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Halo: Reach Beta Thread
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Squall ASF
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urk said:Crouching will increase your accuracy.
Hey Urk,
What are the chances of starting the full version off with SWAT as it's own gametype? That it was eventually done in 3 brings me hope
Also, to those playing Arena, what gametypes show up in there? I've still only played around in Grab Bag. Is SWAT included in Arena?
oktarb
Member
Some games even if I select to match by skill are pure rape. But those games are also a great learning exprience. Especially if you go back and watch your opponent in the Theater. Can either be a great way to warm up or a quick ending to an evening of fun..."oookkkk I'm done for the night..sob". And remember:
1st RULE: You do not talk about RAPE CLUB.
2nd RULE: You DO NOT talk about RAPE CLUB.
3rd RULE: If someone "stops" or goes link dead, teabag them.
4th RULE: Only two grenades to a life.
5th RULE: One match at a time.
6th RULE: No Nerfs, no cheats.
7th RULE: Raping will go on as long as it has to.
8th RULE: If this is your first night at RAPE CLUB, you HAVE to fight.
1st RULE: You do not talk about RAPE CLUB.
2nd RULE: You DO NOT talk about RAPE CLUB.
3rd RULE: If someone "stops" or goes link dead, teabag them.
4th RULE: Only two grenades to a life.
5th RULE: One match at a time.
6th RULE: No Nerfs, no cheats.
7th RULE: Raping will go on as long as it has to.
8th RULE: If this is your first night at RAPE CLUB, you HAVE to fight.
"Quick pop armour lock."
THIS!
Armour lock is far from useless. I very rarely use a full charge on armor lock. When i do I love smoking out camping rat holes by charging in with full shields guns blazing and dropping a 'nade near my feet. I love seeing people scramble out of enclosed places only to get nailed by the grenade or picked of from my emp, 'nade, and wingman as they rush out of a cubby hole.
LOVE IT!
THIS!
Armour lock is far from useless. I very rarely use a full charge on armor lock. When i do I love smoking out camping rat holes by charging in with full shields guns blazing and dropping a 'nade near my feet. I love seeing people scramble out of enclosed places only to get nailed by the grenade or picked of from my emp, 'nade, and wingman as they rush out of a cubby hole.
LOVE IT!
Could someone render this video for me? Thanks!
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/FileDetails.aspx?fid=345515
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/FileDetails.aspx?fid=345515
StUnNeR H2K
Member
snack said:
LOL...
Similar to the game of CTF I played on Coagulation back in Halo 2. All four of us ran behind the base and hide in one of the little pockets behind the base. We didn't move to stay off radar... after the opposing team scored 2 flags (1 more to win) they became curious as to what was going on. They spent 5 min running around looking for us and we could hear them when they would get close... when they did find us we had a big laugh with them. Ah... memories of Halo 2 day's
I was hoping your first mention of it was a joke the other day.urk said:Crouching will increase your accuracy.
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When I first heard that Sage was adding reticule bloom, I was concerned that it was going to be Shadowrun-style: larger bloom for movement, less for stationary, and smallest for crouching. He clearly carried that idea over from his work on that game. I don't like that because it incentives stationary firing and clogs up the free-flowing gameplay that Halo has always been about. So I was delighted that Reach didn't go that route. But I'd still rather no element of it be included, whether crouching or walking.
Wait, urk was not joking?? :/
Just had 3 really fun and close Default Slayer games, with people spamming all kinds of AAs... bah, I just don't get it, sometimes I loathe it, and others I love it.
I guess it all depends on if matchmaking does its job good and pairs you up with and against similarly skilled people.
Just had 3 really fun and close Default Slayer games, with people spamming all kinds of AAs... bah, I just don't get it, sometimes I loathe it, and others I love it.
I guess it all depends on if matchmaking does its job good and pairs you up with and against similarly skilled people.
The Lamonster
Member
agreed.GhaleonEB said:
Yes, that's exactly it. It's Bungie's ego, and not the fact that they want to match up similarly skilled opponents in order to expand the online multiplayer audience.
