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Been playing multiplayer to try and get better at Halo 4. I really dislike the lack of descoping and the ordnance drops, but I came across a game mode called Legendary Slayer and it was basically Halo 3 BR Slayer but in Halo 4 and it played a lot better without random drops and surprise overshields. I recall that 343 was trying to add a server list to the game? I would love to search for lobbies of Slayer matches that don't include infinity slayer so I can avoid ordnance game modes. Also, it is honestly impressive just how bad the Halo 4 helmets are. There's maybe four I like out of dozens, the Mk 6, the Enforcer, Recon and Scout, and the last two still look worse than the Reach versions.
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Jun 2, 2021 07:05
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No ODST helmet is unforgivable
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Jun 2, 2021 08:01
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Arcsquad12 posted:Also, it is honestly impressive just how bad the Halo 4 helmets are. There's maybe four I like out of dozens, the Mk 6, the Enforcer, Recon and Scout, and the last two still look worse than the Reach versions. Animal Friend posted:No ODST helmet is unforgivable
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Jun 2, 2021 09:25
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSbz1o0G-es
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Jun 2, 2021 15:34
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Animal Friend posted:No ODST helmet is unforgivable The Recruit helmet is more or less that Everything in 4 looks so overdesigned lol
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Jun 2, 2021 16:24
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RBA Starblade posted:The Recruit helmet is more or less that The worst part of it is the two-toned undersuits. If it was straight black like in 3 or Reach the armor pieces would pop more. And nowbin Infinite we won't even be allowed to choose our own colours, just baked in skins. Arc Hammer fucked around with this message at 17:30 on Jun 2, 2021 |
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Jun 2, 2021 16:53
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Played some more halo 4 multiplayer. Vehicles aren't affected by jump pads like they are in Halo 3 multi. 0/10
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Jun 3, 2021 20:35
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RBA Starblade posted:The Recruit helmet is more or less that try putting a backported 4 helmet on your chief or noble 6 in MCC and it's hilarious because of the mismatch though not good, but hilarious
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Jun 3, 2021 21:15
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I am stupidly pleased by the cosmetic options they keep adding, I love that my space Barbie now has ODST pants. The Halo 4 armor pieces usually look terrible but it's still fun to mix and match. I hope they add more skins for the vehicles and weapons
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Jun 3, 2021 22:04
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The Halo 4 chest pieces without the gigantic popped collars are good. I like the soldier and aviator chest pieces. Their shoulder armors are universally terrible though.
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Jun 3, 2021 22:10
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The new ODST armor looks incredible but the backported Halo 4 stuff both aesthetically looks like garbage and is a complete mismatch with the texturing, it's kind of insane But anyway I got my fire axe and now I never need to play again
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Jun 3, 2021 23:20
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Fun look at some of the Season 7 changes to Halo CE to bring it more in-line with the Xbox original https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrWvxtldoHU
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Jun 4, 2021 01:23
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I've got it. Halo 4 and 5 are what Halo would look like if it was in the Mass Effect universe. That's why the helmets all look terrible.
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Jun 4, 2021 01:30
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Arcsquad12 posted:I've got it. Halo 4 and 5 are what Halo would look like if it was in the Mass Effect universe. That's why the helmets all look terrible. Theyre also what it would look like if Bioware was writing the story! 
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Jun 4, 2021 01:56
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Great Beer posted:Theyre also what it would look like if Bioware was writing the story! As bad as Andromeda was, it still wasn't as dumb as halo 5's plot.
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Jun 4, 2021 18:21
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Zaphod42 posted:As bad as Andromeda was, it still wasn't as dumb as halo 5's plot. Now you say that, but why should I trust the word of a man whose brain is fueled by lemons? Both Andromeda and Guardians have the same problem of trying to soft reboot an established franchise while being super adverse to actually engaging with the previous games. Andromeda is running from the ME3 ending controversy and sidestepping important poo poo people want answered. Halo 5 doubles down on the problem started with Halo 4 where they basically fell down the continuity hole and built nearly everything around references to books and comics and side stories only a fraction of players have even read. Is it really an improvement if the games refer to the Elites as Sangheilli?
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Jun 4, 2021 19:26
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What in Halo 5 is built around references to books and comics and side stories? I don't think it's a good story but it's hardly one deeply rooted in the Halo EU either.
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Jun 4, 2021 19:30
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General Battuta posted:What in Halo 5 is built around references to books and comics and side stories? Isn't the entire opening built around Spartan Ops? They're hunting Jul M'Dama's Covenant and Halsey's entire motivation for ditching him after swearing revenge on the UNSC was explained in the comic follow-up to Spartan Ops after the first season crashed and burned. Also Blue Team being there is one big EU reference in itself because at no time in any of the games before Halo 5 would a non book reader even know they exist.
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Jun 4, 2021 19:32
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General Battuta posted:What in Halo 5 is built around references to books and comics and side stories? I guess Blue Team itself is something someone who has only played the games would see coming out of nowhere.
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Jun 4, 2021 19:33
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And Locke and Lasky having their introductions done in Nightfall and Forward Unto Dawn, respectively. Lasky is okay without watching Forward Unto Dawn but Locke is a mess. Unless you watched Nightfall you'd be like "who the hell is this guy?" and it's even worse when he gets awkwardly shoehorned into the Halo 2 Anniversary opening cutscene as a weak framing device.
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Jun 4, 2021 19:38
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I'm trying to unlock the Mister Chief helmet but it won't register for me. You have to survive a fall that would normally kill you, so the best way to do that is to assassinate a grunt or the elite at the start of Pillar of Autumn on Reach. I've done that multiple times and it didn't unlock. My question is: is this achievement bugged or was it only unlockable during Season 5 and I'm hosed now because it's Season 7?
