Mark V Edition
Important Halo Links, Notes etc.
http://pastebin.com/64rb9y4w
>Latest Halo Community Update
https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/making-memories
>List of /hg/ players
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1whs3eQiGdX5Ve8hVDHjuca-aRnx0igrMoIIiKYW-JAA/edit?usp=sharing
>Spartan Companies:
https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/spartan-companies/halo%20general
>Looking for custom games/campaign co-op players/matchmaking squad
http://halolfg.com
http://halocustoms.com
http://halolobbies.com
Watch the threads for occasional party squads
>Xbox One clips and screenshots
http://xboxdvr.com/
The third /hg/tage is out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj0swJRlm5g
>>143763787
>again with the lazy copy-paste
/hg/ google doc isn't even available
Anyway, I realized I goofed up on the grid and went back in and redid it from the centre properly this time, so it doesn't look so janky.
>>143764401
center*
Here's two more coming up.
MCC Customs when
>>143764725
>king of /hg/
riot when?
Daily reminder that Halo 5: Guardians>Previous Halo games
>>143765823
Agreed
When did they fix custom games not showing up on Theater mode?
>>143765823
I love bait in the afternoon.
>one hour
>only 11 posts
>>143765089
All hail our glorious leader
>>143764725
>MCC Customs when
Red said he was going to host again at 8 tonight. He wanted to host earlier but he has things to take care of.
Only problem is he tends to make the thread on /v/ so we will have to just keep watch.
Cawfee
>>143770859
>NotEvenTiming
I like that tag.
IT'S HAPPENING
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M964aYRIYUQ&feature=youtu.be
>>143775374
The only good things about that whole picture are the Concussion Rifle and black undersuit.
>>143775374
It's fake. I can tell by the pixels and from seeing a great many shoops in my time.
>>143775784
Yeah it's baffling that he decided to include the Sticky Detonator instead of Reach's Grenade Lawn Chair
>>143776163
Or dual SMGs when the current one is already strong enough.
>>143772825Green Pee!
>>143777683
Brawndo!
It's got electrolytes, they're what plants crave!
hg pls stop being so dead
It's slow hours, but I'm gonna post examples of how the grid method has helped to form the foundation to a basic map.
>>143780046
Those doorways look awfully short.
>page 9
>britbongs in cha-wait
Customs when?
>>143782552
Never.
Any lobbies going, lads?
>>143784725
No.
>>143775374
As much as I want Mark V [B], knowing 343, they'd just fuck it up like the noble armor sets.
Hosting a lobby to try to test out this map's foundation. Shit ton of spawns everywhere with the backs against the walls since I don't know how the fuck it works.
Drop your GTs and I'll send the invites.
/hg/ is critically inactive during what statistically should be the most available time of the week for players where the majority of places are closed
/hg/ is kill
>>143790814
church
>>143790814
I'd be down to get ranked in Breakout, but only two others are on.
>>143790814
Is anybody playing right now?
>win breakout match
>BANNED
What?
>>143794582
That's happened a number of times to me. Did you leave or get dc'd from recent earlier match?
>>143794889
This is the only time I've "quit" a match before this happened. And for anyone who only plays MCC, you can't back out once it hits 4/4.
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/Chaosdroid%202/video/18028831
>>143794582
apparently lots of people are having that problem since the new update
Needs a name.
>>143796219
git gud
I just want to play some firefight... I hope the firefight update comes out soon...
>>143796939
i think it's the last update.
>>143786695
They already did
>>143782552
>Customs when?
/v/ is holding another MCC customs match at 7
>>143798936
>/v/ is holding another MCC customs match at 7
THEY CAN'T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT
>>143799212
Then host one first and advertise it here and there. Pussy.
>>143801725
>Then host one first and advertise it here and there. Pussy.
I'm too lazy
>>143798936
Really? I can't find the thread.
>>143796350
Haha great post, well meme'd friend! :D
>>143796350
>git: 'gud' is not a git command. See 'git --help'.
>Steamroll enemy team in Warzone
>realize that my team's trying to farm kills and won't blow up the core
>start dodging my own team's ghosts and laughing at people meleeing and throwing grenades at me as I destroy the core by myself
You guys are all faggots and should bow down and worship my superiority
>>143807151
>>143805015
>anime
git help
>>143807151
Are you a Maria?
