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hanyolo posted:This could be a NAT issue. I see the blinking when I find players and then usually 1-2 people drop. Then of course it doesn't find other players and times out I ended up fixing the problem by hard resetting my xbox.
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I can't get enough of this game. It's just crisp. The ledge boost is really smooth too.
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Dec 30, 2014 19:31
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Booties posted:From the home screen you can highlight Halo 5 Beta, press start, then quit game. This works in place of starting a different game then starting Halo up again. I don't think this replaces instances requiring a hard reset. Yeah I quit all the time. Seems like a hard reset is more effective. I haven't tried the game idea since I don't have one.
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Dec 30, 2014 19:40
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WDA info: quote:((k+1/3 a) - d)/ games. Not comparable to players with different CSRs though (eg gold vs onyx) https://twitter.com/joshua_menke/status/546825972847099904
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Dec 30, 2014 22:26
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Happy to hear that bumper jump still lives. I was going to be cranked if you had to mash a bunch of buttons to do anything. Excited to use clamber, jumping around maps should be fun.
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Dec 30, 2014 23:08
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ahaha http://xboxclips.com/ChadDaniel/ec4f7600-1124-4693-b679-cc091352cc65
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Dec 30, 2014 23:49
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that's pretty funny.
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Booties posted:From the home screen you can highlight Halo 5 Beta, press start, then quit game. This works in place of starting a different game then starting Halo up again. I don't think this replaces instances requiring a hard reset. It doesn't and the fact that you have to unplug the Xbone to hard reset it drives me mental. Its like they're trying to make it worse than the 360 on purpose.  that's some fun physics right there.Don't really care for the look of the new energy sword though. Why you gotta gently caress with everything, 343? It was fine!
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Dec 30, 2014 23:52
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There is a setting I think in the power options that makes it boot every time you shut it off, maybe that's your option. They really need to add an escape hatch for these lobbies that go no where.
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Dec 30, 2014 23:55
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That's hilarious
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Dec 31, 2014 00:08
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Zaphod42 posted:It doesn't and the fact that you have to unplug the Xbone to hard reset it drives me mental. Hold the power button, like any other device you want to hard reset since like 2002?
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Dec 31, 2014 00:21
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Laserface posted:Hold the power button, like any other device you want to hard reset since like 2002? Still requires me to get up off my couch and access the xbox physically when I have a perfectly good wireless controller in my hands. Not really much different. Whats the thought there anyways? Players may not be smart enough to hard reset their own machines... so we make it even harder to do for those times when they have to? I mean clearly the intent is for a device which is on 24/7 and never has to be hard reset, but the Xbone is so far from a server machine its not even funny.
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Dec 31, 2014 00:24
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If you get stuck in a lobby I heard that snapping a party, starting a party and selecting "Leave multiplayer" can get you back to the main menu.
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Dec 31, 2014 00:34
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Yeah, I figured that out. I'm playing right now if anyone wants to join up. GT: Texibus
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Well after sinking some time into this game, I can confirm, it is in fact another halo game. I don't really know what I expected, it doesn't do anything exceptionally well that halo hasn't done before. It is basically as bland, if not blander, than CoD at this point. Fantastic innovation, 9/10.
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Dec 31, 2014 01:06
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Just played with an onyx that went 1-13. Good lord
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For a secret Easter egg press the X button really really fast at the main menu! it crashes the game and your console
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You can ADS with the sword. And it increases your lunge range. There's not enough what in my body to describe how confused I am by this revelation.
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Funkmaster General posted:You can ADS with the sword.  343 noooooo.
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Funkmaster General posted:You can ADS with the sword. I want the loving lore reason for this hahaha It makes no sense!
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well you see when you are wielding a sword made of pure energy you want to focus all your vision down the sights on the sword (btw the sword has ironsights) and when you aim down sights on guns you shoot better so therefore the sights on the sword make you sword better. it makes perfect sense, immersion, perspective, lore, reasons, Halo, e-sports, MLG.
