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Halo: Reach |OT6| There Are Those Who Said This Day Would Never Come
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Steelyuhas
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Tashi0106 said:
Those ones are just the 11 circuit gametypes. Don't think they've released the "playlist gametypes" yet.
Damn, i love Halo 2 magnum. Reach's magnum is good, scope and all but this is way better. Dual-wielding ODST magnums would be even better (with more health/shield damage ofc)
I really miss dual-wielding. In Halo 3 it wasn't worth the effor most of the time but still...
I hope Halo 4 brings it back.
I really miss dual-wielding. In Halo 3 it wasn't worth the effor most of the time but still...
I hope Halo 4 brings it back.
Just to clarify, you do not have to play from the start. I load up rally point alpha to nab this challenge everytime it pops up and run it on WC. He's there 90% of the time.. I'll switch between leg/heroic if he's not. You will have to restart from the menu if he's not there though... restarting from previous checkpoint won't work.MrBig said:
Rickenslacker
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I don't give Reach credit for much, but abolishing dual wielding is one of the changes I'm happy with. I'd prefer them to concentrate making each weapon useful individually instead of having all these half weapons laying about.Woorloog said:
Yeah some weeks were hell. I'm glad to join him in the ranks!Ramirez said:
Did Twitter just die? I can't load the page!
The list is amazingly small. I'm sure I hit 52 however. Oh she collected the stats pages from the forums. Nevermind.
Edit: I gotta give kudos to the crazy-er people out there who never missed a Daily. Wow.
I was mostly talking about how they feel. And they're very good in campaign.wwm0nkey said:
As for dual-wielding, i understand the rationale of its removal... but it could've been desinged differently, without that half a weapon part. Proper weapons, where you trade off accuracy, grenades, scope and melee in favor of additional weapon. How about ODST SMG as an utility weapon (accurate to medium range, automatic, large magazine, common) you can pair with another weapon? There are moments where i'd gladly trade accuracy, scope and grenades for additional firepower or utilitty (Plasma rifle for dropping shield for example).
Man that must be a real downer after expecting to have em all. I mean missing 3-4 you know you didn't hit it, but one dam weekly. That must suck.FyreWulff said:
There's some posts in the Halowaypoint 52 challenges thread that said they completed it. But they also said his stats were screwed up somehow. So I don't know. There's gotta be someone out there that has it.Ramirez said:
Aw, they didn't list my friend, Grausherra! I'm sure they just picked a few random people out of the bunch though.
I must've blanked that out of my memory for it being so outrageous. When did that one come by?GhaleonEB said:
Da Tweets and back.
Edit:Yes most things in Reach are great but the Armor Lock and certain other tweaks need to be made in my opinion to better the overall experience.Hey You said:
Homeboyd said:
At release I was trying to go for every single daily and weekly until the Pass the Rock daily came up (around the 50th daily?). At that point I realized I had better things to do and stopped going for challenges.
Homeboyd said:
Not too hard to picture what this guy is like. 92.00 K/D with a Banshee lol.
Sad that the Banshee is described as a "support aircraft" but is far from being simply support.
Yeah, I gave up the idea of streaking the dailies for a year sometime in October. I know it didn't take long for me to miss one.
I'm still happy that I'm not the highest ranked member of my clan so far. But that's going to hold up for about one more week before I overtake him :lol
Lyphen said:
I'm still happy that I'm not the highest ranked member of my clan so far. But that's going to hold up for about one more week before I overtake him :lol
Blue Ninja
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senador said:
xxjuicesxx
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Devolution said:Ot, but randomly search around for stuff related to a classmate's project and I come across this.
it's soap
So BKs can cleanse themselves?
lybertyboy
Thinks the Evil Empire is just misunderstood.
Devolution said:Ot, but randomly search around for stuff related to a classmate's project and I come across this.
it's soap
Equally random, we actually had one of those in the office. It was still in the wrapping. No idea if it was official or fan made.
HiredN00bs
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BigShow36 said:
I don't think you'd have very much competition. But if you're ever up for one, message me, I could always use more humility.
The soap looks like Cookies & Creme ice cream, and I don't have any.... damnit =\
......... Nah, too easy.
My idea for quitters; institute cR Garnishment. Not an active removal of existing cR (kids would just spend it all as fast as possible), but an actual deduction made from all cR earned. Quit often enough, and you get a 1000 cR garnishment; after every match, whatever cR you earn is reduced by 100 until you've paid off the penalty. Quit while you're still working off the last chunk of debt? Kicks it up to the next level of penalty, maybe 2000 cR and 200 a match.
