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Something along the lines of a 2-3 minute timeout from searching for new matches would also be a good idea. Make it stack for each subsequent quit as well.
Naked Lunch
Member
Internet Halo fans keep saying this then demanding Halo should never have Join In Progress.
Ranks wont do anything because rage quitters dont give a shit - they are going to quit no matter what. Matchmaking bans wont work either. Penalties mean nothing to a rage quitter.
This is what you get if you dont want Join In Progress. Deal with it.
adopting a league of legends time out system for quitting i think would remedy the quitting issue a lot.
I hope so. This would only increase the player base.
It's a walmart exclusive bundle.
I do think that ranking deters quitting to some noticeable degree. Halo 5 beta actually had relatively few quitters IME, likely due to the fact that everything was ranked. Still, I think they should actually go the other direction and just abandon the idea of ranks in this game. It certainly shouldn't be expanded to the other playlists at this point. The system they have in place is obviously not working correctly in the one playlist it is turned on in. Whether that is because of low-population or just shitty coding is irrelevant. No ranking system is better than a utterly broken one.
superNESjoe
Member
Been sitting in BTB for over 5 mins. Doesn't seem to be working for me.
Join in Progress sucks.
It's been said before and I'll say it here again:
Unranked--> J.I.P.
Ranked--> No J.I.P.
Pretty fair compromise I'd say.
Feel_The_Pain
Member
I've had this annoying (bug perhaps) where in the main screen after I boot it up, on the bottom right hand corner I get a pop up msg saying I've unlocked new movies, titles etc. But this happens every time, even though I've checked out the symbols, movies, titles etc.
I think I'll just re install it.
I think I'll just re install it.
kingwingin
Member
that's all I play is halo 4 and H2A
Yeah, I can live with that.
PanicFreak
Member
I fully expect halo 5 BTB to have join in progress. I'm expecting big things from Halo 5 BTB!
7DollarHagane
Banned
I'm done with halo multiplayer. Its dead to me with this crap.
Its honestly kind of hard to go back to after getting into cs:go and battlefield. It feels old In a bad way.
CitizenCope
Member
Tell me your thoughts on the thread title.
ShadowsFell
Member
I'm pretty sure I've still never gotten a full 8v8 big team battle match the entire time this game has been out.
superNESjoe
Member
Considering matchmaking still doesn't work for me, my thoughts on the thread title are that it gave me false joy.
CitizenCope
Member
As strictly a BTB player I need more anger out of you. I'm getting more of a sense of "I give up 343, you win".
Chaotic-Strike
Banned
Just saw the thread title and about to confirm if it's true.
Please don't be playing with my feelings OP.
Please don't be playing with my feelings OP.
Matches still crash, end prematurely, and have various other issues. It's far from fixed, but this patch certainly makes it much easier to deal with this game.
2 of the games are over 10 years old. I'm sure you're aware of that. They do feel old, but I still have fun with them.
superNESjoe
Member
I'm sorry to disappoint you. Bummed it's not working for me but seems to be ok for plenty others.
Jack Scofield
Member
Halo fans seem to love the idea of penalizing players for quitting. This is such a horrible, anti-player idea. I shouldn't be penalized for wanting to quit out of a lopsided BTB game, or choosing to do something else with my time.
As much as Halo fans cry foul at the idea, Join in Progress is the way to go.
Ryouji Gunblade
Member
Less penalizing and more accurate matchmaking please.
That said, I like the new matchmaking background.
That said, I like the new matchmaking background.
Chaotic-Strike
Banned
Yea I just found out when my 2nd BTB game crashed but at least the sniper on Halo 2 feels better now considering I just got a running riot.
lifeexpectancy
Member
Guarantee it's not 100%. Most likely never will be.
Better? Maybe.
I logged on once after the patch. I had completed 4 or 5 playlists in CE, 4 in Halo 2, 3 in Halo 3, 4 in Halo 4, and 4 in the Cross-game playlists prior to the patch.
After the patch I have completed ZERO in any of the titles, and ZERO in the cross-game playlist. Aka, it erased my playlist completions for 15 different playlists I had done prior to the patch.
This is despite the fact that I did them from start to finish other than skipping 2 levels in Halo 2 LASO (leap frogged over regret and gravemind).
GG 343i
Better? Maybe.
I logged on once after the patch. I had completed 4 or 5 playlists in CE, 4 in Halo 2, 3 in Halo 3, 4 in Halo 4, and 4 in the Cross-game playlists prior to the patch.
After the patch I have completed ZERO in any of the titles, and ZERO in the cross-game playlist. Aka, it erased my playlist completions for 15 different playlists I had done prior to the patch.
This is despite the fact that I did them from start to finish other than skipping 2 levels in Halo 2 LASO (leap frogged over regret and gravemind).
GG 343i
Wasn't this just a multiplayer patch?
That is completely false. There are still bugs and issues, but it's never worked as good as it does now.
That really sucks, I originally returned the game because it lost my LASO save. I was fortunate enough to have a friend try and cut his losses and sell me his copy for $15 so I'll be ready to play it more when it's fixed.
I pulled some good snipes yesterday, definitely feeling better than it did before. I hope we get a steady ramp up in patches that have improvements like that.
SaviourMK2
Member
So I'm playing the Maw for the umpteenth time, LASO, solo.
After my original process was deleted, my 2nd attempt ended with me in an impossible scenario (trapped in a hallway between sentinels and flood who had zero interest in each other, less than 1 bar of life left and NO grenades), and my 3rd attempt where my controller decided to re-sync while I was attempting to save/quit and ended up restarting the level, losing 4 hours of progress.
