so is it true you can melee off a melee sword?

yeah, that's what's happening in >>58440945

need the right timing

>>58441195
>Bender_with_camera.jpg

I like it but it sure does annoy me at times

This vid finally showed me why I should sometimes choose jetpack:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arr7PAvBJ6w

I can't send screenshots to bungie.net
what the fuck

>>58441660
It probably is the quality filter

>>58442147
But they're great :(

Parry system? What? WHAT IS THIS YOU SPEAK OF?!

No STALKAN?

I fucking love Invasion, and this map.

>>58442719

it's so hard to win as elites if the spartans are even remotely competent

but god dammit it's still fun. STEALTHAN NEEDLAN STEALIN THE ROCKETS AND SPARTAN LASER-AN

say what you like about halo, bungie sure knows how to build a fun game.

Whats everyones arena division? Whats the average rating yall pull?
Onyx around 1680-1695 each night.

>>58442862

Hey! Nothing you can say(say), nothing's gonna change what you done to me.
Now it's time to shine(shine), you'll never take what's mine!
Take what's mine...

>>58442844
Helps if your team of Elites aren't stupid as well.

But that's ok; I got to play as Spartan on my first game. :)

I am atrocious at Reach. Something about the health/shield separation disconnect. Like that a melee won't knock both health and shield damage, so during close quarters it feels like weapons are useless to a good one two punch to the face.

Also, I can't use the needle rifle or DMR for fucking dick. Feels like everyone can pop me off with it no issue, but seriously it's like it shoots rubber bullets when I use it.

>>58443009
That's why I've stuck with them for so long, I tell you that much. Also at least they don't attract bad press.

I love that in this game if you wanted you can have a "Jetpack Duel" just like this picture here. Shit's awesome.

>>58443374
>Also at least they don't attract bad press.
But, they seem to troll a lot in that they always go where people will get the most pissed.

Started off as Mac developers, then went to PC (Mac users bawww), then went to Xbox (PC users bawww), then they go to Activision (people who want to see Activision die in a fire bawww).

>>58443311

it works like the battle rifle kinda. Learn how many shots it takes to down someone's shields - it doesn't matter where you hit them. Then follow up with a headshot. Or just keep hitting their body with the needle rifle and enjoy seeing them explode.

One thing about the needle rifle - it's not like the carbine, it's automatic. You can just hold down the button. Your aim will go to shit though.

>>58443081
I play Invasion 24/7, fuck arena ranking.

Hardcore faggot shit.

>>58443009
Also balanced. I know a lot of people here will bitch about the sword, but as long as you keep your distance you can kill that fucker within seconds.

>>58443661
I'm actually glad they added arena. All the players who want to play competitive go and play arena, while the others who want fun just go and play Grab Bag and Invasion

>>58443675

the sword is pretty shit in this one. Like OP pic shows you can deflect it with melee, it's rare but so many people in the game spam melee that it's likely to happen

in invasion it's worthless because you're either out in the open or up against spartans who spawn with shotguns.

I still get a lot of kills with it on swordbase, but I go for the shotgun over it.

A dude makes me happy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRRlauFtDO8

>>58443554
It's automatic?

Huh...that's new. I just shot the weapon like the DMR with single shots. Never knew it could be used as an automatic..

Also

>THIS MOTHERFUCKING ROOM

>>58443837
Depends on how you use the sword. When you're an elite the sword is fucking godlike because of the dodge manoeuvre. Same thing goes when you have Sprint.

>>58443819
Your logic is flawed, I play both and love them both.

>>58443675

I think the clashing thing is a bug. There's no way they'll put that in the game

>>58444074
It's not a bug, the sword melee parry is an intentional mechanic. Whether or not they'll tweak it is another thing.

>>58443837
>in invasion it's worthless

OH NO IT ISN'T!

Even in the open, you can double evade and be within sword distance.

If your team all picks the sword, evade into the final room, you can fuck up the Spartans real bad.

>>58444066
One of the few.

>>58443311
you need to get the timing right, the faster you fire weapons the worse the shots get, you need to 4 shot to the body, wait for the reticule to get smaller and pop said opponent in the head.

>>58444052

I have shotgunned hundreds of people in that room

What do you guys think about THIS map?

You shouldn't be able to melee a sword period. That is just stupid, it's a fucking energy sword that's supposed to easily rip through armor, but you can punch it? Lol.

>>58444212
>Thoroughly frustrated by the frightening changes that have been foisted upon the third leg of your beloved golden tripod? Rest easy. While the melee system has undergone a significant overhaul and we won’t be going back to the Halo 3 model, we do have a few pertinent issues preventing the new stuff from working exactly as we intended.

