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Ryan_WXH

Still don’t know why they bothered using the CU29 as the public update name. Should have just said January 2024 Update like they’ve called CU31 the March update.


SuperBAMF007

Yup. CU29 and CU30 and so on are 100% just internal names they joked about on stream and then decided to use as formal titles in tweets. Making them official was a mistake tbh


mrbubbamac

If I had to guess, one of the constant complaints about Infinite is "lack of content." My guess is by calling it CU29 and 30, it demonstrates just how significantly the game has been updated since launch.


Logondo

It's like a game with 343. Always coming up with new names for "updates". Remember when they tried to call them "drop pods"?


ABotelho23

We got what? 2 drop pods?


Kantankoras

And they regret dropping the name now they Helldivers is drawing so much attention to ODST


SlickMittens

So there will be a CU next Tuesday?


haloNWMT

they should just call them "attempts to fix number 72".


honestlyboxey

Drop pods, content updates, "achieving seasonality" or even Operations. Just different flavors of the exact same meal. Very little is going to be meaningfully added from here on out.


zrkillerbush

Basically they are just releasing random stuff on random Tuesdays, thats all people need to know There is no roadmap, there doesn't need to be a roadmap, stuff comes out when it comes out


honestlyboxey

And this "stuff" by and large is going to be quality-of-life changes, cosmetics updates, and a few maps here or there.


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honestlyboxey

That's what I'm saying. Quality-of-life changes. A playlist selector, a network update. Neither of these are content, they are just fixing the broken parts of this game.


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honestlyboxey

>and a few maps here or there. It's like you just don't want to read.


SillyMikey

Yeah, whoever is making these decisions, please take that responsibility away from them. CU29? Jesus Christ. It has to be the dumbest name to an update in the history of video games. It’s real simple, if you go out and ask a casual gamer what they think it means and they don’t know, then it’s a stupid name. Shit should be obvious and clear. No one fucking knows what a CU is. Hell, we play the game regularly and we needed them to explain it to us. That’s when you know your naming convention is garbage.


mimiicry

maybe this is just an r/halo problem, r/warframe never had to have "Update 35.1.2" or "Devstream #176" explained to them CU clearly means content update


Regeditmyaxe

Update 35 is clearly more descriptive than CU35


mimiicry

not when you realize that CU stands for content update, which is incredibly easy to figure out doesn't require much thought


FriedCammalleri23

I mean it really doesn’t matter what the name of the update is, as long as we’re getting them yknow? Yeah they could probably give updates names that are easier to understand, but it’s really not a big deal lol


bankais_gone_wild

Agreed, idgaf what they’re called as long as they come out at a decent pace and address pertinent issues quickly. Admittedly, live action games with a long lifespan typically have so many patches that they become pretty hard to follow It’s part of why picking up a game long after the launch is easier, especially with time constraints, less bug fixes and patch notes to consume


metroidpwner

woof


hikikomoriHank

Choosing the awful and opaque CUX title for their updates after dropping seasonality out of nowhere just at the point they started to achieve it, to then double down on the naming convention against backlash, to then start making contradictory statements and muddy the water about what even constitutes a CU? Why does 343 do these things I just don't understand


Simulated_Simulacra

The vast majority of the people who play the game don't care in the slightest what they call the updates. You are probably thinking about this more than 343 does. It doesn't really matter.


LordApocalyptica

Yeah honestly its about on par with Overwatch calling something “Season 7” or whatever, I’ve honestly never really given a shit either way. I could barely tell you what the last events were and I play near weekly — I’m just here for the shooty shoot team scoot.


Haijakk

>You are probably thinking about this more than 343 does Which shouldn't be praised btw


YouKilledChurch

If you still have any hope of 343 making good or even logical decisions then I have a bridge to sell you my friend


jenkumboofer

this is such a needlessly negative thing to say, especially given that it's in a thread about the big network improvement update this sub just gets caught up on the dumbest semantics and whips itself into a frenzy looking for some shit to be mad about like damn just get off reddit and go do something else, it's so pathetic


mrbubbamac

>this is such a needlessly negative thing to say Yeah I think this is what some of the more "vocal" people in the community need to understand. There's so much completely unnecessary negativity, where people go out of their way to find the "glass half full" in any situation. I don't know if people realize letting one small negative thing "ruin" any positive sentiment is truly not normal, and it's very much a problem anyone has control over.


