[Locked] Halo 5 Feedback Thread, v2

I don't like it at all. It feels completely like a call of duty rip off, and honestly not a good one. The game feels like in all honesty one of those never heard of games, and isn't living up to Halo at all. This is the game that made xbox (at least for me entire reason I even bought a 360 over ps3) and it's highly disappointing.

Would be nice if games stopped trying to steal the call of duty hype and went back to originality.

Already have like 8 call of duty games, can't we get something new?

I'm going to reinstall the beta and try giving it a few more matches before I make a final decision. but I highly doubt i'll be purchasing halo 5. Especially after the master chief collection crisis.

There also appears to be a strange glitch where players are raising their hands in their air (except when sprinting) and you cannot actually see the weapon when aiming, just the reticule.

Scope glare on Sniper rifle. Noticeably slow Smartscope animation for sniper. Hold down D-Pad for ground pound.

Bring back power ups. Make Landmarks on regret more noticeable, cuz nearly every side looks the same, besides color in bases.

WOW!, juts WOW! Spartans are made out of paper in the beta. I really hope the final game does not look anything like this beta. I will NOT PREORDER unless a see a significant improvement in multiplayer gameplay.

Note: I am a huge halo fan, own all the games, all the comics, all the movies, all the books, some collectors editions and play regularly. I have preordered all the Halo games

Also this is my first time leaving serious feedback as I am truly concerned 343 is mutating the game in a way that feels unrecognizable to the Base Halo players who are loyal and have stuck with it since 2001.

My concerns:
1. Paper Spartans, YOU DIE WAY TOO QUICK (I am a veteran and skilled halo player with KD about 1.5-1.9 (I know it's not pro level but I focus more on being a team player) and more on all HALO multiplayers 2,3,Reach,4) if I want paper Spartans I will buy Call of duty.
2. Grenade spamming is ridiculous. either nerf the grenades, make them a pick up, or limit their numbers to 1.
3. What's the point on having health bars if you die from 2-3 Assault rifle shots?
4. For gods sake give of info on what's happening worldwide on Halo servers. i.e. How many players are on and per playlist, a map like the one on Halo 3 showing per region activity. Something to distract us from the loading game or searching players, A tip or strategy or Halo history whatever.
5. Of course connectivity issues, but that's ok because it's the beta (although MCC sets a bad precedent, really bad)
6. I cannot get over on how fragile the Spartans are. OMG fix it please.
7. Spawns are really bad. On several games I got spawned in the middle of 2-3 opponents getting me killed immediately. I know it's a beta, but fix those too please.
8. The Map EDEN is way too dark, WAY too dark. It also feels exactly like empire but at night. (come on give me original maps).
9. DMR vs. Battle rifle was somewhat even especially at long distances, now it's like BR wins every time no matter the distance, either nerf the BR or beef up the DMR.
10. Pistol has WAY too much range, had several occasions where pistol beat BR's
11. Assault Rifle and SMG is there any difference, really? Really??? they serve the same purpose (in-game), differentiate more please
12. Energy sword looks weak vs. the Prophets Bane (stick with one guys, similar issue with AR vs. SMG)
13. Respawn music is the worst, it sounds like you ripped it out of mass effect 1 (it sounded very similar when you died) the difference is that it's very annoying to hear it 8-12 times a game
14. Give me a pre-game screen of the players or A proper countdown t know who's on my team and who I'm fighting against.
15. Fix the head magnetism on the sniper, Headshots are way too easy now
16. A small tutorial on what the new moves were would have been nice. Evolve just did their big alpha and had a video for every ability for every class playable explaining how to use or do the ability. Also a button layout would have been nice, it's hard to jump in from the MCC to this new button layout without any guidance.

I actually like:
1. Smart scope
2. Boosters and Sprinting
3. A.I. Team call-outs (although it does make the necessity for good communication and teamwork kind of moot, I like talking to real people)
4. The Map TRUTH is amazing, I might be even better than midship.
5. Breakout seems fun but needs better balancing, I've been stuck with teams that are too Overpowered and with teams that are too Underpowered, NOT FUN any of them, give me a challenge, not something to hard, nor too easy.
6. Light Rifle, looks cool, and feels different in a good way.
7. Prophets Bane, very fun to use
8. Hydra looks very Fun
9. I like the sprint fight or flight mechanic and how it's connected to the shields
10. Ground Pound is good but very hard too pull off. Still it is very satisfying.

Please don't make this into a call of duty, please don't make this a game exclusive to appeal to Esports gaming, please don't launch this game with bugs like MCC.

Please make a Halo Game, I want Halo, not anything else, I just want Halo.

Many thanks for reading.
P.S. don't bash that I am either trash or you are super good because you get double kills and triple kills all the time, if you do good for you, you are not the norm, hence you a very small target population for the marketing of this game. I am just calling it how I see it.

Is the ranking system broke or am I missing something?

I'm seeing players with a worse KDA then me, less wins, and they're a higher rank; like silver or gold, etc.

For example here are my current stats:
Currently I'm a Bronze II. My KDA is 3.2, I'm winning about 53% of my games (1101 kills vs 802 deaths w/475 assists, SR16 66k Xp).

