barneystuta83
Member
On the match making screen, press menu, and you can see the controller settings.
It is basically holding crouch in mid air, so whatever you use for that. Default is pushing right stick in.
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Halo 5: Guardians Beta Thread | Hot Red on Blue Action
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On the match making screen, press menu, and you can see the controller settings.
It is basically holding crouch in mid air, so whatever you use for that. Default is pushing right stick in.
people have used k/d ratios long before CoD.
People will riot if they made it public and doesn't work. They got a lot of shit with MCC. I'm not defending 343i in anyway but i think this is a better approach to test the water before the 29th.
matrixman92
Member
same...
having ADS is dumb(not sure what they were trying to say about it, its just fucking ADS). Plays extremely fast, faster than Halo 4. It feels like you die really fast. It also has that feeling of "I started shooting them first and they kill me way before I even get their shields down"
NullPointer
Member
Still don't see why they couldn't have staggered early beta/testing access from the pool of MCC buyers. Or hell, even MCC buyers who are also in the preview program.
But to have the MCC buyers wait on the sidelines while this population plays and streams the game early just feels wrong.
Sounds like you're just playing people who are better than you.
cartoon_soldier
Member
Strange because on stream I am seeing many kills where first shot didn't win
Calm Killer
In all media, only true fans who consume every book, film, game, or pog collection deserve to know what's going on.
MCC works fine now.
Same when it comes to sprint and ADS but it's cooler to pretend that everything is COD.
No it doesn't.
cartoon_soldier
Member
That's a good point. People who participate in dashboard preview programs will generally be players that are more on the hardcore side.
Headshots in Halo are no joke. Just like in Gears of War and other skilled games the better player will win the majority of the time.
AHappyPanda
Member
For you and me it might. It is still royally fucked for a lot of other people.
And even at "fine" shit is still fucked up at times. It's not working the way they promised when they announced the thing. If you're fine with that, fine.
I'm personally not. Do I still play? Yes. Do I still demand they deliver on what they said? Absolutely.
I know it feels wrong, but i don't think there's a better way to test it. Having hundreds of thousands trying to play at the same time might break things. Look at MCC, they are no Bungie.
justsomeguy
Member
It's a limited pre release test. It's *not* the full beta. Go find stinkles post on the matter.
Limited pre release test a) will be patchy with server issues b) doesn't contain all the content of the beta.
The pre release test, witha group of people who signed up to say "sure, happy to test buggy software", ensures that the full beta works for everyone.
Honestly it's that simple.
Blue Ninja
Member
First verdict after three matches: I like it.
Not used to movement yet, especially sprint being on X and thrusters being on LB. Would've preferred them being the other way around. I hope we get more options in the full release.
Not used to movement yet, especially sprint being on X and thrusters being on LB. Would've preferred them being the other way around. I hope we get more options in the full release.
After being a huge Halo fan for many, many years, I can't help but feel the franchise may have finally run it's course.
First impressions of the beta are not bad, but not good either. The pace is just too fast, makes it feel a bit more like Call of Duty than Halo. I get the fact games need to evolve, but evolving into another franchise entirely is just a no no. But opinions can change, I will persevere and see how it goes!
First impressions of the beta are not bad, but not good either. The pace is just too fast, makes it feel a bit more like Call of Duty than Halo. I get the fact games need to evolve, but evolving into another franchise entirely is just a no no. But opinions can change, I will persevere and see how it goes!
ebullientprism
Member
Wtf is LT in recon not grenade? That's bullshit.
PROh1bited
Banned
Joke post?
Same here. I'm also not seeing too much "sprinting away from gunfights" Almost none at all in fact, I was told there would be a lot.
Lol?
It's amazing compared to how it launched, but that speaks more to how it launched than how functional it is right now. Compared to anything resembling reasonable expectations for product featureset and functionality, the game is still firmly in the "broken as hell" tier.
matrixman92
Member
people still use this stupid argument?
cartoon_soldier
Member
Watching some of the streams:
Action is fast. Faster than H1/H2. I don't think its as fast as H4.
