

[candid tusk]

Yo. Titanfall 3 with proper battlefield destruction from the olden days of Bad Company would be great.

[hard crane]

Bruh

Take everything related to frostbite and throw it into a fireplace

[analog knot]

Squeezed a 13900/4070TI in a mini-itx. It gets the job done but $$$

[winter flame]

honestly other then destruction im not sure frostbite has a lot going for it these days

[smoky token]

Source can do good destruction as well

See: Half Life Alyx

[pulsar heron]

oh you guys werent kidding huh

that is titanfall: the movie

[hard crane]

I'm sorry you had to see this

Netflix nowdays is literally being written by Chat GPT being fed video games scripts

[smoky token]

it has mechs and some names from titanfall

it is NOT titanfall

mechs that fall from the sky…

[winter flame]

the suit being an AI

[smoky token]

titans…

[hard crane]

Wait, what names does it have from Titanfall

[obsidian wyvern]

what

[pulsar heron]

atlas is a tfall1 titan i believe

[smoky token]

you know how chatgpt sometimes takes random information like names and just throws it into random places

[hard crane]

...you do know why 2 failed to capture audience yeah?

[hard crane]

Ohhhhhh yeah.
I'm gonna go cry for a bit.

[winter flame]

EA

[pulsar heron]

and nah there's a lot of titanfall cues in there. definitely see it being a case of chatgpt being fed titanfall lore and asked to change the names

[candid solar]

Congrats, you correctly deduced what I meant.

[hard crane]

Partially, turned out few years ago that dumb Respawn knew about how they're gonna get sandwiched and chose to keep their date

[hard crane]

I'm just trying to make sure, because 2 is genuinely a good game, both theoretically and technically

[smoky token]

still one of the most fun games i’ve played

[candid tusk]

Titanfall lore is Greek mythology though. Atlas took from there and arrived at a similar place is all.

[obsidian wyvern]

wait it's actually AI slop?

[smoky token]

Hell, my original username was named after Titanfall

[smoky token]

written by none other than ChatGPT

[obsidian wyvern]

bruh

[hard crane]

Prepare for Titanfall 😭

[ocean herald]

I never played titanfall 2. Was it a lot better than 1?

[candid tusk]

I wouldn't go that far. There are plenty of movies from before ChatGPT times that have scripts just as bad if not worse.

[hard crane]

YES.

[ocean herald]

Why titanfall and not titanstandup?

[candid solar]

Correct.

I greatly enjoyed playing it.

[hard crane]

I'm gonna have to play again for a week straight, right?

[ocean herald]

I own it, I’ll try it out tonight

[candid tusk]

I'd say Titanclimb, but that's Shadow of the Collosus.

[hard crane]

In another universe lazy battlefield crashed and burned and EA invested everything in Titanfall.

[obsidian wyvern]

YESS

[pulsar heron]

no, no, i'm talking more about stuff like the "you have to trust me" thing, the "chosen one" thing. mc being stubborn and the ai being sarcastic. specific lines feel like if it had just been one line then it couldve been considered a nod to titanfall but because theres so many it feels like a very near copy. theres a lot of titanfall dna in that trailer

[candid tusk]

That already happened in ours. Apex.

[worldly sedge]

Y’all wanna talk about TF3 don’t forget that Battlefront 3 will and never will happen. It’s cursed. That series is so cursed and a failure. How can people mess up rereleasing twenty year old games onto modern platforms and put in unnecessary gigabytes of storage?

[obsidian wyvern]

wait on pc?

[ocean herald]

Is it cross play?

[hard crane]

What is Apex? I don't know what you're talking about.
There's no such thing as Apex.

[pulsar heron]

nope ):

[obsidian wyvern]

nah :(

[smoky token]

it was confirmed somewhere, can’t find the source

[exotic bramble]

Morning

[worldly sedge]

Epic fail of 2024

[ocean herald]

You have it on pc?

I might have it through game pass on pc

[candid tusk]

Eh, quips are in with the modern action film.

[ocean herald]

I know I own it on PlayStation and Xbox

[hard crane]

If anyone plan buying/playing TF2 on PC, make sure you install Northstar launcher first

[pulsar heron]

gamepass pc gives you ea access, its on there

[candid solar]

I wonder if Chat GPT would write a better or worse Halo 3.

[smoky token]

how recently did you play Titanfall 2’s campaign?

[obsidian wyvern]

nah I play it on xbox

[candid tusk]

Been a few years now.

[smoky token]

hell, the mechs are even named “arc suits” like dude come on

that’s classic chatgpt taking information and remixing it

[pulsar heron]

you do still have to use the ea app, but gamepass for pc (or ultimate) gives you tfall2 (ultimate gives you it on both platforms)

[hard crane]

I'm depressed.
Why aren't we getting a Titanfall movie? Pacific Rim was literally a thing, just do it again!

[candid tusk]

Pacific Rim 2 may even be made some day.

[amber mirage]

It's still a pretty bold claim to say it's written by AI without proper evidence

[ocean herald]

I’ll install it and try and play sometime

[hard crane]

Electric boogaloo.

[worldly sedge]

Also unsubscribed from Mint Blitz, can’t stand the comment section or the overly critical videos.

[hard crane]

Have you seen the trailer?

