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Reach Campaign, Co-Op, and Forge Thread || Metatag: A PA Reach CoOp ||
FyreWulff
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If you want to talk about versus multiplayer and things related to it, go to Badman's thread.
Why is Forge discussion in this thread?
The Campaign thread moves at a slower pace than the multiplayer thread, and also it's possible to make single player Forge creations like art maps and jump challenge maps. Generally, you should post your progress reports and forge shots and forge help requests in here, and then you invite people in the multiplayer thread when you want to play customs on it.
Rules of Campaign Thread
* Use the spoiler tags! We have people reading this thread that have already played the game. Don't play dumb. Spoil that shit.
* What is a considered a spoiler?
- Every storyline event in the game. (duh)
- Anything that happens to a character ( for the smartasses out there)
- The name of the last mission two missions which are
* What is not a spoiler?
- The number of missions
- Firefight map names
* Forging discussion is in this thread, for the actual act of Forging and help with it or 'special' non-competitive maps. If you want to invite people to playtest a map, use the multiplayer thread.
* When sending a Friend Request to people, mention in text or voice (text is better) that you're from PA. You can even just type "PA". Otherwise you run a high chance of people ignoring the request or deleting it.
Credits, or "cR", is the new experience/currency/ranking system of Reach. You've probably seen it hanging around the bottom of most Reach screenshots. cR is earned in all game modes: Campaign, Customs, Firefight, Multiplayer.. you name it. As you gain more cR, you can spend it on things like armor, effects, Firefight voices, kneepads, helmets.. the list goes on. You'll also go up in military rank as you gain CR. Spending cR does not drop your rank.
Since Trueskill ranks are no longer visible, they also no longer play into your unlockable items or rank. This means everyone will have to go up through the same ranks!
The Fairer Sex
Finally making their debut in Reach is female Spartans! Your female Spartan will show up in every game mode.
Instead of just being a different voice like in Halo 3, female characters actually look female now. The female Spartan also has full voice acting in Campaign, so there's full recorded lines for both male and female players throughout the story. Huzzah!
Armor
Reach will have a plethora of armor options to choose from for your character. All armor details and options will also be reflected in campaign, so your character will be the same across all game modes. The only change is that the Flaming Helmet effect for multiplayer will be turned off for cutscenes.
2 limited you to either Spartan or Elite. 3 had Chest, Shoulders, and Helmet. Reach will have Firefight Voice, Helmet, Shoulders, Kneepads, Chest, Gender, Visor Color and a few more options they have not shown yet.
Some armor pieces will only be unlockable through combined community effort. All armor is purchased via the cR system, and only cR-bought armor counts towards 100% completion (the bonus armors do not count towards completion)
Note that none of the armor grants you any traits. It's all just for show.
More details will come as Bungie reveals them.
Abilities
Sprint - Allows a player to increase their maximum speed for a short duration. A cooldown is required before it can be used again. Sprinting into someone and meleeing them will throw them back farther.
Jetpack - It's a jetpack! What more can I say? You can either use it all up in one go for verticality or feather it to clear large gaps. Go too high though, and you'll die when you hit the ground.
Armor Lock - When activated, your spartan punches the ground and becomes invincible. And is stationary. And makes a loud sound and has a shield over him. The longer you hold the lock, the bigger your EMP blast when you come out of it.
Heal Bubble - Basically the Bubble Shield and Regen from Halo 3 combined. When activated, your spartan will drop a bubble shield that quickly heals anyone who steps inside of it. Once the haven deactivates, you can redeploy it.
Evade - aka the roll ability. Allows players to quickly dodge incoming fire and players. In the beta, you could roll 2 times before having to wait for the short cooldown. You stay in the first person view when using this.
Active Camo - A retooling of the classic cloaking ability. Activing this ability will cloak you (duh). It's drain speed increases the faster you move, and your visiblity increases the faster you move. Standing still = almost perfectly cloaked. Running = poor camo from Halo 3. As an added bonus, you'll also jam the radar of any nearby enemies and yourself. Be warned that all your fake dots will show up on the same elevation as you.
Hologram - A fake version of you, demonstrated in the Deja View video. Works by pointing at where you want it to go. When activated, your fake self will walk to that spot and stop. It appears that it can take a few hits before being destroyed.
Your available abilities are dependent on the gametype. You can only "carry" one at a time, and they are not dropped when you die, although this may be avaiable as a custom games option in retail.
When
Halo: Reach takes place right before Halo 1. Your current Halo game timeline:
Halo Wars -> Halo: Reach -> Halo 1 -> Halo 2 -> ODST -> Halo 2 -> Halo 3
Got it?
