Reach Information Thread

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Reach information.
Watch for updates.
Plain and simple.

Bungie Q & A (http://www.xforgery.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9802)





No weather effects. There are filters that can be used to mimic certain lighting effects, though.





Shape" controls the shape of the object boundary. That's what we use for things like KOTH hills, respawn areas, kill zone areas, et cetera.”





The “shape” option on objects allows them to be turned into a hill for King of The Hill gametypes.





No “scaling” objects (making them larger, smaller, etc.).





You’ll have to switch from different gametypes in forge mode to edit the objects for that gametype, just as it was in Halo 3.





There is no “gravity” option for objects.





The Bomb, Flag, and Oddballs can be controlled where they spawn, but not how the spawn works. You can make objects “plant points,” however (i.e. planting the bomb on a warthog or other object).





Objects are grouped together so they share the same object limits. “So if you're setting up a map and can place, say, 50 wall pieces, it's actually 50 wall pieces of any type, not "10 doors, 10 corners, 10 single-width, 10 double-width, etc”





Player cap is still 8 players in forge mode.





Spartans still cannot swim on the water.





One-way shield doors are confirmed.





Placeable Armor Abilities confirmed. You can set it up so that you start the game with a certain armor ability, but can pick a different one up somewhere else in the game. When you “swap” them, it is just the same as swapping weapons. You get the new AA while the old one is left behind.





No intereactaive objects such as open-able doors or switches.





Objects can still be affected by gravity lifts, such as crates or dumpsters, and can still be used to hand-craft switches.





Items blend better to reduce Z-fighting (the flickering between two merged objects).





Forge hosting bugs have been fixed.





No object “despawning,” meaning you can’t make an object “disappear” after a certain amount of time.





Halo: Reach ships with a blank canvas version of Forge World.





You can know start a game with any weapon, such as a flamethrower or fuel rod gun.





No terrain editing tools.





Time actively spent in Forge gives you some credits. “And pre-emptive chill-out: we do distinguish between ‘active’, ‘idle’, and ‘rubber band on your controller.’”





All weapons will be available on all maps, as opposed to Halo 3 where certain weapons weren’t found on certain maps.





“Safe Zones limit players to certain parts of the map, as defined by the map author. If you leave the Safe Zone, you either die (hard Safe Zone) or are warned to return to the battle (soft Safe Zone.)”





You can change a vehicle’s color, as well as make them inherit the color of the team member that is driving them.





Bungie ViDoc

ViDoc:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCcmrL29WII

Information:





New program allows us to have bigger budgets and place more objects.





$10,000 budget on Forge World.





Forerunner-themed objects.





New “Dice” object.





Rock objects.





“Created by” and “modified by” options while saving a map.


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New map names: Boardwalk, Boneyard, Countdown, Powerhouse, Reflection, Spire, Sword Base, and Zealot. Maps part of Forge World: Asylum, Grifball Court, Hemorrhage, Paradiso, Pinnacle, The Cage, and Halo Classic.


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Spawns are now colored, showing which team they are for.





Coordinate editing.


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Ascension remake in Forge World.





Sanctuary remake in Forge World.





Five areas of Forge World:

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No forge for Firefight mode.





Holding RB locks the altitude on the Falcon.





Comic-Con Panel


Videos (3 Parts):


YouTube- Halo Reach Panel at Comic-Con 2010 - Part 1

YouTube- Halo Reach Panel at Comic-Con 2010 - Part 2

YouTube- Halo Reach Panel at Comic-Con 2010 - Part 3


Information:





Firefight matchmaking support.





Firefight gametype customization.





Firefight gametypes that ship with Reach are: Firefight, Firefight Classic, Generator Defense, Gruntpocalypse, Rocketfight, Score Attack, Versus.





Generator Defense: Defend generators while fighting of AI.





Gruntpocalypse: All grunts, all the times.





Rocketfight: Unlimited rocket launchers with Firefight loadout and armor.





Versus: Play from Covenant perspective. Red team starts as Spartans, Blue team starts as Covenant.





All firefight maps are taken from campaign (missions, areas, etc.).





New armor ability: Hologram.





Sword has unique assassinations.





While playing as Covenant, you can see how many lives the Spartan team has.





New vehicle: The Forklift. It’s a forklift, it drives, it beeps while you back up.





Improved Player Carnage Report in Firefight.





New Blood Gulch map is called Hemorrhage. Bases are designed after Halo 1's Blood Gulch, terrain is an improved version of Halo 2’s Coagulation.





Turret on the side of the Falcon.





150 pieces built for Forge World map (“about”).





Coliseum is “roughly the same size” as the Crypt in Sandbox.





Grifball variant built inside the Coliseum.





Object User Interface options: Weapons Human, Weapons Covenant, Armor Abilities, Vehicles, Gadgets, Spawning, Objectives, Scenery, Structure.





Gadgets subsection: Explosives, Health station, Powerups, Man Cannons, One Way Shield 2, One Way Shield 3, One Way Shield 4, Special FX, Shield Door Small, Shield Door Medium, Shield Door Large, Teleporters, Toys, Lights.





Toys subsection: Die, Golf Ball, Golf Club, Killball, Soccer ball, Tin Cup.





Structure subsection: Building Blocks, Bridges and Platforms, Decorative, Doors/Windows/ and Walls, Inclines, Natural, Grid (2 available).





Building Blocks subsection (possibly full list, only what I managed to see): Block 1x1, Block 1x1 Flat, Block 1x1 Short, Block 1x1 Short, Block 1x1 Tall, Block 1x1 Tall and Thin, Block 1x2, Block 1x4, Block 2x1 Flat, Block 3x3, Block 3x2 Flat, Block 3x2 Short, Block 3x3 Tall, Block 3x4, Block 4x4, Block 4x4 Flat, Block 4x4 Short, Block 4x4 Tall, Block 5x3 Short, Block 5x5 Flat, (All blocks had a limit of 99).





Properties section: Team, Physics, Spawn Time, Advanced, Shape, Object Color. (Color can be changed on 1x1 block, probably all blocks).





Physics: Normal, Halo 3 object physics; Fixed, once you let go, it stay exactly how you were holding it (floats); Phased, allows you to merge any object into another object or map geometry.





Holding down on left stick allows you to go into a “slow camera” forging mode.





Special tools section: Edit Coordinates, Reset Orientation, Rotation Snap (Off, 5, 15, 20, 90 degrees shown. I think they go in increments of 5 degrees.), Delete All Of These.





Rotation snap: Change to what degree you want, such as 20 degrees, then every time you turn that object, it will turn in 20 degree increments.





Reset Orientation resets the object to its normal position.





Bridges and Platforms subsection: Bridge Small, Bridge Medium, Bridge Large, Bridge XLarge, Bridge Diagonal, Bridge Diag Small, Dish, Dish Open. (Note, this was what was shown, not all there is.)





Buildings subsection: Bunker Small, Bunker Small Covered, Bunker Box, Bunker Round, Bunker Ramp, Pyramid, Tower 2 Story, Tower 3 Story, Tower Tall, Room Double, Room Triple. (Note, this was what was shown, not all there is.)





Vehicle Mancannons.





Two Way Node Properties: Team, Physics, Spawn Time, Advanced, Shape, Radius, Top, Bottom, Object Color, Teleporter Channel (“Alpha” is shown), Players (“True” is shown), Land Vehicles, Heavy Vehicles, Flying Vehicles (“False” is shown for all vehicles).





(Teleporter size can be edited by adjusting the Shape, radius, Top, Bottom, etc.





Vehicles can now go through teleporters by changing the telporter vehicles settings from “False” to “True.”





Special FX Subsection: Colorblind, Next Gen, Juicy, Nova, Olde Timey, Pen and Ink, Purple, Green. (Note, this was what was shown, not all there is.)





Lights Subsection: Light Red, Light Blue, Light Green, Light Orange, Light Purple, Light Yellow, Light White, Light Red Flashing (Slow and Pulsating light). (Note, this was what was shown, not all there is.)





Armor Abilities Subsection: Active Camouflage, Armor Lock, Drop Shield, Evade, Hologram, Jetpack, Sprint. (They have their own in-game appearance, as well. Similar to the overshield, active camo, etc.)





Direct, in-game tagging.





“Up to 1,000 of every item type.” 1,000 gametypes. 1,000 maps. 1,000 screenshots.





Can turn on unlimited armor ability.




Firefight Custom Settings (not complete, but there is a lot, including the available enemies):

Firefight Game Options

Firefight Settings

Wave Properties

Round 1 Wave Properties

Skulls

Red

Spartan Traits
Elite Traits
Wave Traits

Damage Modifiers
Damage Resistance
Shootiness

Unchanged
Normal
Marksman
Trigger Happy
(Note: These are only what was shown.)

Grenades
Vision

Unchanged
Near Sighted
Eagle Eye
(Note: These are only what was shown.)

Hearing

Unchanged
Normal
Deaf
(Note: These are only what was shown.)
Luck

Unchanged
Normal
Unlucky
Lucky
Leprechaun
(Note: These are only what was shown.)
Equipment Drop
Immune To Headshots
Immune To Assassination

Blue
Yellow
Mythic
Catch
Tough Luck
Famine
Cloud
Tilt
Black Eye
Grunt Birthday
Cowbell
IWHBYD
Initial Wave

Uses Dropship
Squad Selection Order
Squad 1

Jackal Patrol
Jackal Snipers
Heretics
Heretic Snipers
Heretic Heavy
Grunts, Elites
Elite Patrol
Elite Infantry
Elite Tactical
Elite Airborne
Elite Spec Ops
Elite Generals
Elite Strike Team
Brutes, Brute Patrol
Brute Infantry
Brute Chieftains
Brute Kill Team
Hunters
Hunter Patrol
Hunter Infantry
Hunter Tactical
Hunter Strike Team
Hunter Kill Team
Squad 2
Squad 3
Main Waves
Bonus Wave
Round 2 Wave Properties
Round 3 Wave Properties
Bonus Wave Properties

Bonus Wave Duration
Uses Dropship
Skulls
Squad Selection Order
Squad 1
Squad 2
Squad 3

Wave Limit
Turn Count
Turn Limit
Generator Properties
Scenario Settings

Hazards
Weapon Drops
Ammo Crates
Custom Skull Settings
Spartan Settings

Respawn Time
Starting Lives
Maximum Extra Lives
Elite Kill Bonus
Basic Traits

Shields and Health
Weapons and Damage

Damage Modifier
Melee Modifier
Primary Weapon
Secondary Weapon (it should be noted that these now have a visual of the weapon, as well as the name of the weapon.)
Starting Equipment
Grenade Count
Infinite Ammo
Weapon Pickup
Equipment Usage
Movement
Sensors
Appearance
Loadouts

Loadout 1

Name
Primary Weapon
Secondary Weapon
Equipment, Grenades
Hide Loadout
Loadout 2
Loadout 3
Loadout 4
Loadout 5

Elite Settings
General Settings


Halo: Reach Comic-Con Stage Demo (http://comic-con.gamespot.com/video/6270655/)






Firefight "Scenario" subsection settings: Hazards, Weapon Drops, Ammo Crates.
Firefight Custom Skull Wave Traits: Damage Modifiers, Damage Resistance, Shootiness, Grenades, Vision, Hearing, Luck, Equipment Drop, Immune To Headshots, Immune To Assassination.
Forge World Vehicle List: Banshee, Falcon, Ghost, Mongoose, Revenant, Scorpion, Shade Turret, Warthogs. (There were more options on the list. Also note that Warthog is plural, suggesting there are different types, and also does not show item amount. Also note that some vehicles are already placed on the map.)


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Two turrets on Falcon, one on each side.
Holograms run straight forward, in the direction that your reticle is pointing
Drop Shield Armor Ability: Drops a shield (similar to bubble shield, but with a blue look to it), but takes damage from enemy fire.





IGN Forge World article (http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/110/1107237p1.html) and video (http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/14276699/halo-project/videos/halor_forge_vdp_072310.html?show=hi) (better quality than the article).






The Forerunner tower visible near the canyon shoots out a plasma-like beam, similar to the bases in Valhalla in Halo 3.
New Mongoose HUD. Shows speed. (Refer to pictures for other features. Note the "Race" gametype, the "Next Gate" text, and the "Lap Time" timer. Also note that you can travel from the beach to the island. There seems to be a tunnel on the beach, as well.)


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(Note the size of the Revenant compared to the size of the Warthogs.)


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Shade Turret Properties: Spawn Sequence, Place at Start, Game-Specific, Symmetry, Game Type Label, Min Count, Max Count.


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"Landing Pad" (Note the "Spawn Time." It went from "Never to "1".)


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"The multiplayer games I got to try featured two vehicles I hadn't yet taken for a spin. The Falcon, first shown in the original Halo: Reach reveal trailer, is a must-use vehicle when added via Forge to Hemorrhage. The pilot can't actually shoot any guns, but other passengers can take up arms at two turrets that rain down death from above. In a one-on-one fight, the Banshee doesn't really stand much of a chance against the Falcon."
"The Covenant have another trick up their sleeves, however. It's called the Revenant and it behaves a bit like a Ghost crossed with a Wraith tank. This two-seater can boost around and is rather agile, but it fires the massive plasma balls that the Wraith tanks dish out. It's pretty devastating, but it offers little protection for the rider."
"The only downside is that Reach still won't include any way of finding custom games with people who aren't on your friend list."





Member Submissions

Here are some images from some new maps:

The first is Reflection, a remake of Ivory Tower.

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The next new map, Spire.

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And the last map, Zealot.

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And that's all the multiplayer maps.

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Interesting bit I just heard:
In Firefight's versus mode, you gain a life for every player-controlled enemy Elite that you kill.

Couple videos:

IGN Video: Halo: Reach Xbox 360 Gameplay - Gate Race (http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/14276699/halo-project/videos/halor_gmp_forge_0727.html)

Halo Waypoint: Tractor gameplay (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2Q8dW1NJzE)

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Ferrex Questions and Answers on the Bungie Forums (http://www.bungie.net/Forums/posts.aspx?postID=46602215&postRepeater1-p=1)
(All text that is has quotations around it are direct quotes from Ferrex.)




Those are the major landmarks, but it's basically all one contiguous space. There's beaches, a variety of good sized clifftops, lots of cliff faces (the Lockout remake is built in one of those in particular), so it's sort of misleading to say "there's five spaces".





“There's still a few neat [Forge World] objects we haven't explicitly shown off yet.”





Cannot place your own “callouts” for custom maps/games.





“Not all of the Forge World objects are available on all of the maps”





(Ferrex is asked if there will be more Forge World variants when Reach is actually release, and he says “We’ll see. :),” possibly suggesting more Forge World variants.)





“The absolute object limit is still there, but it is higher now. I can't remember exactly where we left it, because it really ultimately depended on how much memory we had available.”





Objects originally on the map no longer permanently count against the absolute object item limit (like they did in Halo 3).





“Hate to burst any bubbles, but Forge is an MP only mode, and that means no AI of any flavor. Sorry!”





“Afraid not. It's just part of the decor, not actually physically simulated water.” (This means that the water coming out of the waterfalls do not “interact” with the placeable objects.)





There are Guardians in Forge World.





“Our rule of thumb is that if your camera (head) goes under water, you're in too deep and we want you dead. That usually means water is either shallower than that, or deeper than that (like Relic, it doesn't slope away smoothly, it drops off sharply.)”





Gravity Lifts and Man Cannons still affect other objects when you are placing them.





“Unfortunately, the civilian vehicles didn't make the final Forge World palette. Including Forky. On the upside, every combat vehicle did (except the Saber. Forge World is big, but not "outer space" big.”





(Ferrex was being asked about the large Forerunner tower that is off in the distance from the canyon, and if it was possible to reach that area.) “I think that structure is actually out of bounds (it's right beside the edge of the geometry, which we vainly but determinedly try to hide from equally determined explorers. Gotta make it challenging, at least!)”





“There are analogues of pretty much every Sandbox piece, I believe. I don't have the exact dimensions, though. Multiples of 10' would be a safe bet.There are analogues of pretty much every Sandbox piece, I believe. I don't have the exact dimensions, though. Multiples of 10' would be a safe bet.”





The small, outdoor pocket above The Coliseum is “Precisely as large as Sanctuary.”





(Ferrex is asked if there will be different themes for different maps.) “Generally speaking, yes. There's a lot of shared objects, too.”





“You can still set the number of Clips for placed weapons.”





“And yep, Teleporters can be given a spawn time, if you want to mark one as ‘Not Placed At Start’ and have it spawn in after that spawn time.”





“None (or almost none) of the big structural objects [are “moveable”]. Smaller sandbox objects, like Fusion Coils or Space Crates, can be moved around as long as they're not set to Fixed or Phased physics.”





“There is a non-deletable boundary + soft ceiling barrier, but it's pretty far out there. There's lots of room to build almost anything without bumping into them.”





