Halo: Reach

[Candyman5]

Re: Halo: Reach

I play BTB alot and dont get swat and snipers alot. Love BTB slayer on Spire. Falcon FTW!

[thaima1shu]

Re: Halo: Reach

I finally got to play Reflection last night in multiplayer and it's a great remake. I loved Ivory Tower in Halo 2 and now I love Reflection. In two games on it last night I went 23-13 and 17-9. A few too many deaths for my taste, but we won both games.

Absolutely agreed. Ivory Tower was always one of my favorites, and I'm very glad they remade it. Everytime Reflection comes up, I always vote for that one.

The problem is SWAT and Snipers come up to much, and the majority of the matches they have when I've played, people have voted for them.

I HATE that SWAT and Snipers always comes up. I really do wish they would just make it separate from Team Slayer. It's annoying as hell.

[Beantown]

Re: Halo: Reach

I vote for SWAT every single time it comes up, but I definitely wish it was a separate playlist.

[Pete1210]

Re: Halo: Reach

I've had some with this so far. Played maybe the first two missions in the campaign, playing on the level below the hardest.

Online is fun, but I'm not very good/ some people are incredible at this game. I'm gonna try to get better, but it's getting frustrating, not being able to compete.

I am in the same boat. I wish I could gather a similar group together for multiplayer.

[Candyman5]

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I vote for SWAT every single time it comes up, but I definitely wish it was a separate playlist.

Same, only played it once.

[SinisterAlex]

Re: Halo: Reach

Alright I finished my Shipment map and I was wondering what you guys think of it.

http://www.bungie.net/Stats/Reach/FileDetails.aspx?fid=964771&player=Sinist3r%20Alex

I think it turned out pretty well. I couldn't make it 100% accurate though, the places where I couldn't add the stuff from CoD4 (barrels, wood pallets, etc), I added some rocks, barriers, collums, etc. I had to do it inside the Colosseum though, I couldn't do it where Asylum was built because it was too small.

Let me know what you guys think!

[Sandman42]

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Yeah seems like I always get slayer in BTB as well. The one time I didn't was when people voted for 1 Flag CTF on Hemorrhage which was also dumb because there was an option for Multi Flag. Why people would prefer 1 Flag in Gulch is beyond me.

[DTX3]

Anyone play invasion? Definitely my favorite playlist

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[TracerBullet]

Re: Halo: Reach

I haven't played SWAT or Snipers since the first day.

[Flawless]

Re: Halo: Reach

Not enough people play BTB to do this, but I wish BTB could be split into BTB slayer and BTB objective.

That's how it was in Halo 2, and believe it or not, Skirmish became more popular than the BTB Slayer. I wish this would come back, and be given a chance.

[Flawless]

Re: Halo: Reach

Bungie Weekly Update

• 31,000,000 Games have been played since launch
• 98,000,000 Player-games have been recorded
• 8,214,338 Daily Challenges have been completed
• 255,996 Weekly Challenges have been completed
• 78,499,560,895 Total Credits have been earned
• 953 Man-years have been spent in matchmade games
• 1365 Man-years have been spent in campaign
• 854,107 files have been uploaded
• 577,804 recommendations have been sent to friends
• 4,619,455 files have been downloaded

Campaign Matchmaking is not available as part of our online experience. The main reason for its omission is simple: we don’t want your very first experience in campaign to occur on the very last level, and like all our matchmaking playlists, Campaign Matchmaking will offer all players in the party a vote as to which mission they’ll end up tackling together. Democracy is totally sweet, but in this case, the majority might overrule your No Spoilers Doctrine.
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Other omissions are also likely owed to some inexplicable internal phenomenon too esoteric to cover here, but rest assured, we can and will make nimble and frequent changes to the matchmaking experience.
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Stuff like Rocket Race, Firefight Versus, and more, are all in the plan and will be deployed sometime down the road. Some sooner than others. To arm you with a little bit of additional information, Jeremiah prepped a wee bit of lip service.

"The first matchmaking update for Reach will occur in early October and consist primarily of fixes for bugs and balance issues. We're not done testing them all yet, but when they're ready we'll fill you in on all of the little details. We'll also be adding some game types and Forge maps. Co-op campaign will be going live in October as well.

Campaign matchmaking will not take into account what your current progress is, so if you're worried about spoilers make sure you finish campaign before jumping into this playlist!"

We’re seeing reports of players being booted for betrayals after just one measly stinkin’ team kill. Yup, it actually can and will happen, but as always, it’s a bit more nuanced than it appears to be on first glance. Currently Halo: Reach is using a betrayal system similar to the one employed by Halo 2, where players accumulate strikes against their betrayal count not just for straight up kills, but also for doing non-fatal damage to their teammates.

Of course, none of that is communicated very well in game, so it’s no surprise that you’re freaking out about it. Even internally, we’ve already talked about tweaks to the current system and we’re looking into deploying a solution. Don’t worry; it’s something we can configure without a major update, so you can expect to hear back from us soon about some modified betrayal booting conditions. Maybe December. (Yes, that's a joke.)

For now, here’s how you remedy the problem:

1.Stop shooting your teammates

Some people are attempting to game the Arena system by quitting before they turn in a poor performance. These people aren’t very bright. While your Arena Rating is used to give you a good gauge of your present performance levels in any given match, Trueskill is still in full effect, underpinning the matchmaking experience and informing your ultimate Seasonal Rating.

The only achievement you’ll be unlocking by quitting out of games is one that’s not worth any Gamerscore. We call it Quit Probation. You’ll also end up in a lower tier Division than you would have had you sacked up and stuck it out. Chumps.

[Beantown]

Re: Halo: Reach

I ****ing love Bungie.

[SinisterAlex]

Re: Halo: Reach

At least they're fixing betrayal booting. I killed an enemy with a stuck plasma grenade and my team mate goes to beat him down, he gets killed along with the enemy. Then I get booted.

[CaptainZombie]

Re: Halo: Reach

WOW! This game is freakin great and reminds me so much of CE, except more refined and has character. I'm not much into MP in general, so I'm going through SP and will look into MP after I'm done with the campaign.

[Flawless]

Re: Halo: Reach

BTB Headhunter on Countdown is insane.