>>143807151
Still got room if anyone wants in on MCC customs
>>143807643
Hdjehdiwgdnr
>>143807578
What did he mean by this?
>>143807578
Dew, please go.
>>143808130
>>143807578
>>143808849
What was her face conveying?
Why did chief fall for a simple trick?
Did I like the game?Bane?
>The user can't join as their game session is closed.
Why does 3 feel so slow and shit?
I enjoy CE and 2 but 3 just feels like torture.
>>143809993
>been playing 5 for the longest time
>going straight into 3 and play absolutely like shit
JUST
>>143809993
Bungie nerfed the strafing because they're incapable of making a fun game on purpose.
1453 – Fall of Constantinople: Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II Fatih capture Constantinople after a 53-day siege, ending the Byzantine Empire.
>>143809301
Imagine being Chief in that scene and having to be all like...
>>143810084
Is it really slower in 3? Feels like it but I thought it was my imagination and coming from 5.
>>143809993
Part of it is that 3's AR feels like one of the weakest, most unsatisfying guns in any game
>/v/ taking charge once again
Those MCC customs feels
>>143810379
The movement acceleration is much lower than in the first 2 games.
>>143810415
>they designed and touted it as "the perfect starting weapon"
>>143810653
Well it feels awful, probably worst game to back and play.
>>143811319
It feels awful even switching between it and 2.
>>143808949
It Ain't Me nigger.
>>143810415
Reachs sounds the best,
So shit may as well be throwing rocks at them.
Halo: Combat Evolved was a decent shooter with a good campaign.
Halo 2 was an online shooter on console.
Halo 3 was THE community game.
Halo 3: ODST was comfy but co-op online was hell as a stable connection was near-impossible.
Halo: Reach was when Bungie incorporated Shadowrun in to the mix of things, ultimately causing 90% of the community to leave over the following two years.
Halo 4 was 343i's poor decision to follow in poorly troden footsteps.
Halo 5 started out as trash and has slowly developed to become somewhat decent, but the franchise can no longer recover given both it's original decline and the decline of gaming overall.
>>143813123
>Halo 3: ODST was comfy but co-op online was hell as a stable connection was near-impossible.
Sounds like a (you) problem, because I got the vidmasters and the score challenges no problem.
>>143814335
Firefight co-op seemed to work fine. I got the vidmasters too. The campaign just seemed to run like shit when co-op'ing online.
>>143813123
I'm of the belief that Halo 6 could somewhat right the ship if 343 learns their lesson from 5 and launches it with all the expected modes and decent map variety.
Halo 5's "starting out as trash" could be better described as "launching as only two thirds of a game"
Would be in much better shape today if it had launched with Forge, with Infection, and with an additional six or seven maps.
>>143814659
Even if Halo 6 was perfect, Halo would never be what is was back in Halo 3. It's impossible.
>>143814560
That's a you problem.
>>143814767
Which I don't think is solely Halo's fault, it's the fault of CoD, Battlefield, and other shooters which have grown in popularity on consoles and pulled players away since after Halo 3 came out.
>>143815136
Well, it certainly helped cleanse the gene pool.
>>143815136
>since after Halo 3 came out.
Halo 3 had no trouble maintaining top 3 during its 3-4 year lifetime. It's more like, after Halo 3 "ended", it started becoming too similar to games around it that did what the new Halo games were trying to do better than Halo did.
Reach was still very much its own thing and had a very active community, but 4 and 5 were just too similar to recent Cod and Battlefield entries.
v thread and hg thread dying. Halo is dead.
>>143816710
Thank you, Jesus
Only 20 more gold packs for me boys.
>>143817149
Just buy them for the last stretch.
You won't regret it.
>>143817251
t. 343 Industries
>>143817572
You'll promote us...right, Anon?
>>143817572
C'mon anon just get in.
If only there was something like a defibrillator that could jolt a thread back to life
>>143820661
Maybe if we'd all play together. /v/ has a full MCC lobby right now. We only play REQ grinder simulation
>>143820812
>projecting
/hg/ lobbies have been mostly custom games for the past few weeks. If you actually played, you'd know that.