“And the Monitor's boost has been greatly increased, which allows him to cover the map pretty rapidly. Shish verbally abused me every time I talked to him until we got that in.”





“Custom Powerups are still available. I think you can even place more of them now.”





(Ferrex is asked if the respawn limit for objects is increased.) “Believe it's the same as H3. I don't recall increasing that number.”





“Technical limitations. Shadow casting is relatively expensive and so we can only do it on so many objects at a time. We find the best use of them is for moving objects, so things like vehicles and flags take priority. If you're only looking structure pieces, though, they will shadow normally. There's also some sweet self shadowing based on a different bit of technical magic that is always applied to them, and really helps make the bunkers and interiors look sweet.”





“I believe only the Mongooses got the color change treatment. I gather it was sort of a whimsical thing that one of the artists did on his own time, and not how the rest of the vehicle art was set up. :(“





“Once an object is completely out of the environment, it can't be pushed any further. If you release it, it'll actually just vanish (since you wouldn't be able to select it again to delete it.)”





“Objects can be placed in the sky but left with Normal physics so that they fall.”





“No preview images, unfortunately. We had a plan for that (using screenshots), but didn't get to do that one. :(“





The vehicle man cannon is “quite a bit bigger” than the regular man cannon.





The boundaries of other maps are “quite a bit tighter” and compared to Forge World. (Ferrex also says that they are inaccessible for gameplay purposes.)





“Rotation Constraints basically lock the object's orientation (on all three axes) to a multiple of that number. So if you set 90 degrees, then the object will rotate in 90 degree steps. It's really pretty simple once you use it.”





“And under Coordinates, you can directly adjust the rotation on the pitch, yaw, and roll axes too. Makes some things easier, like building curved ramps.”





The Covenant Lookout Tower is not on the Forge World palette, “but it might be on one of the other maps.”





“Forge World vs. some of the other maps is really very much like the differences between, say, editing Sandtrap and editing Sandbox. Fewer (but still lots of) options on the normal maps, in exchange for a more unique and custom environment.”





There are no standalone UNSC turrets similar to the Shade (stationary Covenant turret).





Non-driveable vehicles (Pelican, Scarab, Longsword, etc.) cannot be spawned as “scenery” in Forge.





“Unfortunately, and despite a great last minute suggestion by Shish and Cam, the [map FX filters] remain map wide.”





(Ferrex is asked what the “camera” looking objects were above the spawns.) “Those are the viewpoint you see from while selecting loadouts. Sort of like the pre-game view of the map.”





“While you can make yourself invulnerable to the puny Spartans, we didn't set up the ‘Host Editor Only’ feature this time around. It was a non-trivial addition, and, well, H3 ended up doing alright without it (man that was embarrassing.)”





“The Oddballs, Flags, and their ilk now reset when they hit a kill volume. The MP team had strong sauce this time.”





“Not all vehicles will be available on all maps, but we try to get all of the relevant ones we can on as many maps as we can. It comes down to memory constraints more than whether or not we think a vehicle is appropriate for the map (exception: flying vehicles are limited based on whether or not we think the map boundaries can support it.)”





“All of the maps have a pretty wide selection of objects, but not on the order of Sandbox or Forge World.”





“Many large (like, structural) pieces will not move once you place it and let it come to rest. Smaller objects, like crates or fusion coils, will move if you set the physics to Normal, but won't move if you set the physics to Fixed.”





Health packs are placeable.





FX Filters are placaeble on every map.





The unlimited budget glitch from Halo 3 has been fixed. (Ferrex says, however, “But, I have a lunch bet riding on the community figuring out some other glitch that lets them do it anyway. Never underestimate the community, IMO.”)





“There is a [Forge-earned credits] limit per session, but not a lifetime limit.”





Elephants are not creatable/placeable in Forge.





The “Grid Item” (large, blue grid) is just a “visual and physical aid.”





“You can have multiple Safe Zones, even if they're disjoint. As long as the player is inside one of them, he's Safe.” (This means that you can have one safe zone in one area, they have a teleporter that sends you to another safe zone all the way across the map, even if there are kill zones between those two areas.)





(Ferrex is asked how large the interior is, presumably talking about The Coliseum.) “I think it's around 3x as wide as a Grifball court, and 1x as long. It's pretty large, but there's large wall objects to block off parts.”





(Ferrex is asked how many lights can be placed in Forge World, and if you can fix their radius.) “Still limited to 2, and of fixed radius I'm afraid.” (Note that he probably means only two of each type of light, just like there were only 2 blue lights and 2 red lights placeable in Halo 3.)





When you exit a teleporter, you exit it in the same direction that you entered it. (If you walk backwards into a teleporter, you will exit it still walking backwards.)





Ammo is not placeable, you have to place the actual weapon down.





You can be an Elite in Forge.





There is only one customizable Custom Powerup (just like in Halo 3).





The Target Locator “is not limited to Invasion (it's in Firefight too), but it is limited to certain maps. It's not in Forge World, unfortunately.”





You can create your own kill zones.





You will not earn “credits” every time your map is downloaded or if it goes into Bungie Favorites.





You cannot change the trajectory (how far, how high, etc,) of a Man Cannon “but, there are a few different power levels available this time, so you should be able to adjust your trajectories more easily.”





"The Armory Video" - IGN (http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/14276699/halo-project/videos/halor_armory_montage_072210.html?show=hi)

Spartan Gender

Male
Female

The Armory (Spartan)
(Note: This was all that was shown, not all that there is.)

Helmet

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/armor1.png
http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/armor2.png

ODST Variants

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/armor6odst.png

HAZOP Variants

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/armor7hazop.png

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/armor3.png
http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/armor4.png
http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/armor5.png

Left Shoulder

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/armor8leftshoulder.png
http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/armor10leftshoulder.png
Right Shoulder

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/armor9rightshoulder.png
Chest

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/armor15chest.png
http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/armor16chest.png
Wrist

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/armor11wrist.png
http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/armor12wrist.png
Utility

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/armor17utility.png
Visor Color
Knee Guards

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/armor13kneeguard.pnghttp://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/armor14kneeguard.png
Armor Effects

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/armor18effect.png
http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/armor19effect.png
http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/armor20effect.png
http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/armor21effect.png
Firefight Voice

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/armor22effect.png
http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/armor23effect.png
http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/armor24effect.png
http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/armor25effect.png
Emblem
Colors

Elite Armor

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/elite1.png
http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/elite2.png
http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/elite3.png
http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/elite4.png
http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/elite5.png
http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/elite6.png
http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/elite7.png


Comic-Con 2010 Halo Universe Panel (http://comic-con.gamespot.com/video/6271371/)





New trilogy of Halo fiction set in the Forerunner universe, to be written by Greg Bear, a science fiction author.





Karen Traviss, author of two (in print, two more coming) Gears of War-themed novels, will also be working on a Halo trilogy, dealing with the storyline directly after Halo 3. They “will tie up some loose ends in Ghosts of Onyx” and “take the universe in a very, very bold and exciting new direction.”





Eric Raab: “We’re going to be re-issuing all of the original three Halo novels, starting with the Fall of Reach in August, with newly edited and new material in the back” that “supports the story with all sorts of cool stuff.” There’s “new information and hidden gems, and then we’re coming back out again with The Flood, a whole newly revised version of The Flood, with new covers, new material in the back, full of all sorts of fun stuff.” And “we’re coming out with another newly-edited version of First Strike, and in the midst of that, we’re [in the middle] of an art contest through Halo Waypoint for the Evolution short story collection” And “we’ll be coming out with two editions of that split into two and make them cheaper, and we’re adding a couple stories to that, so there’ll be new short stories for Evolution starting in November and December.” And “the first Forerunner novel will come in right around the holiday/end of the year.”





The first Forerunner novel (written by Greg Bear) will “be out by holiday this year.” You’ll see “Human and Forerunner contact in the first dozen pages, right of the bat.”





Greg Bear: “We have a story of human origins and why they seem to us to be so confused. We also have a story about the creation of the Halos- how they’re being handled.” There will be “some major surprises about the Halos.” And “I think you’re going to learn a lot more about both the Forerunners, their interactions with Humans, about the history of the time, a very tumultuous history.”





“Everything in both the Forerunner trilogy and the series of Karen Traviss novels will all have direct connections to the game.”





A new motion comic on Waypoint, titled “The Mona Lisa.” It’s “one of the other stories from Halo Evolutions.” (said by Kevin Grace.)





New “audio Eater eggs” included on the new special edition Reach console. There are audio files that play when you turn the Xbox on, and when you eject the disc tray. The eject audio is the sound of an overshield charge.





“Nothing new to announce about the (Halo) movie at this time. It’s something that we’d like to see, and we’ve certainly done a lot of prep work for it. We already have a bunch of costumes.” (said by Frank O’ Connor)





Frank O’Connor (When asked if the fans will see a return of Master Chief in the fiction novels): “Master Chief, at the end of Halo 3, is in cyro sleep, and Cortana has sent a rescue signal, and they are orbiting around a mysterious world. And we would to be the world’s biggest assholes to not follow through on a cliffhanger like that.” But “we certainly haven’t seen the last of the Master Chief. That story is very important to us.”





Frank O’Connor: “We’ve definitely created a lot of supplemental material for the re-launch of the books.”





Frank O’Connor: “You will see [Master Chief’s] face in the Fall of Reach comic book, as a child, but that’s it.”





Bungie Weekly Update (7/30/10) (http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=BWU_073010)




Halo: Reach "The Battle Begins" Campaign Trailer

YouTube- Halo: Reach "The Battle Begins" Campaign Trailer


Halo: Reach Achievement list and pictures

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/achieve3.png
http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/achieve4.png


Completed the Campaign on Normal difficulty.
Completed the Campaign on Heroic difficulty.
Completed the Campaign on Legendary difficulty.
Completed every mission in Halo: Reach alone, on Legendary.
Completed the 2nd mission on Normal or harder.
Completed the 3rd mission on Normal or harder.
Completed the 4th mission on Normal or harder.
Completed the 5th mission on Normal or harder.
Completed the 6th mission on Normal or harder.
Completed the 7th mission on Normal or harder.
Completed the 8th mission on Normal or harder.
Completed the 9th mission on Normal or harder.
Completed the 10th mission on Normal or harder.
Cleared the 2nd mission without setting foot in a drivable vehicle.
Killed 2 vehicles at once with the Target Locator in the 3rd mission.
Hijacked a Banshee during the Reach Campaign.
Killed the Elite Zealot before he escaped during the 5th mission.
Performed an Assassination against an Elite to survive a fall that would've been fatal.
Destroyed the Corvette's engines & escort in under 3 minutes in the 6th mission on Heroic or harder.
Finished the 9th mission on Legendary with the Scorpion intact.
Earned a Triple Kill while Jetpacking in Campaign, Firefight or Matchmaking.
Killed 7 Moa during the 2nd mission of the Campaign.
Killed 3 of the anti-aircraft batteries during the 8th mission.
Used a Health Pack to replenish life after taking body damage.
Performed an Assassination on an enemy.
Killed 10 enemies in a Firefight or Campaign session with the M6G pistol.
Killed 10 enemies in a Firefight or Campaign session with the DMR.
Traded weapons with an AI ally in Campaign.
Killed 10 enemies in Firefight or Campaign with a supercombine explosion.
Let a teammate spawn on you 5 times in an Invasion Matchmaking game.
Earned a First Strike Medal in a Matchmaking game.
Won a game of Invasion in the 1st phase.
Earned a Killing Spree in multiplayer Matchmaking.
Earned a Killionaire medal in Firefight.
As an Elite, killed 5 Spartan players in Matchmaking.
Scored 15,000 points in Score Attack Firefight Matchmaking.
Scored 50,000 points in a Firefight game.
Scored 200,000 points in a Firefight game.
Scored 1,000,000 points in a Firefight game.
Completed a Firefight set on Legendary without dying.
Purchased an item from the Armory that required the rank of Lt. Colonel.
Reached the rank of Corporal in the UNSC.
Reached the rank of Captain in the UNSC.
Used the File Browser to upload a file to your File Share.
Completed all of the Daily Challenges in a given day.
Purchased an item from the Armory.
Recommended a file to someone.
Advanced a Commendation to a Silver state.
Completed a Weekly Challenge.



Forge World pictures:
http://www.bungie.net/images/News/Inline10/073010/Forge/castle_image_02.jpg

http://www.bungie.net/images/News/Inline10/073010/Forge/cliffhanger.jpg

http://www.bungie.net/images/News/Inline10/073010/Forge/cliffhanger_fp.jpg

http://www.bungie.net/images/News/Inline10/073010/Forge/cliffhanger_top_down.jpg

http://www.bungie.net/images/News/Inline10/073010/Forge/horizon.jpg

http://www.bungie.net/images/News/Inline10/073010/Forge/knot.jpg

http://www.bungie.net/images/News/Inline10/073010/Forge/facing_sniper.jpg

http://www.bungie.net/images/News/Inline10/073010/Forge/hangem.jpg

http://www.bungie.net/images/News/Inline10/073010/Forge/prison_wall.jpg

http://www.bungie.net/images/News/Inline10/073010/Forge/overhang_01.jpg

http://www.bungie.net/images/News/Inline10/073010/Forge/overhang_02.jpg

http://www.bungie.net/images/News/Inline10/073010/Forge/das_beach_2.jpg

http://www.bungie.net/images/News/Inline10/073010/Forge/facing.jpg

http://www.bungie.net/images/News/Inline10/073010/Forge/temple01.jpg

http://www.bungie.net/images/News/Inline10/073010/Forge/temple02.jpg


Bungie Weekly Update - (7/30/10) (http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=BWU_081310)



So the first thing I should point out is that individual object limits no longer exist. They are based on a category limit now. So putting one double wall on the map means you have reduced the whole walls/doors/windows category by one. Here is the full item list in text and bulleted form.



Building Blocks, $10, 100

Block, 1x1
Block, 1x1, Flat
Block, 1x1, Short
Block, 1x1, Tall
Block, 1x1, Tall and Thin
Block, 1x2
Block, 1x4
Block, 2x1, Flat
Block, 2x2
Block, 2x2, Flat
Block, 2x2, Short
Block, 2x2, Tall
Block, 2x3
Block, 2x4
Block, 3x1, Flat
Block, 3x3
Block, 3x3, Flat
Block, 3x3, Short
Block, 3x3, Tall
Block, 3x4
Block, 4x4
Block, 4x4, Flat
Block, 4x4, Short
Block, 4x4, Tall
Block, 5x1, Short
Block, 5x5, Flat


Bridges and Platforms, $10, 50

Bridge, Small
Bridge, Medium
Bridge, Large
Bridge, XLarge
Bridge, Diagonal
Bridge, Diag, Small
Dish
Dish, Open
Corner, 45 Degrees
Corner, 2x2
Corner, 4x4
Landing Pad
Platform, Ramped
Platform, Large
Platform, XL
Platform, XXL
Platform, Y
Platform, Y, Large
Sniper Nest
Staircase
Walkway, Large


Buildings, $150, 12

Bunker, Small
Bunker, Small, Covered
Bunker, Box
Bunker, Round
Bunker, Ramp
Pyramid
Tower, 2 Story
Tower, 3 Story
Tower, Tall
Room, Double
Room, Triple


Decorative, $50, 100

Antenna, Small
Antenna, Satellite
Brace
Brace, Large
Brace, Tunnel
Column
Cover, Crenellation
Cover, Glass
Glass Sail
Railing, Small
Railing, Medium
Railing, Large
Teleporter Frame
Strut
Large Walkway Cover


Doors/Windows/Walls, $10, 50

Door
Door, Double
Window
Window, Double
Wall
Wall, Double
Wall, Corner
Wall, Curved
Wall, Coliseum
Window, Coliseum
Tunnel, Short
Tunnel, Long


Inclines, $10, 100

Bank, 1x1
Bank, 1x2
Bank, 2x1
Bank, 2x2
Ramp, 1x2
Ramp, 1x2, Shallow
Ramp, 2x2
Ramp, 2x2, Steep
Ramp, Circular, Small
Ramp, Circular, Large
Ramp, Bridge, Small
Ramp, Bridge, Medium
Ramp, Bridge, Large
Ramp, XL
Ramp, Stunt


Natural, $10, 50

Rock, Small
Rock, Flat
Rock, Medium 1
Rock, Medium 2
Rock, Spire 1
Rock, Spire 2
Rock, Seastack
Rock, Arch


Grid, $200, 2
Objective Items

Initial Spawn, $0, 247
Respawn Point, $0, 250
Initial Loadout Camera, $0, 32
Respawn Zone, $0, 20
Respawn Zone, Weak, $0, 20
Respawn Zone, Anti, $0, 20
Safe Area Boundaries, $0, 32
Kill Area Boundaries, $0, 32


Misc

Explosives
Health Station, $25, 8
Powerups
Cannons, Men
One Way Shield Door 2, $200, 4
One Way Shield Door 3, $200, 4
One Way Shield Door 4, $200, 4
Special FX

Colorblind
Next Gen
Juicy
Nova
Olde Timey
Pen and Ink
Purple
Green
Orange


Shield Door, Small, $200, 4
Shield Door, Medium, $200, 4
Shield Door, Large, $200, 4
Teleporters
Toys
Lights
Barricades
Camping Stool, $10, 10
Crates
Sandbags
Street Cones, $10, 20







Halo Reach: Thoughts and Ideas Thread (http://www.xforgery.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6039)
(Visit this thread or tipsta will complain to me on Skype every day.)

