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Halo Reach Reveal Thread - Matchmaking/Multiplayer Details Revealed
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The thread still exists man: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=22301Ramirez said:
Enjoy. I went through the whole thing pretty much last night out of boredom. The thing is a fucking goldmine. :lol
I found out what Nutter's least favorite map is:
Nutter said:
Trasher said:
Where's the sign-ups for Team Ramirez?Ramirez said:Really,who gives a fuck how MLG plays,are we in MLG?No.
-No duel wielding whatsoever
-No sword
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teh ghey
Ya know you have grenades with your SMG you can use
Oh and there is a reason Bungie doesn't have the BR as a starting weapon,it just doesn't work on most maps!Nothing like spawning and havin 10 BR's coming at you,you have a "chance" then too I guess
Continuing the the current thread of ownage, I renewed my Bungie Pro just so I could render this clip. And given the fact that there's good reason to believe the chopper isn't making a return, I've decided I'mma make that choptage I'd been collecting clips for about a year ago.
Context: Coco P. Jojo is driving the hog. Coco P. Jojo is a nub sandwich:
Clip
EazyB said:
This one makes me giggle.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1174970&postcount=1962
To all the kids who have sent me XBL messages in response to the Waypoint feature. Thank you ever so much for your kind words. 
To all the kids who watched the Waypoint feature and now want me to build maps for them so they can 'get them into Bungie'. If you can't form a sentence, there is now way in hell you can form a map.
so, it's 4:20AM, have the French leaked any April Fools Day pranks yet. :lol
To all the kids who watched the Waypoint feature and now want me to build maps for them so they can 'get them into Bungie'. If you can't form a sentence, there is now way in hell you can form a map.
so, it's 4:20AM, have the French leaked any April Fools Day pranks yet. :lol
Deputy Moonman
Member
New image at http://www.nobleactual.com/ Thanks Marcus!
Deputy Moonman said:
That looks fantastic - seems the vegetation has been improved from Halo 3 and the lighting, as always, continues to impress. I'm guessing it's from the same area we saw in the ViDoc? I know a lot of people are anxious to learn about everything Multiplayer, myself included, but I'm personally really looking forward to seeing some more footage from the Campaign.
Devin Olsen
Member
Looks great!Deputy Moonman said:
Any news on when the vidoc is going to be launched? I would guess not for a couple weeks, but I am not sure.
metareferential
Member
While it certainly looks good, they could have at least provided us with a good quality picture. It's a blurry mess.
By the way, no news on that mistery image? No april's fool?
By the way, no news on that mistery image? No april's fool?
Deputy Moonman
Member
Don't worry, I've got your back!:lolmetareferential said:
metareferential
Member
derFeef said:
I didn't notice it, thanks. Need to work less and lurk more xD
Deputy Moonman said:
Oh God :lol
You deliver, sir.
I went to the Cavs game last night so I didn't read the GI article until this morning but wow was it ever fantastic. Came over to GAF and saw about 10 pages of what I thought would be great discussion yet it is nothing but a bitch fest. Some of you guys are real pieces of work. Its a shame that a few posters really ruin this thread, and to be honest I don't know why bungie guys waste their time posting here. You guys already drove out Ferrex with your shit attitudes and crybaby whining, I wonder which one is next.
Deputy Moonman
Member
It's just that all of the new info and changes are a lot to process, and none of us will get to test the waters until May 3rd. I know that I've been one of the negative posters in this thread. I'm downright loyal to the ways of Halo1, but I'm trying a new approach where I just go with the flow.Wizman23 said:
metareferential
Member
Well to be honest I saw a great number of enthusiastic posts. Is this also considered bitching?
The spartan laser debate seems to have been going on for ages; and some of the complaints I find to be understandable, at least, though I must confess that in my modest online career I haven't noticed all that laser dominance.
It is true that some whining has been going on lately. But it's not that dramatic, is it? And also "whining" doesn't seem to be the proper word.
The spartan laser debate seems to have been going on for ages; and some of the complaints I find to be understandable, at least, though I must confess that in my modest online career I haven't noticed all that laser dominance.
It is true that some whining has been going on lately. But it's not that dramatic, is it? And also "whining" doesn't seem to be the proper word.
Zeouterlimits
Member
:lol I wanted to make that joke last night, glad you did it for me.ManCannon said:
Gui sums up the response to yours Wizman, people are just passionate and discussing the info as we get it.
Slugs & hugs dude, slugs and hugs.
Shake Appeal
Member
Strange that this is the whiniest of all of the posts made in the last ten pages or so, though.Wizman23 said:
We have opinions on things. It is fun to discuss them. The Bungie guys know that we whine because we love.
Wizman23 said:
I think this thread is great. Fawning over something is all well and good, but well thought out critiques are completely necessary for a forum to thrive. None of the comments so far have been baseless bashing(at least none that I have noticed).
EDIT: And I think it is abundantly clear that the majority of people in this thread enjoy Halo.
The Librarian
Banned
On the subject of Noble actual, Marcus also posted some more information about how the campaign is going. The vegetation is looking like it's coming along very well, and I personally am excited to experience more "mega ambient moments."
GM Bullfrog
Member
Gui_PT said:
It's all fun and games until the Halo 3 thread gets locked ...
