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Halo: Reach Beta Thread

backflip10019 said:
You really got a "floaty feeling" while playing Reach. Just wondering, but did you ever play any of the other Halo games?

Because you don't float nearly as much in Reach as you do in other games ... and personally, I don't like it.
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It's just what I noticed, it may not be the case compared to other Halo games. Its a personal thing, but hey thats just me.
 
dread9 said:
Yes, and this is a public forum so im expressing my views on the appropriate thread to continue what I hope is a balanced discussion of the game. Is that a problem Richard?

*above, did I say I wasn't able to kill anyone? When did that come up? I kill people just fine, I was simply stating that it takes too long for it to happen as in the health is cranked up....whats with you guys? lol.
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If you don't want to be in a discussion, don't post. Not everyone agrees with you.
 
dread9 said:
Yes, and this is a public forum so im expressing my views on the appropriate thread to continue what I hope is a balanced discussion of the game. Is that a problem dick?
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If you're in here hoping for a balanced discussion you've come to the wrong place. My question was asked in sincerity, sorry you feel that you have to get defensive when someone asks you a question; which is actually ironic seeing how you posted about how people get defensive. :lol
 
Has any one received there Beta Codes from Microsoft yet? The BWU said they'd roll them out this week. Just wondering if any one has received them yet.

Thanks!
 
dread9 said:
Yes, and this is a public forum so im expressing my views on the appropriate thread to continue what I hope is a balanced discussion of the game. Is that a problem Richard?

*above, did I say I wasn't able to kill anyone? When did that come up? I kill people just fine, I was simply stating that it takes too long for it to happen as in the health is cranked up....whats with you guys? lol.
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Well if you kill people fine what exactly is the problem? It's good that people have to work for their kills and are not just running around spraying 3 bullets into somebody to earn a fucking Harrier jet.

Protip - When people question your opinion try not to get offended by it.
 
Kibbles said:
Wow so my Arena match from yesterday was never recorded or put on Bnet. That freaking sucks, I did so good that game. I think I had 24 kills and only a few deaths. Damn you server jammers yesterday!
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I hear you. Played 12 or 13 games of Arena yesterday and didn't receive a daily rating. The only games that registered were my first 2 and I did poorly in both. Had multiple games of +15 or greater that didn't register. I'll give it a go again tonight as it seems server side issues have been sorted.
 
I threw together a little Highlights video from the games I played in the last few days. This is me testing out my capture equipment, and brushing up on my editing.

I'm not the worlds best or anything, and its less than a minute long. Check it out! I think I kill Urk somewhere in there.

I don't, Urk is unkillable

There is a few good
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shots.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN2BDlkj7KU&fmt=22

Edit: HD should be up any minute.
 
Shake Appeal said:
Just saw someone post a 1727 in the Arena.
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My first Arena game was a 1733





I still can't get used to the markers for CTF. I keep taking all the flags in stockpile to the enemy base, and can never find the cap point in regular CTF. Shit sucks
 
Shogun PaiN said:
Well if you kill people fine what exactly is the problem? It's good that people have to work for their kills and are not just running around spraying 3 bullets into somebody to earn a fucking Harrier jet.

Protip - When people question your opinion try not to get offended by it.
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I think they can reduce the health just a bit.
 
Pookaki said:
I threw together a little Highlights video from the games I played in the last few days. This is me testing out my capture equipment, and brushing up on my editing.

I'm not the worlds best or anything, and its less than a minute long. Check it out! I think I kill Urk somewhere in there.

I don't, Urk is unkillable[/spoiler

There is a few good
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shots.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN2BDlkj7KU&fmt=22

Edit: HD should be up any minute.
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I enjoyed that. Good editing. The music was a little over the top.
 
Some of you people are batshit crazy. There's very little goddamned float in Reach. Seems Bungie compensated for the jetpacks by lowering the jump height. I like it personally.
 
Is it just me or are there a lot of non Halo players playing? I've seen people running around not doing anything, dying repeatedly and even asking what the buttons are to shoot and what not.
 
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I cant believe I got this kill. Tossed a frag at the guy after he missed me with one, clocks the guy making him recoil abit, and the frag ends up traveling forward trashing his shields. Finished him off with the magnum.
 
After an abysmal ranking yesterday (around 1350) I've played some blinders today and got a rating of 1650. All the normal ability players have really boosted my game.