[Blue]

Interactive Forge User Interface (Forge World)
(Rough draft version, but it's something.)


Weapons, Human

Weapons, Covenant

Armor Abilities

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/aa.png


Vehicles

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/vehicles-2.png
(Note: Certain vehicles were already placed on the map, thus making the total vehicle amount that is pictured different from what the actual limit is.


Gadgets

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/gadgets_1.jpg

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/colorblind-1.png

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/colorblind.jpg


http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/nextgen.png

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/next_gen.jpg


http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/juicy-1.png

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/juicy-2.jpg


http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/nova-1.png

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/nova.jpg


http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/oldtimey.png

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/old_timey.jpg


http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/penink.png

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/pen_and_ink.jpg


http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/purple-1.png

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/purple.jpg


http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/green-1.png

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/green.jpg


http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/orange-1.png

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/orange.jpg


http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/tele-1.png




Receiver Node - $25 - 8
Sender Node - $25 - 8
Two-Way Node - $25 - 8



http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/toysgad3.png




Die - $100 - 10
Golf Ball - $100 - 10
Golf Club - $100 - 10
Kill Ball - $100 - 10
Soccer Ball - $100 - 10
Tin Cub - $100 - 10



http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/lights.png




Light, Red - $250 - 2
Light, Blue - $250 - 2
Light, Green - $250 - 2
Light, Orange - $250 - 2
Light, Purple - $250 - 2
Light, Yellow - $250 - 2
Light, White - $250 - 2
Light, Red, Flashing - $250 - 2


(Quick note: I'm only assuming that every other colored light has a flashing version.)



Light, Blue, Flashing - $250 - 2
Light, Green, Flashing - $250 - 2
Light, Orange, Flashing - $250 - 2
Light, Purple, Flashing - $250 - 2
Light, Yellow, Flashing - $250 - 2
Light, White, Flashing - $250 - 2






Spawning

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/spawning.jpg


Objectives

Scenery

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/scenery.jpg


Structure

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/buildingblocks.png


http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/blocks_1.jpg
http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/blocks_2.jpg
http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/blocks_3.jpg
http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/blocks_4.jpg


http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/bridandplat.png


http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/bridges_plats_1.jpg
http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/bridges_plats_2.jpg
http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/bridges_plats_3.jpg


http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/buildings.png


http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/buildings_1.jpg
http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/buildings_2.jpg


http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/decorative.png


http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/decorative_1.jpg
http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/decorative_2.jpg


http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/doorwinwall.png


http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/doors_win_walls_1.jpg
http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/doors_win_walls_2.jpg


http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/incline.png


http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/inclines_1.jpg
http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/inclines_1.jpg


http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/natural.png


http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/natural-1.jpg


http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/grid.png



I'll be updating it with the properties list of certain items, as well as any new UI-related information/screenshots that are released.


"Full Multiplayer Game Videos (http://www.xforgery.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10366)"



In this thread, I will be posting videos of FULL Multiplayer games from Halo: Reach. This thread will be updated often. These videos come from several sources, from Halo Waypoint to Comic-Con. Enjoy.

Team Slayer on Zealot
YouTube- Halo: Reach Multiplayer Match on Zealot (Gameplay)


Team Slayer on Reflection
YouTube- Halo: Reach Multiplayer Match on Reflection (Ivory Tower!) (Gameplay)


Team Slayer on Pinnacle
YouTube- Halo: Reach Multiplayer Match on Pinnacle (Ascension Remake) Gameplay


Firefight Versus on Overlook
YouTube- halo reach- firefight versus on overlook FULL MATCH


Firefight Versus on Courtyard
YouTube- halo reach- firefight versus on courtyard FULL MATCH


Firefight on Beachhead
YouTube- Halo: Reach Firefight - Beachhead Gameplay


Firefight on Corvette
YouTube- Halo: Reach - 5 Minute Firefight


DISCLAIMER: I do not claim ownership over any of these videos. They all belong to their rightful owners.

UPDATES
8/19/10 - 'Firefight on Corvette' has been added



Matchmaking Achievement List


List of all Reach Medals, loaded straight from the new Reach APIs:

http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/perfection.png Perfection! - Win a Slayer game without dying with at least 15 kills.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/extermination.png Extermination! - Wipe out an enemy team with at least an overkill.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/killingspree.png Killing Spree! - Kill 5 opponents in a row without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/killing-frenzy.png Killing Frenzy! - Kill 10 opponents in a row without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/running-riot.png Running Riot! - Kill 15 opponents in a row without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/rampage.png Rampage! - Kill 20 opponents in a row without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/untouchable.png Untouchable! - Kill 25 opponents in a row without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/invincible.png Invincible! - Kill 30 opponents in a row without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/stickyspree.png Stick Spree! - Kill 5 opponents in a row with grenade sticks without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/shotgunspree.png Shotgun Spree! - Kill 5 opponents in a row with the shotgun without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/swordspree.png Sword Spree! - Kill 5 opponents in a row with the Energy Sword without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/hammerspree.png Hammer Spree! - Kill 5 opponents in a row with the Gravity Hammer without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/sniperspree.png Sniper Spree! - Kill 5 opponents in a row with a sniper weapon without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/splatterspree.png Splatter Spree! - Splatter 5 opponents in a row using a vehicle without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/corrected.png Sticky Fingers! - Kill 10 opponents in a row with grenade sticks without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/shotgunfrenzy.png Open Season! - Kill 10 opponents in a row with the shotgun without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/slice_dice.png Slice ‘n Dice! - Kill 10 opponents in a row with the Energy Sword without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/hammerfrenzy.png Dream Crusher! - Kill 10 opponents in a row with the Gravity Hammer without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/sharpshooter.png Sharpshooter! - Kill 10 opponents in a row with a sniper weapon without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/vehicularhomicide.png Vehicular Manslaughter! - Splatter 10 opponents in a row using a vehicle without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/doublekill.png Double Kill! - Kill 2 opponents within 4 seconds of each other.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/triplekill.png Triple Kill! - Kill 3 opponents within 4 seconds of each other.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/overkill.png Overkill! - Kill 4 opponents within 4 seconds of each other.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/killtacular.png Killtacular! - Kill 5 opponents within 4 seconds of each other.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/killtrocity.png Killtrocity! - Kill 6 opponents within 4 seconds of each other.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/killimanjaro.png Killimanjaro! - Kill 7 opponents within 4 seconds of each other.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/killtastrophe.png Killtastrophe! - Kill 8 opponents within 4 seconds of each other.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/killpocalypse.png Killpocalypse! - Kill 9 opponents within 4 seconds of each other.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/killionaire.png Killionaire! - Kill 10 opponents within 4 seconds of each other.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/melee.png Beat Down! - Hit and kill an opponent with a melee attack.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/assassination.png Assassin! - Hit and kill an opponent with a melee attack from behind.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/sniperkill.png Sniper Kill! - Kill an opponent with a Sniper weapon.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/stuck.png Grenade Stick! - Kill an opponent by sticking them with a sticky grenade.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/laserkill.png Laser Kill! - Kill an opponent by using the Spartan Laser.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/oddballkill.png Oddball Kill! - Get a melee kill when holding the oddball.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/flagkill.png Flag Kill! - Get a melee kill with the flag.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/splatter.png Splatter! - Hit and kill an opponent with your vehicle.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/killjoy.png Killjoy! - End an opponent’s killing spree.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/deathfromthegrave.png Kill from the Grave! - Kill an opponent after you have died.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/hijacker.png Highjacker! - Board a land-based vehicle by forcibly removing the opponent in it.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/bulltrue.png Bulltrue! - Kill an opponent that is in the act of a sword lunge.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/wheelman.png Wheelman! - Be the driver of a vehicle when a passenger kills an opponent.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/question.png Skyjack! - Board an aircraft by forcibly removing the opponent in it.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/assist.png Assist! - Assist a teammate in killing an enemy.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/killedflagcarrier.png Killed Flag Carrier! - Kill the opponent flag carrier in CTF.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/flagscore.png Flag Score! - Score the flag in CTF.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/killedjuggernaut.png Killed Juggernaut! - Kill the Juggernaut in a Juggernaut game.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/killedvip.png Killed VIP! - Kill an opponent's VIP in a VIP game.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/killedbombcarrier.png Killed Bomb Carrier! - Kill an opponent bomb carrier in Assault.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/bombplanted.png Bomb Planted! - Plant the bomb in Assault.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/question.png Hail to the King! - Kill 5 opponents in a row from inside the hill before it moves.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/lastmanstanding.png Last Man Standing! - Be the last human in an infection game.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/zombiekillingspree.png Infection Spree! - Kill 5 humans in a row as the zombie without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/zombiekillingspree.png Zombie Killing Spree! - Kill 5 zombies in a row as the human without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/juggernautspree.png Juggernaut Spree! - Kill 5 opponents in a row as the Juggernaut without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/mmmbrains.png Mmmm Brains! - Kill 10 humans in a row as the zombie without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/hellsjanitor.png Hell’s Janitor! - Kill 10 zombies in a row as the human without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/juggernautfrenzy.png Immovable Object - Kill 10 opponents in a row as the Juggernaut without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/is-quisam-protero-damno.png Is Quisnam Protero Damno! - Kill 15 zombies in a row as the human without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/headshot.png Headshot! - Kill an enemy with a headshot.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/supercombine.png Needle Combine Kill! - Score a kill by filling an opponent with enough needles to cause a detonation.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/empkill.png EMP Kill! - Kill an enemy with an EMP.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/revenge.png Revenge! - Kill the opponent responsible for your previous death.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/firstblood.png First Strike! - Strike first, strike hard. No mercy, sir!
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/opportunist.png Opportunist! - Kill an opponent who is reloading with either a melee or a headshot.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/berserker.png Close Call! - Kill an opponent at close range while you are vulnerable.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/sprintingkill.png Headcase! - Kill a sprinting opponent with a headshot.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/pullkill.png Pull! - Kill a jetpacking opponent with a headshot.



You'll have seen most of them before, but there are some new ones like "Is Quisnam Protero Damno!"



"Halo: Reach Mainmenu" video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6dc2dP7M40&feature=sub


Firefight Maps and Descriptions
(Taken from the "Halo: Reach Mainmenu" video.)


http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/beachead.png

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/corvette.png

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/courtyard.png

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/glacier.png

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/holdout.png

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/outpost.png

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/overlook.png

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/waterfront.png

[ShortkidPena]

Blue you have outdone yourself, well done. Oh, and your bungie vidoc isn't embedded on the page for some reason?

[Blue]

Blue you have outdone yourself, well done. Oh, and your bungie vidoc isn't embedded on the page for some reason?

I don't why it's not embedding, I'm working in it. I also just updated the thread with a lot of Firefight information.

[InnerSandman13]

Just to let you know, there was a fourth part to the youtube series.

[RightSideTheory]

You can't embed a video inside a spoiler tag.

[Blue]

Just to let you know, there was a fourth part to the youtube series.

It was a crappy recording of the ViDoc, which we can already see in high definition, and the unboxing of the new console, which is not related to anything else in this thread. Just to let you know.

You can't embed a video inside a spoiler tag.

The other three Comic-con videos are embedded in spoilers.

[RightSideTheory]

The other three Comic-con videos are embedded in spoilers.
I'll take my incorrect two cents back then, thanks.

[Gunnergrunt]

Very helpful, Blue. I was hoping someone would find time to do this. Much appreciated

[wiggums]

"melee modifiers" hmmmm.... I'm assuming this is what makes juggernaut different in the way that you cannot assassinate him. Or maybe you can make a melee have a different damage modfier than when your shooting?

Also... In 4 of the 5 forge area pictures, the reticule has a tiny x in the center, while the other has a regular dot like normal... What is that about?

[MultiLockOn]

Nice job Blue, + repped :D

[DeathsFriend22]

Have you updated it with info from the update yet? There are some juicy bits, like where we can survive under certain amounts of water. Can't wait to see an underwater battleground.

[Blue]

Have you updated it with info from the update yet? There are some juicy bits, like where we can survive under certain amounts of water. Can't wait to see an underwater battleground.

I'm working on it. I pretty much have all the information that I could take from the actual user questions and answers, but there's some new things that I didn't see before. And I'm picking through all the other text to get some stuff. I'll let you guys know when I update the thread.

[Blue]

Updated with the "Scenario" settings in Firefight (thanks to a possible slip-up during an interview), and all the available settings for Custom Skulls that effect the Wave Traits in Firefight.

Edit: Also added this, as well:


Halo: Reach Comic-Con Stage Demo (http://comic-con.gamespot.com/video/6270655/)




Firefight "Scenario" subsection settings: Hazards, Weapon Drops, Ammo Crates.
Firefight Custom Skull Wave Traits: Damage Modifiers, Damage Resistance, Shootiness, Grenades, Vision, Hearing, Luck, Equipment Drop, Immune To Headshots, Immune To Assassination.
Forge World Vehicle List: Banshee, Falcon, Ghost, Mongoose, Revenant, Scorpion, Shade Turret, Warthogs. (There were more options on the list. Also note that Warthog is plural, suggesting there are different types, and also does not show item amount. Also note that some vehicles are already placed on the map.)

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/vehicles.png


Two turrets on Falcon, one on each side.
Holograms run straight forward, in the direction that your reticle is pointing
Drop Shield Armor Ability: Drops a shield (similar to bubble shield, but with a blue look to it), but takes damage from enemy fire.

[l33tmeerkatslol]

@wiggums Correct me if I'm wrong but I think there is a no assassinations option, and melee modifiers change how much damage you do when meleeing like normal.

[Blue]

@wiggums Correct me if I'm wrong but I think there is a no assassinations option, and melee modifiers change how much damage you do when meleeing like normal.

I don't remember where it was, but somewhere in the Firefight settings, there's an option to turn assassinations off, so I'm guessing the same thing applies to custom games.

Edit:

Firefight Custom Skull Wave Traits: Damage Modifiers, Damage Resistance, Shootiness, Grenades, Vision, Hearing, Luck, Equipment Drop, Immune To Headshots, Immune To Assassination.

[iTzBroken]

Great Info page...Answered my questions. Also thank god there is also other Forge able maps. The fore runner might get old. But they look sweet.

[Blue]

Updated with information from an IGN article and video. It's not much, but there's some new stuff that I had yet to see.


IGN Forge World article (http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/110/1107237p1.html) and video (http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/14276699/halo-project/videos/halor_forge_vdp_072310.html?show=hi) (better quality than the article).





The Forerunner tower visible near the canyon shoots out a plasma-like beam, similar to the bases in Valhalla in Halo 3.
New Mongoose HUD. Shows speed. (Refer to pictures for other features. Note the "Race" gametype, the "Next Gate" text, and the "Lap Time" timer. Also note that you can travel from the beach to the island. There seems to be a tunnel on the beach, as well.)

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/mongoose.png

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/mongoose2.png

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/mongoose3.png



(Note the size of the Revenant compared to the size of the Warthogs.)

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/revenant.png


Shade Turret Properties: Spawn Sequence, Place at Start, Game-Specific, Symmetry, Game Type Label, Min Count, Max Count.

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/shade.png


"Landing Pad" (Note the "Spawn Time." It went from "Never to "1".)

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/landingpad.png

[n00bskoolbus]

One of the things I'm noticing is that although the budget i alot bigger than in halo 3 the cost of items is also bigger, so is the bigger budget really gonna make that much of a difference?

[Zak]

One of the things I'm noticing is that although the budget i alot bigger than in halo 3 the cost of items is also bigger, so is the bigger budget really gonna make that much of a difference?

The only things that are more expensive are full structures like the towers and rooms and such. The rest of the objects are average priced

[wiggums]

The only things that are more expensive are full structures like the towers and rooms and such. The rest of the objects are average priced
I think I saw that a falcon was priced 100$ which does not seem "average".

[iTzBroken]

hahaha yea...I just read the ign thingy...what ever...cant wait.

[wiggums]

Aren't there more AA's that still have yet to be announced? I remember hearing about more.

[Coyote1023]

Yep, there should be a few more.

[RightSideTheory]

My take on armor abilities:

You should have as many as physically fucking possible. Even if only five are actually balanced and fair, use those five in MM and Campaign and MLG, and just let all the other ones be for Custom Games.

By limiting it, you're limiting the creativity. I cannot make my own Armor Abilities. Putting them in hurts no one, especially if they never appear in matchmaking and campaign, and would make the community happy.

I hope there are tons more.

