Net_Wrecker
Member
Genesis Knight said:
And that explains my problem with the AR -> melee combo. I'm not a fan of the new melee/shield mechanic at all. It feels like people are eating bullets more than ever now.
-
Hey Guest. Check out your NeoGAF Wrapped 2025 results here!
Halo: Reach Beta Thread
- Thread starter GhaleonEB
- Start date
And that explains my problem with the AR -> melee combo. I'm not a fan of the new melee/shield mechanic at all. It feels like people are eating bullets more than ever now.
Grimm Fandango
Member
Some of you guys are acting like you're experts on the weapons. It's been like 24 hours.
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
GhaleonEB said:
You may not be headshot king, but your a flag delivering hawk. How many hundreds of flags did you snatch in that same time frame? :lol
Subtervotion
Member
backflip10019 said:
I think that's the point.
metareferential
Member
Botolf said:
No armor abilities when carrying a flag.
Not a Jellyfish
but I am a sheep
I don't know if it is just me but it is hard to see the visual cue that someone is no shield. I end up dying a lot by melee cause I think someone is no shield so I melee them but it turns out they were not no shield and my melee just ends up taking the remainder of their shields down. :/
Apologizing for any grammar errors, posting from phone since net is down.
Apologizing for any grammar errors, posting from phone since net is down.
backflip10019
Member
But ... why? It doesn't make a lick of logical sense.Genesis Knight said:
Zeouterlimits
Member
See you cats soon.
Son of Godzilla
Banned
Mostly to keep armor ability + melee from destroying everything in sight.backflip10019 said:
I know I'm sounding like a broken record, but I really am surprised at the amount of quitters in the beta. I thought these early access folks would be the kind of players that were more considerate than that. But most of the games I played last night had quitters on either my team or the other team.
At one point during a CTF game on Powerhouse, I was getting annihilated no matter where I went. Then I realized I was the only player left on my team, with a full roster on the opposing team.
There must be consequences!
At one point during a CTF game on Powerhouse, I was getting annihilated no matter where I went. Then I realized I was the only player left on my team, with a full roster on the opposing team.
There must be consequences!
GodfatherX
Member
I added halogafbeta2 but I'm not sure what this friends of friends thing is or how it works
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
Doodis said:
Didn't you hear? All the kiddies found an exploit through a Microsoft website, so not only did the number of quitters increase but folks can be called all manner of racial, sexual and ethnic slurs a few days earlier. =\
Not nearly enough! I need moar flags tonight. :lolDani said:
One change needs to be made to Stockpile: members of a team should not be able to move a flag from their own stockpile. Once it's in, only the opposing team should be able to take it out.
Last night I saw two things start to develop: on split parties, someone split from their party would spoil the other team's scores by tossing the flags out at the last second. And some players would toss the flags out of the stockpile, and then back in so they got credit for the score. This is going to be rampant come Monday, and even more so come ship.
Locking a team out of tampering with their own flags would eliminate both issues.
LunaticPuma
dresses business casual
Dani said:
It also benefited some of us long-time Halo GAFers too.
It also probably is helping matchmaking so don't hate too hard.backflip10019
Member
Is your silly Irish connection working well again? I wanna play some Reach with you tonight, Dani. I haven't played Halo with you in so long.Dani said:
So the issue people have about the reticule bloom is that people can get lucky when spamming the trigger?
Anything other than speculation that can back up these claims that this is a widespread occurrence?
Excellent suggestion. Is there a possible scenario that a team would need to move a flag out? I cannot think of one.
Anything other than speculation that can back up these claims that this is a widespread occurrence?
Excellent suggestion. Is there a possible scenario that a team would need to move a flag out? I cannot think of one.
bobs...onGaf
Member
GhaleonEB said:
haha yeah I noticed this, a member of my team took a flag from our area and put it in the enemys area, it was pretty funny to watch, but I think itd get boring fast.
Dirtbag I also noticed this, the DMR is a beast though so im wondering how many shots im missing in normal gameplay. I seem to get a lot less headshots than I think I am thats for sure, not seeing the headshot medal after a kill with the thing is upsetting. :lol
dslgunstar
Banned
I get where the people with complaints are coming from. I consciously understand every design decision Bungie has made, logically like a lot of them, but my K/D ratio goes to show Im still fighting Halo 3 habits. :lol
I'm not backing up off grenades as quickly as I should be, cause Im still in the Halo 3 mindset that I can survive them.
I'm meleeing too quickly in AR and magnum battles, cause Im used to them being so powerful from Halo 3.
I'm looking 'through' the reticule bloom instead of reacting to it and using it, so my DMR shots arent as accurate as they should be...DMR kills are taking me 6 and 7 shots instead of 5 most of the time.
But on the other hand, I feel more in control of my destiny at all times in Reach. Regardless of what weapon Im carrying, I feel powerful in some situations, vulnerable in others, but never helpless.
I'm not the best Halo player in the world, and I never will be. I play too many different games to become a master of one. Id rate myself an 8/10 on a good day, a 7/10 every other day. But that said, I'm really enjoying the Beta thus far, with what little I've played of it.
I'm not backing up off grenades as quickly as I should be, cause Im still in the Halo 3 mindset that I can survive them.
I'm meleeing too quickly in AR and magnum battles, cause Im used to them being so powerful from Halo 3.
I'm looking 'through' the reticule bloom instead of reacting to it and using it, so my DMR shots arent as accurate as they should be...DMR kills are taking me 6 and 7 shots instead of 5 most of the time.
But on the other hand, I feel more in control of my destiny at all times in Reach. Regardless of what weapon Im carrying, I feel powerful in some situations, vulnerable in others, but never helpless.
