I have owned Halo 5 for over a year but with a extremely busy work schedule I have just now picked it up. Things I have learned playing this that weren’t issues with Halo 2 and 3 which I did play competitively.
1.) maps are small and terrible spawns, you will die at some point in a game right win you spawn. That is a FACT
2.)Farming, I haven’t heard of that until I started playing Halo 5. I guess everyone is obsessed with K/D now that they like it when the opposing team spawns to their death and get no real gameplay out of the match
3.)custom games are a confusing mess if you are trying to learn the new maps and play the core maps in matchmaking. IDK why it is so hard to have a core map playlist and put the variations under a different category-FAIL-343
4.) gameplay is more like COD and geared to a kill fest. Almost feel the maps where designed so you would be able to kill a player within 3 seconds
5.)Story doesn’t really flow with events in Halo 4 or other Halo games, who is this new Spartan team and why am I playing them? What happen with the Didact? Also wasn’t the covenant civil war between the Elites and Brutes (which no Brutes are in Halo 4 or 5)? I am pretty sure that is how Halo 3 had it between Brutes and Elites and no scarabs
6.) glitches that should be an easy fix not bothered with, Campaign cut scenes not loading after you finish the mission and have to reset the game and load the next mission from the mission select screen, missing parts of the story, the LB/RB buttons not working once you get to warzone matchmaking list so you have to back out completely and select rank or social from main menu with a possibility to losing fire team members.
With all that said I guess I should pack it in and just move on to another game franchise that I will enjoy. So long Halo its been a great 15 years playing halo CE with lan party, halo 2 clan party system (rank 40 BTB) then the modders hit with flying warthogs and you lose it all. Halo 3 great maps, no modders and the equipment abilities didn’t junk up the game like Reach armor abilities did(armor lock to get a sticky off you WTF is that). Halo ODST Firefight was amazing and I like the fill in on the story with what was happening on Earth why you where on Delta Halo. Halo War had a great story line with Harvest and the Spartan-I program and an arbiter dual wielding plasma swords.
For those of you that love Halo 5, I hope Halo 6 doesn’t disappoint you like 5 has for me.
1.) Spawn killing happens, it happened it H2/3 as well.
2.) Oh farming most definitely happened in previous Halo. Especially in games like one flag when teams would get the flag back to their base l, not score it and curb stomp the other team.
3.) Of course custom maps can be confusing that is why they are custom… They aren’t like core maps
4.) I disagree. It’s the same number of shots for a kill as it’s always been. Also Halo had thrusters and just packs before COD did.
5.) All of the post Halo 4 stuff happened it outside media, books and comics. Sucks but since H4 wasn’t liked by most at the time guess they figured they needed a new start so to speak.
6.) I haven’t experienced the glitches you speak of but the ones that I have experienced a simple hard reset fixed them. H5 and MCC seem to need a hard reset here and there to function well.
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> 1.) Spawn killing happens, it happened it H2/3 as well.
> 2.) Oh farming most definitely happened in previous Halo. Especially in games like one flag when teams would get the flag back to their base l, not score it and curb stomp the other team.
> 3.) Of course custom maps can be confusing that is why they are custom… They aren’t like core maps
> 4.) I disagree. It’s the same number of shots for a kill as it’s always been. Also Halo had thrusters and just packs before COD did.
> 5.) All of the post Halo 4 stuff happened it outside media, books and comics. Sucks but since H4 wasn’t liked by most at the time guess they figured they needed a new start so to speak.
> 6.) I haven’t experienced the glitches you speak of but the ones that I have experienced a simple hard reset fixed them. H5 and MCC seem to need a hard reset here and there to function well.
1.)You are thinking of spawn trapping, which is completely different.
2.)I think I had over 1000 games in Halo 3 and had that happen once and it was an MLG team. However I can see that being a problem like with Halo 2 and teams hiding the bomb when there was no time limit. The teams would drag the game out until everyone quit.
