• Hey Guest. Check out your NeoGAF Wrapped 2025 results here!

Halo: Reach Beta Thread

Devin Olsen said:
There is that app that explains the rating formula. But essentially from what I have gathered so far, do.not.die. That will give you a bad rating in a quick hurry.

Let me find that app... One second
Click to expand...
Dying isn't so bad.
 
JaggedSac said:
So what are initial impressions of the Arena? I am at work and won't be able to get my daily grind in until later.
Click to expand...

People almost always vote for slayer pro.


I just had my entire team quit on me :(. Only had one choice. How bad does quitting affect your rating?
 
JaggedSac said:
So what are initial impressions of the Arena? I am at work and won't be able to get my daily grind in until later.
Click to expand...
Same here. I'm interested in people's first impressions. How does it feel relative to, say, other competitive playlists in H3?
 
Devin Olsen said:
There is that app that explains the rating formula. But essentially from what I have gathered so far, do.not.die. That will give you a bad rating in a quick hurry.
Click to expand...
Wrong. Deaths are far less important than kills or assists. Bungie are trying to encourage aggression, or rather to discourage camping and caginess.
 
backflip10019 said:
Same here. I'm interested in people's first impressions. How does it feel relative to, say, other competitive playlists in H3?
Click to expand...
I love it, the rating feels fair to me. You still sometimes have bad teammates who screw up your rating a little bit, but it's fine. And how longer you play, how higher the chance that your rating will go up. The playlist isn't anything special.
 
Devin Olsen said:
There is that app that explains the rating formula. But essentially from what I have gathered so far, do.not.die. That will give you a bad rating in a quick hurry.

Let me find that app... One second
Click to expand...

Ive got the app thanks, but havent fiddled around with it, a low score even with no deaths doesnt award much though, playing for the win is important but it seems like you NEED to get stuck in. Getting the most kills seems very important.

A way to almost 'cheat' the arena is to just play very aggressivly in all your games, your bound to win some of them, the games you lose dont even matter right.
 
Q: Why is the pistol feel mostly useless?

A: The reticule is extremely difficult to see during a firefight.

Also, SWAT and Juggernaut are not fun gametypes. Headhunter isn't bad.
 
I've come to the conclusion that I'll always suck with the DMR. Seriously if you were good with the sniper you will destroy with the DMR. I sucked at sniping. This gun makes me sad.
 
bobs99 ... said:
Ive got the app thanks, but havent fiddled around with it, a low score even with no deaths doesnt award much though, playing for the win is important but it seems like you NEED to get stuck in. Getting the most kills seems very important.

A way to almost 'cheat' the arena is to just play very aggressivly in all your games, your bound to win some of them, the games you lose dont even matter right.
Click to expand...
No, they don't matter.
 
My 99% use sprint has become 50% use stalker in Arena, going invis helps a lot and odd enough others seem to ignore you even though their radar is scrambled, got some sweet assassinations so far :lol but yeah arena plays like a completely different ball game, it get's my heart pounding like when I play SF4 online.

Stick with your team mates is all I can suggest, going alone is asking for trouble.

And please bungie, make slayer pro it's own Arena list :( it makes me so angry.

Feel the Swift said:
It's the most competitive gametype.
Click to expand...
Regular slayer is brilliant in Reach, everyone wants to rush with the hammer or rocket launcher, that isn't competitive that's annoying :S
 
Diablohead said:
My 99% use sprint has become 50% use stalker in Arena, going invis helps a lot and odd enough others seem to ignore you even though their radar is scrambled, got some sweet assassinations so far :lol but yeah arena plays like a completely different ball game, it get's my heart pounding like when I play SF4 online.

Stick with your team mates is all I can suggest, going alone is asking for trouble.

And please bungie, make slayer pro it's own Arena list :( it makes me so angry.
Click to expand...

That's why I backed out of the party. Slayer pro. Have a feeling I need to get used to it though.
 
LunaticPuma said:
Q: Why is the pistol feel mostly useless?

A: The reticule is extremely difficult to see during a firefight.

Also, SWAT and Juggernaut are not fun gametypes. Headhunter isn't bad.
Click to expand...


You're doing it wrong.

It sounds like I'm being a dick for seriously, until last night I felt the same way. Once you realise how to use it it's fairly amazing. I believe the term "fucking beast" is most commonly used.
 
Prophet Steve said:
Yeah, I love it. Not as many grenades as in normal slayer.
Click to expand...
I like the grenade part. I don't like not having my AR though. If they would just tone down the grenade count overall it would be fine.
 
It affects your TrueSkill when you lose, which, unless I am mistaken, determines the quality of your peers and your division.

EDIT: My understanding is that the Rating is only useful because the TrueSkill is matching you against peers.
 
metareferential said:
That's not the point.

He's completely missing the game's point, and he's ruining everyone else's game.

These kind of performances should never be praised. Too easy shooting on people who's never returning the favor and who's thinking about something else.
Click to expand...
wait... so by killing people in the open hills and getting the most time in the hill he has determined is easiest to defend, he's missing the point?

i though the point was to get the most time in the hill, and the two ways you go about doing that are being in the hill and killing other people that are in or going to the hill.
 
I'm just hopping on now if anyone wants to join?

I'm not great, but who cares?

GT is Will J D, I'm on the Halo 3 GAF tag too.
 
I am possibly an idiot and definately blind, But i cannot find the intel section to download the beta. Can someone please point me in the right direction or maybe show me a screenshot. All help is greatly appreciated.
 
LunaticPuma said:
Q: Why is the pistol feel mostly useless?

A: The reticule is extremely difficult to see during a firefight.

Also, SWAT and Juggernaut are not fun gametypes. Headhunter isn't bad.
Click to expand...

