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Halo: Reach Beta Thread

Safe Bet said:
AL

Melee
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Wow, so you have to either pick a specific class for a specific situation even if you prefer a different class for the other 99% of situations, or die, change and respawn to counter.

Yeah, that's balance. [/sarcasm]
 
dslgunstar said:
Wow, so you have to either pick a specific class for a specific situation even if you prefer a different class for the other 99% of situations, or die, change and respawn to counter.
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I don't pull it off all the time because I suck, but..

Pistol works pretty good too.


Edit:

Its the best weapon in the game
 
Dani said:
Just played some of the most enjoyable matches I've had. Wonderful experience.
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You bounced right before we went into the Arena. Then it turned kinda sour.

But I got my rating today.

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I figured I would end up here. Had some great matches and some not so great matches like today.
 
dslgunstar said:
Wow, so you have to either pick a specific class for a specific situation even if you prefer a different class for the other 99% of situations, or die, change and respawn to counter.

Yeah, that's balance. [/sarcasm]
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Jetpack - you can fly away from him.
Sprint - you can sprint away from him.
Camo- you can hide from him.

There, now its balanced.
 
Church RvB said:
Jetpack - you can fly away from him.
Sprint - you can sprint away from him.
Camo- you can hide from him.

There, now its balanced.
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Well, technically if he has sprint, then sprinting away wont increase the distance....and you cant shoot while sprinting....and the lunge is still insane. :P

Good point though.

More Reach tonight? I still want my goddamn Gold back, even if it is the most infuriating game in the world.

Pride hurts.
 
GhaleonEB said:
Does bungie.net display your Arena Divison? I got my 5th Daily Rating yesterday but can't find the Division I'm parked in.
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Bungie have seen your distaste for Reach and punished you accordingly.
 
I'm finding myself not even engaging enemies at longer range now because I just assume they will get into cover before I can kill them. I'd almost rather not even give away my position and instead just move into a better firing position. hrrmmm
 
dslgunstar said:
Wow, so you have to either pick a specific class for a specific situation even if you prefer a different class for the other 99% of situations, or die, change and respawn to counter.

Yeah, that's balance. [/sarcasm]
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Armor Lock: Use armor lock when they lunge. Shoot/ them with their weekend shields

Camo: Sneak near them them to get advantage when they come looking. If they stay in hiding grenade their ass.

Jetpack: Jet away and grenade. Use to get to a spot to pick them off.

Spring: ???? Pick better weapons? Sometimes Rock just beats scissors.

It is all situational but when the guy is a problem its easy enough to think about the situation to target him specifically. Typically I'll just play such that I'm not in a position for him to get me mostly by staying out of the building he is in. They tend to camp just inside a building so its easy enough to ignore them and take on his buddies 4 on 3. Hammer+Sprint is strong, just like shotty+camo on swordbase, but its not enough to ruin my day.
 
FourDoor said:
So I lamented the melee system in the Beta since day 1. Then you fine folks started telling me to double melee because the glitch lets you do a second melee quickly. I present to you my redemption at losing all of those melee battles for the past week in the beta:

Our team had 1 random quit so we were down early on. We claw our way back and the other team is now up 49 to 48:

http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/FileDetails.aspx?fid=1103647

If someone could kindly render the clip it would be greatly appreciated. :D

Edit: Thanks for rendering Pennybags. I'll buy some minutes to render next time I log on to Halo 3.
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Haha that was awesome. You know that second guy was furious and probably posted in all caps on his Halo website of choice about how melee is broken. Good stuff.

In other news (news that is sure to be lost in the never-ending onslaught of complaints on HaloGAF right now), I haven't had this much fun with a Halo game since Halo 1. Not by a long shot. Skillful kills in Reach (to me) just feel so much more rewarding than they ever did in 2 and 3. My Invasion KApD ratio is 3.34 right now. Loves me some large battles in which to dong with my DMR.
 
Blergmeister said:
Camo: Sneak near them them to get advantage when they come looking. If they stay in hiding grenade their ass.
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Camo is very nearly useless in this game. The guy whose camo'd is always in the direct center of your radar disturbance... so now you know there's an invisi gimp nearby AND his approximate position. With that, it's not hard to spot the predator effect.

Edit: For this situation, I just take one of my lives and sacrifice it sticking the sprinting/rolling hammer asshole.
 
Spasm said:
Camo is very nearly useless in this game. The guy whose camo'd is always in the direct center of your radar disturbance... so now you know there's an invisi gimp nearby AND his approximate position. With that, it's not hard to spot the predator effect.

Edit: For this situation, I just take one of my lives and sacrifice it sticking the sprinting/rolling hammer asshole.
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Yeah. The only person with radar disturbance should be the person using cloak and any nearby teammates. That way, the cloaker cant use his radar to gain position on enemies, while the enemies wont know he's coming.
 
It has been effective enough for me. I try to stay near enough my teamates so when I do use it I assume it has more of a disorienting effect. Using it in this way cammo has been pretty effective for me. I guess that doesn't nessessarily help in the hammer situation when alone. The winningnestest strategy for hammer guys is groups though. 2 camo guys, each with rockets... and lazers!!!! Yeah, thats the ticket! Just do that and hammers are no longer overpowered!
 
Dirtbag said:
I'm finding myself not even engaging enemies at longer range now because I just assume they will get into cover before I can kill them. I'd almost rather not even give away my position and instead just move into a better firing position. hrrmmm
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I'm the complete opposite. I shoot at guys accross the map even if I KNOW they'll make it to safety before i can land 5 shots. I regularly have the most assists in a game (just like Halo 3) because of it. I am the assist king! Long range harassment for the win :D
 
JaggedSac said:
I am really getting the hang of the whole pistol/DMR reticule thing. Feeling pretty good about how I have progressed in my usage of them.
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I'm the opposite, i never feel confident that i will kill someone with the pistol or DMR, especially with the pistol if i am in either a medium or close range battle.

