Halo Reach Thread

[Ayepecks]

Well, I just earned 270 credits for a game completion while my friend had 700+ in Team Snipers. So yes, I'm pretty sure.

Really? Hmmm. I'm a commander and I don't recall making that much, even when I have a great game... I'll have to pay more attention next time.

[Razorwing]

Hey guys I found this little helpful program called Vanity. This pretty much previews what your Spartan will look like by choosing the parts you wanted. It also tells you What Level you need to be to get everything that you wanted.

i.e this is mine

[Jeston Veteran]

Hey guys I found this little helpful program called Vanity. This pretty much previews what your Spartan will look like by choosing the parts you wanted. It also tells you What Level you need to be to get everything that you wanted.

I am patiently waiting for v 1.2 so I can have helmet attachments. Otherwise, it's a cool program.

[mail]

Too much effort needed to get to this point though :/

[Ayepecks]

The DLC achievements can now be found at Bungie.net if you go to your profile, then achievements.

Pretty letdown that they almost require boosting. I don't get why developers insist on making achievements that are going to harm online play, because people will boost and ruin the game for everyone else who actually want to play.

[Slane]

All 'of em going to be easy, spare the Stockpile one and the grave one.

Stockpile one, this means you have to be the only guy to score flags in Stockpile? Because ya, you'll need to boost that. And then a double kill from the grave which does happen, just not that often. Guess it could be done rushing peeps throwing stickies at the last second. Otherwise they look pretty easy and normal **** you do. No idea about rocket race as I never play that.

[Ayepecks]

All 'of em going to be easy, spare the Stockpile one and the grave one.

Stockpile one, this means you have to be the only guy to score flags in Stockpile? Because ya, you'll need to boost that. And then a double kill from the grave which does happen, just not that often. Guess it could be done rushing peeps throwing stickies at the last second. Otherwise they look pretty easy and normal **** you do. No idea about rocket race as I never play that.

Those are the two I'm specifically talking about. I've already seen people talking about how they're going to boost them. Ugh -- just make ones that you can obtain by legitimately playing the game normally.

The rocket race one is the easiest. You can just hop off the bike and kill someone.

[sweetham]

Those are the two I'm specifically talking about. I've already seen people talking about how they're going to boost them. Ugh -- just make ones that you can obtain by legitimately playing the game normally.

The rocket race one is the easiest. You can just hop off the bike and kill someone.

Definitely dislike any game that implements competitive multiplayer achievements. Especially for those who may wait for the game to drop in price and by the time they get it the multiplayer might be nearth death or already dead with little to noone online to play. It kind of ties in to why I hate matchmaking so much. What happens when the crowd dies down and search times exponentially increase. A simple server browser option with user hosted lobbies would help decrease search times and could also help in the achievement whoring. Those who want to boost the achievements could setup their own lobby and invite the like minded individuals that want to do the same. Those who want to keep the games legit could police people who want to join and break the match.

Either way I lost intrest in this game's multiplayer faster than any other Halo title. I guess to me it boils down to lack on innovation and series progression. But any frachise has the potential to suffer the same fate so live and let live.

[BajiRav]

I took a bunch of screenshots today and noticed that they stopped uploading to bungie.net after "Recent Screenshots" reached 30. Does any one know how I can force it to actually show my latest 30 screenshots instead of first 30? :/

p.s. as much as I like Halo, I really don't like how bungie.net works ever since Halo3 came out.

[Ayepecks]

For anyone wondering: these new maps are FAR better than the crap that shipped with the game.

[LingeringSoul]

For anyone wondering: these new maps are FAR better than the crap that shipped with the game.

Nice. I will have to consider it then. I've been playing with my group every week since the game came out, and so far the only maps (looking at the stock maps exclusively) that have left a lasting impression on me so far are Sword Base and Powerhouse (the two from the beta, as it turns out). The Cage from Forge World is memorable as well, though not necessarily in a good way ;).

I'm still enjoying the game, but with such a weak map selection (in my humble opinion, of course), I can't help but feel like it's a step back from Halo 3. Perhaps the best approach is to think of it as a work in progress. It will get better over time, just like Halo 3 did.

[Ayepecks]

Ugh, I was playing matchmaking yesterday, and it reminded me why I absolutely hate the Halo community so much.

First game on one of the new maps (Breakpoint, I think? May have that wrong), this guy keeps chunking grenades at the Banshee so I can't get in it. He kills me, takes it, and immediately dies because he has no idea what the hell he's doing. We both spawn again at some point later, the same damn thing happens. Someone in his party was doing the same thing. So I made it a point to follow this joker around for 5 minutes and shoot him until his shields dropped and kept doing it. He killed me after the third time, so I finally got to boot him; someone else on the team did the same thing to his party member. We were down 2 guys and came back to win the game because those jerkoffs were ruining the game.

Second game on a new map on Slayer (I think Tempest?) and I wasn't doing too hot. I had no clue where things were and started off with like 1 kill and 5 deaths. Some guy on my team keeps badgering me the whole time and following me around once I get the lay of the map and stealing my kills. Not like helping me out; I'd go in thinking he was going to help me, and I'd get them all near death and THEN he'd charge in and kill them all while telling me how much I suck at the game. At one point I get the rocket launcher and he literally walks right in front of me as I'm firing it and the entire team gets ****ed off at me because he starts bitching about how much I suck.