>For now, you’ll have to deal with two bugs that we’ve identified. The first is likely the most obvious.

>Currently in the Beta, when you throw a melee you can almost immediately follow it up with second smack. The end result is that players who’ve gotten the drop on unsuspecting chumps are often penalized if they keep firing and take the fight up close. In the fall, the time delay between melee attacks will be slightly extended. Up close, melee will no longer be a trump card you can play no matter the situation. You will need to use it wisely.

>The second issue stems from a larger than ideal melee contest window that allows two players to strike simultaneously – something our sandbox guys call “clang.” The end result? The double melee.

>Without getting all technical, let’s just say the fix will result in fewer instances of both players landing killing blows at the “exact same time,” which will reduce both the amount of simultaneous melee deaths you experience and the amount of times players can appear to mistime a melee and still be rewarded with a clean kill.

>Fixed for fall.

I assume when they fix these bugs, there will be a lot less sword deflections.

>>58444421
Dunno if it affects shield or something. I knew that in Halo 3 you could parry an energy sword with another energy sword

>>58444382

>one side spawns 10 feet from the rocket launcher
>DURRR

other than that I like it

>>58444382
Swordbase is superior. Honestly.

>>58444542
And the other one spawns close to the shotgun.

Anyway, I always get shotgun first, then go to the grenade launcher room and just keep on killing fuckers in that general area

>>58444382
it's okay, i prefer invasion and sword base, im not sure if the weapon placement is very .. fair.

>>58444541

Lore wise energy swords go right through shields. In halo3 that made sense because it was supposed to be two swords hitting each other. But cmon, punching the sword back with your fist or gun? That is retarded.

>I love mods too

>>58444542
ugh....gonna have to agree with that sentiment there...

>>58444710
>>58444421
How do you know he's punching the sword and not the sword guys arm?

Check, mate.

So, I received my copy of ODST in the mail earlier this week. I'm not a big fan of Halo, but I had played the first 3 and man, ODST was fun as fuck. Just beat it this morning, so I decided to try out the Reach beta.

Now, I have always despised Halo online. Every experience I've had with it was horrible (mostly the community). So I play a few matches and HOLY FUCK IT'S AWESOME

I love how you can tweak your settings like polite/rowdy, chatty/quiet, etc. etc. It's awesome and I've been hooked ever since.

I'm even considering buying the fucking game.

>>58444794

you punch the sword

Shut the fuck up, mate.

>>58444845
I'm definitely going to get it. Especially because I know five friends that will get it as well. We already agreed that on launch we're going to play the campaign together.

Did the same thing with Gears 2

>>58444919
Oh really? Looks to me like you are hitting his arm and stopping his sword a little.

Still just Halo, nothing to get excited about.

>>58444962

You punch or hit the sword back with your gun. It's a melee swing.

And even if you did hit the guys arm, that wouldn't stop him from lunging the sword into you.

>>58444977
"Still just Halo, nothing to get excited about." Roger typed, soft tears falling down his keyboard. He gazed upon his PS3. Layers of dust had settled on it. He could see it looking back at him. Watching. Pathetically. Like a beaten dog. Roger threw his keyboard on the ground and sobbed. A deep howl came from within him and filled the room.

>>58444845
It warms my heart whenever something like this happens.

Same situation with my fiance loving Reach over Halo 3 in that she'll never have to deal with feeling bad exactly about

1) Losing to assholes (MLG type players)
2) Playing with loudmouth fucks.


The social settings are surprisingly effective. I have no fucking idea how in the hell it works but it DOES and man...knowing we got a system of EXP that actually rewards you how you play compared to just simply if you win or lose is probably the best new thing I like about Reach.

Man...good times coming ahead for me.

>>58445189

Those are the exact types of people who made me not wanna play Halo online in the first place.

Those fucking MLG NO SCOPE QUICK SCOPE LOOK AT ME I ROCK assholes and the fucking children.

And yeah, man, those settings fucking work. I just put it to "Polite, no preference on speech, Good time, and no preference on team work". It's fucking fantastic and I haven't had a problem with it either.

I just looked at my stats and I've already played more of the Reach beta than I did of Halo 3's multiplayer, not counting co-op. If they put Firefight with matchmaking in this shit I will buy the hell out of it.

>>58444845
At the very least, I'm buying the Heroic edition.

I love all that extra lore shit bungie adds into their special editions. Also, it comes with a special Elite armor! (pic related)

If I can afford it I'm getting the Legendary, I will NEVER use the flaming head it comes with for Spartans...so ugly.

>>58445408

That armor doesn't look all that special.

