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Halo 5: Guardians |OT4| You picked a helluva week to join up

RIP Juices.

RIP juices. We still love you.

Speaking of motherfuckers dyin', tragedy struck GAFCOM tonight. On two separate missions we lost the following Spartans:
  • Jun-A266
  • Emile-A239
  • Fata1moose
  • Zoso Achilles
  • Macho Man Randy Savage
Jun died in the line of duty defending an evac point so that Carter, Jorge and Emile could escape. His body was recovered, as was the VigilantEye rifle. Emile, Fata1moode, Zoso and Macho Man were lost in a squad wipe attempting to halt an ADVENT attack on a civilian outpost. Their bodies could not be recovered, but they were given a full ceremony none-the-less.

But I take comfort knowing I made it :p
 
Your thread is cursed, I cannot find a game anymore, yesterday I couldn't find a game in any playlist at 2pm and I'm having the same problem right now at 12:50pm Sydney time.

I mean... I really want to play halo 5, i like it, I'm lvl 144, it's the best halo ever.
But I simply cannot get a game, if this continues I'll have no choice but to move on.

I have the answer, we party up and drink until the pain goes away
we pass out and forget about actually playing Halo 5
. Sorry to have infected your Halo mate, I'm sitting at 114 myself. I love the game too, best in the series for campaign and multiplayer for me.

Time to bump my GAF thread with your post content here mate, I'm about to make another post in it again too. It's way out of hand. The fact we can't even get official support anywhere is total bullshit. I'm gonna ask a bunch of buddies to test it (again) solo and party wise tonight too. I'm almost certain we'll get more data showing it's fucked again, mates know the state of Aussie Halo and have for a long time. It's why they just play other games for the most part.

Also I've now posted this over at Waypoint just for reference (I suggest you post in that thread too).
Waypoint > H5 Guardians Support > Thread Link

Away from forums potentially there is something going on in the background for our issues and this may just become a highlighted issue in the wider gaming public eye very soon. 343i/MS I'd suggest you start communicating, I know y'all read all the forums consistently. Give me a phone number or an email address and deliver some actual support. Shit drop a press release - "we know it's fucked we're working on it".

Imagine an ex forum moderator at Waypoint likely to get banned over there because I'm that frustrated at the sustained issues for weeks/months and no avenue of support. Christ MCC and now this. WTF. Fuck if I ran my company this way I'd be out of business. Total joke, and I love MS tech.

I know there's workings on in the background and mum's the word but why they don't just communicate transparently is beyond me. It's 2016, be open and honest is all we ask. I've moderated your forum for 1-2 years, I know how little official replies go on over there. It's plain to see historically if you care to look through the Waypoint support/general forums, very little is communicated in the public space.
 

Trasher

Member
Just wanted to stop in for a second here and say hello and good bye!

Halo 5 was the one. A very solid FPS, but it's just too far from what I'm looking for in a Halo. Halo will never be Halo again.

I'm finding less and less time these days to game and haven't really played Halo since January. Sold my Xbone last week.

I had a lot of fun becoming such great friends with you all (Or at least anyone who was part of older groups and remembers me) Many good times were had in MM and customs.

Hopefully see you around, when we ever find the time.

On to bigger and better things! Like buying a house with your wife!
 
RIP juices. We still love you.

Speaking of motherfuckers dyin', tragedy struck GAFCOM tonight. On two separate missions we lost the following Spartans:
  • Jun-A266
  • Emile-A239
  • Fata1moose
  • Zoso Achilles
  • Macho Man Randy Savage
Jun died in the line of duty defending an evac point so that Carter, Jorge and Emile could escape. His body was recovered, as was the VigilantEye rifle. Emile, Fata1moode, Zoso and Macho Man were lost in a squad wipe attempting to halt an ADVENT attack on a civilian outpost. Their bodies could not be recovered, but they were given a full ceremony none-the-less.

Can't kill the Gringo
 

NOKYARD

Member
Just wanted to stop in for a second here and say hello and good bye!

Halo 5 was the one. A very solid FPS, but it's just too far from what I'm looking for in a Halo. Halo will never be Halo again.

I'm finding less and less time these days to game and haven't really played Halo since January. Sold my Xbone last week.

I had a lot of fun becoming such great friends with you all (Or at least anyone who was part of older groups and remembers me) Many good times were had in MM and customs.

Hopefully see you around, when we ever find the time.
#higherjuices

You'll be back to play Halo 8 4 Player Split-screen with your kids.

ForgeGAF test session; Saturday May 14, 2016 @ 1PM EDT(5PM GMT)
I should be there.
 

TCKaos

Member
Shortly after the critical tactical failures that resulted in the loss of so many lives the Avenger was intercepted by a UFO. We encountered a distortion field that forced the Avenger to land. A fireteam consisting of nearly every GAFfer on the Avenger charged into combat against endless waves of enemies.

The objective: Destroy the generator for the Distortion Field, return to the Avenger's ramp and liftoff without letting an enemy board the ship.

The following Spartans participated in the battle:
TCKaos
BraXzy
Samurai G0SU
TJ NutterB
GringoSuave89
mastrbiggy
Akai
SPARTAN-B312
Carter-A259
Kelly-087

Of those, the following were lost:
TJ NutterB
Kelly-087

The following were rendered MIA (via a glitch where the game can't decide if you're dead or bleeding out):
mastrbiggy
BraXzy

I recorded the whole thing. I should have it up tomorrow. 28 enemies were killed.
 
I have the answer, we party up and drink until the pain goes away
we pass out and forget about actually playing Halo 5
. Sorry to have infected your Halo mate, I'm sitting at 114 myself. I love the game too, best in the series for campaign and multiplayer for me.