[worldly sedge]

Anyways, it’s Wednesday my bros 🐸

[winter flame]

i hate Wednesday

[exotic bramble]

I stubbed my toe so my day is already bad

[amber mirage]

I have. There's a lot of Titanfall influence, which the director has stated in interviews, like in https://www.gamesradar.com/atlas-netflix-jennifer-lopez-sci-fi-movie-brad-peyton-director-interview/.
I don't think it's enough to say outright plagiarism.

[obsidian wyvern]

I mean the trailer looked bad but I couldn't tell it was ai generated dialogue

[hard crane]

So you've seen the trailer and you rather think we stoop sow low that a human came up with that

[winter flame]

i cant tell if you're AI generated dialogue

[amber mirage]

You seem to have more faith in humanity's intelligence than me. Good on you.

[hard crane]

Y'all are AI generated dialogues and do not exist, I am within the Matrix

[obsidian wyvern]

I will leak your dialogue

[winter flame]

meow

[pulsar heron]

to be clear: i'm not saying i think the script was straight copied out of some LLM, but i do think its plausible the initial draft was

[hard crane]

😐

[obsidian wyvern]

in MP3 format

[candid tusk]

There are a lot of bad movies. Netflix originals, Sci-Fi channel originals, etc... Be glad you haven't watched them. lol

[worldly sedge]

Moonfall

[amber mirage]

Sometimes, it's nice to see bad things to make you appreciate good things more.

[candid tusk]

Occasionally correct.

[hard crane]

What if I told you I have

[pulsar heron]

gf and i started going to watch movies on the specific premise that they're bad. they usually end up being a fun time

[ocean herald]

i'm looking at the description of the movie and it seems like a crossover between titanfall and that old movie call "stealth". same premise at least

imdb of stealth https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0382992/

[candid tusk]

It's time for you to watch "2 Lava 2 Lantula"

[hard crane]

Have you seen the Nicolas Cage movie where he's playing himself and has to go to Padro Pascal's BDparty?

[candid tusk]

Stealth was baller.

[pulsar heron]

copshop, i believe it was called, was a good example of this. not a great film, but had a great time watching it

[pulsar heron]

YES. my gf loves nic cage and the film was silly (:

[hard crane]

Now THAT is a bad movie done right.

[pulsar heron]

i do like that we're getting goodbad movies. self aware bad films are fun

[hard crane]

Like, it's so bad it's good

Unlike that horrible Will Smith where a younger clone of himself trying to assassinate his older self.

[smoky token]

god, stealth sucked so much

legitimately one of the worst movies i’ve ever had the displeasure of experiencing

[muted rose]

Ill never forget starship troopers 3

Or any Blair witch knockoffs

That trope is so, so stupid

[wild sleet]

Wrong channel lol

[ocean herald]

yeah i didn't particularly like it

[candid solar]

Wait. Really? Arc Suits?

[normal owl]

Like that Labyrinth movie: genuinely so enjoyable despite being janky.

[normal owl]

"Stand by for arc-suit-fall" doesn't have the same ring to it.

[obsidian wyvern]

those 2 Titanfall moments in the game, especially the first one where you have a battle with just the titans was so so good

[split loom]

@vital light Death Island?

[steady jolt]

This is legitimately the best name for a film sequel in the history of film sequels. Just when you thought they couldn't top "Lavalantula"

[normal owl]

2 Fast 2 Furious lost the crown on that one

[obsidian wyvern]

forever the biggest fumble for a movie sequel name will be now you see me's

[normal owl]

Speaking of lava, did you all see those pictures of the volcano erupting right against the backdrop of the Aurora Borealis?

[obsidian wyvern]

idk if it's the one you're on about but aegis posted a pic of one

[normal owl]

This one?

[obsidian wyvern]

it may have just been an explosion

yeah I was wrong, that's sick

[normal owl]

That's like a nature photography moment of a lifetime

[steady jolt]

#general-chat message

[normal owl]

WOWWWWWWWWWWW

Wow wow wow wow

[steady jolt]

There's a video around that link as well

[pulsar heron]

woah

[ocean herald]

makes me think of reach

[steady jolt]

#general-chat message

[rare cedar]

That’s happening all because stckr didn’t recycle their plastic lid

[steady jolt]

[obsidian wyvern]

I thought me using paper straws would prevent this

[normal owl]

Soggy Stix? They do nothing.

[obsidian wyvern]

idk about over there, but they've banned major supermarkets/brands from selling plastic straws here

[candid tusk]

Probably for the best.

[obsidian wyvern]

https://twitter.com/Fallout/status/1782857894574088239?t=fmqRQ1cMWNdHN6XK1jbkPQ&s=19

Fallout (@Fallout) on X

...and almost five million across all Fallout games in a single day!⚡

Twitter · Apr 23, 2024, 7:43 PM

I get sad seeing their numbers

[candid tusk]

Don't be sad, celebrate successes. They can be used as inspiration for other series'.

It's super helpful that Fallout does not have a main protagonist across games and media. If Fallout had their own Master Chief, it could have turned out poorly.

