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[Crucio]

Yeah! This weekly is gonna be a breeze yet fun as well. I think I'm gonna hit New Alexandria in co-op. 5-8 skulls is all you need to make quick work of it.

 

[O D I N]

Yeah! This weekly is gonna be a breeze yet fun as well. I think I'm gonna hit New Alexandria in co-op. 5-8 skulls is all you need to make quick work of it.

I was thinking New Alexandria. Banshees and stuff respawn, yesh?

 

[HiredN00bs]

Weekly Challenge Complete

LNoS RPA SLASO in 7m

I'm all about efficiency.

 

[LosDaddie]

Weekly Challenge Complete

LNoS RPA SLASO in 7m

I'm all about efficiency.

uh...English please?

I'd like to knock out this Weekly tonight if it won't take too long.

 

[Brolic Gaoler]

uh...English please?

I'd like to knock out this Weekly tonight if it won't take too long.

Long night of Solace, Rally point Alpha, Solo legendary all skulls on. Finished in 7 minutes.

 

[O D I N]

uh...English please?

LNoS RPA SLASO in 7m

Long Night of Solace RPA(No idea ) Singleplayer Legendary All Skulls On

EDIT: Ninja'd. Thanks for clearing up RPA

 

[xxjuicesxx]

Why does it say score 38K?

Hell I was only at like halfway at 6 minutes how the fuck did you do it that quick?

 

[Willeth]

Why does it say score 38K?

Hell I was only at like halfway at 6 minutes how the fuck did you do it that quick?

Banshee multikills drive it up super quickly.

 

[The Real Napsta]

I dont understand the love here for 5v5? Can someone explain, I found that it totally ruined halo 3 social slayer - theres more action sure, but with so many players on the smaller maps the gameplay just becomes more about running at eachother than flanking around etc.

Spoiler

I hate 5v5 too, 4v4 is Halo's sweet spot IMO.

 

[LosDaddie]

Long night of Solace, Rally point Alpha, Solo legendary all skulls on. Finished in 7 minutes.

Thanks.

Why does it say score 38K?

Hell I was only at like halfway at 6 minutes how the fuck did you do it that quick?

This was my next question. Did he get the challenge done?

 

[equil]

If anyone is trying to play matchmaking right now, send me an invite.
gt:Annihilator

 

[xxjuicesxx]

Thanks.





This was my next question. Did he get the challenge done?

He said he did, I got it done and the thing only said 70K... Seems nothing Bungie does is right.

 

[LosDaddie]

He said he did, I got it done and the thing only said 70K... Seems nothing Bungie does is right.

Nice. How long did it take you? Also, did you have Blind on?

 

[xxjuicesxx]

13 mins I didn't have blind on, i did all skulls but iron and blind. LnoS RPA.

 

[oddworld18]

query:

does setting scoring to "team mode" mean two players have to collectively score 80k? or is it still your individual score that matters?

 

[Tha Robbertster]

query:

does setting scoring to "team mode" mean two players have to collectively score 80k? or is it still your individual score that matters?

I don't think so, would be too easy and I can remember from other point chalanges that it didn't work this way
But it's very easy to get on LnoS as other people said, I got it in around 7 minutes.

 

[O D I N]

I don't think so, would be too easy and I can remember from other point chalanges that it didn't work this way
But it's very easy to get on LnoS as other people said, I got it in around 7 minutes.

Yeah, seemed like it'd be too easy to do co-op.

Solo it is. I sure do love my Starfox LNoS runs.

 

[GhaleonEB]

I'm trying to make the weekly Challenge actually challenging, so I'm doing some missions solo on Heroic with a bunch of skulls on, without dying. And it's just reminding me of how so much stuff in the game makes it challenging in the wrong ways. I keep dying to psychic Wraiths, suicidal and homicidal friendly AI and other such nonsense. Temptation to hop in a Falcon or Saber and get it over with is rising.