Weapons seem good.
Didn't see anyone execute a ground pound.
Sprint used a lot, but also not used all the time
The scoping seems fine to me.
Does getting hit stop sprinting? I think it should.
Shields maybe recharge too fast?
Don't think I like the new sword look
AR might be too good?
Action is fast. Faster than H1/H2. I don't think its as fast as H4.
Weapons seem good.
Didn't see anyone execute a ground pound.
Sprint used a lot, but also not used all the time
The scoping seems fine to me.
Does getting hit stop sprinting? I think it should.
Shields maybe recharge too fast?
Don't think I like the new sword look
AR might be too good?
Calm Killer
In all media, only true fans who consume every book, film, game, or pog collection deserve to know what's going on.
I haven't had an issue since the last update. The game works fine for me. I think most people are being completely anal about it now because yes it was fully borked at release. I would like to know how it could be royally screwed for some still though, because everyone is running the same version. People just want something to complain about. Things are never as great as you think, but they also aren't as bad either.
Serious Post
I played it all day and it worked fine for me. What are the major outstanding issue? Serious post. I don't know what they are.
So what if it's only 2 days? Owners of the MCC still have a broken game, and then preview program members get the Halo 5 beta 10 days early. Owners of the MCC collection deserve a reward, not the preview program members. It's just a slap in the face.
cartoon_soldier
Member
Sprinting = no shield recharge so that makes sense.
I think the really good players will be a gem to watch in H5.
AHappyPanda
Member
Pretty much everyone outside of the US, their shit doesn't work. It still tries to connect to US players because dedicated servers aren't up.
I'm in the US, I'm assuming you are too, so it's been working relatively well.
Also, the same version thing doesn't seem to matter. Frankie even asked for SPECIFIC gamertags from GAFers because they know that it's not working for people and want to know why.
EDIT: Since you asked what's still wrong: emblems don't load, making it very hard to coordinate/help teammates, matchmaking times still take too long, it loves finding all but 1 final player for some reason and making you wait longer, the stat recording is completely incorrect, campaign saves still get borked from time to time, party system stops working from time to time, uneven teams, though much less frequent, still occur, parties, though much less frequent, still get split up.
Granted, the state that the game is in now, it works for me. But, do I still fully expect them to address all of the above? Of course I do. They promised every single Halo game exactly as they were when they launched. They're not there yet.
The shield recharge time seems fine and the new sword is a "legendary" weapon. Normal sword is still in.
TheFurizzlyBear
Member
And they are going to get something, just not this. What if they add a week to the beta at the end only for MMC owners? Why not wait for what you are gonna get before getting offended over a beta that you are already gonna get anyway?
VlaudTheImpaler
tl;dr
My download was going swimmingly for the first time ever until all you jerks started downloading too...
NullPointer
Member
No I'm still a fan of this idea of testing even earlier with a smaller pool of players. I just think that smaller pool of players should have come from filtering or selecting players from MCC buyers. First come, first served. Random selection. Whatever.
Whats done is done I guess. This may end up looking like a very wise choice if there are solid problems exposed by the preview group and fixed for when the MCC buyers jump in, but it'll look like another mishap if it goes otherwise.
cartoon_soldier
Member
Ah ok. So Prophet's Bane is not our new sword.
True. So far seems like a good trade off. Really like that sword animation too..
Calm Killer
In all media, only true fans who consume every book, film, game, or pog collection deserve to know what's going on.
Thanks. That makes sense. Not trying to be an ass. But if I don't see the issues, i can't magically tell what they are
Poodlestrike
Banned
H4 was actually slower than H1, though it was a hell of a lot faster than 3 and Reach (at least in terms of movement speed).
Yeah, saw the new sword in some of the Regret footage somebody posted on Reddit. It's a lot more... angular. More in keeping with the regular sword, IMO.