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Halo |OT| She's Gone, Sir
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It's not about being bad. Jumping in classic Halo just feels a bit crap, it's way too floaty. Clamber just generally makes movement feel smoother.
Also, thinking about it, I'd argue that clamber doesn't reduce the skill gap at all. The most significant effect clamber has on the skill gap is to lower the skill floor which is absolutely a good thing. But despite that H5 isn't lacking skill jumps at all, if anything the skill gap with H5's movement is higher than any other Halo. Clamber makes the game easier for lower skilled players whilst still allowing for high skilled players to pull off some crazy moves.
I can agree with the complaints about how it forces you to lower your weapon, but in terms of skill gap clamber is a good thing.
This is all true about clamber. As it is now, I feel like I'm being penalized by map design.
It wouldn't be so bad if they didn't intentionally design spots that require clamber to access. If they must include clamber, it should be a tool for recovering miss jumped or shortening lifts - that way the not having your gun ready is a executional tradeoff.
I'd make some tweaks to thruster, but it's not it's not a deal breaker. Same with GP. Stabilize is actually cool, I just wish it wasn't tied to zoom. Sprint's the only thing I'm vehemently opposed to.
Disagree.
It lowers the skill floor, but also lowers the skill ceiling. Of Those "crazy" moves you see skilled players pull off, clamber isn't part of the craziness. When it comes time to clamber- they just hold the jump button and the game takes over. There's no depth to it, no timing or strict positioning. The skill comes from the spring jumping, and knowing where and how to thrust-jump certain peices of geometry.
If there was no clamber- and the ledges were lowered as a result, these same jumps would be just as "crazy" if not crazier, because players would be able to do them without looking at them, and whilst shooting at other players.
MCC Insiders check your inbox, the time is NOW SPARTANS ASSEMBLE!
So happy to be part of the community program to help fix MCC I actually have experience as a videogames tester so this should be great
P.S remember DON'T post any images or videos
Just saw
I guess the "Halo 3 is bad" party gets first dibs, suck it you marks
I didn't get an email and I played MCC more than 20 times prior to the selection. Dang.
No because I'm the king of that party and didn't get in.
This is a tough way to find out Frankie hates us, but here we are.
I guess my 27 days played wasn't good enough. :(
If you haven't received an email don't forget to see the spam folder also check the insider hub app on your xbox or search for official xbox live messages on your GT to see if there is anything over there
No luck there either.
Nok has 72 days played, there's no hope for us.
No email, but I got the ability to join on the Insider app. Does that mean I'm in for the first flight?
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet
I doubt I can share details like file size, so instead I'll just say... be prepared.
I'm pretty sure that's a yes give them time for the emails it's a slow process
Yeah, 725 hours for me (+ all achievements, so your arguments are invalid) and nothing over here. No E-Mail, no Xbox message and no option to join via Insider Hub.
Was pretty sure that I didn't hit the requirement, though. Ever since that infinite "Synching Profile" bug started to happen with the MCC on my Xbox One X, I couldn't even play the damn game. lol
All i see are "Adult Dating and "ClaLls" emails. Even made sure i had enough HD space available for a second copy of the game.
Check the Insdier app too, cause I have yet to get an email but I'm in.
Got an invite, nicee. Glad to see real Halo fans are getting in. You know, the ones who actually play Halo and not just talk about it ;b
Funny, I was just going to ask him that same thing. At this point, we should just make a doc of what people define their ideal Halo as lol.
Classic Halo for me it's the return to the original focus of combat which is 3 things: weapons, grenades and melee no armor abilities, symmetrical 4vs4 arena maps with power weapons and power ups big maps for vehicle fights, alien mysterious ancient worlds
For me- this quote I just stole from TB rings true
those are the qualities that defined Halo CE to me. Concepts like Equal starts & weapons-on-map play into that.
Since CE, Most attempts at "evolving" halo either complicated mechanics or removed depth- but i'd say Reach, 4 and 5 have done so to an exponentially greater extent than 2 and 3. So 3 is where I say the classic era ended.
I think some abilities COULD be implemented in a way that keeps in line with the mantra, thus still feeling like classic halo, but we haven't seen it yet.
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(says to girlfriend in the other room)
"honey, can you come here for a sec, I need your help with something"
~looks at blank inbox~
*a single mk v shaped tear rolls down his cheek*
Same here. It's possible theya re sending out invites in waves or there is just a delay for some people.
just yesterday my fiancé was filling out some wedding stuff, like fun facts to put on a handout at the wedding
she goes, how many games of Halo do you think you've played?
me: ever?
her: yeah like for fun
me: well xbox says I have 75 days of Halo 5 gametime
her: (in shock) WHAT?!?, for all 5 Halos?!
me: ... no, just Halo 5
her: ... well I am not putting that down on this card
shes ashamed of me fam! lol
I later clarified that so much of it is forge time that the number is misleading
not to mention a large majority of that is shooting the shit not even playing and placing trees on the greatest forge map remake ever made on Nokvalanche*
*still not in matchmaking, sad!
she goes, how many games of Halo do you think you've played?
me: ever?
her: yeah like for fun
me: well xbox says I have 75 days of Halo 5 gametime
her: (in shock) WHAT?!?, for all 5 Halos?!
me: ... no, just Halo 5
her: ... well I am not putting that down on this card
shes ashamed of me fam! lol
I later clarified that so much of it is forge time that the number is misleading
not to mention a large majority of that is shooting the shit not even playing and placing trees on the greatest forge map remake ever made on Nokvalanche*
*still not in matchmaking, sad!
Random sidenote, I'm going to be pissed if they go back to BR starts. All this bickering over classic Halo, if we end up with a game worse than Halo 5, you're going to regret it.
I'd rather we go back to "no sprint" discussions before the wrong idea is thrown around that people want BR starts with sluggish movement, slow weapon switching, clunky animations, shitty grenades, neutered Rockets, etc.
I know that complete-lack-of-halo-at-my-wedding feeling mate. Our invites didn't even have a mention of being the highest ranked/stats H3 objective (playlist) player in Australia for years, silly wife, doesn't she know who I am...
Yeahhhhh Halo 5 pistol for life. 343i, don't get any funny ideas, we already lambasted your BR tuning. Don't make us destroy you.
The BR-start arguments are so agonizing. No one can ever begin explain why BR starts are better than anything else. It's always shit like "BRs allow for more fun" or my favorite "BRs are more competitive" I'd rather argument about sprint daily than to have them go back to BRs.
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I think when many post BR starts they're in fact just asking for "precision weapon" starts.
That's the thing- they aren't. I wish that were true. They are literally pressing for BRs over magnum . As if burst fire is inherently superior.
*hard to swallow pill meme*
Halo gameplay was better when the guns sucked, the resolution was blurry and we were kids
h3 actually has weapon roles, in modern halo every gun can cross map
Halo gameplay was better when the guns sucked, the resolution was blurry and we were kids
h3 actually has weapon roles, in modern halo every gun can cross map
*Hard to swallow pill meme*
The Blood Gulch and Vahalla bloodlines are bad maps because they allow for cross map fire without map control.
Sidewinder and Longshore on the other hand are master class.
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