Halo 1 and Halo 3 were so fun with hard settings, but Reach is not. :\

Edit: gave into temptation. LNoS'd.

 

[cool_dude_2049]

Do you have to complete the level or is the challenge completed when you get the score?

 

[Ramirez]

I dont understand the love here for 5v5? Can someone explain, I found that it totally ruined halo 3 social slayer - theres more action sure, but with so many players on the smaller maps the gameplay just becomes more about running at eachother than flanking around etc.




:lol

Spoiler

I prefer 4v4 of course, but our nightly parties rarely ever end up with just 4 of us. Compared to Invasion, DLC, or BTB, I would gladly play 5v5 slayer or objective over those options.

You just have to get the score cool dude.

 

[AlmostMilk]

I'm gonna hit up this weekly later. Any time there is a points challenge, I just load up the last level on normal with 4 skulls on and I end up with close to 100k every time.

 

[bobs...onGaf]

wtf, just when I was loading up Reach with the intention of going for the weekly I find that my campaign progress has wiped for like the 20th time. There must be a official word on this glitch, im always extremely careful with my xbox, but with Reach especially because of this damn glitch im extra wary of loading screens and stuff. I literally back out to main menu and give the game time to do any background loading whenever I switch it off and I still get wiped progress. Grr.

 

[Plywood]

Renegade is broken.

-Red Circle, where I spawned and "committed suicide

".

-White Rectangle is right after I died upon breathing new life I grabbed a banshee and took the skies only to be met with suicide again.

-Red Pink Rectangle is the actual killzone area.

 

[Tha Robbertster]

Do you have to complete the level or is the challenge completed when you get the score?

You'll get it as soon as you reach the score, needed for the challange

 

[A27_StarWolf]

Renegade is broken.

-Red Circle, where I spawned and "committed suicide

".

-White Rectangle is right after I died upon breathing new life I grabbed a banshee and took the skies only to be met with suicide again.

-Red Pink Rectangle is the actual killzone area.

I have a lot of fun on Renegade but it has problems like the ones you pointed out plywood

 

[bobs...onGaf]

Renegade is broken.

http://i.imgur.com/Aj4xN.jpg

-Red Circle, where I spawned and "committed suicide

".

-White Rectangle is right after I died upon breathing new life I grabbed a banshee and took the skies only to be met with suicide again.

-Red Pink Rectangle is the actual killzone area.

I was driving a warthog around and randomly committed suicide simply by driving into the spot you circled in red lol.

 

[Tha Robbertster]

Renegade is broken.

http://i.imgur.com/Aj4xN.jpg[IMG]

-Red Circle, where I spawned and "committed suicide [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/BtNU1.gif".

-White Rectangle is right after I died upon breathing new life I grabbed a banshee and took the skies only to be met with suicide again.

-Red Pink Rectangle is the actual killzone area.

It was mentioned in the BWU that fixes are coming if I understand it correctly:

Jokes aside, sincere apologies to players who are running into issues in Community BTB. We’ll clean it up as quickly as possible. Until then, Jeremiah is being forced to sit just outside the men’s room where he will practice holding his breath for 188 seconds at a time.

I've been killed a few times overthere as well, really anoying.

 

[JB1981]

I'm trying to make the weekly Challenge actually challenging, so I'm doing some missions solo on Heroic with a bunch of skulls on, without dying. And it's just reminding me of how so much stuff in the game makes it challenging in the wrong ways. I keep dying to psychic Wraiths, suicidal and homicidal friendly AI and other such nonsense. Temptation to hop in a Falcon or Saber and get it over with is rising.

Halo 1 and Halo 3 were so fun with hard settings, but Reach is not. :\

Edit: gave into temptation. LNoS'd.

