jailbird20022
Banned
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74 days after release, 343 still has not standardized dedicated servers for Halo:MCC
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not that dedis will make a difference since apparently we still need a host to connect to.
Some posters like to comfort themselves by attempting to compare the MCC's failure to that of DriveClub's.
Even though DriveClub actually works now. And MCC is still broken.
skatebored
Member
What I can't understand is why MS insists on pushing these games out too early, then taking way, way too long to put the game at a finished state. Halo 4 is a solid MP game post updates and it's a shame because noone got to play that version.
I'd have had no problem with pushing MCC back.
Even if they fix it now, the game will never enjoy the population sustain it needs, and could have had.
I'd have had no problem with pushing MCC back.
Even if they fix it now, the game will never enjoy the population sustain it needs, and could have had.
Was this post really necessary?
Exactly. Everyone needs to start waking up. As long as this shit is tolerated, these companies will continue to get away with it. Not just within 3rd party publishers, but within Sony (Hello, DriveClub & LittleBigPlanet 3) & Microsoft as well. Vote with your wallets! That's the only way they'll start listening.
Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
At this point dedicated servers are useless unless you live in 'Murica. But hen this is 343, they only give two fucks about America.
There'd be next to no one playing this game outside the US soon so what's the point in having an empty server to choose from? Playing on the US server from Australia is no different o P2P anyway so it's pointless now.
Suck a fucking cluster fuck.
There'd be next to no one playing this game outside the US soon so what's the point in having an empty server to choose from? Playing on the US server from Australia is no different o P2P anyway so it's pointless now.
Suck a fucking cluster fuck.
This is a big change for me, but recently all my matchmaking experiences have been ideal. Less than a minute wait-time initially, quick transitions between matches, and legitimately zero noticeable lag. Especially when most of my experiences with the older Halo games were local and lan play, I've been impressed with how well things have run. Half the time, this is with two-player splitscreen matchmaking.
My personal experience has gone from literally unplayable up until the last few week to basically perfect performance.
My personal experience has gone from literally unplayable up until the last few week to basically perfect performance.
Mr. Enigma
Member
Try playing with at least one other person and tell us how it is.
Meaning three players on my end, in public matchmaking? I'm not sure I understand.
Speaking of that.. when does the Smite Beta on X1 start? Looking forward to playing a game with dedicated servers and a proper beta.
But on a related note... it is so sad that we are here in the middle of Feb with no real answers yet.. ugh. I sure hope that patch fixes things.
PROh1bited
Banned
The patch is a lie.
It's a train wreck in America too. You're not missing out on anything.
I'd like to say neither does Advanced Warfare but I guess they never promised dedicated servers in the first place, just a bunch of bullshit about this and that. The game remains terrible to play at least on PC (smaller player base than console versions = worse matchmaking) due to latency issues.
It'll be interesting to see if we see dedicated servers this year because it's Treyarch releasing their game. They've had better attitude towards proper networking in the past but things can change quickly if Activision decides otherwise.
It'll be interesting to see if we see dedicated servers this year because it's Treyarch releasing their game. They've had better attitude towards proper networking in the past but things can change quickly if Activision decides otherwise.
Don't play the game tonight.
Another weird thing is happening online that did not happen before.
I'm getting intermittent error messages saying 'Your connection to Xbox Live has been lost' a few times but the game is still going on then my last game started off as 5 v 5, it was 3 v 3, and my friend said he can't move. I can hear him in-game. An enemy was not moving too that I killed. Then the game froze on me. It did for him too. The match crashed out.
Another weird thing is happening online that did not happen before.
I'm getting intermittent error messages saying 'Your connection to Xbox Live has been lost' a few times but the game is still going on then my last game started off as 5 v 5, it was 3 v 3, and my friend said he can't move. I can hear him in-game. An enemy was not moving too that I killed. Then the game froze on me. It did for him too. The match crashed out.