The point is, habitual quitters are penalized not by losing the cR they have (which can be spent to avoid penalties) but by losing the cR they would earn in the future. It doesn't punish those who occasionally quit (and you wouldn't be penalized until you had quit a certain number of times either), because over the span of a few games they will probably have paid off their debt. Those who quit often keep getting deeper and deeper in the hole though.
And I would, of course, institute lesser penalties if you're the 'last one out'.
Devolution said:
......... Nah, too easy.
My idea for quitters; institute cR Garnishment. Not an active removal of existing cR (kids would just spend it all as fast as possible), but an actual deduction made from all cR earned. Quit often enough, and you get a 1000 cR garnishment; after every match, whatever cR you earn is reduced by 100 until you've paid off the penalty. Quit while you're still working off the last chunk of debt? Kicks it up to the next level of penalty, maybe 2000 cR and 200 a match.
The point is, habitual quitters are penalized not by losing the cR they have (which can be spent to avoid penalties) but by losing the cR they would earn in the future. It doesn't punish those who occasionally quit (and you wouldn't be penalized until you had quit a certain number of times either), because over the span of a few games they will probably have paid off their debt. Those who quit often keep getting deeper and deeper in the hole though.
And I would, of course, institute lesser penalties if you're the 'last one out'.
Booshka said:
A) I don't grind commendations b) don't play enough Firefight and c) because I was so sick or busy some weeks that I literally just finished the weekly and stopped playing until the next one came up.
Ramirez said:
I think that's going to be if time allows. If they try a 150 wins weekly.. yeah, the streak's over :lol
Ken said:
You had some people that would intentionally quit in Halo 3 so that they could be a level 45-50 Recruit to keep their EXP from getting too high. I wonder if they thought that actually affected their skill level.
I still don't get WHY people did that, but they did. Don't know if that played into not being able to lose cR in Reach.
Ken said:
Probably a good point, and I probably shouldn't even be pitching solutions for a problem I personally cannot get my head around. Not only does Halo Honor prevent me from quitting, but I don't understand the logic behind it. Are people scared of getting beat? Is it because they don't like the selected map/gametype? To me, it's a game.... quitting like a baby just doesn't make sense to me.
Gabotron ES
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Will we see more Anniversary/TU footage from the TGS? I was expecting more than that badly edited ign video :/
Devolution
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Retro said:
I've quit out of games that were basically farmfests. I'm not going to sit there and get killed spawn after spawn. Who honestly wants to? I have a lot of quits in h3 because the MM was terrible in big team.
And instead of gettin' mad at the game, I'm writing down questions about all kinds of stuff I don't understand in this game. I already thought up a lot of them so the list is gettin' to be long with no effort what so ever.
lybertyboy said:
Well you have to use one now and tell us your thoughts =O.
HiredN00bs
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I wanted to draw attention to a few points in this quote:A27 Tawpgun said:
"For the Needle Rifle, for example, the optimal cadence is to hold down the trigger for three shots, then let go and hold it again for three more shots, then deliver the seventh shot to the head."
How can you say a cadence is optimal without the specifics of the encounter? There are so many variables that affect whether your cadence is optimal: distance to target, team fire, shooting for head or body, aim, etc. There's isn't a one-size-fits-all cadence unless you've got two guys just standing still at a fixed distance, and that's not useful data. One of the great things I like about the Rifles in Reach is that combat varies so much (in my experience, much more than in Halo 3).
"Ultimately, bloom and cadence (among other features) were specifically designed to give Reach a slower pace than previous titles. However, a couple of notable features have arisen from this decision: for starters, cadence is easily interrupted in Reach. In fact, many of the Armor Abilities are almost explicitly designed to do that and waiting for that fifth DMR shot to be ready can be really frustrating when you lose the race against your opponents Armor Lock energy recovery."
See, I read this as more of a condemnation of AAs, specifically armor lock, than of cadence. Under classic settings or MLG, this isn't even an issue.
"Second, shooting to cadence is really only a valid tactic at range; the closer you get to your opponent, the less cadence applies, and players both casual and competitive can attest to how spamming the trigger actually becomes the more reliable option here. So, ultimately while the goal was to make the weapons feel more sophisticated and add a layer of skill required to use them, the net result has been that medium range weapons such as the DMR feel unreliable at their intended range, and trigger spam has not been discouraged."
It's more reliable to spam when you're close. That's because you can fill your reticle at close range. It becomes more of an aim game at close range, but that's not a bad thing. The problem is that people spam at mid-range, which is too far, and then perceive the weapon to be inconsistent. Trigger spam shouldn't be discouraged at close range, and if you wanted to do that, you'd increase bloom. Yeah.
When all is said and done, I like the idea of playing with less or no bloom because I can aim and I can dominate the game even more. And who doesn't like that? I look forward to the TU, GAF customs with the new gametype, and the Beta Hoppers. Exciting times, indeed.