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Halo Reach Reveal Thread - Matchmaking/Multiplayer Details Revealed

S

Stinkles

Clothed, sober, cooperative
neoism said:
Bungie for the fucking win!!:lol :lol I was wondering why this thread had 6 new pages, I haven't been readying it lately... The multilayer info is insane. At this rate who needs Halo 4!:D :D :D
May 3rd:D
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Halo Reach isn't asserted as "Halo 4" but in terms of what that "means" in terms of scale, effort, size, accomplishment and features, you'd be crazy to think of it as somehow "not" the fourth epic, full scale Halo game.
 
neoism

neoism

Member
OuterWorldVoice said:
Halo Reach isn't asserted as "Halo 4" but in terms of what that "means" in terms of scale, effort, size, accomplishment and features, you'd be crazy to think of it as somehow "not" the fourth epic, full scale Halo game.
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I agree. I already see this is the best game Bungle has made. The only reason to get excited over Halo 4 is because of MC's story possibly continuing! I'm just sayin it wouldn't kill me if it didn't come out for another 6 years+, by then most people won't care anymore or they'll be going insane for it! Xbox1080 launch title FTW!:lol :lol

Even though Bungie's going to do different stuff, I still have faith in 343. :)
 
R

rar

Member
GhaleonEB said:
He said the laser was the "about the only sure way to take out a vehicle". That's the part I disagree with. My hate of the laser is legion.
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oh well then every sentence wasnt 'fundamentally incorrect' :p

i agree with what youre saying though
 
M

Merguson

Banned
When I try to play the Halo 3 multiplayer disc from the dashboard, it always stays at a black screen so I have to restart the Xbox 360 since I can't go back to the dashboard. It works when I restart the 360 though.

Anyone else have the same problem?
 
Deputy Moonman

Deputy Moonman

Member
OuterWorldVoice said:
Halo Reach isn't asserted as "Halo 4" but in terms of what that "means" in terms of scale, effort, size, accomplishment and features, you'd be crazy to think of it as somehow "not" the fourth epic, full scale Halo game.
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I agree that it is basically the 4th true Halo game, even without the Chief. But for me, the campaign has to deliver in addition to the multiplayer. After not really caring for Halo2, nor Halo3's campaign, I guess it wouldn't take much to make me happy though in that regard.
 
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GhaleonEB

Member
As promised, personal highlight of the night. What appears impressive in the second vid was actually blind luck - I was planting that for shits and giggles, didn't even know what hit the thing. :lol


What I did.

What happened.

EazyB said:
I'm going to go out on a limb, only for the slim chance of saying I told ya so, I know no one's had the balls to say this but...

Sketch is talking about the BR. BR is back baby!
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I assumed he meant Luke.
 
B

Blueblur1

Member
Merguson said:
When I try to play the Halo 3 multiplayer disc from the dashboard, it always stays at a black screen so I have to restart the Xbox 360 since I can't go back to the dashboard. It works when I restart the 360 though.

Anyone else have the same problem?
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That's bizarre. It's never happened to me.
 
S

Striker

Member
rar said:
ar/dmr starts pls, halo 1 style

also include the br in mp to prevent whining and for depth
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Halo 1 also had Plasma Pistol starts, and no to adding weapons just for depth. Halo 2 and Halo 3 did this already.
 
E

EazyB

Banned
Striker said:
Halo 1 also had Plasma Pistol starts, and no to adding weapons just for depth. Halo 2 and Halo 3 did this already.
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The spiker didn't add depth. The BR would be totally unique, worthy addition to the sandbox. The closest thing Reach has to a burst fire weapon is the covie missile pod.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=20357645&postcount=18253
ManCannon said:
The plan is to pretty much dive into a new feature 'bucket' every week for the next few weeks. A steady build towards May 3rd, detailing all the nuances introduced in the trailer and probably culminating in more multimedia goodness before we flip the switch and go live.

