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"The Armor that you get in the Armory is more than cosmetic, right? Also, do you need to lead any of your shots in this game?"

You don't need to lead your shots unless you're firing something with a slow travel time like rockets or plasma shots.

The armor from the Armory is mostly just cosmetic. The bigger ones might increase your own hit-boxes just a bit, but I'm not sure on this, and it's pretty negligible even if it does. It won't affect your "stats" or anything else like that. Strictly made for looking cooler.

[Edited on September 16, 2010 at 1:13 PM. Reason : .]

9/16/2010 1:12:23 PM

About the Armory: Completely cosmetic.
It doesn't matter if you switch from Male to Female, swap helmets, shoulders, or whatever. You have the exact same hit-box as everyone else.
Armor also has no effect on your run speed, jump height, health, or any other stat.

Elites obviously have a different (bigger) hit-box than the Spartans, but their shields and health are tuned to account for that. All elite variants have the same hit-box as well.


[Edited on September 16, 2010 at 1:21 PM. Reason : .]

9/16/2010 1:19:39 PM

Sweet my copy finally got here bout to mount up.

9/16/2010 1:39:15 PM

I miss not being elite all the time

9/16/2010 3:03:29 PM

^ Understandable, but I think it's awesome that they're more than just a different skin now. The gameplay difference makes Elites more interesting to play... especially in Invasion.

It really makes them feel cooler, being able to jump higher and take more damage.

9/16/2010 3:11:31 PM

So there are many things in this game that are much improved except for one major thing...




THE GOD DAMN MARINE WEAPONS ARE STILL A GIANT PILE OF FUCK!!!!!! I MEAN, SERIOUSLY, WHAT IN THE FUCK HAPPENED TO THE BATTLE RIFLE?!?! I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS POSSIBLE TO MAKE THIS WORSE. BUT YEAH, THEY DID. IF YOU PLAY ANY DIFFICULTY HIGHER THAN NORMAL PREPARE YOURSELF FOR THE FUN FILLED TREASURE HUNT OF FINDING A NEW WEAPON EVERY 2 MINUTES BECAUSE EVERY CREATURE CAN TAKE A FULL MAGAZINE JUST ABOUT.

9/16/2010 4:45:51 PM

lol wut?

9/16/2010 4:53:23 PM

Finally getting someone decent at this game. I play on the couch, I tend to revert to my cunty MW2 style of playing where I sit back and camp. I play on the treadmill, I'm much more active, darting around bashing motherfuckers skulls in. So when you play with me, and you hear me breathing heavy, you'll know why.

9/16/2010 5:35:20 PM

I like how you can get "quitter banned" because Bungie's matchmaking blows

9/16/2010 5:46:05 PM

^From what I've heard, it takes 5+ quits or betrayal boots in a relatively short time to get a ban... and even then it's only 15 minutes.

personally, I haven't been dropped from a single game after the whole matchmaking thing is completed, but maybe they're having server problems today or something. Second (third?) day of release, that's not uncommon. Or for all I know, your connection might suck or your NAT isn't open.

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"I tend to revert to my cunty MW2 style of playing where I sit back and camp."

I've always wondered if MW2 players actually realized whether or not they were being campy bitches. That answers that.

[Edited on September 16, 2010 at 6:20 PM. Reason : .]

9/16/2010 6:10:14 PM

I picked up a copy at Target, then got home and realized that they forgot to take off the big plastic brick around it.

Thoughts? Besides a hammer, I mean.

9/16/2010 9:31:52 PM

Er... return to Target, bitch and whine at them?

9/16/2010 9:32:50 PM

I won't get there before close.

9/16/2010 9:37:12 PM

bust that mess with a hammer.

jk... you technically should do the right thing and take it back

[Edited on September 16, 2010 at 9:43 PM. Reason : ]

9/16/2010 9:42:34 PM

Also, I didn't steal it.

9/16/2010 9:51:37 PM

Quote :

"THE GOD DAMN MARINE WEAPONS ARE STILL A GIANT PILE OF FUCK!!!!!! I MEAN, SERIOUSLY, WHAT IN THE FUCK HAPPENED TO THE BATTLE RIFLE?!?! I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS POSSIBLE TO MAKE THIS WORSE. BUT YEAH, THEY DID. IF YOU PLAY ANY DIFFICULTY HIGHER THAN NORMAL PREPARE YOURSELF FOR THE FUN FILLED TREASURE HUNT OF FINDING A NEW WEAPON EVERY 2 MINUTES BECAUSE EVERY CREATURE CAN TAKE A FULL MAGAZINE JUST ABOUT."

sounds like someone needs to lrn2plasmapistol

9/16/2010 11:17:21 PM

Also, learn to aim.

