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Halo: Reach Beta Thread
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NameGenerated
Who paid you to grab Dr. Pavel?
Well what if someone does want to shoot with the d-pad? What's enough with that for Bungie to not want people to do it?Hydranockz said:
CrazedArabMan
Member
Dani said:
I never had a problem with it in Halo, but for MW2, I would be shooting and then randomly knife and and get killed, so I had to switch to having my melee be the B button. :lol
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
Bungie have stated before that the control layout options are restricted to minimise glitching and unwanted side effects. Dunno how much of that is accurate but it's been said.NameGenerated said:
2 Minutes Turkish
Banned
Looks like I'll be using the Recon layout then.
LB for Grenade switch RB for Reload and B for Melee sounds FAR FAR FAR FAR FAR better than RB for Melee and B for Grenade switch
LB for Grenade switch RB for Reload and B for Melee sounds FAR FAR FAR FAR FAR better than RB for Melee and B for Grenade switch
Hydranockz
Member
Kapura said:
What if the phones.... were answered with the left stick?
Has anyone said anything about a time limit for those one-way shields in invasion? They sound pretty lame to my either way but if once the GAF crew widdles down one team and half of them quit will the remaining ones just be able to sit out the last 5 or 10 minutes huddled behind one of these things?
Personally I'd rather have a countdown on that teams hud which shows how long until the vehicle respawns that way there doesn't have to be a goofy one-way wall and members of that team will know exactly when the vehicle will come back so they don't just camp behind the wall of invulnerability until the scorpion comes back.
Personally I'd rather have a countdown on that teams hud which shows how long until the vehicle respawns that way there doesn't have to be a goofy one-way wall and members of that team will know exactly when the vehicle will come back so they don't just camp behind the wall of invulnerability until the scorpion comes back.
thunker 9000
Member
Green Thumb all the way.
Should be something like:
A- Jump
B- Zoom
X - Reload
Y- Switch Weapons
Right Trigger - Shoot
Left Trigger - Grenade
Left Bumper - Armor Ability
Right Bumper - Switch Grenade
Right Stick - Melee
Left Stick - Crouch
Should be something like:
A- Jump
B- Zoom
X - Reload
Y- Switch Weapons
Right Trigger - Shoot
Left Trigger - Grenade
Left Bumper - Armor Ability
Right Bumper - Switch Grenade
Right Stick - Melee
Left Stick - Crouch
NameGenerated
Who paid you to grab Dr. Pavel?
What does that have to do with fully customizable controls?Kapura said:
Maybe I'm just crazy in thinking that games should let users map their own buttons.
Thagomizer
Member
EazyB said:
Player barriers, not bullets/grenades.
Huh, really? If so that's a lot better IMO. I just thought I remember someone or some article saying the walls were there so the enemy couldn't blow up the vehicle upon spawning. So it's just there so the enemy can't steal the vehicle? Still unnecessary IMO but better than what I thought it did.Thagomizer said:
Still see situations where it could end up in some pretty lame across-wall encounters.
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
EazyB said:
Way to burst a bubble. I hope it doesn't work exactly like that - it would be most unfortunate. I think it might be too late to change the system, although your idea does sound good. Will give the shield doors the benefit of the doubt before seeing in action first hand - I'm pretty sure Bungie learned lessons from shield doors in Halo 3, I'm doubtful they'd bring in an even more abusable version of them for Reach.
Thagomizer
Member
LukeSmith said:
The Colts are awesome and so are you.
Fuck yes!LukeSmith said:
If you're using a jetpack you're probably not a BJ player in the first place.cazosozey said:
It's just a situation that I don't imagine crops up at all during internal games but is all too much the reality for GAF BTB games. Hopefully there's nothing to worry about but the thought of shield doors of any kind automatically get make me worry.Dani said:
There was some discussion of it earlier, but since I neglected to note this in the OP originally, I thought I'd post it here (as well as in the OP):
Shields & Melee | Melee blows will no longer carry through shields to damage the health beneath it. A melee will pop shields, whether they're full or at a sliver. A melee will likewise drop a Spartan without shields - but no more whittling shields down and then landing a killing blow before shields are down. A smack from behind is as deadly as ever.
I almost added, "so watch for the pop before you bop," but couldn't quite get myself to.
Shields & Melee | Melee blows will no longer carry through shields to damage the health beneath it. A melee will pop shields, whether they're full or at a sliver. A melee will likewise drop a Spartan without shields - but no more whittling shields down and then landing a killing blow before shields are down. A smack from behind is as deadly as ever.
I almost added, "so watch for the pop before you bop," but couldn't quite get myself to.
Ajemsuhgao
Member
user_nat said:
Why would anyone want B to be melee?
cazosozey said:
This.
Having to feather the jetpack with any button other than a bumper would not allow you to shoot while doing so. The only explanation I have for their button layout is that you really dont have to feather the jetpack that much. Maybe hit the X button one or two times on the way down and it's enough to make it so you don't get any fall damage. Its not like you have to keep tapping the X button on the way down to prevent fall damage.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Ajemsuhgao said:
Because that is what we have been using since Halo 1?
Luke, any word on the variations? If we did want B as melee, could it be?
Edit: Also the normal Halo controls, Y swap weapons, A jump, X reload?
Self Induced
Member
This is sweet.LukeSmith said:
Now I just need to test out the needler for myself and I'll be set until launch.
Ajemsuhgao
Member
user_nat said:
But you can't aim and melee with B being melee. I guess in regular gameplay that really isn't a big problem(I play with default 99% of the time), but when I play swords or hammers or something, I usually switch to...forgot the name of it, but I think it puts melee to one of the triggers or something? Not being able to aim and melee at the same time is a huge pain in the ass. Having melee be on a bumper now is going to be great.
GhaleonEB said:
:lol
This image is hidden on the Arena info screen on Bungie.net so I don't know if it was posted before, but I just want to say this is honestly probably favorite screenshot of a game in years and years. The way you can just almost feel the velocity is insane. Can't fucking wait.
Deputy Moonman
Member
I've had the left trigger as melee ever since the end of Halo2 and grenades with the B button. Then 3 came out and made it kind of useless, since having a quicker melee didn't give you an advantage. It's what I'm used to now, so I'll probably just stick with it. Maybe it will prove useful again in Reach.Sai said:
Anyway, I'm in a school lab, where I've been for the last two days, working on my capstone paper and it sucks balls, (at least being stuck at school all this time does, maybe not the paper itself. nevermind the paper sucks, too). Got a little distracted by all the sweet new pics released today. This probably doesn't make any sense, but making pictures is a great way to procrastinate doing real work. :lol
stryker1138
Member
Just got an email from Amazon saying they expect Reach to ship September 7th.
Retail guesstimate or inside info?
Amazon.com said:
Retail guesstimate or inside info?
I thought I was the only one. So many times I accidentally go into scope, then hit the stick to get out of it, only I've been shot so I end up putting myself back in. Repeat a couple times and I'm confused and dead. :lolLetters said:
Sounds about right. It was going to be September, so I'll take it as early as possible.stryker1138 said: