I was initially excited by this because I always kind of saw MP as canon (especially after Reach described it as training and missions). This is why I partially approved of Spartan Ops; It was real missions where your Spartan was part of Fireteam Crimson, having an actual effect on the Halo storyline. It was a really sick idea that was unfortunately handled very poorly.
I don’t mind the added context, but I don’t much care and would rather keep it seperate if they aren’t going to use it meaningfully. A bunch of boring simulations and pizza skins don’t do it for me.
They needed to work on Spartan Ops really. It was slated by some but I mostly hear people say they liked it but sometimes it repetitive But it was better than this current Warzone Firefight. The concept of Spartan Ops was really good. How much better would it be if each Free DLC in Halo 5 was another part of the story"? Less time spent on weapon skins and stupid armour and variations of the same weapons. The UNSC is supposed to be an army so let us go fight and look like soldiers, ODST’s and UNSC forces we don’t need Disco Guns and Armour and Halo is Master Chief nobody asked to forced to play with Ai’s that I saw or heard.
They should make you work as a team as if it was side missions, but each player has a trait only they can use, clamber, smashing walls, scanning artefacts, placing bombs, carrying out assassinations. And you could play as the enemy (Covenant) anyway, playing as a Solider might be fun.
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> Seriously. It seems like they’re trying to add to the multiplayer experience by making it canon, when in reality, it seems like it does the exact opposite and limits everything. Most notably the ability to play elites.
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> Do you want multiplayer to be canon? Does it really matter at all?
Honestly I don’t really mind. I’d rather have a great multiplayer that everyone’s happy with than a multiplayer that 343 put limits on to keep it canon :\
No, I don’t care for it being canon.
It is fun to think about, but it is frustrating, no matter how you veiw it. The reason is that players can’t revive eachother, so it’s instant death. If players could revive a fallen teammate, than it would be more enjoyable.
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> Does it matter? No, not really. But there’s no inherent harm in prescribing a bit of purpose or backstory to what you’re doing.
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> As long as it isn’t leaking over and actively harming gameplay then it can only benefit those who enjoy the lore. And if you dont, well, it’s not harming you either.
Maybe to you it doesnt matter probably because your being unbiased but by making the MM canon, it restricts what can be and so 343 decides by doing exactly that and thus removing features that fans have been wanting back in the series. They are lazy and incompetent in my eyes.
I don’t really care, it’s just Multiplayer it is supposed to have fun and play with others, not to have sense in the story, but if they did MP cannon they should at least respect the lore and bring back playable elites as well as invasion.
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> > > Seriously. It seems like they’re trying to “add” to the multiplayer experience by making it canon, when in reality, it seems like it does the exact opposite and limits everything. Most notably the ability to play elites.
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> > Does it matter? No, not really. But there’s no inherent harm in prescribing a bit of purpose or backstory to what you’re doing.
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> > As long as it isn’t leaking over and actively harming gameplay then it can only benefit those who enjoy the lore. And if you dont, well, it’s not harming you either.
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> Maybe to you it doesnt matter probably because your being unbiased but by making the MM canon, it restricts what can be and so 343 decides by doing exactly that and thus removing features that fans have been wanting back in the series. They are lazy and incompetent in my eyes.
Care to provide proof to the claim that 343i removed features solely based on MP being canon?
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> > > > Seriously. It seems like they’re trying to “add” to the multiplayer experience by making it canon, when in reality, it seems like it does the exact opposite and limits everything. Most notably the ability to play elites.
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> > > Does it matter? No, not really. But there’s no inherent harm in prescribing a bit of purpose or backstory to what you’re doing.
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> > > As long as it isn’t leaking over and actively harming gameplay then it can only benefit those who enjoy the lore. And if you dont, well, it’s not harming you either.
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> > Maybe to you it doesnt matter probably because your being unbiased but by making the MM canon, it restricts what can be and so 343 decides by doing exactly that and thus removing features that fans have been wanting back in the series. They are lazy and incompetent in my eyes.
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Playable Elites dude.
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> > > > > Seriously. It seems like they’re trying to “add” to the multiplayer experience by making it canon, when in reality, it seems like it does the exact opposite and limits everything. Most notably the ability to play elites.
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> > > > Does it matter? No, not really. But there’s no inherent harm in prescribing a bit of purpose or backstory to what you’re doing.
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> > > > As long as it isn’t leaking over and actively harming gameplay then it can only benefit those who enjoy the lore. And if you dont, well, it’s not harming you either.
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> > > Maybe to you it doesnt matter probably because your being unbiased but by making the MM canon, it restricts what can be and so 343 decides by doing exactly that and thus removing features that fans have been wanting back in the series. They are lazy and incompetent in my eyes.
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Where has 343i stated that they removed Elites because of canon? Because on the contrary, they’ve stated Elites train with Spartans
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Unfortunately yes. Which creates arguments that are in favor of bad game mechanics because “Spartans should be able to blah blah blah”. Like when people say it “makes sense” you should be able to sprint because it’s realistic. Like a videogame set 500 years in the future has to makes sense.
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> > > > > Does it matter? No, not really. But there’s no inherent harm in prescribing a bit of purpose or backstory to what you’re doing.
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> > > > > As long as it isn’t leaking over and actively harming gameplay then it can only benefit those who enjoy the lore. And if you dont, well, it’s not harming you either.
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> > > > Maybe to you it doesnt matter probably because your being unbiased but by making the MM canon, it restricts what can be and so 343 decides by doing exactly that and thus removing features that fans have been wanting back in the series. They are lazy and incompetent in my eyes.
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> Where has 343i stated that they removed Elites because of canon? Because on the contrary, they’ve stated Elites train with Spartans
So, if that is so then where are they in Halo 4 and Halo 5?
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> > > > > > > Do you want multiplayer to be canon? Does it really matter at all?
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> > > > > > Does it matter? No, not really. But there’s no inherent harm in prescribing a bit of purpose or backstory to what you’re doing.
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> > > > > > As long as it isn’t leaking over and actively harming gameplay then it can only benefit those who enjoy the lore. And if you dont, well, it’s not harming you either.
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> > > > > Maybe to you it doesnt matter probably because your being unbiased but by making the MM canon, it restricts what can be and so 343 decides by doing exactly that and thus removing features that fans have been wanting back in the series. They are lazy and incompetent in my eyes.
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> > > Playable Elites dude.
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> > Where has 343i stated that they removed Elites because of canon? Because on the contrary, they’ve stated Elites train with Spartans
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> So, if that is so then where are they in Halo 4 and Halo 5?
Training with Spartans at Anvil Station. They could easily be part of MP. So there is still no proof anything has been removed due to MP being canon.
MP is Cannon? News to me.
Nope it’s -Yoink-. In my eyes the MP from H2 and H3 will always be superior to anything 343 can give because it wasn’t based on canon. H5 benefits from higher frame rate and resolution and that’s about it. As far as map design and content, it sucks!!!
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> Nope it’s -Yoink-. In my eyes the MP from H2 and H3 will always be superior to anything 343 can give because it wasn’t based on canon. H5 benefits from higher frame rate and resolution and that’s about it. As far as map design and content, it sucks!!!
What makes things now inferior because it’s canon? The transition has really been 343i saying, “Hey, MP is officially in the universe now. Carry on as you were.” It’s not like they went through radical changes because of the canonizing of MP.
I’ve never thought of the multiplayer as needing to be canon- the idea is team-play. If you’re looking for canon, perhaps you should play CO-OP Campaign.