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Halo Reach Reveal Thread - Matchmaking/Multiplayer Details Revealed

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Iknos

Junior Member
Deputy Moonman said:
My idea: Get rid of the banshee. Remove the guns from the warthog, so that it is used only as a transport for ctf and bomb games a la Halo1. Get rid of the tank and wraith. Get rid of ghosts. Get rid of choppers. In fact, just get rid of all vehicles. Problem solved! Vehicles are stupid, and the onslaught of vehicles being thrown into the game is slowly removing the focus of Halo being a first person shooter. I'd rather Bungie scrap vehicles and focus on making a ton of multiplayer maps built around non-vehicle combat.

Maybe Bungie can create a separate game for all the vehicle junkies out there called "Twisted Halo." What a perfect and fitting name for a halo game that has completely lost its identity.
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Stabby McSter

Member
Deputy Moonman said:
My idea: Get rid of the banshee. Remove the guns from the warthog, so that it is used only as a transport for ctf and bomb games a la Halo1. Get rid of the tank and wraith. Get rid of ghosts. Get rid of choppers. In fact, just get rid of all vehicles. Problem solved! Vehicles are stupid, and the onslaught of vehicles being thrown into the game is slowly removing the focus of Halo being a first person shooter. I'd rather Bungie scrap vehicles and focus on making a ton of multiplayer maps built around non-vehicle combat.

Maybe Bungie can create a separate game for all the vehicle junkies out there called "Twisted Halo." What a perfect and fitting name for a halo game that has completely lost its identity.
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I rarely use vehicles, and even I think you're crazy. :<
 
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NOKYARD

Member
Deputy Moonman said:
...the onslaught of vehicles being thrown into the game is slowly removing the focus of Halo being a first person shooter.

...a halo game that has completely lost its identity.
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This is (i believe) the first official Halo Screenshot.
All i see in this pic are vehicles and vehicular weapons.



Today the onslaught of hand-held weapons being thrown into the game is slowly removing the focus of Halo being a vehicular shooter.
Maybe Bungie can create a separate game for all the weapon junkies out there called Call of Shooting Gallery.gif
 
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Sai-kun

Banned
*halo-related GIF here*

:D

lmao letters at halogaf on the blackboard :lol

I think everything needs to be laser starts, with sword secondaries. And lots of flame nades.
 
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Apath

Member
Sai-kun said:
*halo-related GIF here*

:D

lmao letters at halogaf on the blackboard :lol

I think everything needs to be laser starts, with sword secondaries. And lots of flame nades.
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Flame nades are under utilized.
 
Lazslo

Lazslo

Member
Don't know if this has been posted but guys over at Gamefly/Shacknews have some breaking fresh information they will be dropping tomorrow, hot off the presses of video game journalism:
Evil Garnett said:
got some of the deets from @bleahy and if you're looking forward to Halo Reach multiplayer he's got the sauce coming tomorrow
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Another hint in less then 140 characters:
Some guy named Bleahy said:
Very exciting story coming tomorrow :) @garnettlee drops some hints on his Twitter feed.
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Hype Train or Lame train it's still something.
 
D

Domino Theory

Crystal Dynamics
Ssparks said:
Don't know if this has been posted but guys over at Gamefly/Shacknews have some breaking fresh information they will be dropping tomorrow, hot off the presses of video game journalism:

Another hint in less then 140 characters:

Hype Train or Lame train it's still something.
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Awesome, I hope that means the floodgates are opened for related MP media. :D
 
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Slightly Live

Dirty tag dodger
Ssparks said:
Don't know if this has been posted but guys over at Gamefly/Shacknews have some breaking fresh information they will be dropping tomorrow, hot off the presses of video game journalism:

Another hint in less then 140 characters:

Hype Train or Lame train it's still something.
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Appears to be an interview with someone from Bungie about Reach's multiplayer. His previous tweet suggests so.

can hear @bleahy doing an interview for something cool that will hit tomorrow. Wish I could hear the other side too.
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Would this be today, as in this was posted yesterday evening, or tomorrow Friday?

Edit: Sweet, it was posted yesterday evening? I'd be so happy with a multiplayer blowout today!

Edit 2: Garnett is the Editorial Director for GameFly Media (owners of Shacknews amongst other sites) and bleahy is the Gamefly/Shacknews Editor. Very respectable folks and there's no reason to doubt them. Looks like it's happening. (I had to Google them, I'm not terribly familar with the million or so game journalists, hah!)
 
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Skilotonn

xbot xbot xbot xbot xbot
Ssparks said:
Don't know if this has been posted but guys over at Gamefly/Shacknews have some breaking fresh information they will be dropping tomorrow, hot off the presses of video game journalism:

Another hint in less then 140 characters:

Hype Train or Lame train it's still something.
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Hopefully it's true, it'll make an awesome week even better!
 