[granite sky]

pretty close to mordor

[winter flame]

bit odd they didnt get the fallout 4 patch out in time for the show

[granite sky]

oops ping i forgot again srry

[winter flame]

people will be downloading mods and stuff not to realise its about to all be broken

[elfin glacier]

smh LAZY modders not keeping up with patches

just push the update mod button

[normal owl]

Outstanding opening line
"Several of the king’s horses and a few of his men sparked chaos on this capital’s streets Wednesday when members of the Household Cavalry lost their mounts, allowing the animals to gallop through rush-hour traffic, careering into cabs and double-decker buses while being pursued by police over several miles."

[obsidian wyvern]

oh yeah there's a few pics of them around London lol

they even had to bring the army to catch them

[candid tusk]

🥅 🐎

[elfin glacier]

goalhors

[obsidian wyvern]

https://twitter.com/Fallout/status/1782801665424310476?t=VJCDw5uMVDAd4X9NA4KlCw&s=19

for any playing

Fallout (@Fallout) on X

Giddyup Buttercup - be sure to claim your West Coast Duster Outfit free for all Fallout 1st members! #Fallout76

Don't forget to share your best photos with us!

Twitter · Apr 23, 2024, 4:00 PM

[candid tusk]

Fallout 1st members.

[elfin glacier]

fallout 2nd members btfo

[candid tusk]

Gotta get that ~Premium~ wastelanding.

[smoky token]

why?

[worldly sedge]

Fallout is back

[candid tusk]

For sure. I've even actually gone through the drudgery of getting Tale of Two Wastelands working to combine Fallout 3 and New Vegas. Definitely enjoying the additional mods in the pack as well. Sprinting has saved me tremendously, but it has also lead me to run into situations I was not prepared for, such as minefields... 💥

[pure hollow]

Only 4 is getting updates right? Not 76?

[candid tusk]

76 has been receiving constant updates.

[pure hollow]

I mean a “current gen” update. Or has that already been a thing?

[candid tusk]

That I couldn't tell you. With it being an online MMO the needs are probably very different.

[ocean herald]

yeah 76 is live service

4 was/is getting a next gen update that has alot of the modding community upset since it's going to break things

[candid tusk]

It's never a lot of people in the grand bucket.

[pure hollow]

Some of their mods probably did a lot more to update and create better visuals than the official update will

[candid tusk]

No doubt about it, mods are wild. The people who care about being current will have them updated within the week of patch drop, as they always did when every other Bethesda game was receiving normal updates.

[ocean herald]

the update is moreso for the general audience (those that don't play with mods). if you're on ps5/xbox you'll get 60fps and increased resolutions

[pure hollow]

I never did finish 4. I wonder if this will change that

[candid tusk]

That'll depend on why you dropped it to begin with.

[pure hollow]

Yeah, I drowned myself in side quests and creating settlements, never finished the main storyline

And I’m a huge scavenger. I run out of places to sell my stuff

I guess I only have myself to blame bogging myself down

[winter flame]

it has a next gen aware update for 60fps

[pure hollow]

Oh cool, will it run 4K by any chance?

[winter flame]

probably if not close to it

[candid solar]

Actually it just explodes your graphics card

[winter flame]

i'll probably try it out since Prime gave it away

[obsidian wyvern]

we could've had those numbers

[smoky token]

will what run 4k

[winter flame]

76 on Xbox

from what i've read it was 4k but it had performance issues

so i wouldnt be supprised if they lowered it to 1800p or something

[elfin glacier]

I'll explode yuore graphics card

[elfin glacier]

@hasty zinc https://shop.jazwares.com/products/master-chief-halo-4 i assume you probably know already

peak design

[rustic jackal]

Any halo reach gods?

I want to know how long it would take for an average player to hit max rank on halo reach 😭

[analog knot]

Are you referring to Inheritor (OG Reach)?

[rustic jackal]

Yessir 😄

[livid oyster]

A long time

[rustic jackal]

In years?

Like an average player playing everyday how many years would it take

[normal owl]

I would say greater than zero years.

[analog knot]

Its much harder to answer b/c my understanding is w/ multiplayer offline for OG you'd only be able to get the offline XP each day, right?

[rustic jackal]

Yessir without multiplayer

[livid oyster]

If you play every day all day it would take about a year

[elfin glacier]

without multiplayer

i hope you have a few years free

[livid oyster]

But literally all day

[analog knot]

https://www.reddit.com/r/halo/comments/18x49te/after_a_year_of_grinding_almost_every_day_i/

Here was someone who did it recently, said it took a year.

[rustic jackal]

☠️

[analog knot]

To be fair even with multiplayer it took a while. I did it twice, but that was so long ago IDK how many games it was.

[rustic jackal]

I told my friend to try and get it

[rustic jackal]

Yeah no same, he made fun of me for being bad at console apparently I told him talk to me once you’ve hit max rank on halo reach

Because I thought it’s a flex, is it?

[rustic jackal]

😭

[elfin glacier]

reminds me of Dungeon Siege's leveling

[analog knot]

Max Rank in MCC takes considerably longer. But people could easily say its simply a reflection of time played and not indicative of skill, no?