I'm not the best Halo player in the world, and I never will be. I play too many different games to become a master of one. Id rate myself an 8/10 on a good day, a 7/10 every other day. But that said, I'm really enjoying the Beta thus far, with what little I've played of it.
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
LunaticPuma said:It also benefited some of us long-time Halo GAFers too.
Pity the number of GAFers is outweighed by the torrent of random kids. Although it's great having so many on my Friend's List playing the Beta - I had around forty folks online yesterday playing away. Suppose it's good news, means folks can enjoy the Beta a bit longer.
I'm so ready for the Arena, Invasion and NT1!
Also, found a random glitch with waypoints, after a host migration, the waypoints over people's heads would occasionally show every possible waypoint symbol, numbers and whatnot, in one huge group. Was weird.
Zeouterlimits
Member
Can you save the film/clip?TommyT said:
Seems like a good bug to report.
bobs99 ... said:
Thank you.
Shake Appeal said:
Did I ever say spread is better than reticule bloom? No. They're equally garbage because they add an element of randomness to skillful battles. Adding more variables doesn't equate to requiring more skill. If I had to jerk a giraffe off while DMRing someone it would be a lot more difficult. Like so many things in life, if you take an austere look at the reticule bloom it sounds great, but in practice it's a frustrating gimmick that weakens the flow and satisfaction of combat.
Shake Appeal said:
hahahahahahahaha look at this fuckin kid. Are we in third grade? I always thought you were at least someone intelligent and able to form your own opinions. I'm sad that you've joined the line of Bungie slurpers. Ah well. I've played 19 games of Halo Reach with a bunch of old friends. Gimme a goddamn break. Don't worry, I'll be shitting on you in no time.
LunaticPuma said:
When you remove a versatile starting tool you remove the balance of Halo's gameplay. Right now the game is like Halo 3 Action Sack.
GhaleonEB said:
I haven't even touched upon the player movement. Moving around in previous Halo games was bliss. The floaty jumps and nade arcs were perfect. Now your character walks and jumps around like he has to go to the bathroom. Don't tweak gameplay for dumb canonical reasons!
Sanic
Member
Doodis said:
I'm suprised as well. I remember people talking in the past about the F&F period of the Halo 3 beta, and it was apparently glorious in that it was just a bunch of cool, level headed people playing Halo, before all the kids, etc. got in the following week. This is NOT how the Reach beta has been so far. It has the same social atmosphere that Halo 3 does today.
bobs...onGaf
Member
TommyT said:
Ive had this problem a few times aswell, confused the hell out of me, I actually thought I had 25 pistol shots or something insane. I went all rambo and died when after my 8th shot I had to reload :lol
My reference point for this is ODST: slower movement speed, lower jumps than any previous Halo game, fall damage and fall stun in effect. That describes Reach, but rather than modify that foundation of bliss, they also changed how it felt. While ODST feels like Halo, Reach does not. It's like someone wanted to make a Halo game, and made an approximation of the same ideas but without capturing the feel.kylej said:
I couldn't adapt to Recon, struggled mightily, and switched to Recon. It's so much better now.LunaticPuma said:
LunaticPuma
dresses business casual
What control scheme are people rocking? I may have to dump BJ for one that has the AA on the left bumper. When does the Arena open for combat?
Seriously? SWAT is what made me realize DMR (and the pistol) were actually viable weapons. When I first used them on Powerhouse Slayer, I didn't care for them.Dirtbag said:
Here is my SWAT history for reference:
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/GameStats.aspx?gameid=3082&player=TheGuyBhindYou
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/GameStats.aspx?gameid=23489&player=TheGuyBhindYou
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/GameStats.aspx?gameid=37446&player=TheGuyBhindYou
backflip10019
Member
I find myself hitting A to jump a lot even though I'm using BJ, especially when I'm sprinting. I'm so used to MW2 and BFBC2.LunaticPuma said:
Hydranockz
Member
This thread hath no remorse for my eyes.
squidhands
Member
I was Bumper Jumper all the way in H3; couldn't deal with the layout in Reach. Default seems to work much better for me.LunaticPuma said:
Also, came across a vid of a funny glitch.
CrazedArabMan
Member
I really don't like that it shows matchmaking games played and matchmaking games won. The only reason I say it is because it should show it for each individual playlist instead, this is because 2nd or 3rd doesn't count as a win unlike in H3. Kinda retarded if you ask me.
So while I have a high win % in grab bag, my win % isn't that good in free-for all and it brings my win/loss ration down.
So while I have a high win % in grab bag, my win % isn't that good in free-for all and it brings my win/loss ration down.
I NEED SCISSORS
Banned
How is everyone playing this early? I thought it didn't start until Monday..
Random note: the placement of the rocket launcher on Powerhouse is perfect. It's a bit of an homage to its placement on Ivory Tower. But it's also tilted so that the defending team has first shot at it, but then has to fight to keep it. On defense, I Sprint to the bridge and drop down on top of it, then use the other half of my Sprint charge to get out the door on the right and back into the base. Defense gets first dibs.
But on offense, while you can't beat someone Sprinting to the rocket launcher, you can catch them in the doorway on the way out. So on defense I sprint to the doorway I usually exit with rockets, and drop a grenade there when the guy that snagged it comes through. Offense has first shot, but they can't get into the base without a fight to keep it.
But on offense, while you can't beat someone Sprinting to the rocket launcher, you can catch them in the doorway on the way out. So on defense I sprint to the doorway I usually exit with rockets, and drop a grenade there when the guy that snagged it comes through. Offense has first shot, but they can't get into the base without a fight to keep it.
You are missing the point entirely. The problem myself and others are discussing is not that you move slow and jump low - which are non-issues - but how it feels to do those things. Again see the ODST reference, which was a slower, lower-jumping game that still retained its identity as a Halo title because of how those things were implemented. Reach does not.JambiBum said: