Halo: Reach

[BadKarma]

I had 19 kills in one game with the pistol, many lulz were had at the expense of the other teams RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGE

[ArchDizzle]

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.

Very anxious to try shotty/camo now and gut check some people. I agree I love the BR scope just seemed off sometimes dropping 3 headshots on someone and they just run off sucked, I know beta, lag, etc but still blows.

[Saxon]

Pistol still sucks due to the shitty zoom, fucking want my Halo CE pistol back,

No, this pistol is perfect, although one more bullet per magazine would be nice, but its still great as it is.

[ArchDizzle]

No, this pistol is perfect, although one more bullet per magazine would be nice, but its still great as it is.

Couple times I tried to use it was for longer range shots and it wasn't effective, comparing to the range of Halo CE, however I will give it another go and see how it fares for picking people off at midrange.

[Saxon]

Just shoot a lot slower so that the bloom doesn't kill you. The DMR basically does what the CE pistol did at long range anyway.

[Nightraid]

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?

I like the pistol, it beats the AR in any case. Some people were complaining about the rockets AoE effect on the forums, but jeez its a fucking Rocket Launcher of course it 1 shots you. Plasma Rifle is actually quite good, along with the Plasma Launcher(?), love when someone fires that at me and i just shield up.

The shotgun hasn't changed, still 1 shot at close range, 2 shots mid range. Sword lunge length is slightly ridiculous now, its at least 10 foot in front of you and it's even worse if you are trying to back pedal whilst shooting and the person is using Sprint class(same with Hammer)

Sniper is more or less the same, though they added a ring around the aim sight which for some reason makes it easier to get body shots, maybe its just me.

[Korietsu]

Fuck yeah skullamanjaro!

[Kiarax]

Fuck yeah skullamanjaro!

I have not played since I got mine the other day, I think I realized I reached the peak of victories in the beta.

[Korietsu]

Yeah, mine was pretty easy, since I had the shotgun on sword base.

This boot to the head netted me 5 skulls lol.

http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/Sc...30&size=medium

Another curb stomp in the same match
http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/Sc...55&size=medium

[BadKarma]

We gonna play again later?

[Korietsu]

Im on right now, im up for pretty much any time.

[Naiya]

I hate that one map, uh the one with like 2 bases and walkways between them? lol, if you just get a lead and then take top control there's not much the other team can do,have one player with snipe, another with shotty guarding the stairs and then the other 2 watchin the walkway and your practically invincible, won that map 15 times in a row cause it's so OP lol, Rating of 1780 yesterday, will see what i get today

[Insanecyclone]

God damn

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/06/ha...-on-first-day/

It looks like Bungie is well on its way to engaging its expected three million plus players for the Halo: Reach beta. According to a recent news post on Bungie.net, the ongoing Reach beta logged well over a million players on its first public day. Specifically, the beta saw 1,170,112 total players, who manage to frag, stick, headshot, pummel or otherwise maim one another 157,972,986 times over the 14,205,611 games played, totaling 936,864,266 seconds of play time. That's 260,240 man hours or over 29 man years.

If you prefer your jaw-dropping facts to be less numerical, Bungie concluded that the Reach beta saw more action on its first day than the Halo 3 beta did over its entire three-week run.

One stat missing from the rundown: How many jet packs were used? We're presuming the number is incalculable.

http://kotaku.com/5532109/halo-reach...illion-players

From May 14 to May 17, even those putrid, free-loading Silver Xbox Live subscribers will be able to get in on the Halo: Reach beta, Bungie throwing open the gates to both classes for a weekend of jetpack festivities.

There is a catch, of course: you still need to have a copy of Halo: ODST on-hand. But so long as you can scrounge up one of those, you'll be good to go, even if you're an Xbox 360 owner who plays Halo online and...doesn't already have an Xbox Live Gold account.

While on the subject of the beta, Bungie released some stats today covering its first 24 hours, revealing that 1,170,112 people played the game on its first day (Monday), racking up 157,972,986 kills.

No count on the number of assholes whining about something, but that's estimated to also be in the millions.

[BadKarma]

Halo draws man lol

[Nightraid]

I'm not really surprised about the numbers, Bungie knows how to hype a game very well.

[Saxon]

I hate that one map, uh the one with like 2 bases and walkways between them? lol, if you just get a lead and then take top control there's not much the other team can do,have one player with snipe, another with shotty guarding the stairs and then the other 2 watchin the walkway and your practically invincible, won that map 15 times in a row cause it's so OP lol, Rating of 1780 yesterday, will see what i get today

That's called map control, and is how you're supposed to win TS games.

[Naiya]

That's called map control, and is how you're supposed to win TS games.

I know fine how to win TS games in halo, hold the high ground with the power weapons, but there is absolutely nothing you can do to break that setup unless one of the players makes a mistake.

[Kyo]

Finally had a chance to play this over at a friends last night. Really liked what I played, pistol needs a couple more shots badly, and the grenades as others have said need some tweaking.

[Saxon]

Anyone else got their arena rank yet? It's so fucked up, I got 1650~ for the first three days, but yesterday I got 1500~ and today 1442 (not been trying just wanted to do my three games for a rank so I basically just gave the opposing team free kills), either way even though I been playing like a casual for 2 days, my ranking is still Gold? Hope this gets fixed on retail, otherwise I see no actual competitive play without reverting to a clan website to organize games and leagues (which sucks if you're like me and just like playing on your own for fun with a competitive edge).

[BadKarma]

Invasion is amazing