3.) 3rd point is off big time, under the options of custom maps they don’t have just the core maps listed they are jumbled in the huge mess of maps, so the first map I selected to take a look at was nothing but a platform, IDK what custom games you played in the other halo games but you could always select the core maps and making changes to it and save it under a different list.
4.) you miss understood me, the shots aren’t different. Maps are designed so you can kill someone in 3 seconds Meaning spawn…1.2.3 I was able to get a kill. I never in halo 2 or 3 had someone spawn on a platform directly below me so I can kill instantly.
5.) I keep up with a lot of off game story lines of course the reach game messed up the earlier books but you could get a feel for what changed and why it changed, in the games without it. Halo 5 puts you in a different direction of the story so it should have been a spin off game like Halo-ODST and not called Halo 5. Well that’s how I feel about it.
6.) go to the social game list, hit LB takes you to rank, if you hit RB takes you to warzone, under warzone they stop working. There is no way you haven’t experienced that glitch if you play multiplayer.
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> > 1.) Spawn killing happens, it happened it H2/3 as well.
> > 2.) Oh farming most definitely happened in previous Halo. Especially in games like one flag when teams would get the flag back to their base l, not score it and curb stomp the other team.
> > 3.) Of course custom maps can be confusing that is why they are custom… They aren’t like core maps
> > 4.) I disagree. It’s the same number of shots for a kill as it’s always been. Also Halo had thrusters and just packs before COD did.
> > 5.) All of the post Halo 4 stuff happened it outside media, books and comics. Sucks but since H4 wasn’t liked by most at the time guess they figured they needed a new start so to speak.
> > 6.) I haven’t experienced the glitches you speak of but the ones that I have experienced a simple hard reset fixed them. H5 and MCC seem to need a hard reset here and there to function well.
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> 1.)You are thinking of spawn trapping, which is completely different.
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> 2.)I think I had over 1000 games in Halo 3 and had that happen once and it was an MLG team. However I can see that being a problem like with Halo 2 and teams hiding the bomb when there was no time limit. The teams would drag the game out until everyone quit.
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> 3.) 3rd point is off big time, under the options of custom maps they don’t have just the core maps listed they are jumbled in the huge mess of maps, so the first map I selected to take a look at was nothing but a platform, IDK what custom games you played in the other halo games but you could always select the core maps and making changes to it and save it under a different list.
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> 4.) you miss understood me, the shots aren’t different. Maps are designed so you can kill someone in 3 seconds Meaning spawn…1.2.3 I was able to get a kill. I never in halo 2 or 3 had someone spawn on a platform directly below me so I can kill instantly.
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> 5.) I keep up with a lot of off game story lines of course the reach game messed up the earlier books but you could get a feel for what changed and why it changed, in the games without it. Halo 5 puts you in a different direction of the story so it should have been a spin off game like Halo-ODST and not called Halo 5. Well that’s how I feel about it.
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> 6.) go to the social game list, hit LB takes you to rank, if you hit RB takes you to warzone, under warzone they stop working. There is no way you haven’t experienced that glitch if you play multiplayer.
I don’t think he was. Spawn killing is an issue that has never gone away.
You’re lucky then. Just because you fail to recollect this happening to you, doesn’t mean it isn’t an issue others faced.
Yes, this could be done better.
I had that specific thing happen all the time. You move just as fast as your enemies in Halo 5. If you get a bad spawn, you have the chance to evade and fight back, like any other game.
Agreed. Story sucked.
I haven’t experienced this issue once. There are always ghosts in the machine, and sometimes (albeit it greatly unluckily) a glitch might only affect one person.
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> I have owned Halo 5 for over a year but with a extremely busy work schedule I have just now picked it up. Things I have learned playing this that weren’t issues with Halo 2 and 3 which I did play competitively.
