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Halo Wars 2 |OT| Warranty For Suckers
- Thread starter Tecnniqe
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Yup, no achievements, but it's pretty cool they gave him the Mantis as this "theme vehicle."
Apparently there's a VA strike going on right now, so David Scully was unable to voice the role.
Also, I had forgotten how much I missed allied vision indicators in multiplayer. Makes playing with randoms so much easier.
Sweetness!Ahem:
I know they weren't live at that time.
Ahem:
I know they weren't live at that time.
Whoops.
I'm liking the bunker ability in Blitz. If they're not going to vary up map conditions much in the mode than having more leader flexibility with area denial/control like this and Colony's abilities are nice and welcome. Breaks things up beyond the go-to "park siege units and camp" strategy.
Hawkeye 131
Member
The fact that they still haven't fixed the whole "re-download the entire game" bug is... Incredibly frustrating and annoying. I'm probably gonna uninstall it, I just can't be bothered to re-download all 28 GB EVERY SINGLE TIME there's an update. I mean it's almost a game-breaking bug at this point, it's pathetic and beyond ridiculous that something like this made it through QA and certification let alone 3 months of actual updates.
This. It's happening to multiple of my friends too. I have fibre so it's a pain in the ass but not the worst thing in the world. But I have friends who literally take 4+ hours to download that and it uses a huge chunk of their cap. How is this not fixed yet.
Ryouji Gunblade
Member
Gotta redownload 28 GB of Wars 2 on Xbox again. Fuck this glitch.
First impressions from halowaypoint forum are very mixed, from terrible to solid. Tested him also for some games, but does not fit my playstyle. Maybe he clicks later...
He seems to be more defensive in early game and shining (?) in mid game. Mechs are not bad, particularly Mantis with upgrades (Warthog replacement). But expensive (resources/population) and very, very slow. Obviously heavy use of Pelican transport is necessary. And as both mechs are vehicle, they get shred by cyclops, air, etc. EMP bomb seems to be goodd on vehicles. His (not upgraded) bunker drop can be easily bombed and destroyed early game and costs population. Could not thouroghly test the Jonsohn hero.
I guess it will take more time to conclude...
Interesting. I have yet to try him out. I doubt he will be able to pull me away from Colony.
They're live for me at least. Have been since late yesterday.
I restarted my Xbox One a couple times now. Not appearing for me.
Huh. That's really weird.
It should still be tracking your progress behind-the-scenes, though (I had two games before the achievements went live and my third win got me that one) so you can still probably finish them off.
foxdvd
Member
OK, so I bought this on release along with my buddy so we could coop the campaign. We have not had time to play until now, so almost three months after release you would think we would have no issues playing together right? WRONG.
Every game we try and play we can make it through the end of the mission then the game crashes out and says your partner has resigned. This literally happens during the ending cinema of the second mission every time. We have tried like 5 times and cannot progress.
I am very disappointed in 343i for having their name on the box of ANOTHER Halo game with issues playing online. I have looked for solutions online and see we are not the only people with this issue.
I'm playing on a XB1S and my buddy on OG XB1. Anyone in this thread have this happen to them and can give me anything to try?
does anyone know if this was ever patched? Patch notes are not clear, but I am having the same issue.
Yeah this keeps happening to my friends. Its not an issue for me as I have pretty neat speeds, but one of my friends has a very very low bandwidth - so it takes him at least a day or two to download 30gb...
This is on Xbox
Buildings count. What I did was corral the enemy to one base and waltz up and stomp their buildings, back up and repeat. Get two Collosi and alternate their stomping power on different bases.
I didn't have the patience to do this, so I asked a random in matchmaking if he would help me. Stomped a big ball of Marines/Hellbringers and got ~20% with every stomp. Much easier.
BleedOrange
Banned
How does this game compare to 'traditional' RTS's? Basically what I want is Halo Themed C&C2. Will I be satisfied with HW2?
It's simpler than C&C in that there's no freeform base building. I've always described it as Arcade-RTS. as a C&C fan I enjoy it.
Yes.
Prinz Eugn
Member
Hey guys, I'm finally going to buy this, but I have a quick question- is the season pass worth $12 if I don't care about multiplayer?
Basically, I can run to Wal-Mart and buy the regular version for $39.99, or get the Ultimate Edition through the MS store for $51.99 right now.
Are the extra campaign missions worth it?
Basically, I can run to Wal-Mart and buy the regular version for $39.99, or get the Ultimate Edition through the MS store for $51.99 right now.
Are the extra campaign missions worth it?
AlmostMilk
Member
The extra campaign missions haven't been released yet and we don't even know anything about them. But the ultimate comes with the definitive version of halo wars 1 and to me that is worth the extra money.
Multiplayer is where the games shines. I honestly haven't finished the single player campaign yet but from what I remember reading it leaves you at a cliffhanger. I'm assuming the DLC wraps up the story. So if you want the full story, the Ultimate version is probably the better version. I'm assuming it'll be announced at E3.