[rustic jackal]

Aw damn it 😭 its pretty rare finding max ranked halo reach players so I thought I was good 😔

[elfin glacier]

https://dungeonsiege.fandom.com/wiki/Character_Leveling_and_Spell_Guide#Exponents_and_Grind

posted this before but

Subsequent levels in the 100's take truly extreme amounts of effort. If a player cleared the Elite-mode Volcanic Caverns three times daily, it would take four thousand years to become a Grand High Siegemaster (150 in all four disciplines). But it is unclear whether the game can actually track experience gains for high-level characters properly. A Level 146 character, whose experience totals are only saved in increments of 10 billion, might not get any experience at all for fighting unmodded monsters.

[rustic jackal]

Come on surely some skill was needed?

[elfin glacier]

@livid oyster

[analog knot]

Above average, sure. I've played some really bad birds in MCC though lol

[rustic jackal]

🔥 I’m above average lets go

Ngl console got boring I play CODM now ☠️ tbf I have a very outdated console 😔 that’s why

[livid oyster]

Yo wtf lol

[elfin glacier]

Max rank in of itself maybe not, but the speed at which you get it, sure

[livid oyster]

Why would they make it that challenging. You’ll have to pass that character off in your will

[rustic jackal]

Ah 😔 I have everything in store unlocked?

[elfin glacier]

forget a will you need to establish a multi-millennia dynasty

[analog knot]

In MCC? Lies! 🙂

[rustic jackal]

I’m officially a self proclaimed halo god ☠️

[rustic jackal]

OG Halo reach 😭 why is mcc really that much harder?

[analog knot]

It was a joke b/c there is still an unreleased item in MCC. Hoping by 2030 they realize and make it available.

[rustic jackal]

I’m not even SURPRISED, they’ve gone downhill

But can I call myself a halo reach god if I’ve unlocked every item in halo reach? (And own it too)

[amber mirage]

Godhood is reserved for those who best other gods in mortal duels

[rustic jackal]

Oh Halo reach tho smh

[polar chasm]

Is gruntpocalypse a part of Regular Firefight now?

[amber mirage]

Well, you better find a Halo Reach god and challenge them if you want to earn the title

[hearty gulch]

Gm everyone

Why’s my name is uniqueSeal

A

[ocean herald]

did you have an emoji in your name?

[normal owl]

Because there is no other seal in the world quite like you. 🦭

[heavy idol]

Hey so how do we all feel about next weeks update? Does anybody see it as a good or is just a watered down version of what we were all hoping for?

[fickle drift]

Just had someone complaining about a wacky gametype while playing Action Sack lmao

[polar chasm]

I'm guessing this is just temporary lol, it caught me off guard when I entered a gruntpocalypse match. Probably should be different playlists

[winged grail]

still depressed by no new vehicles or weapons in the new infinite update 🔫

[full flicker]

yo

[frigid drift]

so keen for a new weapon or vehicle 🤞if it ever happens

[hearty gulch]

Womp womp

[normal owl]

*Bwomp Bwomp

[hearty gulch]

🥸

[hard crane]

Shwort Shwort?

[hearty gulch]

Forp forp

Anywho

[muted plaza]

in the next halo maybe...

[candid tusk]

Infinite needs Elites so we can play Dino Blasters.

[normal owl]

Yes, pliable elites, as mentioned prior.

[lofty chasm]

Any ideas which armor coating will work for the true grunt mule armor set

[normal owl]

What an amazing day: only one direct consult call and it was this morning. I feel great.

Wait, I have one at EOD too.

[amber mirage]

I love taking calls in my EOD helmet

[hard crane]

I noticed how the less I interact with people during my day, the smoother it goes

[ocean herald]

It’s still in the queue for firefight but it’s not the focus anymore

[polar chasm]

Ahhh gotcha

[normal owl]

It just imbues you with more confidence: enclothed cognition.

[normal owl]

I love being left alone at work. It's sublime.

[hard crane]

"Work alone" featuring Attorney, a movie which for 90 min attorney is incredibly calm and work peacefully

[normal owl]

Like those "Fireplace" videos on Netflix or Max.
And it's actually a thing that workplaces do: have everyone who is working remotely log on and simply work on their own while on camera. Apparently it helps with feelings of isolation by remote workers. I wouldn't enjoy it, but apparently a lot of people do.

[candid tusk]

It helps to invoke feelings of Big Brother watching you.

[hard crane]

Have you seen that community episode where these bunch of convinced prisoners start learning at Greendale remotely with these tablets stuck to brooms on wheels?

[normal owl]

hahaha oh yeah!

[hard crane]

So sort of something like this.

[normal owl]

"ayyyyy"

[faint mantle]

I don't know why but this sticker seems absurdly funny to me

[elfin glacier]

something something setpiece iconic

[polar chasm]

So it might be removed next week?

[obsidian wyvern]

in what part of the sentence did he say that lol

[ocean herald]

i don't know if they said how long it'll stay

[amber mirage]

Permanently, hopefully.

They actually made Gruntpocalypse engaging

Back in Reach, it was just what you did for easy mindless farming.

[obsidian wyvern]

I liked the reach one a lot more idk why

[ocean herald]

i did too

something about the reach dmr & grunt birthday party skull was perfect for me

[obsidian wyvern]

https://vxtwitter.com/TheInsiderPaper/status/1782769796498514079?t=9BA-sDwousmMfGbRWHYGew&s=19

..why would this be publicly available to buy

[hybrid dragon]

plasma pistol is getting it's emp back

now it's actually useful

[normal owl]

Uhhhhhh general public?