Where
Halo: Reach takes place on the human colony planet Reach. The game's story is NOT based on the Fall of Reach book by Eric Nylund, although it will probably have references to it. You saw Reach in the opening cutscene of Halo 2 (as the Pillar of Autumn is jumping away from it), and has been referenced by both Elites and Marines in 2 and 3.
Achievements
Bungie has decided to get out ahead of the modders and Microsoft's inability to keep achievements under wraps by showing all 49 of them in icon form:
They have also revealed the names of some of them:
Editions
Legendary Edition - 150$ US
Microsoft has claimed that they learned their lesson from Halo 3 and will only produce enough Reach Legendaries to cover preorders. At this point in time, the only Legendaries available seem to be in Best Buys in less populated areas. If you want it, you should pick it up now.
The Legendary Edition comes with all the bonus content of the Limited Edition, plus the Flaming Head armor effect for multiplayer Spartans and Elites, and a statue of Noble Team made by McFarlane Toys.
It also smells like lacquered paint. The smell of awesome.
Limited Edition - 80$ US
The Limited Edition is the more popular "extras" edition for people, and there certainly is no problem with not making the jump for Legendary. Included with the Limited Edition is a book presented in the format of Dr. Halsey's journal, written via a collaboration with Bungie and Eric Nylund. It also includes an exclusive Elite Officer armor for multiplayer Elites. Other real-world items include a patch and some stickers.
Normal Edition - 60$ US
Those who don't want to spend more money on Halo than they have to don't have to miss out on bonus content. All launch day new copies in North America included the Recon armor - you may still be lucky if a store still has a first shipment and has a "Includes Recon" sticker on the front.
Bonuses
Still confused? Here's a matrix to inform your decisions.
The Reach Campaign, Lore, and Campaign Co-Op thread and Forge help
Why is Forge discussion in this thread?
The Campaign thread moves at a slower pace than the multiplayer thread, and also it's possible to make single player Forge creations like art maps and jump challenge maps. Generally, you should post your progress reports and forge shots and forge help requests in here, and then you invite people in the multiplayer thread when you want to play customs on it.
Rules of Campaign Thread
* Use the spoiler tags! We have people reading this thread that have already played the game. Don't play dumb. Spoil that shit.
* What is a considered a spoiler?
- Every storyline event in the game. (duh)
- Anything that happens to a character ( for the smartasses out there)
- The name of the last mission two missions which are
The Pillar of Autumn and Lone Wolf
* What is not a spoiler?
- The number of missions
- Firefight map names
* Forging discussion is in this thread, for the actual act of Forging and help with it or 'special' non-competitive maps. If you want to invite people to playtest a map, use the multiplayer thread.
* When sending a Friend Request to people, mention in text or voice (text is better) that you're from PA. You can even just type "PA". Otherwise you run a high chance of people ignoring the request or deleting it.
Credits (cR) System
Credits, or "cR", is the new experience/currency/ranking system of Reach. You've probably seen it hanging around the bottom of most Reach screenshots. cR is earned in all game modes: Campaign, Customs, Firefight, Multiplayer.. you name it. As you gain more cR, you can spend it on things like armor, effects, Firefight voices, kneepads, helmets.. the list goes on. You'll also go up in military rank as you gain CR. Spending cR does not drop your rank.
Since Trueskill ranks are no longer visible, they also no longer play into your unlockable items or rank. This means everyone will have to go up through the same ranks!
The Fairer Sex
Finally making their debut in Reach is female Spartans! Your female Spartan will show up in every game mode.
Instead of just being a different voice like in Halo 3, female characters actually look female now. The female Spartan also has full voice acting in Campaign, so there's full recorded lines for both male and female players throughout the story. Huzzah!
Armor
Reach will have a plethora of armor options to choose from for your character. All armor details and options will also be reflected in campaign, so your character will be the same across all game modes. The only change is that the Flaming Helmet effect for multiplayer will be turned off for cutscenes.
2 limited you to either Spartan or Elite. 3 had Chest, Shoulders, and Helmet. Reach will have Firefight Voice, Helmet, Shoulders, Kneepads, Chest, Gender, Visor Color and a few more options they have not shown yet.
Some armor pieces will only be unlockable through combined community effort. All armor is purchased via the cR system, and only cR-bought armor counts towards 100% completion (the bonus armors do not count towards completion)
Note that none of the armor grants you any traits. It's all just for show.
More details will come as Bungie reveals them.
