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[ThatsMytrunks]

There is lots more to do. No sleep till turkey day.

You guys and gals at 343 will definitely have deserved the turkey. Even in its current state, the Halo MCC is the best damn collection I've ever seen.

I really hope we get more armor customization in the not-to-distant future. None of the Halo 2A / Halo 3 combinations are particularly appealing right now.

 

[Brolic Gaoler]

There is lots more to do. No sleep till turkey day.

Glad you're keeping at it. Don't like feeling like another beloved franchise is being scuttled.

Lord knows you're gonna need that break though. Appreciate the work.

 

[oatmeal]

Game is broken garbage. Unreal that they released it like this.

 

[Vestal]

Looks like a step in the right direction, but I am stunned at all the fixes present. Granted, this is a massive compilation of games; however, you have to start questioning quality control.



Amen. It's also quite awesome that the week I had off to play this game (among others, to be honest), has come and gone.

At this point, I'm going to be waiting until a month after a game launches to pick it up. Website reviews are such a joke. Only a few of the big sites got it right. Thank you GameSpot and Giant Bomb.

There can be instances were something like this can pass Quality Control as you can see from what happened here.

I remember a game back in the 90s called Pool of Radiance, game was ok, but try and uninstall it and it would wipe your c: drive.

 

[Figments]

Game is broken garbage. Unreal that they released it like this.

Oh boy.

Where's the herewego.gif?

 

[Random17]

There can be instances were something like this can pass Quality Control as you can see from what happened here.

I remember a game back in the 90s called Pool of Radiance, game was ok, but try and uninstall it and it would wipe your c: drive.

I believe this also happened with Bungie's Myth II as well.

 

[Sephzilla]

I believe this also happened with Bungie's Myth II as well.

Didn't that bug end up costing them most of the profits they earned from that game?

 

[EchoChamber]

i need that update RIGHT MEOW

 

[Fracas]

You guys and gals at 343 will definitely have deserved the turkey. Even in its current state, the Halo MCC is the best damn collection I've ever seen.

I really hope we get more armor customization in the not-to-distant future. None of the Halo 2A / Halo 3 combinations are particularly appealing right now.

Spoiler

 

[Vire]

Thanks everyone for beta testing for me until I get an Xbone this fall.

 

[DopeyFish]

Hopefully it is in the morning so i can halo all day

edit: vadernoooo its mid afternoon pst

 

[Thoraxes]

So is that server exploit thing for Halo 2 MP addressed in those networking fixes?

That thing where someone can unplug and plug the internet in their console during a match, causing the other players to stare at a black screen while the exploiter takes advantage of the other players?

Every time I was about to score in a CTF match my screen would go black and show the scores for like 15 seconds, then I would come back in the game dead or warped from where I was.

And I knew it was targeted because it happened right before I was going to score, or right before I was going to return my own flag.

It was really frustrating when it would just do that at every opportune moment for my enemies.

I just wanted to make the issue known in case. There was a thread of it back.

 

[ElRenoRaven]

Well that's a huge start. Hopefully it gets the multiplayer functional so they can then move on to making some improvements and fixing single player bugs like the game save bug, not loading a random enemy here and there, etc.

 

[LunaticPuma]

So I didn't see anything about parties being put on the same team. Please tell me this update will ensure I actually get to play the game with my friends on the same team too.

 

[SRTtoZ]

These gifs are killing me lol

 

[Kssio_Aug]

I'm confident! Those are a lot of fixes!! I hope to see this game working for both 343 and us, addicted consumers, I'm sure its not an easy time for none of us. But they fucked it up, now its time for redeeming! =)

 

[Head.spawn]

Can't blame him for being steamed. We goofed, to put it politely. Many of the little issues are connected to a single, bigger big issue that didn't expose itself till we were in the wild and cascade from that.

Fingers crossed.

We'll keep you posted tomorrow.

I thought someone was going to detail what the actual issue was and what went wrong, is that still happening?

 

[Ragus]

Fucking A.

 

[THEF3AR]

Spoiler

I died

 

[Stinkles]

So I didn't see anything about parties being put on the same team. Please tell me this update will ensure I actually get to play the game with my friends on the same team too.

Party splitting has been addressed in matchmaking and is something we're keeping a close eye on.

 

[Chaotic-Strike]

Party splitting has been addressed in matchmaking and is something we're keeping a close eye on.

When can we expect to see the CE playlist up?

 

[LunaticPuma]

Party splitting has been addressed in matchmaking and is something we're keeping a close eye on.

sogood.gif

Thanks Frankie!

 

[TheCanisDirus]

When can we expect to see the CE playlist up?

And the H4 list!? Shocker I know... I enjoy a little H4 though!

 

[ProvenDeadly]

Party splitting has been addressed in matchmaking and is something we're keeping a close eye on.

Thanks a lot for keeping us updated.

I'm assuming this patch won't fix the game completely, but do you see the patch fixing at least more than 75% of the issues?