My 4th attempt is going ok, but I reached a point where a hunter is being driven out of a room by flood spores, I save/quit after I got sucker punched. Everytime I try to resume the game, it freezes the game, makes a long buzzing sound and crashes the game.
Any ideas?
After my original process was deleted, my 2nd attempt ended with me in an impossible scenario (trapped in a hallway between sentinels and flood who had zero interest in each other, less than 1 bar of life left and NO grenades), and my 3rd attempt where my controller decided to re-sync while I was attempting to save/quit and ended up restarting the level, losing 4 hours of progress.
My 4th attempt is going ok, but I reached a point where a hunter is being driven out of a room by flood spores, I save/quit after I got sucker punched. Everytime I try to resume the game, it freezes the game, makes a long buzzing sound and crashes the game.
Any ideas?
7DollarHagane
Banned
2 of the games are over 10 years old. I'm sure you're aware of that. They do feel old, but I still have fun with them.
Well, GO specifically isn't. And i mostly play the matchmaking part of it which is new to the GO version. But yeah the core game is old.
Emperor Bohe
Member
yeah, this is the only thing that's stopping me from playing this game religiously like i used to back in the day
7DollarHagane
Banned
quitters were a huge problem back then too, ranks don't matter.
Only matchmaking temp bans would work, and no way they go to the effort to implement that.
lifeexpectancy
Member
No they patched some campaign stuff too. They apparently patched out the ability to 'share' checkpoints in playlists. In the process, my guess is they somehow managed to cause another glitch that erases the record of having completed playlists previously (for some people at least).
I know I logged like 15-20 hours on the MC Saga playlist alone. Having that progress (along with the other 14 playlists I completed) erased just because they were trying to prevent people from exploiting checkpoints to finish the LASO playlist is kinda shitty.
ffejeromdiks
Banned
Still can't get in a game on my end...
Such an embarrassment.
Such an embarrassment.
ebullientprism
Member
Not working for me either. In India.
Ah well,non EU and non NA players are still shit out if luck I guess.
Ah well,non EU and non NA players are still shit out if luck I guess.
First game after the patch: welp. Though to be fair, I'm not sure if my internet was acting up during that game so it could've been that.
After a break, I tried again and got some H3 Foundry. I was teamed up with 3 split screeners who left a minute in. Even at 4v1 I still held the lead for a while, but eventually they caught up cause I wasn't about to camp to hold the lead. End result was the scrubs barely winning 30-26 lol.
Maybe a bit early to say, but the search times for those two games were very fast- probably under a minute- so definitely some progress. Gonna play a few more games, see how much it's improved.
After a break, I tried again and got some H3 Foundry. I was teamed up with 3 split screeners who left a minute in. Even at 4v1 I still held the lead for a while, but eventually they caught up cause I wasn't about to camp to hold the lead. End result was the scrubs barely winning 30-26 lol.
Maybe a bit early to say, but the search times for those two games were very fast- probably under a minute- so definitely some progress. Gonna play a few more games, see how much it's improved.
I really want to be excited, but I returned my copy after waiting a month for it to work. I don't think these early
impressions of this latest patch maybe working a bit better are enough for me to pick it up again at full price.
Hopefully someday they add it to games with gold so I can peek back in to the multiplayer one day.
impressions of this latest patch maybe working a bit better are enough for me to pick it up again at full price.
Hopefully someday they add it to games with gold so I can peek back in to the multiplayer one day.
Jonneh3003
Banned
I take it dedicated servers still don't work?
metzger203
Junior Member
Tried playing some solo BTB, took 5-7 minutes to find a match. That's okay I guess. Teams were seemingly even. Then I got to the voting screen: Slayer on Valhalla, CTF on Valhalla, and Crazy King on Valhalla. All Halo 3. That's really shitty. Took another 2-3 minutes to load the map, then got an instant game over.
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
I sold my copy after a month but then got a new copy for $30 which happened to arrive the day of the patch, and I'm totally satisfied. There's still issues, but it's good enough for me to truly enjoy it. I've played a good eight hours since the patch released, and the main feeling I've been having is that it's good to be playing Halo again. The occasional annoyances are extremely minor to me now.
Working fine for me.
AnonomissX
Banned
Darn it, no. It's one of my top ten beefs with this collection. That and:
Lack of joining custom game sessions in progress, no objective placements in Halo 3 Forge, no editng trait zones in Halo 4 (actually I don't give a damn its Halo 4), no theatre mode like Halo 3 or 4 (where you could de-tach the camera) and no Hammer or Grifball in H2A Forge.
I did play a LOT of BTB today with a party, and with very few hiccups. Microsoft and 343 are slowly getting closer to my considering taking them off my ultimate shit list...maybe.
After playing quite a bit tonight
+ avg search times around 2-3 mins
+ lag/host issues seem to be reduced
+ even teams for the most part
− though improved, H2 netcode still far from perfect
− CE spawns still janky at times (I don't think the patch touched on that anyway)
− AR/SMG starts should not exist in this day and age
+ avg search times around 2-3 mins
+ lag/host issues seem to be reduced
+ even teams for the most part
− though improved, H2 netcode still far from perfect
− CE spawns still janky at times (I don't think the patch touched on that anyway)
− AR/SMG starts should not exist in this day and age
I don't mean to be too harsh, but you claimed to be trying this like, moments before I posted, and now you're not even interested in trying: Do you honestly own this game and have been trying as you described, or are you just making up negative posts because of how you felt regardless of the MCC release?
Jonneh3003
Banned
Just double checking you understood the question, I havn't been paying attention to the patch notes but last I checked dedicates server wern't operating.