Abilities
Sprint - Allows a player to increase their maximum speed for a short duration. A cooldown is required before it can be used again. Sprinting into someone and meleeing them will throw them back farther.
Jetpack - It's a jetpack! What more can I say? You can either use it all up in one go for verticality or feather it to clear large gaps. Go too high though, and you'll die when you hit the ground.
Armor Lock - When activated, your spartan punches the ground and becomes invincible. And is stationary. And makes a loud sound and has a shield over him. The longer you hold the lock, the bigger your EMP blast when you come out of it.
Heal Bubble - Basically the Bubble Shield and Regen from Halo 3 combined. When activated, your spartan will drop a bubble shield that quickly heals anyone who steps inside of it. Once the haven deactivates, you can redeploy it.
Evade - aka the roll ability. Allows players to quickly dodge incoming fire and players. In the beta, you could roll 2 times before having to wait for the short cooldown. You stay in the first person view when using this.
Active Camo - A retooling of the classic cloaking ability. Activing this ability will cloak you (duh). It's drain speed increases the faster you move, and your visiblity increases the faster you move. Standing still = almost perfectly cloaked. Running = poor camo from Halo 3. As an added bonus, you'll also jam the radar of any nearby enemies and yourself. Be warned that all your fake dots will show up on the same elevation as you.
Hologram - A fake version of you, demonstrated in the Deja View video. Works by pointing at where you want it to go. When activated, your fake self will walk to that spot and stop. It appears that it can take a few hits before being destroyed.
Your available abilities are dependent on the gametype. You can only "carry" one at a time, and they are not dropped when you die, although this may be avaiable as a custom games option in retail.
Campaign
When
Halo: Reach takes place right before Halo 1. Your current Halo game timeline:
Halo Wars -> Halo: Reach -> Halo 1 -> Halo 2 -> ODST -> Halo 2 -> Halo 3
Got it?
Where
Halo: Reach takes place on the human colony planet Reach. The game's story is NOT based on the Fall of Reach book by Eric Nylund, although it will probably have references to it. You saw Reach in the opening cutscene of Halo 2 (as the Pillar of Autumn is jumping away from it), and has been referenced by both Elites and Marines in 2 and 3.
Achievements
Bungie has decided to get out ahead of the modders and Microsoft's inability to keep achievements under wraps by showing all 49 of them in icon form:
They have also revealed the names of some of them:
* A Monument to All Your Sins – Complete each Campaign Mission on Legendary – alone.
* Banshees, Fast and Low – Hijack a Banshee during the Reach Campaign.
* Yes, Sensei – Earn a First Strike Medal in a Matchmaking game.
* A New Challenger – Complete all of the Daily Challenges in a given day.
* Make It Rain – Purchase an item from the Armory that requires the rank of Lt. Colonel.
"Twenty-three of them are Campaign-specific Achievements. We set out to make sure that each Campaign mission has its own ‘special’ Achievement, like:
If They Came to Hear Me Beg – Perform an Assassination against an Elite to survive a fall that would’ve been fatal."
* Banshees, Fast and Low – Hijack a Banshee during the Reach Campaign.
* Yes, Sensei – Earn a First Strike Medal in a Matchmaking game.
* A New Challenger – Complete all of the Daily Challenges in a given day.
* Make It Rain – Purchase an item from the Armory that requires the rank of Lt. Colonel.
"Twenty-three of them are Campaign-specific Achievements. We set out to make sure that each Campaign mission has its own ‘special’ Achievement, like:
If They Came to Hear Me Beg – Perform an Assassination against an Elite to survive a fall that would’ve been fatal."
Retail
Editions
Legendary Edition - 150$ US
Microsoft has claimed that they learned their lesson from Halo 3 and will only produce enough Reach Legendaries to cover preorders. At this point in time, the only Legendaries available seem to be in Best Buys in less populated areas. If you want it, you should pick it up now.
The Legendary Edition comes with all the bonus content of the Limited Edition, plus the Flaming Head armor effect for multiplayer Spartans and Elites, and a statue of Noble Team made by McFarlane Toys.
It also smells like lacquered paint. The smell of awesome.
Limited Edition - 80$ US
The Limited Edition is the more popular "extras" edition for people, and there certainly is no problem with not making the jump for Legendary. Included with the Limited Edition is a book presented in the format of Dr. Halsey's journal, written via a collaboration with Bungie and Eric Nylund. It also includes an exclusive Elite Officer armor for multiplayer Elites. Other real-world items include a patch and some stickers.