>
> 1.) maps are small and terrible spawns, you will die at some point in a game right win you spawn. That is a FACT
>
> 2.)Farming, I haven’t heard of that until I started playing Halo 5. I guess everyone is obsessed with K/D now that they like it when the opposing team spawns to their death and get no real gameplay out of the match
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> 3.)custom games are a confusing mess if you are trying to learn the new maps and play the core maps in matchmaking. IDK why it is so hard to have a core map playlist and put the variations under a different category-FAIL-343
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> 4.) gameplay is more like COD and geared to a kill fest. Almost feel the maps where designed so you would be able to kill a player within 3 seconds
>
> 5.)Story doesn’t really flow with events in Halo 4 or other Halo games, who is this new Spartan team and why am I playing them? What happen with the Didact? Also wasn’t the covenant civil war between the Elites and Brutes (which no Brutes are in Halo 4 or 5)? I am pretty sure that is how Halo 3 had it between Brutes and Elites and no scarabs
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> 6.) glitches that should be an easy fix not bothered with, Campaign cut scenes not loading after you finish the mission and have to reset the game and load the next mission from the mission select screen, missing parts of the story, the LB/RB buttons not working once you get to warzone matchmaking list so you have to back out completely and select rank or social from main menu with a possibility to losing fire team members.
You always spawn where the enemy can’t see you, and in WZ you always are safe when you spawn. Just don’t go sprinting into the open.
2.Farming is a problem, but I haven’t encountered it much. It’s not that bad (Except for Grifball)
The custom game browser is actually pretty neat, the only problem being lag, but that can’t be avoided.
Um, no. COD is more like Halo. In addition, the whole point of half the game modes is to kill. And the maps are fine (Except for Pegasus and Orion)
The story makes sense, just read the overall plot in Halo Wiki or something if you don’t understand. The Covie Civil War, or the Great Schism, happened during Halo 3, and was a conflict between the Brutes and Elites. The civil war in Halo 5 is a Sanghelli war between the Covie Remenant and The Swords of Sanghelios. There are no Brutes in the Reclaimer Trilogy, they are thought to be in their own homeworlds.
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> > I have owned Halo 5 for over a year but with a extremely busy work schedule I have just now picked it up. Things I have learned playing this that weren’t issues with Halo 2 and 3 which I did play competitively.
> >
> > 1.) maps are small and terrible spawns, you will die at some point in a game right win you spawn. That is a FACT
> >
> > 2.)Farming, I haven’t heard of that until I started playing Halo 5. I guess everyone is obsessed with K/D now that they like it when the opposing team spawns to their death and get no real gameplay out of the match
> >
> > 3.)custom games are a confusing mess if you are trying to learn the new maps and play the core maps in matchmaking. IDK why it is so hard to have a core map playlist and put the variations under a different category-FAIL-343
> >
> > 4.) gameplay is more like COD and geared to a kill fest. Almost feel the maps where designed so you would be able to kill a player within 3 seconds
> >
> > 5.)Story doesn’t really flow with events in Halo 4 or other Halo games, who is this new Spartan team and why am I playing them? What happen with the Didact? Also wasn’t the covenant civil war between the Elites and Brutes (which no Brutes are in Halo 4 or 5)? I am pretty sure that is how Halo 3 had it between Brutes and Elites and no scarabs
> >
> > 6.) glitches that should be an easy fix not bothered with, Campaign cut scenes not loading after you finish the mission and have to reset the game and load the next mission from the mission select screen, missing parts of the story, the LB/RB buttons not working once you get to warzone matchmaking list so you have to back out completely and select rank or social from main menu with a possibility to losing fire team members.
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> 1. You always spawn where the enemy can’t see you, and in WZ you always are safe when you spawn. Just don’t go sprinting into the open.
> 2.Farming is a problem, but I haven’t encountered it much. It’s not that bad (Except for Grifball)
> 3. The custom game browser is actually pretty neat, the only problem being lag, but that can’t be avoided.