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Laserface posted:well you see when you are wielding a sword made of pure energy you want to focus all your vision down the sights on the sword (btw the sword has ironsights) and when you aim down sights on guns you shoot better so therefore the sights on the sword make you sword better. Makes sense, swords need scopes to work at distances beyond normal swording ranges.
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Dec 31, 2014 04:38
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Everybody knows if a spartan is swinging a sword and they get shot, they flinch. Yeah those spartans sure are known for their hesitation.
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So that cutscene, after you click on the Beta for the first time, is pretty cool. I'm a sucker for some Keith David.
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Funkmaster General posted:You can ADS with the sword. That`s loving retarded
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I mean to be fair there's no literal sights on it or anything. Holding the ADS button makes you hold the sword slightly forward and straigther, like you're menacing someone with a dagger or something. But it does have a slight zoom and definitely increases the lunge range. And yeah, it's dumb. Funkmaster General fucked around with this message at 06:12 on Dec 31, 2014 |
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Dec 31, 2014 06:08
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BabyMauler posted:So that cutscene, after you click on the Beta for the first time, is pretty cool. I'm a sucker for some Keith David. With Cortana dead and Chief on his way out, Arbiter is the most interesting character left. Never thought I'd say it, but bring on the Arbiter.
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Funkmaster General posted:I mean to be fair there's no literal sights on it or anything. Holding the ADS button makes you hold the sword slightly forward and straigther, like you're menacing someone with a dagger or something. But it does have a slight zoom and definitely increases the lunge range. I suck with the sword enough as it is. Did they really need to add another layer of depth onto it
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Finally managed to get into a game  Still took me getting booted like 8 times first. Need to fix the servers, but its a beta so I can ignore that pretty much. Controls feel pretty responsive and the game does feel pretty Halo, given that there's only the one map and team slayer. Aim down sights feels just like Destiny and for the pistol, DMR, sniper, etc. it feels GREAT. But for the AR and a few others... it feels awkward. I hate that I feel like I have to use it since there's an accuracy bonus, but if you get shot with the AR you flinch... what the gently caress?  The voices... I actually like the idea of having callouts in-game like Left4Dead, "reloading!" and "Med kit here!" or "Shotgun over here!", that's all pretty great and informative. But the voices themselves... are just way too bro-y. And too happy! Chief was always pretty grim, he was fulfilling a duty, but he wasn't having a blast. (We the players were  ) The Spartans in Reach were even worse, they kinda knew it was turning into a suicide mission, but they did their jobs. These new guys are just like a bunch of basketball players, high fiving each other.They've turned Halo into literally Unreal Tournament. I don't know why they felt they had to do that. Nobody needed a lore explanation for multiplayer. It was just fun times for Halo dudes to shoot each other. You don't need to give it a loving setting in the canon, 343!  I do like the new SMG model, they did a thing with the ammo clip like a P90 and its pretty cool and different. I have no problem with the dodge, and the mantling is actually very good and comfortable. Mostly this looks good, but I wish they didn't feel they had to change so much just... to be different or something.
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I love getting a big win streak with the most kills on my team only to get a performance increase bonus of +3 or +7
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Zaphod42 posted:They've turned Halo into literally Unreal Tournament. I don't know why they felt they had to do that. Nobody needed a lore explanation for multiplayer. It was just fun times for Halo dudes to shoot each other. You don't need to give it a loving setting in the canon, 343! As a pure viewer, I wish they had done that because it's kind of bland to watch. In previous ones you had alien weapons so there was some visual flash going on in matches. But right now it's just like Titanfall where you're in a future setting but it's still just pistol, sniper rifle, shotgun without anything added to them to leverage the "future" setting. And I begin to wonder the point of having a health and shield bar in MP when there isn't a different set of damage classes for energy and bullet weapons. Is there some later reveal of energy weapons for the MP or is the health bar just a vestigial tail from when they had creative weapon types?
