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This TU looks amazing, perfect tuning to refine Reach into what it should have been(imho).

343 has made my halo dreams come true and much more. Impossible for me to critique anything that is to be done. I'm trying to rack my brain for anything more i could possibly want.....



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Well I w ent to Halo Fest today.

Here is what I think.

I actually don't like Anniversary slayer. I just don't think it works. However, if you made anniversery slayer with no bloom (kind of like no bloom slayer, but with bigger jump height and faster speed) it would be perfect!

Well, almost perfect. While having no bloom speeds up gameplay, the guns do not make sense. Would it be possible to give the DMR the traits of the magnum? 3 headshots to kill, super rapid speed? And give the magnum the traits of the DMR? That way they make more sense, and the pistol we all came to love is still there, just in DMR skin.

Also, I'd like to point out that no bloom on the DMR and the needle rifle changes their power A LOT! Since the NR is semi-automatic and the DMR is not.

I think some tweeks need to be made to the guns RoF since they don't have bloom now too.

If you guys didn't change a thing, I think "no bloom slayer" would be closest to perfect. Hope you liked the feedback!

I realize that this thread will become more relevant as we receive more information, but I felt the need to be a bit preemptive was in order...


This quote is spot on. Let us not forget about the other weapons in Halo's sandbox for the Classic version of Halo Reach. I would absolutely love to use the deadly 60 Round AR and my blinding/stunning Plasma Rifle during online multiplayer. Couple that with the ridiculous TSK Pistol, and we've almost got Halo: CE's multiplayer back. Once done, we'll need to work on a Halo 2 gametype variant. :-P

While I'm here, perhaps the controversy pertaining to vehicle health/damage and the DMR/Sniper should be addressed. Just a thought. If you, the Halo Community, haven't done so already (I'm sure 343 has), take a look at the Title Update ideas in the two threads below. There is a lot of thoughtful information within.

Your "Top 5" for the Title Update
Title Update Discussion

Before I go, do we have many/any Waypoint members posting what the found at Halo Fest in regards to hands-on gameplay? I saw a few responses, but I assumed everyone was still too excited and busy to post much. It will be interesting to see what our lucky members say about the TU. I am looking forward to what tomorrow brings. See you around!

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What I have seen so far has impressed me greatly (particularly all of the options regarding bloom, AA tweaking, and removing Sword blocking), however there a few a few questions I'd still like to see answered:

Will player acceleration be increased? As it stands strafing in Reach is very sluggish and makes avoiding shots very difficult because of the way the player models stop and start again when changing direction. If they either accelerated faster or had a constant speed the skill gap would open up that much further.

Is anything being done to address genuine glitches? Examples include faulty map geometry resulting in "lightspeed" hover vehicles and the Gauss hog's ability to shoot through numerous forged objects. These sort of glitches impact BTB noticeably, especially since the Gauss hog is basically impossible to justify on any map with forged objects let alone Forge World itself.

Will vehicle balance issues be addressed in the update? Things such as the Banshee bomb/flip combination should be nerfed in some way (I recommend tweaking the flips so they draw from the boost gauge). Another issue which affects vehicle gameplay negatively is the armour on light vehicles; Ghosts and Warthogs already have weakspots (fuel tank and wheels respectively) but are still generally weak to ballistic weapons, taking both large amounts of damage and also suffering from large physics impulses. Ideally I'd like to see vehicles still taking damage, but for their overall resistance buffed up slightly. Strangely however the tanks and aircraft are balanced well with the current health system however light vehicles have very little incentive to be used due to their frailty outweighing their effectiveness.

After playing the TU at Halo Fest I can say without a doubt that not having bloom is wonderful. It changes the feel of the game for the better. Plus the best part is if you want bloom, you've got it. If you don't want bloom, you've got it. Changes to AL are welcome, time to nerf the worst AA ever!

The maps themselves are absolutely beautiful!

Things I don't like. The Armor lock not removing the plasma grenade, the sword melee. Leave those in.

Why are you going against the sword in melee range? Generally you can just kill them by staying out of range/out positioning them. Sword is a nonissue in these circumstances.

Faster strafe acceleration. Everyone's saying it, we need it!