Gosh damn, I hate the Halo community.

[AimLXJ]

Ugh, I was playing matchmaking yesterday, and it reminded me why I absolutely hate the Halo community so much.

First game on one of the new maps (Breakpoint, I think? May have that wrong), this guy keeps chunking grenades at the Banshee so I can't get in it. He kills me, takes it, and immediately dies because he has no idea what the hell he's doing. We both spawn again at some point later, the same damn thing happens. Someone in his party was doing the same thing. So I made it a point to follow this joker around for 5 minutes and shoot him until his shields dropped and kept doing it. He killed me after the third time, so I finally got to boot him; someone else on the team did the same thing to his party member. We were down 2 guys and came back to win the game because those jerkoffs were ruining the game.

Second game on a new map on Slayer (I think Tempest?) and I wasn't doing too hot. I had no clue where things were and started off with like 1 kill and 5 deaths. Some guy on my team keeps badgering me the whole time and following me around once I get the lay of the map and stealing my kills. Not like helping me out; I'd go in thinking he was going to help me, and I'd get them all near death and THEN he'd charge in and kill them all while telling me how much I suck at the game. At one point I get the rocket launcher and he literally walks right in front of me as I'm firing it and the entire team gets ****ed off at me because he starts bitching about how much I suck.

Gosh damn, I hate the Halo community.

Same here, sometimes my own teammate would team kill me just for the sniper, so what I do is leave a negative feed back and grief them throughout the whole game (I grief like mad crazy to the point where its unplayable for the other player :laugh: )

[Ayepecks]

Same here, sometimes my own teammate would team kill me just for the sniper, so what I do is leave a negative feed back and grief them throughout the whole game (I grief like mad crazy to the point where its unplayable for the other player :laugh: )

I don't mind team killers as long as it's an accident or could possibly be an accident, but if it's blatantly obvious, I'm going to grief you until you quit or until I have the ability to boot you. I don't care, it annoys the hell out of me. I make sure I leave negative feedback to anyone who TKs on purpose or trash talks our own team.

Hurry up, Gears of War 3 beta. I'm ready to get back to an adult community (well, more adult than Halo).

[Emn1ty]

I'm ready to get back to an adult community (well, more adult than Halo).

R.I.P. Chromehounds, the most mature community on Live.

[Razorwing]

Ugh, I was playing matchmaking yesterday, and it reminded me why I absolutely hate the Halo community so much.

First game on one of the new maps (Breakpoint, I think? May have that wrong), this guy keeps chunking grenades at the Banshee so I can't get in it. He kills me, takes it, and immediately dies because he has no idea what the hell he's doing. We both spawn again at some point later, the same damn thing happens. Someone in his party was doing the same thing. So I made it a point to follow this joker around for 5 minutes and shoot him until his shields dropped and kept doing it. He killed me after the third time, so I finally got to boot him; someone else on the team did the same thing to his party member. We were down 2 guys and came back to win the game because those jerkoffs were ruining the game.

Second game on a new map on Slayer (I think Tempest?) and I wasn't doing too hot. I had no clue where things were and started off with like 1 kill and 5 deaths. Some guy on my team keeps badgering me the whole time and following me around once I get the lay of the map and stealing my kills. Not like helping me out; I'd go in thinking he was going to help me, and I'd get them all near death and THEN he'd charge in and kill them all while telling me how much I suck at the game. At one point I get the rocket launcher and he literally walks right in front of me as I'm firing it and the entire team gets ****ed off at me because he starts bitching about how much I suck.

Gosh damn, I hate the Halo community.

I thought you didn't play Reach MP except for FF? :whistle:

[Matthew S.]

I like the new maps, especially Anchor 9

[Ayepecks]

I thought you didn't play Reach MP except for FF? :whistle:

As I stated earlier, I generally don't -- check my stats on Bungie.net. Hence why I said, "and it reminded me why I absolutely hate the Halo community so much." (Y) I don't have to deal with most guys like the ones in my anecdotes in Firefight.

I like the new maps, especially Anchor 9

Anchor 9 is definitely my favorite.

[BajiRav]

http://vimeo.com/17402387

[Matthew S.]

As I stated earlier, I generally don't -- check my stats on Bungie.net. Hence why I said, "and it reminded me why I absolutely hate the Halo community so much." (Y) I don't have to deal with most guys like the ones in my anecdotes in Firefight.

Anchor 9 is definitely my favorite.

That's why you should run with razorwing and myself :p

[Ayepecks]

That's why you should run with razorwing and myself :p

Send me an invite whenever you guys are playing and I'm down. I've found that Invasion seems to have mostly mature players, thankfully, but the other playlists? Not so much.

Still going for 3 more of the DLC achievements. Double kill from the grave, stockpile, and invasion ones.

[Matthew S.]

The first one I got was he double kill one lol

[Ayepecks]

The first one I got was he double kill one lol

Really? I always get INCREDIBLY close, but never get it. I'll kill two people after I die -- done that six times or so -- but it's never long enough after I die. I just need that and the invasion one now, and I have yet to see that map even come up on invasion.

[Matthew S.]

I stuck one guy and they grouped up lol just as I died

[Ayepecks]

I stuck one guy and they grouped up lol just as I died

Yeah, I've gotten it before this update, but it seems to just be one of those dumb luck things.