[360] Halo Reach: Ghosts of GFF

I really dug the Halo 3 legendary helmet, my Club Nintendo hat reward is sitting on it right now. ;_;

Considering how cheap the Legendary stuff got so quick though, it might be more cost effective to buy regular first and legendary 6 months later. It'd be possibly cheaper (or at least equal) to double dip, if the helmet prices here were any indication.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

If you timed it right you were able to get halo 3 legendary for 20 bucks at toys r us. So yeah, I'd hold off on legendary myself.

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Everyone go watch this:

Bungie.net : Halo Reach : Multimedia

Don't have time before work to update, but tons of new stuff in there, I'll update when I get home. Also the Bungie guys swear a lot. Also Luke Smith is pretty hilarious. "It's like everyone's got a Death Star in their hands" lololol

Also some stuff came out regarding the editions, what makes this different then previously is the in-game armor stuff is apparently exclusive to the editions, cannot be obtained otherwise; it's some sort of exclusive "armor effect", whatever that means.

Additional Spam:
Acutally leaked images of the actual packaging is up via Halo Waypoint: Reach Retail Packaging First Look

Again I'll properly update tonight.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I'll probably still go with the medium edition, but the statue thing with the large edition doesn't look that bad.

FELIPE NO

I didn't realise that the DMR had changing accuracy like the sniper. I guess they liked how longer ranged weapons work in Tom Clancy games (And in fact most other FPS games these days), assuming that running lowers the accuracy of the DMR as well as rapid firing. I like what they're saying about dropping your Spartan into campaign mode so there's less detachment, whereas before you were either Master Chief (Or the smelly alien dude) or playing multiplayer. Again, this is just like Rainbow Six (I've just been playing that, hence all the comparissons) where even in story mode when you're a named character he still looks how you set him up. When does the beta launch exactly? I'm hoping it's before the Opera season starts and I start working every hour ever.

How ya doing, buddy?

May 3rd.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

My dick is so hard right now. Halo Reach Legendary is mine, Beta Vidoc has me all hot and bothered.

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Originally Posted by Ramenbetsu

My dick is so hard right now.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Updated the OP with the details/pics of all the editions. There's some more relatively minor stuff, but it's late and with the BWU being tomorrow, I'll just wait and do it all tomorrow.

The statue's 10 freaking pounds people!

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Two weeks after launch it'll probably be about £10 on eBay too.

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Per this week's BWU, Bungie is saying that Microsoft is saying that it'll be nothing like the cat helmet, and they actually are limited, so who fucking knows. I doubt it.

Any way, I'll be full on updating the OP later tonight or tomorrow, plenty of news between yesterday and today's update. Quick question: does any one actually give a shit about the .gifs? To be clear I'm pulling them from elsewhere and not spending time myself on them. I'm thinking about maybe pulling down all of them (except maybe for one or two), and severely condensing down the weapon section and possibly doing away with even the spoiler dropdowns, dunno.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I would leave the dropdowns. Makes it a lot easier to find the general subject you're looking for. If someone doesn't really give a shit about the arena (lol right) and just wants to see the new weapons, it's right there in a neat little package. Don't have to sift through half a page of text.

Some of the pictures could probably go, if you're trying to condense. I'm pretty sure everyone has a clear understanding of what the Plasma Sword and Shotgun look like, and the new weapons aren't terribly different from what we've seen before. Except that Grenade Launcher, which is damn cool.

FELIPE NO

Condensed the OP down further, got rid of most of the .gifs although I did keep one or two, seemed particularly relevant to show how Armor Lock works. Once I get off my ass and actually make some image headers it's done done.

Additions to OP:

-Few more details on various editions (The flames on the helmet that comes with the Legendary Edition works with any Spartan Helmet, it's not tied to only that one).
-Mongoose is NOT in the Beta as previously reported.
-Some Loadouts start you with 3 of a grenade; the third grenade is only available upon spawn, once you throw your first grenade of that type, you're capped at 2 for the rest of that spawn, even if you pick up another.
-There are a number of new medals, such as for killing someone who's flying with a Jet Pack, killing someone who's reloading, and more. Waiting for better screens/Bungie info to update this further.
-Custom Games will NOT be available in the Beta.
-In Invasion Slayer there are randomly positioned territories; capture them, and 10 seconds later an airdrop containing either weapons or vehicles will arrive.