I'm pretty decent at Halo, been playing through Reach on Legendary, about midway through Tip of the Spear and I haven't found this to be the case at all. The AI is tough as nails and I am having a blast trying to outsmart them. Loving it so far, but I didn't play Halo 3 on Legendary much

 

[Hypertrooper]

Finally! I'm able to get a weekly again I don't know which mission I should take. Long Night Of Solace? The Package? Exodus? New Alexandria? Argh. I guess Long Night Of Solace will be awesome.

 

[squidhands]

I'm trying to make the weekly Challenge actually challenging, so I'm doing some missions solo on Heroic with a bunch of skulls on, without dying. And it's just reminding me of how so much stuff in the game makes it challenging in the wrong ways. I keep dying to psychic Wraiths, suicidal and homicidal friendly AI and other such nonsense. Temptation to hop in a Falcon or Saber and get it over with is rising.

Halo 1 and Halo 3 were so fun with hard settings, but Reach is not. :\

Agree 100%. Nothing more frustrating than a Wraith that can shoot backwards, or enemies that can still see you even though your full camo and completely stationary. I'm really tempted to go back and play the H3 campaign again with some skulls on and do a comparison (anyone interested?) now that I've got more campaign runs in Reach than I did in H3.

I will say that online co-op campaign in Reach is glorious. I've met very few trolls and the cr payout is decent enough to keep my interest in the playlist rather than just galloping through solo runs skull-free (wish the IWHBYD skull was on, though).

Renegade is broken.

It's a known issue and it's supposed to be fixed ASAP, according to Jeremiah. It's not even the current version of the map that the author has in his fileshare.

 

[Hitmonchan107]

People are starting to receive their dashboard beta copies of Halo: Reach. Twitter user Anditheway was kind enough to post photos of the disc and case.

CraigFL, one of the new recipients of a dashboard beta Reach copy, said the game isn't "deaf-friendly." He pointed out the lack of subtitles for in-game dialogue. I never noticed that before.

If you're woefully inept at Grifball (like myself), GrifballHub designed a beginner's video to help out. Check out the accompanying article for links to the maps and gametypes found in the video.

Spoiler

Btw. I love every of your post.Pls. continue

Thank you! Day = made.

I must have missed something. Dashboard beta? Reach? O__o What is this is?

I must've missed something, myself: Congrats on the member status!

As for the question, those who signed up for Microsoft's new dashboard beta received a free copy of Halo: Reach. Some of those who signed up received the dashboard update on the disc, but it's only fair to give everyone a copy of the game.

 

[Hypertrooper]

CraigFL, one of the new recipients of a dashboard beta Reach copy, said the game isn't "deaf-friendly." He pointed out the lack of subtitles for in-game dialogue. I never noticed that before.

That isn't new for a Halo Game. No in game dialogue was subtitled in Halo 2-Halo 3: ODST.

Spoiler

Btw. I love every of your post.Pls. continue

 

[feel]

People are starting to receive their dashboard beta copies of Halo: Reach. Twitter user Anditheway was kind enough to post photos of the disc and case.

kinda want that disc, looks scary

 

[Plywood]

Glad to hear Renegade and the rest of Community BTB is getting fixed, still disappointed things like that got through in the first place.

 

[O D I N]

People are starting to receive their dashboard beta copies of Halo: Reach. Twitter user Anditheway was kind enough to post photos of the disc and case.

CraigFL, one of the new recipients of a dashboard beta Reach copy, said the game isn't "deaf-friendly." He pointed out the lack of subtitles for in-game dialogue. I never noticed that before.

I must have missed something. Dashboard beta? Reach? O__o What is this is?

 

[wwm0nkey]

People are starting to receive their dashboard beta copies of Halo: Reach. Twitter user Anditheway was kind enough to post photos of the disc and case.

CraigFL, one of the new recipients of a dashboard beta Reach copy, said the game isn't "deaf-friendly." He pointed out the lack of subtitles for in-game dialogue. I never noticed that before.

If you're woefully inept at Grifball (like myself), GrifballHub designed a beginner's video to help out. Check out the accompanying article for links to the maps and gametypes found in the video.

