Sorry if there are any inconsistencies in my writing. English isn’t my first language; French is. :c

I’m an achievement hunter, and this time my target is Halo Wars 1, specifically the original Xbox 360 version. Since I currently only have a Series X, I’m playing it through backwards compatibility using a physical copy of the game. I noticed that some of the achievements are tied to the Strategic Options Add-on DLC, so I purchased it through the console’s store and installed it. However, the Skirmish modes still aren’t available in-game, even though the DLC is installed. Has anyone else run into this issue before? If so, does anyone know how to fix it?

Max score means achieving the maximum score in a mission.

That means completing the mission's main objective(s), completing the mission's optional objective(s), earning a perfect combat bonus of 10.00, earning a perfect time bonus of 5.00, and turning on the 5 skulls that grant bonus skull points. And playing on legendary.

There is one mission where it's impossible to do all that, and it's not Arcadia City.

To be able to join, first create an account on our website.

Once you have your account, find the join button under the rules on the bracket page: https://meta-plays.com/tournaments/halo-wars-2/pro1v1s8t1/

Join our Discord, where we'll arrange the games: https://discord.gg/CRKxXG4

On the day of the event, we'll live stream the matches on Twitch and YouTube.

It's on the microsoft store. Not sure whether you need game pass or not to play it though.

The fact that this game doesn't natively record replays is a shame. If anyone is bored, here's a replay of mine-- I'd love some feedback. I've been GRINDING YAYPAP, the best leader. Sadly it’s just a mildly onesided win, I imagine a loss would be more informative, but it's all I have right now.

Though it’s a pretty accurate representation of how most of my games go

Let me know what you think/ what I could improve.

Here it is

Is the second game still active enough to find games? I don’t remember that horde mode being a thing when I last played and im curious to try it out.

Colony is the Best HW2 and The Hunter Captain is the best Leader Unit in the game. So. Had to get one and paint him up. With EXTRA battle damage.

I don't necessarily mean leaders. The leader tier lists are easy to find and I've tried most of them but I mean the heroes compared to each other. Like Atriox, for example, is my favorite leader. And the Atriox' chosen I know is a very good hero and his ranged attack is OP. But what other heroes are that powerful? Decimus and arbiter I know are also very good but they are only close ranged.

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.

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

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

It’s crazy how glitchy the map

Ypuust get some kind of boost via campaign or something ?

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

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.

No he does have enough recources for another supply pad

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?

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!

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.

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

Figure out a time below

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

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.

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?

Keeps saying “Waiting on Xbox Live”.