[obsidian wyvern]

yeah.

[fickle drift]

Doesn't seem like the brightest idea

[amber mirage]

I don't know. Those fires look pretty bright to me

[normal owl]

Actually the flame burns pretty bright.

Same brain!

[amber mirage]

That joke was pretty fire

[normal owl]

Got people heated they're so jealous.

[amber mirage]

Burning with envy

[obsidian wyvern]

https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1782845295941886283?t=wsSALe1JCV9dOeZNJmovYw&s=19

guess it's a good time to start

DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) on X

‘SHOGUN’ has ended today.

Thoughts on the series?

Twitter · Apr 23, 2024, 6:53 PM

[ocean herald]

i finished it. it was GREAT

[obsidian wyvern]

having everything just there is nice

[obsidian wyvern]

gonna recommend another show they made called the bear

(I need more people to watch it so I'm guaranteed more seasons)

[exotic bramble]

Hi

[ocean herald]

what streaming is it on?

[normal owl]

oh man that one was too intense for me. Just like an emotional pressure cooker the whole first couple episodes. I felt like I had to step outside to breathe.

[obsidian wyvern]

Disney+ and maybe hulu

[obsidian wyvern]

yeah it is very intense, that's what made it so good

and then season 2 fools you with a couple of relaxed episodes at the start and then sends you into one worse than anything in s1

https://vxtwitter.com/GerryMcBride/status/1721537974502904214?t=UkNV-95Zns617vFOHZcIvA&s=19

[ocean herald]

oh i had heard about that. it didn't immediately appeal to me because it was about cooking lol

[obsidian wyvern]

same, I wasn't gonna watch it because it's way outside of the stuff I watch but it was still a banger, I'd legit give it a 9.5 or 10/10

[normal owl]

I definitely believe it's excellent, I just personally couldn't bear to watch it.

They really cooked with that show.

[obsidian wyvern]

https://vxtwitter.com/verge/status/1783064517041168594?t=mqHYJvzZRU2bEfjOxoNIiA&s=19

W10 stays winning

[pulsar heron]

i dont even use the start menu anymore

[amber mirage]

Honestly, ever since 10, it kinda lost its purpose for me. Searching is just faster most of the time.

I only ever open it to access the power settings for a shutdown.

[modest gyro]

Question: when does the new exchange open

[amber mirage]

Next week

[modest gyro]

Thanks!

[obsidian wyvern]

yeah it's just easier to hit the win key and search for the app

[stray tartan]

Jul mdama

[obsidian wyvern]

I had to see this so you do too
https://vxtwitter.com/Zee_Naught/status/1783157805949550946?t=RWCLKydz3sh_hKXdJ-_G_g&s=19

[amber mirage]

I'm remembering the days back when search was useless on Windows

[amber mirage]

Unbalanced map

[obsidian wyvern]

truee

[muted plaza]

I hate the splatter an enemy weekly

[obsidian wyvern]

I think I jumped from xp to win10 so it was a nice feature

[amber mirage]

Should've been splatter a teammate instead

[obsidian wyvern]

[amber mirage]

I think 10 is when search became usable

It was the dark ages before

[obsidian wyvern]

do you prefer 11 by any chance

[amber mirage]

There's things I prefer. Overall, they're kinda minor pros and cons between 10 and 11.

[normal owl]

https://youtu.be/ijRTCo3an8A

[obsidian wyvern]

which one do you use at home lol

[amber mirage]

I use both technically

[obsidian wyvern]

seeing the thumbnail itself already got the sounds in my head

[amber mirage]

My personal PC is 11, work is 10

[obsidian wyvern]

ah

[amber mirage]

I'm using both right now simultaneously

[normal owl]

and you're a 10/10

[obsidian wyvern]

oh yeah I forgot work is at home too lol

[amber mirage]

Calendar for sure is better on 10

File Explorer is better on 11

[normal owl]

oh heck yeah it is. It's amazing.

[obsidian wyvern]

searching on W10 file explorer sucks

[amber mirage]

That didn't get better

[obsidian wyvern]

oh welp

[amber mirage]

But now you can have multiple tabs, so it makes it a little easier

[normal owl]

The snap-to-grid feature alone was worth the switch. I use it constantly.

[amber mirage]

Plus dark mode

[normal owl]

and how it remembers way better what your arrangement was for a specific external monitor

I plug my laptops into 3 different pairs of external monitors throughout my week, and it remembers mostly where everything is supposed to be.

[obsidian wyvern]

that snap feature is pretty clean from what I've seen, but I don't like any of the UI for the most part

[normal owl]

Honestly, snap-to-grid and its improved ability to remember your layout on external monitors are worth the upgrade alone. Huge QOL upgrade, not to mention tabbing File Explorer.

[round laurel]

You can turn this off thankfully.

[winter flame]

they should just add a toggle to go straight to all apps

[pulsar heron]

i want w11 to get the ability to lock apps to certain virtual desktops. its a feature i miss from mac os

[round laurel]

Yeah.

I use the start menu all the time, especially since they allowed you to create folders. I don't think I've used my desktop for launching apps in W11 ever.
I'm still hoping they eventually launch an update that allows automated light / dark theme switching depending on sunrise / sunset.