> 4. Um, no. COD is more like Halo. In addition, the whole point of half the game modes is to kill. And the maps are fine (Except for Pegasus and Orion)
> 5. The story makes sense, just read the overall plot in Halo Wiki or something if you don’t understand. The Covie Civil War, or the Great Schism, happened during Halo 3, and was a conflict between the Brutes and Elites. The civil war in Halo 5 is a Sanghelli war between the Covie Remenant and The Swords of Sanghelios. There are no Brutes in the Reclaimer Trilogy, they are thought to be in their own homeworlds.
> 6. Glitches happen. I don’t like them too.
1.) you know darn well that’s a lie
Overall I appreciate you guys input and thank you for commenting.
I’m mixed on the map size. For the most part the 4-4 ones I think are fine. The warzone ones I feel like are just way too big. I spend more time just running around then I do fighting. Spawns 100% agree that will happen, but that has happen in all halos and most FPS to be honest.
2)The term farming in video games is pretty newish I agree, but people have been doing this in all halos. I do agree it is worst in halo 5 but that is mainly because of how you unlock the Achilles Armor and Helmet. 343I had the right idea, but it was poor implemented.
3)Custom games are sorta yes… It would help a lot if we could DL maps and actually play customs and forge offline. It uses a lot of data just to load up a custom map and run around a map to check things out. I know to some people this isn’t a big deal but a lot of people have data caps and such and I hate wasting it this way. I wish Halo 5 had more offline modes.
The gameplay is faster I agree and at TIMES I do agree it feels more CODish. Why 343I put in ADS style zooming didn’t help with this and we all know why they did. It’s sad really. Halo used to set trends, now it mainly just copies.
5)Story wise I agree. It hasn’t been very good in Halo 4 or 5. Now this whole the human race is descended or whatever from the forerunner stuff just seems… dumb and unoriginal. I think the idea behind the prometheans is neat but they fail as a cool enemy to fight. I do think Halo 6 and later halo games will be better story wise the father we get away from halo 4,5 and maybe even 6. I really like Halo 1-3 and even ODST story… but I wasn’t a fan of H4 at all. It was really, REALLY poorly presented and explained. Unless you read the books things don’t fully make sense in either 4 or 5. A player shouldn’t have to read outside information either books, online etc to FULLY understand what is going on. Epic fail IMO there 343I.
Ya there is some glitches for sure, but every game has them. I do agree, they seem to happen more then they used to now though. I know the one your talking about by using the LB/BR buttons too. I happens to me a lot lol works fine going from ranked to social, but once you hit warzone, you can’t leave that way lol
I do agree that halo 5 isn’t perfect, but I do like it a lot better then Halo 4 and Reach. I have been playing since Halo CE as well (had it the first month it was out ) and I think I’m one of the older people here on the forums and playing honestly lolol I think 343I are SLOWLY (they are taking there time to realize things here lol) realizing things and making things better. I have more hope for halo 6 now then I did 6 months ago I can tell you that, but 343I do have a ways to go to get to the level of say a halo 2 or 3. I’m hoping one day they can or at least be darn close.
343I just need to remember the saying of “less is more” and “If it’s not broke, don’t fix it!!!” (Looking at you mainly how the zooming looks now)
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> 1) I’m mixed on the map size. For the most part the 4-4 ones I think are fine. The warzone ones I feel like are just way too big. I spend more time just running around then I do fighting. Spawns 100% agree that will happen, but that has happen in all halos and most FPS to be honest.
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> 2)The term farming in video games is pretty newish I agree, but people have been doing this in all halos. I do agree it is worst in halo 5 but that is mainly because of how you unlock the Achilles. 343I had the right idea, but it was poor implemented.
>
> 3)Custom games are sorta yes… It would help a lot if we could DL maps and actually play customs and forge offline. It uses a lot of data just to load up a custom map and run around a map to check things out. I know to some people this isn’t a big deal but a lot of people have data caps and such and I hate wasting it this way. I wish Halo 5 had more offline modes.
