It's a joke of a thread, half the people in there poking fun or posting probably aren't even Halo fans. Most of them are more than likely just jumping on the bandwagon and have no idea about anything.
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Halo |OT 24| In Before the Locke
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It's a joke of a thread, half the people in there poking fun or posting probably aren't even Halo fans. Most of them are more than likely just jumping on the bandwagon and have no idea about anything.
Jem because it's poor writing. Here is the savior if the Galaxy and no one cares. But I don't think they knew Chief was there. When they activated their friend or foe tags and communicated with Infinity, Chief says this is Sierra-117 of the UNSC forward unto dawn, and someone says come again, did you say forward unto dawn, a ship thought post 5 years ago etc.
Fahzgoolin
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Prince understands. SMG in Halo 3 can wreck. It also doesn't sound like the AR's stupid popcorn/tap dancing "gun shots." That thing was disgusting the first time I heard it. Completely baffling sound design choice.
The entire thread is just a rage bate. Even the title "Halo fans outraged." Oh come on lol Let's quote some Gaffers and announce that Halo fans are universally outraged by the delay. Heck, most people that own the MCC probably don't even know that ODST is coming lol
In the 2nd level when you keep getting the distorted transmissions you can hear Del Rio mention Forward unto Dawn though. They've clearly heard the distress beacon which says:
Hence they know he's alive.
Lasky being surprised to hear the Chief respond is because he was trying to contact the Infinity:
Obviously it would be a surprise to have the Chief suddenly respond.
I used the SMG for what I think is the first ever time on H3 the other day. Surprised how much better it feels than the AR.
SaganIsGOAT
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Seriously, Crazy people in there.
You're better off with a Spiker though than the SMG if you've not got a pair of them.
Half the people are Sony diehards who probably never even played MCC or Halo before. There is a very strong anti-MS bias on gaming side, people find any chance they can to criticize them or their IP's.
Not like MS has made this hard for them lol.
Welfare
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Of course, but you can easily note it, whether it's graphics threads, exclusivity deals, almost anything. Heck even sales threads. I agree MS started off with a horrendous message and launch, but come on.
GringoSuave89
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which is funny, cause we do half the work for them.
This Post Brought To You By the Microsoft Xbox One, The All-in-One Entertainment System.
Yeah if only one company had a moba with only one repating map and thousands of heroes you could early unlock with real world money right?
No srsly I would also be disapppointed if I didn't use my consoles to play games.
Halo is hot garbage right now and 343 deserves all the heat they're getting. Even if it's delayed, or broken, or whatever, they've done an awful job communicating with the fanbase. Like, on top of making bad games, they're not even capable of articulating when this thing is coming out or why it's been delayed. This isn't a recent issue, either. They've been cryptic, out-of-touch, and unreliable since day one.
Play The Witcher 3. Generation redeemed for me
Uh they have told us why... It's still in testing. Like what else do you want.
You see why they are ambiguous about when shit is coming out because if they don't hit a timeframe they get flack. They make estimates and when they fail to make them on time everyone shits on them.
Ragnarok Flames
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For good fuckin reason. They have done nothing but disappoint
Yeah, NeoGAF is SonyGAF. That's why there's threads about sparse first party Sony lineups and FF7 not hitting release date marks on the front page. /s
I don't think it's that there's a strong anti-MS bias. There's a strong anti-343i bias, because 343i has consistently done nothing but fuck up a once beloved franchise.
SaganIsGOAT
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I was being facetious. Responses are warranted
Four days before the end of May, and they still haven't provided a definitive answer as to whether or not it will release before the end of the month. It's not like anybody forced them to give this thing a date. They said May. Normally, it wouldn't be such a huge deal, but this is supposed to be recompense for the MCC. They promised this thing months ago.
aHebrewMenagerie
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Was a shit show, i expect I'll do much better this weekend, however.
They thought, and they thought wrong. We aren't getting a new date because they probably don't know themselves. I don't necessarily agree with the "we'll release it when it's done" mentality because if you set a deadline for yourself you should be dedicated to hit it but no way around it seems like.
We will dong
The Henery
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When The Master Chief Collection was announced at E3 on June 9th 2014 who would have dared imagined a world in which the post above would be made on May 27th 2015.
Ain't even mad about ODST seeing as I haven't bothered to complete the campaigns that are already there. If you are upset about it, console yourself with this: at least you didn't play AR starts on Sandtrap today.
SaganIsGOAT
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The very signature of big corporate. People have to remember 343 is not so much a "studio" as they are a bunch of devs working directly for MS suits. Inability to keep focus and service an existing, currently online game's playlists (the Reach TU fiasco- our first look into what was in store for us from 343); classic turn-glaring-faults-into-strengths marketing "Halo CEA gives fans what they have always wanted- online Co-op!"; when you've made an obvious HUGE blunder- just pretend it was the plan all along (14 day buy and play); and that just gets us to Halo 4. 343 is no more a "developer" than the team making Windows. Oh sure, you might have some talented folk working in that tank- but the communication (or lack thereof), the cover-ups, the outright deception regarding the true state of MCC at launch, these are all classic big-corp strategies to maximize dollars and damage control.
jailbird20022
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I see we're back on the bitter stage of the cycle.
