We played Halo 5 custom Slayer for 2.5 hours. Started at 4v4 and went to 8v8. Sadly, we could not figure out how to enable in-game chat. We had to create 2 Live chat parties. One for each team. This is a very cumbersome method to deal with chat.
Could 343i please explain the chat audio options in the weekly newsletter?
I don’t know about in versus modes, but in campaign the game chat was simply there by default. Perhaps one or more of your members was experiencing NAT issues?
I was in the same group with DEEP NNN. One player with NAT issues shouldn’t bring down the whole group. Unacceptable. This was not a major issue with Halo 4 on the Xbox 360 (and I know our group back then included some with moderate or possibly strict NAT’s). It should not be an issue with Halo 5 on XBox One. I concur with Deep: 343, please explain the chat audio options or resolve this if it is a glitch.
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> I was in the same group with DEEP NNN. One player with NAT issues shouldn’t bring down the whole group. Unacceptable. This was not a major issue with Halo 4 on the Xbox 360 (and I know our group back then included some with moderate or possibly strict NAT’s). It should not be an issue with Halo 5 on XBox One. I concur with Deep: 343, please explain the chat audio options or resolve this if it is a glitch.
It shouldn’t but I’ve seen it happen before in both Xbox party chat, and fireteam chat in Destiny.
Unbelievable that the lobby gui is this bad after lessons learned in H4 and the debacle in MCC. Thought there would be lessons learned. No lobby chat, minimal player information, substantially reduced post game stats. The first may be a function of custom games, but the latter two seem to be universal. Unacceptable, but unfortunately not too surprising. The air is not out my balloon yet, but there is definitely a leak.
Are you sure it wasn’t the age of the crowd? Wink Wink. 
Same problem here. 16 People in Custom game lobby. No chat what so ever. Can’t use Xbox Live Party because we there are too many players.
Remember Halo 3, where stuff just worked?
I guess as long as the micro transactions work 343i doesn’t care.
we have a large community that has played custom games in halo Twice a week for the last 10 years. we havent seen very many new people added to the community since the release of halo 4 and master chief collection killed half the community we had. they have moved on and will not come back to halo. now halo 5 comes and lobby chat doesnt work. do you know how hard it is to run custom games with out lobby chat. your killing a community that has had a huge following for the halo series. a community that was recognized by bungie several times on their website. the next thing to die is 343 and the halo series. GET YOUR -Yoinking!- LOBBY CHAT FIXED!