[Boston]

Damn. Nice job Blue. This helps a lot! I didn't know of the spawn timers (going from never to 1). Here's to hoping it can be ANY number. Maybe even going all the way up to like 10 minutes.

[Cerity Insighed]

I think I saw that a falcon was priced 100$ which does not seem "average".

A falcon is a large vehicle, so it will obviously be more expensive. Think about vehicles from H3 forge, and how expensive they are.

[wiggums]

A falcon is a large vehicle, so it will obviously be more expensive. Think about vehicles from H3 forge, and how expensive they are.
Yeah well I don't recall a mongoose costing 50$ either.

[PsychoBucket]

A falcon is a large vehicle, so it will obviously be more expensive. Think about vehicles from H3 forge, and how expensive they are.

Wasn't the tank 20? I think they just scaled the prices a little to make it seem like you get so much more budget.

[wiggums]

Wasn't the tank 20? I think they just scaled the prices a little to make it seem like you get so much more budget.

That's what I'm saying.

[Cerity Insighed]

It's a simple answer - Just get a screencap of normal scenery objects from one of the videos, put that into the 10,000 dollar budget, and compare it to H3 forge. They certainly scaled it strangely, but just from a glance it's easy to tell that you're able to place quite a few more objects than we were allowed in H3.

[Sir Shazmanoid]

Besides, I'm sure someone will find a budget glitch. I mean... think of all the glitches that were found that made Forge 1.0 what it was. I bet that could easily happen with Forge 2.0 as well.

[Cerity Insighed]

Besides, I'm sure someone will find a budget glitch. I mean... think of all the glitches that were found that made Forge 1.0 what it was. I bet that could easily happen with Forge 2.0 as well.

Right, but think about the flaws of budget glitching. Lag. Even if there were some sort of budget glitch I wouldn't doubt that it would have very similar effects to H3 budget glitch, causing immense lag when looking at the map as a whole. One thing that I personally wanted from Reach was to realize all my visions while staying within the limits of the budget.

[n00bskoolbus]

I'm sure you kuroda will need more then 10 grand to make atleast one map :P

[Gunnergrunt]

check out the elite's helmet
http://www.bungie.net/images/Games/Reach/images/screenshots/Forge_Bnet/Reach_MP_theCage03.jpg





here's an odd map description for a structure that probably won't even rotate anymore:


Pinnacle – Even untold centuries of abandonment and neglect failed to stall the smooth operation of this ancient structure. 2-8 players.

http://www.bungie.net/images/Games/Reach/images/screenshots/Forge_Bnet/inline/Reach_MP_Pinnacle05.jpg (http://www.bungie.net/images/Games/Reach/images/screenshots/Forge_Bnet/Reach_MP_Pinnacle05.jpg)

[n00bskoolbus]

The elites are looking cooler and cooler in this game

[Gunnergrunt]

Agreed. That one has an "honor guard" type of helmet going on. He has nice toes as well.

[Cerity Insighed]

check out the elite's helmet

That.... helmet... it's awesome, but weird. In fact, all of that elite is pretty strange.






here's an odd map description for a structure that probably won't even rotate anymore:


Pinnacle – Even untold centuries of abandonment and neglect failed to stall the smooth operation of this ancient structure. 2-8 players.



Either that's severly ironic, or bungie has a few more tricks up their sleeve in terms of forge.

[Sir Shazmanoid]

I don't like the new Elites. :-[ I like the cartooney little Elites, they looked so silly... which is why I WUVVED THEM! D:

[Bartoge]

Wasn't the tank 20? I think they just scaled the prices a little to make it seem like you get so much more budget.

Lets take a look into the budget. Hemerage, a pretty standard BTB map, has a budget left of over 5000. While there aren't many structures, there are a butload of vehicles that I think wouldn't be in most BTB maps. That means there is a lot of the budget left if you want to make a BTB map more complicated that Hemerage. The limitation would be that you would probably need to use one of the pre determined areas like the island or canyon. You couldn't make a huge BTB map in the sky most likely.

Cage is a map completely in the sky that is the size of Lockout/Guardian meaning that you can make a decent sized Team Slayer map while still having 3000 bucks left in your budget. That is plenty.

While some objects are expensive like the giant buildings, you wont be making an entire map out of just those structures. The smaller building blocks are quite inexpensive, and in addition, there are now huge walls you can use instead of 10 walls, making your budget more efficient. Will you have to watch you budget sometimes? Sure, but it most certainly allows for so much more than Halo 3 did.

[iTzBroken]

Didn't they say 150 objects???

Still I think more the better. A cap of 200 would be nice to make a map that involves like all the areas in forge world.

[Blue]

Wasn't the tank 20? I think they just scaled the prices a little to make it seem like you get so much more budget.

The vehicles were $100, the "toys" (golf club, golf ball, soccer ball) were $100, but all of the structures that were seen were only $10. I think the structures are really cheap, because they require less work from the actual rendering and everything, while the accessory-type objects or objects that require more work to process are more expensive.




Building Blocks subsection (possibly full list, only what I managed to see): Block 1x1, Block 1x1 Flat, Block 1x1 Short, Block 1x1 Short, Block 1x1 Tall, Block 1x1 Tall and Thin, Block 1x2, Block 1x4, Block 2x1 Flat, Block 3x3, Block 3x2 Flat, Block 3x2 Short, Block 3x3 Tall, Block 3x4, Block 4x4, Block 4x4 Flat, Block 4x4 Short, Block 4x4 Tall, Block 5x3 Short, Block 5x5 Flat, (All blocks had a limit of 99).



Also, I'll be updating this thread in the early morning. Or whatever I said in that other post.

Edit: I was joking. I'm not updating in the early morning. I'm going to update it sometime else. I'll let you guys know when I do, though.

[DeathsFriend22]

wtf double post?

[Gunnergrunt]

He meant to edit. He threw in that spoiler there. Apparently we should check back here in the morning. In the very early morning. Not very early in the morning. That would be absurd.

[InnerSandman13]

Here are some images from some new maps:

The first is Reflection, a remake of Ivory Tower.

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100723102738/halo/images/4/4b/Gallery_pic_3449_0_30038.jpg

http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100723102840/halo/images/c/ca/Gallery_pic_3449_0_30041.jpg

http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100723102918/halo/images/f/fb/Gallery_pic_3449_0_30044.jpg

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100723102946/halo/images/2/26/Gallery_pic_3449_0_30047.jpg

The next new map, Spire.

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100723085541/halo/images/c/c7/Spire_map.jpg

http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100723103128/halo/images/a/a9/Gallery_pic_3450_0_30040.jpg

http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100723103202/halo/images/4/4c/Gallery_pic_3450_0_30043.jpg

http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100723103234/halo/images/0/05/Gallery_pic_3450_0_30045.jpg

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100723103304/halo/images/a/af/Gallery_pic_3450_0_30049.jpg

http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100723103337/halo/images/9/96/Gallery_pic_3450_0_30051.jpg

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100723103426/halo/images/6/65/Gallery_pic_3450_0_30053.jpg

http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100723103614/halo/images/1/17/Gallery_pic_3450_0_30058.jpg

http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100723103642/halo/images/a/a9/Gallery_pic_3450_0_30059.jpg

And the last map, Zealot.

http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100723094641/halo/images/c/c4/Gallery_pic_3447_0_30025.jpg

http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100705171548/halo/images/f/fa/Covylevel.jpg

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100723104006/halo/images/b/b6/Gallery_pic_3447_0_30026.jpg

http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100723104103/halo/images/7/7f/Gallery_pic_3447_0_30027.jpg

http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100723104134/halo/images/8/89/Gallery_pic_3447_0_30028.jpg

http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100723104204/halo/images/a/a5/Gallery_pic_3447_0_30030.jpg

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100723104245/halo/images/5/50/Gallery_pic_3447_0_30032.jpg

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100723104317/halo/images/5/59/Gallery_pic_3447_0_30034.jpg

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100723104417/halo/images/9/9b/Gallery_pic_3447_0_30037.jpg

And that's all the multiplayer maps.

[Sotha Sil156]

I just thought of something. If you swith an armor ability that has an external effect (hologram, drop shield) out with another while it's effect is active, does it just disappear, or does it stay active until it times out?

[GodlyPerfection]

I would have reason to believe that they will work like weapons. For example if you shoot a rocket and then while the rocket is in the air you switch it for a sniper rifle, the rocket stays. The ones that stay out don't stay out for long anyways (hologram/drop shield).

[Null Parameter]

I just thought of something. If you swith an armor ability that has an external effect (hologram, drop shield) out with another while it's effect is active, does it just disappear, or does it stay active until it times out?

I would have reason to believe that they will work like weapons. For example if you shoot a rocket and then while the rocket is in the air you switch it for a sniper rifle, the rocket stays. The ones that stay out don't stay out for long anyways (hologram/drop shield).
My guess would be that since the Armor Ability is physically attached to your armor, if you swap it for another, you are detaching the original from its power source and it will cease to function.

[GodlyPerfection]

My guess would be that since the Armor Ability is physically attached to your armor, if you swap it for another, you are detaching the original from its power source and it will cease to function.

So in the case of Hologram it will disappear since it requires an attachment to your physical armor? I can see that. However I think that the Drop Shield will still remain since after it is deployed it has no dependency to anything, it is on it's own health bar/timer. Whether or not it still heals and what not... who knows?

[n00bskoolbus]

Edit: the video didn't work so here is the article http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/110/1106694p1.html

armory montage

[Gunnergrunt]

http://i714.photobucket.com/albums/ww145/gunnergrunt/Screenshot2010-07-26at125422PM.png

http://i714.photobucket.com/albums/ww145/gunnergrunt/Screenshot2010-07-26at125431PM.png

http://i714.photobucket.com/albums/ww145/gunnergrunt/Screenshot2010-07-26at125442PM.png

http://i714.photobucket.com/albums/ww145/gunnergrunt/Screenshot2010-07-26at125449PM.png

http://i714.photobucket.com/albums/ww145/gunnergrunt/Screenshot2010-07-26at125454PM.png

http://i714.photobucket.com/albums/ww145/gunnergrunt/Screenshot2010-07-26at125459PM.png

http://i714.photobucket.com/albums/ww145/gunnergrunt/Screenshot2010-07-26at125502PM.png

http://i714.photobucket.com/albums/ww145/gunnergrunt/Screenshot2010-07-26at125507PM.png

[wiggums]

^^^ BADASS! IT LOOKS LIKE PREDATOR!!!

[Gunnergrunt]

^^^ BADASS! IT LOOKS LIKE PREDATOR!!!

That's what I thought too! Haha dang we started a new page. Go to the previous page if you guys wanna check out the new elite armor permutations! (http://www.xforgery.com/forum/showpost.php?p=119520&postcount=50)

[Boston]

Damn those Elites look so badass! I think I might be an Elite just because of how they look now!

[wiggums]

I'm gonna get the flaming helmet with legendary, but I'm kinda interested in the Lightning effect... I'll have to see what it does before I start saving up.

[Boston]

Thank you Blue! Those Q&A really help!

[wiggums]

Ok here's 2 questions that I have:

When an item is "Phased" can you push it totally into another item or can you only go halfway in like the no-clip glitch allowed in halo 3?

And what happens if you touch a falcons propellers when they are at full speed?

[PsychoBucket]

When an item is "Phased" can you push it totally into another item or can you only go halfway in like the no-clip glitch allowed in halo 3?


From the video, I thought it seemed like it was only halfway.

[wiggums]

From the video, I thought it seemed like it was only halfway.

Yeah that's what I thought too.

[PsychoBucket]

Does it seem like the elites are standing up straighter, or their heads stick up higher? On bungie.net there was always an argument about using elites because it was harder to get a headshot from behind. Maybe they tried to fix that?

[wiggums]

Does it seem like the elites are standing up straighter, or their heads stick up higher? On bungie.net there was always an argument about using elites because it was harder to get a headshot from behind. Maybe they tried to fix that?

I'd say your correct, ofcourse now there is the size difference, and the choice in the gametype options to make a team covies or not, so I'd guess they really were trying to fix the whole covie v spartan conflict.

[Blue]

Updated with a lot of screenshots (35, to be exact) from that IGN video.

[Fenian Bhoy]

New elite armor is epic.

[Gunnergrunt]

I really like the new elite armor sets. I've always wanted to play as an honor guard or an ultra

[Silver0range]

Holy shit, armor effects?!? Damn, that's nice. Probably going to be a half-year before we see anyone sporting the lightning one though =P

[n00bskoolbus]

Are you kidding me i'm just gonna not buy anything and save for that!

[PsychoBucket]

Are you kidding me i'm just gonna not buy anything and save for that!

I will probably do that after I buy my helmet

[wiggums]

I'm gonna have my flaming helmet effect, so I don't need any stupid electricity or flying hearts.

[PsychoBucket]

I'm gonna have my flaming helmet effect, so I don't need any stupid electricity or flying hearts.

I think you can have both.

[wiggums]

I think you can have both.
... I don't think so. You can't wear two helmets at once, so I don't think you can use 2 effects at once either. They are all in the same category.

[RPAL]

Anyone want to help me out here?

http://i711.photobucket.com/albums/ww119/RPAL/AuntieDot.png

Who is Auntie Dot? And why doesn't the background have the Halo symbol behind the audio waves?

[10:26:58 PM] Ian: Auntie Dot was a human Artificial Intelligence construct at the time of the Fall of Reach.[1] Its current status is unknown, but it was likely destroyed in the battle

Okay...

[Blue]

Who is Auntie Dot? And why doesn't the background have the Halo symbol behind the audio waves?

[10:26:58 PM] Ian: Auntie Dot was a human Artificial Intelligence construct at the time of the Fall of Reach.[1] Its current status is unknown, but it was likely destroyed in the battle



Maybe she'll show up in campaign.

Edit:

Interesting bit I just heard (Not related to the above discussion):

In Firefight's versus mode, you gain a life for every player-controlled enemy Elite that you kill.
I always thought that the versus mode was going to be really hard because you're fighting against more than just the AI, but that addition seems like it will balance everything out.

[Shell]

Anyone want to help me out here?

http://i711.photobucket.com/albums/ww119/RPAL/AuntieDot.png

Who is Auntie Dot? And why doesn't the background have the Halo symbol behind the audio waves?

[10:26:58 PM] Ian: Auntie Dot was a human Artificial Intelligence construct at the time of the Fall of Reach.[1] Its current status is unknown, but it was likely destroyed in the battle

Okay...

Looks like the UNSC symbol behind it. Or an older one.

[The 2 Armed Guy]

Oh man that elite armor looks bad ass!

[MNM1245]

Didn't they say 150 objects???

Still I think more the better. A cap of 200 would be nice to make a map that involves like all the areas in forge world.


You heard it wrong. There are 150 objects to use. Like 150 different objects on the lists to make your map out of. We don't know if there is an item limit yet.


Ok here's 2 questions that I have:

When an item is "Phased" can you push it totally into another item or can you only go halfway in like the no-clip glitch allowed in halo 3?

In the new Forge when you grab an object it doesn't grab at the objects center anymore. The pivot point it where ever you grabbed. I think if you grab the middle you can only phase it up to your grab point. But if you grabbed onto the end you could phase it up to the very end almost.


Does it seem like the elites are standing up straighter, or their heads stick up higher? On bungie.net there was always an argument about using elites because it was harder to get a headshot from behind. Maybe they tried to fix that?

I think Elites were always hunched over to make them seem the same size as the spartans. Now though they are making them different so they can stand the elites up how they should be. Tall and menacing.

Anyone want to help me out here?

http://i711.photobucket.com/albums/ww119/RPAL/AuntieDot.png

Who is Auntie Dot? And why doesn't the background have the Halo symbol behind the audio waves?

[10:26:58 PM] Ian: Auntie Dot was a human Artificial Intelligence construct at the time of the Fall of Reach.[1] Its current status is unknown, but it was likely destroyed in the battle

Okay...

The symbol you see is the symbol that represents Noble Team or Reach. I can't remember which one. But ya that's the symbol for it. They have the symbol all over the Reach project page if I remember.

[PsychoBucket]

We don't know if there is an item limit yet.
I think they actually said there was a limit in one of the videos.




In the new Forge when you grab an object it doesn't grab at the objects center anymore. The pivot point it where ever you grabbed. I think if you grab the middle you can only phase it up to your grab point. But if you grabbed onto the end you could phase it up to the very end almost.

Where did you hear this from?

[MNM1245]

I think they actually said there was a limit in one of the videos.


Where did you hear this from?

Oh I guessed I missed that then.

I can't remember where I heard it from but I remember them talking about if you want to align two long bridge objects you don't have to work from the center of the bridge but you can just grab the one end of the bridge and get in close. It might have been the gamespot video.

[PsychoBucket]

I'm not sure if anyone pointed this out before, but they have a forge gametypes option. The one used is "basic editing". It show in the first few seconds of this video.

YouTube- Halo Reach Gamespot Forge World Vid!