>>143810571
Do you feel in charge?
>>143821225
I know, I've been in them
I just don't enjoy endless halo 5
>>143821676
Then why are you lying to further a point that doesn't exist?
I waited for you hg. Am I not sexy enough for you?
>>143821676
>>143821916
why is this a reaction image now and what does it meanwhat is this expression suppose to convey?
So no one gets together for Warzone/Arena anymore?
>>143822071
>>143822301
That doesn't answer the question.
>>143822102
I gotta finish up this last problem, then I need to get ranked in Breakout.
Three more games.
>>143822536
>>143822638
I was genuinely curious more than asking for a party, but yeah lemme know when you're up.
'Til then, 1/?? for Warzone/Arena.
>>143822895
>Hideki
I'll pass.
>>143822823
Haha, epic!
>>143822895
My nigga. Lemme get ranked real quick.
Halo 5 customs, message THE ONE BIG RED
>>143823178
O-ok.
>>143823287
8/12
>>143823280
Looks like the other guy's got a good customs party going. Want to do that instead or are you set on doing real matches? I'm up for anything.
>>143821806
What?
>>143823958
I'm not convinced that there's a positive correlation between how many times a person mashes the enter key per post and how retarded they are.
>>143824231
>>143824408
Thanks for proving my point.
>>143823228
>>143824507
I don't actually know what that point is because I'm not the guy you were talking to, but still:
>>143798496
343 needs to fire their art team.
>>143825291
343 needs to fire everyone but Kaz.
>>143822895
>Hideki
Fool me once sham on you...
>>143823287
Customs still up?
>>143825813
No.
>>143825527
what?
>>143827606
what's that pad for?
>>143827685
Guitar Hero
>>143814659
Different anon, if 343 can make a brilliant and decent length campaign with Chief as the main playable character for every level and give him that family connection with Blue Team and Halsey something that was missed in Halo 5, along with the removal of non-combat missions and something along the lines of Halo 3 scarab battles I feel that 343 could probably save the campaign for 6. For MP we really need split screen and all of the game's content at launch.
>>143814767
I agree, but it would get some of the fans back that left, Halo is niche now so they really need to start impressing Halo fans instead of alienating them like they've been doing.
IT HAPPENED AGAIN.
>>143827741
>really need to start impressing Halo fans
the vast majority people playing Halo 5 and the remnants playing the others are all that's left
with gaming's decline, there's no hope
everything Bungie built will fall
and from the ashes of their Halo, 343 will build a better one
>>143829816
>343 will build a better one
>>143829816
Apocalypse sucked btw
>tfw you choke away the clutch winYou can rest assured that I reported him. I then goaded him into sending me a rude message which I also reported.
>>143832195
>file deleted
>>143832195
>file deleted
>>143832195
>file deleted
>>143832367
>>143832393
>>143832506
I JUSTed the webm. Unfortunately I lost the original footage in the process and had to use theater, so now I look like even more of a shitter.
The idle animations make me diamonds
>>143832803
>people who mash crouch to avoid bullets
I really fucking hate this.
>>143832980
The worst part is that it didn't even do him any good. Another half a second and I would've had him, but cucky mcgee spawned in just the right spot to shoot me through the window while my teammates were thoroughly busy jerking each other off.
>tfw Hog Wild drops on 31st
End my suffering.
>>143796939
It comes out late next month I think
>>143832803
Who did you report and why?
>>143834143
What if he wants to play firefight and not spartan ops?
>>143832980
>mashing crouch with an assault rifle
To people actually think this takes any amount of skill? I don't watch the "pros" (unless they promise a REQ pack) but I've never seen any of the players do this.
>>143834358
Then he should get Halo Reach or ODST.
![[CUMMING INTENSIFIES].gif](https://i.imgur.com/MowTN4K.gif "[CUMMING INTENSIFIES].gif")
>get ranked in breakout
>keep losing after that
>enter match on map I've never seen
>win the first round
>teammate invites me to party chat
>they say my voice is smooth
>get a trifecta on a flag carry
>win the whole match
>>143833129
It was doing him some good. You were missing.
>>143834382
I've done it some and had people miss.