9/17/2010 12:26:19 AM

Quote :

"THE GOD DAMN MARINE WEAPONS ARE STILL A GIANT PILE OF FUCK!!!!!! I MEAN, SERIOUSLY, WHAT IN THE FUCK HAPPENED TO THE BATTLE RIFLE?!?! I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS POSSIBLE TO MAKE THIS WORSE. BUT YEAH, THEY DID. IF YOU PLAY ANY DIFFICULTY HIGHER THAN NORMAL PREPARE YOURSELF FOR THE FUN FILLED TREASURE HUNT OF FINDING A NEW WEAPON EVERY 2 MINUTES BECAUSE EVERY CREATURE CAN TAKE A FULL MAGAZINE JUST ABOUT. "

A) I think thats kind of the point...you're an outnumbered and outclassed race that're still adjusting to covenant weapons and warfare.

B) Learn to aim

C) Pick up a DMR, problem solved.

Rolling with some T-dubbers last night in MP was uber-fun. Runnng with you guys definitely make the game better...as proven by my lone rage after everyone left for the game!

Do we need to form our own Reach-squad to counteract the MW2 hate we're getting?

9/17/2010 8:57:03 AM

i much prefer the BR to the DMR. Also, I like the needle rifle better than the DMR. I don't really like the DMR at all.

9/17/2010 9:31:34 AM

I don't know why I didn't get credit for the weekly challenge yet:

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"Complete 9 Campaign missions on Heroic"

I definitely earned the XBOX achievements for being chapters 1-10, as well as the entire game on heroic. I want those 5000 credits damnit!

so far I've gotten all the daily challenges. I'll be able to get them later today, but I will be too busy tomorrow to. my streak will end at 4!

9/17/2010 10:48:49 AM

^ Same thing happened to me. Apparently I was disconnected from Xbox Live during five missions.

Go check your Achievements. If there isn't a date for some of the missions you will have to beat those again while connected to XBL.

It's frustrating, but I think it's smart to require an XBL connection to make progress on challenges... otherwise you'd get cheaters getting tons of credits.

9/17/2010 12:30:47 PM

I don't have a problem aiming. It's just annoying as fuck to have to look for ammo every 10 seconds and half the marine weapons do little to no damage.

9/17/2010 12:33:42 PM

How does Firefight work? I just did two long 15+ minute rounds and only got 50 points for each of them. I get 50 points in multiplayer for reloading my gun. Whats the trick to score bigger in this mode?

9/17/2010 12:41:49 PM

^ Were you playing Firefight by yourself (or with friends in a custom Firefight game) or did you go through the Matchmaking playlist? I think that may have an effect on it.

You earn more credits if you play Firefight in the matchmaking playlist (Firefight or Score Attack for now). This way people don't just create custom Firefight gametypes where they are invincible with unlimited fuel rod guns and earn tons of credits the cheesy way.

Besides that, look at your commendations progress in your service record.

Also, they will put up a Campaign matchmaking playlist pretty soon. I think some of the Campaign commendations will only level up (or at least level up faster) when you go through matchmaking. I guess they want to encourage people to populate the playlist.

[Edited on September 17, 2010 at 1:01 PM. Reason : post 1111]

9/17/2010 12:59:13 PM

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"Do we need to form our own Reach-squad to counteract the MW2 hate we're getting?"

IN!!!!!!11111

I've been enjoying the big team battle game mode. DMR isn't so terrible once you get used to the timing of it, you've just gotta pace yourself.

9/17/2010 1:00:07 PM

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"you've just gotta pace yourself."

which is an assload of fun in a game that is very fast paced

9/17/2010 1:06:36 PM

Well...how about a we start a player-list for this thread then. I know several of you from MW2 but not everyone, I'm sure

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9/17/2010 1:34:11 PM

^^ He's not saying you have to wait like 10 seconds between each shot. Just wait for the cross hair to return to normal (which takes less than a second) instead of quickly tapping the trigger over and over. The marine weapons, outside of the AR, are all just as good as the plasma weapons.

9/17/2010 1:54:19 PM

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9/17/2010 1:58:11 PM

lol @ someone thinking Halo is fast-paced.

