Halo: Reach Options

[Vuurvogel]

Yes I know, but you still have bigger heads!

Halo 3 sucks now that I can't get any XP. I tried some MLG, I'm like level 10 and I still have 0 xp and no rank.

[Nifoxeli]

Haha well thats your own fault

Everyday the release date of reach gets closer and closer. And the wait gets tougher and tougher, especially now that i have some friends who already played and finished the game. That just makes it a little harder fopr me. But the wait gets harder by the day anyway and soon i'll look like cartman in the episode where he was waiting for the wii to come out. I have already thought about freezing myself because i saw this massive freezer at a relatives house during family day But oh well there was too much good things too eat for me to freeze myself in at that point.

[another penguin2]

Did I ever say there is campaign matchmaking and it ships with 8 maps and five other maps on forge world? I don't think I did

What I ment here was that there is now campaign matchmaking and that the multiplayer has 8 maps on release with 5 other bungie forged maps in the forge world map, which each count as seperate maps

[Vuurvogel]

...there is now campaign matchmaking...

What does that mean? You can do campaign with random people now? Not sure if I like that, I prefer friends.


Also, I blame Penguin for getting us banned. It was his idea...

[Nifoxeli]

Also, I blame Penguin for getting us banned. It was his idea...

AGREED!!!

Anyway, i kinda agree with Vuurvogel, i prefer playing campaign with friends. Random people tend to screw up the things i want to do, but hey some people dont have any friends on xbox live which have the same games so for people that dont have any friends with reach this will come in handy.
I didnt know it will have only 8 multiplayer maps though. I did know about the 5 forge world veriants. I remember hearing about it in the Forge World ViDoC.

[Vuurvogel]

Well if you don't have any friends you should make some... By going on forums like these or just talk ingame. I remember when I played Halo 2, a lot of people talked. Just made fun or tried some strategy. Now when I play Halo 3, I see 80% of the players doens't even have a headset! Oh well, good old Halo 2 days...

[another penguin2]

More links

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMwQ5wDGypY&feature=sub
SWAT on Countdown, which is a map based off the part of the campiagn where your spaceship is docked. hence why it's called countdown.
Looks easy to get lost in initially

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7K_WNP1E2s&feature=sub
And a headhunter game on Boardwalk, a map that reminds me of the front of the ONI building in ODST. I do have to say though that I don't like the look of headhunter, I like the concept and it looks like a good gametype but I think I would get very frustrated losing large numbers of skulls

[another penguin2]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aOb6Nn8egA&feature=sub

Bungie panel from PAX. Some nice concept art and things shown.

[another penguin2]

I have looked on halopedia and most of the forge world variants look like close remakes of older maps, like lockout, coagulation and ascension. Although it does herald the return of tower of power!

[Nifoxeli]

I really loved Ascension from halo 2. It was one of my favorite maps but now it will be more shit thanks to crappy reach settings. I´m talking about the rocket jump. Oke you might think "Rocket newb!" right now but i really like that jump from the side all the way to the middle of the map. But when i saw bungie playing on the map it followed the dude going for the rocket and what happend when he went through the grav lift and landed on the floor? He lost all of his shield, thanks for the falling damage bungie >_>. Oh and in Halo: The First Strike when the spartans go down to Reach and try and save it they free fall like how many miles? And oke they where fucked up and like 4 died but most survived! So why do spartans have fall damage? It just doesnt make any sense.
I think i´ve rambled on quite enough now

Oh and on a side note i lost my internet connection sunday night and it didnt get back on untill just now. It where the most horrible 2 days of life. Not being able to check on Reach news so close to the release. One more week, yay!

[Vuurvogel]

I have looked on halopedia and most of the forge world variants look like close remakes of older maps, like lockout, coagulation and ascension. Although it does herald the return of tower of power!

Although it does herald the return of tower of power!

return of tower of power!

tower of power!

Happyface!

@ Bunny. Quit complaining. You will not take fall damage if you crouch the moment you touch the ground. I agree fall damage is kinda silly on a game like this, but meh. It won't happen that often anyway, and you can fall from pretty high before taking actual damage. (At least, what I've seen from the beta.)

Also, lol at your 2 days without internet.

There's a Halo Reach theme on the xbox marketplace. It's way too expensive for something I never look at, but might be nice for fans such as you guys.



I've been playing some MLG, I started to like it. But so many downrankers out there... Makes me sad. I just want to play a game and not end with a score of -20 each time.

Edit: Why? Bungie? What have I done wrong? Why do I deserve this punishment?

....

They removed. Squad battle.

Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?

[another penguin2]

Oh and in Halo: The First Strike when the spartans go down to Reach and try and save it they free fall like how many miles? And oke they where fucked up and like 4 died but most survived! So why do spartans have fall damage? It just doesnt make any sense.

