Official Halo Reach thread

[AstroManLuca]

Is Amazon still sending you a second? Might wanna let them know you got it.

They told me yesterday they'd send me another one and to just return to sender if I ended up getting two copies. I guess I could tell them but it might already be on its way.

EDIT: Yep, the order appears on my account but I can't cancel it. I'll just refuse shipment when it arrives.

 

[Kabob]

If you call them they should be able to cancel it, might save you hassle later, but that's your call.

 

[tw1164]

I tried to play H3 multiplayer last night, it was dead. It was hard to find people to setup the matches.

 

[AstroManLuca]

I'm totally up for some Reach tonight. Between the hours of 6 and 9, central time.

Gamertag is ItsaMamaLuigi. Send me a friend request or invite if you want! Otherwise I'll probably jump into the campaign.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

*crickets*

 

[smackababy]

Did anyone make a certain prediction about said games killing off other said game?

 

[IceBergSLiM]

Did anyone make a certain prediction about said games killing off other said game?

You did make a prediction but I'm failing to see any metrics to support your prediction here other than a thread that fell understandably to the second page.

 

[JoPh]

my xbox is dead. so im out.

 

[PimpJuice]

Reach is not dead......its only been a week, obviously players are going to jump to the newer game on release. It doesn't mean Reach is sub-par like smackababy seems to imply. It just means another hot game was released. The same thing would have happened if the situation were reversed.

I've been playing BO all week, but I did play some Reach the other night and had no problems finding a game.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

Reach is to Black ops as The United States is to _________

 

[Phobic9]

Reach is to Black ops as The United States is to _________

North Korea? :sneaky:

 

[AstroManLuca]

First of all, a game doesn't need a million active players to sustain itself. Reach still has over 100,000 people playing daily, which is pretty good in the week following a Call of Duty release.

Secondly, threads like this tend to see the most activity early on. Reach has been out long enough now that people have sort of finished discussing it. Occasionally someone will come in and bump the thread but you won't see a flurry of activity. Also, Call of Duty tends to attract more activity because more people get it, it's available on more platforms, and there's more customization.

Anyway, I don't really care if CoD has more people playing, I'm still going to enjoy Reach as much as ever. Hell, Halo 3 is still pretty popular. You can even go online and find a game of CoD 4 if you want, although it'll take longer especially if you want one of the less-played game types.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

North Korea? :sneaky:

acceptable answer!

 

[Zargon]

lol

 

[state 08]

I don't know if I got better or if all the good player went off to play Black Ops, but I'm doing a LOT better now.

Also, does anyone else opt NOT to tack on armor that bulks them up? I feel like it just makes your a larger target to hit.

 

[smackababy]

90,000 players on Reach when I played last night...

 

[Kabob]

Also, does anyone else opt NOT to tack on armor that bulks them up? I feel like it just makes your a larger target to hit.

I'm sure they're using identical hitboxes no matter your character's gender or armor. Otherwise everyone would use the female character w/no armor added on.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

90,000 players on Reach when I played last night...

Funny when I played last night there was 110k and then later 120k and games were found very quickly........:awe:

 

[smackababy]

Funny when I played last night there was 110k and then later 120k and games were found very quickly........:awe:

The past couple days I've been playing during what I'd consider peak hours and the number has been around 100k. Much lower than any Halo game in the past this soon after release. I am sure with the December playlist update (Team MLG one) the numbers will swell some. After the initial hype of Black Ops dies down things might go back up as well.

 

[AstroManLuca]

I don't know if I got better or if all the good player went off to play Black Ops, but I'm doing a LOT better now.

Also, does anyone else opt NOT to tack on armor that bulks them up? I feel like it just makes your a larger target to hit.

Kabob's probably right, I doubt wearing extra armor actually makes you easier to hit. But I still don't add much armor because I just don't like how most of the pieces look. Maybe when I get past the Warrant Officer levels I'll get something better.

I pretty much just swap out the helmet. Can't decide which one I like most.

Also I have definitely been playing better, it still varies a lot though. I think part of it was internalizing how to use the DMR - it takes 4 shots to drop someone's shields and then either 3 body shots or 1 headshot to kill. With the needle rifle it takes I think 6 shots to drop their shields and it's also a full auto weapon. And with Halo you just have to take it slow as compared to Call of Duty - hang back a lot more, run away if you know you can't win.

 

[IceBergSLiM]

16,000 credits for this weeks weekly challenge!

 

[AstroManLuca]

16,000 credits for this weeks weekly challenge!

Heck yes, I'm on it. I already did one of the challenges (complete a campaign mission on Heroic with Famine and Cloud skulls on) this morning. Winter Contingency seems to be the easiest for most of the campaign challenges.

As for the rest, they're pretty easy too. Assists + kills in MP matchmaking and killing grunts in Firefight. Actually I think the grunts will be the hardest since you have to use Firefight matchmaking, which is always really laggy for me.

I think people are starting to figure out how to do well on Elite Slayer. I used to own face (for a while my most-used weapon was the Needler) but now EVERYONE does armor lock + needler. Still, occasionally I see some fool jetpacking around and it makes for an easy kill.

 

[tw1164]

Heck yes, I'm on it. I already did one of the challenges (complete a campaign mission on Heroic with Famine and Cloud skulls on) this morning. Winter Contingency seems to be the easiest for most of the campaign challenges.

As for the rest, they're pretty easy too. Assists + kills in MP matchmaking and killing grunts in Firefight. Actually I think the grunts will be the hardest since you have to use Firefight matchmaking, which is always really laggy for me.

I think people are starting to figure out how to do well on Elite Slayer. I used to own face (for a while my most-used weapon was the Needler) but now EVERYONE does armor lock + needler. Still, occasionally I see some fool jetpacking around and it makes for an easy kill.

Just to a few Gruntpocalypse games, you can get up to 120 grunts a game.

 

[secretanchitman]

its a really good game, but goddamn, there is too much motion blur everywhere, so i cant play this game for more than 20 minutes at a time.

 

[AstroManLuca]

Just to a few Gruntpocalypse games, you can get up to 120 grunts a game.

But it has to be in matchmaking. Which sucks because online Firefight is always laggy. And it doesn't always give you a Gruntpocalypse game as an option. But it still won't take long I'm sure. Rocketfight would go quickly as well.