9/17/2010 1:58:42 PM

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Lets meet up tonight and buttfuck this party

9/17/2010 2:19:05 PM

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"lol @ someone thinking Halo is fast-paced."

rumble pit and certain maps can be very fast-paced.

fuck today's challenge of 30 assists. i'll shoot a guy until near death and someone will kill him and i won't get the assist.

9/17/2010 2:26:49 PM

^Yeah I don't understand how the assists work. Same thing happens to me.

9/17/2010 2:36:56 PM

In halo 3 it seemed they gave a lot more assists than I saw in the beta

9/17/2010 2:43:43 PM

i've just decided to use plasma pistol as much as possible. i've been getting assists with that pretty easily

9/17/2010 2:57:26 PM

i'm trying to do the nine missions challenge...it's pretty funny to get jihaded by a grunt.

9/17/2010 3:03:21 PM

^Thats about the only thing that I missed playing through the campaign was the grunts running around sceaming funny things.

9/17/2010 3:33:30 PM

With assists, they changed the amount necessary to get one.

I don't know the exact amounts necessary, but Halo 3 had the easiest to get assists, followed by Halo 2. As far as I can tell, Reach requires you to do something like 40% of their total life (total life being health+sheilds).

9/17/2010 4:03:55 PM

I played this with some buddies on launch night, and it could be fun in the long run. We got our asses handed to us because we were severely out of practice and playing against 12 year olds I'm sure . I won't be picking it up until I get my internet in my apartment upgraded from RR Lite to...anything else.

However, I think the majority of the MP maps look like absolute dog shit. It seems the framework of the retro maps were imported and had a grand total of 2 textures applied to them...bright green grass and metal.

Also,

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"lol @ someone thinking Halo is fast-paced."

9/17/2010 4:28:38 PM

Quote :

"However, I think the majority of the MP maps look like absolute dog shit. It seems the framework of the retro maps were imported and had a grand total of 2 textures applied to them...bright green grass and metal. "

Uh, you do realize that all of those "grass and metal" maps are Forged, right? As in, they're all built using the object/level editor. Reflection/Ivory Tower is the only actual remake.

Open up Hemorrhage, Asylum, or Pinnacle in Forge (Blood Gulch, Sanctuary, Ascension).
Notice that you can move all of the metal parts around and delete them.

The mapmaking commmunity is going to go crazy with this. They are going to make some quality remakes and of course some excellent new maps. This is a good thing.

9/17/2010 4:35:42 PM

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"Uh, you do realize that all of those "grass and metal" maps are Forged, right? As in, they're all built using the object/level editor. "

Whoop de fucking doo. Still looks like a shit map that was released with the game. Honestly its one of the things making me wait until someone puts it up on Classifieds for a discount.

More so that they're highly in use in the Multiplayer playlists so I continuously will have to see them, rather than tweak them in the Forge.

[Edited on September 17, 2010 at 4:48 PM. Reason : lkj]

9/17/2010 4:46:57 PM

Quote :

"I don't know the exact amounts necessary, but Halo 3 had the easiest to get assists, followed by Halo 2. As far as I can tell, Reach requires you to do something like 40% of their total life (total life being health+sheilds)."

In halo 3 at times it seemed like if you touched them and they later die you get an assist.

9/17/2010 5:03:52 PM

I agree, the forged maps get kind of repetitive. It seems like there were a lot more original maps in Halo 3.

Got my first kill frenzy including 6 consecutive kills of this one dude who kept rushing me with the sword when I had the shotgun. If at first you don't succeed...

9/17/2010 5:13:49 PM

Bungie's already announced they'd be vetting community-made forgeworld maps for inclusion in multiplayer playlists, so there should be a lot of good ones coming out in due time... Especially once MLG starts up with the game, since they've got a handful of great forgers.

9/17/2010 5:40:34 PM

who wants to play coop tonight

9/17/2010 6:16:18 PM

the sandbox maps that were created and included in the halo 3 and odst playlists in the past year or so were fun as hell.

9/17/2010 7:31:19 PM

They were about to assassinate my boy, but I got there just in time

9/17/2010 8:27:46 PM

ill be up for some co-op

9/17/2010 9:01:06 PM

I've been booted 3 times for team killing. and every single time has been when i'm scoped in sniping and they run in front of me. fucking assholes.

9/17/2010 9:17:17 PM

I played a bunch of matchmaking tonight and am now under the impression that active camo is overpowered in Powerhouse. I went on an assassination spree because people with jetpack kept landing in front of me.

9/18/2010 2:37:04 AM