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Halo Reach Reveal Thread - Matchmaking/Multiplayer Details Revealed
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Gareth Bale
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So it says X on the display on the H3 and pre alpha AR's but Y on the beta AR... what's that about?
Thagomizer
Member
Has it been confirmed that the Chopper has been axed? If so, that's a shame. By far the most fun vehicle in Halo.
RebornYeti
Member
So I stayed up til 3:30 am MST playing H2 with some fellow HaloGAFers and the servers were still going strong. How long did the servers stay up exactly?
The Librarian
Banned
Are you sure? The episode premieres the morning of April 16th, tomorrow morning ("tonight), at 12:30 AM; it says so on the website. Plus, it makes more sense this way, as it follows the past few weeks when it comes to releasing new information about the Beta. The BWU will come after to help explain what was shown in the episode.Deadly Cyclone said:
Edit: H2 servers are still up. I wonder what's up.
Thagomizer
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EazyB said:
bobs...onGaf
Member
-Yeti said:
They're still up :lol
The Librarian
Banned
Then why does the website say April 16th at 12:30 am?chess said:
God DAMN it, I stayed up until freaking 6am because I didn't want to miss the servers going down, and it's 11am now and they're still up? :lol
To be fair Major Nelson's blog countdown just counted down to 0 and says XBL gets shut down today. I swear to God if all of this is happening and lives were ruined because Bungie appears to have been the only one quoting the 12 midnight PST thing, I will be genuinely pissed.
To be fair Major Nelson's blog countdown just counted down to 0 and says XBL gets shut down today. I swear to God if all of this is happening and lives were ruined because Bungie appears to have been the only one quoting the 12 midnight PST thing, I will be genuinely pissed.
Thagomizer
Member
Dax01 said:
I can't read, bohoo
The Librarian
Banned
Pretend stealth edit: Redeemed!
Major Nelson should have been more clear with his stupid countdown. Didn't he realize everyone was making plans based on it to stay up late and be there for the final moments?? He should have clarified it was only a countdown to the last day. I'm at work like a zombie today after only sleeping for 2 hours last night, I had fun playing, but still, it seems I could have just easily played the final games this afternoon after getting home... ggrrr.SailorDaravon said:
The Librarian
Banned
It sucks that for those who stayed up last night only to wake up this morning to see that the servers are still up. It's lucky for me because I wasn't able to, due to school reasons, stay up that late and get in as many games as I wanted to.SailorDaravon said:
squidhands
Member
If it's still up when I get home from work, I'm playing until I get a damned game on Waterworks. Never got to play a proper team match on it ever (1v1 with the wife was a pain in the ass).
Deputy Moonman
Member
I got to play a couple of games on Waterworks, but only one on Headlong, which is still one of my favorite maps in Halo2. Lockout and Colossus were also great. I can't put a finger on what it is I enjoy about Halo2 so much. Last night I was feeling like a competent player again, something that I don't feel when I play Halo3. I get worked in Halo3. Anyway, it was fun playing with everyone last night and I may jump on for a little bit if the servers are still up when I get home (I'm on campus atm).
Some things I noticed about Coagulation. It feels a lot bigger than Valhalla, a lot. And I dont know if it really is or if its openness just makes it feel that way. Also, while it was slightly easier to deal with vehicles in Halo2, they still could dish out the hurt. The other team had control of all the vehicles in one of my last games for the night and our team couldn't do a thing, which makes me believe that vehicles didn't need the boost in Halo3.
Some things I noticed about Coagulation. It feels a lot bigger than Valhalla, a lot. And I dont know if it really is or if its openness just makes it feel that way. Also, while it was slightly easier to deal with vehicles in Halo2, they still could dish out the hurt. The other team had control of all the vehicles in one of my last games for the night and our team couldn't do a thing, which makes me believe that vehicles didn't need the boost in Halo3.
Subtervotion
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watership said:
Some people say tonight, others say Friday night/Saturday morning. I'm just going to assume it's the latter so I'm not disappointed.
bobs...onGaf
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Deputy Moonman said:
Those Halo 2 Rockets are definetly worse than the Halo 3 laser!
BladedExpert
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Tashi0106 said:
How was my host from across the pond.
Quite playable actually as shown by my close 2nd place finish in that Middy FFA.
I never trully appreciated the netcode in Halo 3. Halo 2 could be brutal off host.
One hope I have for Reach is the netcode and off host playability is as solid if not better than Halo 3.