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Ape Agitator posted:As a pure viewer, I wish they had done that because it's kind of bland to watch. In previous ones you had alien weapons so there was some visual flash going on in matches. But right now it's just like Titanfall where you're in a future setting but it's still just pistol, sniper rifle, shotgun without anything added to them to leverage the "future" setting. And I begin to wonder the point of having a health and shield bar in MP when there isn't a different set of damage classes for energy and bullet weapons. Is there some later reveal of energy weapons for the MP or is the health bar just a vestigial tail from when they had creative weapon types? They're not going to not have alien weapon in Halo, dude. That's just the beta. At least... they'd be crazy not to. I wouldn't be surprised if they just prioritized a given list of weapons for the beta, and the rest of them don't have finished animations yet or whatever. No doubt there'll be some new weapons too. Halo 4 tried adding a ton (Promethan) even if it stumbled. They're not going to not do new guns. Also you completely missed my point. I wasn't commenting on the levels. The levels should be set in the campaign settings, in colorful halo environments. And you're right the current maps feel esports and not very interesting. But I was just bitching about the focus of the story and the voices. I don't mind having a couple barebones maps, there'll be all kinds of maps in the final game. It just kinda sucks that the only maps we have now are super boring esports stuff.
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I've watched a couple of streams and I get the complaints about the voiceovers. TTK seems a lot shorter than I remember halo 2 and 3 being or am I just old and/or watching people mostly mow down idiots?
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Bobtista posted:I've watched a couple of streams and I get the complaints about the voiceovers. They're annoying while watching, but super useful in game
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I'm enjoying it so far, and I was one of the few that enjoyed Halo 4. It's got most of what I liked about 4, minus some of the more interesting armour abilities (hologram). I was a bit worried about the whole professional gaming focus, given that pro gamers seem to despise pretty much everything that's enjoyable (if it's fun, then it "adds an element of randomness" and must be removed for everyone), but it seems to have turned out well
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Finding games a lot easier today (within 1 min) but after the game is done there is still a 50% chance of the whole lobby getting stuck in "searching for players" which requires you to restart the game entirely. While we're on it, random thoughts: - TTK is maybe a little bit too low - Battle rifle is OP - I'm not sure what I think about the grenades launching you up / sideways when they explode near you, leaning towards liking it as a new change - Wouldn't mind ground pound having a bit longer range - Need some kind of indicator for the non special weapons, took me ages to find some of them leaning up against the walls - Blue aiming sights against blue team on a blue map, rookie error there - Dash is awesome - Clamber is awesome The bro stuff wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it was from the posts I've seen here, I also really like the automatic AI communication when you're near someone Looking forward to jumping out of a warthog and ground pounding some nubs when this is released though 
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Only been on like 30 minutes. Just started my 3rd match. Much improvement.
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Bobtista posted:I've watched a couple of streams and I get the complaints about the voiceovers. TTK definitely felt a bit faster to me. But I don't know if that was just my perception or what. MickRaider posted:They're annoying while watching, but super useful in game Again, we're not saying there shouldn't be voiceovers. We're saying this particular voice actor(s) or the direction given was all wrong. I would love to have voiceovers, they are indeed useful, but don't make them so drat NFL. These are Spartans; Soldiers. I guess the war's over and now everybody just plays Griffball for fun? hanyolo posted:- Blue aiming sights against blue team on a blue map, rookie error there Its a nitpick but its a good one. Throw a 3rd color in there, 343. Zaphod42 fucked around with this message at 18:33 on Dec 31, 2014 |
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hanyolo posted:Finding games a lot easier today (within 1 min) but after the game is done there is still a 50% chance of the whole lobby getting stuck in "searching for players" which requires you to restart the game entirely. Instead of exiting the game do this: Snap party start party leave > multiplayer problem solved. Should take you back to the main menu.
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I think the BR and DMR TTK are fine, but I think the AR needs 2 more bullets to kill
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