>>143834382
Does it actually work, though? I see a whole lot of pissing and whining about it on the Waypoint forums, and I've tried it myself, but it doesn't really seem to do any awful lot of anything.
Is it just a placebo tactic for scrublords, or is it actually something viable?
>>143836050
It moves your head hitbox lower than where people normally aim. Do the math.
>>143836050
The fact that people are pissing and whining about it means it can work.
>>143836050
Yes, it works. It's why it's such bullshit.
>>143836314
I love that 343's games allow you to crouch while moving. One of the few good things Halo 4 did.
>>143836451
Can't you do that in every game?
>>143836532
You can kinda do it in CE, but you become uncrouched if you move at max speed.
2, 3, ODST, and Reach require you to stop moving in order to crouch.
>>143836451
It's pretty detrimental, as with this case as an example.
Fucking hate that if you're not mashing the thumbstick in, you're playing sub-optimally.
>>143836671
>Fucking hate that if you're not wiggling the thumbstick side to side, you're playing sub-optimally.
>>143836635
You can crouchwalk though right?
>>143836828
Yes, you always have been able to. It's just that you were unable to go from standing to crouching if you were walking at the same time.
>>143835759
Joke's on you, that's because I'm just naturally shit at video games!
>>143836931
y-you too... ;^)
>>143836781
What, I can't hate that, too?
It's like in GTA4 where, if you weren't constantly mashing the A button to sprint instead of run, you were far more likely to get shot.
>>143837275
I don't understand why you would hate it. Do you want people to all line up and take shots at one another while standing still? It's a shooter, it's all about dealing the maximum amount of damage while receiving the least amount possible.
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/Chaosdroid%202/video/18040064
>this happens
>someone in the party chat yells "LET'S GO!" once the round ends
>>143836086
As I said, it tends to have a rather iffy success rate, hence my question.
>>143836186
These are the same people that will try to do anything to shift the blame of their poor performance onto something else. So, you'll forgive me for not taking them seriously.
>>143836314
See above: iffy success rate. I find that strafing properly and being less predictable with my movement works better than crouching.
>>143837376
>dealing the most amount while receiving the least is just wiggling the stick side to side while clicking it in
At that point, you have to wonder if your mechanics need adjusting. It's not very fun to do or be on the receiving end of.
>>143837453
>See above: iffy success rate. I find that strafing properly and being less predictable with my movement works better than crouching.
And yet you don't seem to count being less predictable with crouching.
>>143837453
>I find that strafing properly and being less predictable with my movement works better than crouching.
They're not mutually exclusive.
>>143837613
It was a change to make moving between standing and crouching less clunky, and has the secondary effect of giving players yet another option to dodge incoming fire. I don't want to play the "git gud" card, but it really comes off that you're just complaining about it because other people are using it to their advantage and you can't deal.
>>143837629
>>143837613
My point was more that I get far more success out of basic lateral movement and thrusts than I do out of hammering the crouch and hoping the bullets whiz over my head.
People tend to forget all too quickly that if you're humping the ground like an idiot you're just as likely to put your head back up into the line of fire as not.
>>143837808
>you can't deal.
Not only can I deal, I do it. It's just a shit mechanic and sucks the fun out of any gunfight when one of the two of us do it. Any other shooter would do something to prevent or prolong the hitbox from moving as to punish just dumb abuse of the mechanics like this.
It's fucking boring to just start teabagging before he dies and get a kill. It makes me look like an ass and ruins his day.
>>143837993
>Any other shooter would do something to prevent or prolong the hitbox from moving as to punish just dumb abuse of the mechanics like this.
Not really. It's honestly no different to strafing.
>>143837985
Well your point is shit, because they all work just as well. I'd actually argue that thrusting is the worst of the three, because of all the times I boost around a corner, then get hit by bullets anyways.
>>143838103
It's pretty different from strafing. You can tell that 343 meant to allow a faster crouch to keep speed up, and I doubt any of them considered that this would happen.
>>143837985
Just do them all and vary them.
>People tend to forget all too quickly that if you're humping the ground like an idiot you're just as likely to put your head back up into the line of fire as not.
So? You can also strafe into his reticle.
>>143838208
>It's pretty different from strafing.
