Finally got round to getting Live so I could play this online and I can’t believe how much it sucks. Everything, besides firefight, is too fast paced and hectic which turns every game mode into a glorified slayer match.
Is there an adjustment period or I am doomed wanting to see the fun of Reach and Halo 3 online return?
There really is an adjustment period. This Halo seems much faster than the previous Halos. I say seems because there is some debate on the reality as opposed the feeling. Either way just give yourself some time. I would say just keep at it. Once you get used to it it’s a blast.
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> Finally got round to getting Live so I could play this online and I can’t believe how much it sucks. Everything, besides firefight, is too fast paced and hectic which turns every game mode into a glorified slayer match.
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> Is there an adjustment period or I am doomed wanting to see the fun of Reach and Halo 3 online return?
Welcome to club, yes you are doomed. Halo 5 has no intentions of changing it’s gameplay and a lot of people speculate it will transfer over to halo 6. But let’s cross our fingers it doesn’t. But in the meantime i recommend MCC.
It seems like they are trying to slow it down with the recent nerfing of weapons.
There is a big adjustment period start with some of the playlist that play slower or you can choose to play slower in .Starting with firefight . Big team battle you can also spend more time playing slower but sometimes even this can play fast but it would be a starting point. Maybe try the campaign too on harder difficulties.
If you stick with it and improve your skills then yeah it will improve. But since you waited so long to try the multiplayer out majority of players who are still playing are going to be real good at the game so yeah it’s pace will seem really fast. Reach and H3 are backwards compatible and MCC multiplayer works despite what some say online, you may want to try them out.
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> Welcome to club, yes you are doomed. Halo 5 has no intentions of changing it’s gameplay and a lot of people speculate it will transfer over to halo 6. But let’s cross our fingers it doesn’t. But in the meantime i recommend MCC.
Yep, MCC is the way to go for FUN Halo gameplay.
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> Is there an adjustment period or I am doomed wanting to see the fun of Reach and Halo 3 online return?
It is a bit bonkers when you start out… But you do get used to it (perhaps!)…
When you say you finally got round to getting Live, I was perhaps assuming that you’d played Halo 5 Campaign missions before going Live, but I see from your Profile Record it appears you’re new to Halo 5 overall? It might me worthwhile completing some of the Campaign missions too so you get used to the weapon systems and gameplay in general.
If you’re wanting to cut your teeth online then Warzone Firefight is a good place to start too. You get in with a team of Spartans and basically have five waves of enemies to defeat. It’s not as manic as going Arena or Warzone (not the Firefight one) where you’re up against other ‘human’ Spartan players who kill the cr@p out of you every turn! I’m not that great against other players if I’m honest, but I do like a jolly good Firefight.
Welcome to it, and have fun!
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> Finally got round to getting Live so I could play this online and I can’t believe how much it sucks. Everything, besides firefight, is too fast paced and hectic which turns every game mode into a glorified slayer match.
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> Is there an adjustment period or I am doomed wanting to see the fun of Reach and Halo 3 online return?
I hate to break it to you. Being new to Xbox live. This is probably the slowest paced shooter aside from Battlefield.
You may want to start with ranked over social. At least in ranked you should play against other players who are similarly skilled unlike in the social playlists where you could go up against anyone.
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> > Welcome to club, yes you are doomed. Halo 5 has no intentions of changing it’s gameplay and a lot of people speculate it will transfer over to halo 6. But let’s cross our fingers it doesn’t. But in the meantime i recommend MCC.
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> Yep, MCC is the way to go for FUN Halo gameplay.
Very ironic
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> > > Welcome to club, yes you are doomed. Halo 5 has no intentions of changing it’s gameplay and a lot of people speculate it will transfer over to halo 6. But let’s cross our fingers it doesn’t. But in the meantime i recommend MCC.
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> > Yep, MCC is the way to go for FUN Halo gameplay.
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> Very ironic
How so?
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> > > > > Finally got round to getting Live so I could play this online and I can’t believe how much it sucks. Everything, besides firefight, is too fast paced and hectic which turns every game mode into a glorified slayer match.
