dslgunstar
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When does the current season end? At the end of the beta?
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Halo: Reach Beta Thread
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Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Mr. B Natural said:
Confused by this, the benefit of playing offensively is being able to terrorize their flag location enough to keep them from getting any captures.
Our team usually has one person stealing the other teams flags or trying to throw them out of the zone before the countdown ends, another guarding ours, and the other two gathering/helping player 1.
Stockpile is my second favorite new gametype, right behind covy slayer.
JetBlackPanda
Member
Mo0 said:
I would rather have a higher win/loss record then a high kill/death record, I lost like 4 games of stockpile because people just wanted to kill and don't care about the stupid flags
CitizenCope
Member
GhaleonEB said:
Like this?
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/FileDetails.aspx?fid=74812
Thanks for all the info guys. Was just a little confused how Pro works. Not anymore.
BTW while I couldn't get into the Reach servers last night I took a peak over at Halo Waypoint. I had no Idea there was a GAF montage there. Some amazing kills in there.:lol
Well done!
1621 daily rating is good enough for me today I guess. It's starting to get really hard to get those kinds of positive spreads with all the new entrants that aren't good and get you killed, and the good people who are getting better. I think that's where it will rest in the near future as playtime for everyone increases.
backflip10019
Member
Yer gunna get baned.Tashi0106 said:
Wanna play some Reach tonight? I haven't played with you in a loooooong time.
Oh shit I got a bite!!!
response...
:lol :lol
You guys can't post Bnet forum links in here anymore. It's the only time I visit those boards and the threads linked are always gold so that I can't stop myself from joining in on the fun lol
Yea, you're right. It has been a while. If I get on tonight I'll hit you up.
I don't know if I'm gonna play Arena. It's turning me into a stat whoring, weapon whoring...uhhh, whore. Yesterday I was playing and I kept checking my rating mid game and was just trying so hard not to die. I was using radar and shotgun and camping with sniper. It was totally not me, I was just doing it to get the best rating that I could. I was doing well, but it wasn't satisfying at all. :/
me said:
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:lol :lol
You guys can't post Bnet forum links in here anymore. It's the only time I visit those boards and the threads linked are always gold so that I can't stop myself from joining in on the fun lol
Flip said:
Yea, you're right. It has been a while. If I get on tonight I'll hit you up.
I don't know if I'm gonna play Arena. It's turning me into a stat whoring, weapon whoring...uhhh, whore. Yesterday I was playing and I kept checking my rating mid game and was just trying so hard not to die. I was using radar and shotgun and camping with sniper. It was totally not me, I was just doing it to get the best rating that I could. I was doing well, but it wasn't satisfying at all. :/
Yup. Video is now rendering, should be viewable in half an hour or so.CitizenCope said:Like this?
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/FileDetails.aspx?fid=74812
Thanks for all the info guys. Was just a little confused how Pro works. Not anymore.
BTW while I couldn't get into the Reach servers last night I took a peak over at Halo Waypoint. I had no Idea there was a GAF montage there. Some amazing kills in there.:lol
Well done!
Edit: they got the servers caught up - it's already rendered. Great clip, BTW. Hammer FTW, indeed.
Fun Factor
Formerly FTWer
wwm0nkey said:
Don't know why people are so finicky.
It's the same shit as with every Halo game.
The Assault Rifle they start you off with is the weakest weapon in the game, unloading a full clip on someone won't kill them, seriously?
The biggest deciding factor in the winning is who gets to the better weapons first.
squidhands
Member
Am I alone in thinking that Red Team has a distinct advantage on Powerhouse for Stockpile? High ground flag cap, quicker access to the power weapons, and the majority of the flags seem to spawn closer to their side (sorry if this was brought up already; I had to skip a lot of pages over the weekend).Dax01 said:
Case in point: Blue Team game. Red Team game. Matchmaking kept my group paired up with the opposing team, which was pretty nice actually. IMO the other group was a better team, but we pulled it off when we switched over to Red. I wouldn't mind seeing Red return spot moved closer to the rock garden; at least then you'd have to move out of position to gain higher ground defense, much like you have to do on Blue Team. It would also even out the travel distance between both teams for the power weapons.
JetBlackPanda
Member
Mo0 said:Oh, trust me, I know, I'm agreeing with you. Plenty of people online, apparently, don't.
it would be nice if they had grab bag for all game types and then another just for team slayer without having to play arena, this might help a little bit.
Shake Appeal
Member
I'm kind of annoyed that I got my first Daily Rating before the general public got on, as it meant I was playing with all the guys who had been hammering the game for days and were super-competitive. Some of my friends last night were beating up on newcomers and getting 1650 games, whereas I'm averaging 1550-1600 so far.
The Librarian
Banned
Yeah, it's been talked about, and I agree: Red Team has it easier.squidhands said:
Cuban Legend
Member
Curious, have any of you guys had any problems with active camo on the radar jammer not activating? I made a thread about it on the feedback forum, but was wondering if more people were having it since its probably been pushed to the 11th page. I need to make my threads more controversial, I think.
Is the targeting bloom actually literal? As the reticule gets bigger does that actually become the area of deviation for the bullet, or will the bullet always fire in the middle of the crosshair and the blooming is only there to throw you off?
I ask because I rarely found the blooming of the reticule to mess up long distance firing, even though in most other games, if the reticule had become that large I wouldn't be able to hit a thing from that distance.
I ask because I rarely found the blooming of the reticule to mess up long distance firing, even though in most other games, if the reticule had become that large I wouldn't be able to hit a thing from that distance.