How so? it's moving your hitbox in order to try and dodge bullets.
>>143838294
>How so? it's moving your hitbox in order to try and dodge bullets.
One of them is telegraphed and requires momentum and commitment, the other does not. You can ALWAYS crouch, but you can't always strafe.
>>143838208
>I boost around a corner, then get hit by bullets anyways.
Blame lag compensation and bullet magnetism for that.
>>143838290
>So? You can also strafe into his reticle.
Again, true, but if you're a decent player you should be able to keep your reticle on your enemy while avoiding his - as somebody else mentioned, the point is to take as little fire as possible while dealing as much as you can in return.
>>143838418
>One of them is telegraphed and requires momentum and commitment
Crouching isn't instantaneous and has an animation going into it and coming out of it.
>you can't always strafe
When? Don't get caught midair.
>>143838515
>the point is to take as little fire as possible while dealing as much as you can in return.
So why would you throw out crouching as an option?
>>143838539
>Crouching isn't instantaneous and has an animation going into it and coming out of it.
It's pretty instantaneous in this game. It takes less than a third of a second. Possibly even less.
>When? Don't get caught midair.
Walls, bad spawns, etc. You could also argue that not strafing would catch them off guard, but the only times it's not beneficial to be mashing the stick in is when you're up against a power weapon.
so I should be getting my internet back the 3rd.
>>143838515
>Blame lag compensation and bullet magnetism for that.
Still means it's a weaker mechanic for dodging than the other two.
>>143838697
>It takes less than a third of a second. Possibly even less.
And it's pretty fast to change strafing directions.
>Walls, bad spawns, etc.
I don't see how a bad spawn would stop you from being able to strafe.
Walls are your problem, that's just poor spacial awareness.
>You could also argue that not strafing would catch them off guard
And make it easy to get shot.
>>143838834
Not really. Boosts issue is you can't shoot doing it.
>>143838942
While I would really like to do both at the same time, you can cancel the animation rather quickly.
>>143838890
>And it's pretty fast to change strafing directions.
No it isn't. You have to bring yourself to a halt, so unless you're doing a tiny waddle that will just be compensated for with bullet magnetism and auto aim, you might as well be standing still.
>Walls are your problem, that's just poor spacial awareness.
Yes, it's my fault I spawned in between two walls at the end of the bridge on Fathom with a guy at the top of the ramp shooting me. I should have planned my spawn better.
>And make it easy to get shot.
Once again, your point is moot. Strafing is compensated for and is at best a placebo for how small you're implying you do it, crouching easily outdoes the other two dodging methods in every regard.
>>143838635
I'm not. I'm saying that it's got a dubious effectiveness compared to other methods.
>>143839193
What's your basis for this?
I don't see how throwing a crouch in while strafing is gonna hurt you.
>>143839164
>Yes, it's my fault I spawned in between two walls at the end of the bridge on Fathom with a guy at the top of the ramp shooting me. I should have planned my spawn better.
I'm not even sure if there's a spawn point up there but there's more than enough space there to move.
>Strafing is compensated for and is at best a placebo
What?
>crouching easily outdoes the other two dodging methods in every regard
In the event that crouching is so much better than anything else, what's the problem with that? It's just another option for dodging bullets that everyone has access to.
>>143839193
>dubious
>it's the only one that's instantaneous
It's the only one that's not dubious.
>>143839306
Again - never said it'd hurt. I'm saying that I'm not sure how effective it is compared to other methods.
>>143839428
>it's the only one that's instantaneous
And thrusting/strafing isn't?
what're you thinking about /hg/?
>>143839063
How do you cancel the boost animation?
>>143839408
>I'm not even sure if there's a spawn point up there but there's more than enough space there to move.
There is, and the only way is forward. You can't strafe that.
>What?
You said that strafing doesn't require you to kill momentum. This implies that "strafing" to you is just wiggling the stick back and forth as fast as possible. Aim assist and bullet magnetism in 5 make up for what little difference you try to mix it up with.
?In the event that crouching is so much better than anything else, what's the problem with that?
Because it's too easy to do, there's no reason not to do it, it requires no skill, it requires no commitment, and has no downside.
>>143839576
>And thrusting/strafing isn't?