>
> 4) The gameplay is faster I agree and at TIMES I do agree it feels more CODish. Why 343I put in ADS style zooming didn’t help with this and we all know why they did. It’s sad really. Halo used to set trends, now it mainly just copies.
>
> 5)Story wise I agree. It hasn’t been very good in Halo 4 or 5. Now this whole the human race is descended or whatever from the forerunner stuff just seems… dumb and unoriginal. I think the idea behind the prometheans is neat but they fail as a cool enemy to fight. I do think Halo 6 and later halo games will be better story wise the father we get away from halo 4,5 and maybe even 6. I really like Halo 1-3 and even ODST story… but I wasn’t a fan of at all, it was really, REALLY poorly presented and explained. Unless you read the books things don’t fully make sense in either 4 or 5. A player shouldn’t have to read outside information either books, online etc to FULLY understand what is going on. Epic fail IMO there 343I.
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> 6) Ya there is some glitches for sure, but every game has them. I do agree, they seem to happen more then they used to now though. I know the one your talking about by using the LB/BR buttons too. I happens to me a lot lol works fine going from ranked to social, but once you hit warzone, you can’t leave that way lol
>
> I do agree that halo 5 isn’t perfect, but I do like it a lot better then Halo 4 and Reach. I have been playing since Halo CE as well (had it the first month it was out ) and I think I’m one of the older people here on the forums and playing honestly lolol I think 343I are SLOWLY (they are taking there time to realize things here lol) realizing things and making things better. I have more hope for halo 6 now then I did 6 months ago I can tell you that, but 343I do have a ways to go to get to the level of say a halo 2 or 3. I’m hoping one day they can or at least be darn close.
>
> 343I just need to remember the saying of “less is more” and “If it’s not broke, don’t fix it!!!” (Looking at you mainly how the zooming looks now)
Well put and thank you. On another post someone informed me that the Didactic was killed in a book between halo 4 and halo 5…so much for finishing that fight
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> > > 2757114414735447;1:
> > > I have owned Halo 5 for over a year but with a extremely busy work schedule I have just now picked it up. Things I have learned playing this that weren’t issues with Halo 2 and 3 which I did play competitively.
> > >
> > > 1.) maps are small and terrible spawns, you will die at some point in a game right win you spawn. That is a FACT
> > >
> > > 2.)Farming, I haven’t heard of that until I started playing Halo 5. I guess everyone is obsessed with K/D now that they like it when the opposing team spawns to their death and get no real gameplay out of the match
> > >
> > > 3.)custom games are a confusing mess if you are trying to learn the new maps and play the core maps in matchmaking. IDK why it is so hard to have a core map playlist and put the variations under a different category-FAIL-343
> > >
> > > 4.) gameplay is more like COD and geared to a kill fest. Almost feel the maps where designed so you would be able to kill a player within 3 seconds
> > >
> > > 5.)Story doesn’t really flow with events in Halo 4 or other Halo games, who is this new Spartan team and why am I playing them? What happen with the Didact? Also wasn’t the covenant civil war between the Elites and Brutes (which no Brutes are in Halo 4 or 5)? I am pretty sure that is how Halo 3 had it between Brutes and Elites and no scarabs
> > >
> > > 6.) glitches that should be an easy fix not bothered with, Campaign cut scenes not loading after you finish the mission and have to reset the game and load the next mission from the mission select screen, missing parts of the story, the LB/RB buttons not working once you get to warzone matchmaking list so you have to back out completely and select rank or social from main menu with a possibility to losing fire team members.
> >
> > 1. You always spawn where the enemy can’t see you, and in WZ you always are safe when you spawn. Just don’t go sprinting into the open.
> > 2.Farming is a problem, but I haven’t encountered it much. It’s not that bad (Except for Grifball)
> > 3. The custom game browser is actually pretty neat, the only problem being lag, but that can’t be avoided.