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Jun 6, 2021 01:19
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Arcsquad12 posted:I'm trying to unlock the Mister Chief helmet but it won't register for me. You have to survive a fall that would normally kill you, so the best way to do that is to assassinate a grunt or the elite at the start of Pillar of Autumn on Reach. I've done that multiple times and it didn't unlock. My question is: is this achievement bugged or was it only unlockable during Season 5 and I'm hosed now because it's Season 7? Pretty sure you're hosed sorry
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Jun 6, 2021 01:36
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I tracked down a Series X because I wanted to play Halo and this seemed like the 'best' way to do it. I beat Halo 1 last week and started Halo 2 last night. The original graphics mode has tons of weird glitching and tearing. The plasma rifles have like a missing effect right on the side that kind of flutters all the time. Is this a normal experience and continuation of MCC being buggy as poo poo?
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Jun 6, 2021 05:23
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Shiroc posted:I tracked down a Series X because I wanted to play Halo and this seemed like the 'best' way to do it. I beat Halo 1 last week and started Halo 2 last night. The original graphics mode has tons of weird glitching and tearing. The plasma rifles have like a missing effect right on the side that kind of flutters all the time. Is this a normal experience and continuation of MCC being buggy as poo poo? Best way is actually PC But no that doesn't sound normal
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Jun 6, 2021 21:59
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Halo 2 anniversary still has really bad performance drops on the level Regret, I guess running both OG and Anniversary graphics at the same time doesn't fare well on the larger maps.
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Jun 6, 2021 22:08
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Halo 2 Anni SP runs like poo poo on my PC for some reason. On Xbox it's fine.
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Jun 6, 2021 22:11
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It's so bizarre how 343 prioritizes things for MCC. It's great that we're finally, finally getting unfucked CE graphics to fix the lovely Gearbox PC port that is the base for Halo 1, but there's still nothing about fixing the godawful hit detection for Halo 2 Classic MP which is based on Halo 2 Vista, or any of the graphical errors from H2 Classic. Meanwhile everything multiplayer is getting pushed into Halo 3 expansions, which is nice but it leaves the other multiplayer suites quite empty and languishing in an unfinished state. I barely play CE or Halo 2 multi because they run so poorly and suffer from a mixture of bugs and insane H2 veterans massacring anyone trying to jump into social games.
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Jun 6, 2021 22:16
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I play MP Reach/3. Sometimes 4 if it throws me into it. No interest in the others.
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Reach is such a mixed bag for me because I like the gameplay and the weapon balance is quite good (alongside Halo 3) but the maps are all terrible and often way too large. There's so much empty space in the multiplayer maps for Reach and far too many sniper points that have no effective counters. The fact that they share layouts with single-player maps doesn't help because those maps aren't balanced around multiplayer and are too big even in SP. I think the only maps I like are the one with the vents, the one with the outer space section and a handful of the Forge asset maps and Griffball courts. I like maps that funnel people into close quarters combat but too many Reach maps have unimpeded sight lines that make for tedious DMR fights at long range.
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Arcsquad12 posted:Reach is such a mixed bag for me because I like the gameplay and the weapon balance is quite good (alongside Halo 3) but the maps are all terrible and often way too large. There's so much empty space in the multiplayer maps for Reach and far too many sniper points that have no effective counters. The fact that they share layouts with single-player maps doesn't help because those maps aren't balanced around multiplayer and are too big even in SP. I think the only maps I like are the one with the vents, the one with the outer space section and a handful of the Forge asset maps and Griffball courts. Btb is my favorite in Reach and yet at the same time a few of its maps got some serious problems, like with Spire and Boneyard where you effectively don't use half the map. Halo 4 maps are generally better but it's that ordinance system that's kind of annoying.
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Sword Base is a good map.
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Whichever map it is in Reach that has the two large bases, teleporters to the side bases with one being near a waterfall, and a crashed pelican in the middle is the absolute worst for it. The sniper rifles spawn in the base and the one base just has perfect sight to everywhere else from it so everyone hides and plinks until someone inevitably gets bored, fills up the Falcon or a warthog, and gives the other team a free triple kill It's pretty fun in AR starts because you can actually walk out the door The one icy invasion map also sucks super hard for whoever is unfortunate enough to get the Elite-side spawn in non-asymmetric games. Hope you like getting spawn camped!
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I forget the name but that map in Halo 3 that's three levels tall and the only way to the top is two ramps with no cover or three super obvious gravity lifts is easily the worst map in any multiplayer game I've ever played.
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Jun 8, 2021 03:10
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Construct is a pain in the rear end because it's so easy for people to camp at the top of the grav lifts with the shotgun and the sword. Blackout and Guardian are probably my fsvourite because they're both variations of Lockout from Halo 2.
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Jun 8, 2021 03:13
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Guardian is my favourite. It's the only map that can make me feel like some kind of ninja, lots of chances for cool jumps and ways to get the drop on people.
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Lockout and it's derivatives are great, for sure. Halo is at its best at close range. Battle rifle fights are the worst. No need to try, just click them four times and make sure they didn't click you first. Such skill. Much fun. Wow. 
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Jun 8, 2021 12:49
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Giving the "make everything BR starts only" people what they wanted helped make matchmaking really lovely back in the day
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Jun 8, 2021 20:01
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All Halo Infinite should have is Swat. Nothing else. Not even a campaign.
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Jun 8, 2021 20:03
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I have fond memories of playing Oddball on Lockout in 2, being able to dodge, dip, duck, dive, and dodge in all sorts of directions that my friends didn't expect. I never had the opportunity to play 2 online, though.
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Tighclops posted:Giving the "make everything BR starts only" people what they wanted helped make matchmaking really lovely back in the day Bro I'm MLG.
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