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Halo 5: Guardians |OT2| All Hail The Conquering Hero

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jem0208

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DocSeuss said:
*waves*

I wrote that for Kotaku. Happy to answer any questions or whatevs.
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I'm reposting this for a new page because it got stuck at the bottom of a previous one and I'm genuinely curious about your experience in 5.


Honestly though, the entire section of the article discussing H5's gameplay is baffling to me.

In Bungie’s Halo games running around punching aliens in the face made me feel like a champion. I don’t feel like that in 343’s games. I feel like I’m supposed to play it like Battlefield or Call of Duty, relying on cover and standing still
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This couldn't be further from my experience. The vast majority of my time in 5 was far more up close and personal than the previous games. Sprint, thrusters and the level design meant that I could jump into the middle of a group of enemies, take a few of them out and get out of there. It was more fast paced and dynamic than any other Halo. I was constantly strafing and dodging around enemies, climbing up high and ground pounding a group of grunts, gettingI up close and taking elites out with melee. I very rarely felt the need to go and hide behind cover and it never felt like I was playing CoD or BF.

Here's a couple of clips I just grabbed of how I'd typically play. This is on Heroic by the way:
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/Il MeanBean lI/video/12932909

http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/Il MeanBean lI/video/12932917

Also this comment right here
The same is true of Halo 5 on Heroic. I once unloaded half a clip from a BR, a shotgun round or two, and a punch into a Forerunner Soldier’s face.
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is straight up bullshit. On heroic a soldier is a 5 shot with the BR.

Here is video proof of that: http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/Il MeanBean lI/video/12932365

Honestly it sounds like you're playing the game completely wrong, or you're not good enough to play it right. Try dropping the difficulty down to Normal and run around as much as you can, use the verticality and level design to your advantage, get into the middle of enemies and use your thruster etc. The game is so much fun when you play it properly.


Edit: this isn't to say it's perfect. The Warden fights aren't great, the squad AI sucks and there's not enough vehicle levels. The rest of the gameplay is superb though.
 
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Samurai G0SU

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Maybe theyll be a peak tonight. . . i got a 4 day weekend and i wanna use all my boosts asap. Need a better legendary helm. :(


Edit: And a new stance. Like i have 0 unlocked except the default. Wtf. Lol. Eff these hailstorms and tundra vehicles! Lol
 
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EroticSushi

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Not sure if my thing is bugged or what. Whenever I open up a bronze pack I don't get any new common unlocks at all. All I get is random weapons and vehicles.

I'm still missing a bunch of common unlocks like helmets, armor, stance, visor but I don't get squat.
 
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dragonelite

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Did they changed matchmaking and aim assist?
Seems like 80% of the servers has been on USA side of the pond, last week was a better experience where the opposite happened.

Is the aim assist stronger and is there a option to disable it.
I found it working against me in situation like aiming a an explosive barrel, but instead goes to the player.

Edit: Might have a shitty halo performance week :'(
 
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BradC00

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Sentient said:
Not sure if my thing is bugged or what. Whenever I open up a bronze pack I don't get any new common unlocks at all. All I get is random weapons and vehicles.

I'm still missing a bunch of common unlocks like helmets, armor, stance, visor but I don't get squat.
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bronze arent guaranteed to have unlocked. at least that's what it says in the description
 
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Samurai G0SU

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dragonelite said:
Did they changed matchmaking and aim assist?
Seems like 80% of the servers has been on USA side of the pond, last week was a better experience where the opposite happened.

Is the aim assist stronger and is there a option to disable it.
I found it working against me in situation like aiming a an explosive barrel, but instead goes to the player.

Edit: Might have a shitty halo performance week :'(
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Ive had the same happen to me except im in colorado usa. No reason for me to experience some of these things i rekon. Since im in the middle of the west and east coast. Also i do see aim assist a little high last night. Only with the ar though.
 
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BraXzy

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Sentient said:
Not sure if my thing is bugged or what. Whenever I open up a bronze pack I don't get any new common unlocks at all. All I get is random weapons and vehicles.

