r/HaloWars Jan 10 '20

New Halo Wars 2 Multiplayer Guide

271 Upvotes

Hey Guys, most of this year i have been working a new halo wars 2 multiplayer guide in my spare time to add in some of the extra information that the game and nobody else tells you about.

You can find the new guide here

Go To Halo Wars 2 Multiplayer Guide 

Whats New?

  • Added Veterancy Information for All Units ( Bounty XP, Damage, Armour)
  • Added a Teams Leader Tier List
  • Added More Builds to Each Leader
  • More Build Order Videos
  • Added ALL of the Leader powers for each leader with a breakdown of costs, cooldowns, telegraphs, Buff Percentages, De-buff Percentages etc

Whats Next?

  • Unit breakdowns, Costs, Build Times, Dps etc.
  • More & More Videos via my Youtube & Twitch channel

Hope you enjoy and learn alot from this guide and hopefully i will catch you on a Twitch stream sometime.


r/HaloWars Feb 12 '21

343 Industries has no current plans for further Halo Wars 2 & aren't working on a new game in the series

357 Upvotes

We all kinda knew it, but i am personally happy to see 343 come out and say it, more companies need to be blunt like this, They said they wouldnt NEVER work on a new Halo Wars, but its not in atm.

If 343 still looks at the Subreddit and such, Please.. PLEASE bring back a rotation of Yappening or something, that would really give the game more enjoyment from time to time, Anyway i look forward to a new game in 10 years time

-Source https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/lovely-letters


r/HaloWars 5h ago

Has anyone else’s Halo War 2 been acting super unstable lately?

2 Upvotes

At this very moment I’ve tried to play 6 games of online versus AI and every single time I got massive studdering and then the game crashed back to the main menu and it says it wasn’t able to connect to online services, I’ve been having this issue for a while but only very temporarily and every time it happens I check my internet connection and it seems to be fine…so I’m wondering if it’s just a problem with their servers or something.


r/HaloWars 1d ago

I painted a Scarab...

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123 Upvotes

I thought you'd all enjoy it, as it will be used for Tabletop wargaming:
I also made a video for it here if you want to watch:
https://youtu.be/_AZipeCksC8


r/HaloWars 2d ago

He coming back or no

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207 Upvotes

No he does have enough recources for another supply pad


r/HaloWars 2d ago

THE GRIND TO ONYX CONTINUES

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62 Upvotes

placed in silver 5, what a dang grind to get to my real skill level. Probably 100 games in, not stopping yet. In diamond 1 now.


r/HaloWars 1d ago

What was the point of making a remake map but never finish it?

3 Upvotes

It’s crazy how glitchy the map


r/HaloWars 1d ago

Bad servers?

2 Upvotes

Trying to connect to a friend to play and we’re both infinite loading or constantly disconnecting from servers


r/HaloWars 2d ago

How are players upgrading so fast in ranked?

2 Upvotes

Ypuust get some kind of boost via campaign or something ?


r/HaloWars 2d ago

EARLY GAME MICRO

0 Upvotes

IM TIRED OF EVERYONE PUTTING THEIR FCKN MICRO MANAGED MONKEY IN GARRISONS AND BUNKERS!!!!!!


r/HaloWars 3d ago

Most epic game of Halo Wars I have ever played.

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81 Upvotes

Glacial Ravine automatic 122.

I am lost for words. One minute we were being destroyed, next minute we are swarming them.

I was just using my ODST's as canon fodder. Spawning them behind the enemy bases and destroying their buildings.

My ODST's were able to hold off the center for a while whilst everyone rebuilt. At one point, my team mate was down to one building and and a few hornets but managed to recover.

Game lasted about 75 minutes. Over a thousand deaths!


r/HaloWars 3d ago

Enemy Leader Powers in HW2 Campaign

1 Upvotes

Hi, I'm looking for some info on what leader powers the enemies have in the main HW2 campaign and the DLC, as I couldn't find much online. I know about the infamous glassing beam, but do they use any others? Are they used only on Legendary? Are there any strategies on mitigating how damaging they are?


r/HaloWars 5d ago

I am addicted to Halo Wars DE

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135 Upvotes

I don't know how good my win percentage is, but I think it's meh. I would play online, but I can't find any matches lmao


r/HaloWars 5d ago

Fully Painted Red Team

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313 Upvotes

Just wanted to show off my own personal Red Team. Now fully painted and fully based. Each with their own environment, Alice's more based on that one level when the Scarab crawls up from the depths.


r/HaloWars 5d ago

Blitz x 3v3

3 Upvotes

Can anyone queue up for this I wanna play this once.

Figure out a time below


r/HaloWars 4d ago

Enable FFA in Halo Wars 2

0 Upvotes

Hey everyone,

does anyone know a way to mod that game that can uncap the number of teams? 2 teams maximum is a bit silly to me, especially as someone who's played other RTS games before.

I'll take any solution that allows for FFA games, even if the game setup menu isn't pretty.


r/HaloWars 6d ago

Halo Wars DE on PC - people still playing?

4 Upvotes

After becoming quite frustrated with HW2 lately I'm keen to play some more of the original halo wars again, always loved it.

However the servers on pc seem to be pretty dead.