These guys have higher ranks than me, but worse stats:
- A Gold I with a 0.3 KDA, winning about 47% of his games, (723 kills vs 795 deaths w/465 assists, 58k xp).
- A Bronze III with a -7.7 KDA, winning about 23% of his games (66 kills, 205 deaths w/53 assists, 7k xp).
- A Gold I with a -4.4 KDA, winning 44% of his games, (293 kills, 512 deaths, 275 assists, 22k xp).

So, yeah. Not understanding how the ranking system works. Maybe it's cause it's the beta, but I hope this isn't how it will be in the full game.

Also, I think your rank should be based off of your personal performance, not whether you win a match or not. I don't see how you can get an accurate picture of how good a player really is based off of that. If you have a high rank, but a terrible KDA, whoop D friggin do. Then if you have a better KDA, but a lower rank, that sucks.

PredStealth wrote:

WOW!, juts WOW! Spartans are made out of paper in the beta. I really hope the final game does not look anything like this beta. I will NOT PREORDER unless a see a significant improvement in multiplayer gameplay.

Note: I am a huge halo fan, own all the games, all the comics, all the movies, all the books, some collectors editions and play regularly. I have preordered all the Halo games

Also this is my first time leaving serious feedback as I am truly concerned 343 is mutating the game in a way that feels unrecognizable to the Base Halo players who are loyal and have stuck with it since 2001.

My concerns:
1. Paper Spartans, YOU DIE WAY TOO QUICK (I am a veteran and skilled halo player with KD about 1.5-1.9 (I know it's not pro level but I focus more on being a team player) and more on all HALO multiplayers 2,3,Reach,4) if I want paper Spartans I will buy Call of duty.
2. Grenade spamming is ridiculous. either nerf the grenades, make them a pick up, or limit their numbers to 1.
3. What's the point on having health bars if you die from 2-3 Assault rifle shots?
4. For gods sake give of info on what's happening worldwide on Halo servers. i.e. How many players are on and per playlist, a map like the one on Halo 3 showing per region activity. Something to distract us from the loading game or searching players, A tip or strategy or Halo history whatever.
5. Of course connectivity issues, but that's ok because it's the beta (although MCC sets a bad precedent, really bad)
6. I cannot get over on how fragile the Spartans are. OMG fix it please.
7. Spawns are really bad. On several games I got spawned in the middle of 2-3 opponents getting me killed immediately. I know it's a beta, but fix those too please.
8. The Map EDEN is way too dark, WAY too dark. It also feels exactly like empire but at night. (come on give me original maps).
9. DMR vs. Battle rifle was somewhat even especially at long distances, now it's like BR wins every time no matter the distance, either nerf the BR or beef up the DMR.
10. Pistol has WAY too much range, had several occasions where pistol beat BR's
11. Assault Rifle and SMG is there any difference, really? Really??? they serve the same purpose (in-game), differentiate more please
12. Energy sword looks weak vs. the Prophets Bane (stick with one guys, similar issue with AR vs. SMG)
13. Respawn music is the worst, it sounds like you ripped it out of mass effect 1 (it sounded very similar when you died) the difference is that it's very annoying to hear it 8-12 times a game
14. Give me a pre-game screen of the players or A proper countdown t know who's on my team and who I'm fighting against.
15. Fix the head magnetism on the sniper, Headshots are way too easy now
16. A small tutorial on what the new moves were would have been nice. Evolve just did their big alpha and had a video for every ability for every class playable explaining how to use or do the ability. Also a button layout would have been nice, it's hard to jump in from the MCC to this new button layout without any guidance.

I actually like:
1. Smart scope
2. Boosters and Sprinting
3. A.I. Team call-outs (although it does make the necessity for good communication and teamwork kind of moot, I like talking to real people)
4. The Map TRUTH is amazing, I might be even better than midship.
5. Breakout seems fun but needs better balancing, I've been stuck with teams that are too Overpowered and with teams that are too Underpowered, NOT FUN any of them, give me a challenge, not something to hard, nor too easy.
6. Light Rifle, looks cool, and feels different in a good way.
7. Prophets Bane, very fun to use
8. Hydra looks very Fun
9. I like the sprint fight or flight mechanic and how it's connected to the shields
10. Ground Pound is good but very hard too pull off. Still it is very satisfying.

Please don't make this into a call of duty, please don't make this a game exclusive to appeal to Esports gaming, please don't launch this game with bugs like MCC.

Please make a Halo Game, I want Halo, not anything else, I just want Halo.

Many thanks for reading.
P.S. don't bash that I am either trash or you are super good because you get double kills and triple kills all the time, if you do good for you, you are not the norm, hence you a very small target population for the marketing of this game. I am just calling it how I see it.

To be honest, I agree FULLY 100% with this, with one exception. Instead of taking away the SMG or anything like that, make it SILENCED... and make it so the Silencer eliminates the directional hitmarkers when taking damage. That will give a perfect difference between the SMG and the AR.

