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In Halo Reach will you be able to keep your current rank or will you have to restart from the first again? I personally would like to keep my rank and have it carry over into Reach.

  • 10.05.2009 3:22 PM PDT
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"You must be mistaken, Reclaimer. I've met your makers, and they don't even know your name..."

I doubt it will carry if it's a whole new game.

  • 10.05.2009 3:23 PM PDT

its a brand new game, like halo 2 to halo 3. I think it's safe to say everyone will start from scratch

  • 10.05.2009 3:25 PM PDT

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Posted by: Wikked Navajoe
My problems [with Reach] are basically just full parties, mlg, and people who go out of their way not to get killed.

The fact there is going to be multiplayer beta means there is an entirely new engine for this game.

New ranks are on the way.

  • 10.05.2009 3:26 PM PDT

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Lets all hope that there is no rank system. Without ranks, we lose second accounters, boosters, cheaters, etc...

With them, we gain hackers, boosters, cheaters, ego's, etc...


Seriously, no "Rank" system for REACH, it brought nothing but trouble.

  • 10.05.2009 3:35 PM PDT
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Posted by: zash208
Lets all hope that there is no rank system. Without ranks, we lose second accounters, boosters, cheaters, etc...

With them, we gain hackers, boosters, cheaters, ego's, etc...


Seriously, no "Rank" system for REACH, it brought nothing but trouble.

WTF??? are youy serious? ranks is what keeps people playing the game!!!! trying to increase your rank is what makes halo so replay-able!!!

  • 10.05.2009 3:37 PM PDT
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Posted by: zash208
Lets all hope that there is no rank system. Without ranks, we lose second accounters, boosters, cheaters, etc...

With them, we gain hackers, boosters, cheaters, ego's, etc...


Seriously, no "Rank" system for REACH, it brought nothing but trouble.

You wouldn't have anything to strive towards, and a lot of people would stop playing because of that.
Also, our ranks won't carry over, and honestly, why would you want them to? It's a new game so it would be more fun to start from the bottom and work your way up.

  • 10.05.2009 3:38 PM PDT

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Posted by: Annihilator000
In Halo Reach will you be able to keep your current rank or will you have to restart from the first again? I personally would like to keep my rank and have it carry over into Reach.

You realize Halo Reach will probably be like the transition from Halo CE to Halo 2 right? It will play ENTIRELY differently from Halo 3. You might not even be good at it.

Besides. If you ARE any good, you should rank up fast.

  • 10.05.2009 3:40 PM PDT

No, you'll be starting from scratch I'd bet. Though it would be nice if in some small way you got something for your old rank. Like an extra sub rank moniker or something (like how you get Force Colonels), you'd be a (prefix) Colonel.

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  • 10.05.2009 3:41 PM PDT
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Posted by: SSLYK
Posted by: zash208
Lets all hope that there is no rank system. Without ranks, we lose second accounters, boosters, cheaters, etc...

With them, we gain hackers, boosters, cheaters, ego's, etc...


Seriously, no "Rank" system for REACH, it brought nothing but trouble.

WTF??? are youy serious? ranks is what keeps people playing the game!!!! trying to increase your rank is what makes halo so replay-able!!!


H2 vs. H3 ranks keeps people playing for different reasons. H3 is to sell the 50s that are handed out like candy, H2 was to obtain the elusive 40s and higher. I think there should be some form of rank, but it needs a better balance. I think the gameplay rank based on experience is a good long term achievement (which is what Halo needs) and rank based on skill is a good sorting mechanism for short term. They just don't have it right in H3.

  • 10.05.2009 3:42 PM PDT

Posted by: fifthderelicte

H2 vs. H3 ranks keeps people playing for different reasons. H3 is to sell the 50s that are handed out like candy, H2 was to obtain the elusive 40s and higher. I think there should be some form of rank, but it needs a better balance. I think the gameplay rank based on experience is a good long term achievement (which is what Halo needs) and rank based on skill is a good sorting mechanism for short term. They just don't have it right in H3.


I'm actually of the opinion that Halo 3 got the rank system better then any other. It's both skill and time based. You can either go for your gold or a better rank. And there's few enough to know them. Check COD4 and there's literally like fifty different ranks. They become impossible to differentiate. The boosters and the like are a problem, but not really big enough to strip the great rank system.

  • 10.05.2009 3:48 PM PDT

I hunt for the Prophet of Contentment, the San 'Shyumm that murdered my son, and stole his birthright, his Energy Sword. They call our species Heretics. They claim to all that our tongues sting, our words a vile poison that feeds on the unworthy. I have seen the true face of Heresy. The head of a gallant warrior lay on the ground. His neck scorched and blistered, scarred by his own blade. I shall retrieve the weapon, and drive it through that bastard's heart! Punishment for his sins is nigh.

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Posted by: fifthderelicte

H2 vs. H3 ranks keeps people playing for different reasons. H3 is to sell the 50s that are handed out like candy, H2 was to obtain the elusive 40s and higher. I think there should be some form of rank, but it needs a better balance. I think the gameplay rank based on experience is a good long term achievement (which is what Halo needs) and rank based on skill is a good sorting mechanism for short term. They just don't have it right in H3.


I'm actually of the opinion that Halo 3 got the rank system better then any other. It's both skill and time based. You can either go for your gold or a better rank. And there's few enough to know them. Check COD4 and there's literally like fifty different ranks. They become impossible to differentiate. The boosters and the like are a problem, but not really big enough to strip the great rank system.

50s need to be harder to attain anyway. In Halo 2 it was REALLY hard to get past 30.

Halo 3? Naah, ANYONE can be a 50 in Halo 3 if they try.

  • 10.05.2009 3:51 PM PDT