[cinder dune]

real

[winter flame]

i should probs just organise all my apps into folders

literally havent pinned/unpinned anything

[elfin glacier]

me rocking those features and more since the mid 2010s
KDE my beloved

[elfin glacier]

i wish i could agree about the layout thing, it's been inconsistent for me if it saves layouts or not

[normal owl]

ah shoot sorry to hear. Hopefully it'll improve throughout its life cycle.

[bronze breach]

Me trying to get into the interviewer good books by sending a thank you for the opportunity email 👍

[midnight lotus]

im coming back to the community after awhile what is everyone playing rn?

[candid solar]

Halo

[midnight lotus]

🤦‍♂️

[candid solar]

Hey you're in a Halo server, of course people are gonna be playing Halo

[wide heron]

whats a good game mode for pvp ... will let the chat decide

[midnight lotus]

i meant what halo lol

[wide heron]

oh my bad .. halo infinite

[candid solar]

I install halo 2 5 times a day so that I can refulfill the joy of uninstalling it again

[wide heron]

[midnight lotus]

thank you‼️

[obsidian wyvern]

why doesnt my punch do this

[bronze breach]

Rev dont u have exams next month lol

[candid tusk]

Search and Destroy.

[lapis ivy]

Lol

[obsidian wyvern]

next week

[bronze breach]

Stop playing and more studying

[obsidian wyvern]

good advice, I'm not gonna listen because I'm stupid

[distant mirage]

this is so real

[bronze breach]

Nah I'm sure your smart. Does first year count for you though?

[obsidian wyvern]

just have to pass

I've been meaning to start for a while but I just keep putting it off

[maiden granite]

im seeing on reddit that apparently halo infinite support is gonna end or something? isnt this supposed to be the halo game of the next 10 years?

[fickle drift]

If you haven't heard it from 343 then assume it's false

[round laurel]

It's just people's opinions.
There hasn't been anything official, and a new update comes out next week.

[maiden granite]

ah cool

this is like the only alive halo game currently so i would be very dissapointed it content was cut, mcc doesnt have that much players

[pulsar cobalt]

Okay this is good

[obsidian wyvern]

where's the blog

[fickle drift]

I mean MCC has both higher current and daily peak players than Infinite on Steam right now
Might be an Xbox side thing

[pulsar cobalt]

https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/welcome-to-the-exchange

[elfin glacier]

across 6 games + dead on xbox

[obsidian wyvern]

it's in the top 50 on Xbox siege

[obsidian wyvern]

thanks

[fickle drift]

Just disputing Infinite being the only 'alive' Halo game rn

[maiden granite]

fr? every time i play it on game pass i cannot find a halo 1 or 2 lobby, only halo 3 or reach, and even that takes a bit of time

[analog knot]

I do a challenge almost every night to play a game on each title. Its been a long time since I havent been able to.

[elfin glacier]

did it claw its way back out of sub-50?

lmao

[maiden granite]

oh cool, guess i should re install mcc

i hate it how you cant mod the gamepass version of mcc, so annoying

[analog knot]

Ive played Reach/CE/2/3/4 so far today. No H2A games though, but H2A is also bleh

[fickle drift]

I got an Auto Slayer game of that the other day and man
Never again

[pulsar cobalt]

We need more way's to earn this from just playing matches

[bronze breach]

Wait there was a black platinum anniversary coating?

O.o

[obsidian wyvern]

ok it may have just dipped below top 50 again, it was there like last week

but infinites dropped even more to 42

[obsidian wyvern]

no it's a gun coating

it's green and red

[bronze breach]

Oh. Then guess I will not be spending on anything this rotation lol

[fickle drift]

The point of game spread is valid though, I do think MCC should condense playlists at some point

[obsidian wyvern]

not the needle attachment? I know I'm gonna rock that with air assault

[candid solar]

AYYYYY

[floral pollen]

its not on AA
its only for some Mark VII helmets

[bronze breach]

Nah, I'm only interested in helmet or coatings

[analog knot]

Playlist management should be really simple for MCC, been arguing for it for a while, but nothing yet. There's always next year 😄

[pulsar cobalt]

It seems like it doesn't rotate more of the lines of items getting rotated in so it becomes a huge catalogue in the end

[obsidian wyvern]

343 bad smh

[floral pollen]

the one thing they need to put on AA they haven't

[obsidian wyvern]

like this was THE helmet it was made for

[bronze breach]

So you cant earn points from matches?

[pulsar cobalt]

no

[bronze breach]

That's an oversight

[floral pollen]

no
even tho I feel like you should be able to

[bronze breach]

Do 50 points a match with a cap if anything a day

[obsidian wyvern]

I'm happy they aren't letting you to an extent, stuff like this usually comes with tons of afk players

they should just increase how much everything else gives imo

[amber mirage]

It technically is capped at 250 SP a day.

It just gets completed in one match

[round laurel]

I think they could double the ultimate reward at least.

[lapis ivy]

I really need to sketch the forerunner pyramid idea lol I ain't sure how to get it right maybe dedication or an idea that pops out of my head lol? O.o

[round laurel]

I agree with Rev though, if you allow SP to be earned per match, it might entice AFKing.

