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Halo: Reach Beta Thread

GhaleonEB said:
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.

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."

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
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It's Halo Reach's answer to the Hammer of Dawn. Should be called "Shit-Yo-Pants Rifle" "Beam-o-Death".

I've only used it twice. Though it's not that big, it's the closest thing to a BFG. I love games that have a big ass gun that shoot a massive, powerful, continuous laser. You know, ones that make a ton of noise, needs to charge up and have all sorts of energy particles, electricity and other colorful (cancerous/ radioactive) shit emanating from it.
 
minasodaboy said:
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.
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makes sense, but there has to be a better way. thankfully bungie has said that it is a system that can be, and will likely be, modified in the final game AND/OR as necessary
 
zewone said:
What's the highest rating possible?

I got a 1689 as my highest so far.
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The highest is 2000 in theory, but I think with the current playlists and weights on everything the maximum is something like 1840.

e: Beaten by seconds
 
Kenak said:
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.

Agreed.
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This. I am fucking terrible with this weapon. And it hurts me, because I know it would be sooooo satisfying to get on a roll with.


I am the only human being in the world that can bounce back and forth between 1300s and 1600s without any rhyme or reason. Momentum, flow and rhythm are all clearly foreign concepts to me.
 
Dax01 said:
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The Pro Pipe is amazing.
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Ah, I went like -2. Whatever, least I got a sweet helmet cam.
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I was just watching the HaloGAF montage on Waypoint today for the first time and I noticed I'm listed but I didn't see my clips in there.:lol Maybe I was too entertained watching some people's stuff and didn't catch it. Would be awesome if we could do a Reach beta montage. Maybe this idea has already been thrown out. If not...It has been now.
 
So how is the plasma repeater any different from the plasma rifle besides the hip new name? and that reminds me: lol @ "pummeled" we can't just beat things down anymore?
 
The Lamonster said:
So how is the plasma repeater any different from the plasma rifle besides the hip new name? and that reminds me: lol @ "pummeled" we can't just beat things down anymore?
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It's quite a bit different. It's rate of fire slows as you fire it for longer, and it definitely does more damage once shields are down. The Plasma Rifle in previous games dropped shields fast but didn't do much to actually take you down. The Plasma Repeater does.
 
ToyMachine228 said:
I was just watching the HaloGAF montage on Waypoint today for the first time and I noticed I'm listed but I didn't see my clips in there.:lol Maybe I was too entertained watching some people's stuff and didn't catch it. Would be awesome if we could do a Reach beta montage. Maybe this idea has already been thrown out. If not...It has been now.
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I'm behind this.
 
ToyMachine228 said:
I was just watching the HaloGAF montage on Waypoint today for the first time and I noticed I'm listed but I didn't see my clips in there.:lol Maybe I was too entertained watching some people's stuff and didn't catch it. Would be awesome if we could do a Reach beta montage. Maybe this idea has already been thrown out. If not...It has been now.
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Wait wait wait wait wait wait a second. When did the HaloGAF montage that Bladed was working on get released? Is there a link to it on youtube?
 
The Lamonster said:
So how is the plasma repeater any different from the plasma rifle besides the hip new name? and that reminds me: lol @ "pummeled" we can't just beat things down anymore?
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It's more powerful and faster. And useful against shield and health. And doesn't the plasma rifle keeps firing fast and hasn't a cooldown ability?
 
The Lamonster said:
So how is the plasma repeater any different from the plasma rifle besides the hip new name? and that reminds me: lol @ "pummeled" we can't just beat things down anymore?
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The repeater doesn't stop firing when it overheats, it just slows down its fire rate, and there's a reload function on it that allows you to vent out the heat quicker at the expense of waiting for it to finish before you can fire.

I think "pummeled" is there so they can differentiate between the 3 different melee kills. Pummeled is normal, beat down is what we used to call assassinations, and assassinations are the long form beat downs.

Speaking of which, I like how it says you "assassinated <somebody> down". Correct me if I'm wrong but that sounds funky.
 
-PXG- said:
It's Halo Reach's answer to the Hammer of Dawn. Should be called "Shit-Yo-Pants Rifle" "Beam-o-Death".

I've only used it twice. Though it's not that big, it's the closest thing to a BFG. I love games that have a big ass gun that shoot a massive, powerful, continuous laser. You know, ones that make a ton of noise, needs to charge up and have all sorts of energy particles, electricity and other colorful (cancerous/ radioactive) shit emanating from it.
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Using the focus rifle < Having the focus rifle used on you. So intense.
 