 

[Jrs3000]

So is that server exploit thing for Halo 2 MP addressed in those networking fixes?

That thing where someone can unplug and plug the internet in their console during a match, causing the other players to stare at a black screen while the exploiter takes advantage of the other players?

Every time I was about to score in a CTF match my screen would go black and show the scores for like 15 seconds, then I would come back in the game dead or warped from where I was.

And I knew it was targeted because it happened right before I was going to score, or right before I was going to return my own flag.

It was really frustrating when it would just do that at every opportune moment for my enemies.

I just wanted to make the issue known in case. There was a thread of it back.

There is no fix for that. That can happen in any game that's P2P and doesn't migrates the host. The fix is dedicated servers, they have p2p as a fallback during these matchmaking issues. If this patch fixes everything then it everyone will get a dedicater server each time.

 

[realzzz]

I cant wait it was about time ! I would have sold the game if I didn't bought the game digitally.

 

[Cavalier]

Somehow I have a feeling this will be the last straw for them.

 

[Madness]

Matchmaking has been the biggest issue. So glad that it is the biggest priority. If we can start running parties properly, getting matches in seconds, finding games, it will definitely be the most important. I figure that if matches are being found quickly, they can eventually fix the uneven teams and the other stuff.

There won't be any rest for them anytime soon. There are a lot more smaller issues that need to be addressed, they need to get the HCS league up and running, ranks, bring back playlists, try and salvage what's left of the initial players, and then have it all working leading into the beta. Last week was probably crunch for them trying to get these issues pinned down.

 

[Killer]

Somehow I have a feeling this will be the last straw for them.

It really is.

 

[Stinkles]

When can we expect to see the CE playlist up?

Once we're confident all the rest is stable.

 

[THEF3AR]

Somehow I have a feeling this will be the last straw for them.

Can you elaborate please? Seriously, I don't mean it a negative way I just wanna hear your thoughts on it

 

[starsky]

That's good news. Let's hope there will be continuous patch to fix the rest of the bugs.

I have Nano this month, so I'm hoping everything will be fixed in December.

 

[Xpliskin]

2014: the year of the beta

 

[gamechanger87]

Once we're confident all the rest is stable.

Can we still expect a post mortem? This issue that cascaded is interesting.

 

[Beboh13]

Are H2A ranks resetting? And are we getting ranks for Halo 3?

 

[DopeyFish]

And the H4 list!? Shocker I know... I enjoy a little H4 though!

If matchmaking works the way it should, i would assume the other hoppers that were temporarily disabled are probably coming back tomorrow too

I wants to play some swats

 

[Chiggs]

Posted this in the other thread, but what was the 20gb day one patch?

 

[Narpas Sword0]

8v8 btb?
Terminals?
Backing out breaking parties?
60fps that was advertised nonstop?
hard crashes?
checkpoints?

 

[Yaranaika]

Party splitting has been addressed in matchmaking and is something we're keeping a close eye on.

Nice, because up until now split screen players have almost never been on the same team. Frustrating.

 

[Kssio_Aug]

Posted this in the other thread, but what was the 20gb day one patch?

MP content if I'm not mistaken.

 

[CLEEK]

8v8 btb?
Terminals?
Backing out breaking parties?
60fps that was advertised nonstop?
hard crashes?
checkpoints?

Doesn't look like these have been addresses, no.

 

[Son of Sam]

Can't blame him for being steamed. We goofed, to put it politely. Many of the little issues are connected to a single, bigger big issue that didn't expose itself till we were in the wild and cascade from that.

Fingers crossed.

We'll keep you posted tomorrow.

Will we ever find out what this bigger problem was?

 

[Kssio_Aug]

8v8 btb?
Terminals?
Backing out breaking parties?
60fps that was advertised nonstop?
hard crashes?
checkpoints?

The game has many problems. But the most important of them right now is the matchmaking, that is the main focus of this patch. If this stuff doesnt get covered tomorrow they will certainly give attention to some of these in the next patch (I would not expect frame rate improvements though).

 

[Montresor]

Based 343

 

[Rocketz]

Hoping all is well or atleast better tomorrow. I really need some Halo multiplayer. The matches I've been able to get have been a joy.

 

[Bsigg12]

It really is.

I'm giving them until the Halo 5 beta because I'm at least able to play the campaigns and enjoy all that even with some of the issues there. If it's not in good shape and not at least 98% of what they promised, I'll be pissed. I'm currently just disappointed. This update seems like a step in the right direction.

 

[Thursday War]

hopefully the matchmaking improves with this patch

 

[BigEvilTurtle]

So excited for this patch!

 

[rrc1594]

Spoiler

Dead.

Spoiler

I'm stealing this

 

[BigTnaples]

Perfect timing. My copy finally got here today from Game UK. Took fückíng forever..


I'll pick it up first thing in the morning and let it install.


Playing Far Cry4 and GTAV on PS4 in the meantime.