No trash talking here, but way to go pointing all this out. I couldn't say it better myself.
UNSC Trekman

UNSC Trekman wrote:

PredStealth wrote:

WOW!, juts WOW! Spartans are made out of paper in the beta. I really hope the final game does not look anything like this beta. I will NOT PREORDER unless a see a significant improvement in multiplayer gameplay.

Note: I am a huge halo fan, own all the games, all the comics, all the movies, all the books, some collectors editions and play regularly. I have preordered all the Halo games

Also this is my first time leaving serious feedback as I am truly concerned 343 is mutating the game in a way that feels unrecognizable to the Base Halo players who are loyal and have stuck with it since 2001.

My concerns:
1. Paper Spartans, YOU DIE WAY TOO QUICK (I am a veteran and skilled halo player with KD about 1.5-1.9 (I know it's not pro level but I focus more on being a team player) and more on all HALO multiplayers 2,3,Reach,4) if I want paper Spartans I will buy Call of duty.
2. Grenade spamming is ridiculous. either nerf the grenades, make them a pick up, or limit their numbers to 1.
3. What's the point on having health bars if you die from 2-3 Assault rifle shots?
4. For gods sake give of info on what's happening worldwide on Halo servers. i.e. How many players are on and per playlist, a map like the one on Halo 3 showing per region activity. Something to distract us from the loading game or searching players, A tip or strategy or Halo history whatever.
5. Of course connectivity issues, but that's ok because it's the beta (although MCC sets a bad precedent, really bad)
6. I cannot get over on how fragile the Spartans are. OMG fix it please.
7. Spawns are really bad. On several games I got spawned in the middle of 2-3 opponents getting me killed immediately. I know it's a beta, but fix those too please.
8. The Map EDEN is way too dark, WAY too dark. It also feels exactly like empire but at night. (come on give me original maps).
9. DMR vs. Battle rifle was somewhat even especially at long distances, now it's like BR wins every time no matter the distance, either nerf the BR or beef up the DMR.
10. Pistol has WAY too much range, had several occasions where pistol beat BR's
11. Assault Rifle and SMG is there any difference, really? Really??? they serve the same purpose (in-game), differentiate more please
12. Energy sword looks weak vs. the Prophets Bane (stick with one guys, similar issue with AR vs. SMG)
13. Respawn music is the worst, it sounds like you ripped it out of mass effect 1 (it sounded very similar when you died) the difference is that it's very annoying to hear it 8-12 times a game
14. Give me a pre-game screen of the players or A proper countdown t know who's on my team and who I'm fighting against.
15. Fix the head magnetism on the sniper, Headshots are way too easy now
16. A small tutorial on what the new moves were would have been nice. Evolve just did their big alpha and had a video for every ability for every class playable explaining how to use or do the ability. Also a button layout would have been nice, it's hard to jump in from the MCC to this new button layout without any guidance.

I actually like:
1. Smart scope
2. Boosters and Sprinting
3. A.I. Team call-outs (although it does make the necessity for good communication and teamwork kind of moot, I like talking to real people)
4. The Map TRUTH is amazing, I might be even better than midship.
5. Breakout seems fun but needs better balancing, I've been stuck with teams that are too Overpowered and with teams that are too Underpowered, NOT FUN any of them, give me a challenge, not something to hard, nor too easy.
6. Light Rifle, looks cool, and feels different in a good way.
7. Prophets Bane, very fun to use
8. Hydra looks very Fun
9. I like the sprint fight or flight mechanic and how it's connected to the shields
10. Ground Pound is good but very hard too pull off. Still it is very satisfying.

Please don't make this into a call of duty, please don't make this a game exclusive to appeal to Esports gaming, please don't launch this game with bugs like MCC.

Please make a Halo Game, I want Halo, not anything else, I just want Halo.

Many thanks for reading.
P.S. don't bash that I am either trash or you are super good because you get double kills and triple kills all the time, if you do good for you, you are not the norm, hence you a very small target population for the marketing of this game. I am just calling it how I see it.

To be honest, I agree FULLY 100% with this, with one exception. Instead of taking away the SMG or anything like that, make it SILENCED... and make it so the Silencer eliminates the directional hitmarkers when taking damage. That will give a perfect difference between the SMG and the AR.

No trash talking here, but way to go pointing all this out. I couldn't say it better myself.
UNSC Trekman

I agree a silencer or something would make it better, they're just too much alike.
Also Reduce the Time to kill, the strafe or Dance as Mlp256 called it is what makes halo multiplayer HALO MULTIPLAYER.
I would like to see more of that.

Change the colouring of Eden to be more yellowish. The bluish-environment ascetic is giving Blue team an unfair visual advantage because of how well they can colour-blend in the environment. My teammates and I when we were on Red Team, could hardly see Blue Spartans at anything beyond close range most of the time because of how well they blend into the environment.

Sprint is not Halo. Period.

PredStealth wrote:

2. Grenade spamming is ridiculous. either nerf the grenades, make them a pick up, or limit their numbers to 1.

Ummm, have you not played Halo 1-3?? I mean just play Halo 2 where you can carry 8 grenades (4 frags and 4 stickies). Throwing a ton of one-kill grenades is classic Halo. That right there makes me doubt your a true Halo guy/gal.