Normal Edition - 60$ US
Those who don't want to spend more money on Halo than they have to don't have to miss out on bonus content. All launch day new copies in North America included the Recon armor - you may still be lucky if a store still has a first shipment and has a "Includes Recon" sticker on the front.
Bonuses
Still confused? Here's a matrix to inform your decisions.
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Pics of progress when I get the chance later today
Anyone else think today's challenges are pretty bleh? There should always be at least one challenge related to campaign, or doable in it.
It's like firefight, but with an end goal that's more than just to survive. Also I want the little co-op legendary skull to show up on my profile. I'm assuming you can select difficulty?
Also it'll make it a lot easier and more fun to complete the campaign dailys when they come up.
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Uh, one of today's challenges is to complete a level with Tilt activated on Heroic or harder.
Honestly the campaign challenges are making me get a little tired of campaign. Stuff like ONI and New Alexandria are becoming kind of rote.
@gamefacts - Totally and utterly true gaming facts on the regular!
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Or millions of betrayals over who gets the sniper rifle.
He currently had 116 towards it, which is insane really. I'm not sure I can believe he did it legitimately. That's 116 levels of campaign done on Heroic or harder, and not dying a single time during it.
Pokemon Safari - Sneasel, Pawniard, ????
Resuming from a checkpoint near the end and not dying will apparently count as a flawless level. I would guess that's how they got to Onyx.
That's insane patience, but maybe do-able on the first mission? It didn't seem so bad doing it on Legendary.
Or.........I read this on another forum for when the challenge was to do the ONI base without dying as a challenge.
Maybe that'd count for Flawless Cowboy?
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CFN: Bizazedo (I don't think I suck, add me).
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Blizzard: Galedrid#1367 - FFXIV: Galedrid Kingshand
Otherwise, the time requirement to do a full campaign stage that many times, also taking into account how many matchmaking games folks who have it have, it's almost completely impossible for them to be doing it without exploiting something.
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Blizzard: Galedrid#1367 - FFXIV: Galedrid Kingshand
Calamus (about.. 40% done?)
The answer, you have it.
This is kind of sad although I can't really judge, I did the 1 mil in 10 mins map after all.
I suggest you call it Geyphrophobia, just for that old school reference.
That's only 10 minutes though. It's going to take way more than 10 minutes to get 116 flawless cowboys using this method and the majority of the time will be spent staring at the load screen. At that point, it should be called the 'Now Loading' commendation . . .
I don't care if they get banned or not, but they should have the commendations and cR/Rank removed.
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Blizzard: Galedrid#1367 - FFXIV: Galedrid Kingshand
Bungie has a precedent of not caring if people game the system. There was that booster in Halo 3 that got everyone all angry, and Bungie was like "quit gettin mad". They've said the same thing about the 1 million point achievement, and will probably say the same thing about glitching campaign to get commendations.
They're just virtual pennies that give people virtual helmets and knives. No reason to ban someone over it unless it involves cheating in an online game.
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ROKKIT RACE!!!!:o
Pokemon Safari - Sneasel, Pawniard, ????
PSN: JPBrowncoat Xbox: BamSaidTheLaday Also on Steam! Streaming games!
In the end though, what difference will it make?
they will have just front loaded their cR from commendations instead of spreading it out over time.
They'll end up getting the same amount total; it'll just appear less later.
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Blizzard: Galedrid#1367 - FFXIV: Galedrid Kingshand
They still need to earn credits to rank up to spend those credits though, and without the commendations to help boost them it will take a lot longer.
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Okay, granted, significant portions of the Halo "community" will be pissed off they can't instantly get their 5 star general icon, but beyond that, it's an insignificant worry.
When I co-op with just one other friend it seems fine, but adding one more makes things get a little janky, and if there are four of us then sheesh, forget it.
It's annoying because I want to be excited for campaign matchmaking, but it's probably going to be the same story there.
I've done it with 3 and had no problems at all.
It's a lot better than it was in ODST, but can still cause problems.
The only way to avoid it is find people you know you have a decent ping to, and party with them. If you got three dudes sitting on a couch in American and the fourth guy in Australia, it's probably going to be a miserable experience for everyone.
@gamefacts - Totally and utterly true gaming facts on the regular!
I'm not worrying, I'm pointing out that when the level cap is increased, they will discover that it's harder for them to rank up and unlock new armor to buy.
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Only in Invasion.
Also, Fyre, that Calamus map is neat looking.
Are any of the ranks after WO3 more than 66k?
Edit: With the current level cap.
I can't speak for the top 3, but Major G3 to Lt.C is only 50K
Pokemon Safari - Sneasel, Pawniard, ????