> > 4. Um, no. COD is more like Halo. In addition, the whole point of half the game modes is to kill. And the maps are fine (Except for Pegasus and Orion)
> > 5. The story makes sense, just read the overall plot in Halo Wiki or something if you don’t understand. The Covie Civil War, or the Great Schism, happened during Halo 3, and was a conflict between the Brutes and Elites. The civil war in Halo 5 is a Sanghelli war between the Covie Remenant and The Swords of Sanghelios. There are no Brutes in the Reclaimer Trilogy, they are thought to be in their own homeworlds.
> > 6. Glitches happen. I don’t like them too.
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> 1.) you know darn well that’s a lie
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> Overall I appreciate you guys input and thank you for commenting.
Well, in theory. There’s always that guy with a sniper.
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> > 1) I’m mixed on the map size. For the most part the 4-4 ones I think are fine. The warzone ones I feel like are just way too big. I spend more time just running around then I do fighting. Spawns 100% agree that will happen, but that has happen in all halos and most FPS to be honest.
> >
> > 2)The term farming in video games is pretty newish I agree, but people have been doing this in all halos. I do agree it is worst in halo 5 but that is mainly because of how you unlock the Achilles. 343I had the right idea, but it was poor implemented.
> >
> > 3)Custom games are sorta yes… It would help a lot if we could DL maps and actually play customs and forge offline. It uses a lot of data just to load up a custom map and run around a map to check things out. I know to some people this isn’t a big deal but a lot of people have data caps and such and I hate wasting it this way. I wish Halo 5 had more offline modes.
> >
> > 4) The gameplay is faster I agree and at TIMES I do agree it feels more CODish. Why 343I put in ADS style zooming didn’t help with this and we all know why they did. It’s sad really. Halo used to set trends, now it mainly just copies.
> >
> > 5)Story wise I agree. It hasn’t been very good in Halo 4 or 5. Now this whole the human race is descended or whatever from the forerunner stuff just seems… dumb and unoriginal. I think the idea behind the prometheans is neat but they fail as a cool enemy to fight. I do think Halo 6 and later halo games will be better story wise the father we get away from halo 4,5 and maybe even 6. I really like Halo 1-3 and even ODST story… but I wasn’t a fan of at all, it was really, REALLY poorly presented and explained. Unless you read the books things don’t fully make sense in either 4 or 5. A player shouldn’t have to read outside information either books, online etc to FULLY understand what is going on. Epic fail IMO there 343I.
> >
> > 6) Ya there is some glitches for sure, but every game has them. I do agree, they seem to happen more then they used to now though. I know the one your talking about by using the LB/BR buttons too. I happens to me a lot lol works fine going from ranked to social, but once you hit warzone, you can’t leave that way lol
> >
> > I do agree that halo 5 isn’t perfect, but I do like it a lot better then Halo 4 and Reach. I have been playing since Halo CE as well (had it the first month it was out ) and I think I’m one of the older people here on the forums and playing honestly lolol I think 343I are SLOWLY (they are taking there time to realize things here lol) realizing things and making things better. I have more hope for halo 6 now then I did 6 months ago I can tell you that, but 343I do have a ways to go to get to the level of say a halo 2 or 3. I’m hoping one day they can or at least be darn close.
> >
> > 343I just need to remember the saying of “less is more” and “If it’s not broke, don’t fix it!!!” (Looking at you mainly how the zooming looks now)
>
> Well put and thank you. On another post someone informed me that the Didactic was killed in a book between halo 4 and halo 5…so much for finishing that fight
The Didact was super composed (most halo lore channels say he was composed) which means he “could” reappear in a later game. Though I have no idea how he’s going contribute to the story.
) and I think I’m one of the older people here on the forums and playing honestly lolol I think 343I are SLOWLY (they are taking there time to realize things here lol) realizing things and making things better. I have more hope for halo 6 now then I did 6 months ago I can tell you that, but 343I do have a ways to go to get to the level of say a halo 2 or 3. I’m hoping one day they can or at least be darn close.