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Even though I mostly play SC2 now (and Civ Rev) when I want my strategy fix, I did really enjoy HW and it sucks ass that they're doing this. Really I only stopped playing because of the lack of support (there's still a lot of balance issues that should be addressed) and players, particularly since Reach came out. HW topped out at like 30k people during it's peak, now you're lucky to see even 1000.
Microsoft closing Halo Wars website, folding into Waypoint community | Joystiq
So yeah, no stat tracking = dead game. They've explained over & over that it was a last minute thing they really didn't want to do but have to, but that doesn't change the fact that this basically kills the game since there will be no repercussions for boosting so why even bother playing competitively.
At least I'll get my unique avatar over @ waypoint but woopty-doo, the only good console RTS out there dies Dec 15th. TU5 is pretty weak anyway, no balance changes at all and even if they do fix the Arbiter Arbiter Forge bullshit, it won't matter because all the good players are quitting now.
Microsoft closing Halo Wars website, folding into Waypoint community | Joystiq
Avid Halo Wars players, whose attention hasn't been swayed by 2010's exhaustive list of strategy blockbusters, were greeted with some unwelcome news this past weekend: The game's stat tracking home, as well as its official forums, will be shut down on December 15. The loyal community is being persuaded to move its conversation over to the Halo Waypoint forums. On the same day as the closure, an update will launch for Halo Wars, forever severing it from the soon-to-be-discontinued website.
The update will also remedy a few Theater mode issues that were keeping players from viewing cutscenes, but, according to 343's content producer, "it won't include many of the fixes that we all wanted it to include." As you can imagine, the responses on said post are well-measured, even-headed and entirely polite. There's just this air of understanding permeating the entire discussion that's ... well, it's really inspiring.
The update will also remedy a few Theater mode issues that were keeping players from viewing cutscenes, but, according to 343's content producer, "it won't include many of the fixes that we all wanted it to include." As you can imagine, the responses on said post are well-measured, even-headed and entirely polite. There's just this air of understanding permeating the entire discussion that's ... well, it's really inspiring.
So yeah, no stat tracking = dead game. They've explained over & over that it was a last minute thing they really didn't want to do but have to, but that doesn't change the fact that this basically kills the game since there will be no repercussions for boosting so why even bother playing competitively.
At least I'll get my unique avatar over @ waypoint but woopty-doo, the only good console RTS out there dies Dec 15th. TU5 is pretty weak anyway, no balance changes at all and even if they do fix the Arbiter Arbiter Forge bullshit, it won't matter because all the good players are quitting now.
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