[MNM1245]

I'm not sure if anyone pointed this out before, but they have a forge gametypes option. The one used is "basic editing". It show in the first few seconds of this video.

YouTube- Halo Reach Gamespot Forge World Vid! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQpXuCWq0Yo&feature=related)

Ya. Basic Editing is just like Forge. Not gametype specific. Unfortunately they've said there is no Advanced Editing gametype.

Also I just watched that vid and they don't say it but if you watch you'll see that they pick up objects and the cursor doesn't go to the center of the object. It stays where they grab.

[Cerity Insighed]

That gave some good insight with the budget.

Forge world gives us 10,000 dollars, and small scenery objects like "Block 1x1" Were 10 dollars. Large pieces like towers, pyramids, etc. were 150 dollars, and I'm assuming that there are plenty of in-between objects. Along with that, "the cage" had over 3000 dollars left over, and that map by itself, a completely suspended 4v4 map with some aesthetic touches, seemed to fit comfortably within the budget.

So comparing that to H3 forge: Halo 3 has a 1500 dollar budget for sandbox, with 5 dollars per scenery piece. Forge world has 10 dollars per small scenery piece, with a 10,000 dollar budget.

H3: 1500/5= 300 scenery objects.

Reach: 10000/10= 1000 small scenery objects.

H3 budget glitched= apx 500 scenery objects

So basically, our Reach maps can be literally TWICE as big as a detailed, budget glitched H3 map, and still fit within the budget. Along with that, the large, detailed objects in forge world will allow for much more interesting architecture, and I'm presuming that using the large, expensive objects is as cost-efficient or more cost-efficient than making the same structure from small objects.

[PsychoBucket]

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/armor2.png
EOD Varients - Does this mean there are going to be more than one type of some of the helmets

[Gunnergrunt]

Urk forges a map in "The Lagoon" (http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&link=Incomp_Cartog_1)

http://www.bungie.net/images/News/Inline10/incomp_cart_1/20.jpg

[Blue]

Urk forges a map in "The Lagoon" (http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=news&link=Incomp_Cartog_1)

http://www.bungie.net/images/News/Inline10/incomp_cart_1/20.jpg

Just as a sort of comparison, if you were to try and create an exact duplicate of that on Sandbox, your budget would most likely be extremely low, if not completely gone. And there's still $8,000 left to go. And even if Urk doubles what he has right now, that will probably cost him about another $2,000, meaning he still has $6,000 more to spend. I doubt people will have trouble keeping their maps within budget.

[iTzBroken]

Just as a sort of comparison, if you were to try and create an exact duplicate of that on Sandbox, your budget would most likely be extremely low, if not completely gone. And there's still $8,000 left to go. And even if Urk doubles what he has right now, that will probably cost him about another $2,000, meaning he still has $6,000 more to spend. I doubt people will have trouble keeping their maps within budget.


True. If the spawn points cost money...I can truly say...I will flip out...

[iTzBroken]

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/armor2.png
EOD Varients - Does this mean there are going to be more than one type of some of the helmets

wow nice find. I saw in a picture a different EoD helmet...this would be so awesome to get loads of helmets...make your halo character you. lol cheesy..

[Tim]

Couple videos:

IGN Video: Halo: Reach Xbox 360 Gameplay - Gate Race

Halo Waypoint: Tractor gameplay

[DeathsFriend22]

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/armor2.png
EOD Varients - Does this mean there are going to be more than one type of some of the helmets

It looks like a fucking storm trooper...

Awesome!

[Letol]

Anyone want to help me out here?

http://i711.photobucket.com/albums/ww119/RPAL/AuntieDot.png

Who is Auntie Dot? And why doesn't the background have the Halo symbol behind the audio waves?

[10:26:58 PM] Ian: Auntie Dot was a human Artificial Intelligence construct at the time of the Fall of Reach.[1] Its current status is unknown, but it was likely destroyed in the battle

Okay...

Auntie Dot will probably be the/one of the A.I. in Reach's campaign. The symbol behind the voice is the symbol that represented Reach on Bungie.net, so that probably means that the voice comes from Reach. My guess is that they will show the symbol of the game that the voices come from behind the options.

I'm not sure if anyone pointed this out before, but they have a forge gametypes option. The one used is "basic editing". It show in the first few seconds of this video.

YouTube- Halo Reach Gamespot Forge World Vid! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQpXuCWq0Yo&feature=related)

Who knows, maybe they'll have some sort of Battle Forge :p

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/armor2.png
EOD Varients - Does this mean there are going to be more than one type of some of the helmets

It's probably just the same as the Reach beta where you can buy additional attatchments for the helmets.

[Null Parameter]

http://www.bungie.net/images/News/Inline10/incomp_cart_1/3.jpg
The Coliseum? Too Grify.

Looks like the indoor area might be the Grifball court, all pre-setup and ready to go. Which gives us a good idea of the size.

[wiggums]

Looks like the indoor area might be the Grifball court, all pre-setup and ready to go. Which gives us a good idea of the size.

They already confirmed all that silly! and they said it's a little bigger than the crypt!

[Blue]

I'm not sure if anyone pointed this out before, but they have a forge gametypes option. The one used is "basic editing". It show in the first few seconds of this video.

YouTube- Halo Reach Gamespot Forge World Vid! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQpXuCWq0Yo&feature=related)

No, they confirmed that there will be no "Advanced Editing" option. You just use that to change the gametypes (CTF, Assault, etc.).

[Null Parameter]

They already confirmed all that silly! and they said it's a little bigger than the crypt!
Oh really? Where?

[wiggums]

Oh really? Where?

One of the comic-con videos, the people yell out "GRIFBALL!!!" And he says "Oh, you wanna see grifball? Then he goes to the colisseum, and confirms it as the location of the 1st grifball map.

[Blue]

Oh really? Where?

Comic-Con Panel




Coliseum is “roughly the same size” as the Crypt in Sandbox.



Grifball variant built inside the Coliseum.

[Fenian Bhoy]

Wait... is it just me or is the General and Field Marshall elite armor the exact same, just a different colour?

[Blue]

Wait... is it just me or is the General and Field Marshall elite armor the exact same, just a different colour?


http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/elite6.png
http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/elite7.png


They have some slight differences. The middle area on the General's head is open, while the Field Marshall's is closed. The design on their forearms are a little different. The chest piece and the top portions (what is shown) of their legs also vary slightly. They're not exactly the same, but they are very similar.

[iTzBroken]

The griftball area looks smaller...even when they showed it you could get end to end fast...I wAs hoping the inside would be an open cylinder...with two rooms attached.

[wiggums]

The griftball area looks smaller...even when they showed it you could get end to end fast...I wAs hoping the inside would be an open cylinder...with two rooms attached.

I'm pretty sure you mean a penis.

[the biscut (lobestar)]

Yeah I am pretty sure you are describing a penis.

[Canadians360]

Check out the new wraith, ghost crossover in this hemorrhage gameplay video

YouTube- Halo: REACH Multiplayer on Hemorrhage SDCC 2010

[Gunnergrunt]

Wow its a baby wraith! It has passenger seats, doesn't it?

Skip to about 4:30 in that video to see it guys

[Spooxeh]

Wow!!! that wraith thing looks awesome, hopefully thats not what they meant of a vehicle that is powered by lightning or w.e they said.

[wiggums]

Wow its a baby wraith! It has passenger seats, doesn't it?

Skip to about 4:30 in that video to see it guys

Wow!!! that wraith thing looks awesome, hopefully thats not what they meant of a vehicle that is powered by lightning or w.e they said.

Revenent. Get your head in the game. We know this!!!!

[Blue]

Revenent. Get your head in the game. We know this!!!!

Yeah, you guys are stupid. The Revenant is old news. It's a smaller and faster version of the Wraith. It's weaker and not as powerful. It holds two people. About the same size as a Warthog. It's a new vehicle.

[Gunnergrunt]

I saw it a while back but thought it was a spector lol

[Blue]

Updated with information from the Halo Universe Panel at Comic-con. It's not really Reach-related, but it's about Halo fiction and some new novels coming out, if you're interested in that stuff. And it was probably the most awkward panel discussion I've seen so far, and I spent about an hour picking through it, so I felt inclined to post it here. And if you don't like seeing extremely annoying and nerdy white boys with braces that make them sound completely awful winning a Reach statue signed by Todd McFarlane himself, then don't watch the end.


Comic-Con 2010 Halo Universe Panel (http://comic-con.gamespot.com/video/6271371/)




New trilogy of Halo fiction set in the Forerunner universe, to be written by Greg Bear, a science fiction author.



Karen Traviss, author of two (in print, two more coming) Gears of War-themed novels, will also be working on a Halo trilogy, dealing with the storyline directly after Halo 3. They “will tie up some loose ends in Ghosts of Onyx” and “take the universe in a very, very bold and exciting new direction.”



Eric Raab: “We’re going to be re-issuing all of the original three Halo novels, starting with the Fall of Reach in August, with newly edited and new material in the back” that “supports the story with all sorts of cool stuff.” There’s “new information and hidden gems, and then we’re coming back out again with The Flood, a whole newly revised version of The Flood, with new covers, new material in the back, full of all sorts of fun stuff.” And “we’re coming out with another newly-edited version of First Strike, and in the midst of that, we’re [in the middle] of an art contest through Halo Waypoint for the Evolution short story collection” And “we’ll be coming out with two editions of that split into two and make them cheaper, and we’re adding a couple stories to that, so there’ll be new short stories for Evolution starting in November and December.” And “the first Forerunner novel will come in right around the holiday/end of the year.”



The first Forerunner novel (written by Greg Bear) will “be out by holiday this year.” You’ll see “Human and Forerunner contact in the first dozen pages, right of the bat.”



Greg Bear: “We have a story of human origins and why they seem to us to be so confused. We also have a story about the creation of the Halos- how they’re being handled.” There will be “some major surprises about the Halos.” And “I think you’re going to learn a lot more about both the Forerunners, their interactions with Humans, about the history of the time, a very tumultuous history.”



“Everything in both the Forerunner trilogy and the series of Karen Traviss novels will all have direct connections to the game.”



A new motion comic on Waypoint, titled “The Mona Lisa.” It’s “one of the other stories from Halo Evolutions.” (said by Kevin Grace.)



New “audio Eater eggs” included on the new special edition Reach console. There are audio files that play when you turn the Xbox on, and when you eject the disc tray. The eject audio is the sound of an overshield charge.



“Nothing new to announce about the (Halo) movie at this time. It’s something that we’d like to see, and we’ve certainly done a lot of prep work for it. We already have a bunch of costumes.” (said by Frank O’ Connor)



Frank O’Connor (When asked if the fans will see a return of Master Chief in the fiction novels): “Master Chief, at the end of Halo 3, is in cyro sleep, and Cortana has sent a rescue signal, and they are orbiting around a mysterious world. And we would to be the world’s biggest assholes to not follow through on a cliffhanger like that.” But “we certainly haven’t seen the last of the Master Chief. That story is very important to us.”



Frank O’Connor: “We’ve definitely created a lot of supplemental material for the re-launch of the books.”



Frank O’Connor: “You will see [Master Chief’s] face in the Fall of Reach comic book, as a child, but that’s it.”





The part about the new Reach console's audio Easter eggs was pretty interesting, though, if you're planning on purchasing one.

[Spooxeh]

So, concussion rifle anyone?

[PsychoBucket]

The part about the new Reach console's audio Easter eggs was pretty interesting, though, if you're planning on purchasing one.

Did they actually display it, or did they just talk about it?

[Blue]

Did they actually display it, or did they just talk about it?

They actually show it. Skip towards the end and Frank O’Connor will bring out the console and put it near the microphone so the crowd can hear it.

Edit: I just went back and checked. It's at the 40 minute mark.

[PsychoBucket]

They actually show it. Skip towards the end and Frank O’Connor will bring out the console and put it near the microphone so the crowd can hear it.

Edit: I just went back and checked. It's at the 40 minute mark.

The powrering on one is the overshield/custom powerup respawning.

[Blue]

Here's a fly-through of Pinnacle, one of the competitive maps built in Forge World:

IGN Video: Halo: Reach Xbox 360 Gameplay - Custom Battle

[iTzBroken]

http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=Reach_Campaign_Trailer

new win

didn't know you posted a link already...

[LastRideFTW]

Oh man. Thanks blue this awesome. and thx tipsta for linking me to this :P. That elite armor looks sick!

[n00bskoolbus]

YouTube- Halo: Reach "The Battle Begins" Campaign Trailer

rawr cakes

[Gunnergrunt]

Here's a fly-through of Pinnacle, one of the competitive maps built in Forge World:

IGN Video: Halo: Reach Xbox 360 Gameplay - Custom Battle (http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/14276699/halo-project/videos/halor_gmp_forge_0728.html)

Um... no, Blue. That's a campaign trailer...

[n00bskoolbus]

It's pinnacle for me

[Gunnergrunt]

That's weird, I shows the campaign trailers unless I click the link to IGN

[PsychoBucket]

That's weird, I shows the campaign trailers unless I click the link to IGN

I watched it before and it was the correct video. Now it is the campaign trailer. Maybe it is linked to the most recent video?

[wiggums]

Glitch. I saw the right video, now I see the campaign one. What sorcery is this?

[Spooxeh]

Whats that red thing in the cartographer 3, is it a switch or something?

[n00bskoolbus]

http://www.bungie.net/News/Blog.aspx?mode=news#cid27548

new cartographer is up.

@spooxeh Oh, and while I was thinking about the red team's perspective, I decided to think about their actual perspective. This is a loadout cam. You can choose each team's point of view at the opening of the game with this little gadget. Nifty, eh? so it's like what they see on their loadout menu

[Sotha Sil156]

http://www.bungie.net/News/Blog.aspx?mode=news#cid27548

new cartographer is up.

@spooxeh Oh, and while I was thinking about the red team's perspective, I decided to think about their actual perspective. This is a loadout cam. You can choose each team's point of view at the opening of the game with this little gadget. Nifty, eh? so it's like what they see on their loadout menu

While that is cool, there is a much more exciting (at least in my perspective lol) piece of information in that post. The kill volumes are $0 (as expected) and there are 32 of 'em!

[Blue]

I watched it before and it was the correct video. Now it is the campaign trailer. Maybe it is linked to the most recent video?

Psycho is probably right. I'll try and fix that, as well as get the thread up to date on all the new stuff that came out today.

[RightSideTheory]

You'll get this back when I get Qwitter back.
Try and catch me qwittin' Qwitter.
You'll get this back when I get Qwitter back.
Try and catch me qwittin' Qwitter.
You'll get this back when I get Qwitter back.



Question mark

[Blue]

Question mark

What are you talking about?

[Null Parameter]

http://www.bungie.net/images/News/Inline10/073010/Forge/castle_image_02.jpg

http://www.bungie.net/images/News/Inline10/073010/Forge/cliffhanger.jpg

http://www.bungie.net/images/News/Inline10/073010/Forge/cliffhanger_fp.jpg

http://www.bungie.net/images/News/Inline10/073010/Forge/cliffhanger_top_down.jpg

http://www.bungie.net/images/News/Inline10/073010/Forge/horizon.jpg

http://www.bungie.net/images/News/Inline10/073010/Forge/knot.jpg

http://www.bungie.net/images/News/Inline10/073010/Forge/facing_sniper.jpg

http://www.bungie.net/images/News/Inline10/073010/Forge/hangem.jpg

http://www.bungie.net/images/News/Inline10/073010/Forge/prison_wall.jpg

http://www.bungie.net/images/News/Inline10/073010/Forge/overhang_01.jpg

http://www.bungie.net/images/News/Inline10/073010/Forge/overhang_02.jpg

http://www.bungie.net/images/News/Inline10/073010/Forge/das_beach_2.jpg

http://www.bungie.net/images/News/Inline10/073010/Forge/facing.jpg

http://www.bungie.net/images/News/Inline10/073010/Forge/temple01.jpg

http://www.bungie.net/images/News/Inline10/073010/Forge/temple02.jpg

[wiggums]

http://www.bungie.net/images/News/Inline10/073010/Forge/horizon.jpg


That's how much it takes to spend the entire budget.

[Blue]

Updated with new information from the weekly update.

That's how much it takes to spend the entire budget.

We can't be sure of that, though. For all we know, there could be other items somewhere else on the map.

[Vandal]

Here's a fly-through of Pinnacle, one of the competitive maps built in Forge World:

IGN Video: Halo: Reach Xbox 360 Gameplay - Custom Battle (http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/14276699/halo-project/videos/halor_gmp_forge_0728.html)

It looks pretty cool, just a bit plain.

[wiggums]

It looks pretty cool, just a bit plain.

It's a remake of Ascension, d00d.

[n00bskoolbus]

3rd picture from the update looks like an awesome map

[Evilution202]

I think the potential from Forge is unlimited. If Bungie is making these good of maps in a pretty short time, then imagine what we are going to be able to do. I personally love all the maps in the update, and I think the recreations are pretty accurate to the previous maps.