Mo0 said:
The repeater doesn't stop firing when it overheats, it just slows down its fire rate, and there's a reload function on it that allows you to vent out the heat quicker at the expense of waiting for it to finish before you can fire.
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Interesting. I had no idea. Guess I'm just too good with it :lol
 
I see a lot of people talking about arena seasons and rankings and I have seen the term season used in the beta. What is the arena and how does it work? I have played it but I dont' know what this whole rating thing everyone is talking about is.
 
Has anyone else had instances of the sound-dampening from cloaking still keep going after dying while cloaked? It's happened to me probably a good 6 times or more over the last few days.

Dax01 said:
The Pro Pipe is amazing.
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I SUCK with that damned thing. The only time I ever kill with it is point blank. Shots either fall short or ricochet to God knows where.

I have so much to learn and improve on in this game. I haven't even hit my first commendation for Headshots. =(

Screenshot for the hell of it:
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Ah, found myself in there in Part 1. Again though, HaloGAF Reach beta montage! I can't imagine the incredible amount of work it took to make the first one though so I'm not volunteering anyone.
 
backflip10019 said:
Wait wait wait wait wait wait a second. When did the HaloGAF montage that Bladed was working on get released? Is there a link to it on youtube?
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Just search HaloGAF and it will come up. It's pretty damn good too I must say. Some really cool stuff. Awesomely skilled stuff, some blind luck, some awesome sauce, and some hilarity all in one montage.
 
backflip10019 said:
Wait wait wait wait wait wait a second. When did the HaloGAF montage that Bladed was working on get released? Is there a link to it on youtube?
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Last month I think? That HaloGAF montage that's on Waypoint is the same one.
 
Any one feel like camping on the large room by the lift room top on sword base is really op? The lift is impossible to use because of the motion sensors. They should get rid of the large glass panel that protects the lounge room. Then again, the sense of security at that room is maybe why I love playing that map on slayer so much.
 
From what I've seen with the pro pipe, the main fire mode is only useful in a support role when you want to clear out a room - maybe in an objective game. It's very difficult to time the bounce and explosion right, especially with your opponents sprinting and jetpacking out of the way. The alt fire mode is more useful because you can actually detonate it before the first bounce - if you've ever played Nexuiz, it's exactly like the rockets in that game.
 
dslgunstar said:
This. I am fucking terrible with this weapon. And it hurts me, because I know it would be sooooo satisfying to get on a roll with.


I am the only human being in the world that can bounce back and forth between 1300s and 1600s without any rhyme or reason. Momentum, flow and rhythm are all clearly foreign concepts to me.
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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.
 
rock n roll 227 said:
I see a lot of people talking about arena seasons and rankings and I have seen the term season used in the beta. What is the arena and how does it work? I have played it but I dont' know what this whole rating thing everyone is talking about is.
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The formula Arena uses to calculate your rating is in the most recent Weekly Update:
http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=BWU_043010

A season is normally a month. During the beta, it's only 16 days. Play at least 3 times a day to get your Daily Rating, play several days a season to get into a Division.

Your rating and division reset when a new season starts.
 
Trasher said:
Last month I think? That HaloGAF montage that's on Waypoint is the same one.
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SO THAT'S WHY BLADED IS OUT OF HIS CAGE. On second thought I'm gonna wait till I get home and watch it on Waypoint. Bigger = more glory.
 
ToyMachine228 said:
Ah, found myself in there in Part 1. Again though, HaloGAF Reach beta montage! I can't imagine the incredible amount of work it took to make the first one though so I'm not volunteering anyone.
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Yeah I watched it for the first time last night. So many amazing kills.:lol
For some reason or another I liked the one where (some Pirate name) destroyed 4 or 5 guys that entered his bubble sheild with his shotti or a beat down.
 
lol I suck with the focus rifle, I know its a power weapon...but even if I have a constant beam on someone I still end up dying. Or maybe its just better long range.
 
backflip10019 said:
It's in the bathroom/shower stall on the ground floor of the room in the middle of the map. Kinda hard to explain exactly where.
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Hypertrooper, do you know where the Red base/Stockpile location is? There's a building to the left (assuming you're looking towards Blue base). If you go down the stairs, there's a bathroom (you can see the tile). In the back of the bathroom are the showers. The pro pipe is on the shower drain. Close to where I am with the hammer here:
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/FileDetails.aspx?fid=11255
 
I think this game has the best texture work of any console game.

I also love it when people are blazing away with the ar running straight ahead while I take my sweet time with the pistol and destroy them. The ar is only good for circle strafing like it was back in the days of h1.
 
Teknoman said:
lol I suck with the focus rifle, I know its a power weapon...but even if I have a constant beam on someone I still end up dying. Or maybe its just better long range.
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Oh no, it can melt close range as well.
 
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