Redneck
Redneck
Since 6482 Days
Posted by docLEXfisti
Warzone Firefight [/]
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and Halo 5's player count is increasing monthly, highest since Halo 3
http://www.inquisitr.com/3287010/halo-5-player-cou...
Well deserved. The game plays great and the after release support is awesome.

Despite all the hate, I love the REQs...
Keeps things interesting.

My favourite Halo MP, although I can not put as much time and effort in it as I did in the good old days, when Halo2 was the shit...
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GriftGFX - He can also<br>ban your ass!
GriftGFX
Since 6795 Days
"Since Halo 3" sure does sound better than "higher than Halo 4" :)

I think their commitment to support and to "free" DLC helps foster a healthy population.
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docLEXfisti
docLEXfisti
Since 6913 Days
What do you mean by "free"? It actually is free...

and here some thoughts on Firefight:

.) excellent, ecept:
.) enemies are almost entirely made of sharp-shooters
.) respawn-time need to be improved, especially with that tight time-limit each round
.) self-healing bosses are a joke, they're spongy enough
.) REQ's crawling to slow in the first 2 rounds, when you fight off hordes of Promethean's while defending a base with the standard AR's, it's not fun
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I do it with 'em all: PC, WiiU, PS4 and Xbox One.

GriftGFX - He can also<br>ban your ass!
GriftGFX
Since 6795 Days
Content that requires a base purchase and an Xbox Live Gold subscription to use isn't really free.

It's still great support.
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docLEXfisti
docLEXfisti
Since 6913 Days
Ah I see what you mean, although your opinion in this case is very nitpicky. Almost every other game forces a season-pass upon you (Division being a wonderful actual example), every post-launch content in Halo 5 is free.

Multiplayer on XO and PS4 on the other hand is not free...
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I do it with 'em all: PC, WiiU, PS4 and Xbox One.

Tiz
Tiz
Since 6460 Days
Posted by docLEXfisti
and here some thoughts on Firefight:

.) respawn-time need to be improved, especially with that tight time-limit each round
For now, you can use 1 REQ to spawn a Mongoose, then spawn whatever vehicle you want after that to respawn immediately, overcoming the timer penalty.

Have saved a fair few of my Firefights by doing so.
.) self-healing bosses are a joke, they're spongy enough
In fairness, the bosses never self heal, it's the Watchers. They're a real threat because of how well they heal and circle whichever one of their teammates is being hounded, including bosses. I've lost one Firefight to a Warden because no one was watching the Watchers. Heh.
.) REQ's crawling to slow in the first 2 rounds, when you fight off hordes of Promethean's while defending a base with the standard AR's, it's not fun
I think there are two reasons this happens and none of them are really to do with the Prometheans.

1. Teammates don't value the acquisition of weapons in the field too much. The Prometheans all drop auto-aim weapons that literally aimbot to critical points on an enemy, making Soldiers, Knights and Crawlers meat.

2. Vehicles. I went on a 10 Firefight win streak last night because of spawning vehicles at the right time. You can use a Scout Warthog at REQ 1, so depending on the map, all the shit that spawns outside the armory you're defending can constantly be mowed down, leaving only the large targets like the Knights who can block vehicles to your team who is actually in the armory.

I think the fact that you have never been able to switch seats in a vehicle until Halo 5 is criminal as it makes a HUGE difference. Most of the time I'm literally a 1 man Warthog when I'm solo queuing Firefight and this has made rounds so much more manageable.

I'm having a lot of fun with Firefight, and it's good to see a lot of new blood from the Halo 5 free days who actually stayed on and bought the game as that means more Firefight for me.
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docLEXfisti
docLEXfisti
Since 6913 Days
Warzone video "Escape from A.R.C", and because it was on the free week, it was quite an easy match ;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YaLTEapjBA
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I do it with 'em all: PC, WiiU, PS4 and Xbox One.

docLEXfisti
docLEXfisti
Since 6913 Days
Here are two Warzone Firefights, Fisti putting in! --->

Halo 5 Guardians Warzone Firefight 02: "Urban" (complete match)
We lost the final round, but I managed to place 1st - Warden Killer ;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg7OTcQLtm0

Halo 5 Guardians Warzone Firefight 03: "Attack on Sanctum" (complete match, Victory!)
This match we've finally won - horraay! Ranked 3rd.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqpW0vDiV8E
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I do it with 'em all: PC, WiiU, PS4 and Xbox One.

docLEXfisti
docLEXfisti
Since 6913 Days
...another victorious Warzone Firefight battle from the one and only Fisti - hahahaha

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUsILVw5BpI

Was first, but at the end I blew it - 4th :( - but we won!
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I do it with 'em all: PC, WiiU, PS4 and Xbox One.

docLEXfisti
docLEXfisti
Since 6913 Days
Another Warzone Firefight "Attack on Sanctum" victory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbC2IYvFXb0
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I do it with 'em all: PC, WiiU, PS4 and Xbox One.

Tiz
Tiz
Since 6460 Days
Halo 5: Forge Launching on Windows 10 September 8th.

With an apparent robust tool set and finer controls, the next set of forge maps should be awesome.

:D

Edit: Added screenshot of new Arena map: Mercy



Which is a remix of the best map in Halo 4: Haven
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asdfg
asdfg
Since 5629 Days
Crowbat just put out a new video where he is comparing old Bungie to 343 Industries.
Thought it might interest someone in here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qfx9eoB-88

Since I know next to nothing about Halo I have no idea if what he's implying in the video is correct but his other work is usually on point.
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Tiz
Tiz
Since 6460 Days
Posted by asdfg
Crowbat just put out a new video where he is comparing old Bungie to 343 Industries.
Thought it might interest someone in here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qfx9eoB-88

Since I know next to nothing about Halo I have no idea if what he's implying in the video is correct but his other work is usually on point.
Usually I love Crowbcat's videos as he is mostly on point.

This is not one of those times.
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