Obviously the competitive community makes up the majority.

Except that's not remotely true. Casual gamers make up the bulk of a game's population.

Where did 500k players go during reach and H4?

Reach didn't die nearly as quick as 4.
And to answer, they went to other games, regardless of if they were casual or competitive.

Lol the drama has duplicated itself here.

-I think Halo 5 was a step in the right direction.  There are compromises, which I feel are fair.  Overall, the game plays nothing like the series used to, but the competitive ideals of the old games, that were discarded with Reach and 4, are there.  Movement is snappy and responsive, aim is incredibly important (even on the retarded automatic weapons, to an extent), people are equal matches are decided by skill rather than randomness, handholding is kept to a minimum, etc...  They've been trying to make sprint a "get into, not away from, the action quicker" mechanic.

-All of that said, PSU: it's obvious that they're not going to ditch sprint and boosters.  They're giving you the option to remove it through customization, though, I believe.  It's been several years since Halo has not featured some extended movement feature, and there's no way they're going to listen to 100% of the e-sports crowd.  If that one mechanic is such a prick in your foot, then hold off on buying the game until a classic mode is more prevalent among the community: it's a shit deal, but with Reach and 4, you're probably used to it by now, because I know I am.  It's pretty ignorant, though, to trash on how hard they've been trying: they've got seasoned Halo pros since the old days designing their game with them, giving valuable input, trying to foster that competitive atmosphere, and in some senses, they've made the competitive mechanics of old way better than they've ever been.

-The people in here going off on PSU and the competitive community are being massive hypocrites.  I don't think you can make the argument that the competitive community is a bunch of abrasive children, and refer to them as "tourneyfags", "elitist tryhard faggots", belittle arguments with dudebro l33tspeak, etc... at the same time.  You're not any bit more mature, or any less elitist, than the community that you're shaking your head at.  Going out of your way to wave off and belittle any feedback that has come in large quantity doesn't make you any less ignorant, snobbish, etc... as the people giving that feedback through bitching.  You should also try to expand your arguments past the ones that have become copy pasta associated with the ignorant apologists that Waypoint has become well known for.  Maybe, just maybe, there's more thought involved with an opinion regarding a set of mechanics than "durr.  It's not Halo 3.5", etc...


DRAMA

Quote from: ((go)^ji)^ra on March 06, 2015, 11:31:34 AM

Quote from: Sly Instinct on March 05, 2015, 09:05:41 PM

Frankie got rekt

Except you forget to realize that H3 beta wasn't pure arena and had longer matches. Halo 5 had 20 million total matches played, which surpasses Reach's recorded beta stats [13 million matches] by 7 million matches, even though Reach's beta had 2.4 million unique players. Remember that Reach was also at the end of the console's lifespan while H5 is on the beginning of a trailing console's too.

People still played Halo 3 and Reach longer, I fail to see how match length is relevant.

Because playing the really short gametypes brings down the overall Beta playtime drastically, and this apparently means that Halo 5 is bad to the 343 hate wagon.

Quote from: BritishLemön on March 06, 2015, 08:09:21 AM

Quote from: Sly Instinct on March 06, 2015, 07:39:02 AM

Quote from: BritishLemön on March 06, 2015, 05:55:09 AM

Quote from: Sly Instinct on March 05, 2015, 09:05:41 PM

Frankie got rekt

These stat comparisons are pretty twisted and flawed that it's sad.

These stat comparisons are pretty straight forward and flawless that it's sad.

Except they're not.
It doesn't even specify which gametypes were played and for how long. Breakout matches would significantly lower total time played of the beta, because Breakout is a very quick gametype.

If they kept playing it'd be roughly the same.  Playing 2 half hour matches is the same as 30 2 minute matches.  Plus break out only released the last week of the beta, there wouldn't be a 6x difference.

But consider the beta's shitty matchmaking times disturbing those 30 matches.
Also Breakout was like week 2.  Then Strongholds came in.  And they stayed for a while.

They chased away a developer. What a great community.

He gets 10x worse on NeoGAF.

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I see Three Six Xero, wasn't he on bnet before?

Quote from: Plotmaster | Fluid Druid on March 06, 2015, 12:40:08 PM

Quote from: PSU on March 05, 2015, 10:31:50 PM

either get better or stop playing.

And you have to ask why you're the worst part of the community.

You're taking that out of context. Congrats.

There is no context that justifies encouraging people to stop playing a game they enjoy.

Quote from: PSU on March 06, 2015, 01:46:32 PM

Quote from: Plotmaster | Fluid Druid on March 06, 2015, 12:40:08 PM

Quote from: PSU on March 05, 2015, 10:31:50 PM

either get better or stop playing.

And you have to ask why you're the worst part of the community.

You're taking that out of context. Congrats.

There is no context that justifies encouraging people to stop playing a game they enjoy.

Unless of course that game is a scam like Destiny, or literaly the devil like Metroid Other M

More like PUS

What a pegboy

*Sips tea*

PSU getting BTFO ITT

When doesn't Mad Max?