[wiggums]

Oh, you didn't read the update. There is a new "Safe Havens" Gametype that is a fusion of Koth and zombies humans can only kill while in the haven and it moves around.

I meant drop shield (edited)
Could someone confirm this for me?

[Nuggedee]

You forgotses Infection-ez.

http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=BWU_061110
"Safety First

Another good thing to come out of recent playtesting is the advent of something Shishka calls, “Safe Havens.” I just call them good old fashioned fun. Those who were paying attention when we revealed some of our shiny new medals a few weeks back have already figured out that Infection is indeed making a comeback. With the addition of Safe Havens, it’s coming back with an adrenaline fueled twist and a side of deliciously decomposing flesh.

Shishka ‘Splains:

“’Safe Havens’ is a new mode for Infection that takes your classic Zombie-killin’ experience and gives it a King of the Hill-esque twist. In Havens, survivors are fragile and prone to being eaten. Survivors do little damage and can be killed in one hit. Unless, that is, they are standing in the Safe Haven. Once inside the Haven, Survivors turn immortal, and can kill zombies with one shot.

The catch? Once a Survivor steps into a Haven, a fifteen second timer is triggered and cannot be stopped. When the timer is up, the Haven moves to a random location, leaving everyone inside it mortal and vulnerable. As survivors, your goal is to move from Haven to Haven while avoiding the ever-increasing Zombie Horde, and scoring as many kills as you can along the way. It’s worth pointing out that the zombies aren’t your Romero-style knuckle draggers, either. Reach zombies are undead acrobats and all that tumbling has worked up a hunger for brains. Expect to be sprinting a lot.”

Tumbling, eh? I think we’ll just leave it at that. And I’m walking away.

[GodlyPerfection]

All those pictures gave me a much better grasp of the budget, size, and overall amount of objects available. Complex maps are now possible. Halo 3 maps were just far too simple compared to most games. Now we have the resources available and I can't wait to see what evolves with design under complex conditions. I am now adjusting designs accordingly :).

As for the map that uses all the budget I'm sure that is all the budget right there in the screenshot. Mainly because it utilizes a majority of the complex "Buildings" that cost a bunch as well as a bunch of aesthetic pieces to add to the complexity of the map. It looks gorgeous.

[PsychoBucket]

I wish the budget would go a little farther. This doesnt seem like that big of map to have 0 budget left

http://www.bungie.net/images/News/Inline10/073010/Forge/horizon.jpg

[Gunnergrunt]

Looks big enough for anything I'm ever gonna build lol. They did use a bunch of structure pieces and it looks like there are a couple layers of the map in some places

[Tim]

That's a pretty big map. You couldn't get a map that big in Halo 3, even with the budget glitch.

[Silver0range]

Sure, but for colossal style architecture that isn't strictly practical, it would be useful.

I'm wondering if there will be any glitchs discovered that will allow to bypass the limits in forge again...

[iTzBroken]

For my first idea I think that wont be enough... Hopefully it will work. Still it looks big and I see like 4 man cannon. it looks symmetrical but there is a man cannons in the back of each base. so like 5 man cannons and maybe are like $200 bucks a pop. $1000 down the drain.


Also effects and lights are expensive along with there are lots of extra pieces below the map. it may look small but the interior in forge world looks small but its supposed to be as big as the crypt.

[Tim]

Source: http://360.kombo.com/article.php?artid=19487

Halo: Reach is officially complete, and rage-quitters will be punished - severely, in Bungie's latest (and final) Halo title.

On Bungie's blog yesterday the company announced that Halo: Reach had been released to Xbox Certification - the final step in a game's development process.

"Assuming things go well in certification, that means the only things standing between you all and Reach are the manufacturing process and shipping the discs to stores. It's been a long haul getting the game to this point but the team is incredibly proud of the game and can't wait to play with everyone on September 14th."

Sweet!

They also announced in the blog post that they will be traveling the world and demoing the game over the next few weeks - some of their destinations include places in Europe, Asia, and Oceania. No specifics yet on locations, but we're sure they'll be up soon.

In addition, Bungie's Brian Jarrard spoke to Xbox360Achievements the other day and said that rage-quitting will not be tolerated. Thank God. It can truly ruin an experience to have an opponent drop out just because you're killing them. Seriously? You can't handle losing? Grow up!

Jarrard told Xbox360Achievements, "I think one of the new things people will be excited about is how we're going to be able to penalize people who are habitually quitting out of games, which isn't exactly cheating, but it creates a really negative experience for everybody else in the game.

"We actually have new tools now to detect that and eventually, people who do this habitually will actually be penalized. We want to be able to remove them from the population so they can't make everyone else keep having a bad time."

Did we hear that correctly? Remove them from the population? We love that idea. If only they could all be put into a "league of rage-quitters" to play against each other. Would a game ever get finished? Probably not. Which would be sweet, sweet justice.

[PsychoBucket]

Yah - it is enough for a lockout type map. But when you try to make a more enclosed map - you are going to have to spend more of your budget on walls and other objects like that.

[Sotha Sil156]

Yah - it is enough for a lockout type map. But when you try to make a more enclosed map - you are going to have to spend more of your budget on walls and other objects like that.

I'm pretty sure the structure on the far right out the Horizon picture is the same size as the BR tower or whichever it is on Blackout. In which case, that map is more than twice the size of Blackout.

[PsychoBucket]

I'm pretty sure the structure on the far right out the Horizon picture is the same size as the BR tower or whichever it is on Blackout. In which case, that map is more than twice the size of Blackout.

I would say it is about one and a half lockouts, but that was not my point. I said lockout type maps. Meaning maps that have open walkways and where you fall to your death if you go over the edge.

[Sotha Sil156]

I would say it is about one and a half lockouts, but that was not my point. I said lockout type maps. Meaning maps that have open walkways and where you fall to your death if you go over the edge.

Oh, I see what you meant then. Well, in that case, you will have to consider that those more enclosed maps probably won't be using so many of the more expensive pieces as their foundations, but rather inexpensive building blocks.

At least I think the bridges and walkways are more expensive...

[PsychoBucket]

Oh, I see what you meant then. Well, in that case, you will have to consider that those more enclosed maps probably won't be using so many of the more expensive pieces as their foundations, but rather inexpensive building blocks.

At least I think the bridges and walkways are more expensive...

That is a good point, but I still think it is stupid that they bragged about having 10,000 budget after they inflated the prices.

[Sotha Sil156]

I still think it is stupid that they bragged about having 10,000 budget after they inflated the prices.

Definately.

It is understandable though, to round it to $10,000.
And it is much larger... just not as much as we expected.

[Gunnergrunt]

That is a good point, but I still think it is stupid that they bragged about having 10,000 budget after they inflated the prices.

Forerunner building materials are probably more expensive to produce than blocks made of sandstone... =P

Plus, I don't think all prices are inflated. I heard weapons are the same which they won't even put a dent in your map's budget

[iTzBroken]

Forerunner building materials are probably more expensive to produce than blocks made of sandstone... =P

Plus, I don't think all prices are inflated. I heard weapons are the same which they won't even put a dent in your map's budget


that made me XD

[Spooxeh]

New cartographer! You can go into head height water and survive OMG!

[Evilution202]

^, I saw that and I have already thought of a couple of other ideas that involve the water. Can anyone say rafting race. I have a small idea forming in my head and I think I may be able to get it to work, given the necessary materials.

[Jpec07]

Source: http://360.kombo.com/article.php?artid=19487

I don't like this. When I'm at school, my internet connection sucks monkey balls and cuts out pretty much once an hour (thank you old proxy server hardware). If they read that as rage-quitting, I'm screwed.

That, and there is no viable system for appealing a penalty.

[Null Parameter]

I think this is well deserved....

http://www.xforgery.com/forum/awards/sticky.gif

[Tim]

I don't like this. When I'm at school, my internet connection sucks monkey balls and cuts out pretty much once an hour (thank you old proxy server hardware). If they read that as rage-quitting, I'm screwed.

That, and there is no viable system for appealing a penalty.

This only happens if you do it on a regular basis, and I don't think they'll do it if you have connection issues. It's targeted towards the people who quit on purpose that don't have these problems.

Besides, why are you playing video games at school? ;)

[iTzBroken]

Lol. There are soooo many different maps that halo 3 made. When it ships...Lets just see how many ideas come out...

[Tim]

New Renders from IGN. These are the ones that stood out for me:

Source (http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/14276699/halo-reach/images/halo-reach-20100806092358524.html?page=mediaFull)

http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/111/1110869/halo-reach-20100806092358524.jpg

http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/111/1110869/halo-reach-20100806092405165.jpg

http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/111/1110869/halo-reach-20100806092408196.jpg

http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/111/1110869/halo-reach-20100806092415618.jpg

http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/111/1110869/halo-reach-20100806092423977.jpg

http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/111/1110869/halo-reach-20100806092418977.jpg

http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/111/1110869/halo-reach-20100806092441835.jpg

http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/111/1110869/halo-reach-20100806092438101.jpg

[mista tipsta]

What the hell is that?
And why is it so fucking huge?

EDIT:
I showed Cryptokid this and he brought up the fact that the player is entirely out of Sprint, so he thinks that Sam (Scary ass mofo) moves really fast.

http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/110/1109806/halo-reach-20100803092958467.jpg

[HLG FlashPoint]

New Renders from IGN. These are the ones that stood out for me:

Source (http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/14276699/halo-reach/images/halo-reach-20100806092358524.html?page=mediaFull)

http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/111/1110869/halo-reach-20100806092358524.jpg

http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/111/1110869/halo-reach-20100806092405165.jpg

http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/111/1110869/halo-reach-20100806092408196.jpg

http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/111/1110869/halo-reach-20100806092415618.jpg

http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/111/1110869/halo-reach-20100806092423977.jpg

http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/111/1110869/halo-reach-20100806092418977.jpg

http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/111/1110869/halo-reach-20100806092441835.jpg

http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/111/1110869/halo-reach-20100806092438101.jpg
Sexy... The revenants not as cool as expected though. I imagined 4 seats... Whats up with the Elite Head with a visor... That looks sexy. Same with all the colors on the spartans.

[iTzBroken]

http://i606.photobucket.com/albums/tt150/allbroken2U/Reach_E310_ConcussionRifle.jpg

Concussion Rifle

[RightSideTheory]

What the hell is that?
And why is it so fucking huge?

EDIT:
I showed Cryptokid this and he brought up the fact that the player is entirely out of Sprint, so he thinks that Sam (Scary ass mofo) moves really fast.

http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/110/1109806/halo-reach-20100803092958467.jpg

I'd probably end up wasting a lot of ammo shooting that thing in the head...

[Cerity Insighed]

What the hell is that?
And why is it so fucking huge?

EDIT:
I showed Cryptokid this and he brought up the fact that the player is entirely out of Sprint, so he thinks that Sam (Scary ass mofo) moves really fast.

http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/110/1109806/halo-reach-20100803092958467.jpg

Other than Sam, I did take note of the environment. It's very guardian/backwash-esque, I'd love to see a remake of either, or just a multiplayer map with those aesthetics in general.

[Paranoia_uk]

Im liking the return of night vision on the Sniper Rifle, reminds me of Truth and Reconciliation on Halo CE

[mista tipsta]

Im liking the return of night vision on the Sniper Rifle, reminds me of Truth and Reconciliation on Halo CE
As far as I know, night vision is a feature in all Campaign missions, like how the flashlight is in Halo 3, not just a mode for the sniper scope. What I do not know is if when a player is scoped in if they will still see things in this night vision, and/or be able to do this with all weapons.

[Blue]

In case you haven't seen it yet. (http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=BWU_081310)

Discuss,Rave, and have orgasims!

Because some people don't understand the point of this fucking thread.

I'll be updating with new information, now that there's new information that people actually care about.

[Fenian Bhoy]

Because some people don't understand the point of this fucking thread.

I'll be updating with new information, now that there's new information that people actually care about.

While he blew the thing out of proportion I think he meant that the item quantities were 100, 50 etc..

[mista tipsta]

I love what they did with the XF, I mean they look like they can actually be used now. I'd love to see what some of them look like combined and on the other maps.

I'll also leave this here. It's not an example of all the FX as not all of them are the same view, but it is most of them.

http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/oo137/mista_tipsta/d1f94aa8.gif

EDIT:
Ironically, Old Timey and New Age look very similar in this .gif.

[Tim]

YouTube- Halo: Reach Multiplayer Match on Reflection (Ivory Tower!) (Gameplay)

Slayer match on Reflection.

[suffocation49]

3:40 on the reflection vid, needler ammo glitch... I had some cold feet on the creativity i could have, but now my feet are hot and plan to forge between the rock and cliff :D

[mista tipsta]

3:40 on the reflection vid, needler ammo glitch... I had some cold feet on the creativity i could have, but now my feet are hot and plan to forge between the rock and cliff :D
It actually took me a second to see what you were talking about, but it's definitely there.

[suffocation49]

I love what they did with the XF, I mean they look like they can actually be used now. I'd love to see what some of them look like combined and on the other maps.

I'll also leave this here. It's not an example of all the FX as not all of them are the same view, but it is most of them.

http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/oo137/mista_tipsta/d1f94aa8.gif

EDIT:
Ironically, Old Timey and New Age look very similar in this .gif.

I wonder what purple and juicy will be :D

[Blue]

I wonder what purple and juicy will be :D

http://www.bungie.net/images/News/Inline10/081310/FX/purple.jpg

http://www.bungie.net/images/News/Inline10/081310/FX/juicy.jpg

[suffocation49]

http://www.bungie.net/images/News/Inline10/081310/FX/purple.jpg

http://www.bungie.net/images/News/Inline10/081310/FX/juicy.jpg
I was kind of hoping combined but thats fine too..

[RPAL]

I was kind of hoping combined but thats fine too..

http://i711.photobucket.com/albums/ww119/RPAL/JuicyPurple.png

Sorry for the off center rock part, the angles where different. It should look relatively similar to this because Juicy brings out the colors more and should turn that purple to dark blue.

[mista tipsta]

YouTube- Halo: Reach Multiplayer Match on Pinnacle (Ascension Remake) Gameplay

YouTube- Halo: Reach Multiplayer Match on Zealot (Gameplay)

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmT-jcTh1D8)

[mista tipsta]

Double post, yeah, but I don't any one's going to mind. This seems important enough. -SAUCE (http://www.oranjive.com/fireteamzulu/index.php?mode=news&sid=18)-


FTZ Interview: Forge World (http://www.oranjive.com/fireteamzulu/index.php?mode=news&sid=18)

Tyson Green has taken some time out of his busy day to answer some questions about Forge and Forge World. Read on for all the details! Editors note: These questions were asked in late July, so some news that answers a question may have already been available.



(FTZ) We'll start off the top here. Forge World will ship with a remake of Blood Gulch, and remakes of Ascension and Sanctuary will also be available. One map that people wanted to remake in Halo 3 was Chiron TL-34 from Halo 1; unfortunately, Halo 3 Forge did not allow you to place enough teleporters on the map. Do we have more teleporters in Reach Forge?

(TG) Afraid we fall well short. Chiron used 30 bi-directional teleporters (15 channels), and Forge World only allows 12 teleporter objects. It unfortunately wasn’t a map we had in mind when setting up the palettes.

(FTZ) To build on the last question - a notable change is that teleporters no longer force you to face towards their front exit like in 3, but keep your orientation like Halo 2. Does this mean telefragging is also back? If not: I make a teleporter with a huge radius. Can someone exit the porter and immediately back up and basically hide within the teleport radius (like how people hid inside of teleporters in Halo 1)? Can I make the radius big enough that I can make a delayed-spawn teleporter appear on the map and teleport everyone in the Coliseum into the ocean?
(TG) Telefragging is not back—you can block a teleporter with your body if you stand right on the receiver. But, it’s easy to defeat this by jumping—you’ll teleport in a few feet off the ground, above the blocking player. That usually results in a quick assassination, one way or the other.

And yes, you can do exactly what you describe with a delayed spawn teleporter, as long as the receiver is placed such that players are forced to move out of it (e.g., by falling.)



(FTZ) An issue with setting up King of the Hill in Halo 3 was that the object used to place them liked to move and tip over. This made it troublesome to make perfectly angled box-shaped hills. On the other hand, territories were marked with a four-legged object, which made them extremely easy to orient how you liked. Can we now accurately place / coordinate nudge objective areas like KotH hills like you can with Structure objects?

(TG) Yes, you can use Fixed/Phased physics with objective objects, and very precisely position them.



(FTZ) Speaking of objectives, it was mentioned in the Vidoc that a Warthog can be made into a hill for KotH. Can any vehicle become a hill, like a Scorpion or Falcon? Can you talk about how assigning the hog to be a hill works, ie do we set a special object on top of it or is it one of the options you have while editing it?

http://www.oranjive.com/fireteamzulu/articleimages/hoghill.jpg


(TG) Any vehicle (and most any object in general) can be set up to be a hill or similar objective Area. To do so, you would simply give it the Game Type Label that corresponds to KOTH Hills (“koth_hill”, if my memory serves me… you select it from a spinner, though, so you won’t have to remember), and then set the shape and size of the area.