Yes but having Halo: Fall of Reach style no fall damage would be silly because as I recall Fredd smashed straight through a tree. Im not sure that would work in the game. Also they overloaded their hydrostatic gel suspension units or whatever and im not sure we can do that. Im not sure Spartan IIIs could even overload them

[Vuurvogel]

There's a new Halo Reach vid on the marketplace, Campaign preview. (I think they're doing something new every day.) The preview contains little to no spoilers, I just watched it and it looks pretty fun to do this in coop as well.

And meh, still no big team battle.

[Nifoxeli]

Happyface!

@ Bunny. Quit complaining. You will not take fall damage if you crouch the moment you touch the ground. I agree fall damage is kinda silly on a game like this, but meh. It won't happen that often anyway, and you can fall from pretty high before taking actual damage. (At least, what I've seen from the beta.)

Also, lol at your 2 days without internet.

There's a Halo Reach theme on the xbox marketplace. It's way too expensive for something I never look at, but might be nice for fans such as you guys.

I've been playing some MLG, I started to like it. But so many downrankers out there... Makes me sad. I just want to play a game and not end with a score of -20 each time.

Edit: Why? Bungie? What have I done wrong? Why do I deserve this punishment?

....

They removed. Squad battle.

Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?

Oke well i didnt know about the crouch thingy but still i dont like it. Oh and your complaining aswell about Halo 3 so shut it XD
And about the theme i saw that aswell but im missing 40 microsoft points and i dont really need it. Still got the premium theme from ODST and i quiet like that one.

Yes but having Halo: Fall of Reach style no fall damage would be silly because as I recall Fredd smashed straight through a tree. Im not sure that would work in the game. Also they overloaded their hydrostatic gel suspension units or whatever and im not sure we can do that. Im not sure Spartan IIIs could even overload them

Yea fred did smash into a tree and yes did have hydrostatic gel. But the thing is they can fall from that high, i´d asume that spartans III´s would atleast survive more then a normal human would. And George in noble team is a spartan II btw so he should have the normal spartan armor, unless he changed suits.

There's a new Halo Reach vid on the marketplace, Campaign preview. (I think they're doing something new every day.) The preview contains little to no spoilers, I just watched it and it looks pretty fun to do this in coop as well.

And meh, still no big team battle.

Nice i´ll check it out when i get home. But i would so anyway when i got home. I´m currenctly checking the dashboard and waypoint everyday for news, because in an interview at comicon (or comic-con cant remember) some one said that they bungie would probably reveal more big things about reach before its release. It could have just been the weekly updates with the campaign spoilers though.

[Nifoxeli]

Oke well im bored at the moment and i thought of the halo 3 contest Vuurvogel entered ones. He had to imagine how Halo 3 would end. And i´ve been thinking about it for a while now and im curious to see what you guys think.

How will Noble Team die? Or survive Reach.

The thing is its believe every spartan but the master chief survived Reach. And the people who read the book Halo: The Fall of Reach also know that theres a few more spartans II´s and III´s alive inside a shield world. Changes are they survived in a smiliar way or they died there.
Here´s my prediction on what will happen.

I think that during the end of the campaign either 1 or 2 spartans will die. And that at the end of the game some one will sacrifice himself the same the other spartans (either noble 6 or Carter). And that the rest makes it off the planet in a covenant ship. Be it a cruiser or dropship.

So now i´d like to see what you think and when the all finish the game we can see who was the closest to the true story.

[another penguin2]

Yea fred did smash into a tree and yes did have hydrostatic gel. But the thing is they can fall from that high, i´d asume that spartans III´s would atleast survive more then a normal human would. And George in noble team is a spartan II btw so he should have the normal spartan armor, unless he changed suits.

Your point is rendered moot because aren't we talking about multiplayer primarily? And you can't even be a Spartan II in Reach so why does it even matter if George can survive a jump like that?

How will Noble Team die? Or survive Reach.

The thing is its believe every spartan but the master chief survived Reach. And the people who read the book Halo: The Fall of Reach also know that theres a few more spartans II´s and III´s alive inside a shield world. Changes are they survived in a smiliar way or they died there.
Here´s my prediction on what will happen.

I think that during the end of the campaign either 1 or 2 spartans will die. And that at the end of the game some one will sacrifice himself the same the other spartans (either noble 6 or Carter). And that the rest makes it off the planet in a covenant ship. Be it a cruiser or dropship.

So now i´d like to see what you think and when the all finish the game we can see who was the closest to the true story.

First of all, everyone but the master chief survived Reach? You sure you didn't mean it the other way round, that most people think that the Chief was the only survivor, not that chief was the only death?

And, sadly, I think I read a massive spoiler by accident so I think I know who dies, if any do indeed die, which I would predict anyway.

