Halo: Reach

[peteykirch]

Re: Halo: Reach

I just love getting unsuspected kills, nothing better than sneaking up on someone and WHAM HAMMAHTIME

[Flawless]

Re: Halo: Reach

Bungie.net

Embrace change! We've just made some adjustments to the Halo: Reach Beta and introduced a new flavor of Slayer inside the Grab Bag playlist. Along with a host of under-the-hood technical type stuff that you don't need to be too concerned about, here's the list of alterations you'll definitely wanna know about:

• Grab Bag’s “SvE Slayer” pits Spartans vs. Elites
• Spartan DMR Loadout removed from Invasion Phase 1
• CTF Flag return proximity slightly increased
• Headhunter skull pickup radius increased
• Same team Stockpile flag removal and re-scoring resolved

[sportsdude]

Re: Halo: Reach

Bungie.net

making changes to the beta itself? Bravo, Bungie.

[DTX3]

Re: Halo: Reach

I still haven't played headhunter.

[Steel5]

Re: Halo: Reach

Spartans vs. Elites slayer. I'm excited to try that out. Ever since Bungie introduced the Elites to multiplayer in halo 2, I've always though the games should have been spartans vs. elites.

[elTodd]

Re: Halo: Reach

I've never had this much fun online with a Halo game before. I think its the first time that I've felt like the game was very balanced and that my skill actually mattered in the game, and I'm loving it.

I also love that Bungie is responding to problems in the beta itself, instead of just changing them in the final game. Great work Bungie.

[sportsdude]

Re: Halo: Reach

I've never had this much fun online with a Halo game before. I think its the first time that I've felt like the game was very balanced and that my skill actually mattered in the game, and I'm loving it.

I also love that Bungie is responding to problems in the beta itself, instead of just changing them in the final game. Great work Bungie.

Yeah, the weapon balancing in Reach seems to be better than any other Halo game to date. And it is much appreciated, it really makes each multiplayer round feel different whereas Halo 2/3 were about who was more accurate with the BR.

[Sandman42]

Re: Halo: Reach

I still haven't played headhunter.

Either have I. I've never seen it as an option in grab bag.

[Steel5]

Re: Halo: Reach

Either have I. I've never seen it as an option in grab bag.

Its only in FFA for the beta.

[frostbyte06]

Re: Halo: Reach

Spartans vs. Elites slayer. I'm excited to try that out. Ever since Bungie introduced the Elites to multiplayer in halo 2, I've always though the games should have been spartans vs. elites.

At first I wasn't feeling the Elites, but I'm starting to get into the groove with the "Evade" ability and that thing has saved me in soooo many times in 1v1 battles with people.

[Sandman42]

Re: Halo: Reach

Its only in FFA for the beta.

I could have sworn I've seen Team Headhunter in some of the beta videos.

[Steel5]

Re: Halo: Reach

At first I wasn't feeling the Elites, but I'm starting to get into the groove with the "Evade" ability and that thing has saved me in soooo many times in 1v1 battles with people.

Yeah when to use the evade ability is key to the elites. Its the difference between just rolling around pointlessly and saving your life while giving you the upper edge on your opponent. Its probably the best ability in the right hands IMO.

I could have sworn I've seen Team Headhunter in some of the beta videos.

The media got to play Team Headhunter when they got to play and post all their videos, but its not the in the public beta. They also got to play "race", which isn't in the public beta.

[Antec]

Re: Halo: Reach

Is "race" like rocket-race from Halo 3 or is it a different gametype than just mongooses?

[Cyros]

Re: Halo: Reach

I could have sworn I've seen Team Headhunter in some of the beta videos.

You did, but I think the beta only has free for all head hunter.

[Flawless]

Re: Halo: Reach

Generator Defense goes live tomorrow. Looking forward to checking out that map. This gametype currently isn't even going to be in the final game, although Bungie has said if it's received well, they will try and rally to get it put in. This leads even more credence to this testing Firefight or whatever its evolved into for Reach.

Is "race" like rocket-race from Halo 3 or is it a different gametype than just mongooses?

I remember seeing some footage of this, and it being with Mongoose, single Spartan on each, and no rockets. Didn't look really compelling.