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Thermite

Member
Ssparks said:
Don't know if this has been posted but guys over at Gamefly/Shacknews have some breaking fresh information they will be dropping tomorrow, hot off the presses of video game journalism:

Another hint in less then 140 characters:

Hype Train or Lame train it's still something.
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Hell yeah! Here's to hoping it contains information about some of the gametypes we saw in the multiplayer trailer.
 
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EazyB

Banned
Ssparks said:
Don't know if this has been posted but guys over at Gamefly/Shacknews have some breaking fresh information they will be dropping tomorrow, hot off the presses of video game journalism:
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Sweet, I was expecting the podcast next week but if they're blowing the lid of MP this week we could get it sooner.
 
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The Librarian

Banned
Deputy Moonman said:
My idea: Get rid of the banshee. Remove the guns from the warthog, so that it is used only as a transport for ctf and bomb games a la Halo1. Get rid of the tank and wraith. Get rid of ghosts. Get rid of choppers. In fact, just get rid of all vehicles. Problem solved! Vehicles are stupid, and the onslaught of vehicles being thrown into the game is slowly removing the focus of Halo being a first person shooter. I'd rather Bungie scrap vehicles and focus on making a ton of multiplayer maps built around non-vehicle combat.

Maybe Bungie can create a separate game for all the vehicle junkies out there called "Twisted Halo." What a perfect and fitting name for a halo game that has completely lost its identity.
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Ssparks said:
Choo Choo.
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Believe.
[SPOILER] Dax is totally driving[/SPOILER][/QUOTE]
Don't make me turn this train around!
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Trasher

Member
EazyB said:
Sweet, I was expecting the podcast next week but if they're blowing the lid of MP this week we could get it sooner.
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Please blow the lid on MP this week!

These next few days will be GLORIOUS. Just got a Starcraft 2 beta invite from that certain friend of mine at Bungie, and perhaps now we get some exciting news on multiplayer!
 
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Wizman23

Banned
Trasher said:
Please blow the lid on MP this week!

These next few days will be GLORIOUS. Just got a Starcraft 2 beta invite from that certain friend of mine at Bungie, and perhaps now we get some exciting news on multiplayer!
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Its been what 3 weeks since the MP trailer? I think we have suffered long enough! Hopefully the floodgates open today.
 
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bobs...onGaf

Member
Wizman23 said:
Its been what 3 weeks since the MP trailer? I think we have suffered long enough! Hopefully the floodgates open today.
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Wow, really? That has been a long time. Thinking about it though weve actually seen quite a lot of Reach already, 3 in game trailers plus a few extras. Bungies not exactly starving us.

P.S. I love HaloGaf, first Tashi's video, then the response to the vehicle comment :lol
 
Miggytronz

Miggytronz

Member
Deputy Moonman said:
My idea: Get rid of the banshee. Remove the guns from the warthog, so that it is used only as a transport for ctf and bomb games a la Halo1. Get rid of the tank and wraith. Get rid of ghosts. Get rid of choppers. In fact, just get rid of all vehicles. Problem solved! Vehicles are stupid, and the onslaught of vehicles being thrown into the game is slowly removing the focus of Halo being a first person shooter. I'd rather Bungie scrap vehicles and focus on making a ton of multiplayer maps built around non-vehicle combat.

Maybe Bungie can create a separate game for all the vehicle junkies out there called "Twisted Halo." What a perfect and fitting name for a halo game that has completely lost its identity.
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NJ Shlice

Member
Deputy Moonman said:
My idea: Get rid of the banshee. Remove the guns from the warthog, so that it is used only as a transport for ctf and bomb games a la Halo1. Get rid of the tank and wraith. Get rid of ghosts. Get rid of choppers. In fact, just get rid of all vehicles. Problem solved! Vehicles are stupid, and the onslaught of vehicles being thrown into the game is slowly removing the focus of Halo being a first person shooter. I'd rather Bungie scrap vehicles and focus on making a ton of multiplayer maps built around non-vehicle combat.

Maybe Bungie can create a separate game for all the vehicle junkies out there called "Twisted Halo." What a perfect and fitting name for a halo game that has completely lost its identity.
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Everything ok at home buddy? Something you want to talk about?
 