Dragonborn
Member
Not to mention one is an exclusive racing game while the other is the flagship titles that's the reason behind the Xbox's entire existance. Yea, you would think MS would care more but no.
At least DC is a blast to play now (and has been for months). The MCC is still a failure and I'm no less disappointed in 343. I look forward to seeing if they can outdo their mediocrity with Halo 5.
jailbird20022
Banned
inb4 delayed to early spring
ebullientprism
Member
I wonder if the patch actually fixes the Matchmaking will it even be worth it. There cant be many people left trying to play this garbage.
Imru al-Qays
Banned
Has anyone figured out what that was all about yet BTW?
It would be cool if 343 would let us know how the internal testing for it has been going ever since they canceled the preview test.
jailbird20022
Banned
Waypoint forums have been borked for 2 days now, the heck is going on
I'm wondering the same thing. I tried visiting to see the current mindset, but nope.
343 just doesn't care. I wish we could trade Bungie for 343.
BabyFaceKillah
Member
im pretty sure it will get fixed but its too late imo...
Sadly this is looking more and more likely.
I have a feeling that's probably why they are not even going to bother. The ROI will likely be minimal trying to improve the situation at this point. It feels like they've probably abandoned it and moved on to Halo 5.
It's bizarre when you think about the hype for those servers too, we went from
300,000 servers
Cloud will make XB1 3 times more powerful
to
Cloud now means free dedicated servers for XB1 games
to pretty much
93xfan
Banned
I'd say they bungled it well. Almost too well...
kingwingin
Member
Can we still demand refunds? This is so stupid
Also I definitely see them fixing this in the future, they damaged the halo brand and need to fix this before halo 5.
People burned by mcc aren't going to buy halo 5
Also I definitely see them fixing this in the future, they damaged the halo brand and need to fix this before halo 5.
People burned by mcc aren't going to buy halo 5
Lol, nice post.
Dreams-Visions
Member
Booted it in December, "played" 2 or 3 matches, and have never played it since.
That will be the last of my money that 343i gets for a long, long time.
That will be the last of my money that 343i gets for a long, long time.
not going to get halo 5? i think it's out this year or something
JimiNutz
Banned
After Halo 5 I've been desperate to play some more Halo and have resorted to playing Halo 4 through MCC.
Been playing a steady two weeks now (solo) with no issues at all. Games are generally found within a minute or two and work flawlessly for me. Not sure if any of it is running on dedicated servers but I'm yet to plat many games with lag. Certainly nothing unplayable.
Halo 4 wasn't what I expected to be playing when I bought MCC but so far at least this aspect works...
Been playing a steady two weeks now (solo) with no issues at all. Games are generally found within a minute or two and work flawlessly for me. Not sure if any of it is running on dedicated servers but I'm yet to plat many games with lag. Certainly nothing unplayable.
Halo 4 wasn't what I expected to be playing when I bought MCC but so far at least this aspect works...
block tower
Member
games still broken. i still cant connect on a regular basis to friends in Halo MCC matchmaking and campaign lobbies.as a hardcore Halo fan who reads the books, comics and bought every game, i refuse to give any money to 343 and MS for another Halo game after 343 shipped a completely broken game and used the Halo brand to peddle broken software. cant wait to vote with my wallet this fall and not support Halo 5.
Once again, I'm still not sure how MS can get away with continuing to sell this game. I mean this in a legal sense. Beyond the fact that the game is almost unplayable in the most basic sense, it is certainly not playable in the ways in which MS advertised. 60fps, dedicated servers, ranking system. None of this really happened.
Yet they continue to sell the game and even offer sales on it. In which other industries could a company release such a fundamentally broken and false advertised product and get away with it?
MS should have recalled the game. Or at the very least officially announced that refunds would be given on request with no questions asked. None of this 'call Xbox support and pray' ymmv type bullshit.
I'm not gonna get over this one for a long time...
Yet they continue to sell the game and even offer sales on it. In which other industries could a company release such a fundamentally broken and false advertised product and get away with it?