I'm still missing a bunch of common unlocks like helmets, armor, stance, visor but I don't get squat.
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I had quite a long stint of getting nothing out of them besides boosts, and then I'd have a few in a row that gave me permanents. It's apparently 50% ish but its super fluctuaty (totally a word).
 
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Golgo 13

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So I went back to playing this today and have a few questions I need answered once and for all, if someone would be so kind (please only answer if you are %100 sure).

1) When do you show up on Radar? Only when shooting? Or also while running? I'm pretty sure you don't show up just walking.

2) Again, radar. Dots or Diamonds. Diamonds means the enemy is below you? And dots mean they are on your plane (or ground level). I can never seem to truly get a grasp on this. What about when they are above you? I'd really appreciate if someone would break this down for me.

3) So JIP is disabled now, right? Because today I've played several Slayer matches where either half of my team left, or my entire team did (beside myself) and no one else ever joined. I don't want to quit matches, but 4 against 1 is some god damn bullshit and there needs to be a way to fix this. Like if %50 of one team leaves it goes back to Lobby, or something, with more exp for the team who didn't have anyone who left.
 
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EroticSushi

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BraXzy said:
I had quite a long stint of getting nothing out of them besides boosts, and then I'd have a few in a row that gave me permanents. It's apparently 50% ish but its super fluctuaty (totally a word).
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Was thinking it might be the case of just being unlucky. I've probably unlocked 10 in a row and got nothing new.

:/
 
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BraXzy

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Something up with the servers? Getting loading icons between every round of Breakout.

Also.. I wondered why Breakout felt easier today, I keep getting matched up against Golds/Placing people while I'm a Diamond 4? No one playing it atm?
 
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Game's spawns need a massive rework, also reduce grenade starts to 1 and the one's on map down to 1 per location.
 
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BradC00

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Golgo 13 said:
So I went back to playing this today and have a few questions I need answered once and for all, if someone would be so kind (please only answer if you are %100 sure).

1) When do you show up on Radar? Only when shooting? Or also while running? I'm pretty sure you don't show up just walking.

2) Again, radar. Dots or Diamonds. Diamonds means the enemy is below you? And dots mean they are on your plane (or ground level). I can never seem to truly get a grasp on this. What about when they are above you? I'd really appreciate if someone would break this down for me.

3) So JIP is disabled now, right? Because today I've played several Slayer matches where either half of my team left, or my entire team did (beside myself) and no one else ever joined. I don't want to quit matches, but 4 against 1 is some god damn bullshit and there needs to be a way to fix this. Like if %50 of one team leaves it goes back to Lobby, or something, with more exp for the team who didn't have anyone who left.
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1. same as always. walking around unless crouched (or barely moving) makes you show up.

2. no idea. if it's brighter red they are on the same level as you. faded they aren't.

3. jip has never been for 4v4, only BTB and it was there for like 1 day.

on a unrelated note, my aiming felt off for the last few days. checked my controller curve and it was instant (but i was playing on smooth) not sure why it changed but that seems to be it.
 
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I feel like the game would play a million times better on just about any Halo 2 or 3 map. I was really surprised at how well the Headlong remake plays and it makes me believe that tried and true classics are a sure bet rather than what feels like a lot of experimental ideas with this new sandbox. As it is these new maps feel either very dense and narrow or gapingly open. I'd also really like to not respawn in the line of power weapons, as in both across from the weapon location and players holding them or get tagged by grenades.
 
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Plywood said:
I feel like the game would play a million times better on just about any Halo 2 or 3 map. I was really surprised at how well the Headlong remake plays and it makes me believe that tried and true classics are a sure bet rather than what feels like a lot of experimental ideas with this new sandbox. As it is these new maps feel either very dense and narrow or gapingly open. I'd also really like to not respawn in the line of power weapons, as in both across from the weapon location and players holding them or get tagged by grenades.
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The maps contribute to me being terrible at this game. They make no fuckin sense esxcept for the midship remake and maybe colossus.
 
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Samurai G0SU

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Basin is going down my list of enjoyable btb... Get shot from anywhere. Died so many times not knowing where that person was. Just the red indicator in whichever direction it came from doesnt help much here.


headlong
Basin
Deadlock

I forgot how recurve is. Only played it never.
 