NullPointer
Member
Where are you guys seeing your daily ratings on Bungie.net? I can only see my per-game ratings by drilling down into each game.Cuban Legend said:
backflip10019
Member
As the reticule gets bigger, the deviation increases, which is why bloom is really no different at all from BR spread in Halo 3. Ugh, I hate it because of that fact.Dan Yo said:
Cuban Legend
Member
Isn't the daily next to your name in Matchmaking after the 3 "daily games bars" are filled up?NullPointer said:
Good question, if there isn't a way to see daily ratings in your game history, then there should be.
Mr. B Natural
Member
Deadly Cyclone said:
It would work if the enemy didn't spawn on you. I can kill the entire team, start to grab a flag and take it far away and i'll get 5 steps in and die. I'm too slow and beat up and vulnerable with the flag. They grab the flag back and round round we go. Doesn't help that it's really easy to turtle in this game.
It's also really not that exciting. There's too much to do. There's no main focus, so all the action is scattered around, and as others have mentioned, half of it is pointless action.
For what I've seen, stockpile games are always really close and it really depends on who is where and where the flags end up spawning. One time, the game started and 3 flags were right next to our base. The enemy tried to do something about it, but i kept spawning and we kept camping and of course, we won the game 10 to 8 or something. It's silly.
If the game was faster paced, then maybe this gametype would work, but the game is really slow and deliberate, so having 3 focal points (flags) at a time and 2 bases just is silly.
Maybe a 1 base stockpile would work better. Offense and defense or something.
NullPointer
Member
Maybe. Guess I don't see it because I only played three Arena games?Cuban Legend said:
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/Default.aspx?player=NullPointer256
Or do you have to WIN 3 games at least? Don't heckle my stats too mad. Just started and all. And it was a schoolnight.
Yeah.
squidhands
Member
One of the biggest things Reach does differently that Halo 3 is put the emphasis on going in with a full team, or rather punishes you more for not having a full group of people that you're familiar with. I'm not sure whether that's a good thing or not just yet. It'll be great for the beta, since just about everyone on my FL is playing right now on a constant basis. The real test comes after the game ships, when there will be less people to choose from, and I'm stuck going in with just one buddy or (even worse) going in alone.Stabby McSter said:You know what sucks? Going into matchmaking with a friend and getting paired up with two people who don't know what the fuck they're doing!
"OH HURR LETS GO RUN AROUND KILL SHIT"
You asshole, go defend the stockpile while I grab more!
Shake Appeal
Member
Agreed. Got my first killing spree with it earlier. A joy to use.Dax01 said:
Also just hit the fourth level of commendation for headshots.
Diablohead
Member
If you don't keep up your game you will end up being pushed down as others get better, so you need to keep playing to prove your skillsCerrius said:
so if you were to end up in gold and not play for 3 months, you might come back to being silver or something.CitizenCope
Member
GhaleonEB said:Yup. Video is now rendering, should be viewable in half an hour or so.
Edit: they got the servers caught up - it's already rendered. Great clip, BTW. Hammer FTW, indeed.
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/FileDetails.aspx?fid=74812
Thanks so much man!!!!!!
Not the most spectacular clip but I was proud of how I "earned" the hammer and finished the game out with the last 4 kills. Thank goodness for the Skill level search.:lol
I was just over a 1:1 k/d in the last couple Halos but I have a feeling this one is really going to test my skills as I'm really having trouble using the DMR. Is my Battle Rifle gone for good. =(
Diablohead
Member
Full sprint bar comes back after 4 seconds, takes about 20 seconds to get all your cloaking ability back to full...CozMick said:
Also sprint jump, you can go miles before you run out doing that.
Cuban Legend said:
1609 isn't bad, and you could raise it substantially if you get a higher rating in a game than 1509 which shouldn't be hard for you considering how well you did in the other two games. If you get like a 1600, then it'll replace your lowest game, and you'd have like a 1640 daily.
dslgunstar
Banned
Again. I cant check my Xbox 360 at the moment, so could somebody please let me know when the current Arena season ends?
Thank you.
Thank you.
The Focus Rifle reminds me of Robotnik's laser at the end of Sonic & Knuckles. It's loud, shoots a big fucking beam and scares the shit outta me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3syP1YVPziQ
about a minute in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3syP1YVPziQ
about a minute in.
BTW, in case you didn't notice it, you can download the video using the link right below the player. The videos will likely go offline at some point between when the Beta ends and Reach ships, so save'em for posterity while you can.CitizenCope said:
This. When Carney said "it's terrifying to get hit by it" in the vidoc, I thought, "how can a weapon be terrifying to get hit by? Meh."-PXG- said:
Then I got hit by it, and it's a pant-soiling, "oh god get it away from me the paaaaaiin..." kind of experience. :lol
dslgunstar
Banned
Sorry, missed it. :lol
Thank you both.
Thank you both.
backflip10019
Member
I'm down. I won't be able to play till tonight around 8:15p ET. Yes, precisely then.Trasher said:
dslgunstar said:
End of the beta.
minasodaboy
Member
my guess is the current arena formula is designed to discourage camping. i.e. you get a few kills, go +6 and then hide the rest of the game.
Juices?? Is that you???
Mr. B Natural said:
Juices?? Is that you???
Very difficult to judge, but once you're able to figure out the duration you need to hold the trigger for each distance, the thing is a beast.Dax01 said:
Agreed.