MS should have recalled the game. Or at the very least officially announced that refunds would be given on request with no questions asked. None of this 'call Xbox support and pray' ymmv type bullshit.
I'm not gonna get over this one for a long time...
Especially since DC works perfectly and has done for awhile.
Secondly and more importantly, none of that shit helps MCC owners get what they paid for.
Hopefully it all comes good for you guys
It works because your playing by yourself, add a friend to the mix in a party and watch the whole thing burn to the ground in a heap of steamy shitty goodness.
BabyFaceKillah
Member
I've also been finding matches with no problem solo but we ate probably just the lucky ones.
Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
I remember when they announced limited backward compatibility for Xbox 360 and I remember playing Halo 2 on it and seeing the UI ghosting on the screen partially occluding the view. A known bug that I am not sure they bothered to fix. Sometimes MS is weirdly not protective enough with their own top selling IP's...
JimiNutz
Banned
Yeah I suspected as much.
It's still a shitty situation but at least I can now play the game in a limited capacity and scratch that Halo itch.
PeskyToaster
Member
Everyone knew the cloud talk was bunk. I don't think we've seen the benefits once and not nearly to the scale of what was being talked about. I mean Titanfall was claimed to gain great benefits from the cloud and all they did was the skybox and the shittastic AI if I remember right. Isn't Crackdown supposed to use it as well?
I think this weird defending of 343 is a whole lot of cognitive dissonance. Posters were hailing this as the second coming and such a huge value and it completely whiffed it in terms of delivery. I don't know what's the deal with Driveclub but the game seems to work in its entirety as of now so it's not a valid comparison anymore.
Depends how you look at it. It functions but PS+ subscribers still don't have the glorified demo that was promised to them.
PeskyToaster
Member
That's not related to functionality or anything though. Like if you buy the game, from what I've heard, everything works without a problem. Haven't played it though, it's just the comparison people throw around hahaha.
343; embarrassment of the industry. I can't think of a single thing they've done right in this entire charade.
"We'll tell you everything once we know what's happened" we were told three months ago. Still no word on what caused this or any kind of explanation to the lack of dedicated servers.
"We'll give you ODST free!" Well, that's great unless you bought this still broken game after Dec. 17th. Otherwise, fuck you.
"We're going to fix matchmaking!" yet here we are 3 months later with no dedicated servers and a prayer that they'll have their act together for the next patch. If not, we're all fucked. Again.
And what's worse is they haven't even really discussed fixing major problems with the campaign crashes/disconnecting. After the matchmaking is fixed, they're probably going to pack it in and start transferring resources to H5. I can't see them staying the course to right this ship considering all the short cuts they've already taken.
I had a lot of hope for 343 and didn't mind Halo 4 that much. Now I feel like they (and MS) are the poster child for what's wrong with the AAA industry. They have completely shit all over their fans and whatever legacy this franchise has. Absolutely incredible. Bravo fellas, way to kill 4 birds with one stone.
"We'll tell you everything once we know what's happened" we were told three months ago. Still no word on what caused this or any kind of explanation to the lack of dedicated servers.
"We'll give you ODST free!" Well, that's great unless you bought this still broken game after Dec. 17th. Otherwise, fuck you.
"We're going to fix matchmaking!" yet here we are 3 months later with no dedicated servers and a prayer that they'll have their act together for the next patch. If not, we're all fucked. Again.
And what's worse is they haven't even really discussed fixing major problems with the campaign crashes/disconnecting. After the matchmaking is fixed, they're probably going to pack it in and start transferring resources to H5. I can't see them staying the course to right this ship considering all the short cuts they've already taken.
I had a lot of hope for 343 and didn't mind Halo 4 that much. Now I feel like they (and MS) are the poster child for what's wrong with the AAA industry. They have completely shit all over their fans and whatever legacy this franchise has. Absolutely incredible. Bravo fellas, way to kill 4 birds with one stone.