>>58445408

If I do buy it, it'll probably be Heroic or standard. Legendary looks nice and all, but I don't have room for a MOTHERFUCKING TEN POUND STATUE in my room.

I just...I dunno, man. This game has changed me for the better. I think another reason is because I've been needing something to play online. Ever since I dropped MW2, I've had nothing to play and I'm excited to get back in there, you know?

So what's the difference between Invasion and Rush from BC2?

>>58445526
No, it doesn't, but it does look like a bicycle helmet, which I find appealing.

>>58445681
People actually play Invasion.

>>58445371
..and that's what it's really all about too. I've never played any other FPS that makes me really enjoy what I'm doing. I think Bungie perfected (almost; gotta wait for the tweaks in the retail version) the way how to handle Halo online multiplayer and it's real neat.

I at least am going to enjoy eventually becoming a General; Halo 3's EXP blows so hard that you HAVE to do ranked matches and win them (lollosingrankifyoulosetoomuch) that I just quit doing ranked games on Halo 3 altogether.

>>58445408
>>58445408
>>58445408
>>58445408

viral bullshit up in this thread

HOW DOES ONE COUNTER A SWORD LUNGE? PLEASE EXPLAIN!

>>58445726
ZING!

Also, check out the background in Boneyard. This was the best screenshot I could get of it without the camera resetting.

>>58445860
Go back to your homework, Jimmy. Adults are talking.

>>58445860
I know what it sounded like before I posted it, but I went with it anyway.

Halo makes me giddy.

>>58445753

I feel you, bro. I also high fived that picture for you, man.

Also, I haven't really figured out how the EXP system works yet. I'm assuming you get after each round, right? I'm just curious 'cause I have yet to level up even once.

Then again, I've played maybe 5 matches and lost all but 1

>>58445408
>At the very least, I'm buying the Heroic edition.
Fucking this.

I want the Legendary Edition, but I can do without a neon sign pointing out my position. I mean, I don't even want the diorama. I just want the bigger box.

But anyway, is it actually possible to form a competent Invasion team? Every time I play with a party, we'll get split up if there are any more than two of us.

>>58445140
Sooooo beyond halo and gears what's the 360 offer?

>>58445992
It's hard.

Only your ONE teammates service tag is really visible (the one you can spawn on), your other teammates tags are dimmed down and blurred...it makes coordination really hard unless your entire Invasion team are IRL friends.

>>58445885

Yeah, man. The beta is gorgeous. The weapons, the models, the scenery. It's amazing to look at.

WHYYY?

>>58445973
Well, here's an example of how I believe it works.

>Juggernaut
>Manage to only damage the Juggernaut for the most part; get a few kills in before being killed yourself when you ARE the Juggernaut
>this continues up until the Juggernaut is 20 points away from winning
>*BAM* Become the Juggernaut and slaughter everybody tieing you up with the 1st place opponent, get a Killtacular, Revenge, etc etc medal almost every other second
>Get killed and lose the match but you at least get to 2nd place
>Commendations: 500+ EXP

I know I lost that match but earning those experience points made it feel like I was WORTH something. Basically the better you play (Whether you score or not) nets you the most points. Winning barely gets you anything and THAT is awesome.

>>58446286

OH NOES

>Not a big 360 player, but I have Halo 1, 3, and ODST and have had some fun with them
>Usually play online on my PC, so I don't have Gold
>Download beta, friend gives me a free 1 month that he got when he RRoD'd (He's got a subscription)
>Enter on Xbox.com, code works, Xbox.com says I'm a gold member
>Go on 360, says I'm still Silver.
>"It must take a bit of time to activate, I'll just go do something else for now"

>Hours later

>>58446347

I have no idea what Juggernaut is. I'm assuming it's in FFA?

But I sort of see what you mean. Basically, the better you do, whether you win or not, the more XP you get? So basically racking up a lot of medals and just being tactical and awesome nets a decent amount of XP?

The graphics confuses me


Halo always used in-game graphics for their movie scenes

The trailer for reach looks FUCKING AMAZING
this game doesnt look like the trailer

>>58446347
>>58445973
You know when you are playing, and those commendation bars pop up on your screen? (one of them in the pic)

Those give you like hundreds of credits...but it doesn't tell you so people are like LOLWUT.

>>58446380
If you put in the code through your actual xbox, it gives you the gold membership instantly.

Reach doesn't even feel like it's a halo game.

>>58446655

That must be why I love it so fucking much...

>>58446557
The trailer was probably prerendered.

>>58446573

Since when do elites have segmented toes like ninja turtles? Didn't they always have hooves?

It was a real time trailer just like ODST.

