bananafactory
Banned
I haven't paid much attention to the game since launch, have they given timeframes on when they expect it to be fixed?
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Halo MCC dedicated servers: Where art thou??
- Thread starter Leyasu
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In business, if you don't get an answer from an associate, you go to his/her boss. Where's Phil Spencer been in terms of addressing this debacle? Hell, Halo is the FACE of Xbox and they're just letting it wilt away with this mess of a game.
No sweat, happy to help.
Not really. The best we get is every week or so they say they're working on something and expect more next week. Then we get a patch that addresses a couple issue and creates a few new ones, but still leaves us with an overwhelmingly broken game. There's been no public discussion of long-term/big picture plans that break down the scope of the issues and their timetable for addressing it all.
Yep, it's absurd that Phil or anyone else at Microsoft/Xbox hasn't made a real effort to engage the community. This is a first-party title, a AAA franchise, a system seller! What happened to the Phil Spencer who said "If we lose our way with Halo, we lose our way with Xbox"?
Its appalling service to be honest, and in any other industry sending out a sub standard product would be acted upon immediately.
I have an open cone nat however I keep getting booted out of halo 3 and h2A games, the loading screen refuses to load and I get dumped whilst my other party member enters the game with no problem. Not sure if its because I'm party leader on not.
Then the game starts and feels like classic halo, i.e. shields are getting shot off with one BR shot and I have to run for cover immediately.
We've been diddled well and truly. As much as I enjoy halo I feel like I'm in a continuous holding pattern waiting for them to fix it.
343 can shove halo 5.
I have an open cone nat however I keep getting booted out of halo 3 and h2A games, the loading screen refuses to load and I get dumped whilst my other party member enters the game with no problem. Not sure if its because I'm party leader on not.
Then the game starts and feels like classic halo, i.e. shields are getting shot off with one BR shot and I have to run for cover immediately.
We've been diddled well and truly. As much as I enjoy halo I feel like I'm in a continuous holding pattern waiting for them to fix it.
343 can shove halo 5.
Exactly. If I put out a shit report at work or completely fucked something up and the recipient was looking for answers, me not fixing that would result in getting reamed out by my higher ups. And more importantly, it getting fixed.
bananafactory
Banned
Thanks. I've never played Halo MP and I want my first experience to be perfect...but man it sucks waiting. This was pretty much the reason I bought my Xbox along with FH2, a shame to just see it there collecting dust. I tried playing some of the campaign but that has issues as well which I assume are probably even lower priority than the matchmaking.
The Jackdog
Member
Phil saying nothing, Ayoub going quiet, and the rest of 343 basically tossing out information after patches come out has been a pathetic response
The Jackdog
Member
another patch is out
4:23 EST
4:23 EST
I agree. Their handling of the situation has been mediocre, to say the least.
I see some people around here saying that 343i is doing everything well and all I can't think is "What the fuck!?". I mean, what sort of low bar do people have for support and public relationship if they think what 343i is doing (and has done with Halo 4) is anywhere near acceptable?
Foolishfellow
Banned
This practice of releasing broken games at launch has to stop. It just doesn't work with the way the industry currently functions.
It would be one thing if the dev team maintained all relevant people well after the product was launched, but they don't. Typically, most people are laid off or transitioned to their next project well before the game even hits stores.
When the game finally hits shelves, and its a bug riddled mess, there's typically only a smaller team to handle minor bugs and tweaks. Working on the MCC in this post-launch state is most likely a living hell. The game honestly should be pulled from stores, and a full team of developers need to be brought back on before the title is re-released.
At this point, I think the most we can hope for is marginal improvements. Although, by the time the game is in decent shape most will have likely moved on.
It would be one thing if the dev team maintained all relevant people well after the product was launched, but they don't. Typically, most people are laid off or transitioned to their next project well before the game even hits stores.
When the game finally hits shelves, and its a bug riddled mess, there's typically only a smaller team to handle minor bugs and tweaks. Working on the MCC in this post-launch state is most likely a living hell. The game honestly should be pulled from stores, and a full team of developers need to be brought back on before the title is re-released.
At this point, I think the most we can hope for is marginal improvements. Although, by the time the game is in decent shape most will have likely moved on.