I managed to fix my issue by starting a custom game on my own, tried matchmaking again after that and got a game straight away, then another and another etc.

All against Americans mind you, getting sniped by a shotgun is pretty infuriating.
 
Just wanted to stop in for a second here and say hello and good bye!

Halo 5 was the one. A very solid FPS, but it's just too far from what I'm looking for in a Halo. Halo will never be Halo again.

I'm finding less and less time these days to game and haven't really played Halo since January. Sold my Xbone last week.

I had a lot of fun becoming such great friends with you all (Or at least anyone who was part of older groups and remembers me) Many good times were had in MM and customs.

Hopefully see you around, when we ever find the time.

Bye bye buddy

Still can't believe you defended jetpacks on Reach
 
Shortly after the critical tactical failures that resulted in the loss of so many lives the Avenger was intercepted by a UFO. We encountered a distortion field that forced the Avenger to land. A fireteam consisting of nearly every GAFfer on the Avenger charged into combat against endless waves of enemies.

The objective: Destroy the generator for the Distortion Field, return to the Avenger's ramp and liftoff without letting an enemy board the ship.

The following Spartans participated in the battle:
TCKaos
BraXzy
Samurai G0SU
TJ NutterB
GringoSuave89
mastrbiggy
Akai
SPARTAN-B312
Carter-A259
Kelly-087

Of those, the following were lost:
TJ NutterB
Kelly-087

The following were rendered MIA (via a glitch where the game can't decide if you're dead or bleeding out):
mastrbiggy
BraXzy

I recorded the whole thing. I should have it up tomorrow. 28 enemies were killed.

I am the chosen One.
 

SCHUEY F1

Unconfirmed Member
I'm no fan of the jetpack. Been playing the Reach campaign a bit, which I love, but the controls are really hard to go back to after H5.
 

Fuchsdh

Member
I'm no fan of the jetpack. Been playing the Reach campaign a bit, which I love, but the controls are really hard to go back to after H5.

Controls aren't that bad if you always run with defaults/Halo 4 style. Halo 3 with its dual wielding reloading has always been the worst for me, which is where MCC's universal control scheme was so revelatory.
 
This update can't come quickly enough, the connections are really shite now. Almost every match has teleporting and delays

http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/Sordid Sentinel/video/17386382

http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/Sordid Sentinel/video/17201262

no fun playing on connections like this whether you win or lose.

Yeah, no matter where you are, there seems to be some Server side issues. It's quite frusterating and confusing tbh.

Here is my example:

http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/SaMuRaI G0SU/video/17386926

Gernade throw is delayed. enemy spartan teleporting. It's great!!!!

dont mind my sloppy aim.
 

Stinkles

Clothed, sober, cooperative
As a fellow SWAT man, I wonder if you can explain why SWAT! isn't said at the start of matches as opposed to just slayer.


Because it's "just" a subset of Slayer. Albeit taken to the far end of a dial. Whereas something like CTF changes objects, rules, etc.

And audio is surprisingly bulky, so in places where you can safely save on the stuff loaded into RAM, you should.
 
Because it's "just" a subset of Slayer. Albeit taken to the far end of a dial. Whereas something like CTF changes objects, rules, etc.

And audio is surprisingly bulky, so in places where you can safely save on the stuff loaded into RAM, you should.

Poor Xbox One. Halo 5 limited by RAM :( ....
 
I managed to fix my issue by starting a custom game on my own, tried matchmaking again after that and got a game straight away, then another and another etc.

All against Americans mind you, getting sniped by a shotgun is pretty infuriating.

It's just random, I got games tonight. Felt like a snail in arena or WZ, usual disadvantages apply when you're 200ms down the hole. High latency on FFA still there, amongst other issues.
 

Strider

Member
I hope they go into more details about the MM preferences on stream although I doubt they will (does it region lock, etc). This is the one thing I really really want to work well. If I choose focused and still get matched vs EU 4 stacks. . . . . . .

I'm still surprised they are linking skill with the preferences though. The refusal to give us a connection focused social arena playlist sucks so much.
 
RIP juices. We still love you.

Speaking of motherfuckers dyin', tragedy struck GAFCOM tonight. On two separate missions we lost the following Spartans:
  • Fata1moose
Jun died in the line of duty defending an evac point so that Carter, Jorge and Emile could escape. His body was recovered, as was the VigilantEye rifle. Emile, Fata1moode, Zoso and Macho Man were lost in a squad wipe attempting to halt an ADVENT attack on a civilian outpost. Their bodies could not be recovered, but they were given a full ceremony none-the-less.

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link1201

Member
I hope they go into more details about the MM preferences on stream although I doubt they will (does it region lock, etc). This is the one thing I really really want to work well. If I choose focused and still get matched vs EU 4 stacks. . . . . . .

I'm still surprised they are linking skill with the preferences though. The refusal to give us a connection focused social arena playlist sucks so much.
I'd like to see that as well. I really hope the settings help. I'd hate for them to be how they were in Reach. They seemed to do nothing there and search times were the same. I'm willing to wait quite a bit longer to play a WZ match with similarly skilled players.
 

SCHUEY F1

Unconfirmed Member
Thinking of picking up the collectors edition of Halo 5 since i want a digital copy of the game and it is on sale. Was wondering if I can use the warzone req bundle again?
 
I have a friend who often experiences lag when playing Halo 5. He didn't have this issue back on the 360, but for some reason he lags terribly every now and then. He tells me his internet everywhere else throughout his house works fine and its only with Xbox One multiplayer games. Anyone know any remedies to this issue?
 
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