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My BTB times were all-around better (still inconsistent) before the patch, so I don't think it's population. It gets to 13 in a hurry, then 5+ minutes for the last guy. I was about 2-3 minutes pre-patch. Hard reboot didn't seem to help.
Edit: My god the connection is so much better now, though. It just feels so much more fluid.
kingwingin
Member
I thought that Was supposed to happen, thought it was weird I had to re select a mode after each game
God, I hated that, glad to see it was fixed.
DirgeExtinction
Member
So is the MCC now officially part of the XBO bundles? I'm at Walmart right now and the kinectless XBO SKU includes the digital version of the MCC.
StriKeVillain
Banned
Weird.
I was able to get into matches when I first got home (near 5pm EST). Now I can't get into ANY match. Even after a hard reset. Very strange.
I was able to get into matches when I first got home (near 5pm EST). Now I can't get into ANY match. Even after a hard reset. Very strange.
However I did get randomly sent to a Halo 2 Midship custom games set up...
It's working pretty great for me. Roughly 40-50 seconds per matchmaking in BTB.
http://xboxdvr.com/Mr Noobcraft/2279cb22-c949-4a5a-9044-71b56d6b07ef
http://xboxdvr.com/Mr Noobcraft/846885ed-6bf3-488f-a707-1c2e419220de
http://xboxdvr.com/Mr Noobcraft/2279cb22-c949-4a5a-9044-71b56d6b07ef
http://xboxdvr.com/Mr Noobcraft/846885ed-6bf3-488f-a707-1c2e419220de
wesleyshark
Banned
And...success! The Halo 3 terminals achievements unlock now!
My Halo 2 and 3 achievements for playing 4 maps/variants is still locked, though.
a Master Ninja
Member
I imagine most people don't notice stuff like this, but these little mistakes bother me:
The Real Napsta
Member
Never noticed it. It will bother me now though, thanks.
BabyFaceKillah
Member
i can finally play consistently!!! thank god
Arby 'n' the Chief
Member
wait there's a killcam? never noticed
a Master Ninja
Member
Well, you can always join the unwashed masses that set their tv to zoom in and crop the picture.
But seriously 343i, if this isn't on your "To Do" list, please add it. You'd literally have to change the X and Y coordinates of a jpeg by 1.
RowdyReverb
Member
You will stay in your party, but I don't think you automatically form a party after a match since that feature was only introduced with Halo 3. On the bright side though it means that AFKers can't continue to matchmake after one game.
AgentClassy
Member
I picked the perfect time to buy the MCC for $35 last week
The bloom is starting to come off the rose. Matching is still quick, but games have become increasingly unstable in a variety of ways -- heavy lag, early "game overs", getting kicked back to the search screen after finding a session and voting on a map. Plus all the existing issues like rampant quitting and unbalanced teams (skill-wise). It might be my connection, but I am not a happy camper.
edit: Just played a flawless game of Team Slayer on Sanctuary, so it's not all bad. But it's not great, either.
edit: Just played a flawless game of Team Slayer on Sanctuary, so it's not all bad. But it's not great, either.
kingwingin
Member
I just played 2 matches and never once had a killcam. Do I have to enable it?
K
kittens
Unconfirmed Member
Well, just played about five consecutive hours. There's lots of issues still, but it's a lot better. Good enough for me to look past the problems and have fun.
AHappyPanda
Member
Only H2:A and H4 have kill cams.
Diablohead
Member
No, at least not for what i'm seeing.
Going by a past 343i post they changed it to kick you to the menu so it was 'more like the original games' which never did this and used to keep you grouped up for the next match unless you backed out manually.
It's best not to listen to half the stuff they say right now. *edit* halo 2 never did this? I thought it did for unranked games.
H4 kill cams were killed off back at 360 launch, does the MCC bring them back? because I have never seen a H4 killcam.
This is probably the most important thing. Not long after launch I was thinking the same thing, but the myriad of issues with MCC from launch till just before this patch were simply too common/frequent to overlook. Hell, we couldn't even set up custom games without tons of issues. Presuming additional patches/fixes can only IMPROVE the situation from here on out (perhaps a big assumption), this is great news for MCC.
Also, sorry I didn't respond to your invite last night, I was just basically winding down.
I noticed last weekend that kill cams were in the halo 4 playlist but i have never seen them when playing halo 4 in other playlists
Halo 2 Anniversary playlist. Game finds people fine, but it sits on the lobby for a good couple of minute with full teams, then loads the map, yet no one is able to spawn. We automatically win because the opposing team decided to finally quit after a good couple minutes of staring at the background of the map.
I've honestly had better success pre-patch so far.
I've honestly had better success pre-patch so far.
StriKeVillain
Banned
DarthWalden
Banned
Played for a good couple hours last night. Games all loaded fairly quick and only had one problem where once the game loaded it never started so I ended up quitting.
It's just like I had imagined it when they announced it. I jumped from halo 1 to Halo 2 to Halo 2A to Halo 3 to Halo 4 all in the span of 5 games.
However there seems to be a problem with people quitting when their team is losing. I hope now that it's seemingly fixed they can add some penalties for this. Also I want team swat back!
It's just like I had imagined it when they announced it. I jumped from halo 1 to Halo 2 to Halo 2A to Halo 3 to Halo 4 all in the span of 5 games.
However there seems to be a problem with people quitting when their team is losing. I hope now that it's seemingly fixed they can add some penalties for this. Also I want team swat back!
Halo 2 Anniversary again. Finds group quickly. Lobby transitions to scoreboard against a black background which I'm stuck looking at for a couple of minutes. Start seeing players on both my own team and on the opposing team drop. Kicks me back to the main menu with a nonexistent post game scorescreen.
GG Halo. Maybe next patch you wont be a burning bus.
GG Halo. Maybe next patch you wont be a burning bus.
TechJunk
Member
Any other games included? New bundle?
Had the same issue. Sadly this is a step above pre-patch. Hopefully the next patch...
Narpas Sword0
Member
No. It did this at launch but they removed it to supposedly improve search times. I don't think they've said anything about restoring this functionality.
This game will never work as advertised.
The Lamonster
Member
Should have been in the game's title.
Master Chief Collection: Hopefully the next patch...
Shalashaska161
Member
Played a few rounds last night split screen with a buddy and it's definitely improved. We didn't have any troubles at all. 343i needs to do something about quitters though, every game we had at least one or two.
Jonneh3003
Banned
Everything seems perfect apart from I go back to the main menu after each online match, not a huge issue.
kill cams are on 360 halo 4 but idk about mcc
That was something they intentionally added a while back when the game was having massive issues keeping parties together. You'd get stuck in custom lobbies etc. before they changed it.
7DollarHagane
Banned
I'm really struggling to see what was improved here. I've sat at the menu for 10 minutes with 7/8 players and it says searching......
And now it cleared out all the players it had matched with.
This game is still just as bad as it was at launch
And now it cleared out all the players it had matched with.
This game is still just as bad as it was at launch
I've been in matchmaking for about three hours this afternoon, good experiences thus far. Wanna party up?