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Subject: My problems with Reach.
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ALL BELOW IS IMHO as a Halo 3 player from 9/25/2007-present day:
(Also note that I have better stats in Reach. I am better at Reach but do not like it nearly as much)

ARMOR ABILITIES:
-Armor abilities created a lack of need to fight over advantages, and instead just gave them to the player.

-Armor lock slows down gameplay to a crawl, regenerates shields for a second after you stand up, but you are still invincible.

-Camo... used to be a pickup like overshield. Need I explain why spawning with it is OP?

-Jetpack: EVEN SOUNDS LIKE A DUMB IDEA. What are you, 4 years old? Jetpacks?

LACK OF "HALO" FEEL:
-Looking around in Reach has a more sluggish feel due to an excess of "momentum" in the aiming system

-Lack of visible trueskill system destroys motivation to play competetively.

-Lower jump height and movement speed eliminates the feeling that you are a SUPER SOLDIER.

Personal Issues that don't really matter that much:
-Cr system cheapens the armor and ranking system. Remember when having a katana or being a general MEANT anything?

-New jump height almost eliminates ability to "ninja" assassinate people.

-Medals like Reload This, Headshot, Pull, Firebird, Assist etc... cheapen and clutter medal system.


Opinions? Responses?

  • 12.29.2011 5:15 PM PDT

IMHO none of these things bother me. The games has shortcomings - they have been hashed over this and other forums for over a year now - even so, I still play it and enough other folks do as well to keep the playlists alive. Regards.

  • 12.29.2011 5:19 PM PDT

Dark PerFectioN clan!!!

to be quit fair Bungie needed a way to keep things popping up on screen to quench peoples ADD appetites to keep themselves competitive with call of duty and keep their position as a gaming juggernaut.

  • 12.29.2011 5:20 PM PDT
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Posted by: maklanon
IMHO none of these things bother me. The games has shortcomings - they have been hashed over this and other forums for over a year now - even so, I still play it and enough other folks do as well to keep the playlists alive. Regards.


No offense, but that's all I ever hear from people who have only played Reach...

  • 12.29.2011 5:25 PM PDT


Posted by: The Halftard

[quote]Posted by: maklanon
IMHO none of these things bother me. The games has shortcomings - they have been hashed over this and other forums for over a year now - even so, I still play it and enough other folks do as well to keep the playlists alive. Regards.

No offense, but that's all I ever hear from people who have only played Reach...


None taken. To be clear I have played all Halo games....I was 27 when CE came out. Reach is my second fav halo game, if it is considered such. CE was first. Never jived well enough with H3. Good games are hard to come by - so the issues that Reach has dont bother me because I enjoy it. Regards.

  • 12.29.2011 5:32 PM PDT


Posted by: The Halftard
ALL BELOW IS IMHO as a Halo 3 player from 9/25/2007-present day:
(Also note that I have better stats in Reach. I am better at Reach but do not like it nearly as much)

ARMOR ABILITIES:
-Armor abilities created a lack of need to fight over advantages, and instead just gave them to the player.

-Armor lock slows down gameplay to a crawl, regenerates shields for a second after you stand up, but you are still invincible.

-Camo... used to be a pickup like overshield. Need I explain why spawning with it is OP?

-Jetpack: EVEN SOUNDS LIKE A DUMB IDEA. What are you, 4 years old? Jetpacks?

LACK OF "HALO" FEEL:
-Looking around in Reach has a more sluggish feel due to an excess of "momentum" in the aiming system

-Lack of visible trueskill system destroys motivation to play competetively.

-Lower jump height and movement speed eliminates the feeling that you are a SUPER SOLDIER.

Personal Issues that don't really matter that much:
-Cr system cheapens the armor and ranking system. Remember when having a katana or being a general MEANT anything?

-New jump height almost eliminates ability to "ninja" assassinate people.

-Medals like Reload This, Headshot, Pull, Firebird, Assist etc... cheapen and clutter medal system.


Opinions? Responses?


you know its funny. nearly everything you quoted is actually an advantage of reach. Of course you naturally had to give it all a negative review. if you like halo 3 so much go back there. we wont miss you. wait for halo 4. there is nothing wrong with reach (apart from the abysmal matchmaking system and countless bugs and glitches). you just need to accept it is a different type of game. and stop trying to change it.

  • 01.07.2012 5:39 PM PDT

I agree but this has been posted like a million times.

  • 01.07.2012 5:52 PM PDT

Reality is broken.

Also, you're not your stats.

Solution: Play MLG.

  • 01.07.2012 5:53 PM PDT

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Elites Ftw

Well i dont see how much and how many people complain about little things such as these....
I play avariety of games along with reach and i find nothing at al wrong with reach, its a great game. Armor locks pretty sweet, a couple secounds of invicablitywhen you know your about to get murdered. Active camo is pretty awesome, and its not that hard to see....
Jet packs take battle arial when there is no arial vehicles
But that is only my opinion

  • 01.07.2012 5:58 PM PDT

It seems everyone on here gripes about bloom, AA, etc etc, but no one ever seems to gripe about black screen/host servers.

I absolutely hate that kind of system in this game. Every other FPS game has a dedicated server and has less lag than this game. I can't tell you how many times a game will go black screen just because some idiot rage quits, then you have to sit in black screen waiting for the game to pick another host. Oh and teams never get host. Why???

  • 01.07.2012 6:03 PM PDT

Serick Colver

Shoe off to the Halo 3 forums. You don't need to be here.

  • 01.07.2012 6:07 PM PDT


Posted by: jonbaker1023
It seems everyone on here gripes about bloom, AA, etc etc, but no one ever seems to gripe about black screen/host servers.

I absolutely hate that kind of system in this game. Every other FPS game has a dedicated server and has less lag than this game. I can't tell you how many times a game will go black screen just because some idiot rage quits, then you have to sit in black screen waiting for the game to pick another host. Oh and teams never get host. Why???

I agree. Dedicated servers should have been in Reach. Here's to hoping they're in Halo 4.

  • 01.07.2012 6:07 PM PDT


Posted by: Slain Valhallan

Posted by: jonbaker1023
It seems everyone on here gripes about bloom, AA, etc etc, but no one ever seems to gripe about black screen/host servers.

I absolutely hate that kind of system in this game. Every other FPS game has a dedicated server and has less lag than this game. I can't tell you how many times a game will go black screen just because some idiot rage quits, then you have to sit in black screen waiting for the game to pick another host. Oh and teams never get host. Why???

I agree. Dedicated servers should have been in Reach. Here's to hoping they're in Halo 4.


Thank you!! I'm so tired of host changes and black screen. Getting a dedicated server should not be hard for 343i to do. Hopefully Halo 4 gets one...

  • 01.07.2012 6:12 PM PDT


Posted by: jonbaker1023

Posted by: Slain Valhallan

Posted by: jonbaker1023
It seems everyone on here gripes about bloom, AA, etc etc, but no one ever seems to gripe about black screen/host servers.

I absolutely hate that kind of system in this game. Every other FPS game has a dedicated server and has less lag than this game. I can't tell you how many times a game will go black screen just because some idiot rage quits, then you have to sit in black screen waiting for the game to pick another host. Oh and teams never get host. Why???

I agree. Dedicated servers should have been in Reach. Here's to hoping they're in Halo 4.


Thank you!! I'm so tired of host changes and black screen. Getting a dedicated server should not be hard for 343i to do. Hopefully Halo 4 gets one...

Most likely Halo 4 will get them. The dedicated servers for Gears of War 3 were supplied by Microsoft, so it's highly likely Halo 4 will get them. :)

  • 01.07.2012 6:38 PM PDT