ArchedThunder
Banned
6, I wish I could turn faster but at 6 I'm already gaving a hard time keeping my reticle on other players, a problem I've never had before and I'm afraid that turning it up will just ruin my aim even more.
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Halo 5: Guardians |OT| The Trials of Osiris
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Ouch, that's pretty ameteur-hour. Nice job on the technological regression there, Microsoft.
Oh well, at least I know it's not me. Thanks for the info, I'll see if I can come up with something that suits my setup.
justsomeguy
Member
I'm only two missions in, on heroic, but the Ai to me seems less challenging than previous halos. Elites will sometimes just stand there taking fire and not use the environment. The difficulty appears to come from having more enemies firing faster rather than from smart enemies.
I will say there appear to be way more going on on screen than previous halos though - pretty epic.
I will say there appear to be way more going on on screen than previous halos though - pretty epic.
ArchedThunder
Banned
This is one of the few overwhelmingly unanimous complaints.
And the first two DLC map we found out about are more industrial human maps. Yaaaaay.
We're getting btb maps made in forge, but nothing like beaver creek or sanctuary for small scale has veen shown.
Connection issues that seem to be spanning outside of Halo 5; reseting my internet, changing DNS, hard reseting, clearing my MAC and even factory reseting my Xbox didn't fix it.
I had the packet loss issue in MCC but I thought it was a bug in that game originally.
Yup, I'd probably rather take the loss in Warzone than use some of these, especially the Legendary/Mythic. Just too much randomness can happen that doesn't warrant spending such a single use rare card.
thunker 9000
Member
I was just placed into Onyx. Can I then be ranked down if I go on a losing streak?
Also, is the Halo: CE helmet in this game?
Also, is the Halo: CE helmet in this game?
plz say yes
SmartWaffles
Member
Is there a way to get the nightfall armor without actually watching Nightfall...?
Twilight Gap
Member
anyone know who is doing to Forge OT in a month or so?
Bornstellar
Member
Play on Legendary if you want individual enemies to be more dangerous. Be warned that there are also a LOT more enemies that will engage you than any previous game.
Well, actually I would recommend turning it down. Halo now being 60 fps gives the aiming a different feel. Smoother, faster. Try turning it down. I'm using 3 (just ranked gold, so I'm doing okay I think) I'm not saying go 3 but def try something lower.
You have to be kidding me...
Just go to each episode and fast forward to the end. It counts as 'watching' it.
What did you think of the new Sprint episodes, especially the Forge one where they brought Nok and the other cartographers.
justsomeguy
Member
Well, it's presented as armour failure / lock up etc, so it kind of makes sense. But it's really annoying waiting for assist timer to run out when you know chances of rescue are slim. Maybe I should die less
Twilight Gap
Member
I play on 4 sensitivity in every shooter but am at 6 in this game for some reason.
SmartWaffles
Member
Thanks, will do.
I was 7-8 in COD, 4-5 in past Halos but in this game aiming at 5 feels heavy, I'm currently bouncing between 6 and 7, see what sticks.
justsomeguy
Member
damn, sorry to hear.
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
So wait, The Fall of Reach animated series only goes up to the 3rd act?
Was expecting you know, "The Fall of Reach" to be depicted,. Seems like an odd choice, unless there are other acts yet unreleased?
Amazingly well done by the way. Just a rather weird spot to end it..
Was expecting you know, "The Fall of Reach" to be depicted,. Seems like an odd choice, unless there are other acts yet unreleased?
Amazingly well done by the way. Just a rather weird spot to end it..
Twilight Gap
Member
I'm on Forgehub staff so we been talking about a lot of that stuff for a while now. Really cool that those guys had the chance to design in that kind of environment and always appreciate seeing new Forge news. The thing that stuck out to me in particular was the wide variety of rocks I saw. To piggy back off of the discussion above, I'm a big fan of terrain maps and I've always felt that our ability to craft them in the past was criminally underwhelming. Now that we have more control over the environment, we should start seeing more of those maps pop up.
I'd say the Custom Content community will be well taken care of this time around. The editor itself is going to be awesome from what I've heard and seen, and there's 5 guys dedicated specifically to Forge sustain so there will be more content for it on the way. I'm excited.
Need some place to discuss it on GAF though.
JimiNutz
Banned
Going from Star Wars Battlefront beta to Halo 5 has been really eye opening for me.
I had a lot of fun with the Halo 5 beta but I just can't get on with the full game.
I played my 10 qualifying matches in Arena and was placed in Gold League which I was shocked by because I felt like I was get absolutely annihilated in my qualifying games and was hoping/expecting to be ranked Bronze or maybe Silver (I understand that I now can't drop down a league?)
I've now been getting absolutely destroyed (went 1-16 in one game) and find myself struggling with the controls and general 'feel' of the game (only played Arena Team Slayer so far).
I know the simple answer is 'get good' but I'm 30 now. I don't have the free time, patience or desire to spend hour upon hour getting destroyed by better players until I can catch up.
Star Wars Battlefront has been accused of being too 'casual' well, thank fuck for that! It's exactly the game I need. Halo 5 has gone straight up on eBay.
I had a lot of fun with the Halo 5 beta but I just can't get on with the full game.
I played my 10 qualifying matches in Arena and was placed in Gold League which I was shocked by because I felt like I was get absolutely annihilated in my qualifying games and was hoping/expecting to be ranked Bronze or maybe Silver (I understand that I now can't drop down a league?)
I've now been getting absolutely destroyed (went 1-16 in one game) and find myself struggling with the controls and general 'feel' of the game (only played Arena Team Slayer so far).