[obsidian wyvern]

also removing that 500xp daily sucks

[pulsar cobalt]

I think the weekly should be 10-15k atleast

[bronze breach]

Perhaps do it based on score? 3000 match score gives you 50 spartan points

Deals with the afk problem

[fickle drift]

Tying it to score sounds better but then you're gonna get farmers

I mean tbf at least they'll be playing

[lofty chasm]

Wow no one answered my question that's rude

[hard crane]

What was your question?

[lofty chasm]

What armor coating would work for the full grunt mule set

[floral pollen]

that'd actually be a good way to do it
Like 10 SP per kill or sumn basically even, since some of the exchange stuff is expensive
Or like cap it at 200 a match so you don't just get ppl that grind a ton

[normal owl]

I'm not an Exchange expert, but this seems to still be pretty good for a couple reasons:

• It's completely an added way to recover old items via gameplay that we didn't have at all before.
• It's more sensible to be less generous with points at first. Then, as feedback accrues and consolidates, they hold the option to show they're listening to feedback and giving players increased points if applicable.

[bronze breach]

True

[hard crane]

Anything you'd like

[pulsar cobalt]

Pretty sure it's also getting unreleased items also

[floral pollen]

I think the weekly one tbh
there's another one too but I forget the name
(Granted I do forget 100% what the Grunt Mule looks like but I think I'm thinking of the right one)

[analog knot]

For the second bullet - this has always been a major complaint in MCC. They increased the rewards and silently removed it from the game a week later.

[pulsar cobalt]

so hopefully the rak shoulders and that unreleased helm that was shown in the season 4 trailer will get released at some point

[normal owl]

@obsidian wyvern would Prestige 3x to get Zeta Sky.

[analog knot]

I wonder if they will make SP purchasable, or if they've commented that its only earnable. Didnt see a comment on it in the blog post.

[bronze breach]

I was also thinking of tieing to win x amount of matches. Say win 25 matches a day you get 120 points max.

Downside is easy playlists would be used for farming

[normal owl]

Can almost guarantee that omission is intentional; no way that points acquisition methods were not discussed fully in forming this feature.

[floral pollen]

If they make SP purchasable I think there would be tons of backlash from most of the community

[lapis ivy]

On that I agree @floral pollen

[obsidian wyvern]

yes

[bronze breach]

Gears credits were earnable per match and were not purchasable

[analog knot]

Well I think people will notice "awww, I cant afford everything this month and have to save up" and then the shop can swoop in with "well for $3.99 you can bridge the gap!"

[normal owl]

It is entirely possible [personal speculation] that, if that is to be an option, they would choose to hold that back and solely spotlight the gameplay earning method. Why needlessly introduce a source of negative feedback when rolling out a new feature?

[floral pollen]

Everything will be available after the fact in the armor hall for SP
they said so in their blog post

[analog knot]

Appeases both the free-to-play crowd because they can unlock cosmetics and makes the company money in the process because they can say "well you dont HAVE to pay". Its good business sense, even if I dont like it 😄

Will be interesting to see either way.

[bronze breach]

Should have introduced login rewards as well for points. 25 points for simply logging in.

[muted plaza]

whats an easy way of doing the splatter weekly? I hate vehicles soo much

[lapis ivy]

I'm hoping Spartan points are earnable by playing matchmaking and FF and not only from bps

[amber mirage]

They did say things won't be going away, so there isn't any time limit to introduce FOMO.

[normal owl]

Maybe you can be added as the beneficiary of @rare cedar 's account to inherit it in a few decades?

[floral pollen]

Possibly firefight, but idk if it just counts the medal or not

[pulsar cobalt]

25 points is way to low lmao

[analog knot]

Yeah but that just means a new player is even more incentivized to pay if they want to get over the massive backlog, no? (Same issue w/ MCCs catalog and why limiting Spartan Points there - and potenially monetizing them - was equivalent to selling the solution to the problem you created)

[empty kite]

so has anyone else been playing mcc till the next game. because thats me right now.

[analog knot]

https://i.imgur.com/CWqT2dT.jpeg queue action sack, come and get it

[bronze breach]

They probably dont want people to get high amount of points easily at best maybe 50?

[amber mirage]

That I agree with. The only problem there is that they probably saw the backlash MCC got when they floated the idea and probably wanted to avoid that this time around.

[lapis ivy]

Are Spartan points going to be earnable in the BPs only or also by regularly standards by playing FF and matchmaking anytime?

[bronze breach]

So 175-350 a week for simply logging in is reasonable

[amber mirage]

They'll be earnable in Operations passes, completing all weeklies in a week, and for playing your first match of the day.

[floral pollen]

Personally I feel like being able to get stuff from the armor hall with SP just gives ppl a goal to collect for, but that's just imo

[analog knot]

Like I said, it will be interesting to see! As people say here all the time, until 343 explicitly comments on it then its unknown.

[floral pollen]

true

[pulsar cobalt]

Still not enough spartan points tbh

[analog knot]

As someone with 1600 SPs in MCC that I can never spend - and an item that was never released - fingers crossed they dont replicate that part for you all.