Custom games in Halo allow you to do this. It's easy to pull together friends to play custom games in Halo, and you can play anything you want.
Game developers who implement trueskill matchmaking are attempting to make the game better for the majority of players. If you don't care about it, then that's fine - you can pretty much ignore it, or go play something else. However, when you have a Joe Public who only plays a few hours a week thrown into a game with players like Tashi, it ruins the fun for them, and they don't buy the next multiplayer game they see on the shelf at Walmart.
Matching players with similar skill level is good for the entire game industry as a whole, even if it pisses off a small group of elitist PC gamers.
Also - custom games. Use them, love them.
TommyT said:You're missing out on story! I played Halo 2 first, then Halo 3, then I figured I would play Halo: CE to flesh out the story... it was hard to go to after playing the others
I read Ghosts of Oynx and got the rest of the story from that super thread on the xbox360 forums that detailed the entire history just before Halo 3 came out. I'm a fan of it, but not enough to go back and play them at this point.
Cimarron said:"Quick pop armour lock."
THIS!
Armour lock is far from useless.
LOVE IT!
My teammates in one flag would beg to differ:
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/FileDetails.aspx?fid=359484
FunkyMunkey
Banned
Falagard said:
In bizarro-world, sure. Your definition of "easy" is crazy.
And I laugh at how some people not only believe custom games are fine the way they are, but now it's easy to get one going :lol. Right. It's actually the opposite for the 99% rest of the people who aren't on HBO, Bnet, or GAF, refreshing threads and adding people all the time.
Custom games are ancient news if you look at how much Bungie cares about them nowadays (minus the tuning options).
Mr Vociferous
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GET THEE BEHIND ME SATAN!Proven said:
Zeouterlimits
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:lolsnack said:Could someone render this video for me? Thanks!
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/FileDetails.aspx?fid=345515
I love how they how all react and panic when you became the juggernaut, seemed like they were trying to run away and getting caught in each others way.
bobs...onGaf
Member
So the HaloGaf montage is on Waypoint, good job guys! (Im probably really late, but its nice, so congrats)
(Im probably really late, but its nice, so congrats)Squall ASF
Member
Raide said:
Ah. I had hoped SWAT would be in there since it's a slayer variant. Still, a gametype where you start out with the DMR is what I've prayed for.
Now if I could just find more of you guys that aren't in full parties all the time. It's a shame that you can't view the party size for 'friends of friends'. I suppose I could just shoot messages to some of you guys to find out.
bobs...onGaf
Member
GhaleonEB said:
As much as Reticule Bloom is something I can live with, having movement affect it is just wrong in a Halo game. It really has the potential to turn Halo matches into crouchwalking bore fests.
backflip10019
Member
Jumping in no way should decrease accuracy. You shut your dirty whorish mouth.pringles said:
If it did, it would completely invalidate Bumper Jumper.
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
bobs99 ... said:So the HaloGaf montage is on Waypoint, good job guys!
Awesome! HaloGAF has taken over XBL.
StUnNeR H2K
Member
Chinner said:
Yes it does... I was suprised as to how good it feels. Makes kills more satisfying... besides just spamming the pew pew button.
Thagomizer
Member
bobs99 ... said:
Wow, sky is falling much? This will NEVER happen :lol
urk said:Crouching will increase your accuracy.
Heh, so I guess at high levels of play I can get used to guys just crouching around every where to improve their accuracy, awesome.
The more I play, the less I like this game, it's basically removed a lot of what made Halo awesome and has slowed it down to such a methodical pace that it doesn't even feel any where close to Halo. Something as simple as getting a multikill is so hard because of how many shots people can take and the whole bloom stuff.
Slayer Pro needs Pistol secondary, and pretty much every other weapon removed from the map aside from Rockets/Snipers. Swordbase is infuriating when the other team gets Shotgun and Sword and camps the top, ugh.