I know the simple answer is 'get good' but I'm 30 now. I don't have the free time, patience or desire to spend hour upon hour getting destroyed by better players until I can catch up.
Star Wars Battlefront has been accused of being too 'casual' well, thank fuck for that! It's exactly the game I need. Halo 5 has gone straight up on eBay.
Nope.
As far as i know, the maps the Cartographers built while at 343i will be in addition to the BTB maps which were already in the works prior to our arrival. They will (i hope) pad the BTB playlist as well as showcase the upcoming Forge.
Nope & NOPE! The list seen in the video was mostly abandoned moments after map assignments were made.longbow and paradiso remake
The CCs built 2 faithful remakes, and 3 maps inspired by previous BTB maps.
Prepare to be extremely disappointed. It was announced months ago that Halo 5 BTB will be 8v8.
ArchedThunder
Banned
A remix of The Rig and a remix of Fathom. Hopefully after the first batch we get some actual damn veriety
It sucks but I shouldn't have opted in the NXOE. After the next factory reset from me opting out happens I should be good, if not then I don't know what to do.
Jessie.Bristol
Member
Go to Halo Waypoint, then go to your Profile and select the Halo 5 service record. It'll show your Rank with a ring around it indicating progress.
Twilight Gap
Member
ArchedThunder
Banned
No, what I was saying is that they showed that they are doing remixes of Fathom and The Rig as DLC.
Bornstellar
Member
Not at all. But damn difficult. Almost requires you to actually use your team as bait so you can hit his exposed back.
But oh so satisfying to take him down.
Warzone is very fun. Had awful lag tonight though. Check this out:
http://xboxclips.com/Shadow+XBL/bde5df0f-5080-4ac3-9fd7-bd60ec863461
http://xboxclips.com/Shadow+XBL/bde5df0f-5080-4ac3-9fd7-bd60ec863461
Jessie.Bristol
Member
What ISP are you using? I have Time Warner Cable and experienced the same thing last night when my ISP was choking. Had half a match of Team Slayer on Plaza doing that last night. Ran a speed test and seen it was on my end.
Aha! Thank you!
Comcast. 75Mbps. Really solid normally. Was fine the rest of the night except that last game.
I feel like the MP is doing this to me:
1. Places me on a team of similar skill level and then loses against higher level players.
2. Then places me on a team similar skill level against similar skill level players.
3. It then sees that I win and then goes back to step 1.
It's annoying. I can't go on a win streak because this keeps happening.
Like why are level 13's ranked playing against 5 and 4's unranked?
1. Places me on a team of similar skill level and then loses against higher level players.
2. Then places me on a team similar skill level against similar skill level players.
3. It then sees that I win and then goes back to step 1.
It's annoying. I can't go on a win streak because this keeps happening.
Like why are level 13's ranked playing against 5 and 4's unranked?
Must have fast forwarded over that. Sorry for the confusion.
I LOVED what they did with WARHOLIC's map. Can't wait to see how mine turned out.
aGuyInaBearSuit
Member
Anyone else getting pretty frequent lag problems in multiplayer? I don't have that happen with any other game but it's pretty regular here.
Anytime I lag it kicks me from the server immediately. They really need to fix that. It sucks when I'm doing well and then I lose everything just like that.
What did they mean when they said it would be prettied up and worked on. I mean if they are Forge maps, what could they do above and beyond you? Just like small touch ups, slight details you might have missed, or would they be able to do some development magic and bring in non Forge assets?
Was it huge pressure being asked to design and make the map and then have the team play it in 5 days etc. Obviously Forge and creation is what you guys do, but I think even with a month I wouldn't be able to do a fraction of what I saw. Can't wait to see what you guys have done though.
ArchedThunder
Banned
You did Standoff right? They showed it for a split second on the Halo 5 Live stream, looked pretty sexy.
Twilight Gap
Member
beta one year before release
listening and communiting with fans
pro team on staff
would be more impressed if the base gunplay wasn't good after that.
Bornstellar
Member
Man, when this game looks good, it really looks good. Swords of Sanghelios is breathtaking and is easily one of the best Halo levels ever. How is this for pretty:
And these do not even do it justice.
Honestly I'd argue those shots are some of the least-flattering of the level.
Leyasu
Banned
I'm noticing that it fluctuates from game to game. I am also 100% sure that it is chucking me in US servers. Grenade lag, people not dying when they should, getting shot around corners etc.
I'm begining to think that 343 have been liberal with the truth.... Again!
ManUnkindH
Member
What's KDA? It appears at arena statistics...
ArchedThunder
Banned
Kill death assist ratio, it tracks kills and assists together.
SmartWaffles
Member
Kill/Death/Assist, it counts Assist as well so it is higher than actual KDs.
I got matched with English speaking people as well, was expecting Chinese, Cantonese, Korean and Japanese lol.
ManUnkindH
Member
So what's up with that Orion map? Looks like something straight out of Xbox era, but it sure is fun as fuck!!
God no! Stay the fuck away from this. Halo 4 is a masterpiece in comparison to this. How anyone can enjoy these god awful boss fights that are repeated over and over again throughout the entire game is beyond me. It's truly awful. Oh and don't get me started on the brain dead team AI or the boring ass prometheuns that lack any feedback whatsoever when shot at. The awful story and lack of playing as chief. There was maybe 2 memorable missions in the game, the rest had been an awful slog.
I gave it my best shot. I put faith in 343 and forked out money for an xbone just for Halo 5 and its the biggest disappointment I have had in gaming. No bullshit. The multiplayer might be awesome but I never play Halo for the multiplayer.