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Subject: I think I understand why Reach > Halo 3

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Or at least parts of it:

1. You don't go flying when a grenade or rocket explodes underneath you in Reach

2. Rockets actually kill you when they're fired in your direction

3. The H3 BR is an inconsistent piece of crap. The DMR reintroduced crouching to strafing, whereas with the BR you really can't crouch because people sweep their reticle, meaning even if you dodge one when you duck, a successive shot can still hit you. Bloom is still dumb though.

4. Why are there fusion coils all over the place on Halo 3 maps?

5. Power Drain. Bubble Shield. lawl

6. AR starts, and God knows why people don't veto them. AR rush is retarded

7. H3's ridiculous needler, awful shotgun, and terrible magnum

8. And finally, at least Reach's netcode is better

There are clearly some things H3 does better than Reach, like vehicle combat, Beam Rifle, powerups on maps, pick up abilities, ranking system, no fall damage or health, better matchups, and over all better maps.

However, when all the BS in Reach is eliminated (or looked at from a different perspective), I can at least appreciate what it improved upon from Halo 3. Playing Halo 3 for the last few days has been nothing short of frustrating for the things I listed above. I mean seriously--it's a damn Rocket Launcher and it didn't kill you?!

But Reach is still lame, so...

Long Live Halo 2.

[Edited on 05.16.2012 9:42 AM PDT]

  • 05.16.2012 9:36 AM PDT
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Posted by: aBlueBookshelf
global warming isn't proven and won't be - it's more of a political play for funding for "research"

You can make anything sound better than anything else when you choose what the list has.

Halo 3 is still better than Reach.

  • 05.16.2012 9:46 AM PDT

Halo 2 > Halo 3 > Halo 3 ODST > Halo Reach > Halo CE

Based on campaigns.

I prefer Vanilla Reach to Halo 3 because I can't play Halo 3 lol

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  • 05.16.2012 9:48 AM PDT

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Posted by: Clone
Halo 3 is still better than Reach.


Parts are better. Parts aren't.

  • 05.16.2012 9:53 AM PDT

A 3 Legged Goat reasoning Reach's positives now?

The plot thickens...

  • 05.16.2012 9:56 AM PDT
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Posted by: aBlueBookshelf
global warming isn't proven and won't be - it's more of a political play for funding for "research"


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Posted by: Clone
Halo 3 is still better than Reach.


Parts are better. Parts aren't.


The stuff that annoys me in Reach annoys much more strongly than the stuff that annoys me in Halo 3.

  • 05.16.2012 9:56 AM PDT
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Reach S7, 8 and 9 arena warrior.

H4 MM legend

H3>>>>

  • 05.16.2012 10:01 AM PDT

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Posted by: meagsIZbeast
H3>>>>


I'm trying to tell myself this, but it seems like the more I play H3 the more I hate it.

It's not that it's hard or anything (though I suck regardless). I'm just really annoyed with its inconsistent behavior.

  • 05.16.2012 10:13 AM PDT
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Posted by: meagsIZbeast
H3>>>>


I'm trying to tell myself this, but it seems like the more I play H3 the more I hate it.

It's not that it's hard or anything (though I suck regardless). I'm just really annoyed with its inconsistent behavior.


I think your having bad luck. I have played some bad host games, but for the most part the connection is fine for me.

I find reach to be more inconsistent that H3. In H3 when I lost a battle it felt like I deserved it usually. In reach I feel like I get screwed by bloom

  • 05.16.2012 10:40 AM PDT

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Posted by: meagsIZbeast
I think your having bad luck. I have played some bad host games, but for the most part the connection is fine for me.

I find reach to be more inconsistent that H3. In H3 when I lost a battle it felt like I deserved it usually. In reach I feel like I get screwed by bloom


I'm on a long streak of bad luck then

  • 05.16.2012 10:45 AM PDT
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H3 MM warrior

Reach S7, 8 and 9 arena warrior.

H4 MM legend

I havent played H3 in a few weeks.

My connection has been really bad though lately. I have only played reach recently and I cannot get out of red bar to save my life.

Z and I gave synth and flavour the D in some doubles customs the other day, but I was telestrafing better than wizard in his prime.

I need new internet.

  • 05.16.2012 10:48 AM PDT

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Bad Luck confirmed.