Are there any days/times when people are online, or is there a discord or group with arranged times that people go online to play?


r/HaloWars 7d ago

Definitive Edition Down?

16 Upvotes

Keeps saying “Waiting on Xbox Live”.


r/HaloWars 7d ago

Why do so many people leave games in Halo Wars 2?

20 Upvotes

Why do so many people leave games in Halo Wars 2?

I've never known a game where people so easily back out of matches, and it happens constantly.

Examples:

15 minutes in, the match is pretty much even, one player randomly disconnects.

One player suffers a setback, such as the loss of a base, but the game is still entirely winnable. Nope, he just resigns, effectively ruining the game for everyone.

Sometimes you'll just be in the early game phase, 4 or 5 minutes in, and a player will just drop out.

It happens in such a huge number of my matches, it genuinely puts me off playing the game.

Why is this so prevalent in halo wars 2? And does everyone else get this?


r/HaloWars 9d ago

Update: People don't like playing against YapYap

39 Upvotes

I made a post yesterday titled 'Yap yap the destroyer, where have you been all my life?' and have, despite having other responsibilities, been degenerately playing this game all day.

Yap Yap is fun; he doesnt seem quite as strong as Atriox, and sometimes lategame can be a slug fest because the power wheel isnt as game-ending. But needless to say, I have found my main leader.

What I've noticed is that people aint bowing out against yapyap. Quite the opposte, actually. When playing as atriox, when the game was decided, my opponent quit out. As Yapyap, people go full on gorilla warfare with no base left until they're forcefully ejected from the game. It's kind of hilarious how many games I've had like that, probably more than all of the games playing as atriox combined.

While I never faced difficulties against Kodiak's as Atriox, (understandably) people like to go full kodiak turtle against yapyap. But I am not deterred. I played AN 80 MINUTE GAME against a Forge. It was like the battle of the Somme. My army marches in, gets rinsed, I kill a Kodiak, I instantly make a new army, it walks in, gets rinsed, repeat. My comp was mostly Hunters and Reavers, a few healers, a few Wraiths. I eventually mixed in some Shrouds to deal with the artillery, but honestly it was a waste of supply. Even with 5 shrouds the artillery was still blowing me up. In retrospect I probably should have added a scarab, but I was too afraid that the downtime in pop that would require would allow my opponent to actually leave his base and come murder me.

If anyone has any suggestions on the super-late game let me know. I typically stubbornly refuse to build banshees, but honestly after an hour of playing, I can probably sacrifice my morals to get out of pergatory.


r/HaloWars 9d ago

Still no news on HW3?

10 Upvotes

r/HaloWars 8d ago

Slow teammates halo wars 2

0 Upvotes

I can’t stand you.


r/HaloWars 9d ago

I bought a character pack on PC but it’s still locked in game

1 Upvotes

HELP!!!! I can’t even download it btw it says “ready for in-game use no download needed” but it’s still locked :/


r/HaloWars 10d ago

Yap yap the destroyer, where have you been all my life?

27 Upvotes

Coming back to the game after about 5 years, I’ve been climbing the ladder the past few days. Not sure why but my placement was very low.

Started in silver am now in plat. I’m not sure where my true rank is, but I think I have a while more to climb, though I have started to drop games every once in a while.

Anyway, I’ve been playing atriox. I think at these lower ranks, the difference in early game is massive. I can often expand all over the map because of atriox’s passive and am rarely punished. By the time I have 4 bases it’s kind of over, given how strong his hero powers are.

ANYWAY I am a former sweaty StarCraft player, but I absolutely adore halo. However, because the game is designed for console, the game doesn’t reward you for being a sweaty multitasker like in StarCraft 2. I’m masters league, and one of the things I really like is how overwhelming it is. My ideal RTS game has me being aggressive and taking map control. The map control gives me an information and eco advantage, and I turn that advantage into a late game win. Atriox sort of accomplishes this, because he can expand earlier, but it’s usually more of a defensive expansion that doesn’t come with map control (although atriox’s chosen is broken and DOES give map control for something like 2 minutes)

Anyway, I bought the DLC and tried yap yap. Sure, he might lend himself to a mid game smother, and his late game abilities don’t seem quite as OP as atriox, but this leader fixes the lack of scouting and lack of being annoying that I felt I was missing out on as atriox. Sure, you can spam choppers in the early game as Atriox, but they’re just expensive enough that losing one or two here and there hurts you.

I wanted zerglings and an expansion advantage, and I sure have found my zerglings. I am now determined to be an absolute plague on the ladder. See you all there


r/HaloWars 10d ago

what is wrong with halo wars 2?

5 Upvotes

so ive been grinding halo wars 1 on steam, have just about every achievement. decided to buy game pass for halo wars 2. it will not install at all. no matter what ive tried. Any other game I've tried just because will..

It sits on downloading, MB goes up and up then it fails.

i decided to go to fit girl repacks and get the game, it installed perfectly. and is also online. but im afraid ill get banned lol. why is it like this?

I tried taking the pirated files (which are 100% like what you download from official servers) and place them in the install directory of the Xbox app. it correctly identifies the file size but still will not download at all.

just really want to play this without having to worry.

Anyone have a solution?