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> > > > > Is there an adjustment period or I am doomed wanting to see the fun of Reach and Halo 3 online return?
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> > > > Welcome to club, yes you are doomed. Halo 5 has no intentions of changing it’s gameplay and a lot of people speculate it will transfer over to halo 6. But let’s cross our fingers it doesn’t. But in the meantime i recommend MCC.
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> > > Yep, MCC is the way to go for FUN Halo gameplay.
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> How so?
Because mcc is infamous for being non functional and not fun
I feel it gets better with time, just like any game. It just takes 5-10 hours to acclimate to the controls, speed of the game, etc
I didn’t get Halo 5 until it was out for almost a year and I didn’t really play much of Halo 4. It took me a while to get used to the extra spartan abilities and the pace of the game, but now I love it. I even tend to play faster games like Super Fiesta.
Like others already stated: Play the campaign, and then play Warzone Firefight. It should help get used to the pace/abilities without getting destroyed.
I also noticed the time of day I play makes a huge difference. There’s not a huge pool of players, and the best ones seem to be on at night.
I like it. I think it’s a nice change of pace after Reach and Halo 4, what with all the loadouts, armor abilities like armor lock, and spawning with plasma grenades and such. It’s like Halo 3 on speed: a return to equal starts, power ups & weapons on map, descope is back, competitive team-oriented play, etc. If you get into the rhythm and cadence of the game, the speed and pacing is not too unlike Halo CE, only there’s the whole sprint thing.
If you still play the game like Halo 3 (focus on map control, owning power weapons, etc.) you’ll do just fine. Just if you’re a lone wolf, like me, a lot of that depends on if you’re teammates think they’re The Flash with an SMG Spartan Charging everything. That devolves into chaos real quick. It’s certainly not without its flaws, but I think it’s a good time. A significant improvement over Halo 4.
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> > > > > Welcome to club, yes you are doomed. Halo 5 has no intentions of changing it’s gameplay and a lot of people speculate it will transfer over to halo 6. But let’s cross our fingers it doesn’t. But in the meantime i recommend MCC.
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> Because mcc is infamous for being non functional and not fun
looooll. I personally find to be a nice breath of fresh air. Sure it’s not “the best Halo” but for me it’s infinitely better than Halo 5. I mean H2 and H2A are the only games on MCC that actually work as intended, so I guess that’s why I enjoy them.
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> > > > > > Welcome to club, yes you are doomed. Halo 5 has no intentions of changing it’s gameplay and a lot of people speculate it will transfer over to halo 6. But let’s cross our fingers it doesn’t. But in the meantime i recommend MCC.
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> looooll. I personally find to be a nice breath of fresh air. Sure it’s not “the best Halo” but for me it’s infinitely better than Halo 5. I mean H2 and H2A are the only games on MCC that actually work as intended, so I guess that’s why I enjoy them.
I play it for halo 3 and all the campaigns
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> > > > > > > Welcome to club, yes you are doomed. Halo 5 has no intentions of changing it’s gameplay and a lot of people speculate it will transfer over to halo 6. But let’s cross our fingers it doesn’t. But in the meantime i recommend MCC.
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> > > > > > Yep, MCC is the way to go for FUN Halo gameplay.
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> > looooll. I personally find to be a nice breath of fresh air. Sure it’s not “the best Halo” but for me it’s infinitely better than Halo 5. I mean H2 and H2A are the only games on MCC that actually work as intended, so I guess that’s why I enjoy them.
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> I play it for halo 3 and all the campaigns
I play it for H2 campaign, H2A Forge/Multiplayer, and CE Campaign and multiplayer.
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> Is there an adjustment period or I am doomed wanting to see the fun of Reach and Halo 3 online return?
Dude, I’ll be joining you come christmas as I’ve never played H5, I’m prepared to suck at this and be destroyed in every game, guess I’ll just have to suck it up until I learn and get better with time… I’m a H4 mp player but I don’t expect that’s going to help me at all… I’m reading everones advice and preparing… see you all on the battlefield after santa comes, I’ll be the one running around like an idiot and lying on the ground checking out floor textures!