I see the option for subtitles right here though, maybe he didn't look hard enough?

 

[ncsuDuncan]

I must have missed something. Dashboard beta? Reach? O__o What is this is?

Participants in the Xbox System Update Preview will get a free copy of Halo: Reach. If you aren't signed up already it's too late. Sorry.

Major Nelson - System Update Preview | "updated Xbox 360 Disc Format"


Did you just hit Member? Congrats.

 

[Slightly Live]

I must have missed something. Dashboard beta? Reach? O__o What is this is?

There a front page story on GAF about it. Hard to miss. *Beaten

 

[JB1981]

Agree 100%. Nothing more frustrating than a Wraith that can shoot backwards, or enemies that can still see you even though your full camo and completely stationary. I'm really tempted to go back and play the H3 campaign again with some skulls on and do a comparison (anyone interested?) now that I've got more campaign runs in Reach than I did in H3.

I will say that online co-op campaign in Reach is glorious. I've met very few trolls and the cr payout is decent enough to keep my interest in the playlist rather than just galloping through solo runs skull-free (wish the IWHBYD skull was on, though).


It's a known issue and it's supposed to be fixed ASAP, according to Jeremiah. It's not even the current version of the map that the author has in his fileshare.

They can still see you if you have nightvision on, if you don't have nightvision on they won't see you if you are using camo properly (crouching).

 

[Steelyuhas]

I dont understand the love here for 5v5? Can someone explain, I found that it totally ruined halo 3 social slayer - theres more action sure, but with so many players on the smaller maps the gameplay just becomes more about running at eachother than flanking around etc.

I don't see the reason for a 5v5 slayer only playlist in the slightest, but I guess I'll wait for Jeremiah or Urkles to detail what is in the playlist.

kinda want that disc, looks scary

The previous internal one that I have is even uglier!

 

[O D I N]

Did you just hit Member? Congrats.

Oh hey, look at that. Thanks.

Thanks for the links gents.

 

[squidhands]

They can still see you if you have nightvision on, if you don't have nightvision on they won't see you if you are using camo properly (crouching).

Crouching shouldn't be any more camo-y than standing perfectly still. Poor design.

 

[JB1981]

Crouching shouldn't be any more camo-y than standing perfectly still. Poor design.

Did you have night vision on

 

[RebornYeti]

With this new Reach disc I will be getting for the Preview program, I should be able to get on more often.

 

[GhaleonEB]

Agree 100%. Nothing more frustrating than a Wraith that can shoot backwards, or enemies that can still see you even though your full camo and completely stationary. I'm really tempted to go back and play the H3 campaign again with some skulls on and do a comparison (anyone interested?) now that I've got more campaign runs in Reach than I did in H3.

I will say that online co-op campaign in Reach is glorious. I've met very few trolls and the cr payout is decent enough to keep my interest in the playlist rather than just galloping through solo runs skull-free (wish the IWHBYD skull was on, though).

I got most of the way through ONI before realizing I wasn't going to get enough points, then toggled over to Tip of the Spear. Got beaned by a Wraith that hit me from almost over the gun turret, on the far side. I was never even in line of sight. Next I tried Exodus (which I really like, until the end) and another psychic Wraith killed me, this time a backward reflex shot after I snuck up on it. (Actually, I partly dodged it, but it did enough damage that a few shots from a Ghost finished me off.) I was bummed as I spent a lot of time being meticulous on the level, not killing civilians despite their dogged efforts to leap in front of my fire, just being really methodical. And I feel like the game cheated on me (again!).

It's amusing to me that perhaps my least favorite part of the entire campaign - the end of Exodus - is my favorite Firefight map.

Finally caved and did it on LNoS. Took from the beginning until the assault on the Corvette until I hit 80k, with all skulls but Mythic on.

I was kind of hoping for a Firefight Challenge this week, since next will probably be the Exodus LASO run. I don't think that one will be too bad since even with all skulls on, Brutes can get their skull caps knocked off and domed pretty easily. They won't instill terror the way Elites do when buffed with Tilt and Mythic.

