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[Chet Rippo]

I was totally bored during class today so I sketched out Emile for the hell of it. On the back of a worksheet no less. :lol

I'm loving this game. Much better than both Halo 2 and 3.

 

[D23]

just got reach today. is there any gaf friend list?? ineed a friend to play

 

[ElRenoRaven]

You know after playing with forge the last couple days I really see where there could have been some improvements made.

1. I would love to be able to place ground that has grass on it. Hell even a wall piece with stone or ground texture would work. It wouldn't have to be anything fancy.

2. Some circular pieces of ground or wall. That would help for when making some land surfaces. I could round them so that they were square.

3. I would also love a mass select to be able to move stuff all together. For example I create a base with some attachments on it. I could highlight that base and the items on it so I could move them all at once instead of piece by piece and reassembling it.

Those 3 additions and forge would have been amazing and I think would give us a lot more variety and better looking maps. Just some thoughts. I know they can't do that now however if they have anything like forge in their future series I'd love to see those features. Hell if 343's Halo games have a forge like setup I'd love to see them.

 

[Devin Olsen]

So is the 'BXR' back?

Can someone try this and let me know if it works, I am nowhere near my xbox at the moment.

YouTube

 

[Hey You]

Been doing so bad recently. =\

What playlists have you been playing?

 

[Hey You]

You know after playing with forge the last couple days I really see where there could have been some improvements made.

1. I would love to be able to place ground that has grass on it. Hell even a wall piece with stone or ground texture would work. It wouldn't have to be anything fancy.

2. Some circular pieces of ground or wall. That would help for when making some land surfaces. I could round them so that they were square.

Have you tried using the Tin Cups ? (Forge world)

 

[ElRenoRaven]

So is the 'BXR' back?

Can someone try this and let me know if it works, I am nowhere near my xbox at the moment.

YouTube

Hmm if true that would explain how I have had a few encounters one on one where I had full shields and health and got both shield and health taken in one melee.

 

[ElRenoRaven]

Have you tried using the Tin Cups ? (Forge world)

Tin cups? I haven't seen anything like that and I looked through everything well.

Is it mode specific?

 

[Brolic Gaoler]

So is the 'BXR' back?

Can someone try this and let me know if it works, I am nowhere near my xbox at the moment.

YouTube

I don't know what that is,how to do it, or why it's only taking a shot, and a melee to kill someone by registering as a headshot, but I don't like it. I don't like it at all.

 

[divisionbyzorro]

I rarely have games that I'm actually proud of (I'm usually average at best), but this last one made me happy. What do you do when you hop into Multi-Team solo and your teammate flakes out and quits before the match starts? You whore out the power weapons and spam grenades! :lol

http://www.bungie.net/stats/reach/gamestats.aspx?gameid=168669035&player=DivisionByZorro

 

[cuevas. PhD.]

So is the 'BXR' back?

Can someone try this and let me know if it works, I am nowhere near my xbox at the moment.

YouTube

Awesome! About time!

Oh so you are going to sprint into me and try to double melee me? fuck you, you're dead.

 

[Red]

Not sure how trueskill ranking works, but I was playing with my little brother a couple days ago (who is Onyx in team arena) and ended up bringing my k/d from 1.34 to 1.07 in about ten games. Ironically, did better in games when I was playing against him than in games I was playing with him.

 

[Louis Wu]

Tin cups? I haven't seen anything like that and I looked through everything well.

Is it mode specific?

Someone posted a map on HBO with grass - he said he used the golf holes (which are probably tin cups ), upside-down.

 

[ElRenoRaven]

Someone posted a map on HBO with grass - he said he used the golf holes (which are probably tin cups ), upside-down.

Hmm. I'll have to double check then. Maybe I missed them.

 

[Sibylus]

Man, Exodus on Legendary was far easier than my first play of it (on Heroic).

Spoiler

I horded Sniper and DMR ammo and just blew through most parts with not much stiff resistance. Even the shielded Chieftains weren't much trouble at all. Headshot weapons eat Brutes for breakfast, nom.

I also found an easy way to negotiate the double turret sequence. The highest walkway leads to an outside balcony, and you can look down on the turrets and toss down grenades. Easy peasy.

 

[Kibbles]

ARE YOU READY FOR HALO REACH

What in the living hell...