>>58446648

Yeah, I was thinking about doing that originally but now it's already in the system and the code's invalid as it's already been used. So I'm stuck like this.

Oh well. Guess I'll go play some ODST while listening to my recently-downloaded Queen Discography.

>>58446655
Yes it does.

>>58446557

Selective anti-aliasing. The game itself has no AA and looks pretty jaggy, but to get good PR the xbox anti-aliases screenshots so people think the game looks better than it does.

>>58446504
>Basically, the better you do, whether you win or not, the more XP you get? So basically racking up a lot of medals and just being tactical and awesome nets a decent amount of XP?

Yeah, it's mostly medals and kills. In a game it's easy to get 30 Cr for completing a game, 100 Cr for commendations, but you'll almost never get more than 6 Cr for actually winning.

Cr are credits. You level up with more Cr and you can spend Cr on different armor types.

Some types of armor better compliment armor abilities. FJ/PARA shoulders and chest, for example, let you fly the jet pack for longer and to a higher height. I'm pretty sure Scout shoulders will make you active camo last longer or have it fade less while moving.

Also, Cr is short for Credits, which acts as EXP.

>>58446380

you're not missing out on anything, the beta is nothing special at all

>>58446504
Juggernaut in a nutshell: Everybody is against the Juggernaut. When you ARE said Juggernaut, you get the Hammer, overshields, and increased speed along with a flaming head.

I think the first few seconds of becoming it you are invincible, but after that it takes a LOT to be killed. Every kill I think does.....15 or so points...I don't know. But you keep going until someone reaches 155 points.

It's fun. :)

>>58446814
They have always had it, it's just that the graphics used to be worse so it was less noticeable.

>>58446912
>Some types of armor better compliment armor abilities. FJ/PARA shoulders and chest, for example, let you fly the jet pack for longer and to a higher height. I'm pretty sure Scout shoulders will make you active camo last longer or have it fade less while moving.

Bull fucking shit, give me a source.

Anyone else severely dissapointed?
Its just Halo with perks. I do love the matchmaking and seeing friends in parties but thats it....

>>58447061

i am extremely unimpressed by it, it's nothing new. basically it's just another game for halo fanboys to cum all over and the rest of us to question why people herald the game so much.

>>58443938

Makes me lol every time.

>>58446912

...

I see. I sorta get it now. I'm sure I'll understand it more after I play a bit longer. About what you mentioned on the armor pieces: Does it tell you specifically what it does in the description? I've only bought like, one piece so far and didn't notice. :/

>>58446952

Nice. I'll definitely have to try that out. What I meant by it being FFA was that it's under the FFA playlist. I've just tried out Grab Bag (which just likes to spit out CTF) and a couple Invasion matches.

>>58446557
Because single player graphics > multi player graphics

I know its a beta and I have some fun games but I feel like every weapon is a little inconsistent. Bungie definitely has some kinks to work out...

>>58447302
>Does it tell you specifically what it does in the description? I've only bought like, one piece so far and didn't notice. :/

Pretty sure he's bullshitting you.

>>58447061

Just you.

>>58447216
>not capitalize the I
>fanboys
>shitty trolling

It's a fun game. If you played it.

>>58447320
This, if you watch the first viDoc which shows the singleplayer, the graphics are pretty damn impressive.

>>58446571
The second game I played on the beta today, I earned a commendation for being an Assistant during a Slayer Arena match.

>>58447054
Someone said it on ibotzmods. But it's down right now.

Somebody there has a dev 360, so they've been tinkering with shit in the beta. The website has a youtube channel, too. There are some mods on there (ie: replacing the Banshee's model tag with the Long Sword's model tag).

They also confirmed that firefight, forge, grifball, infection, swat, and something called "Hog Wild" are all gametypes. They also confirmed the appearance of the Falcon and Sabre vehicles as well as the first time a Seraph is usable in-game.

>>58447061
>>58447216

0/10

I mean you could've resorted to more than just the usual "LOLHALOFANBOYS" kind of commenting but you didn't so yeah.

Don't like the thread or the game? Don't post in it.

BUNNYHOPPAN

>Halo
>Rated M
>little to no blood
>little to no cuss words outside of ass and bitch
>little to no drug use
>No sexual themes


fuck you ESRB

>>58443081
Silver, as it stands. I average like 1500.

Been seeing a lot of lag in most Invasion matches.

>>58447500
>They also confirmed the appearance of the Falcon and Sabre vehicles as well as the first time a Seraph is usable in-game.

So this is the Falcon one.

>>58447783
>little to no drug use

SGT Johnson is ALWAYS smoking a cigar.

