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There's nowhere I can't reach. #654: Braixen |
So the new system either means I'll get credit for being the only person on a lot of big team matches who's actually capturing flags and shit or I'll find it even harder to get beyond level 10, seeing as how I'm essentially shit at Halo.
Either way, avoiding teams full of no nonsense general types can only be a good thing. This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
Another huge update, sorry it's kind of a mess, I'll work on cleaning it up later. Big items are no more push to talk in any playlist, special kinds of banhammers for people who quit and "mute bans", and Arena has no visible leaderboards/EXP/Rank, just a numerical rating based on relatively how well you're doing within your division.
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I think they should only allow rage-quitters to play other rage-quitters and apply auto-overshields and shit to the losing team in order to ensure that nearly every match ends in a draw.
I'm either getting better at Halo or all the decent players have stopped playing it, I did quite well in a few matches the other night including one big-team slayer match where we won by 25 kills with only three players on our team. I'm not sure about the point of banning no-mics from games. Literally nobody uses mics in Halo except for screamy kids these days. I generally mute anyone with a mic symbol straight from the pre-game lobby. I was speaking idiomatically. |
If you're referring to the "mute ban" they mentioned, I read that as being that people who are somehow marked or reported for constantly being abusive will have it made so no one can hear them talk.
What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? |
Oh I see. I thought you meant that you could specify to only allow people with a mic into a game because silent players are annoying. To be fair, banning people without mics would be a good feature in games like Rainbow Six, but the opposite is certainly true in Halo.
I'd like to see a feature in Halo where you can specify an age range of players to play against. Either that or a range of geographical lobbies like you used to get in Burnout so you could mainly play against people from your own countries, both for lag reasons and because no offence to most of you guys but I find playing against or with random Brits far more enjoyable than random Americans (Although those of you here I play with aren't exactly random Americans). Given the likely online population in a new Halo game, I think they can afford to introduce more filter options for who you play with online without making it impossible to ever find a match. FELIPE NO |
What, you don't want my bikini-clad body? |
Bit too tired to update and overhaul the OP at the moment, but they revealed the "Player Investment" system today:
Bungie Reveals Halo: Reach's All-Encompassing Player Investment System - G4tv.com Basically you earn credits (TOTALLY NOT XP) by doing stuff and completing matches (which should additionally help deter quitters) that you use to buy purely cosmetic stuff which keeps the playing field level. There are also Challenges that will be rotated in both daily and weekly that you can earn extra credits by completing. Most amazing jew boots |
There's nowhere I can't reach. |
I hope the challenges whatever they are are in their own playlist to keep weird boosting behaviour out of matches. Nothing used to ruin a game of Battlefield 2 more than having half your team trying to get the medic medal by running into barbed wire over and over and healing their friends. Unless the challenges are helpful things like "Cover a flag carrier all the way back to the base without shooting him so you can score the points" or "Get in a Warthog and wait for two other people to get in before driving off in it" or even "Stay near the base to defend it on single flag games rather than running halfway across the map to grab a sniper rifle you'll never get to use because the other team already grabbed the flag when they rushed the lone guy defending and are now halfway back in their Warthog".
Not that I'm bitter or anything, although I played with some real twats yesterday. This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
Added to the OP some new info from the Bungie Weekly update. Relevant additions:
-Your Rank is global based on all game modes multiplayer and campaign. Rank as it was in Halo 3 is gone, and EXP at both global and playlist levels is completely gone. Your rank increases as you gain credits (but it's not made clear if earning credits is specifically how your rank increases). -As you progress through your commendations you'll earn credits at certain milestones. -Getting Achievements (in Halo Reach) will also give you credits. -In the beta you will be able to customize your helmet, left/right shoulders and chest. There will be additional pieces you can customize in the full game. -"It won't be possible to unlock everything in the first week. In addition to systemic measures that will keep this in check, there will be some pretty neat gating factors that will require a collective effort to open."
I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body? |
Yay about getting credits for being a driver, driving Warthogs is one of the things I'm actually not bad at in Halo and I'll get behind the wheel of a Hog or on a Mongoose every chance I get.
I was speaking idiomatically. |
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The real question is: Will we get rewards for driving our teammates off the cliff like one of us always ends up doing when we get bored?
FELIPE NO #654: Braixen |
Another large update with specifics on Loadouts, and some new weapons and gameplay changes. New info below (and in OP):
What, you don't want my bikini-clad body? |
April 1, 1990 --> April 1, 2010
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lmao Daravon. So what was the real update you were going to post?
(Game sounds more appealing by the minute, May can't get here fast enough) There's nowhere I can't reach. #654: Braixen |
So it looks like they've "borrowed" a few ideas here and there, mainly the Battlefield-esque kit selection on a respawn. Not that that's a bad thing by any means of course, being able to pick a different set-up suitable to beat what just killed you when you pop back in is a great thing.
I'm not convinced how useful a temporary invulnerability is that doesn't let you move at all, except of course for returning flags and planting bombs, where I guess it'll become essential to an extent, or at least popular. I imagine that the instant the Armour Lock wears off you'll get head-shotted though. How ya doing, buddy? |
I could see the Armor Lock being super useful if you're about to get lasered, or you've been stuck, or something like that. Regarding the getting headshotted when it wears off, they said they're specifically still tweaking it, and that scenario is actually exactly why they added the knockback effect to it, so you just don't immediately get assassinated or whatnot. We'll have to see how it actually works though. They've been very upfront about how this is an actual BETA that they'll be pulling info from for release, not just a demo.
Actual update was a pretty good Bungie April Fools ViDoc on Reach, worth watching if you haven't seen it.
I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body? |
Too bad it's just an April Fool's joke. It seems like it'd be pretty cool.
I was speaking idiomatically. |
It wouldn't surprise me if it did make it into the final game somewhere.
What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now? |
I figured this was relevant and probably not thread-worthy though:
Say what you will about Halo 2, booting it up has made me nostalgic, and although I'm sure the gameplay doesn't hold up at all, I still do miss some of the maps. If you somehow still have a copy of this and want something for yourself in Reach be sure to hop on Wednesday! There was also some Reach updates last week with details on some of the beta maps and weapons, but nothing too earth-shattering, I'll get that in there sometime later. FELIPE NO |
I'm definitely up for some Halo 2, I'll re-install all the shit later today.
Edit: Holy shit these maps download slowly. What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?
Last edited by Fluffykitten McGrundlepuss; Apr 12, 2010 at 05:00 AM.
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Lol those maps. I WOULD play but I probably won't be around for much of Wednesday.
If I catch you guys while I'm up then maybe. Jam it back in, in the dark. #654: Braixen |
I'll be on in a little bit, and will probably be on through when the servers go down (in about 10 1/2 hours from now).
Time to finish the fight. AGAIN. There's nowhere I can't reach. |
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