You're doing it wrong. Spam the pistol at an enemy until you see their shields pop, then take careful aim at their head.

Pro tip: if you're really having that hard of a time with the reticle, put a tiny piece of tape on the screen where the reticle is supposed to go. It is always in the same spot. I've never done this because I don't have a problem with the reticle, but yeah, it'll work.
 
Apparently I just played Drakken and I just didn't realize it until the end of the game. Saw your tag when I was going through my stats.
 
Falagard said:
Pro tip: if you're really having that hard of a time with the reticle, put a tiny piece of tape on the screen where the reticle is supposed to go. It is always in the same spot. I've never done this because I don't have a problem with the reticle, but yeah, it'll work.
Click to expand...

That's some Ogre 2 shit right there.
 
Falagard said:
You're doing it wrong. Spam the pistol at an enemy until you see their shields pop, then take careful aim at their head.

Pro tip: if you're really having that hard of a time with the reticle, put a tiny piece of tape on the screen where the reticle is supposed to go. It is always in the same spot. I've never done this because I don't have a problem with the reticle, but yeah, it'll work.
Click to expand...
I've never done it either but it's worth a go, I may try it to see if it helps shooting flying players on the outdoor map.
 
urk said:
Yes they do. They just don't affect your daily rating.
Click to expand...

I remember you and Ghaleon posting this, but couldnt get my head around it, I guess the more games you lose, the lower your trueskill, the lower your rating is worth? Getting a 1600 against Onyx people isnt weighted the same as a 1600 against Bronze people is it?

I love the Arena system, someone at Bungie deserves kudos for thinking it up.

Falagard said:
You're doing it wrong. Spam the pistol at an enemy until you see their shields pop, then take careful aim at their head.

Pro tip: if you're really having that hard of a time with the reticle, put a tiny piece of tape on the screen where the reticle is supposed to go. It is always in the same spot. I've never done this because I don't have a problem with the reticle, but yeah, it'll work.
Click to expand...

That wont help with the bloom, you still wont be able to see that. Also spamming the trigger till the shields pop means that you will have to wait a long time before you can hit the headshot. It might be a bit faster to keep the bloom almost under control the whole time?
 
Raiden said:
Man, when can ODST users play the beta? I have a day off, pretty lame ..
Click to expand...
Probably you still have to wait two hours or something before the beta comes online for ODST users, but the downloading probably will go slow.
 
Four_Chamber said:
I'm constantly checking my ODST screen to see if the beta is up :lol

Days off are not good for me
Click to expand...

I'm just occasionally refreshing the thread so people like you do all the hard work. :D
 
So I woke up early to begin downloading the beta but the ODST disc still says "beta preview."

wtf? Hope it's up in an hour or two so I can start the download during my lunch break. I didn't want to spend the entire evening simply downloading this shit.
 
McNei1y said:
So I'm assuming the beta isn't up yet for everyone since all I see is Aisha's video?
Click to expand...

I saw this chick and was listing to her voice... Just realized she was that crazy bitch Luna from boondocks second season :lol killakungfoowolfbitch. Season 3 the other night was pretty funny. :lol :lol :lol


I was pretty pissed to have woken up and not able to at least download the beta...
 
Will probably be taking off around lunch to play for the rest of the day... Any idea who's going to be on around then so I can hop in and join :D?!
 
Raiden said:
Man, when can ODST users play the beta? I have a day off, pretty lame ..
Click to expand...
Four_Chamber said:
I'm constantly checking my ODST screen to see if the beta is up :lol

Days off are not good for me
Click to expand...


These. I had 2 hours off between classes and I thought I was going to be able to play... So blown that I have to wait longer. This beta is going to screw up my week... so many papers due.
 
Woop, second Arena match down and we won, not through any skill of mine though.

It was against a bunch of complete arseholes too which made it all the sweeter when we came back at the end to beat them. Teabagging and hearing proximity chat of "fucking hell you guys suck", classy guys. Of course when we beat them we of course warrant lots of verbal abuse.

Never change random internet douchbags, never change.
 
bobs99 ... said:
That wont help with the bloom, you still wont be able to see that. Also spamming the trigger till the shields pop means that you will have to wait a long time before you can hit the headshot. It might be a bit faster to keep the bloom almost under control the whole time?
Click to expand...

Bloom only really effects pistol for long distance shots, and you shouldn't be using pistol for those anyhow. At the range you should be using pistol, don't worry about bloom, except for the final headshot.

Also, recoil / bloom is a timing thing, especially for the DMR. You quickly learn the pacing without needing the visual "bloom" of the reticle.

Note: I'm not an expert at this shit, but I started off unable to use the pistol (I had mostly AR+Melee kills) and now it is easily my best and most used weapon.
 
The Lamonster said:
do we even have an ETA yet? I knew somebody would fuck this up, just like last time.
Click to expand...

They never promised a specific time and they are well within the window that they specified many times already.
 
Falagard said:
Note: I'm not an expert at this shit, but I started off unable to use the pistol (I had mostly AR+Melee kills) and now it is easily my best and most used weapon.
Click to expand...

Same. As I learn the weapons more I'm starting to like the DMR/pistol/nerfle.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

Reach (nDreams) Review Thread
Review VR 
1
444
Romulus replied
Pragmata..... Reach for the Moon.
38
313
Magic Carpet replied
Arknights: Endfield - Beta Test II | Preview Thread
Opinion 
29
2K
.Xeno replied
Halo: Reach Brainrot
9
2K
Skifi28 replied
Halo 4 & Halo 5: Guardians Sales Reached Nearly 10 Million Units Worldwide each
Rumor 
44
3K
IFireflyl replied
Top Bottom