 

[Ajemsuhgao]

Awesome! About time!

Oh so you are going to sprint into me and try to double melee me? fuck you, you're dead.

:lol :lol :lol
No.

 

[Red]

Man, Exodus on Legendary was far easier than my first play of it (on Heroic).

Spoiler

I horded Sniper and DMR ammo and just blew through most parts with not much stiff resistance. Even the shielded Chieftains weren't much trouble at all. Headshot weapons eat Brutes for breakfast, nom.

I also found an easy way to negotiate the double turret sequence. The highest walkway leads to an outside balcony, and you can look down on the turrets and toss down grenades. Easy peasy.

Needle rifle rips Brutes apart regardless of difficulty. A DMR will likewise be effective, but a constant 3-hit-anywhere supercombine elevates the NR.

 

[Louis Wu]

Spoiler

I also found an easy way to negotiate the double turret sequence. The highest walkway leads to an outside balcony, and you can look down on the turrets and toss down grenades. Easy peasy.

Spoiler

I always leave the turrets till last. I've always got FRG ammo left (mostly because I've just killed that FRG Chieftan ), so strafing past the doorway lets me take out one at a time, without ever taking a hit.

 

[The Librarian]

Awesome! About time!

Oh so you are going to sprint into me and try to double melee me? fuck you, you're dead.

Sarcasm?

 

[cuevas. PhD.]

Sarcasm?

No, I love exploits that give me free kills.

 

[JohnIIVII]

You went -5 on Boneyard. This is your punishment.

:lol I went +16 just before that though! I officially hate Boneyard btw

 

[MrBig]

Hmm. I'll have to double check then. Maybe I missed them.

It's under Gadgets>Toys>Tin Cup

 

[The Librarian]

No, I love exploits that give me free kills.

:|

 

[Sibylus]

Needle rifle rips Brutes apart regardless of difficulty. A DMR will likewise be effective, but a constant 3-hit-anywhere supercombine elevates the NR.

True, I have plenty of love in my heart for the Needle Rifle as well. The pistol can be handy in a pinch as well.

The Assault Rifle ain't half bad on Legendary either (burst fired), I mainly use it on occasion to spray down enemies at medium range to conserve my precious precision ammo.

 

[enzo_gt]

No, I love exploits that give me free kills.

i dont like you. are you the same one that thinks hes hot shit for quitting?

 

[riceandbeans]

I can't take this game anymore. Playing with randoms is fucking awful. Haven't won a game for 5 matches in a row already. My last two were filled with completely idiotic teammates killing themselves, the other two were filled with lone wolf morons who don't understand team work. Is there a GAF Reach meet and greet thread for teams or something? This game gets filled with more and more idiots after ever sequel.

 

[cuevas. PhD.]

i dont like you. are you the same one that thinks hes hot shit for quitting?

Naw I make people quit.

I hope at this point you see the sarcasm.

 

[Hey You]

Posted yet?

Here's the complete list of Playlist changes coming with the update tomorrow.

Alot more than I expected.

 

[NameGenerated]

No multi-team updates? Get shitty SWAT out of it please.

And fix green team spawn on The Cage.

 

[ElRenoRaven]

It's under Gadgets>Toys>Tin Cup

Ah yup. I totally missed the toys and lights sections. That's not like me. Sadly you only have a limited number and that wouldn't be enough for what I need. That will help the tree growing through my new found level ground on a part of the map to look a little more natural at least.

Oh well. lol

 

[bobs...onGaf]

Posted yet?

Here's the complete list of Playlist changes coming with the update tomorrow.

Alot more than I expected.

Woah thats a hefty list of changes. Some sound pretty complex, like I cant believe what they have the ability to add to the game. Adding new HUD 'widgets' now is pretty impressive.

 

[Brolic Gaoler]

Awesome! About time!

Oh so you are going to sprint into me and try to double melee me? fuck you, you're dead.

No, that's not awesome in any way. Now you will have people sprinting around instantly killing people.

 

[Ramirez]

Posted yet?

Here's the complete list of Playlist changes coming with the update tomorrow.

Alot more than I expected.

So the drop shield remains in CTF AND the flag return times weren't changed. Awesome.

 

[GhaleonEB]

Posted yet?

Here's the complete list of Playlist changes coming with the update tomorrow.

Alot more than I expected.