The Librarian
Banned
Ho. Frankie said that the image didn't have anything to do with 343i.Merguson said:
Also, it's April 1st, and I log on to Halo 3 and see no Mister Chief in the population map. I am sad.
electricpirate
Member
Meta Commentary:
I'm surprised that the Laser discussion took over with such force. Of course, bungie seems to have ended the AR start vs BR start debate, so I guess we needed something to yell at each other about.
Commentary on the changes:
Ending the concept of shield penetration for all weapons is such a huge change. It's going to dramatically weaken CQB weapons like the shotgun, which is now a 2 hit kill, or needs to be followed by an immediate melee. That's probably why it's in load outs now, this also begs the question, what about the sword and hammer? I'm going to say, one of those is probably going to penetrate shields, and the other is a two hit kill included in load outs.
I expect the beta loudouts to follow 2 standard formulas: either a role weapon, a pistol and a complementary Armor ability or fairly standard weapon sets (DMR/AR) with different Armor Abilities. When we can customize load outs for games though, we will see some wacky ass stuff.
Questions:
No sweet UI shots of the load out selection screen? sadface.
How much visual warning will we have about what AA our enemy is using? Jetpacks are obvious, but what about sprint, evade, armor lock and camo?
how much power will we have over loadouts when creating them for the final game? Will we be able to set ammo and grenade amounts? Will we be able to modifier player attributes (health speed etc) based on loadout? Will we be able to create power weapon based loadouts?
The article mentions that evade is elite specific, but doesn't mention if the rest are only spartan, or can be used by both races. Is there some subset that applies to both races, or are they all hardlocked to a specific race?
Will we be able to use the Plasma Rifle, even if only in customs?
I'm surprised that the Laser discussion took over with such force. Of course, bungie seems to have ended the AR start vs BR start debate, so I guess we needed something to yell at each other about.
Commentary on the changes:
Ending the concept of shield penetration for all weapons is such a huge change. It's going to dramatically weaken CQB weapons like the shotgun, which is now a 2 hit kill, or needs to be followed by an immediate melee. That's probably why it's in load outs now, this also begs the question, what about the sword and hammer? I'm going to say, one of those is probably going to penetrate shields, and the other is a two hit kill included in load outs.
I expect the beta loudouts to follow 2 standard formulas: either a role weapon, a pistol and a complementary Armor ability or fairly standard weapon sets (DMR/AR) with different Armor Abilities. When we can customize load outs for games though, we will see some wacky ass stuff.
Questions:
No sweet UI shots of the load out selection screen? sadface.
How much visual warning will we have about what AA our enemy is using? Jetpacks are obvious, but what about sprint, evade, armor lock and camo?
how much power will we have over loadouts when creating them for the final game? Will we be able to set ammo and grenade amounts? Will we be able to modifier player attributes (health speed etc) based on loadout? Will we be able to create power weapon based loadouts?
The article mentions that evade is elite specific, but doesn't mention if the rest are only spartan, or can be used by both races. Is there some subset that applies to both races, or are they all hardlocked to a specific race?
Will we be able to use the Plasma Rifle, even if only in customs?
metareferential
Member
Dax01 said:On the subject of Noble actual, Marcus also posted some more information about how the campaign is going. The vegetation is looking like it's coming along very well, and I personally am excited to experience more "mega ambient moments."
I really can't wait to see the animations and the AI improvements he's talking about. Animations in Reach are the biggest step-up from the previous games, and the few we already saw are truly amazing.
Speaking of animations, I'm curious to see wheter or not animations like climbing up a ladder are in the game. In the ViDoc there where some hints about something similar (where a Spartan jumps down a cliff or something.
It's an area where Halo 3 and ODST were visibily lacking (though for MP it may not be a viable option, it could slow down things too much).
"mega ambient moments". *wonders*
electricpirate
Member
metareferential said:
I'm guessing stuff like "kicking the rock off the cliff" in silent Cartographer, or getting a radio update when you look out over the carnage of the space elevator on tsavo highway.
The Librarian
Banned
Hm. I didn't read it like that. So, even really up close, it'll take two shots with the shotgun to get a kill?electricpirate said:
electricpirate
Member
Dax01 said:
That's certainly what it sounds like, though they've also said that certain weapons can over-ride that (see sniper rifle). We'll know May 3rd.
1 month and 2 days...
Princess Carl
Member
Dax01 said:
since the first shot can only take out your shields, Im assuming this will now be the case.
Edit: Beaten
I am not that familar with damage numbers - is the shotgun damage higher than the shield strength? If yes, it sounds like in Reach you take down the shield and every extra dmg it would do to the health will be ignored. Just the next shot or bullet counts as health damage. Si, it seems like it.Dax01 said:
edit: allright I am slow...... :lol
electricpirate
Member
NJ Shlice said:
There's a 4th map in there somewhere according to Urk, but he's made it really confusing as to what we are looking at. Next week is the map reveal for the beta though...
Perhaps they are only referring to shields needing to be popped when applying head shot damage or melee damage. Perhaps the extra damage still leaks through, it just will not get the head shot multiplier. I am sure the explosives will still be one shot kills when at ground zero.
They only ever mention head shots and melees.
They only ever mention head shots and melees.