If you want an even better deal, CDKeys has the Ult version at $45 with 5% off if you like them on FB I believe. I'd get the Ult version there.
http://www.cdkeys.com/xbox-live/games/halo-wars-2-ultimate-edition-xbox-one-pc
Prinz Eugn
Member
Oh, bizarre on the extra missions. I had an extremely busy few months so I haven't kept track of anything, I just now have time to actually buy and play it. Thanks for reminding me about the definitive edition! Totally forgot about that.
Nice, I'll go there. Multiplayer might be super neat, but I haven't played PvP RTS in over 10 years, and even then it was super casual. How is the skill matching though? Would I be playing equally bad people? Then it might be okay.
Matchmaking is pretty good in ranked play, not sure how it is in the casual games. Honestly, the competition can be pretty brutal. I prefer team games to 1v1. You'll probably lose your first 10 games but just watch some vids online until you get the gist of it. The game is deeper than you think. Since there are two factions and different leaders on each side, the game can be quite overwhelming at first. You have to learn each leader's play style and abilities to really play against or with them. It's like playing a fighting game for the first time and going online. My only real experience with RTS prior to this was Empire Earth 12 years ago and a little HW1 back in 09. As frustrating as it is, it can be equally rewarding
Nah, only skins for the Blitz map.
Prinz Eugn
Member
Wow, this is a glacial install.
Why is the ranked matching making so bad? My friend and I keep getting paired up with incompetent players who don't build armies well nor support us effectively. We have to babysit these losers when they get attacked, which is awful because our armies get weakened and at the same time, other enemies start encroaching onto our other bases. We are now losing due to incompetence, I feel, not because the enemy played better than us. I can't imagine how we are paired up with brain dead players when we are upper platinum / lower diamond. You'd think people at this tank would play at least decently but apartently not...
If you don't know how to play the game, please play unranked. Or at least play with your friends so you can lose together.
If you don't know how to play the game, please play unranked. Or at least play with your friends so you can lose together.
That's what happens when you play with randoms. I choose only to play with either people I know or people with mics. Use the lfg feature, it helps a lot.
I don't know why you're blaming people for just wanting to play the game. This is pretty much every online mp game.
BLAUcopter
Gold Member
This shit is the main reason I stopped gaming on my Xbox.
Facundo_Lopez
Neo Member
Xbox. Halo Wars is the only game I've had it with.
Not sure if there is a GAF club, probably is. I just go on lfg when I'm looking for a teammate and usually find someone.
I've also gotten friend requests after intense 1v1 matches and found people to play with that way. It's been a very long time since gg messages were so prevalent.
Love this game.
Barrel Cannon
Member
Finally picked up the mp after months. I was a total scrub. Played with M23 and lost a match that we should have easily won were it not for my tunnel vision. I was just building Grizzlies and hornets and not bothering to use counter units effectively. Enemy team's were building tons of air and anti-air and wiped me out so fast. Kind of sad about it considering it's one of the few losses I've had in the Halo Wars 1 franchise.
Regardless I'm already confident I'll get back in the flow tonight! Time to go 20-0 for the next 20 matches
Regardless I'm already confident I'll get back in the flow tonight! Time to go 20-0 for the next 20 matches
Upper level players should have SOME competence in their game but I see this isn't the case much more often than in any other online game. They literally act like beginners who have no idea what to do. I don't see this level of idiocy that often in ranked modes of other online competitive games. In unranked, yeah I understand this because it's unranked.
Barrel Cannon
Member
Some things never change in Halo XD. I swear I've always ran into stuff like this even in Halo 3/Reach
Prinz Eugn
Member
Well, I just finished the campaign. What it had was good, but it didn't seem to have that much.
I would have really liked more classic RTS missions, where you build up a base and wreck shit at your leisure. I never felt like I really explored the tech tree, or got a feeling for a lot of the top-tier units. Too many timed objectives for my taste.
I would have really liked more classic RTS missions, where you build up a base and wreck shit at your leisure. I never felt like I really explored the tech tree, or got a feeling for a lot of the top-tier units. Too many timed objectives for my taste.
The game would have been way too easy if it wasn't for the timed aspects. It forces you to make decisions effectively and efficiently rather than just turtling. Though there were a couple missions which gave you time to do that as well, I think it was well balanced in that regard.
The AI leader powers were BS though.
Honestly playing the game on legendary I didn't think the leader powers made much of a difference. I just split my forces a bit and then just dumped a healing leader power on the force that was taking the brunt, it was enough to negate the majority of the damage. Overall I found the game on Legendary easier than HW.
I'm too scared to even attempt legendary lol. I've hit Onyx rank in 1v1 but the campaign on legendary I think may be too much. I should try though, especially now that I've played PvP so much and know the units much more.