[360] Official Halo: Reach thread

[Dez]

Just beat the game. Story was ok. Ending was good though.

My GT is BreezyOSU, add me. I'll be on tonight

 

[Juggernaut]

SWAT is my favorite mode by far, not a fan of invasion at all

anyone find a good duckhunt map yet? me and my friends played one but we need to nerk it a little bit

 

[stevsta]

finally made captain those challenges today were easy cr giveaways

 

[kmanharris]

I don't necessarily hate swat. I am not bad at it. I just find it retarded to play it on that big of a map. You have about a 1% chance of hitting someone across the map in the head. I was in a firefight with this kid for a good minute and a half and we just kept body shotting each other. Finally he stood still and I hit him in the head.

I will take swat on any other map besides that one

 

[A Tasty Burgerr]

Am I correct in saying that there are no hammers in multiplayer?

I've found that to be a little weird.

 

[Pitty]

Am I correct in saying that there are no hammers in multiplayer?

I've found that to be a little weird.

? There's one on Powerhouse in Slayer.

 

[wingsfan77]

They need to make this SWAT playlist and get it out of the goddamn Team Slayer playlist, I've done it 4 times in a row.

 

[Juggernaut]

I played like 4 regular just to play SWAT, trust me, we want it out of that playlist just as badly as you guys.

 

[Maynard]

i bet swat will suck when it comes out out the slayer list. when its on its own it will be played by people who want to play it so the vast number of guys who just stand there while you 1 shot kill them will be reduced

 

[Maynard]

so i see why swat is being added to the playlist. last night they had a challenge to play 17 MP matchmaking game. so i did. Of those 17 games i played, 1 was a BTB, 1 was Slayer pro, 15 were SWAT.

i played solo all night except for the BTB game. Everyone was voting for swat, and when it didnt appear on the first vote list, people were voting none of the above to get to the 2nd vote list, then voted swat. The 1 time i played slayer pro was when thru two voting lists, swat never appeared

its pretty clear that in slayer, everyone wants to play swat

 

[stevsta]

swat is fun, quick, and takes a bit of skill

that is why people love to play it

 

[wingsfan77]

I understand why people like it, it's pretty much Halo's COD or Battlefield mode, which is all well and good but if I want to play that style shooter I'll go buy one of those games.

 

[Maynard]

what i like about swat is that its not a camp fest like COD or BF. players cant just sit around or they get hit. people still run all over the map.

 

[Maynard]

updates (including SWAT) coming on Tuesday

http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=28998

We’ve already promised a big mid-month Matchmaking deployment, but Jeremiah and the core team responsible for Reach’s playlist management have decided to fast track some of the “easier” implementations and break October’s update into two distinct and meaty halves. The first round of playlist updates, barring any unforeseen shenanigans, will go live on Tuesday of next week.


Spaaaaaaaaace!

Here’s what you can expect when we pull the trigger:

Team Slayer
SWAT is taking one in the face (being removed) and the weighting for all other gametypes will be adjusted to fall in line with voting data. Expect – surprise, surprise – more traditional Slayer offerings to appear.

Team SWAT
SWAT gametypes that are removed from other playlists are being incorporated into their own, unique playlist with adjustments made to modes and maps based on voting data (farewell SWAT on Hemorrhage, you sucked and everybody hated you).

Team Objective
Powerhouse will now feature several more gametypes, including 1 Flag and Stockpile. Because Powerhouse is awesome and we don’t get to play it enough.

Multi Team
Rocket Race is being added. You win by staying on the Mongoose and racing to the checkpoints. (Oh, who am I kidding, you’re just going to hop off and try to assassinate people, aren’t you?)

Big Team Battle
SWAT and Classic are being removed and the frequency of Snipers is being reduced based on – you guessed it – voting data.

Arena Doubles
Boardwalk and “Pro” options are both being removed. Default Zealot is being replaced with Arena Zealot, a map variant which features modified initial player spawns and a soft-kill zone in spaaaaaace.

Team Arena
“Pro” options are being removed. Arena Zealot (details above), is being added.

Score Attack
Credit earn rates for Gruntpocalypse are being reduced to fall more in line with other modes.

General Matchmaking
Alongside the major alterations listed above, a myriad of much needed fixes and tweaks to the experience will also go into effect on Tuesday, including a metric ton of small, but annoying bugs and gameplay issues that we’ve identified and earmarked for eradication. As these updates go live, Jeremiah will publish the full details to our Optimatch forum so you can pore over the subtle nuances of each individual change.

Make sure to pop in and tell him that you agree with every single decision we’ve made! We prepped a pile of official discussion threads and bucketed them by playlist to facilitate polite and mature discussion. You can weigh in here.


Loud and Clear

The second salvo for October will include the fix to the current betrayal booting system, bringing it back in line with Halo 3 (three strikes and you’re out), and it will also introduce some significant changes to the Firefight experience, including the removal of friendly fire. Also on the way, a proper Team Snipers playlist, the possibility of a radar-less “Pro” experience in Season 3 of Arena, and more love spread out over all of our offerings, with a strong focus on Rumble Pit and Multi Team (all barring any unforeseen issues).

Already mentioned and still planned is the introduction of Campaign Matchmaking and some substantially awesome changes to the Firefight Matchmaking experience, the latter by way of cooperative multiplayer maestro, Larzy B. We’ll talk more about these updates next week.

Long story short, we’re evaluating all of our playlists and we’re acting fast to make sure feedback from voting data and the community-at-large is being evaluated and implemented.

 

[Pitty]

FAP!

 

[MvP]

SWAT playlist and 2k11 on the same day, sheeeittttttt

 

[stevsta]

wtf pro being removed wtf

stupid noobs complaining shit was the most skillful of the gamemodes now Im going to have to play with jetpacks armor effect :smh: (talking about arena modes)

 

[Maynard]

what is arena mode?

 

[stevsta]

what is arena mode?

the ranked matchmaking playlist

 

[Juggernaut]

SWAT playlist and 2k11 on the same day, sheeeittttttt

:fap: :fap: :fap: