Halo: Reach BETA

I have enjoyed it so far. Played for.... 5 hours straight. Almost got to Sargent. As for weapons.... Magnum enough said. Magnum + Shotgun + guard = OP. Also... FUCK Reach! Totally going to screw me over for my finals this week.

My Gamertag is Sneakyone75

Not really a shocker there.

:3

It was okay, though the Matchmaking is a too slow (even on the default Fastest setting).

Anyone up for playing:

Gamertag: ExESGO

What's with all the Sword Base hate? That map is beastly, gets voted for a fair bit too. :D

Anyway, generally really impressed; it's pacey, vibrant and streamlined. Armour fixed, vetos fixed, medium size maps are fun and open, weapons are good bar the focus cannon, <3 SWAT with the new guns (if you say anything to the contrary you just suck with the gun :P) and Stockpile, perks are cool even if I never use Guard (although I can see the value). The main problem I foresaw was a lack of balance, but I think they've pretty much nailed it.

I havent used any other weapon other than the assault rifle, that gun is amazing :3

As much as I enjoy playing the beta, it's getting a bit annoying to the point where I have to play something else.

Overpowered grenades and beat down lag are the only things really bothering me at this point.

BUT~
Balancing Reach with Agarest, which is easy, different and full of ecchi fornication fun, makes it not as aggrivating.

Hmmm, I actually prefer the DMR and the Needler Rifle.

Okay.. what is with the hate of Swordbase? It's fun CQC with Stalker.

Ive been playing Metro 2033 all day and now have no will to play the reach beta, getting kind of tired of all the shooting, I may go play some Fallout 3 and have some V.A.T.S fun

The pistol is just too good.

Fire and Forget?

Alien vs. Predator does that.. or an aimbot.

I had a pretty good time with the beta so far. My current favorite weapons are the DMR and grenade launcher (I like the sound it makes). The pistol finally feels like it fits in now. In Combat Evolved, the thing was an engine of destruction and for Halo 2&3 there was no reason to even pick it up. ODST kinda fixed that by bringing back the scope, but that really only made it useful for capping Grunts and Jackals from a distance. On Reach, the pistol actually serves it's function as a sidearm and is capable of killing in a last ditch effort, after your primary weapon runs dry on ammo.

The new shotgun feels like it's shots actually pack a punch when firing and it looks pretty impressive too.

I had a blast on monday when I was playing it(when it worked at least) but now it seems like I'm getting worse and worse on gametypes I used to own, like SWAT and Slayer. Though with my teammates, we fucking rape at Stockpile.

Haven't gone out of grab-bag though. Are the other two playlists much fun?

Armor lock is only useful if you have teammates around.

It doesn't help you return flags, all it does is delay the inevitable.

I'll stand there and wait for him to finish. And right before he does, I land a grenade at his foot. Kinda worthless.

I stick with Scout and nothing else.

It's okay, kinda disappointed that it'll only last 17 16* days, can't wait til Bungie releases the Invasion playlist, it's fun, I like the load outs, wish I could make custom load outs, like the fact you can rank up playing social games.
So it's pretty good, the only thing I don't like is Stockpile.

Really? I love Stockpile.

Waiting until the other team amasses a little pile. Then I wait until they leave, or leave the area lightly guarded, then I throw all of their flags out before the timer counts down. Just for spite. It's fun.