Everytime I go up a level, the following game I get lousy teammates who rush the enemy 'just because' and then I go down.

Just lost 44 to 42 on Blackout. I had 20 kills and the guy with 8 kills went negative 9.

smh

[Edited on 05.16.2012 11:29 AM PDT]

  • 05.16.2012 11:28 AM PDT

Posted by: A 3 Legged Goat
I mean seriously--it's a damn Rocket Launcher and it didn't kill you?!
I liked how in Halo 3 you actually had to aim the rocket launcher to get kills with it instead of just handing you the kills on a silver platter. In Reach you could completely miss people by several meters and still kill them.

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Posted by: meagsIZbeast
H2>>>>


ftfy

  • 05.16.2012 12:34 PM PDT


Posted by: Sanuel Jackson
Posted by: A 3 Legged Goat
I mean seriously--it's a damn Rocket Launcher and it didn't kill you?!
I liked how in Halo 3 you actually had to aim the rocket launcher to get kills with it instead of just handing you the kills on a silver platter. In Reach you could completely miss people by several meters and still kill them.

Unless they're in a hog.. then apparently a vehicle w/no doors and roof somehow protects ppl from a rocket to the face.

  • 05.16.2012 12:39 PM PDT

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Posted by: Sanuel Jackson
Posted by: A 3 Legged Goat
I mean seriously--it's a damn Rocket Launcher and it didn't kill you?!
In Reach you could completely miss people by several meters and still kill them.


Unless you're me.

  • 05.16.2012 12:50 PM PDT

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  • 05.16.2012 1:00 PM PDT

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Posted by: A 3 Legged Goat
1. You don't go flying when a grenade or rocket explodes underneath you in Reach

4. Why are there fusion coils all over the place on Halo 3 maps?

5. Power Drain. Bubble Shield. lawl

1. Launching stuff is awesome. Taking away some launching abilitys is not a good thing.

4. Launching stuff

5. Both were great for launching stuff.

  • 05.16.2012 1:08 PM PDT
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I can call you out on your first two posts, and number 7 and 8 from my experiences.

Sure, you don't go flying, but on the other hand, you move like an elderly person coming up on their 3rd century of life. You can't see due to all the blasted smoke afterwards, and your hearing is non existent.

My rockets always tickle people whereas I get blown up from a person looking down and firing on themselves from across the map.

Of all the things I rage at the most in Reach, it's the GOD DAMN NEEDLER. People fire at me from across the map or at close range(where the needler is horrid) and any attempt to dodge by me is rendered useless by the needles that can turn on a dime 360 degrees. My piece of crap alternate reality needler can't even track someone from the optimal friggen range it's supposed to.

I don't use the shotgun anymore either, seeing as it works like a sniper in enemy hands and does no damage at point blank for me.

I hate the pistol, seeing as I'm the only one that gets "Lazy Left Headshot Syndrome" with it. I can place all perfect shots on someone, lower their shields, line up the perfect headshot, fire and always miss with the bullet going to the left. Also people of course can spam it from wherever they please while I MUST never fire when the reticule is blooming.


I don't even want to talk about the netcode garbage Reach uses. If I had to take a pick between Halo 3 netcode or Reach's, I'd just leave, and never look back.


I was only around for Halo 2 when I had xbox but not Live. So long live the Halo campaigns, except Reach's of course.

  • 05.16.2012 1:11 PM PDT

Nope. Halo 3 > Reach. Always and forever.

  • 05.16.2012 1:13 PM PDT
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Posted by: Sandtrap
long live the Halo campaigns, except Reach's of course.

  • 05.16.2012 1:15 PM PDT


Posted by: Lobster Fish 2
Nope. Halo 3 > Reach. Always and forever.

  • 05.16.2012 1:16 PM PDT


Posted by: A 3 Legged Goat
Long Live Halo CE.

  • 05.16.2012 1:30 PM PDT

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Posted by: A 3 Legged Goat
The only thing that surprises me about this is how long it took to get said by someone who gets taken seriously. I mean, all it takes is a few games of each title to realize that, while Halo 3 is stronger in some important areas, the Reach experience is a lot smoother and more orderly.
The only logic I can apply as to why this hasn't been brought up before is that the only people who bothered going back to Halo 3 were so focused on what they hated about Reach that it blinded them to Halo 3's faults.

  • 05.16.2012 4:23 PM PDT