Here's the thing I just noticed by mistake. When you have the Sprint perk, when you are jumping or dropping from a ledge; if you press it mid-jump or half-way during the fall and when you land it automatically activates the Sprint.

I'm not sure if it's a glitch or not.

>>58447500
youtube link please?

>>58447534

i'll post in whatever fucking thread i want, it's not my problem if you get pissed off about my opinion. i happen to think the game is fucking garbage, i've played enough rounds alone and with friends to make that determination.

>>58447865
well fine
he isnt in ODST or Reach
and it's a cigar, is that THAT bad?

>>58447783
Yeah, the ESRB sucks. Halo does contain some bloody violence and should be fitting for the T13+ category. Problem is that its too violent for T13+ rating and there is no equivalent to the 15 rating in the US.

>>58447783
This one's even better:
>>58447841

"Rated PG for fantasy action/violence involving scary images and situations, and for a smoking caterpillar. "

Picture is a Seraph...

COULD THIS MEAN SPACE BATTLES

>>58447996
He's in ODST AND Reach, moron.

>>58447996
>he isn't in ODST

If you beat the game on legeneday, a Covenant Engineer lights his cigar and he starts smoking.

He might be in Reach, I don't know.

I personally don't think it matters but the ESRB seems to care.

>>58447974
Dude, at least capitalize the I and use proper grammar if you want to troll people. Unless it's meant for trolling purposes, otherwise it's fine

>>58447974
Allrighty then. Have fun posting in a thread about a game you don't like amongst people who genuinely enjoy the game and will continue to keep talking about it.

>>58447783
>>58448064
>I don't know how the ESRB works
>Every M rated game should have everything in it!

>>58448199
i knew you were gonna bring up legendary

Anyways, let's speak ODST


so Halo 1 got it's M rated for dismemberment of the Flood
there's no flood in ODST
there's also very little johnson
seriously, the entire Halo franchise should be T-rating. if it was a movie it'd be rated PG-13

>>58448169
>"Rated PG-13 for fantasy action/violence involving scary images and situations, and for a smoking caterpillar."

Fixed!

>>58448245
Sup Buck

How the hell would they pull off having fighters better than the banshee in the game? The maps would have to be huge or they could ONLY fight each other high up in the sky.

Can't find any info about the Sabre vehicles, what's the deal?

>They also confirmed that firefight, forge, grifball, infection, swat, and something called "Hog Wild" are all gametypes.

>firefight

Oh, please be true.

>>58447960
I'll look for their specific channel, so in the mean time have some generic mod videos for Reach.

Clones and Mongoose:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBdCyFeLhcM
(This vid confirms more armor types, as the close have random armor types. It also confirms female figure Spartans. If you look one of them is thinner and has wider hips. It also isn't Kat, which means it's a multiplayer model).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM63ev0uw98
This is the game trying to load firefight.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Idgy_C7V1JE
This is the Banshee/Longsword swap.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHZFTyTKlUQ
Driving a Forklift

>>58440941
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>>58448370
>there's also very little johnson

WELLLLLLLLL, if you preordered ODST you get to play as Johnson in Firefight...

Stunnaaaa

>>58448411
Probably true considering the amount of people who want to play it

>>58448465
oh come on dammit. i already said smoking isnt that bad. dont we have smokers in PG-13 movies?

Captain keyes better be in this game


I DONT GIVE A FLYING FUCK ABOUT CANNON

>>58448411
>Oh, please be true.

They ripped various strings from the game including:
"Five enemies remaining"
"Two enemies remaining"
"One enemy remaining"
"Set Start"
"Set Complete"

And some other stuff. So unless they drop it now, it'll be in. They've at least started coding it for Reach.

I've bought all of the Halo games.

but this one, I'm not going too It just doesn't feel right

I'll play 1 game and then stop.

My favorite part of reach is how badass the elites look. Their not this hunched over cartoony bullshit they've been since halo 2.

Also, covenant weapons are actually fucking useful. And good. The plasma rifle doesn't sound like its shooting water anymore.

>>58448538
>Smoking isn't that bad
>Kills more people than every hard drug combined

SPOILER

Protip. The covenant had complete control over reach by the end of the battle for it, and the humans were evacuating.

There was all sorts of tech to be had on there, and ONI databases to be raided for information on forerunners.

So why did the covenant glass it.

Because there's flood under it.

>>58448370
The main reason the ESRB rated the Halo series M17+ is not the human blood, but the bloodletting of enemies, particularly the Covenant enemies.

In the Halo 3 level "Floodgate" there is one scene where a UNSC solider gets infected by a Flood spore and transforms and mutates into part of the flood.

>>58448626
>>58448538
Quit this shit before this turns into a discussion about smoking.

