Halo 5: Guardians Discussion

[Larry Sizemore]

Assuming they announce the next main title game this year (H5 was announced May 2014), I wonder what the next dumbass community initiative will be leading up to launch and in the post-launch/honeymoon period.

 

For Reach it was "bloom = skill!" and people screaming for unknown forge maps to be in the circuit even though nobody except the 15 or so people who helped playtest them had even seen them before and therefore couldn't follow what was happening. That worked out well!

 

For Halo 4 it was Bravo and u4ix, among others, pretending that armor abilities, flagnum, loadouts, and ordnance were actually good things for Halo, and the rest of us are just being haters and Halo Hipsters. And then after launch people were like "thruster should be a standard mechanic, it's so skillful!!" THANKS A LOT.

 

For Halo 5 it was the misguided notion that if standard gametypes had radar and AR starts, than all gametypes should because UNITY! Oh, how wonderful it will be to have all of Halo 5's gametypes united and in perfect harmony! People will gravitate to the competitive scene naturally! You idiots. And that bullshit's still going on because 343 sees the nonsense cheerleading posts from the same five people in the HCS thread as positive reinforcement, and gets to play judge and jury while holding their own tournaments in circus tents with 45 minutes of downtime between each match while 9 people watch the stream.

 

SO WHAT'LL IT BE FOR HALO 6?

[Ramirez77]

For Halo 6 we've gotta push for heroes being included in competitive gameplay instead of being relegated to standard play only.  This will ensure unified settings across the board and not alienate the viewers for our tournaments.

[phil]

Playable elites in tournaments.

[TeeJaY]

I think the "back to classic" trend is the only trend 343 won't follow.

[MultiLockOn]

Behold. Halo 5 aiming

 

http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/MultiLockOn/video/29324127

[SatansReverence]

Behold. Halo 5 aiming

 

http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/MultiLockOn/video/29324127

git gud!

 

H5 has best aim ever!

 

superb gunplay!

[The Tyco]

Behold. Halo 5 aiming

 

http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/MultiLockOn/video/29324127

Jesus Christ, you realllly lost the aiming lottery there.

[Ember Celica]

Behold. Halo 5 aiming

 

http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/MultiLockOn/video/29324127

This must be some sort of new "technique" we have yet to understand.

[Miggs14]

This must be some sort of new "technique" we have yet to understand.

Yeah its called "the wheel of fortune" technique, take a spin and hope you hit.

[Mythik Nick]

Behold. Halo 5 aiming

 

http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/MultiLockOn/video/29324127

 

http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/Mythik%20Nick/video/20289791

 

Get on my level. 

[MultiLockOn]

http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/Mythik%20Nick/video/20289791

 

Get on my level.

That clip is giving me nightmares

[My Namez BEAST]

http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/Mythik%20Nick/video/20289791

 

Get on my level.

God my strafe is so good.

[Mythik Nick]

God my strafe is so good.

 

Look at this My Namez LEAST kid, can't get kills without his precious autos. smh

 

 

 

 

[My Namez BEAST]

Look at this My Namez LEAST kid, can't get kills without his precious autos. smh

 

 

 

I think the best part was the fact that I switched to the smg mid fight. Sick strats man autos are balanced. At least that's what the community has been telling me. I earned that smg, I picked it off the map! Maybe you should have too.

[QuietMan]

Looking forward to some MCC customs tonight.  And more Quake Champions beta.  I can really see myself getting into Quake Champions a lot if it has a good ranking system.   Anyone here on the forums want to play with @@Killmachine and I?

[Killmachine]

Hows saving COD going @@MultiLockOn

[Kell Of Scots]

Since we are currently all enjoying bashing the aiming in H5 (As well we should) But I thought I'd mention that I recently tried out inner deadzone at 12%, outer deadzone at 0% and suddenly the aiming felt so much better.

 

Situations where you swing wildly trying to readjust your aim are mitigated because the game requires more input to move, allowing for more precise movements.

 

Try it out, let me know. It helped me alot.

[MultiLockOn]

Hows saving COD going @@MultiLockOn

Good, good. High expectations for the next game, lot of pressure at the studio.

 

Their level designers make me laugh. They'll say something so stupid but sound so confident and professional about it that I almost believe them.

[Gobias]

Looking forward to some MCC customs tonight. And more Quake Champions beta. I can really see myself getting into Quake Champions a lot if it has a good ranking system. Anyone here on the forums want to play with @@Killmachine and I?

Just signed up for the beta. Not a fan of certain abilities such as Ghost Walk, but at least the game won't be a ghost town.

[arglactable]

That clip is giving me nightmares

 

Same. Nick is nightmarishly bad at Halo 5.

 

 

[Killmachine]

Good, good. High expectations for the next game, lot of pressure at the studio.

 

Their level designers make me laugh. They'll say something so stupid but sound so confident and professional about it that I almost believe them.

Literally show them Legion and watch their minds melt

 

"More than 3 lanes wtf is this shit"

[Apoll0]

Good, good. High expectations for the next game, lot of pressure at the studio.

 

Their level designers make me laugh. They'll say something so stupid but sound so confident and professional about it that I almost believe them.

LOL

Gotta love it when tunnel vision and love of your own creations makes objectivity go out the window.

 

Just keep coming here so you'll always have your ego in check 

[MultiLockOn]

Hows saving COD going @@MultiLockOn

Accidental neg

[MultiLockOn]

LOL

Gotta love it when tunnel vision and love of your own creations makes objectivity go out the window.

 

Just keep coming here so you'll always have your ego in check

I'll tell you guys a funny story since I'm in a 5 hour car ride to Arizona right now.

 

During my interviews a few months ago I was sitting with the lead level design and the guy who made nuketown. At one point they asked me "what's your favorite and least favorite call of duty map and why."

 

Now I haven't even bought a cod since mw2 LMAO but I wasn't about to tell them that. And I pretty much dislike most CoD maps so I panicked and said my favorite map is Crash. I don't even know what Crash but the name just sounded like a COD map and it came out right away (I looked it up later and it was that cod4 map with the helicopter which was chill). I tried changing the subject and it went something like this

 

"So you didn't mention your last favorite map."

 

"Oh, it would probably be that really open field in mw2 that was just an open plain with a bunker in the middle"

 

"Wasteland? "

 

"Yeah I think it's called wasteland"

 

"..that's my favorite map of all time"

 

I can't make this up.

[xSociety]

I'll tell you guys a funny story since I'm in a 5 hour car ride to Arizona right now.

 

During my interviews a few months ago I was sitting with the lead level design and the guy who made nuketown. At one point they asked me "what's your favorite and least favorite call of duty map and why."

 

Now I haven't even bought a cod since mw2 LMAO but I wasn't about to tell them that. And I pretty much dislike most CoD maps so I panicked and said my favorite map is Crash. I don't even know what Crash but the name just sounded like a COD map and it came out right away (I looked it up later and it was that cod4 map with the helicopter which was chill). I tried changing the subject and it went something like this

 

"So you didn't mention your last favorite map."

 

"Oh, it would probably be that really open field in mw2 that was just an open plain with a bunker in the middle"

 

"Wasteland? "

 

"Yeah I think it's called wasteland"

 

"..that's my favorite map of all time"

 

I can't make this up.

You should have told them all CoD maps are bad because most smart developers these days are looking to hire people who don't like the series. 

 

Right?