Ok so I play breakout a lot and the main reason to my team losing from what I can see is that people chose not to have a mic plugged in or they just don’t want to talk. From past Halo games such as Halo 3 and Halo Reach people used to be on the mic non stop but now its like communication has just stopped between players.
It used to be that you couldn’t go a day without getting a years supply of invites from friends and random players to a custom games lobby ect. It seems to me that Halo as a whole has gotten less and less social. When I have found someone who is willing to talk they tend to agree with this. So I’m posting this up to see if the community agrees with me.
Do you? Let me know if you agree or disagree.
Well I never really made callouts and other stuff like that. My team was always fine without them. And I really did not see the point too.
Also that’s just the way gaming is now.
It really depends on the people you play with. In my case, it was a necessity in my Spartan Company so we could communicate outside of Kik. When my mic broke, my guys weren’t pleased, but they soon adjusted to having a mute guy like me running around. But that doesn’t mean that I wouldn’t let them down in a match. In other words, I had to take more initiative to judge my own actions while taking in orders and call-outs from my guys / teammates.
On the plus side, being mute (at least in my case) apparently makes you a terrifying player! It’s hilarious to scare your friends by simply popping out from a corner, or attacking from nowhere! That fear factor is increased ten-fold during any form of Infection (Custom or not). It’s so delicious to hear your friends whimper in fear, and I love it.
Nothing wrong with being the strong, silent type. I personally call it “Rookie mode” for obvious reasons.
> Well I never really made callouts and other stuff like that. My team was always fine without them. And I really did not see the point too.
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> Also that’s just the way gaming is now.
Sadly i fear you’re right. It just seems that gaming has taken a step backwoods on being social.
> It really depends on the people you play with. In my case, it was a necessity in my Spartan Company so we could communicate outside of Kik. When my mic broke, my guys weren’t pleased, but they soon adjusted to having a mute guy like me running around. But that doesn’t mean that I wouldn’t let them down in a match. In other words, I had to take more initiative to judge my own actions while taking in orders and call-outs from my guys / teammates.
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> On the plus side, being mute (at least in my case) apparently makes you a terrifying player! It’s hilarious to scare your friends by simply popping out from a corner, or attacking from nowhere! That fear factor is increased ten-fold during any form of Infection (Custom or not). It’s so delicious to hear your friends whimper in fear, and I love it.
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> Nothing wrong with being the strong, silent type. I personally call it “Rookie mode” for obvious reasons.
See I agree to that but don’t you agree that a mic being used by your friends makes the fun for you? Hearing them scream at your kill and jump when they had no idea you was behind them?
> > It really depends on the people you play with. In my case, it was a necessity in my Spartan Company so we could communicate outside of Kik. When my mic broke, my guys weren’t pleased, but they soon adjusted to having a mute guy like me running around. But that doesn’t mean that I wouldn’t let them down in a match. In other words, I had to take more initiative to judge my own actions while taking in orders and call-outs from my guys / teammates.
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> > On the plus side, being mute (at least in my case) apparently makes you a terrifying player! It’s hilarious to scare your friends by simply popping out from a corner, or attacking from nowhere! That fear factor is increased ten-fold during any form of Infection (Custom or not). It’s so delicious to hear your friends whimper in fear, and I love it.
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> > Nothing wrong with being the strong, silent type. I personally call it “Rookie mode” for obvious reasons.
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> See I agree to that but don’t you agree that a mic being used by your friends makes the fun for you? Hearing them scream at your kill and jump when they had no idea you was behind them?
Yeah, that is one fun thing that I’m unfortunately missing out. It’s been too long since my guys have heard me talk. Granted, I do have Zello (an app that turns your device into a walkie-talkie), but that’s not enough for me.
Yeah, communication is way down. In part I blame party chat. A lot of the time in Halo 4 people would have a mic on, but they wouldn’t be using it to talk to their teammates, or at least not to their whole team. Don’t expect to see any change until party chat is killed, and maybe not even then.
> Yeah, communication is way down. In part I blame party chat. A lot of the time in Halo 4 people would have a mic on, but they wouldn’t be using it to talk to their teammates, or at least not to their whole team. Don’t expect to see any change until party chat is killed, and maybe not even then.
Agree
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> Yeah, communication is way down. In part I blame party chat. A lot of the time in Halo 4 people would have a mic on, but they wouldn’t be using it to talk to their teammates, or at least not to their whole team. Don’t expect to see any change until party chat is killed, and maybe not even then.
See i agree to that yet disagree. Back when halo 3 was out on the XBOX 360 we never had this issue… yet things haven’t changed in terms of party chat, perhaps 343 could make a game time that forces the player to have a mic plugged in? With that in mind thats something that all game makers big and small could work on for the betterment of all games and players…
I always use a mic when playing solo w friends,I never play team modes solo(unless im very low ranked) cause there is 1/10 chances someone actually talk or responds to you,though one could try though
Some people its hard to get a mic
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> Ok so I play breakout a lot and the main reason to my team losing from what I can see is that people chose not to have a mic plugged in or they just don’t want to talk. From past Halo games such as Halo 3 and Halo Reach people used to be on the mic non stop but now its like communication has just stopped between players.
> It used to be that you couldn’t go a day without getting a years supply of invites from friends and random players to a custom games lobby ect. It seems to me that Halo as a whole has gotten less and less social. When I have found someone who is willing to talk they tend to agree with this. So I’m posting this up to see if the community agrees with me.
> Do you? Let me know if you agree or disagree.
I have been invited to. custom games in h5 but they’ve.had like two people
I don’t use mic simply because it’s very rare that people want to. However, if I hear someone using one or I get an invite from a friend/member of my SC, I’ll mic up and use callouts.
If I am not playing with a mic, I might as well expect to lose. Usually I am the one giving callouts to others with no mics. Sometimes they mute me, sometimes they llisten, but usually (loosely used) win.
The issue (in my opinion), is that a lot of people still have their Kinect plugged in and don’t realize it. Then I hear a bunch of audio feedback, or game sounds, and end up doing a mute-all. I guess I should be better about only filtering the problem users, but in the middle of a match I’m not spending time filtering who is who.
Ultimately, teamwork makes a HUGE difference, so I guess we should all be more aware of voice communication.