Halo Reach Thread

[sweetham]

The patch today should removed scorpion from play. Should be Wraith's (4 minute respawn) on Hemmorage. Invasion still has scorpion's I believe.

I would prefer they leave the scorpion in and balance it another way.

Such as:

A rocket launcher spawn at each base with only 2 rockets (make em count).

Take away some vehicles, such as the revenant and one of the warthogs.

Bring back the gauss warthog.

Modify scorpion to have the open canopy of halo 1 to make snipers effective against them.

Slow down the rate of fire on the main cannon.

Reduce damage needed to destory with thrown grenades.

Plasma pistol charge disables cannon fire for a second or so as well as disabling vehicle movement.

Tweak spawns for more in-base spawning when enemies have vehicle control outside of your base as long as no enemies are entering your base to perform objective (CTF, assualt, etc).

Bottom line, it just comes down to the amount of vehicles on that map for me. There is too many, and not enough anti-vehicle weapons to balance it out.

[goji]

^ The DMR, while a "modern" H1 pistol is underpowered for vehicle combat imo. The Scorpion needs to be modified and revenant (sp?) removed. It serves no balancing purpose as far as I can see.

[killmaster84]

^ The DMR, while a "modern" H1 pistol is underpowered for vehicle combat imo. The Scorpion needs to be modified and revenant (sp?) removed. It serves no balancing purpose as far as I can see.

The revenant is the anti-scorpion vehicle though, I have no problems taking down a scorpion with one.

[Ironman273]

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/2136-Halo-Reach with a little Move love at the end.

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

I can't believe I got $50 for this on eBay! :laugh:

Got my MoH money right there.

Really???

Then I am joining EBay tonight. Even if I can get $40, that would be awesome.

[Massiveterra]

Really???

Then I am joining EBay tonight. Even if I can get $40, that would be awesome.

Gamestop is currently paying $40 for it

[TogaForComfort]

I liked SWAT when it was part of big team battle, but now i'm not enjoying it so much.

I played a couple of games this evening and both times ended up on a team of randoms against a team made up of a party all co-operating. The smaller team size seems to lend it's self to this unbalanced matchmaking.

We got slaughtered each time. :(

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

Gamestop is currently paying $40 for it

Nice thanks. Then actually I am off to Gamestop, makes my life a whole lot easier and I can definitely put that towards something coming out in the near future. I almost feel like I should beat the SP first, but I just do not feel compelled to do so, especially since I know I will be all about the SP in MoH come next week and right now I am more into Dead Rising 2 then Reach. So might as well strike while the iron is still hot and get a decent amount of credit back for it.

[Massiveterra]

Nice thanks. Then actually I am off to Gamestop, makes my life a whole lot easier and I can definitely put that towards something coming out in the near future. I almost feel like I should beat the SP first, but I just do not feel compelled to do so, especially since I know I will be all about the SP in MoH come next week and right now I am more into Dead Rising 2 then Reach. So might as well strike while the iron is still hot and get a decent amount of credit back for it.

Well if you ever want to go back to finish the SP you can always just rent it from GF or even borrow my copy

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

The Zero Punctuation review of Halo Reach.

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

Well if you ever want to go back to finish the SP you can always just rent it from GF or even borrow my copy

Aight cool, thanks, I may definitely take you up on that offer eventually, as I imagine renting it from Gamefly is going to be near impossible for quite some time. So it is much appreciated.

Still a small part of me that is contemplating keeping it, but that is a very, very small part of me. Almost definitely gonna get the trade in while I can, and pretty sure I will put it towards Gran Turismo 5.

The Zero Punctuation review of Halo Reach.

Considering he only reviews the SP aspect of games and not the MP, he was actually pretty reserved compared to his normal reviews. He definitely has a few zingers, and as Ironman pointed out his comment about Move towards the end is hilarious, but I really think he was very fair overall, then again I have not even beaten the SP yet, so MO is only based on what I have played thus far.

[Emn1ty]

So your solution is "get there first"? That's not much of a solution.

Thats how it is in any game with pickup weapons. Not really sure what else to say.