[Nifoxeli]

Ah nevermind about the falling damage just cant be arsed to comment on that

And yes that is what i meant but like i said i was pretty bored and half asleep because of it and made the major error of typing it the wrong way. I even read the thing twice and didnt notice it >_>

[Vuurvogel]

I could predict the Halo 3 story because I played the prequels, Halo 1 and 2. As for Reach, I've only read the books. And there is NOTHING about noble team in the books. So without any background information it's very hard to make a good prediction. Hell, I don't even know what the story is going to be about! But my guess:

Planet Reach is under attack by the covenant. I think the first few missions will be about the generators, they had to defend those in order to keep the Orbital MAC Guns operational. Then eventually they will get overwhelmed by covenant, and they have to fall back and let them take the generator. Maybe someone will die, or gets badly wounded like in Halo: ODST. Then the rest of the team retreats to a base, where the UNSC has been working on some secret project - a super weapon. It's a ship, a very small ship. But with tremendous firepower, faster than any small ship in the UNSC fleet etc. You'll get launched into space in that thing, and you blow up some covenant ships... After that I don't know really. Maybe they'll get hit eventually, and they decide to abandon their own ship and infiltrate a covenant ship. They kill everything inside and gain control of the ship. But then they see the rest of the covenant is already glassing reach, so they decide to get the hell out and live to fight another day. The covenant ship gets badly damaged but they manage to escape to slipspace in the end. But halfway through the slipspace generators fail, and they can't repair them. Noble team is now stuck in space, with no way out and no idea where they are. The end. (Just like Halo 3)

Another possibility is that they find their way to earth, or maybe even a Halo installation... Who knows? In the end I think noble six will either live, or sacrifice himself for the greater good. I'm starting to see noble six as 'Master Chief II', Dr Halsey compared six to the chief in some trailer.

That's about it. This thing I'll know for sure: Lots of grunts will die. And that alone makes me happy.

[Nifoxeli]

Well now we wait and see who was the closest

And Vuurvogel i agree with you about Noble Six, but i think Bungie intended to make him the next Master Chief. And in the trailer you talked about Dr. Halsey said "Noble Six is hyper lethal, theres only one other spartan with that classification".
In my opinion all spartans are hyper lethal. Did you guys ever read or heard about a spartan that didnt kill a shit load of covenant before dying? I know i dont, well perhaps Samuel but that was just when they got there pre-mjolnir mark IV armor without the shields. And they had never seen covenant before.
So why would Bungie make a trailer saying theres only two hyper lethal soldiers?
To make Noble Six look more like the master chief.

Hmm something came up on my inturnship, i´ll make more wall of text later today

[Nifoxeli]

There's a new Halo Reach vid on the marketplace, Campaign preview. (I think they're doing something new every day.) The preview contains little to no spoilers, I just watched it and it looks pretty fun to do this in coop as well.

Ok well i was browsing on Bungie.net and i found out more about this. Here are the things it will show each day.

7 September - Day 7: "Halo: Reach Premium Theme"
8 September - Day 6: "Campaign Preview"
9 September - Day 5: "50% off Avatar Warthog Prop Offer"
10 September - Day 4: "Firefight Preview"
11 September - Day 3: "Deliver Hope - Director's Cut"
12 September - Day 2: "Multiplayer Preview"
13 September - Day 1: "Halo: Reach Collection Update (Avatar)"

So there´s also the theme you posted about and the preview. So today is the 50% off warthog.
I dont really care about the theme. And i think the campaign preview did have some spoilers though.
Vuurvogel you said they didnt, but in the bottom it said something like Campaign preview of the level ..something.. so its probably some spoilers but not too much ofcourse.
And already knowing the part where you have to go in space, i didnt watch it so i´ll have more things i havent seen when i play the game. The warthog thingy is useless in my opinion but some people might like the 50% off. Personally i prefer the monitor you get from waypoint.
Now for days 2, 3 and 4. I´m really looking forward to those clips. Most people have already seen a whole lot of those topics but hopefully we will see something new.
And the avatar update might be cool too but i probably wont be buying anything. I´m out of points at the moment and i prefer saving the points for addons anyway. Unless theres something really awesome like an elite armor

Now i also found this out.

"Next, after securing your place on Noble Team with a copy of the game, it's officially Halo: Reach "Invasion Week" on Xbox LIVE. Six days of online activities not to be missed by any Halo fan. Between 14-19 September you can look forward to..."
I really like this since i fell in love with this gametype during the beta.

"A free Halo: Reach Invasion Theme for your Xbox 360 dashboard, just connect to Xbox LIVE and download it while you can!"
Oke well this is kinda funny too me. First they give you an option to buy a Reach theme and then a few days later people can buy another one for free. What if people like this one more? I would be kinda angry for buying the other one then. I know its just a bit of money but still

"Chance to play against Bungie themselves! The guys that made Halo: Reach will be playing against you, the fans, at set times during the week."
This will be so awesome! I have never seen a Bungie employee on matchmaking before (perhaps i did but he wasnt using flame helmet then) but my brother did play against one ones. Flaming recon helmet I really like this since.. well... in my opinion ill be playing with gods XD

"We're also throwing open all the benefits of Xbox LIVE Gold membership to our Silver subscribers for the weekend of 17-20 September."
Now this is really awesome aswell. Got to love Bungie for that <3. I have some classmates who do have an xbox but they dont want to buy a gold membership. And some will be getting Reach so this gives me the oppertunity to play a few games online with them.

Guess this is enough wall of text as i promised.