Halo: Reach

[vrumpt]

The pre-ODST access seriously makes this ridiculous for someone new coming in now...I had an average lifespan of 30 seconds because everyone else knows where to find the rocket launchers, focus rifles, and gravity hammers and I'm stuck with the default loadouts and don't live long enough to find something else

i had weekend access and i still don't know where the sniper rifle is on sword base.

also the odds of you running into somebody every game who played over the weekend are incredibly slim. i could do math but i'm gonna choose not to.

[Saxon]

i had weekend access and i still don't know where the sniper rifle is on sword base.

Bottom middle, inbetween the trees.

[Norellicus]

i had weekend access and i still don't know where the sniper rifle is on sword base.

also the odds of you running into somebody every game who played over the weekend are incredibly slim. i could do math but i'm gonna choose not to.

Then I had the dumbest fucking luck because last night I couldn't find weapons anywhere and I scoured the map any chance I could. The few times I found one it was because someone had either died or discarded it and it was mostly empty.

[vrumpt]

Then I had the dumbest fucking luck because last night I couldn't find weapons anywhere and I scoured the map any chance I could. The few times I found one it was because someone had either died or discarded it and it was mostly empty.

i'll agree the placement of the weapons seem like they are pretty strewn around and they don't really follow the "pattern" of previous Halo games. Really my only big complaints so far are the DMR and Needle Rifle locations on both maps.

Also i would like to take this time to voice my hatred for CTF 1-Flag on Sword Base.

[Fallyn]

Also i would like to take this time to voice my hatred for CTF 1-Flag on Sword Base.

This, so much.

[-Zer0-]

Lol it's not so bad. Racking up my sniper kills with it

[Aeowin]

Headhunter is the equivalent to sex.

[Saxon]

Headhunter is the equivalent to sex.

You must really hate sex.

[dejet]

Am I the only one pissed you cant dual weapons?

[BadKarma]

Am I the only one pissed you cant dual weapons?

yes

[Cougarclaw]

How does this arena thing work?
I understand you get a rating based off the top 3 games ina day, but I got 1650~ yesterday and today, does it average out over the month and then place me in a bracket in which I'll only play others in that same bracket? If not I don't see where the competitive part of is if you end up playing randoms who suck ass. :\

I'm pretty sure that after you get five day ratings it'll average the five and put you in a certain division depending on how good/bad you did. You then play against people around your skill level for the month, then at the end of the month everything gets reset and you do the five day ratings/division placement again.

[BadKarma]

I'm pretty sure that after you get five day ratings it'll average the five and put you in a certain division depending on how good/bad you did. You then play against people around your skill level for the month, then at the end of the month everything gets reset and you do the five day ratings/division placement again.

I do believe you are correct.

[Bendar]

Team crazy king on swordbase is so much fun :D what do you guys like most?

[Aeowin]

Headhunters fun, but I was doing it with 5 friends and 2 random people so we were having a blast. I think by myself I'd kill myself.

Juggernaut seemed a little overpowered, but it was a lot of fun.

[Zanz L. Barre The 3rd]

Team Slayer Pro with a few friends was fun. The way the DMR reticule focus affects dmg and accuracy is crazy, I really like that addition to skill factor.

[Saxon]

I'm pretty sure that after you get five day ratings it'll average the five and put you in a certain division depending on how good/bad you did. You then play against people around your skill level for the month, then at the end of the month everything gets reset and you do the five day ratings/division placement again.

Oh 5 days, thanks for that.

[ArchDizzle]

Got to play for a bit last night and was pretty fun for the most part, enjoy the new match types and the different load outs. Hit boxes seem to be off either that or guns do shit damage across the board now. I would be chasing a guy unloading the assault rifle into his back, reticle staying red and it would take almost two clips too take him down.

I like the effects from grenades and stuff and when you go stealth the audio goes out as well, but pretty disappointed with the visuals as a whole. Bungie said they overhauled the whole engine but it barely looks better then Halo 3 which was outdated as fuck back then, hopefully that will get tweaked.

[Norellicus]

Got to play for a bit last night and was pretty fun for the most part, enjoy the new match types and the different load outs. Hit boxes seem to be off either that or guns do shit damage across the board now. I would be chasing a guy unloading the assault rifle into his back, reticle staying red and it would take almost two clips too take him down.

I like the effects from grenades and stuff and when you go stealth the audio goes out as well, but pretty disappointed with the visuals as a whole. Bungie said they overhauled the whole engine but it barely looks better then Halo 3 which was outdated as fuck back then, hopefully that will get tweaked.

There are better weapons (that aren't heavy artillery), the assault rifle is just weak. I want to say the needler is weak too but I haven't yet reliably actually unloaded a clip into someone proper to tell.

[ArchDizzle]

There are better weapons (that aren't heavy artillery), the assault rifle is just weak. I want to say the needler is weak too but I haven't yet reliably actually unloaded a clip into someone proper to tell.

Ya, I used multiple weapons, Battle rifle was good when shit was right but it was 50/50 that it landed right, the needle rifle is ok pretty much same scenario, I raped pretty well with the regular needler it seems the same, the big DRM or whatever is ok, Rocket Launcher area of death seems better, the covenant gun that looks like a suped up plasma rifle is pretty boss as well. Pistol still sucks due to the shitty zoom, fucking want my Halo CE pistol back, didn't get to mess with the shotgun or sniper rifle, if the shotgun is back on par with Halo 1 it plus camo could be fucking deadly. How is the sniper btw?


Edit: One thing I did seem to notice about the needler/needler rifle is that the explosion/death animation seems delayed compared to before I would nail every one but it would take a good 3-5 seconds after they had all hit and disappeared to explode them.

[Norellicus]

Shotgun is pretty great from what I saw, I got two-shotted with it from just inside a grenade throw's range.

I haven't found a sniper rifle yet to try one, though battle rifle scoping works remarkably well so I have hope for the sniper.