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jhferry said:
The maps contribute to me being terrible at this game. They make no fuckin sense esxcept for the midship remake and maybe colossus.
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The fact you got the name of Colliseum wrong is proof that you havent played much. After a half-dozen matches you'll know the inches like the back of your hand. Their flow is definitely purposeful and recognizable with reps (you know, like EVERY game. You can't expect to learn it in a few sessions.
 
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While I've always been of the belief that remakes are a great idea for future titles, the maps in Halo 5 all play extremely well in my opinion. I don't think any of the developer-made maps are bad.
 
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Chip N Chance

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I haven't been following Halo 5 all that great, but what is the deal with these new BTB maps? I went to go play and saw immediately thought that they looked like crap. Is this just Halo 5's forge mode or something? As a casual Halo player i was so confused.
 
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Samurai G0SU

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FUNKNOWN iXi said:
While I've always been of the belief that remakes are a great idea for future titles, the maps in Halo 5 all play extremely well in my opinion. I don't think any of the developer-made maps are bad.
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Love me some truth. Wish it was on the slayer hopper instead of regret.
Regrets visuals were better in the beta imo too. Brighter time of day*

My arena map ranking best to worse imo:

Truth
Fathom
Colloseium
Plaza
The rig
Regret

Orion and pegasus can shove it.
 
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op_ivy

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Guillotine is sooo fucking good in halo 5. If you shit talk that map you are on my shit list of shitty playing halo 5 players with shit opinions.
 
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Montresor

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Been listening to the Hunt The Truth podcast while at work and I swore that the voice actor for the main character (journalist Ben Giraud) sounded familiar.

Lo and behold it turns out Keegan-Michael Key is the voice actor. WOW.
 
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Strider

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Karl2177 said:
I think most of the maps are good, but a bit too small for 8 players.
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I don't

One thing I hated about H4 was just how big the maps were. Sprint is fine but I like that the maps are small enough to where you don't feel like you need it the majority of the time.
 
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SWAT - 10 games - 9 wins - 1 loss (went +1 that loss, against onyx 1600-1700's)
8.3 KDA, 157 kills, 78 deaths, 14 assists.
Did better than the onyx ~1650 teamates I played all 10 games with a majority of the time (<5 games). Every game we played at minimum 1 onyx player (usually 2+), 6 of the 10 games were steaktaculars.

Ranked PLATINUM, i used to defend the ranking system. 343 your system is FUCKED. Now I have onyx, onyx, diamond 3 (btb), onyx, onyx and platinum, disgusting.
 
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Team Klimt said:
The fact you got the name of Colliseum wrong is proof that you havent played much. After a half-dozen matches you'll know the inches like the back of your hand. Their flow is definitely purposeful and recognizable with reps (you know, like EVERY game. You can't expect to learn it in a few sessions.
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I have Grammarly installed and it autocorrects text sometimes.
 
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Strider

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The ranking system is great. It's just the placement matches that are fucked. That's a small part of the system as whole that can and will be adjusted

After a while you settle in to the rank you should be and from my experience you get a lot of close games. Hell if you're an onyx tier player you're gonna just breeze your way up there anyway. I'm not a onyx tier player and I still solo queued my way out of platinum pretty easily.
 
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Caja 117

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iZeezbruh said:
SWAT - 10 games - 9 wins - 1 loss (went +1 that loss, against onyx 1600-1700's)
8.3 KDA, 157 kills, 78 deaths, 14 assists.
Did better than the onyx ~1650 teamates I played all 10 games with a majority of the time (<5 games). Every game we played at minimum 1 onyx player (usually 2+), 6 of the 10 games were steaktaculars.

Ranked PLATINUM, i used to defend the ranking system. 343 your system is FUCKED. Now I have onyx, onyx, diamond 3 (btb), onyx, onyx and platinum, disgusting.
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So, you played with a team full of Onyx and the other team wasnt getting allways Onyx and you expect to get Onyx? Without mention you dont know the trueskill of those Onyx you played against.
 