Hopefully 343 apologizes at E3, formally - like have most of the team on stage.
A big part of it for me is that they keep screwing up but won't admit they're screwing up.
Hopefully 343 apologizes at E3, formally - like have most of the team on stage.
A big part of it for me is that they keep screwing up but won't admit they're screwing up.
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
They put another wheelchair spartan somewhere.
343s apology needs to be an actual halo game that works on launch. Not shoehorned modern elements that don't really add anything. Specifically Sprint and ADS. The titanic of The Xbox one: the MCC
Fahzgoolin
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I like Halo 5.
RowdyReverb
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Dug up an old TTK comparison video.
SMG beats AR, roughly ties Spiker
What if you're one of the people who DID play AR starts on Sandtrap today, though?
A few big wigs including Phil Spencer, sure. Rest of the team shouldn't be hung out to dry, do the best they can.
The Henery
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Time to find another franchise
Ragnarok Flames
Banned
Can't blame just the management.
That'd be like saying well the LA Kings played a terrible season, let's just blame the coach
WhiteRabbitEXE
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All too often you actually can do just that.
Not saying that's the case here, though I'm not saying it's not though either.
IronWarrior
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Reach TU was a tragedy. It blows my mind how unconfident you would need to be with gameplay changes to split the userbase between pre and post update gameplay. Reach was a game with (for the most part) glaringly obvious faults (Bloom, for one) that could be fixed with configuration and proper communication with the users. Instead, we get two of the most popular playlists (Slayer and BTB) playing with markedly different settings.
The worst part is that Reach is probably the best functioning Halo currently available in terms of connection and matchmaking quality, and it would probably take a single guy with a solid knowledge of the game a couple hours to clean up the playlists.
Although tested in the campaign of 3 on heroic and not really relevant to multiplayer the ranking for Spiker VS AR, and SMG, The SMG is 60% weaker than a Spiker but it's really such a variable thing that your mileage will vary.
Fahzgoolin
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Yeah, whenever I get AR starts I grab an SMG when I can. The TTK is just fast enough that it makes it less painful. Also, it's just more fun to use.
LOL WTH
BeforeU
Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
I have lost more than 4 for sure, and no deranked. I thought it was just me lol
Prinz Eugn
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Apparently the backend matchmaking systems are so weird and arcane that it's actually a very arduous process, which says more about about the smartitude of Bungie than anyone else, but then 343i is apparently still attached to the same stupid system.
JumPeRJumPzZ
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You can quit games and you wont derank either
Ozzy Onya A2Z
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Right now I'm still coming down from actually getting to play a few objective games with good connections last night. 343i can do no wrong 
For me Halo is objective 4v4, 5v5 or 8v8. That's my sweet spot and I enjoyed every minute of stealing this flag
Relax I'm kidding
For me Halo is objective 4v4, 5v5 or 8v8. That's my sweet spot and I enjoyed every minute of stealing this flag
Just ran into a rather odd bug I've not encountered before...
Was happily sitting on the Mammoth listening to Lasky and Del Rio chat when all of a sudden the ground ends.
http://xboxclips.com/Il+MeanBean+lI/078be684-f066-41d3-8004-05882b8ef5af
Then when the Mammoth decided it had had enough of flying through the air, it stopped and disappeared as well!
http://xboxclips.com/Il+MeanBean+lI/6ff16c7c-d53c-46c0-9998-a55a47f4068f
Also I've won a match and been deranked in H2A. That said other than that single time the ranking system has worked perfectly for me.
Nope, just the standard Halo 4 campaign.
Was happily sitting on the Mammoth listening to Lasky and Del Rio chat when all of a sudden the ground ends.
http://xboxclips.com/Il+MeanBean+lI/078be684-f066-41d3-8004-05882b8ef5af
Then when the Mammoth decided it had had enough of flying through the air, it stopped and disappeared as well!
http://xboxclips.com/Il+MeanBean+lI/6ff16c7c-d53c-46c0-9998-a55a47f4068f
Also I've won a match and been deranked in H2A. That said other than that single time the ranking system has worked perfectly for me.
Nope, just the standard Halo 4 campaign.
I've had the exact same thing happen to me. Were you by any chance in the Halo 4 Legendary Playlist?
Fahzgoolin
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The mammoth glitch is common. It happened when I played co-op on the Xbox 360. Happened again to me on my playthrough on the Xbox One. That section is just bugged. For it to happen twice every time I attempt it is just stupid. I always play the campaigns on Legendary, so I'm curious if that's part of what triggers it.
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