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> > Even though 343 seems to look at and post on every single internet medium other than their own website, I hope to use this thread as a means to offer 343 some perspective on the fanbase and what we have learned to expect out of Halo - what we thought were ‘givens’ or baseline features and functionality that would be a part of Halo moving forward, not something we mourn losing. Feel free to mention small details or large features, anything.
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> > Here’s what I miss that Halo 5 and/or overall 343’s version of Halo excludes, which I used to take for granted:
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> > -A content-rich**, fully functional game at launch**
> > -Non-buggy, improved Forge - at launch
> > -Featured community screenshots, maps, gameclips, and more
> > -A public file browser
> > -A means to download community created content online
> > -A means to download community created content without searching for and adding each individual as a friend
> > -All of the gametypes in the previous Halo(s) and more: Infection, Grifball, Assault, Territories, Race, etc. etc.
> > -A Theater mode worth existing
> > -A sense of community fostered by dev interaction
> > -Variety in matchmaking; plentiful, meaningful ranked playlists, and plentiful, fun and non-sweaty social playlists - whose stats were kept separate
> > -The ability to see exactly what your friends are doing
> > -The ability to see exactly who your friends are playing with
> > -Quick access to see other players skill-level and accomplishments without digging through menus
> > -Pre-game lobby that features meaningful information
> > -Prioritization options in matchmaking, i.e. skill matching, quick matching, good connection matching, similar language matching
> > -Meaningful post game lobby stats (No medals? lol?)
> > -PvE
> > -Veto system
> > -A general population count
> > -Playlist population counts
> > -Campaign scoring - team and ffa
> > -Playing as an Elite
> > -Elite armor
> > -Challenges
> > -Armor Effects
> > -Voices
> > -All of the emblems in the previous Halo(s)
> > -Good matchmaking voice settings
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> > > > You made an assumption that all of your 29 complain would be in game? Now you are complaining they are not?
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> > > You act as though these 29 complaints, or whatever, are at the scale of a mere 29 pieces of aesthetic armor. They’re not. A lot of them are big -Yoinking!- features and main functions.
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> > > Yes, I do enjoy Halo quite a lot. I like when it improves upon itself and is popular and successful, therefore I’m upset when it’s not nearly as popular and successful, and I’m upset at the respective, obvious reasons why it’s not.
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> If you look at the text in bold, game was fully functional at launch you can’t deny it. It lack content, but it is functional. You can record/screenshot with game DVR but I agree theater is useless. File browse/share sucks for now but a better one is coming I know typical of 343i. You can see what your friend are doing in your friend list, but not who they are playing with (which I don’t care… opinion). Veto system… just no. Population count is not that important. Playing as an elite/elite armor not a big deal it makes no difference for it not being in game. Armor effect was more disturbing than anything… opinion.
> As for the rest, it is a bad decision that they are not in-game but it change nothing to the fact that you can actually have a lot of fun even though the game ‘‘is lacking content’’.
When I said “content-rich, fully functional game,” I wasn’t implying Halo 5 didn’t function. I was more alluding to the fact that with 343, it’s one or the other. The small amount of content Halo 5 has works, yeah. But if you look at any game they made that went out of there comfort zone with content, it was totally broken in one or more ways. The MCC is still beyond repair in many regards to this day, and they will never fix it. So yeah, it would be more accurate for me to say “they never provide content-rich games that are also fully functional.”
See, it’s fine that you don’t like a feature or don’t care about it, but that’s not really an argument against including it, save for maybe the veto system which would directly affect you (negatively, I take it). I don’t really like a lot of gametypes Halo has offered in the past, but I still respect that they’re a part of Halo - people like it - and therefore it shouldn’t be stripped from the game willy nilly when you have such a Juggernaut of a series. As a Halo fan, I think it’s sort of a responsibility to stick up for features you don’t care about. I thought Stockpile was an annoying gametype, but I’m also upset that it’s not even an option to play in Halo 5.