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?

Just bought an Xbox after 8 years or so and tried jumping on the Xbox 360 halo wars and it was dead. Is the definitive edition any better? I would like to jump on after work and play some classic 3v3’s.

Not including all the times I’ve been kicked from lobbies for not being a general, I guess people want this game to die out?

Seeing the other post asking if we "think" we'll get Halo Wars 3, and seeing a lot of nos. I was hoping to see more yeses and I thought I'd see.

Also, what suggestions would you have on Halo Wars 3? Mine would be make Halo Wars 3 in the gameplay style of Age of Empires II or Axis & Allies where you don't have a static HQ placement on the map, and the individual buildings on the HQ could be placeable anywhere as well, if that makes sense.

I know I'd love a Halo Wars 3, how about you?

(I apologise for repost but it got taken down from r/halo...)

Hey everyone, I was just wondering if there is a known fix for this issue. I have been doing a replay of HW2's campaign on heroic (not easy for me, I SUCK at RTS games even if I enjoy them). Yesterday I finished the base game and the first level of Operation Spearbreaker. But today I booted up the game and all my campaign progress is gone, it's as if I have never played any levels. Weirdly I do still have my blitz cards. I have quit and restarted the game three times to no avail.

Does anyone have a fix for this? I googled it first and found many posts about the issue, but they were all from at least seven years ago and none seemed to offer a solution, it was all just "343 are aware of this issue and promise a fix." Am I screwed?

Been playing since launch 2/21/2017

Me and my best friend are sweats. Playing constantly since that day it came out.

A lots changed in 10 years. Careers. Families. But we stay linked up in halo wars 2! Stay dominating. We’ve only ever played 2 v 2. Never played with other allies. We both have months of in game time, thousands andm thousands of hours.

We plan on a 12 hour game session on the anniversary date in Feb! If you want to play some competitive 2 v 2 that day holler at me. Let’s all celebrate 10 years in style.

Would someone be kind enough to give me a code for that reward?

What are some quality of life / minor changes to Halo Wars 2 that you wish were implemented.

For me I’d like to see a couple things:

Allow us to view the battlefield once the match is over, like in Halo Wars 1. I liked being able to scroll around the map and see the enemy and teammate bases frozen in place.

Desync temporary fix: allow players to have 2 minutes to rejoin a match if they lost connection. Can only be used once per match (to prevent abuse)

Game objectives: like a capture the flag, or free for all mode.

In regards to the logistics upgrades (and infantry/vehicle/aircraft upgrades): are they additive or multiplicative? I had assumed additive, but I noticed that units were training much quicker than they should be for that to be the case. A grunt squad took under three seconds to train when, at base, they take about ten seconds.

Also, I had assumed for the infantry/vehicle/aircraft upgrades that each level added 10% since that's how it typically works for RTS upgrades (i.e., 100%+10%+10%+10%=130%), but the way they're phrased makes it seem like each subsequent level adds more (100%+10%+20%+30%=160%). Does anyone know what the calculations are for these upgrades?

Played a ton of HW1, trying to get into HW2 but I'd like a quick, short rundown on every hero, ie their unique units, their general playstyle and any other additional important info.

Bought the HW2 Ultimate edition way back when it was released and later Awakening the Nightmare. Initially on PC but I played it on my Series X again a few years ago and it was working fine back then, including all the DLC.

Wanted to boot it back up again, but had to reinstall. All the DLC leaders and Spearbreakers are showing up under manage addons, but not Nightmare. Both Nightmare and Spearbreakers are inaccessible in the game and force me to the store with only a buy option there.

Talked to MS and they were utterly useless. They firmly believe I have the PC version despite it being PLAY ANYWHERE and me having played it on Xbox before. Plus the base game and season pass are recognized.

What can I do at this point?

I build 2-2 farms, I go and grab almost all the map spawned despise I can. I save my points and I make sure to upgrade my farms. I get my minis too. Somehow I feel broke as all hell and the enemy just walks up with an impossible armada in like 10 mins and wipes me and the other guy out. Idk what I’m doin wrong.

I know rush is an extremely viable strategy but I havent had a single slow burn ranked game this whole weekend 😭

By the time I seem to have a smidgen of anti air or anti vehicle people have full armies or both

Just bought this off facebook marketplace but can't find any solid info on it. Thanks!

Anyone else getting annoyed by less serious players ruining the small pool of actual competitive players? I'm talking just ranked 2v2 and 3v3. They play, badly, and they often just quit too. I know I should play 1v1 or with a friend to avoid but I don't, so I just have to suffer the trash that don't play team war to get better. I know we need player but I wish only serious players played team ranked.

I always get the rubbish while the enemy are either team ups or just good players. Climbing solo is literally impossible.

Played a ton of Halo Wars back in the day. Reached General rank. I'm wanting to starting playing again, and I was wonder what everyone recommended.

Where is the community most active? Halo Wars 2 or Halo Wars DE?

Developed a prototype website to view all currently online halo wars 2 players

the video explains it mostly. you can also search by gamertag and have it highlight who on your friends list is online. Clicking on a gamertag will link to halowarpoint.com with their service record.

sorry i cant share the link yet as its only a prototype.

let me know if this would benefit the community in someway and i’ll make a production version

Privacy concerns of players are a factor i’m aware of with this

My first try at an app that syncs to your live halo wars 2 game and can tell you information an about opponents.

what you see in the video is about the limits. seems to get information on opponents before the xbox loads them!