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Halo Reach Reveal Thread - Matchmaking/Multiplayer Details Revealed

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Shake Appeal

Member
I think it's more of a hint that Forge is returning with expanded functionality.

Wishful thinking, perhaps, but this is the first time we've so much as seen a monitor.
 
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squidhands

Member
GhaleonEB said:
Last year, my employer (Intel) thought it would be funny to post a note on the internal website trying to downplay a leaked memo that was circulating about upcoming mass layoffs. As a joke.

A joke that came on the heels of actual mass layoffs (over 30,000 in three years, including 10,000 last year), and just a couple days after I was given a buyout offer (three months pay and benefits to walk out the door - didn't take it, thankfully still employed). I was NOT amused.
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God DAMN, that's harsh. Worst prank ever.

The new ViDoc is hilarious. I know quite a few people in the forge community that will probably be clamoring for that chess board, lol.
 
T

Tashi

343i Lead Esports Producer
vhfive said:
go to the bottom right corner of the page and you can change your language


also lol at the gif of the to spartans running at each other with ars then meleeing
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lol thanks. It was set to Polish for some reason.
 
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GhaleonEB

Member
Okay, that's my kind of Stupid Lie Day joke. Funny, but also brought the awesome with new footage.

Loving how the hammer sends dirt and particles up when it swings.
 
N

Not a Jellyfish

but I am a sheep
squidhands said:
God DAMN, that's harsh. Worst prank ever.
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At least they didn't make the trailer somewhat serious at all like they did with the "zelda move trailer".

Edit: Never mind I just say the prank you were referring to, man a layoff prank? That is awful. :lol
 
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Not a Jellyfish

but I am a sheep
Tashi0106 said:
There will still be made up names, or at least abbreviations for sure.
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Still, it will help out shitty players like myself to be able to look down and see a name. Hopefully I will pick up on the abbreviations. :lol
 
Deputy Moonman

Deputy Moonman

Member
My gold membership expired today. I was considering starting a completely new account just to have fun until Reach arrives, since everything starts over at that point anyway. Is there anything that will carry over in Reach that would be a good reason for me to hang onto my ancient XxDeputyMoonman xbox live account? I really dont care about gamer scores.
 
M

Merguson

Banned
Letters said:
Some giffed scenes slowed down a bit, I love the death animations before the ragdoll kicks in


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Looks nice :)
 
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Tashi

343i Lead Esports Producer
Not a Jellyfish said:
Still, it will help out shitty players like myself to be able to look down and see a name. Hopefully I will pick up on the abbreviations. :lol
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Oh yea, absolutely. I think it's a great idea. Everyone should know the call outs in the game.
 
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JaggedSac

Member
Deputy Moonman said:
My gold membership expired today. I was considering starting a completely new account just to have fun until Reach arrives, since everything starts over at that point anyway. Is there anything that will carry over in Reach that would be a good reason for me to hang onto my ancient XxDeputyMoonman xbox live account? I really dont care about gamer scores.
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I think they are going to be doing stuff for people who play Halo 2 on the 14th. But that is the only thing I have heard of that will be account based and will carry on to Reach.
 
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squidhands

Member
The chess board is called Colosseum. Wonder if that's a new Griffball arena or if this is going to turn into another Mythic Map Pack teaser, where people thought that bots were going to be added (can't find the video of it any more). :lol


EDIT: That slowed gif is awesome, Letters. The battery indicator on the Plasma Pistol has gotten quite the overhaul.
 
Deputy Moonman

Deputy Moonman

Member
JaggedSac said:
I think they are going to be doing stuff for people who play Halo 2 on the 14th. But that is the only thing I have heard of that will be account based and will carry on to Reach.
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Okay thanks. I no longer have my Halo2 disc, so that part won't affect me. Plus, I really want my old Deputy Moonman name back without the Xx's in front. For some reason I canceled my account inbetween Halo2 and the release of Halo3. Microsoft wouldn't let me use it again when I tried to get it back, thus the addition of the Xx's in front. But i was the original Deputy Moonman on xboxlive. I probably have enemies from when I would get angry and start blaming everything bad that happened to me on lag:lol . As cheap as it sounds, Im not really interested in paying 800 points to change my gamertag. Would rather just start a new account.
 