I'm totally rage posting, but to be honest, I've not even been having that much fun with the game when I win, we won like 7 in a row last night and I think I complained just as hard in those games as the ones we lost.
FunkyMunkey said:
Yeah, I didn't really believe what I was saying as I typed it. The only custom games I've played are with HaloGAF friends that had already set them up and I just joined an already nearly full game.
However, at the same time I think that 95% of people are happy choosing a general playlist, like Slayer or Objective and then have the system choose maps and game types based on that choice.
Custom games are supposed to be around for the 5% who want to play something specific, or something out of the ordinary. Should there be an easier way find a group of random players who want to play custom games? Maybe, I don't know - what happens in that case? You join a game where someone is the host and has full control over the maps and gametypes being played, and in that case even if you searched for a particular map and game type initially, they might not be played.
What I do know is that I'm glad that the days of having an all powerful host who decides the game type, can kick people he doesn't want in the game, and generally act like an asshole are over.
StUnNeR H2K
Member
Thagomizer said:
More like the entire planet... not just the sky.
bad joke... i know
Kibbles
Member
Wow, I thought crouching increased your accuracy in all the Halo games. At least, I could've sworn I heard something about it for Halo 3.
Next up: Reach Betatage.bobs99 ... said:So the HaloGaf montage is on Waypoint, good job guys!
snack said:
i switch between it and sprint. if i'm playing with a team, and everyone isnt using armor lock, i'll go with that. if i'm lone wolf, or a team filled with armor lockers, i go sprint.
i think i tried invis once or twice, and havent even tried the jet pack yet!
Kholdstare
Member
bobs99 ... said:
The decreased bloom of a crouched spartan would also make him an easy target since he's not running around like you.
It's how it worked in Shadowrun.
You didn't tell me why matchmaking sucks :lol I get that you want a server browser, I'd probably prefer that to, but since it's not changing, you can't complain about itTheSeks said:Sai, babe. I've been over this over and over and over on GAF. I'm the type of person that doesn't need my hand held to find games. If I want to play a particular map with a particular mode, I should be free to be able to. If I want to play Team Swat on DE_Sidewinder 24/7 game server/console servers, that should be my choice.
As it is: Halo Reach's MM is by far the best implementation of the service for Halo BY FAR. No longer am I forced in a game mode (++ Bungie for doing this) I don't want (well with the exception of Slayer, PLZ 2 B PUTTING THAT SHIT IN IT'S OWN PLAYLIST, BUNGIE). Now it's only maps that I'm being forced into (a step back from Halo 3's vetoing a map system, but I guess that would take too long with Reach veto/voting for a gametype as well), but that isn't too bad as I have no opinion on the Reach maps yet.
And yes, the Armor Lock is useless. It's useless in Deathmatch/Slayer and Team Slayer esp. You can pop-it up, but anyone that is smart is going to wait for you pop-out, throw a grenade as you're doing that and kill you (which has been 90% of my deaths/kills to Armor Lock). May be better for vehicles (as it's supposed to be able to destroy an oncoming vehicle?), but so far in terms of infantry it's pretty "yeah, no, I'll stick with active camo, crouch and then melee dudes."
I have to agree with this camp. I want the battle rifle and it's fast fire rate back. How am I supposed to play SWAT with this weapon, Bungie?
I do get what you mean about map selection though. I would have a tough time deciding between assault on snowbound and 1 flag on isolation :lolalso, for armor lock: wait for people to run up to you and try and beat you down, then lock up, they'll lose their shields, then you just pop 'em in the eye
it's also good for blocking doorways! I was the last one out in a 1 flag game on powerhouse and I just stood in the middle of the doorway :lol it actually worked!
kylej said:
Yes it is. I wish jump height was just high enough to clear it consistently.
FunkyMunkey said:
Say what now? Reach will have more options to tweak than ever before, Forge will probably see an overhaul, and the Active Roster makes it very easy to wrangle together some people for a custom game, or join one.
Mr Vociferous said:
:lol :lol :lol :lol