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rar

Member
also i still dont understand why people always want to address the problem with lock-on explosive weapons. first of all return the rocket launcher to the glory of halo 1, where the rocket actually went faster than 2 mph, so you could hit a moving vehicle from farther than 10 feet away. then why not take a look look at what other games do, like battlefield where you have a tracer dart to tag a vehicle, then you lock on, rather than ololol missile lock boom
 
Monocle

Monocle

Member
Deputy Moonman said:
My idea: Get rid of the banshee. Remove the guns from the warthog, so that it is used only as a transport for ctf and bomb games a la Halo1. Get rid of the tank and wraith. Get rid of ghosts. Get rid of choppers. In fact, just get rid of all vehicles. Problem solved! Vehicles are stupid, and the onslaught of vehicles being thrown into the game is slowly removing the focus of Halo being a first person shooter. I'd rather Bungie scrap vehicles and focus on making a ton of multiplayer maps built around non-vehicle combat.

Maybe Bungie can create a separate game for all the vehicle junkies out there called "Twisted Halo." What a perfect and fitting name for a halo game that has completely lost its identity.
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Derp.
 
R

Router

Hopsiah the Kanga-Jew
Deputy Moonman said:
My idea: Get rid of the banshee. Remove the guns from the warthog, so that it is used only as a transport for ctf and bomb games a la Halo1. Get rid of the tank and wraith. Get rid of ghosts. Get rid of choppers. In fact, just get rid of all vehicles. Problem solved! Vehicles are stupid, and the onslaught of vehicles being thrown into the game is slowly removing the focus of Halo being a first person shooter. I'd rather Bungie scrap vehicles and focus on making a ton of multiplayer maps built around non-vehicle combat.

Maybe Bungie can create a separate game for all the vehicle junkies out there called "Twisted Halo." What a perfect and fitting name for a halo game that has completely lost its identity.
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L

LunaticPuma

dresses business casual
Nutter said:
Nice job on understanding what I was saying...

On ignore you go.
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Wow, I've never been on an ignore list before. Not really sure where the hate is coming from since I was respectfully disagreeing. Oh well.

So when is the delta going to be complete? They've got a little over 6 weeks until the public beta and some of that time has to go to MS certification.
 
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bobs...onGaf

Member
Bladed out of interest what IP are you on? After watching Tashi's video and your Youtube videos of the ForgeHub matches I can really tell my connection is not upto scratch. I HAVE to pull host to get smooth games like that, and thats pretty rare. Im on Tiscalli at the moment but they suck, I can barely download and im pretty sure my online gaming is suffering from latency issues I shouldnt be having.

Im looking to switch ISP's, any UK'ers with any advice?
 
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GhaleonEB

Member
Ssparks said:
Don't know if this has been posted but guys over at Gamefly/Shacknews have some breaking fresh information they will be dropping tomorrow, hot off the presses of video game journalism:

Another hint in less then 140 characters:

Hype Train or Lame train it's still something.
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Mind linking to the respective Twitter feeds? I'd like to follow Garnett, but "Evil Garnett" you cited hasn't tweeted since last year.
 
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electricpirate

Member
Epic backlash.

I like Garnett on podcasts, but sometimes he has to be one of the least observant VG journalists (lol) on earth. Bungie/343 needs to stop hiring the reporters that get Halo MP. I'll miss the awesome coverage 1up gave H3 multiplayer :(
 
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Nutter

Member
Choosing between 3 gametypes or none of the above............... HOLY FUCKING SHIT. :lol

Thank the Bungle Gods.

Active roster being a throwback to Halo 2 clan support. (awesome)

, it will properly split your party across the teams and fill in the blanks with additional players
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Not sure if want........
 
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Skilotonn

xbot xbot xbot xbot xbot
Man, I got some great timing - I just popped in while taking a break, and saw this...

UI screens look boss like they always do, and that much choices plus none of the above is perfect - that should satisfy everyone...

EDIT: Holy wow, Active Duty is incredibly detailed, right down to current score & time remaining, party members and so on, when you want to see what your friends are doing in Reach - hot damn...
 
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electricpirate

Member
Arena sounds really rad. I can't wait to roll steel all day bitches! Only team slayer is WTF though. CTF isn't competetive or something?

Queue to join a game: Finally!
More options to stay against the same people: I'm down, could work
Voting looks good, but will that be too many options?
Running together of social and ranked matchmaking: I don't like this at all.

I'm hoping Active roster is really more than what they demonstrated here. I mean it's nice, but as a headline feature in that trailer I expected more :|

I'm conflicted about most of these changes, I'm guessing the why will become more apparent as we play it.
 
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Striker

Member
UI screens always subject to change. But the background/color scheme is heads above Halo 2/3.

Active Roster sounds pretty damn cool. Sounds similar to the Friends Feature in BC2.

Veto system giving players more options is always good. Wish the numbers were hidden until the timer ran out.

The rating system is smart enough to realize that kills aren't the other determining factor behind skill. This is especially true for team games where assists play a huge roll.
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About time.

Guessing Arena is our typical Team Slayer, Team Skirmish, et all gametypes? Excellent.

Overall, sounds promising. Hoping this potential fix to alt-accounts holds true.
 
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