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Subject: One thing Reach did right

The Grenade Launcher. This weapon is amazing: rewards those who employ it skillfully greatly, has great utility against vehicles (without being completely OP against them), fulfills a unique niche in controlling space with its trigger hold function...I love everything about the weapon. Hopefully it returns for Halo 4.

  • 01.20.2012 12:41 AM PDT

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Agreed. I love it too. It's so satisfying when you get the kill on a long shot.

  • 01.20.2012 12:45 AM PDT

Can I have a pursuit warthog? (red&blue flashing lights, siren, black and white paint job, gull-wing doors, no turret but a truckbed cap where the turret assembly should be, and the ability to arrest players :)

A police falcon would be great as well... (Black&white paint job, flashing red & blue lights on the wing struts and tail, no turrets and doors that open and close similar to the republic gunships in Star Wars. Kick... Ass.)

Police pelican would be cool too!!!

Finally, a thread that isn't complaining about something reach related.

FREE BUMP!!!

On topic: I can't use the GL for my life in multiplayer, but it makes a great spike strip for customs!

  • 01.20.2012 12:46 AM PDT
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Something i can agree on, the GL requires some effort and feels more rewarding to get a kill with. For me i find it rewarding to get a kill with the focus rifle if i manage to get in a gametype or map that has it.

  • 01.20.2012 12:47 AM PDT

and the netcode.


GL is awesome. So fun to use, and bounce shots around corners to get kills.

[Edited on 01.20.2012 12:48 AM PST]

  • 01.20.2012 12:48 AM PDT


Posted by: boomdeyadah
and the netcode.


That too. I never really appreciated the better netcode until I went back and played Halo 3 again. When that game got laggy, it got BAD. REAL bad.

  • 01.20.2012 12:49 AM PDT

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Posted by: boomdeyadah
and the netcode.


GL is awesome. So fun to use, and bounce shots around corners to get kills.

Who the hell uses a gun that bounces...?

It's the worst gun ever. Of all time.

  • 01.20.2012 12:50 AM PDT

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Posted by: boomdeyadah
and the netcode.


GL is awesome. So fun to use, and bounce shots around corners to get kills.

Who the hell uses a gun that bounces...?

It's the worst gun ever. Of all time.


You can't reference that RVB quote to an amazing and sufficient gun.

  • 01.20.2012 12:51 AM PDT

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Posted by: boomdeyadah
and the netcode.


GL is awesome. So fun to use, and bounce shots around corners to get kills.

Who the hell uses a gun that bounces...?

It's the worst gun ever. Of all time.


You can't reference that RVB quote to an amazing and sufficient gun.

-blam!-! Busted!

Oh wait... Yes, I can!

For comedic effect, of course!

  • 01.20.2012 12:53 AM PDT

Got a DMR sitting at ToD in every game type .... are you still going to call me a booster?

The art of using the grenade launcher.

  • 01.20.2012 12:54 AM PDT

Ohai, I'm Loscocco (pronounced Loss-cocoa). I'm a college student (computer science major), 3D animator, and long-time Halo player.

*points at basically everything forge*

  • 01.20.2012 12:55 AM PDT


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*points at basically everything forge*


Forge would be better with some more palettes. Constant GRAY GRAY GRAY is actually one of the reasons why I quit playing Reach for a while.

  • 01.20.2012 12:58 AM PDT

Posted by: Ryus Shoryuken
That too. I never really appreciated the better netcode until I went back and played Halo 3 again. When that game got laggy, it got BAD. REAL bad.
Lol host in Halo 3 = god mode.

  • 01.20.2012 1:01 AM PDT

Ohai, I'm Loscocco (pronounced Loss-cocoa). I'm a college student (computer science major), 3D animator, and long-time Halo player.


Posted by: Ryus Shoryuken

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*points at basically everything forge*


Forge would be better with some more palettes. Constant GRAY GRAY GRAY is actually one of the reasons why I quit playing Reach for a while.



Eh, I don't mind it. Color would have been nice, but it was never a problem. I also find it a bit funny how Sandbox was mainly tan and gold and Foundry was mainly drab-green and grey, but they were never much of a problem.

  • 01.20.2012 1:03 AM PDT

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I agree with OP, all the way

  • 01.20.2012 1:34 AM PDT
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I'd much rather have a copy&paste option since matching coords are a pain in the -blam-. Although i have learned to make use of the grid and "normal" property when placing buildings.

  • 01.20.2012 1:34 AM PDT
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I'm listeni- Oh wait I don't give a -blam!- what you have to say.

The one thing Reach did right was have a thick instruction booklet for when I take a dump.

  • 01.20.2012 1:57 AM PDT

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Posted by: boomdeyadah
Lol host in Halo 3 = god mode.


No, it didn't.

OT - Reach must have done more than one thing right as you've all played -blam!- loads of it since release.

Also, the netcode is far better than the grenade launcher.

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  • 01.20.2012 2:45 AM PDT

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I like the grenade launcher too, but for some reason it sends brutes flying and jackals with shields can take up to 3 hits to kill, weird. Works great against vehicles.

  • 01.20.2012 3:14 AM PDT
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Whats the netcode?

  • 01.20.2012 3:17 AM PDT

The professional pipe is a joy to use.

  • 01.20.2012 3:44 AM PDT

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The one thing Reach did right was have a thick instruction booklet for when I take a dump.


lol.

Reach did forge well, but there are a few kinks that need to be fixed.
The grenade launcher is pretty much the only weapon in vanilla reach that requires proper skill.

  • 01.20.2012 4:27 AM PDT

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The grenade launcher is really amusing sometimes. Probably one of my favourite weapons in Reach.

  • 01.20.2012 4:40 AM PDT


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Posted by: Ryus Shoryuken
Posted by: boomdeyadah
and the netcode.

That too. I never really appreciated the better netcode until I went back and played Halo 3 again. When that game got laggy, it got BAD. REAL bad.

Thats not the netcode ... thats reach doinging player movement projection.

If the engine does not get an expected packet it projects that players position based on previously known movement. Works fine 'most' of the time ... but every so often you can get shot based on the host "thinking" you are in a different spot.

But as most people dont question how they got shot (but do question another player jumping around the field of play) it "looks" better.

But it is not netcode, rather a cover-up technique for bad netcode.


Either way it's still WORLDS better than how Halo 3 handled lag.

  • 01.20.2012 8:21 AM PDT

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