>>58448434

In the intro cinematic for the beat you see first person driving, I'd hope this was the case with every vehicle in Halo Reach, but watching that guy driving the forklift it appears it isn't the case.

>>58448626
but... but... isnt that because smoking is legal and other drugs are not? ;_;


anyways let's forget this! im derailing the thread accidentally!

>>58448429
That is such a perfect image, holy shit.

>>58448691
It's because there was a Forerunner artifact. It distorted space and time and fucked up slip space jumps, if I remember correctly. It's in First Strike.

>>58448626
Smoke once in your life, die 40 years later, and you're death is attributed to smoking.

Haters gonna hate

This went from awesome Reach discussion to the legality of cigarettes.

FUCK THIS I'M GONNA PLAY SOME REACH

>>58448626

>Smoking
>Kills

Yeah, my brother died that way, he OVERDOSED ON NICOTINE!

Does anyone know if in the full game for multiplayer if you'll be able to choose between elite or spartan model? I know the elites are faster and jump higher but maybe they have some way of balancing this?

It would be kinda disappointing if you could only be elites in the spartan vs elite gametypes.

>>58448691
>So why did the covenant glass it.

Uh...they glassed everything except one square of land that had a forerunner artifact underneath it. It's in one of the books.

>>58448691

Fuck me the Forerunners were retarded.

Was every fucking planet in the galaxy hold Flood in the center?

Seriousily. The flood are FUCKING EVERYWHERE.

I thought they activated the Halo's to destroy them

>>58449021
You can customize your Elite model, but you can only play as an Elite in gametypes that let you...even then, you can't CHOOSE to be an Elite unless its Covy Slayer or something.

There supposed to have an all covenant matchmaking gametype...not confirmed though.

>>58449021
I think you're only going to have Spartans vs Elites during Spartans vs Elites and Invasion

>>58449047

Some places had them so the AI they left behind could study them and find out how to get rid of them. Most of the rings have them locked away.

>>58448768
>>58448434

>click the link to see what the driving perspective is
>realise I've already driven a warthog in the beta

Derp

For the most part I'm loving Invasion, however Invasion Slayer is horribly unbalanced, the Elites always win by about fifty kills.

Another Protip.

That huge rusty building in sand trap isn't a forerunner building.


It's a forerunner of the forerunners building: The Precursors.

>>58449021
Because of balancing issues, you'll only be able to play as an Elite in special gametypes (Invasion, Covy Slayer, ect).

You can probably do whatever you want in custom games. I know you can tinker with your own loadouts.

MY FIRST GAME:
JETPACKS
PLASMA LAUNCHER
SWORDS
FOCUS RIFLES AND SPARTAN LASERS ON MAP

DRAGON DRAGON, ROCK THE DRAGON, DRAGON BALL ZEEEEE

>>58449047
>I thought they activated the Halo's to destroy them

Activating the Halos doesn't destroy the Flood...it kills EVERYTHING ELSE so the Flood starve to death/go into hibernation.

inb4 WHY NOT MAKE IT ONLY KILL FLOOD

Apparently that was too hard.

>>58449203

Nope. Can't customize Layouts.

>>58449235

Why the fuck did the Forerunners make the Flood. Jesus christ if they were so fucking smart they should make a goddamn time machine and bitchslap their former selves

>>58449187
>elites always win

Nope.

I played a game today where the Spartans won, because they kept taking all those control points that randomly appear, giving them 100 resources and them automatically winning because of it.

>>58449021
I don't know...maybe you can more than likely since our Beta doesn't have all the playlists available.

>>58449186
I haven't played Invasion yet, but you can't switch viewpoints then?

>>58449346
>Why the fuck did the Forerunners make the Flood.

They didn't.

>>58449286
>Can't customize Layouts.

Wait, what?
But if you can't customize your loadout for custom gametypes, then what's the fucking point of custom games?

>>58448566


FUCK YEAH CAPTAIN KEYES

Wasn't in the script.

>>58449351
And how many games have you seen the Spartans win compared to Elites?

>>58449470
Just put the weapons on the map

The Origins segment of Halo Legends pretty much describes in detail the first encounter between the Forerunners and the Flood.

>>58449187

almost every invasion game i played yesterday the spartans always raped the elites. i saw elites win like once or twice maybe.

playing earlier today however all i see is elites rape spartans.

i think its pretty fairly balanced for the most part, depends on if your team is at least halfway competent.

>>58449403

Then who the fuck did. If they're that FUCKING DEADLY, then the forerunners would never have survived long enough to fuck about with them

>>58449573


GOD.

>>58448566

Well, the Pillar of Autumn did fight in the Battle of Reach, so it'd be nice if we saw a cameo from Keyes.