[amber mirage]

You've got forever to save up

[lapis ivy]

Makes sense thanks

[pulsar cobalt]

and that's tons of grinding

[amber mirage]

That's kind of the point

[bronze breach]

Throw in spartan points in career rank

[floral pollen]

I've already done the math for that that I think they should do
bc its genuinely a good idea imo

[pulsar cobalt]

Even then it's gonna take you months just to even get a full set of event armour in the exchange

[bronze breach]

For sure

[analog knot]

Doesnt Infinite's progression system have a bit of structure to it? They could retroactively give some SPs based on how many tiers players have made it through no? They did it for MCC eventually

[hard crane]

Imagine the concept of having to play to earn stuff

Infuriating indeed

[pulsar cobalt]

that's not the issue i have

[lapis ivy]

Hey that doesn't sound like a bad idea of tossing them in career rank@bronze breach

[hard crane]

Your issue is with the numbers, that's easy to adjust

[amber mirage]

Yeah. But that just means that's another player who will be playing the game, and will be motivated to continue playing to achieve a reward.

[bronze breach]

Also incentivse ranked with high spartan drops too based on rank tier

[floral pollen]

1-5k per Rank (Cadet-Private-Lance Cpl.-Corporal etc.), going up 1k per level (Bronze-Onyx respectively), and sumn like 20k for Hero
Just imo if they wanted to put it in CR, since each rank gets harder to get as you go up

[lapis ivy]

I spend hours grinding on career rank with some ups and downs

But it's worth it

Especially in FF gruntpocalyse with grunts wiping my squad out entirely

[pulsar cobalt]

But who want's to spend 8+ months just to get items from the exchange seems abit much

[amber mirage]

Give people a grind, and if they're motivated enough, they'll do it.

[hard crane]

"A grind"

[distant mirage]

Is the grind motivating enough for the average player though?

[hard crane]

Literally just playing the game

[obsidian wyvern]

when you're playing that much for the item itself, it is a grind

[analog knot]

Give people a game they enjoy playing and they will do it, even without the incentive 😄

[amber mirage]

Grinding is defined by there being a reward at the end

[hard crane]

At what point people stopped playing the game for the sake of playing the game and started needing to be in a constant state of a carrot dwindling in front of their faces?

[obsidian wyvern]

it's what gets some people going

[analog knot]

I remember the glorious grind of the last Tour of MCC where I went from one bird icon to another, identical bird icon, 30 times!

[hard crane]

Sucks to be that kind of a person I guess

[obsidian wyvern]

I never understood it either tbh, but the reason I still play the game is because I want to get to hero

[amber mirage]

There's loads and loads of players who play solely because there are grinds

[distant mirage]

at what point did fun in grinding a game leave your boring mind? maybe some of us find it fun to spend that extra effort in order to receive a fun prize?

[obsidian wyvern]

but also

[tight remnant]

Like I have said yesterday. Pacing things the right way is important

[hard crane]

I play games because they're fun, if I don't like the gameplay there's no amount of skins that can be thrown at me

[tight remnant]

You got to make the grind's pacing right

[amber mirage]

That's cool. I'm similar. But there's tons of other players who value other things.

[tight remnant]

Wether you like it or not games also are about unlocks now

[bronze breach]

I want to get to hero but sadly life priorities gets in the way

[distant mirage]

grinding a game is fun!

[tight remnant]

I reached hero last year

[hard crane]

At the point where video games stopped being a hobby and started being a chore, I guess

[lapis ivy]

And u got the master chief armor?

[tight remnant]

Yes

[lapis ivy]

Nice!

[bronze breach]

Last week and today probably the last time I played infinite in weeks

[distant mirage]

i want the master chief armor so bad

[hard crane]

Which you can always ignore, since the cosmetics are what they are
You can't even see them on yourself 60% of the time

[amber mirage]

It's a chore if you don't like it, but if you like it, grinding makes things more fun for people.

[pulsar cobalt]

I have no problem with grinding

[hard crane]

Than I guess people who hold this opinion should be very happy about the exchange being added

[bronze breach]

Same

[candid solar]

Mint's actually telling a good joke for once tbh

[obsidian wyvern]

that was last year

[candid solar]

Even better

[tight remnant]

More reasons to add assassinations

[bronze breach]

4 stacks always destroys solo players no matter the game

[candid solar]

So do 12 stacks, Minty fresh.

[pulsar cobalt]

and i love playing games for fun

[hard crane]

Lots of matches to quit

[lapis ivy]

Ground pound wasn't something ppl also wanted back in the game Apart from assassinations?

[hard crane]

Also that, yep

[tight remnant]

Big issue with the exchange is the pacing. You only get a limited ammount of spartan points and the refresh rate for the exchange is not concurent with ability to earn them. You can't get spartan points per playing matches so that's not great

[hard crane]

So the system is fine, numbers need to be adjusted

[obsidian wyvern]

you're legally not allowed to make this joke

[tight remnant]

Ideally you'd get spartan points per match as well

So it needs to be added to

[hard crane]

You're gonna have to let it go at one point, you know

[bronze breach]

Quitting should deduct spartan points too imo

[lapis ivy]

What other reasons would earn you more Spartan points not ground pound as well?

[obsidian wyvern]

no because that quit rate is insane

[distant mirage]

didn't xp used to be really cheap when they first added it to infinite? you'd get like a max of 200xp per day. then they made completeing matches a repeatable xp drop. problem solved

[hearty gulch]

im playing infected

[distant mirage]

im sure sp will have similar buffs