I think I'll spend a bit more time in the co-op playlist, I've also had generally good times in it and I keep forgetting to give it a romp from time to time. Seems everyone just wants to play New Alexandria in it, though.

I've played it 4 times in nearly 60 online co-op games. Join me and together we'll rule the co-op universe!

Looking back, it was three of my last nine in the playlist. But I hadn't played in there before that. So my recollection was more about the recent romps.

Gonna hop on now for a game or two.

 

[Havok]

Well, the weekly was easy enough to do in 10 minutes. Maybe we've just been spoiled by the five-digit payouts for the last month ago, but at least the other low-payers have taken some time and felt challenge-y. Combined with the automatic weapons challenges (I hate these) lately, I dunno. Kinda underwhelming.

 

[squidhands]

Did you have night vision on

No, night vision in Reach does weird things to my old, tired eyes. Never use it.

I got most of the way through ONI before realizing I wasn't going to get enough points, then toggled over to Tip of the Spear. Got beaned by a Wraith that hit me from almost over the gun turret, on the far side. I was never even in line of sight. Next I tried Exodus (which I really like, until the end) and another psychic Wraith killed me, this time a backward reflex shot after I snuck up on it. (Actually, I partly dodged it, but it did enough damage that a few shots from a Ghost finished me off.) I was bummed as I spent a lot of time being meticulous on the level, not killing civilians despite their dogged efforts to leap in front of my fire, just being really methodical. And I feel like the game cheated on me (again!).

It's amusing to me that perhaps my least favorite part of the entire campaign - the end of Exodus - is my favorite Firefight map.

Finally caved and did it on LNoS. Took from the beginning until the assault on the Corvette until I hit 80k, with all skulls but Mythic on.

I was kind of hoping for a Firefight Challenge this week, since next will probably be the Exodus LASO run. I don't think that one will be too bad since even with all skulls on, Brutes can get their skull caps knocked off and domed pretty easily. They won't instill terror the way Elites do when buffed with Tilt and Mythic.

I think I'll spend a bit more time in the co-op playlist, I've also had generally good times in it and I keep forgetting to give it a romp from time to time. Seems everyone just wants to play New Alexandria in it, though.

I've played it 4 times in nearly 60 online co-op games. Join me and together we'll rule the co-op universe!

 

[Hypertrooper]

I guess everyone read it already: No animated avatars. I need a new avatar, but I'm not very good with Photoshop. Could anyone make me a awesome avatar with my spartan? Screenshots from my last LNoS run:
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/FileDetails.aspx?fid=16414696&player=Hypertrooper
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/FileDetails.aspx?fid=16414694&player=Hypertrooper
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/FileDetails.aspx?fid=16414719&player=Hypertrooper

Thanks!

 

[Louis Wu]

wtf, just when I was loading up Reach with the intention of going for the weekly I find that my campaign progress has wiped for like the 20th time. There must be a official word on this glitch, im always extremely careful with my xbox, but with Reach especially because of this damn glitch im extra wary of loading screens and stuff. I literally back out to main menu and give the game time to do any background loading whenever I switch it off and I still get wiped progress. Grr.

There's something wrong with your Xbox's hard drive.

This happens to other people, but RARELY. And almost never more than once. Certainly not 20 times.

I don't know what causes it - but it's specific to your situation at this point.

 

[O D I N]

I guess everyone read it already: No animated avatars. I need a new avatar, but I'm not very good with Photoshop. Could anyone make me a awesome avatar with my spartan? Screenshots from my last LNoS run:
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/FileDetails.aspx?fid=16414696&player=Hypertrooper
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/FileDetails.aspx?fid=16414694&player=Hypertrooper
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/FileDetails.aspx?fid=16414719&player=Hypertrooper

Thanks!

Be happy to once I get home. Expect them in about an hour.