Next week the focus moves to a new aspect of Reach MP, one that may very well address the 'mystery ranking', and also bring an old friend back out into the public light. :D
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I'm going to go out on a limb, only for the slim chance of saying I told ya so, I know no one's had the balls to say this but...

Sketch is talking about the BR. BR is back baby!
 
T

Trasher

Member
GhaleonEB said:
As promised, personal highlight of the night. What appears impressive in the second vid was actually blind luck - I was planting that for shits and giggles, didn't even know what hit the thing. :lol


What I did.

What happened.
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That thing hit me in the face. IN THE FACE!

EazyB said:
I'm going to go out on a limb, only for the slim chance of saying I told ya so, I know no one's had the balls to say this but...

Sketch is talking about the BR. BR is back baby!
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Ha, that would be hilarious if right.

I wonder if the weapon selection in Arena will be smaller than the weapon selection in Invasion. It would make sense if the more skill based weapons such as DMR/Pistol/Sniper are the main focus in there.
 
F

feel

Member
The BR being there would be nice, even if it isn't one of the most important or most used weapons anymore. I just want to see that sexy blue lens in the Reach engine. And if Reach is the ultimate perfect mix of all Halos and then some, how could the most important weapon in halo's online history not be there?

Good customs guys. Finally managed to win some BR duels against some of you, and also went positive in a few matches lol. Tons of fun.
 
S

Striker

Member
EazyB said:
The spiker didn't add depth. The BR would be totally unique, worthy addition to the sandbox. The closest thing Reach has to a burst fire weapon is the covie missile pod.
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If it is just a different skin of a DMR or whatever, why add it? The Pistol and DMR seem the be the standards for the mid-range firepower (both scoped). I wouldn't mind if it were a bit different than those two, however. Though I'm guessing the Covenant Needler-Rifle should be a nice mix as well.

Really, I want some material on the Ranked/Social information. They need a serious playlist for Skirmish and Big Team. It will be highly disappointing if we get something that isn't competitive (i.e. guests in BTB) or has a meaningful significance. Team Snipers and Team Hardcore would also rock. DMR starts, no radar, normal weapons (or alternatives, such as Human Weapons Only) and the armor abilities galore.
 
F

feel

Member
vhfive said:
Flag runner (or should I say passenger). Notice that blue team is running their last flag while we pass them (also I kill Ram with beam as we pass).


Nice try David ololololololololololol
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Holy shit they had two caps already?? I never realized that. So I managed to stop their runner with what now I realize was their final flag when he was approaching his own base , then dying, but effectively delaying their cap, and buying you time to wins the game for us. Awesome. :D

edit- Wait, from checking the video for the exact moment it says I stopped it, it seems you probably would still have capped it first anyways.. nice clutch play.
 
L

lybertyboy

Thinks the Evil Empire is just misunderstood.
L

lybertyboy

Thinks the Evil Empire is just misunderstood.
vhfive said:
whatever i was one shot from one of your teammates :p
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That's how good teammates roll. :lol

Not all of us have pre-built maps designed for Warthog domination sans anti-vehicle weapons. Also, Ramirez is right we gotta find a better host. :D
 
N

Nutter

Member
Ramirez said:
I wish we could get a decent host for customs, it's so unfair in the majority of the games. :(
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So my "supposed" Host is not decent?

:O


I think ill just sit out of all customs next time. Just like I had been for a while now.
 
T

Tashi

343i Lead Esports Producer
While we're posting clips...

I'll take you all on!

Nutter call me out going back flag as he dies, I juke back and come up front pit side to needle pit.

I need to apologize to Vh, those last few games made it seem like I was only gunning for you lol. Oozer (teammate) almost catches a no scope from me at the end of the clip there. He scared the shit out of me lol.
 
R

Ramirez

Member
Nutter said:
So my supposed Host is not decent?