We've already established they aren't. If you somehow think that strafing is instantaneous, you need to look up what that word means.
>>143839605You___
>>143839632
Hold the trigger while you're boosting. It's not a total cancel, but it shaves off some valuable frames.
>>143839664
>>143839636
>Because it's too easy to do, there's no reason not to do it, it requires no skill, it requires no commitment, and has no downside.
There's no "skill" or downside to strafing, either. None of the movement options in the game make you invincible, and you're still not going to be hitting shit if you have bad aim.
>>>/v/339338807
>>143839825
>There's no "skill" or downside to strafing, either.
There's commitment, though, and you keep overlooking that. If it didn't have commitment, it would look like someone using noclip in Gmod.
>>143839636
>Because it's too easy to do, there's no reason not to do it, it requires no skill, it requires no commitment, and has no downside.
The downsides are you have to adjust your aim and it's one more thing to do while fighting and it's kind of annoying to crouch.
>>143839889
jesus christ did all of 4chan's jannies quit or something, this is absurd
>>143839917
What commitment? That you have to stop for a fraction of a second before moving in the other direction?
I'd argue that there is more of a downside in crouching, as you lose some move speed while doing it, and either have to commit to that move speed loss or come back up and potentially get hit by the guy who didn't move his crosshair down to hit you while crouched.
tell us
you teasing cunt
>>143839605
Well, now I'm thinking about how much that image annoys me
>>143840102
Teaser for Halo 6 as a Scorpio launch title
>>143840102
I hope new halo isn't announced.
>>143840007
Don't you want to play halo with /v/ anon?
>>143839605
Confused me for a second.
>>143840154
>>143840193
Article was talking about how their E3 will be an event RTS players must see
I imagine they are going to do something retarded like DoW 3 console version
>>143839997
>The downsides are you have to adjust your aim and it's one more thing to do while fighting and it's kind of annoying to crouch.
Auto aim keeps dragging you onto them. As long as you just half-ass aiming, you'll stay on them from your point of view, but to their reticle, a gopher just dug his way to china.
>>143840073
>What commitment? That you have to stop for a fraction of a second before moving in the other direction?
It's more than a fraction of a second, and the way you keep talking about strafing makes me think that you just keep wiggling the stick instead of actually strafing, at which point I can easily tell you that you're just feeling a placebo.
>either have to commit to that move speed loss or come back up and potentially get hit by the guy who didn't move his crosshair down to hit you while crouched.
The problem is that, with 343's change to how crouching while moving works, there's almost no speed loss as long as you don't HOLD the stick in.
>>143840357
Not until the next 6 month hiatus out of fucking nowhere.
>>>/v/339339702
Spamming crouch hurts my thumb.
>>143840392
DELETE THIS
>>143840589
>>143840357
>first customs with /v/: assortment of normal game-types from all the games
>second customs with /v/: minigames
>>>/v/339340941
>>143841204
I'm curious. What other games does /hg/ play "seriously" besides Halo?
I actually play fighters the most. RPGs second. I really only play Halo when you fucks actually host shit.
are you reading for the flood of elitist fags who are going to show up when PC Forge and HaaH WaaW 2 come out?
>>143841336
Dark souls
>>143841336
If I could get away from Halo, I'd probably go back to playing Monhun and TF2. But I don't play any game "seriously."
>>143841336
grand strategy.
>>143841336
Only halo.
>>143841498
>watch Killian's latest video
>want to get into GS
I wonder when CK2 will go on sale.
>>143841336
ace combat but only the main story online has always been shit
>>143841707
ck 2 isn't really a good starting point to get into gs desu.
>>143841973
What's a good starting point, then, before I crawl back to Banished and Anno 1440?
>tfw no animal crossing city builder with trading
>>143842249
No matter what game you want to play you will be jumping into a wall the only problem with CK2 is that is isn't really comparable to other grand strategy games the easiest one to get into would most likely be EU4 but most others will have a somewhat similar get to entry eu4 just has the most friendly UI also theirs 10 billion dlc's half of which are required so yeah that's nice.
>>143842671
Orchard farming it is!
>>143842756
>>143841204
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>>143842816
I will trade you 200 apples for 300 oranges. Or 100 bags of orange seeds.
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