(FTZ) In Halo 3, inviting people to look at your Sandbox creations was always a little dangerous because sometimes the game would determine that they should be host and take it away from me. What would result when the host came back was a weird hybrid of the map edited up to that point and the map setup from when it was first loaded, which is why I always save before inviting people in. Is it a bit safer in Reach to invite people to a Forge session in progress?

(TG) Afraid it’s the same as it was in Halo 3. Our focus this time through was almost entirely on improving the act of editing, and that unfortunately didn’t leave us with enough time to improve on the open-party group editing experience.



(FTZ) Have any of the maximum amount of objective objects been increased from Halo 3? For example, you could place flag spawns for up to 8 different teams + Neutral, but only the Red and Blue flags would actually spawn. You could place up to 10 oddball spawn points but you could only ever tell the game to have 3 in play at once (strange, considering maps like Sandbox have 5 default ball spawns, so two of them go unused). Have any of the known objectives recieved feature upgrades, like a Halo 2 style arm radius for bomb points?

(TG) Well, you can place more objective objects than ever before (over a hundred), but it’s the game engines that control how many and what type of objects spawn at those objectives. In the case of Oddball, extra spawn locations are used to randomly respawn the Ball when it leaves play. And as for areas which are centered on those objects spawned by the game engine, their properties are also specified by the engine and not Forgeable. Sorry!


(FTZ) It was mentioned in the Comic Con demonstration (and shown) that spawn points are shown as colored spartans. We have the team colors for the teams and white holograms for FFA spawns. Does this mean we nolonger have Respawn Areas? Are there any new tools to control spawning?

http://www.bungie.net/images/News/Inline10/081310/FORGE/spawning.jpg



(TG) Respawn Areas are still available to Forge users, and even more robust than in Halo 3.
Thanks to Tyson Green for taking his time to answer these questions, and to Urk for setting it up. For more information on Halo: Reach, visit Bungie.net (http://www.bungie.net/) and Halo.Bungie.Org (http://halo.bungie.org/)!

[mista tipsta]

Gameplay videos of Zealot and Pinnacle:

Pinnacle

YouTube- Halo: Reach Multiplayer Match on Pinnacle (Ascension Remake) Gameplay (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci_46RvOP7Y)

Zealot (first kill shows DMR is still a five shot)

YouTube- Halo: Reach Multiplayer Match on Zealot (Gameplay) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1nzXkm4ZaI)


:what: I posted these already.

[Tim]

well nevermind then.

[Cerity Insighed]

I'm diggin those gameplay videos. Zealot looks incredible, and Pinnacle certainly stays true to its originator. I'm glad that there are finally gameplay videos from people who don't suck...

[GodlyPerfection]

I really hope that the default slayer gametype for MM does not start you off with AR main and DMR secondary. Cuz if it does then I would have to hunt down my pistol. Then again if you have to hunt down a pistol then I can actually be that specialized in using the pistol compared to everyone else using the DMR.

[Cerity Insighed]

I really hope that the default slayer gametype for MM does not start you off with AR main and DMR secondary. Cuz if it does then I would have to hunt down my pistol. Then again if you have to hunt down a pistol then I can actually be that specialized in using the pistol compared to everyone else using the DMR.

I'm sure that the majority of the gametypes are going to be AR+Magnum, like in the beta. They just need to beef up the assualt rifle for it to be usable compared to the magnum. >.>

Arena might be the same, or it might have AR+DMR. I dunno.

[GodlyPerfection]

I'm sure that the majority of the gametypes are going to be AR+Magnum, like in the beta. They just need to beef up the assualt rifle for it to be usable compared to the magnum. >.>

Arena might be the same, or it might have AR+DMR. I dunno.

They already buffed the AR and the PR, they said so in the podcast right after the beta. They also slowed the Magnum fire rate by like 0.1. I believe they increased the DMR and Nerfle clip sizes as well which is awesome. They also increased the frag detonation time by a hair as well as lowered it's radius and damage slightly. The should balance out a lot of the standard weapon balance issues. And I believe they nerfed the ammo on the jesus beam and the plasma launcher.

[suffocation49]

http://i711.photobucket.com/albums/ww119/RPAL/JuicyPurple.png

Sorry for the off center rock part, the angles where different. It should look relatively similar to this because Juicy brings out the colors more and should turn that purple to dark blue.

I thought it would be more teletubbie like, but nontheless thanks

[iTzBroken]

http://www.bungie.net/projects/reach/vidaudio.aspx?c=58&i=27968

[mista tipsta]

http://www.bungie.net/projects/reach/vidaudio.aspx?c=58&i=27968
And the Youtube version.



The Covenant have found Reach. The planet, and everything on it, is already lost. But before Reach falls, the Spartans of Noble Team must rise in the face of impossible odds and complete one final, legendary mission. Each member of the team is ready, and each will be essential in order to ensure this operation’s ultimate success.


http://www.bungie.net/images/News/Inline10/vidoc4noble/Bnet_Logo.jpg (http://www.bungie.net/projects/reach/vidaudio.aspx?c=58&i=27968)

A Spartan Will Rise (http://www.bungie.net/projects/reach/vidaudio.aspx?c=58&i=27968)



YouTube- Halo: Reach ViDoc - A Spartan Will Rise

[Cerity Insighed]

That's one big-ass machine gun.

[mista tipsta]

http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/oo137/mista_tipsta/a37ae703.png
5 Hunters?

http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/oo137/mista_tipsta/728c1166.png
Is this Scarab larger?

[Canadians360]

New Firefight map Corvette

http://i36.tinypic.com/2hyyxhz.jpg

http://i34.tinypic.com/2888fis.jpg

http://i38.tinypic.com/2cdk7q8.jpg

http://i38.tinypic.com/f5ssg.jpg

http://i34.tinypic.com/k16pad.jpg


GAMEPLAY FOOTAGE (http://gamevideos.1up.com/video/id/30888/bigger)

[Coyote1023]

http://www.bungie.net/images/News/Inline10/vidoc4noble/Bnet_Logo.jpg (http://www.bungie.net/projects/reach/vidaudio.aspx?c=58&i=27968)

Anyone else think that the narration voice sounded like Cortana? Then at the end, that was Hasley, right? They sounded the same. Maybe Hasley mirrored Cortana after herself?

http://i369.photobucket.com/albums/oo137/mista_tipsta/a37ae703.png
5 Hunters?

No, I'd assume 6, Hunters come in pairs.

[Canadians360]

Anyone else think that the narration voice sounded like Cortana? Then at the end, that was Hasley, right? They sounded the same. Maybe Hasley mirrored Cortana after herself?


Dr.Hasley did mirror Cortana after herself, that's a pretty well known fact.

[Coyote1023]

Oh, my bad then... :p

[mista tipsta]

No, I'd assume 6, Hunters come in pairs.
I know, just it's still surprising to see more than two in one screenshot.

[Defiance]

Dr.Hasley did mirror Cortana after herself, that's a pretty well known fact.
Mirror might not be the correct term though idk considering they actually used her brain itself to make the A.I.

[mista tipsta]

Mirror might not be the correct term though idk considering they actually used her brain itself to make the A.I.
This is why she said "Yes, well great minds do think alike".

[wiggums]

YouTube- Halo: Reach - 5 Minute Firefight

Fuel rod guns, and Engineers.

[suffocation49]

I saw a plasma rifle in another firefight video... now what's that about?
http://i818.photobucket.com/albums/zz107/suffocation49/fsjalKecleon-1.gif
AHHHH

[Tim]

Halo 3 had a Believe theme. Reach is remember.

YouTube- Remember Reach Live Action Commercial #2

[suffocation49]

Halo 3 had a Believe theme. Reach is remember.



that video was kind of a weird comparison.

[Boston]

Whoa, just noticed but what the hell is Armor Effects? When you die you have a cloud of _______. The blank stands for the armor effect I am assuming, correct?

Also, Firefight Voice is a nice addition!

[mista tipsta]

Whoa, just noticed but what the hell is Armor Effects? When you die you have a cloud of _______. The blank stands for the armor effect I am assuming, correct?

Also, Firefight Voice is a nice addition!
Armor Effects, like flaming helmet, confetti after being shot in the head.

[GodlyPerfection]

Btw... don't know if you guys heard this yet or not, btu Matchmaking is confirmed for Campaign.

[Null Parameter]

Btw... don't know if you guys heard this yet or not, btu Matchmaking is confirmed for Campaign.
That just seems so useless to me. I'd never want to do Campaign with strangers.

[Silver0range]

Yeah, that would probably be terrible. But at the same time, it would be useful if you had 3 people who wanted to play campaign and felt like filling in that last slot (not like you'd need to, though...)

And they better be changing how the leaving system works in campaign, in that case. Because if it's still "someone leaves and you get disconnected" I don't think that method will get any attention at all.

[MNM1245]

Btw... don't know if you guys heard this yet or not, btu Matchmaking is confirmed for Campaign.

Really? I can't believe I missed that. When/where was this? link?

[Canadians360]

Really? I can't believe I missed that. When/where was this? link?

That was mentioned in an IGN interview.



I also stumbled upon some footage of a rocket hog in action

YouTube- Halo Reach Rocket Hog Gameplay

[MNM1245]

I can't believed I missed that!

The rocket hog also looks ridiculously overpowered. I bet they won't include it in multiplayer like what they did with the guass hog. It looks badass though.

[HLG FlashPoint]

That was mentioned in an IGN interview.



I also stumbled upon some footage of a rocket hog in action

YouTube- Halo Reach Rocket Hog Gameplay (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-4Dr484JLc)
OH MY GAWD! I THINK THAT FIGHT IS TAKING PLACE ON THE ISLAND! JUST LOOK AT IT!!!!


EDIT: Nope I'm just stupid, Rocket hog looks cool...

[MNM1245]

OH MY GAWD! I THINK THAT FIGHT IS TAKING PLACE ON THE ISLAND! JUST LOOK AT IT!!!!


EDIT: Nope I'm just stupid, Rocket hog looks cool...

Ya that is the Firefight map Beachhead. It would've been cool if it was a firefight map on Forge World though.

[suffocation49]

Ya that is the Firefight map Beachhead. It would've been cool if it was a firefight map on Forge World though.

is fire fight going to be a custom gametype since it's in matchmaking?

[wiggums]

is fire fight going to be a custom gametype since it's in matchmaking?

What? Well it's going to be just like it was in odst except you can change the game options.

[Jpec07]

Have they specifically said that forge and firefight will not coexist?

[wiggums]

Have they specifically said that forge and firefight will not coexist?
Yes.
Something like "Firefight cannot be forged, but invasion can!"

[Null Parameter]

http://www.rememberreach.com/

[suffocation49]

http://www.rememberreach.com/

lemme guess... a forklift in a matter of three days

[Silver0range]

http://i850.photobucket.com/albums/ab67/oComis/fw.png

You can see all of the previously mentioned areas in forgeworld from this picture, though the tower does block the view of the coastline.

[GodlyPerfection]

I found a video with some gameplay with the Concussion Rifle... and due to spoilers it is confirmed that the concussion rifle is placeable on regular maps and forgeworld as well:

YouTube- Halo Reach: Headshot w/ The Dead Pixel and Seananners (Prep for Reach) S02E66

[suffocation49]

http://i850.photobucket.com/albums/ab67/oComis/fw.png

You can see all of the previously mentioned areas in forgeworld from this picture, though the tower does block the view of the coastline.

could I get the link to that video? I just need to see reaaaaaach!

http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/haloreach/video/6272121/halo-reach-interview--campaign in the video they say that they included everything in one 'box' so im guessing that they are making it multi disked

[mista tipsta]

YouTube- Halo: Reach - Five Minute Firefight* 2

YouTube- Halo: Reach - Quick Look Cage Match

[Null Parameter]

List of all Reach Medals, loaded straight from the new Reach APIs:

http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/perfection.png Perfection! - Win a Slayer game without dying with at least 15 kills.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/extermination.png Extermination! - Wipe out an enemy team with at least an overkill.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/killingspree.png Killing Spree! - Kill 5 opponents in a row without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/killing-frenzy.png Killing Frenzy! - Kill 10 opponents in a row without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/running-riot.png Running Riot! - Kill 15 opponents in a row without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/rampage.png Rampage! - Kill 20 opponents in a row without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/untouchable.png Untouchable! - Kill 25 opponents in a row without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/invincible.png Invincible! - Kill 30 opponents in a row without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/stickyspree.png Stick Spree! - Kill 5 opponents in a row with grenade sticks without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/shotgunspree.png Shotgun Spree! - Kill 5 opponents in a row with the shotgun without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/swordspree.png Sword Spree! - Kill 5 opponents in a row with the Energy Sword without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/hammerspree.png Hammer Spree! - Kill 5 opponents in a row with the Gravity Hammer without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/sniperspree.png Sniper Spree! - Kill 5 opponents in a row with a sniper weapon without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/splatterspree.png Splatter Spree! - Splatter 5 opponents in a row using a vehicle without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/corrected.png Sticky Fingers! - Kill 10 opponents in a row with grenade sticks without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/shotgunfrenzy.png Open Season! - Kill 10 opponents in a row with the shotgun without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/slice_dice.png Slice ‘n Dice! - Kill 10 opponents in a row with the Energy Sword without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/hammerfrenzy.png Dream Crusher! - Kill 10 opponents in a row with the Gravity Hammer without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/sharpshooter.png Sharpshooter! - Kill 10 opponents in a row with a sniper weapon without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/vehicularhomicide.png Vehicular Manslaughter! - Splatter 10 opponents in a row using a vehicle without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/doublekill.png Double Kill! - Kill 2 opponents within 4 seconds of each other.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/triplekill.png Triple Kill! - Kill 3 opponents within 4 seconds of each other.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/overkill.png Overkill! - Kill 4 opponents within 4 seconds of each other.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/killtacular.png Killtacular! - Kill 5 opponents within 4 seconds of each other.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/killtrocity.png Killtrocity! - Kill 6 opponents within 4 seconds of each other.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/killimanjaro.png Killimanjaro! - Kill 7 opponents within 4 seconds of each other.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/killtastrophe.png Killtastrophe! - Kill 8 opponents within 4 seconds of each other.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/killpocalypse.png Killpocalypse! - Kill 9 opponents within 4 seconds of each other.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/killionaire.png Killionaire! - Kill 10 opponents within 4 seconds of each other.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/melee.png Beat Down! - Hit and kill an opponent with a melee attack.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/assassination.png Assassin! - Hit and kill an opponent with a melee attack from behind.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/sniperkill.png Sniper Kill! - Kill an opponent with a Sniper weapon.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/stuck.png Grenade Stick! - Kill an opponent by sticking them with a sticky grenade.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/laserkill.png Laser Kill! - Kill an opponent by using the Spartan Laser.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/oddballkill.png Oddball Kill! - Get a melee kill when holding the oddball.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/flagkill.png Flag Kill! - Get a melee kill with the flag.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/splatter.png Splatter! - Hit and kill an opponent with your vehicle.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/killjoy.png Killjoy! - End an opponent’s killing spree.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/deathfromthegrave.png Kill from the Grave! - Kill an opponent after you have died.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/hijacker.png Highjacker! - Board a land-based vehicle by forcibly removing the opponent in it.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/bulltrue.png Bulltrue! - Kill an opponent that is in the act of a sword lunge.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/wheelman.png Wheelman! - Be the driver of a vehicle when a passenger kills an opponent.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/question.png Skyjack! - Board an aircraft by forcibly removing the opponent in it.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/assist.png Assist! - Assist a teammate in killing an enemy.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/killedflagcarrier.png Killed Flag Carrier! - Kill the opponent flag carrier in CTF.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/flagscore.png Flag Score! - Score the flag in CTF.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/killedjuggernaut.png Killed Juggernaut! - Kill the Juggernaut in a Juggernaut game.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/killedvip.png Killed VIP! - Kill an opponent's VIP in a VIP game.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/killedbombcarrier.png Killed Bomb Carrier! - Kill an opponent bomb carrier in Assault.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/bombplanted.png Bomb Planted! - Plant the bomb in Assault.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/question.png Hail to the King! - Kill 5 opponents in a row from inside the hill before it moves.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/lastmanstanding.png Last Man Standing! - Be the last human in an infection game.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/zombiekillingspree.png Infection Spree! - Kill 5 humans in a row as the zombie without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/zombiekillingspree.png Zombie Killing Spree! - Kill 5 zombies in a row as the human without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/juggernautspree.png Juggernaut Spree! - Kill 5 opponents in a row as the Juggernaut without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/mmmbrains.png Mmmm Brains! - Kill 10 humans in a row as the zombie without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/hellsjanitor.png Hell’s Janitor! - Kill 10 zombies in a row as the human without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/juggernautfrenzy.png Immovable Object - Kill 10 opponents in a row as the Juggernaut without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/is-quisam-protero-damno.png Is Quisnam Protero Damno! - Kill 15 zombies in a row as the human without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/headshot.png Headshot! - Kill an enemy with a headshot.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/supercombine.png Needle Combine Kill! - Score a kill by filling an opponent with enough needles to cause a detonation.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/empkill.png EMP Kill! - Kill an enemy with an EMP.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/revenge.png Revenge! - Kill the opponent responsible for your previous death.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/firstblood.png First Strike! - Strike first, strike hard. No mercy, sir!
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/opportunist.png Opportunist! - Kill an opponent who is reloading with either a melee or a headshot.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/berserker.png Close Call! - Kill an opponent at close range while you are vulnerable.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/sprintingkill.png Headcase! - Kill a sprinting opponent with a headshot.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/pullkill.png Pull! - Kill a jetpacking opponent with a headshot.