>>58449508
Two out of the three invasion slayer games I have played, the Spartans have won.

>>58449470

They'll probabily do what they did with SWAT.

No layout, always Sprint or one armour ability only

FPS madden.

Enjoy the same shitty game you were playing in 2001.

>>58449561
Hmm, all the Spartans I've fought must just suck dick.

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>>58449542
TALKING ABOUT ORIGINS....

>>58449707

If only..

>>58449707
FATLAS!

>>58449707
>babbysfirsttroll.jpg

Aww how cute

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>>58449742
Please... I just forgot about that shitty series of short films.

>>58449542
It doesn't show the first encounter only how the flood totally raped the forerunners

>>58449573
>The Flood are believed to have arrived in the Milky Way Galaxy from an unknown galaxy, more than 100,000 years prior to 2552.

>>58449047
>they activated the Halo's to destroy them
>Clearly doesn't remember Halo 1

The rings only kill things that have enough biomass for the flood to infect. Quoting 343GS.

>>58449822
Some were enjoyable.

>>58449742
I barely remember what happened in that one because the animation was too artsy to be interesting(IE: BORING), story was boring, and had too many lolAvatar moments just by looking at it.

>>58449470

i love that you can't customize your loadouts. it makes everyone start out on the same playing field. i dont wanna play call of halo.

when making a custom game im sure you'll be able to choose what loadouts people get to start with though.

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>>58449783

How do you enjoy being 13?

Pic related. You.

I just hope, wish, beg and pray that I can finally fly a goddamn Pelican.

>>58449542

So it does. I'm going to quote it.

>Once the rings were in place, the effects of the rings cleansed the galaxy of all life, including Flood, in an instant.

>including Flood

They killed the Flood.

THEN BROUGHT THEM BACK.

Jesus christ, these Forerunners are retarded

>>58449769
I fucking doubt anyone would have that much problems with Halo on the first run through lol.

Hey, I really liked Legends. It didn't really add a whole lot to the lore, but there were plenty of enjoyable segments.

>>58449925
Your tears are delicious.

>>58449961
It doesn't kill the Flood.

If it says so in anything other than a Halo Novel or a game, it's not canon.

Those animes WERE NOT CANON. COuldn't you tell by the time you saw Spartan-1337?

>>58449925
Except you're the one acting like a pre-teen saging a video game thread just because you don't like it.

>>58450049
Same here.

The Package ended up being my favorite though.

>>58450071

It's been confirmed that the only segment that's not canon was Odd One Out. The others all are.

>>58450050

umad

>>58450087

>implying this thread would die if I did not bump it

>>58450071

Didn't watch any of them, watching Origins Part 1 now.

I'm still going by "The Forerunners are fucking retarded" statement though.

>>58450049
I only liked this one >>58449892 because it was unique compared to the other drivel.

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HAAAAAAH WAAAAAAAAAAAW

Are you fucking serious? The navi are part of the Halo universe? Looool.

also random trollpic enjoy ;3

>>58444052

That room is a damn death trap. Nade spam galore.

>>58450201
Be human.

>>58450166
Which one was Odd One Out?

>>58450281
Goddamn shitty anime plot.

>>58450166
>It's been confirmed

Good fucking joke nigger.

So many things wrong in the animus it CAN NOT be canon. Dr. Halsley being a 20 year old girl? She was like 40 something, to name one.

>>58450297
The one with Spartan-1337 super kawaii desu~ and the Snorlax Shoop da Whoop Brute.

I use these to troll people into believing there's going to be a Halo 1 and Halo 2 HD

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They should have you play as this thing when you're the juggernaught in juggernaught mode. It's better than a faggot with a hammer and too much health.

The Package was really the only one I didn't care for - far too much cliche bullet-time action sequences, which is strange, because I like Aramaki's Appleseed two Appleseed movies that were done in that same style.

>>58450467
That was the funniest one.

>>58450516
Would've been awesome. You'd have a juggernaut with Jetpacks, Sprint, overshield, and a big ass gun

ASSASINATAN !

>>58450652

*Aramaki's Appleseed two Appleseed = Aramaki's two Appleseed movies

I wish it would just be out already, I hate fucking waiting.

>>58450516

I think I love you. That'd be an awesome way to integrate parts of the anime into the Halo vidya universe. But that is a super cool idea but it'd be weird to see the juggernaut always change into that.

That thing was a walking gunship.

is there gonna be forge?

Just for the record, I fucking love armor lock.
instantly drop the shields of any ass trying to go for a melee kill.

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Not Canon

>>58449961
IT doesn't kill the flood, it kills their food supply.
You can't beat them, you have to starve them.