One thing I've noticed today is a lot more jetpack play. I think this'll settle down in a few days, because at the moment I'm just raining pistol death on these guys :lol Starting to get the hang of the DMR properly now as well. If you just slow down and shoot at the same rate as the old BR it's a lot more effective.
 
Schmitty said:
I enjoyed that. Good editing. The music was a little over the top.
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Yeah, that was kinda the point :) good to hear you enjoyed it.

I dont really like highlight videos that are 5 minutes long. so I wanted something that is short, fast and over the top.
 
The Wise Old Man said:
Some of you people are batshit crazy. There's very little goddamned float in Reach. Seems Bungie compensated for the jetpacks by lowering the jump height. I like it personally.
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I stated this before (being floaty) but I was wrong now that I actually went back and felt it, I was basing my initial impression on some weird instance that I had in the game.
 
dread9 said:
Is it just me or are there a lot of non Halo players playing? I've seen people running around not doing anything, dying repeatedly and even asking what the buttons are to shoot and what not.
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That are they are idiots and didn't bother to look at the button layout before playing.
I'm looking at you non-rtfm people ;D
 
The Wise Old Man said:
Does anyone remember how long the Halo 3 beta ran? It felt a helluva lot longer than the meager 16 days we're allowed to play Reach.
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It was about 3 months I think. June-August. What's this about 16 days??
 
Pookaki said:
I threw together a little Highlights video from the games I played in the last few days. This is me testing out my capture equipment, and brushing up on my editing.

I'm not the worlds best or anything, and its less than a minute long. Check it out! I think I kill Urk somewhere in there.

I don't, Urk is unkillable

There is a few good
grenade_launcher.png
shots.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN2BDlkj7KU&fmt=22

Edit: HD should be up any minute.
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Fuck me that is well good. Consider your editing skills brushed mate!
 
Fuck the grenades. Seriously, what the hell. I haven't played with a single person who doesn't think they are overpowered.
 
I'm really digging the game so far. My favorite thing is probably sprint -- I like to just trash a guy or two and get the fuck out as fast as I can to the nearest health station. Keeps my K/D okay.

I'm a little confused about the scoring. At one point I had 2 of those 3 white bars filled, and now it's just a number that fluctuates between 1540 and 1580 or something. How do you get the bars back or do they even matter?
 
DeadFalling said:
I went 1733 and 1675, and followed those up a couple games later with a 1286 and a 1009 :lol It's like once I hit my rhythm everything clicks and I dominate, but when I'm off, nothing seems to go right.
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We should team up and break Bungie's Arena formula with our wildly varying scores. :lol
 
DeadFalling said:
I still can't get used to the markers for CTF. I keep taking all the flags in stockpile to the enemy base, and can never find the cap point in regular CTF. Shit sucks
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Came to post about this. Is it meant to be like this? Seems like they got the colours mixed up. KOTH was the same - blue icon meant red team controlling the hill. Is this a glitch?

Otherwise, I dunno, OK I guess. Maybe after 4 games it's a bit difficult to get excited over a Halo again. Still looking forward to the single-player campaign though.
 
Presco said:
I hear you. Played 12 or 13 games of Arena yesterday and didn't receive a daily rating. The only games that registered were my first 2 and I did poorly in both. Had multiple games of +15 or greater that didn't register. I'll give it a go again tonight as it seems server side issues have been sorted.
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Same here.. and I did really good in those games. :(
 
I think the biggest loser with the new melee system is the AR.

Even though the Reach AR has more range than it's Halo 3 counterpart, the Halo 3 AR is by FAR more useful and effective because of it's power in close range combined with melee.

Reach CQC is a race to who can get the first melee off. It's so... yuck. I really really hope they change the melee system for the final release.
 
Pookaki said:
I threw together a little Highlights video from the games I played in the last few days. This is me testing out my capture equipment, and brushing up on my editing.

I'm not the worlds best or anything, and its less than a minute long. Check it out! I think I kill Urk somewhere in there.

I don't, Urk is unkillable

There is a few good
grenade_launcher.png
shots.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN2BDlkj7KU&fmt=22

Edit: HD should be up any minute.
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HD is up. It seems to be running like poop on this comp. can someone check it out in HD and tell me if this frame rate issue is on my end? Or if I need to re-do the export. ):
 
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