Is this what you guys were expecting? Hopefully this has quenched your thirst for knowledge about the game. I think Fall 2021 is a reasonable goal. I hope that this is the first of several reveals, to be honest, and I did hope we would get an Insider build before the actual release (also a special console reveal would be great 
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Now that is the update that people have been wanting!!! Iām only three paragraphs in and its amazing so far!!!
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> Now that is the update that people have been wanting!!! Iām only three paragraphs in and its amazing so far!!!
Wait until you see the Sniper Rifle and the Rocket Launcher. I am glad we are getting classic designs back.
Glad to see something from Joe himself! The screenshots look great. Pretty excited even though we have quite a wait ahead of us. Hopefully this extra time means Infinite will blow us away.
I wanted a Spring release, but since thereās gonna be flights Iām happy now
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> > Now that is the update that people have been wanting!!! Iām only three paragraphs in and its amazing so far!!!
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> Wait until you see the Sniper Rifle and the Rocket Launcher. I am glad we are getting classic designs back.
OMG!!! That was the -Yoink-! Iām kind of pissed about that sweet SR152 coating but glad Iāve got almost a year to get there. What an amazing write up and finally answering some much needed and pressing questions regarding a lot of different topics. I absolutely loved the classic designs, couldnāt ask for much more than that.
Being a campaign nut myself, I think what really got me going was that final bit where Joe was talking about the campaign. All the different things that you could doā¦I cant wait!
Four things I will say iām still not quite happy with are the:
1.) Timed Events: hopefully these will be announced and not show up randomly in regards to specific unlocks
2.) Paid aesthetics: I knew this would be in here but I just hope paying for certain items isnāt the only way to attain said items.
3.) What are those of us who are going to pay for the actual game getting?: self explanatory
4.) Armor Coatings: Still not too pleased I cant choose the specific color combinations
Guess weāll have to wait for Infinite at E3 one more time. Itās nice to have a rough date for release though.
And those Spartans? Yes! They look brilliant, although Iām still miffed about armour coatings.
Donāt have a problem with the delay, as long as it feels content-complete enough at launch. As in donāt do what 5 did and launch with too few maps and modes, no Forge, no Firefight or equivalent, etc
If it blows us all away and feels like Haloās triumphant return then thatās a neat 20th anniversary for CE
Betting 10/10 this release window was chosen to shut up the armchair developers and anniversary release fanboys. Thereās nothing in the update concretely explaining why such a massive pushback for this game was needed, and I wouldnāt be suprised if the next update did away with Xbox One support.
Well, this was a good update. It still leaves some questions about armor coatings in the air, but Fall 2021 is a resonable release date. And weapons have texture now so it is good to see they made improvements on the graphics departmnet. I wish we could see another in-game campaign screenshot tho.
Maaaan it does look good!
And it is excellent to finally receive such a meaty update.
I was in the āItāll come out when it comes out,ā camp regarding the release speculation.
On one hand, Iām glad that theyāre taking the time to make sure they present something that theyāre certain will do well and please the fans.
But on the other hand, thereās that little voice in me that was silently hoping for a Juneāish release. Iām not disappointedā¦ Iām justā¦ disappointedā¦
Iām sure youāll all know what I mean, haha.
I almost wish that they hadnāt done that demo at E3 to drag out this hypeā¦
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> Glad to see something from Joe himself! The screenshots look great. Pretty excited even though we have quite a wait ahead of us. Hopefully this extra time means Infinite will blow us away.
I just hope the game isnāt a buggy mess. Blowing me away will take a lot more than just a functional game.
As cynical as I sound, I do feel relieved that theyāre pushing the game back a year. Letās do this game right before launch this time.
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> Betting 10/10 this release window was chosen to shut up the armchair developers and anniversary release fanboys. Thereās nothing in the update concretely explaining why such a massive pushback for this game was needed, and I wouldnāt be suprised if the next update did away with Xbox One support.
I suspect that Flighting has something to do with the pushback. Gives 343i more time to iron out the game once they have player feedback.
Glad to hear from Mr. Staten!
If his words are not formal corporatespeakā¦ that is really good.
Seems that if they liked it that much at that point a 1 year full delay would not be needed, but anyhow, I am 100% more confident with him at the helm.
Lastly, the beta needs to come before E3 in my opinion, but I doubt it will. After E3 beta will be more of a hype generating and very small bug elimination run. Iād much rather it be a sooner rather than later to focus on the bigger picture issues.
So we finally get some information!!! Link
Well the screenshots of things definitely look a lot better, Thatās for sure. Iām still reading it but unfortunately I saw this coming and was to be expected,
> Yes, being free-to-play does mean that there will be some premium cosmetics
Uuuuggghhhā¦ You just know all the cool, bad -Yoink- looking stuff will be in the āpremium cosmeticsā aka Youāre going to have to spend real money to get them 
I also donāt like this,
> There will be limited-time events
I just hate limited time events. I feel like they kind of contradicted themselves when they said they donāt want players to feel like they have to grind to get something and what not but yet thatās what limited time events are!!! Ugh!
Overall, So far from what Iāve read I like more than I dislike so at least thatās a plus. Iām also not surprised about a fall 2021 release date either and have no problem with that.
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So does this,
> Insider flighting
Mean that there will be a beta and it will only be for insiders?!?!?! If so, Thatās a terrible decision 343I!! Why isnāt anyone else talking about this part??? This is a big thing in my opinion if this is the case.
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> Well the screenshots of things definitely look a lot better, Thatās for sure. Iām still reading it but unfortunately I saw this coming and was to be expected,
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> Uuuuggghhhā¦ You just know all the cool, bad -Yoink- looking stuff will be in the āpremium cosmeticsā aka Youāre going to have to spend real money to get them.
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> I just hate limited time events. I feel like they kind of contradicted themselves when they said they donāt want players to feel like they have to grind to get something and what not but yet thatās what limited time events are. Ugh!
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> Overall, So far from what Iāve read I like more than I dislike so at least thatās a plus. Iām also not surprised about a fall 2021 release date either.
I donāt mind limited-time events, as long as they are not multiplayer ones. I rather hope some of the limited-time events are campaign-related where you have to complete a mini-campaign/objective (eg take out a Banished encampment and Warchief).
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> > Betting 10/10 this release window was chosen to shut up the armchair developers and anniversary release fanboys. Thereās nothing in the update concretely explaining why such a massive pushback for this game was needed, and I wouldnāt be suprised if the next update did away with Xbox One support.
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> I suspect that Flighting has something to do with the pushback. Gives 343i more time to iron out the game once they have player feedback.
Assuming that this game was already content-complete as of now, what stopped 343 from having a Q1 release window in March with January flighting?
here before the dumpster fire this thread may or may not become
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Fingers crossed that it doesnāt become one, haha. From the looks of it, the only thing that people are really upset by is the release window. Apart from that, I think the vast majority of us are happy with what weāve seen today.
Firstly thank you for the answers, second what did u guys do the last few years? Basically we got a long winded political type answer that doesnāt say why things took so long or were so messed up, and flashed a few shiney pictures and ideas in front of us to pacify us. So is the game going to have all the game modes that Halo 5 was lacking? Will the updates take 6 months to get us a few skins? So far the amount of work and amount of time to achieve that amount of work on the game really concerns me. At least thereās the MCCā¦