You'll have seen most of them before, but there are some new ones like "Is Quisnam Protero Damno!"

[mista tipsta]

List of all Reach Medals, loaded straight from the new Reach APIs:

http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/perfection.png Perfection! - Win a Slayer game without dying with at least 15 kills.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/extermination.png Extermination! - Wipe out an enemy team with at least an overkill.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/killingspree.png Killing Spree! - Kill 5 opponents in a row without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/killing-frenzy.png Killing Frenzy! - Kill 10 opponents in a row without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/running-riot.png Running Riot! - Kill 15 opponents in a row without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/rampage.png Rampage! - Kill 20 opponents in a row without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/untouchable.png Untouchable! - Kill 25 opponents in a row without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/invincible.png Invincible! - Kill 30 opponents in a row without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/stickyspree.png Stick Spree! - Kill 5 opponents in a row with grenade sticks without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/shotgunspree.png Shotgun Spree! - Kill 5 opponents in a row with the shotgun without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/swordspree.png Sword Spree! - Kill 5 opponents in a row with the Energy Sword without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/hammerspree.png Hammer Spree! - Kill 5 opponents in a row with the Gravity Hammer without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/sniperspree.png Sniper Spree! - Kill 5 opponents in a row with a sniper weapon without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/splatterspree.png Splatter Spree! - Splatter 5 opponents in a row using a vehicle without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/corrected.png Sticky Fingers! - Kill 10 opponents in a row with grenade sticks without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/shotgunfrenzy.png Open Season! - Kill 10 opponents in a row with the shotgun without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/slice_dice.png Slice ‘n Dice! - Kill 10 opponents in a row with the Energy Sword without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/hammerfrenzy.png Dream Crusher! - Kill 10 opponents in a row with the Gravity Hammer without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/sharpshooter.png Sharpshooter! - Kill 10 opponents in a row with a sniper weapon without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/vehicularhomicide.png Vehicular Manslaughter! - Splatter 10 opponents in a row using a vehicle without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/doublekill.png Double Kill! - Kill 2 opponents within 4 seconds of each other.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/triplekill.png Triple Kill! - Kill 3 opponents within 4 seconds of each other.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/overkill.png Overkill! - Kill 4 opponents within 4 seconds of each other.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/killtacular.png Killtacular! - Kill 5 opponents within 4 seconds of each other.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/killtrocity.png Killtrocity! - Kill 6 opponents within 4 seconds of each other.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/killimanjaro.png Killimanjaro! - Kill 7 opponents within 4 seconds of each other.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/killtastrophe.png Killtastrophe! - Kill 8 opponents within 4 seconds of each other.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/killpocalypse.png Killpocalypse! - Kill 9 opponents within 4 seconds of each other.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/killionaire.png Killionaire! - Kill 10 opponents within 4 seconds of each other.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/melee.png Beat Down! - Hit and kill an opponent with a melee attack.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/assassination.png Assassin! - Hit and kill an opponent with a melee attack from behind.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/sniperkill.png Sniper Kill! - Kill an opponent with a Sniper weapon.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/stuck.png Grenade Stick! - Kill an opponent by sticking them with a sticky grenade.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/laserkill.png Laser Kill! - Kill an opponent by using the Spartan Laser.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/oddballkill.png Oddball Kill! - Get a melee kill when holding the oddball.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/flagkill.png Flag Kill! - Get a melee kill with the flag.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/splatter.png Splatter! - Hit and kill an opponent with your vehicle.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/killjoy.png Killjoy! - End an opponent’s killing spree.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/deathfromthegrave.png Kill from the Grave! - Kill an opponent after you have died.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/hijacker.png Highjacker! - Board a land-based vehicle by forcibly removing the opponent in it.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/bulltrue.png Bulltrue! - Kill an opponent that is in the act of a sword lunge.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/wheelman.png Wheelman! - Be the driver of a vehicle when a passenger kills an opponent.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/question.png Skyjack! - Board an aircraft by forcibly removing the opponent in it.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/assist.png Assist! - Assist a teammate in killing an enemy.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/killedflagcarrier.png Killed Flag Carrier! - Kill the opponent flag carrier in CTF.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/flagscore.png Flag Score! - Score the flag in CTF.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/killedjuggernaut.png Killed Juggernaut! - Kill the Juggernaut in a Juggernaut game.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/killedvip.png Killed VIP! - Kill an opponent's VIP in a VIP game.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/killedbombcarrier.png Killed Bomb Carrier! - Kill an opponent bomb carrier in Assault.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/bombplanted.png Bomb Planted! - Plant the bomb in Assault.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/question.png Hail to the King! - Kill 5 opponents in a row from inside the hill before it moves.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/lastmanstanding.png Last Man Standing! - Be the last human in an infection game.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/zombiekillingspree.png Infection Spree! - Kill 5 humans in a row as the zombie without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/zombiekillingspree.png Zombie Killing Spree! - Kill 5 zombies in a row as the human without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/juggernautspree.png Juggernaut Spree! - Kill 5 opponents in a row as the Juggernaut without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/mmmbrains.png Mmmm Brains! - Kill 10 humans in a row as the zombie without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/hellsjanitor.png Hell’s Janitor! - Kill 10 zombies in a row as the human without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/juggernautfrenzy.png Immovable Object - Kill 10 opponents in a row as the Juggernaut without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/is-quisam-protero-damno.png Is Quisnam Protero Damno! - Kill 15 zombies in a row as the human without dying.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/headshot.png Headshot! - Kill an enemy with a headshot.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/supercombine.png Needle Combine Kill! - Score a kill by filling an opponent with enough needles to cause a detonation.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/empkill.png EMP Kill! - Kill an enemy with an EMP.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/revenge.png Revenge! - Kill the opponent responsible for your previous death.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/firstblood.png First Strike! - Strike first, strike hard. No mercy, sir!
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/opportunist.png Opportunist! - Kill an opponent who is reloading with either a melee or a headshot.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/berserker.png Close Call! - Kill an opponent at close range while you are vulnerable.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/sprintingkill.png Headcase! - Kill a sprinting opponent with a headshot.
http://www.bungie.net/images/reachstats/medals/pullkill.png Pull! - Kill a jetpacking opponent with a headshot.



You'll have seen most of them before, but there are some new ones like "Is Quisnam Protero Damno!"
For a list of every medal it seems to be fewing more than a few (http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/111/1114803/halo-reach-20100820095436877.jpg).

[Null Parameter]

For a list of every medal it seems to be fewing more than a few (http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/111/1114803/halo-reach-20100820095436877.jpg).
Those are Firefight, the ones I listed are Matchmaking.

[suffocation49]

I feel like i should've not read anything for Halo Reach.... The same goes for pokemon black and white I must resist and make this experience much more amazing

[Blue]

YouTube- Halo: Reach Mainmenu

Note the "[Insert #] Gametype Options" included with each gametype. I just wish the person would have shown them.

[Blue]

"Halo: Reach Mainmenu" video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6dc2dP7M40&feature=sub


Firefight Maps and Descriptions
(Taken from the "Halo: Reach Mainmenu" video)


http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/beachead.png

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/corvette.png

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/courtyard.png

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/glacier.png

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/holdout.png

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/outpost.png

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/overlook.png

http://i518.photobucket.com/albums/u343/FmCxStormy/waterfront.png


Sorry for the double post, but here's a small update. I can't keep this thread up with this surge of new information, but it seems like everyone that wants to be up to date with new information is up to date with new information.

[mista tipsta]

Not exactly Reach... but whatever. Here they show the new studio! =D

http://gamevideos.1up.com/video/id/31048


Bungie talk about the guard a lot in their podcasts and even had him on the mic once or twice. Here's a very short interview with him.

http://gamevideos.1up.com/video/id/31047

[mista tipsta]

Wait a second... Avery Johnson is a spartan?

[Sgt Jackson CC]

yes, a spartan I, thats how he couldn't be infected by the flood-his supposed "Boren's Syndrome" was a cover story, he is actually immune because of the bio-augmentations, it also explains his bad-ass-ness

Don't know if any other spartans can be infected though-flood spartans in infection (if it exists) will need a lot of explaining

[Jpec07]

Avery Johnson was a member of the ORION Project, which later became the SPARTAN-I project. It's the augmentations associated with that project that make him (and all subsequent SPARTAN soldiers) immune to infection from the parasite. That's the theory, anyway, and Halopedia (http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Avery_Junior_Johnson) agrees.

[DimmestBread]

Avery Johnson was a member of the ORION Project, which later became the SPARTAN-I project. It's the augmentations associated with that project that make him (and all subsequent SPARTAN soldiers) immune to infection from the parasite. That's the theory, anyway, and Halopedia (http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Avery_Junior_Johnson) agrees.

The book says it was borens syndrome from being exposed to a crate of captured plasma grenades. It messes up the nervous system. Since that screwed up his nervous system, the flood couldn't infect him since they use a persons nervous system.
P 243 - 245 of first strike(paperback)

I wouldn't say all spartans are immune. At one point, one almost infected john. He lost control of himself, but cortana was able to create a jolt with his armor and that popped the infection form. H e would have been screwed if cortana wasn't there.


And apparantely there has been talk on releasing the game a bit early because the game was leaked. Microsoft has been quiet about it.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=261474
Its doubtful but you never know.

[RPAL]

The book says it was borens syndrome from being exposed to a crate of captured plasma grenades. It messes up the nervous system. Since that screwed up his nervous system, the flood couldn't infect him since they use a persons nervous system.
P 243 - 245 of first strike(paperback)

I wouldn't say all spartans are immune. At one point, one almost infected john. He lost control of himself, but cortana was able to create a jolt with his armor and that popped the infection form. H e would have been screwed if cortana wasn't there.


And apparantely there has been talk on releasing the game a bit early because the game was leaked. Microsoft has been quiet about it.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=261474
Its doubtful but you never know.

Read the post before Jpec's.

[PsychoBucket]

And apparantely there has been talk on releasing the game a bit early because the game was leaked. Microsoft has been quiet about it.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=261474
Its doubtful but you never know.

I think they should release it earlier. They will lose sales if people can play it for free for so long.

[Boston]

I doubt it would be released early. Unless sales take a big hit, it will not release early.

[Time Glitch]

They're cracking down big time on the leaks.

People getting permabanned from XBL and all that.

Trust me, the ONLINE leaks won't last long. Those who keep the boxes offline will be fine, though.

They won't be releasing it early, that's for sure.

[jakob hunter]

they should release it tomorrow

[DimmestBread]

Read the post before Jpec's.

He said it was a cover story, aka not real.

and I do doubt that it will be released early but one can hope.

[mista tipsta]

How Halo: Reach Exposes—and Fixes—the Mess that is Multiplayer Gaming (http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/digital/gaming/halo-reach-preview-1955640?click=pm_news).

[iTzBroken]

release early? No.

If any thing they would make it september 10th...

[GodlyPerfection]

Holy powerful tank in BTB CTF on Hemorrhage:

YouTube- halo reach playing CTF (leaked)

[Boston]

After watching that CTF match, I am psyched to play Hemorrhage now!

[Silver0range]

Christ, was that system link?

[Sir Shazmanoid]

YouTube- halo reach playing CTF (leaked) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo0OWyF1mIk)

YES FINALLY! A GOOD MAP FOR GOOSING! :3:

[GodlyPerfection]

I present to you guys an amazing example of how aggressive the AI is... on HEROIC! Can't wait to see them on legendary. It is a clip of a guy fighting an Ultra Elite w/ a concussion rifle so you get a better feel of how the concussion rifle will work on players as well. It kinda pushes you all around. Quite interesting weapon that could be used for some fun gametypes:

YouTube- Halo Reach: Fighting an Elite

[GodlyPerfection]

Here is a guy with a ton of leaked footage that I think you will enjoy. The most recent video is a demonstration of how players can mix KOTH with a banshee to make a fun mini game of sniping the bird out of the sky lol. ;) And I love that you can finally do FULL immunity to everything now with immunity to assassinations. It makes me giggle sometimes. :)

http://www.youtube.com/user/wkdw1ll1ams

[Boston]

First off, HOLY SHIT Godly those vids are EPIC!!!! That felt just from watching like a human controlled player with skill!

Anyways, just wondering guys but will we be able to change loadout names and customize them? And choose when they appear in game even if it is just a regular slayer match? (example would be at the 5 minute mark or 25 kill mark, a loadout with rockets would be available however ONLY for 1 person to nab). Get it?

[GodlyPerfection]

First off, HOLY SHIT Godly those vids are EPIC!!!! That felt just from watching like a human controlled player with skill!

Anyways, just wondering guys but will we be able to change loadout names and customize them? And choose when they appear in game even if it is just a regular slayer match? (example would be at the 5 minute mark or 25 kill mark, a loadout with rockets would be available however ONLY for 1 person to nab). Get it?

For loadout names we cannot fully customize them. There is a list of like 30+ premade names that we can choose from. As for when they appear, that is gametype based and can only be unlocked in tiers and I believe that is only in invasion. Basically you can't really choose when they appear bro.

Btw, there are some new G4 videos out that show a 3 way slayer match on the cage and somebody forging random shit. The forge video is nice for getting a feel of how forging feels like.

http://g4tv.com/videos/48334/Halo-Reach-Slayer-Match/

Halo: Reach Forge World in High Definition ? G4tv.com

[Boston]

For loadout names we cannot fully customize them. There is a list of like 30+ premade names that we can choose from. As for when they appear, that is gametype based and can only be unlocked in tiers and I believe that is only in invasion. Basically you can't really choose when they appear bro.

Ah damn. Wishful thinking I guess, but still I can't complain seeing as how loadouts are better than none. And I take it they have like 30 different combinations you say? Or just like 30 different names?

[cory21]

YouTube- Halo: Reach map: The Lighthouse

Wow. This just shows how amazing Forge World really is. To be honest, he doesn't seems like a talented forger, but the stuff Forge World allows him to make is still stunning. I can't wait :3

[Silver0range]

That's a shame, it would have been real cool name loadouts. Would have enhanced so many gametypes, especially Left 4 Dead.

[Boston]

YouTube- Halo: Reach map: The Lighthouse (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rolkMbDUpM)

Wow. This just shows how amazing Forge World really is. To be honest, he doesn't seems like a talented forger, but the stuff Forge World allows him to make is still stunning. I can't wait :3

Okay now that is just awesome. I feel like such a loser because I am feeling like when I had my first kiss now. Reach is just going to be the best game over the course of the next few years. Doesn't matter how many CoD games can come out. It doesn't matter what people say. Reach IS going to be the best game on the 360 and in the gaming community for years to come. Hands down. Now if a game can replicate what Reach has done (Above average campaign at least, arguably the best multiplayer out there with the new Arena setup, the best firefight/horde/zombies etc out there, the BEST custom games period, and to top it off the BEST map making tool for a console there is) then maybe I will listen to an argument. The sheer amount of customization alone is the best I have ever seen in a video game! I am so proud to be a Halo fan right now!! :thumbup:

[MNM1245]

I present to you guys an amazing example of how aggressive the AI is... on HEROIC! Can't wait to see them on legendary. It is a clip of a guy fighting an Ultra Elite w/ a concussion rifle so you get a better feel of how the concussion rifle will work on players as well. It kinda pushes you all around. Quite interesting weapon that could be used for some fun gametypes:

YouTube- Halo Reach: Fighting an Elite (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVOLm13VUQg)

Even on easy the elites will give a just below average player an almost balanced fight. When me and my friend were playing campaign we left our warthog and lo and behold when we came back an elite had jumped on the gun and pinned us down. It sucked. Good thing we had grenades! Then we had to walk a long while till we found another vehicle.

But ya the AI are much smarter now. The elites are crazy to kill especially because they evade every like 5 seconds.

Also I think there are more then 30 loadout names. That seems like so few...

EDIT: Ok ya I just counted the Loadout names from the the written Firefight traits and there was 59. So about double of the guess. I was thinking that 30 was too low. They have a pretty wide variety of names to choose from so I think it will be fine.