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ZeezbruhTV

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Caja 117 said:
So, you played with a team full of Onyx and the other team wasnt getting allways Onyx and you expect to get Onyx? Without mention you dont know the trueskill of those Onyx you played against.
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Did you miss where only 1 game had 1 onyx every game had 2-3. Did you also miss 60% of the games were steaktaculars, the worst I did was +1. The final game I went 16-9 against 4 onyx 1600's best on my team?? I only had 2 teammates. TLDR played with 2 onyx teamates, matched mostly onyx players, shit on everyone, got ranked platinum.

Get champion in Team Arena yet platinum in SWAT lmao lmao lmao
 
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Samurai G0SU

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Montresor said:
Been listening to the Hunt The Truth podcast while at work and I swore that the voice actor for the main character (journalist Ben Giraud) sounded familiar.

Lo and behold it turns out Keegan-Michael Key is the voice actor. WOW.
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He does a phenomenal job through this series. I cant wait for you to finish and provide your thoughts. Since you beat halo 5.. Itl be even more awesome. So many questions >=D
 
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Samurai G0SU

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iZeezbruh said:
Did you miss where only 1 game had 1 onyx every game had 2-3. Did you also miss 60% of the games were steaktaculars, the worst I did was +1. The final game I went 16-9 against 4 onyx 1600's best on my team?? I only had 2 teammates. TLDR played with 2 onyx teamates, matched mostly onyx players, shit on everyone, got ranked platinum.

Get champion in Team Arena yet platinum in SWAT lmao lmao lmao
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Sounds like we need a 1v1 between you and speedy blue dude. Lets see who tha real mvp of gaf is!!!!!

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Sorry bout the double post. Cant play as im watching the kids as the inlaws n fam go shopping -_-
 
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Hello fam, I'm back. What a shit time to catch a bid, right at Halo release.

Finally: DMR unlocked at level 49.

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TrounceX

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dragonelite said:
Did they changed matchmaking and aim assist?
Seems like 80% of the servers has been on USA side of the pond, last week was a better experience where the opposite happened.

Is the aim assist stronger and is there a option to disable it.
I found it working against me in situation like aiming a an explosive barrel, but instead goes to the player.

Edit: Might have a shitty halo performance week :'(
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Nothing changed on the game side, but aim assist does change depending on your connection. This has been a Halo thing for as long as I can remember. As someone with bottom of the barrel DSL (1Mb/s down), my aiming changes on a game to game basis. Sometimes I feel like I really suck at aiming, then I'll play with some local friends and it's like I can't miss.

The way it goes is more latency = more aim assist. That's why in previous Halo's if you were host, it would feel like your sensitivity increased. An actual Halo 3 protip is to decrease your sensitivity by 1 if you pull host.

Samurai G0SU said:
Sounds like we need a 1v1 between you and speedy blue dude. Lets see who tha real mvp of gaf is!!!!!

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Sorry bout the double post. Cant play as im watching the kids as the inlaws n fam go shopping -_-
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Who is this SpeedyBlueDude? I want to be the MVP GAF. 1v1 lets go!
 
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Samurai G0SU

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TrounceX said:
Nothing changed on the game side, but aim assist does change depending on your connection. This has been a Halo thing for as long as I can remember. As someone with bottom of the barrel DSL (1Mb/s down), my aiming changes on a game to game basis. Sometimes I feel like I really suck at aiming, then I'll play with some local friends and it's like I can't miss.

The way it goes is more latency = more aim assist. That's why in previous Halo's if you were host, it would feel like your sensitivity increased. An actual Halo 3 protip is to decrease your sensitivity by 1 if you pull host.



Who is this SpeedyBlueDude? I want to be the MVP GAF. 1v1 lets go!
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Hehe he just some guy in here who got champion in each arena playlist. :p im just puffin smoke and call him the mvp cause noone else has thrown their placment around yet.. Hehe :p

He probably hates me now
 
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Detective

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Is it normal for stronghold to not count kills? Ground pound for instance?
I've killed two people with GP and it did not count.

Not to mention the player just disappears in front of me. One sec he is far away and the other is in front of me.
 
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