There have been a lot of threads about peoples concerns about the online multiplayer, virtually all have been around the mechanics and ranking system. My concerns are actually about other players.
I’ve said in other posts that I’ve had a really bad experience playing Halo online in the past. Torrents of abuse by my own team because they felt I was affecting their ranking, or generally because I wasn’t as good as them (got several messages from the opposition too) This was largely true, I wasn’t as good as many of them but I wasn’t exactly bottom of the lists all the time either. It started in Halo 2 and I gave up after Halo 3; didn’t bother with Reach or CEA. Only got back into it with 4 because a mate invited me.
I can usually adjust my game to suit the mechanics of the game, and the rules of the game type I’m playing. This is why I’m not overly concerned about them (though I enjoyed some of the medals and perks in 4 as I felt I was actually achieving a little something even if I wasn’t getting many kills I was still contributing), but I am very nervous about playing online in MCC, especially since I enjoyed Halo 4 and had very few problems; probably because all the players that would give me grief weren’t playing and now they might be again.
I could always not have my mic on but that’ll make team work difficult, plus I don’t really see why I should. Maybe I just got unlucky all the time, maybe I’m too sensitive, maybe it’s part and parcel of online gaming (I don’t believe tolerating abuse should ever be IMO) I don’t know; but I really want to enjoy the online offerings of this collection.
Does anyone have any tips on how I can avoid the abuse; system settings etc. Any help will be appreciated
I’m sorry that had to happen to you. There’s a lot of ways you can deal with it:
Retaliate
Report them
Ignore them
I usually don’t have a problem with this, because whatever they tell me, i just abuse them back, to make them feel miserable about themselves anyway. After a while, they give up.
Of course that doesn’t work for everyone, but correct me if i am wrong, does the ranking system not pair you up with people on the same skill level as you, anyway?
> I’m sorry that had to happen to you. There’s a lot of ways you can deal with it:
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> 1. Retaliate
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> 2. Report them
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> 3. Ignore them
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> I usually don’t have a problem with this, because whatever they tell me, i just abuse them back, to make them feel miserable about themselves anyway. After a while, they give up.
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> Of course that doesn’t work for everyone, but correct me if i am wrong, does the ranking system not pair you up with people on the same skill level as you, anyway?
It was supposed to yeah, which means it probably didn’t work, I had a setting wrong or there was some rank manipulation going on
I’ll start with some advice given for fighting game players.
Don’t focus on beating your opponent, focus on not letting them kill you.
As for teammates, you should focus on letting them know that they shouldn’t be acting out in such a way and not to abuse anyone. Excessive taunting, swearing, teabagging, spawncamping, etc. only discourages people from playing, then they’re left with a game with a low population and blaming the game for it.
Other then that the rest is up to 343i. Which at this moment they seem to be encouraging.
I’d say just ignore it OP and enjoy the collection however you deem fit. I can’t imagine opposition sending you messages, like “OMG Thanks for the free win!! ,” because that’s just poor sportsmanship. Don’t let your disgruntled teammates drag you down either - some people have difficulty accepting defeat so they project it on their teammates. Really just ignore them and try to have fun.
I keep everyone muted. Not mute-ban muted, but in the main menu you can turn off all mics. I’ve never heard anything enlightening said during a Halo game. That way, they can be as abusive as they like and I won’t even know about it.
Just use the headset with your friends on LIVE who you know are cool.
> I keep everyone muted. Not mute-ban muted, but in the main menu you can turn off all mics. I’ve never heard anything enlightening said during a Halo game. That way, they can be as abusive as they like and I won’t even know about it.
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> Just use the headset with your friends on LIVE who you know are cool.
This. I haven’t used the mic feature since Halo 3 unless partying up with friends. Not worth all of the stupid talk that goes on.
If you do get messages from people you don’t know, don’t read them, don’t listen to them. Just hit X and move on, my friend. Play Halo for you, not others.
Also, if MM gets ya down, just play through some campaign or Spartan Ops. The stories are great. BTW, it’s worth picking up a copy of Reach just to play the campaign and firefight.
> I keep everyone muted. Not mute-ban muted, but in the main menu you can turn off all mics. I’ve never heard anything enlightening said during a Halo game. That way, they can be as abusive as they like and I won’t even know about it.
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> Just use the headset with your friends on LIVE who you know are cool.
This is exactly what I do. I never liked the idea of being abused by random strangers or listening to squeaky trolls, so I just… don’t.
I block so many players on xbox live. Anyone that is a random stranger and they send me a mean message whether I did good or bad that match I kindly tell them they are blocked with a smiley face.
Best thing to do to rage messengers is shut them down. They feed off of you getting mad right back, I don’t give em’ that chance. Instead, i get the final word in and leave them seething since they know I’ll never read another one of their dumb messages.
Trust me when I say I get abuse over Xbox all the time. At least 2-3 angry messages a week, maybe even more for various things. If it’s a voice message I delete it without even thinking about opening it. If it’s a text I’ll just block the abusive folk.
It’s been so long since I’ve played a Halo game and had another player message me back at the end not with abuse, but with the old “good game” saying.
I keep my voice settings to “Teammates Only.” That immediately eliminates half of the annoying players. If someone starts being verbally abusive, just mute him. You won’t learn anything by listening to that and you can’t win an argument against a 3-year-old.
Lol and I’m over here sweating hoping you didn’t run into me.
I think it was at a decent level of that in Halo 2 to 3 but then 4 came out and I went completely crazy.