>>58450871
Just let it drop out of the sky and the designated player gets to drive it.

Or make it a race. First player to get there becomes the juggernaut

>>58450975
Yes, Forge and Theatre from Halo 3 are in it

>>58451124

>/v/
>LOL HE PLAYS HALO? WHAT A FAG
>GO BACK TO PLAYING HALO KIDDIES
>Halo Reach BETA
>OMG HALO IS REVOLUTIONARY
>I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY IT IS HAILED AS THE FATHER OF THE FPS GENRE
>HALO GENERAL

>>58451434
>over 240 posts


Feels good man

Also, when the beta got released 25 of my friends were online playing it. Shit was fucking awesome.

>>58451329
Wuss

The needle rifle is my favorite weapon. Not only can it headshot, but it can supercombine.

>>58451434
Halo CE is great
Halo 2 was okay
Halo 3 was shit
Halo ODST was an overpriced expansion pack
Halo Wars was god awful
Halo Reach is CE on steroids

>>58451434
People have always liked Halo on /v/, its only natural to talk about it now the Reach Beta is out.

>>58451434
Because all of /v/ is one person.

>>58451588
It would crush your penis with its vagina of fleshy steel, no thanks.

>my face when beatdowns and grenades are so overpowered that it's pontless to use anything else

>>58451996
That's what I thought until I started using the scout class. You can get away from those grenades.

>>58451996
They're fixing grenades and melee in the full game, they've confirmed it in the recent update. Can't remember what they said about melee but grenades aren't getting a damage nerf, so they're probably having a longer fuse or a smaller blast radius.

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no.

Shame the beta ends next week, we're going to get barely any generator defence action.

Invasion is possibly the best gametype ever.
Pic related
ARMOR LOCKAN

Actually the halos did kill the flood. It kills everything within their distance.

Before they set them off, they actually stopped the flood from advancing. They made a giant space force field that the flood could not pass because it would kill them.

It held them off for like 70 years, then they sent out an AI with a fleet to kill the flood (the flood couldn't do shit against it) but didn't order it to attack, but to study. It talked to the gravemind and was tricked into telling it how to get past the barrier. The reason it did this is because it wasn't ordered to attack so it questioned its makers.

It's the same AI that wakes up and tells the prophets that humans are forerunners starting the war.

>My face when Bungie copies Red vs Blue with the whole personal equipment thing

is it a spider?

>>58452480
Damn! IIRC the Halo 3 Multiplayer Beta lasted a lot longer than that!

>>58453462
No, i think it's set to end May 17th.

Meaning you got three days to play Generator Defense.

>>58453329
>My face when Monty Oum's fight scenes make the assassinations in Reach look like the regular tap-on-the-back-to-kill assassinations

>>58454310
I was expecting the beta to last all summer, or if not at least until late July.

>>58453329
Well Bungie loves RvB, as do many people as it's the machinima that made machinima mainstream.

>>58454310
It's May 19th, not the 17th

>>58453415
ITS NOT A SPIDER, GOD.

>>58451697
Fleshy steel? Its a body suit.

>>58454898
Elites muscles according to Marines are like steel because they live on a high-gravity world.

Whats the most credits you guys have gotten in one match? I got over 1400 during a match of team crazy king, I did lead in points/kills/assists but it still felt like I got way more than I should have.

>>58455216
About 2500, I got the level 3 killing spree aggregate and the level 2 multi-kill aggregate.

>>58450194
The rings killed the flood by killing their food supply. I.E everything else.

Will we be able to transfer what we earned in the Beta to the final?

>>58457335
Unfortunately not. All stats will be reset in the full game.

So anyone want to tell us how to unlock the Mark 6 helmet? Saw some faggot using it the other day, all he said was LULZ FRIEND AND FAMILY. He had no Bungie symbol in pregame and he only played the Beta since the 3rd.

>>58457769
From what I've seen it's a random glitch that makes certain helmets in the coding show up.

There was also an ODST helmet, an EOD helmet and also Kats robotic arm.

>>58458114
>EOD

Ugliest helmet ever

>>58458114
Isnt the typical helm an ODST helm?

>>58458426
YOU SHUT YOUR WHORE MOUTH

>>58457769
Friend and/or family to one of the devs.

>>58458436
No, it's a prototype model of an updated Mark V helmet.

>>58458509
It looks like a baboon.

>>58451075

Glitches man, glitches. I went into Armor Lock and a guy assassinated me. I was like, wtf?

>>58459561
Thats why we have a beta mang

This thread is still alive?

EVA helmet is best helmet. I like being an astronaut. I hope it's in full game. :3