(Current) Playlist drop dates into the Beta:
* Grab Bag – May 3
* FFA – May 3
* Arena - May 3
* Invasion - May 7
* Network Test 1/Generator Defense - May 14
-As you can see not all of the Playlists are immediately available; they are being staggered for specific network testing. However once a Playlist is up, unless unforseen circumstances arise it should be up for the duration of the Beta (i.e. Grab Bag does not go away on May 7th when Invasion is available). Per Bungie the above dates are subject to change.
-The Bungie Weekly Update on April 30th will detail what gametypes fall into what Playlists, etc.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Image headers are up; likely NOT permanent, but they'll do for now. I need hi-res screens of things that aren't available yet to do something proper with the headers that I want to do. There's apparently a huge media embargo going up tomorrow, so there should be tons of videos and screens from all of the media outlets when they played the game a couple of weeks ago. Then some time next week (likely on the Bungie Weekly Update) we should have concrete information on how the Arena ranks are calculated, the Beta end date, and final details on what will be in every Playlist, etc.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Media embargo went up today, if you only watch one thing make it this. It's by GiantBomb and clocks at 35 minutes, but they play and go over all of beta maps, as well as all the new weapons and various changes.

Quest Your Way To Early Halo: Reach Beta Access - Giant Bomb

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by SailorDaravon

-There are a number of new medals... killing someone who's reloading

Now that's just silly.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Tails

Now that's just silly.

Why?

That one's called Opportunist I believe.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Because I fucking said so.

'sides I don't see it popping up a whole lot, unless someone is killing you since you're always, always reloading at the worst possible time and getting killed because of it. Seriously if I had a dollar for every time you died because "ran out of bullets and was reloading" or "I emptied a WHOLE CLIP into that guy and he got me when I was reloading" I would be fucking rich.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Tails

Seriously if I had a dollar for every time you died because "ran out of bullets and was reloading" or "I emptied a WHOLE CLIP into that guy and he got me when I was reloading" I would be fucking rich.

quotin' dis

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

That seems to be more an issue for me in MW2 more by far than any other game though, not exactly sure why. Possibly because MW2 generally encourages you to go more apeshit with your weaponry/ammo than most other games.

Also updated the OP, it's unconfirmed but it appears that the Rocket Launcher has vehicle lock-on back, a la Halo 2.

Additional Spam:
OP updated, we got confirmation of the Playlist drop dates as well as exactly what Gametypes are going to be in each early. At this point barring some sort of shocker or typo on my part, I think the only addition will be whenever they announce the end date of the Beta, which as far as I know they still plan on announcing this week.

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Two updates:

-The Beta ends May 19th (what the hell)
-You will get a Halo: Reach hoodie for your avatar by playing at least one game of the Beta, then checking your game stats on Halo Waypoint.

Also sometime this week we're still supposed to be getting the exact formula for how Arena rank is determined, I'll update with that if it's relevant, but that's basically about it for pre-beta stuff. The F&F beta starts tomorrow, so there will be a ton of livestreaming happening (it's being allowed), if there's a particularly good one or something I might post it. I know there's at least one GAFer who will be in F&F who is actually extremely good at the game who will be livestreaming his play, if anything I'll post and check that one out.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Haha, ah man I LOVE the DMR. Mo0 dies SO EASILY TO IT. REPEATEDLY.

Also it's ability to THYME PAIR-A-DUCKS and kill me and daravon at the same time is impressive.

Speaking of mo0 if I see him in our little circle throwing flags out one more time I will drive down to his house and launch him into space

also also team swat is the shit in this. voting for it no matter what happens ever.

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How much better is this over Halo 3? So much. Everything, from weapons to actual movement feels so much better. The plasma launcher is probably the only thing off the top of my head I'd want changed. It's a lock on stick grenade weapon that is ridiculously quick to fire and fast at acquiring targets which equals to loads of bullshit on swordbase!

There's nowhere I can't reach.

How did so many of you get into the beta early?

How ya doing, buddy?

Microsoft Expertzone. It didn't check if you actually worked the job you said you did to normally take advantage of it's bonuses, and it handed out beta codes to anyone with an American Live ID.

They've ran out of codes though. They had several thousand but they are now all gone.

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