Some have.. All they got back is "343i is 100% compromised in fixing the issues", which is ridiculous.
Phil Spencer have made a reputation of being a straight shooter, but he really dropped the ball on this one...
Foolishfellow
Banned
Hence why some of us feel scammed. Right now developers can promise a product that doesn't truly exist, and sell enough units at launch (before the issues are known) to mitigate the risk of these expensive AAA titles.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Haven't really been keeping up with the news, but it sounds like MCC is a bit lacking. Wasn't there a "has 343 redeemed themselves with MCC" thread a few weeks back? Whatever happened to that?
That was before the launch of TMCC, iirc. Would be awesome to see a thread like that today.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Nightengale
Member
Because outsourcing ports of games you didn't even make except one is the height of redemption. /s
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
I just searched for it to refresh my memory. It's like the dangers of preordering in thread form.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=923536&highlight=redeemed
Words of wisdom.
It's funny because in the lead up to launch, so many things were announced trying to downplay issues or underdeliver on promises. No CE playlist, no ranks except for H2A, no customizable armor, dedicated servers will only be used for matchmaking not campaign or customs, Halo 2 Anniversary wasn't full resolution, so many frame rate drops or fluctuating frame rates, day one 16gb patch required, etc.
Define salty? Seems like another frustrated customer of the many on Gaf - which would make your post bait or "reverse salty"
Reverse salty = x poster calling others salty when in fact it's x poster who's salty by the comments being made. And yes, I just made up the term.
Leyasu
Banned
They worked on thanksgiving day? How do you know for sure?
Bravo tweeted it, take from it what you will.
Regarding the fabled dedicated servers, the last time I saw that "connecting to dedicated server..." text box on the bottom right corner was a day before official release, if I recall correctly. My gaming buddy has seen it roughly two weeks ago, though; I got dropped from the game before the map began loading, something like that) and he went on to play on that dedicated server.
So they are apparently on, but the odds of actually connecting to them appears to be very low. Like, 1 in 100 low.
The way I see this is that, well, short of Phil Spencer getting in there and writing code himself he can't fix the problem short of yelling at 343i heads. Which I'm sure he's done frequently. He can't fire the upper staff right now either as the last thing they need is to go through a leadership change while the incompetent team struggles to fix the issues. With that in mind, his hands are pretty tied short of repeating the same thing over and over "we're working on issues..." week after week, which isn't beneficial at a certain point. And the 343i heads probably think that posting on social media will catch them flak for looking like they're not doing any work.
I will however be very critical of Spencer if he's not willing to make some leadership changes at 343i after this is all ironed out. Because quite frankly a restructuring is desperately needed.
Leyasu
Banned
The last time I saw that pop up was about three days after launch.. What a fuck-up this game has turned out to be.
Oh look, my swat game has loaded on some p2p shit with room full of Americans. Here comes the lag.. 343 you're bad.
That's my SWAT experience... It's very frustrating.
I have never seen it popup for dedicated servers. I would ask for a picture of it but that is like asking someone to produce a picture of Big Foot.
It'll look like this, it'll come up right after voting.
Cool. Thank you. Yea I haven't played on dedicated servers once since owning the game ;(.
Thanks again.
Leyasu
Banned
lol They were there. And then they were gone. Just a dream within a dream.
Kssio_Aug
Member
Indeed!
After such a broken release, this lack of communication just make it harder to trust them to handle this IP.
PooBone
Member
Eeeeesh
demosthenes
Member
Call me a pessimist but I don't see that happening.
Edit: I don't follow gaming news outlets well but it seems like nobody is covering this. Is this getting press?
Diablohead
Member
It'll look like this, it'll come up right after voting.
It's like a shiny pokemon, i'll never see one ever lol
gaming press? you mean the relay stations for press releases?
Kappa.
I too want to know an update by 343 on this. One of my main purchasing reasons was the glory of playing Halo on dedicated servers for the first time as advertised, so it is only right 343 provides a status update. The promise of dedicated servers was a main reason for many people who bought MCC.
Dedicated servers make a massive difference in online play especially when partying up.
Dedicated servers make a massive difference in online play especially when partying up.
demosthenes
Member
They seemed to beat up on DC and Unity. Along with BF4.
Leyasu
Banned
Exactly. A real shame that they have not fulfiled their promises