:O
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There's no supposed to it, you were host on the blackout game where you dropped. :lol Your team was consistently going double digit positives while the other team was lucky to have one guy positive. :p
 
N

Nutter

Member
Here is something confusing... if the game thinks I have the best connection amongst all of you in customs, then It should translate that into making me host for matchmaking as well. but alas it doesnt for some reason. And as for my team pulling double digits on everyone, how does it effect the entire team? I should be the only one with the advantage right? Well at least that is what I think. And trust me.. If my host really was that bad and laggy for everyone else I wouldnt have died as much in all the games. But hey im fine with finding a new host.. get better connections. :p
 
E

EazyB

Banned
Striker said:
If it is just a different skin of a DMR or whatever, why add it? The Pistol and DMR seem the be the standards for the mid-range firepower (both scoped). I wouldn't mind if it were a bit different than those two, however. Though I'm guessing the Covenant Needler-Rifle should be a nice mix as well.

Really, I want some material on the Ranked/Social information. They need a serious playlist for Skirmish and Big Team. It will be highly disappointing if we get something that isn't competitive (i.e. guests in BTB) or has a meaningful significance. Team Snipers and Team Hardcore would also rock. DMR starts, no radar, normal weapons (or alternatives, such as Human Weapons Only) and the armor abilities galore.
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Like I said, the BR would be the only burst-fire weapon in the game. There's plenty of fully auto guns, and look at this the DMR, pistol, and needle rifle are all single shot scope weapons. If any gun is necessary in Halo's sandbox it's one of those 3 overlapping ones. Personally I feel as long as the weapon is functional it doesn't have to be completely unique, but even then it's hard to argue against the BR when Reach has what it has. It's not a big deal to me, just think it would be a worthwhile inclusion and it'd be awesome if sketch was referring to the BR in that quote.


Concerning your next subject -I think the change to 4 voting options has a bigger effect than many may realize. With 4 options you can have a single playlist with a broader variety of gametypes and that playlist will assume the role the players in the match want it to. Say you hop into BTB and it gives you the following options:
Big Team Splockets
Hardcore CTF (classic flag with no radar and DMR starts though BTB could be all DMR like Halo 3)
Assault
and of course the "none of the above option" which would probably spit out Team Deathmatch

If its a casual group of players maybe they'll vote for splockets, a legit GAF group for CTF, and so on. Just knowing what you'll get means you can shape the experience you'll have in whatever playlist you enter. Hopefully they'll take full advantage of this and vary up the gametypes a lot more because they won't have to fear blacklash from players getting stuck in whatever experimental gametype they conceive of. Without the need for duplicate social + ranked playlists a long with the ability to choose what gametype you want to vote for, there won't have to be 20+ playlists and you'll still get an experience more tuned to your liking.

Nutter said:
Here is something confusing... if the game thinks I have the best connection amongst all of you in customs, then It should translate that into making me host for matchmaking as well. but alas it doesnt for some reason. And as for my team pulling double digits on everyone, how does it effect the entire team? I should be the only one with the advantage right? Well at least that is what I think. And trust me.. If my host really was that bad and laggy for everyone else I wouldnt have died as much in all the games.
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Or you're...

:lol Got nothing but love for you and your wacky host.
 
N

Nutter

Member
Or what eazy?

Getting old?
Suck at Halo?

Sigh.. k. Well sorry to be that "host" then. No more customs for me.

Hopefully Reach can pick a better host and have a decent net code to go along with it.
 
T

Thermite

Member
Nutter said:
Or what eazy?

Getting old?
Suck at Halo?

Sigh.. k. Well sorry to be that "host" then. No more customs for me.

Hopefully Reach can pick a better host and have a decent net code to go along with it.
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Aw, Nutter. Don't be like that. It's all meant in good fun.
 
D

Domino Theory

Crystal Dynamics
@Nutter: Chill out, I'm sure it's all shits and giggles. :)

host.

Ramirez said:
I thought he might be referring to Jason Jones, but what do I know, we all know he doesn't exist anyways.
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I'm guessing it's Luke. We know from the December podcast that he's working on the MP side of things for Reach.
 
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