About DMR's being weak, they aren't. They hurt most vehicles very well when multiple are being shot. A group of four can decommission a banshee in about 15 seconds if they just unload on the thing.

About the scorpion. I'm pretty sure it is three shots to get the kill total. Two for the canopy, one for the driver. May be wrong but that is how I distinctly remember it. Either way you can kill a tank pretty easily with anything but a sword and a shotgun.

[____]

Gamestop is currently paying $40 for it

Is that for the special edition or after some promo? According to the CAG thread its only $30. Either way I'll probably still trade it in or sell it somewhere, I just don't see myself putting much more time into this game.

[DirtyLarry Veteran]

Is that for the special edition or after some promo? According to the CAG thread its only $30. Either way I'll probably still trade it in or sell it somewhere, I just don't see myself putting much more time into this game.

I can post back tomorrow exactly what the trade in value, I plan on stopping on the way home from work. So will be a good 21 hours or so from now, but I can post back.

[Ayepecks]

Thats how it is in any game with pickup weapons. Not really sure what else to say.

About DMR's being weak, they aren't. They hurt most vehicles very well when multiple are being shot. A group of four can decommission a banshee in about 15 seconds if they just unload on the thing.

About the scorpion. I'm pretty sure it is three shots to get the kill total. Two for the canopy, one for the driver. May be wrong but that is how I distinctly remember it. Either way you can kill a tank pretty easily with anything but a sword and a shotgun.

Not really. The solution in most games with vehicles is not "get to X weapon first."

[Emn1ty]

Not really. The solution in most games with vehicles is not "get to X weapon first."

I said with pickup weapons. Most shooters let you choose the weapon you want to start with. Have you not ever played a game of CS where the weapons are strewn on the map? It is all about knowing where it is and the fastest way to get there from where you are. Other examples of this gameplay, although definitely not the same thing entirely, are Quake and Unreal Tournament.

[Sethos]

It's funny how little praise the game is getting post-release, see a lot of people wanting to get rid of it already.

[.KICK]

It's funny how little praise the game is getting post-release, see a lot of people wanting to get rid of it already.

I am not surprised to be honest, the hype train is riding off into the distance!

[Ironman273]

The Zero Punctuation review of Halo Reach.

https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/856150-halo-reach-thread/page__view__findpost__p__593236682

I guess I should've put a description on mine... :p

[Hedon]

Just wanted to say thanks to Cupcakes for her video on the acheevo for taking over the Banshee. I used her video last night and I got it on the second try. I tried to get the assassination on an elite acheevo, and I couldn't get it for the life of me :(

[BajiRav]

Just wanted to say thanks to Cupcakes for her video on the acheevo for taking over the Banshee. I used her video last night and I got it on the second try. I tried to get the assassination on an elite acheevo, and I couldn't get it for the life of me :(

That is tricky, it took me several tries (think 30-40) to get it. I used this video and as he says in that vid, I got it several times but no achievement! You gotta let go the sprint at the perfect moment, not right but perfect! :D

[Hedon]

Yeah, thanks man. I was actually using that video :(. I gave up after about 15 tries. I guess I will just keep at it. I haven't even assassinated him yet. I just fall right behind him and die.

[Razorwing]

I guess another tip is that don't back up way too much when you start your jump. You will lose that time inbetween the run and jump if you know what I mean. I had to do over multiple times .. sometimes, I killed the Grunt instead of the Elite lol..

[goji]

The revenant is the anti-scorpion vehicle though, I have no problems taking down a scorpion with one.

It's more than an anti-scorpion vehicle, it is a mini wraith on speed. Bungie had a similar vehicle planned for H1 though the passenger would have been in charge of the cannon, which instead of a splash damage weapon would have been a plasma turret.

Not really. The solution in most games with vehicles is not "get to X weapon first."

In all fairness that is how H1 was played: ghost rush to the rocket and then set a timer to wait for the rocket respawn. It is close to impossible to take down a H1 scorpion without significant concentrated firepower or if the tank isn't facing forward for that lucky sniper kill.

[Matthew S.]

^ Define lucky sniper kill? those where / are painfully easy kills in H1MP