Almost every match I got in was from a join in progress which, as usual, I would enter and it’s their 300 to our 20 and I’m the one doing most of the work. If that doesn’t help with my rage, I’m always teamed up with the worst individuals of all time horribly in Halo 4. To too it off everyone has so high of bullet magnetism and aim assist that they’re doing a lot better than they would in a better game.
In older Halos I did not have this problem especially in Halo:CE ;). I understand that people have their bad days but when those bad days become more of a habit, it’s unacceptable. I’m not gonna sugar coat and hold your hand either. If you did horrible I’m going to tell you about it. Why? Because this is a competitive game. Something Halo 4 lacked because it was a casual cluster -Yoink-. However it’s not gonna be a long scolding just a little words then I go, well unless you respond in more space talk.
To be honest I don’t have a problem when I do bad and people send me messages lol it’s all part of the fun for me and is kinda like my own part of the lore. As in let’s say I’m an actual spartan and I do horrible on a mission, well the smack talk is like me getting a deranking or in Halo 2-3’s came with the deranking.
Only tip I have is to lighten up. Most people don’t really know if they hurt someone’s feelings by smack talking their teams. It’s not gonna get any worse nor better and you’re always gonna have that one person who does it coughraises assault rifle. Also what’s this stuff about abuse -.^?
Being polite and trying not to die too much go a long way:
Try to work with your teammates instead of expecting them to work with you ─ try to stay safe and shoot people your team is shooting without over-extending. If your teammates ask for something, do your best but don’t be upset when someone kills you instead, just keep making good decisions.
Communicate with your team ─ talk about where you are, what you’re doing, if you’re safe, etc. Compliment your teammates often. Just talk, talk talk. Say something when you see enemies, when you’re attacking, when you’re in trouble or running away, etc. Good teammates will naturally use information like that to help the team win even when you’re not doing well.
If you’re not very good, you just need to improve over time, but being a likeable person will allow you and your teammates to get along 9/10 times (it also gets people to plug their mics in and talk too).
Don’t let it discourage you OP. I never ran into that many. In fact, it was quite rare. If I hear an idiot I’ll just mute them.
although I always did think the ranking system was the cause of the issue but then I realized that wasn’t the case. of course not all of these high skilled players are like that. In fact, when I was on my second month of Halo 3 I met a few that were not only skilled, but friendly. Heck I had them on my friends list for some time.
> Being polite and trying not to die too much go a long way:
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> Try to work with your teammates instead of expecting them to work with you ─ try to stay safe and shoot people your team is shooting without over-extending. If your teammates ask for something, do your best but don’t be upset when someone kills you instead, just keep making good decisions.
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> Communicate with your team ─ talk about where you are, what you’re doing, if you’re safe, etc. Compliment your teammates often. Just talk, talk talk. Say something when you see enemies, when you’re attacking, when you’re in trouble or running away, etc. Good teammates will naturally use information like that to help the team win even when you’re not doing well.
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> If you’re not very good, you just need to improve over time, but being a likeable person will allow you and your teammates to get along 9/10 times (it also gets people to plug their mics in and talk too).
Good advice.
to the OP
here is a few more tips.
1: If you can’t get the job done (killing someone on the other team) then the least you made it easier for the next player.
2: If your playing on a team you need to leave the “My kill don’t steal” mentality in the free for all playlists.
> 2: If your playing on a team you need to leave the “My kill don’t steal” mentality in the free for all playlists.
I agree with this to an extent… In most instances, as long as the team wins it’s all good and dandy to finish off a kill however there does come a point when kills are stolen intentionally to upset another teammate. Usually the culprits are given away by laughing hysterically about it or admitting to doing it.
This is largely because a majority of the online population is between very young through their late teens and with that young of a population comes a lot of immature behavior.
I’m no different, when I was younger I was very abusive verbally but I grew up and you learn to treat others the way you would like to be treated. You also learn that no matter how good you are there’s no ceiling to talent. There will always be people better than you and it’s not worth ruining someones good time just because their not doing good, because eventually you’ll be in that situation.
People just need to learn, it’s a game and to treat it like nothing more!
I’m sorry you’ve had to put up with the uglier side of Halo multiplayer. I’ve had a few matches like that myself and apart from being extremely irritating it can be very off-putting. Currently I have everyone who isn’t my friend on Xbox live muted through the preference settings and only friends can message me. It’s a bit like sticking your head in the sand I know, but it does make the online experience much more pleasant…not too great for team work, though.
You have every right to play muliplayer. Don’t let the bad eggs put you off. Best thing to do is send friend requests to people you’ve had a good time playing with and party up with them in future as much as possible.
> Only tip I have is to lighten up. Most people don’t really know if they hurt someone’s feelings by smack talking their teams. It’s not gonna get any worse nor better and you’re always gonna have that one person who does it coughraises assault rifle. Also what’s this stuff about abuse -.^?
Stuff like this is why I have everyone auto-muted. I hear absolutely nothing and in no way shape or form does it deter from me doing well. I’m immune to players who trash talk it up since I’ve muted the entire lobby. I don’t know what they said to me or about me and it doesn’t affect me when the match begins.
I’ve found the best way to hurt a trash talker is to ignore them, beat them so badly in the match, and then in complete silence in post game lobby watch their mic be silent. The icing on the cake is when they send a rage message because I then inform them before I block their future messages that their current message will show up on my next rage message installment for youtube, Public humiliation of their poor performance in the match with their message tagged on at the end of the vid for all to laugh at.
More salt on the wound, thats how I play when people think their messages to me will ‘affect’ me somehow.
,” because that’s just poor sportsmanship. Don’t let your disgruntled teammates drag you down either - some people have difficulty accepting defeat so they project it on their teammates. Really just ignore them and try to have fun.