Part of that is no doubt due to the reticle visibility which we know will be fixed, but i also can't seem to focus on both accurately aiming at the enemy and trying to control reticle bloom at the same time. Most of the kills i do have with the pistol are close range kills as i find it easier to just fire as fast as i can in that situation and hope for the best.

I freely admit to being an average player, but i am struggling to deal with this system at the moment, and it is taking out a lot of the fun factor for me to be honest.
 
Wow, that one is pretty rediculous, I can't decide if he got another shot, or if it was just a full half second you had to place your shot before dying.

I actually don't really mind simultaneous shoots within reason, I'd rather us both die than feel totally cheated out of a kill, but the time span you can hit those in this beta is too long.
 
squidhands said:
Pfft

EDIT: unless you're referring to that particular combo working against a sprinting Hammer. Haven't tried that one yet.
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yeah im just talking about the hammer in general.

I can have a hammer guy hit me in AL, ill turn and melee him when he has no shields, and hell hammer me a half second later, get the kill, and he wont die.
 
dslgunstar said:
Well, technically if he has sprint, then sprinting away wont increase the distance....and you cant shoot while sprinting....and the lunge is still insane. :P

Good point though.

More Reach tonight? I still want my goddamn Gold back, even if it is the most infuriating game in the world.

Pride hurts.
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Yeah, I'll definitely be on. :D

Edit: Oh and yeah, Camo is the hardest to use effectively. I haven't really gotten the hang of it yet. I crouch walk with it all the time, I sneak around with it, and I try to be aware of my surroundings. It's still tough to use though. :-/
 
Thanks fellas. It's much harder to see on the low-res render but if you download the film and watch it in theater you can see the bullet fly from him during his death animation. :lol

JaggedSac said:
You might have actually been on the lucky end of that. You never really know when networks and hit scan are involved. The other player might be thinking the exact same thing.
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If you get a revenge medal during a simultaneous beatdown, the host knew you were dealt a lethal shot and but gave you a cushion where you were able to kill them as well. If you're outside SWAT (where you get Close Calls) you'll be awarded a Close Call medal while you stare at the respawn screen if you killed him then he killed you during the delay.

It's pretty easy to tell who the host gave the traditional kill to.

Lead Based Paint said:
yeah im just talking about the hammer in general.

I can have a hammer guy hit me in AL, ill turn and melee him when he has no shields, and hell hammer me a half second later, get the kill, and he wont die.
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Eh, that's just one of the glitches in the melee system, when they don't register. It has nothing to do with it being a hammer opponent. I can say from plenty of experience, that AL + beatdown will almost always give you a simultaneous beatdown. If you time it getting out of AL the moment his hammer swings through you, and the Halo gods are in a good mood, you'll come out with no shields.
 
cool_dude_2049 said:
So how much positive feedback would it take for generator defense to be a part of the final game?
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As much positive feedback as it'll take for reticule bloom to make it to the final game.

None
 
Devin Olsen said:
It looks as though the grenade just landed at your feet, then you came out of AL and it exploded.

The beat down is just simply lag.
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I wish you could record a clip in slo-mo... I had to view it in slo-mo to tell, yeah, it was definitely a stick. The dude got a sticky medal for it. Edit: I popped out of AL cause I thought the nade would go flying off me.

And yeah, lag. That whole match was extremely laggy. The problem with their new netcode is that everything is so buttery, it's not entirely obvious you have a shit connection. Anyhow, the tie should go to the dude that's, you know... Invincible?
 
EazyB said:
If you get a revenge medal during a simultaneous beatdown, the host knew you were dealt a lethal shot and but gave you a cushion where you were able to kill them as well. If you're outside SWAT (where you get Close Calls) you'll be awarded a Close Call medal while you stare at the respawn screen if you killed him then he killed you during the delay.
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Sure, but I didn't see any medals in that vid. I don't know if you or him got the revenge medal.
 
Six days of inactivity in the Arena have taken their toll, the population has stolen my Onyx and I shall not stand for it.
If anyone wants to join me in the Arena I'll be heading in there soon.
 
DiabolicalBagel said:
Six days of inactivity in the Arena have taken their toll, the population has stolen my Onyx and I shall not stand for it.
If anyone wants to join me in the Arena I'll be heading in there soon.
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I'll join you I've been getting some less than desirable teamates all day, I'm on the Reach Beta tag 1 friends list you want to play.
 
Dax01 said:
Exhibit A
Exhibit B
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Just seeing those screenshots make me want to yell out in uncontrollable rage. And people thought the Halo 3 Elites were bad in SWAT (and overall) due to their necks.

Gui_PT said:
Anyone(6) interested in some Invasion?
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I will be in a bit. Well, until we'd get split up and I'm on the Elite team with a random as my "battle bro". Also down for any Arena, but only if we'd/I'd practice a bit in Grab Bag.
 
Syracuse022 said:
Haha that was awesome. You know that second guy was furious and probably posted in all caps on his Halo website of choice about how melee is broken. Good stuff.
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They weren't too happy at the end of the game since they led pretty much since the beginning. It felt good to be on the opposite end of the ReachRage for once. :lol
 
Hey, anybody that scores what they consider perfect or impressive DMR kills, please post them so I can try and see what the hell Im doing wrong.

I dont see how I can vary so wildly from 4-shots to 20-shots within the span of a single game.

Links to youtube vids are fine too.

Thanks. :(
 
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