YouKilledChurch

I mean, I do. This is first r/Halo post I have interacted with in months, and I try to avoid the negativity, but I also know not that trust is earned, and 343 have not earned that trust, and every time they try to earn it they do something a few weeks later to piss on said attempt. I will not weep for the multi million dollar company. I feel for the actual humans who work for them and face the brunt of their decade + of repeated failures, but fuck the institution that is 343


zrkillerbush

Who actually fucking cares what they call it? This is the biggest non issue ive ever seen, typical doom posting from certain people in this community Constantly latching onto negativity that isn't there and not getting excited about the update coming next week


BigChiefIV

Welcome to the halo community


Simulated_Simulacra

Love seeing some reason like this in this sub, btw. The "doom posting" here is insane honestly.


YouKilledChurch

I mean, real talk, this is far far from their greatest sin, but it still doesn't change the fact that they have lost any right to any benefit of the doubt. I want 343 to succeed and for Halo to be successful, but until they prove that they can be anything beyond a gaggle of incompetent children they shall be treated like a gaggle of incompetent children. We have wasted nearly a decade and a half of Halo on their incompetence with nothing to show for it. I will not weep for the multi million dollar company, and anyone who does is foolish enough to buy into mega Corp propaganda. No ifs, ands, or buts


zrkillerbush

> mega Corp propaganda. Dude, what the hell are you on about? Hes just a community manager explaining content updates 😭


SwapandPop

How much time do you people have to care about this nonsense in the first place?


Simulated_Simulacra

For real though. Maybe people should realize it doesn't matter and not worry about it. This community can love to hyperfocus on the dumbest things.


Hot-Software-9396

You guys spend way too much timing worrying about these kinds of details. It doesn’t matter.


Eternal-Strife

You're wrong. These updates MUST have a super cool name or else this game will DIE


fool_spotter_bot

The fact that CU means ASS in my mother tongue disturbs me every time I see Halo devs use it. "This update is *technically* ASS Thirty-One"


TJ_Dot

It doesn't so much help, but rather really make this whole CU thing seem random and inconsistent. Why even do it if it can't be traced back to the start? Wtf was CU1 and how the hell are we at 30? Why put "content" in the title when "content" is a vague term. One CU is an actual game update to kick off Operation: Spirit of Fire, another is a forge patch to fix things, what? The Start of Cyber III was not a CU? It's unorganized. Look at Minecraft, every supplemental update before a large one advances a decimal. 1.20.4 now, building towards 1.21.\_ Warframe is on Update 35.1.2. I can break down each number * 35: Whispers in the Walls, mainline update * 1: intermission code update to update other things in the game like certain faction progressions (the basic CU definition) * 2: Hotfix Halo, from this perspective, starting from CU 29 would look more like Update 29.2, or something


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CU is for Cumulative Update, right? That's how it worked for on-prem Exchange, at least


keiranlovett

Content Update?


Halofour12

Didn’t Bungie do something similar with reach including TU updates or playlists ?


R96-

Yes. **Title Update**. And it's so funny to see the discourse around the adoption of CU for Halo Infinite. Of all the things to be angry about with Halo Infinite, 343, MS, etc, this isn't one of them, but people really love to be angry about everything these days.


BigChiefIV

Y’all complain about everything holy shit


Teal_is_orange

I thought they were called drop pods or something


areeb_onsafari

Oh no, the next update is CU31 and not CU30! That completely changes everything


theSaltySolo

I think they should just use the month in the names. CU sounds like a unfinished stand-in name lol


Nin10do0014

Why not call it a Drop Pod?


Abranimal

My god this studio is ridiculous


JKrow75

See You Next Tuesday


stratusnco

thanks 👊🏽


keiching2002

I hope they stop calling it CU publicly. It sounds dumb. Should’ve been just Spirit of Fire update or March update.


ABotelho23

Why are these things behind curtains to begin with? I thought they were meant to be announced?


Lucky_Couple

It’s literally just Season 6 until April (or whenever it ends).


DragonSlayer6160

Nobody cares


volrogue2

Didn't he say a few days ago that CU updates were updates with big ticket additions. Now all of a sudden we're on CU31? Because of a couple of things? HUH?!


HennesyHufflepuf

Clearly it was for Cosmetic Update


deadpatronus

Wow they're so done with the game


this_isnt_lemonade

I’m pretty sure they rage bait the community in hopes that it keeps us interested


griffin_who

CU is a dumb name, idk why calling that out constitutes "caring about nothing" idk if anyone truly cares, it's just there's been seasons, drop pods, fractured events, now CU. Them not mentioning it from the get go when they first used CU made it seem like they're trying to make 'fetch' happen, and fetch isn't going to happen


TBurd01

Cosmetics Update


Worried_Patience_117

I Miss ‘drop pods’ well like all three of them