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TheOddOne

Member
''I'm excited to see how it turn out. Really excited but whatever every game you think your doing the right thing turns out you fucked something up''

That killed me :lol :lol
 
S

Slightly Live

Dirty tag dodger
Wiki said:
Zugzwang (German for "compulsion to move", pronounced [ˈtsuːktsvaŋ]) is a term originally used in chess which also applies to various other games. The concept finds its formal definition in combinatorial game theory. It describes a situation where one player is put at a disadvantage because he has to make a move – the player would prefer to pass and make no move. The fact that the player must make a move means that his position will be significantly weaker than the hypothetical one in which it were his opponent's turn to move.

In game theory, it specifically means that it directly changes the outcome of the game from a win to a loss.
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:lol
 
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Not a Jellyfish

but I am a sheep
Tashi0106 said:
Well the UI screens we've seen for a while now do say "Max Players: 16"
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That could depend on the playlist though. I also don't think we will see 16v16 though, Bungie did say not to expect a huge increase.
 
D

dslgunstar

Banned
user_nat said:
It sort of seems that the vast majority of Halo players already don't care about objective. Between the low population in dedicated playlists and the vetoing that always happens in every other playlist.
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Well, objective gametypes had a pretty low population in Halo 2 as well. I just think the majority of the Halo community is looking for something a little less....demanding? Objective game modes rely on coordination and communication. That not only poses a problem to the traditional anti-social Halo fan, it also attracts super-practiced clans, doubling the ass-kickery quotient.

That goes for any FPS that hits critical mass though. Hell, it took CTF awhile to catch on when it was introduced to Quake, the majority of players stuck around in deathmatch. Look at Call of Duty - same issue. Traditional deathmatch modes rule the day. You have to go to 'harder' more niche titles like Rainbow Six or Team Fortress 2 to find players that really embrace teamplay and objectives.

I loved objective based modes in Halo 3 though. Spent most my time in Team Objective (or Squad Battle now), Social Skirmish, BTB. Halo is at its very best in large scale objective-based battles, where you get the vehicle/infantry dynamic at its fullest, and the fire-fights last a long time.

Finally, I dont think Bungie is getting rid of objectives in Arena because competitive players dont like them, but rather because objective gametypes introduce too many variables for the new matchmaking/trueskill system to track effectively.
 
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FourDoor

Member
LTTP as usual but is that the $100 Halo licensed helmet in the bollywood video?

And for some reason I can't help but stare at the weeds in the foreground in this scene from the vidoc:
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Nutter

Member
Hmm I never put much thought into this before, but that vidoc made me think, Reach is going to bring back the noob combo usage in full force. :p
 
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Not a Jellyfish

but I am a sheep
Gui_PT said:
I knew there was something wrong with the Vidoc as soon as Luke started talking like a grownup! :lol
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:lol I knew as soon as they let him talk on camera...
also when I saw that it was only 2 and half minutes long.
 
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RebornYeti

Member
Nutter said:
Hmm I never put much though into this before, but that vidoc made me think, Reach is going to bring back the noob combo usage in full force. :p
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And we'll even be rewarded with a medal for doing it. :D
 
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Gui_PT

Member
Not a Jellyfish said:
:lol I knew as soon as they let him talk on camera...
also when I saw that it was only 2 and half minutes long.
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"Why is Luke... 2 and a half minutes? It's a tarp!!!"
 
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Foxy Fox 39

Banned
Wow. I am really loving the animations (save for the elite sliding casually).

Really animations make the game and so far this is looking really nice. I love how the elite stumbles before falling. I had to do a double take almost. (When he gets shot in the face, and maybe a slightly different animation when he gets melee'd)

The sweetest animation by far is the grav hammer death. At first I was like, "Oh gawd the flailing arms ani-WTF!?"
 
D

dslgunstar

Banned
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Hmmmm...doesnt seem like this thing homes in on players on the ground. So many when Bungie says it tracks 'bipeds' they mean jetpack users?
 
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