That's a big freaking list of updates. I'm impressed they can even change some of that stuff without a title update. 0_o

Parked at the top of the OP, for posterity. Between this and the mid-month update, Reach's playlists are getting one heck of an overhaul. Jeremiah's been busy.

What's up from changing the territory marker to a flag stand?

 

[thunker 9000]

I miss Halo 2 Multiplayer maps. Maybe I am looking at them through rose tinted glasses but the vast majority of maps in Halo 2 were wonderful.

Headlong, Ascension, Midship, Lockout, Ivory Tower, Burial Mounds, Beaver Creek, Warlock, Relic, Terminal, Turf, Sanctuary, Coagulation, Gemini, Elongation, Containment, Turf, Backwash and Zanzibar. All fantastic.

Only Colossus, Waterworks, Desolation, and Foundation. Were poopy.

 

[Rahxephon91]

Eh even with the removal of swat, BTB will still suck. Tired of just playing slayer and all its variants.

 

[Tashi]

Whoa Chet! Nice Emile drawing.

 

[Ramirez]

That's a big freaking list of updates. I'm impressed they can even change some of that stuff without a title update. 0_o

Parked at the top of the OP, for posterity.

What exactly there is so mind blowing it would require a title update?

 

[vatstep]

Juggernaut added to Rumble Pit... I approve of this. And maybe having a couple new gametypes in the mix will lessen the frequency of Infection/SafeHavens until they formally make a change.

 

[Tashi]

So the drop shield remains in CTF AND the flag return times weren't changed. Awesome.

The drop shield is only part of the problem. The major issue and has been since Halo 3 is that default objectives kill in 1 melee. It should be 2.

 

[GhaleonEB]

What exactly there is so mind blowing it would require a title update?

I didn't say anything was mind blowing, I said I was impressed with the number of changes. It's a lot for only being out three weeks. When I think of playlist updates, I think of the kind of toggles to game types that we can make - flag return times for instance - new playlists, that sort of thing. I thought bugs involving host migration and how players spawn onto Mongeese during Race, for example, would require a title update. I'm glad to see they have the flexibility to fix issues like that so quickly.

Hemmorage will still be broken because of the god awful sniper line of sight, and how often the weapon spawns.

Not only that, but the human sniper WRECKS the Wraiths. No one will bother using a Wraith after a day or two on that map.

Aye, there's nothing in the update to entice me into BTB, alas. I think it will take new maps or map variants to do that. Speaking of which, I'll try to polish off my map tonight and park it in file share to get beaten up on.

 

[Brolic Gaoler]

Hemmorage will still be broken because of the god awful sniper line of sight, and how often the weapon spawns.

Not only that, but the human sniper WRECKS the Wraiths. No one will bother using a Wraith after a day or two on that map. The bitching is about to be how crap vehicles are on the map, and how overpowered the sniper is.

 

[bobs...onGaf]

The drop shield is only part of the problem. The major issue and has been since Halo 3 is that default objectives kill in 1 melee. It should be 2.

Why is this the case? MLG uses 2 hit beatdown for objects and ive never understood why? Im not being funny, im just really curious.

 

[Brolic Gaoler]

Aye, there's nothing in the update to entice me into BTB, alas. I think it will take new maps or map variants to do that.

Same, at least Team Slayer is safe now. :lol

 

[Trasher]

The drop shield is only part of the problem. The major issue and has been since Halo 3 is that default objectives kill in 1 melee. It should be 2.

You've clearly never actually hit someone with a skull in real life before.

That is a good point though. That would fix the drop shield being a problem. The flag return time is the biggest problem by far in Objective.

 

[KevinRo]

I finally beat the fucking game on Legendary by myself. Ughhhhhhhhh, first time I've ever used the plasma pistol as an actual gun rather than charging it up. I fucking hate the campaign now. Fucking legendary.

 

[The Librarian]

The drop shield is only part of the problem. The major issue and has been since Halo 3 is that default objectives kill in 1 melee. It should be 2.

Yuck.

 

[Blueblur1]

Awesome. Let's put radar back into every gametype. Let's please the fuckin' babies.

And Crazy King is back. The absolute worst Halo 3 gametype, aside from Heavies, returns.

 

[Hey You]

I see a few gaffers are in Sketch's Community Cartographers group on BNet.