Deputy Moonman
Member
I don't know. The rocket still gives you a small chance at getting away. The laser is just instant pwnage. By the way, I joined your clan!!!! Now we're brothers :lolbobs99 ... said:
squidhands
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Yep, I was able to nail a Warthog That had circled back around the downed Pelican on Relic while I was standing near the flag spawn. Made me sad that H2 didn't have theatre.bobs99 ... said:
So, yeah. I just got done writing up the other gametypes for the thread. It's a pretty long list, but there's a gap. Bring on the Invasion reveal.
A request: there are renders of the weapons and vehicles in the Renders gallery at b.net, but none of the grenades. I'd love to see the new ones close up in their high-res glory.
A request: there are renders of the weapons and vehicles in the Renders gallery at b.net, but none of the grenades. I'd love to see the new ones close up in their high-res glory.
FWIW, the Spike TV schedule lists the show as airing Friday night at half past midnight, not Thursday at half past midnight. (As in, on Friday's schedule, after the 11:00 and 12:00 show.) On their schedule as least, that looks like tomorrow night to me.derFeef said:
AwesomeSyrup
Banned
GTTV used to be on Spike on Thursday nights(or Friday morning) at 12:30. Now it's Friday nights(or Saturday morning) at 12:30. I think that may be why there some confusion.
electricpirate
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Why does new info seem to fall on confusing breaks between days? Is lehto drinking again?
AwesomeSyrup
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The improvement from alpha to beta is astounding.Kafel said:
Still nothing on bungie.net regarding why they're still up, urk's ironically posting Halo 2 montages :lol
I honestly think anyone who played a game between say 11:45 and 12:15 or something like that should get whatever special bonus they were talking about for playing the last game. I looked at 12 and there was about 3,000 people on at that point. Or at least give these people F&F or download Reach beta codes, or something. A lot of people's schedules got totally fucked up and people went way out of their way on this thing, I basically had to call in to work and that's $200 I'll never get back, as well as one of my only two days off during the Reach beta gone. This is mostly assuming though that this is a Bungie getting the time wrong issue, and not a MS issue though. For what it's worth I can find absolutely nothing anywhere quoting the midnight shutdown time aside from Bungie though.
I honestly think anyone who played a game between say 11:45 and 12:15 or something like that should get whatever special bonus they were talking about for playing the last game. I looked at 12 and there was about 3,000 people on at that point. Or at least give these people F&F or download Reach beta codes, or something. A lot of people's schedules got totally fucked up and people went way out of their way on this thing, I basically had to call in to work and that's $200 I'll never get back, as well as one of my only two days off during the Reach beta gone. This is mostly assuming though that this is a Bungie getting the time wrong issue, and not a MS issue though. For what it's worth I can find absolutely nothing anywhere quoting the midnight shutdown time aside from Bungie though.
Deputy Moonman
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Kapura said:
I want circus peanuts dammit!
bobs...onGaf
Member
Kapura said:
Of course not, but Urk said that playing on the 14th would get you the prizes, im really hoping that the statistics are aggregated from the 14th for the super secret prizes as I know myself and a bunch of other people played tons that day to try and 'earn' the prize. I planned to play all day yesterday and work all day today to make up for it.
Yesterday really was Bungies farewell to the game, so im hopeing Urk stays true to what was said in the WWU. It was my own personal choice to play but I was basing that choice on the word of bungiegod. :lol
So yeah Urk, please dont let someone undercut us exausted Halo fans at the finish line. I guess I have no chance of winning the last game prize but I would love to be in contention for the stats prize.
If not just do what Moonman said, Circus peanuts and Steak meals for all April 14th Halo 2players!
Kapura said:
True, but a lot of people were on because Bungie said they would be doing special prizes for people in the last game/who scored the last point. They said this would happen 13 hours ago :lol
Again, if they were mislead by MS then whatever, but currently all signs are pointing to Bungie just flat-out internally getting the end time wrong, at which point BUNGIE mislead everyone, and then it is their responsibility at that point yes. Even if that is the case (and it wasn't a MS fuckup, which will probably likely be the end result) it's not like I realistically expect them to do anything though no. But in the scenario that Bungie did screw up, it would be nice to do something for the few thousand people who had to drastically plan around this.
bobs...onGaf
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SailorDaravon said:
Yeah I really hope they keep to theyre word in terms of the prizes:
So playing on the 14th still gets you the visual flair
Getting the best set of stats on the 14th still gets you the super cool prize
Last point of the last game on the 14th gets you the super cool prize
That would be super sweet and would please all of us who stayed up all night/ woke up early to get the prize