Genesis Knight
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So wait...I thought once you got your division you stayed there. Do I have to fight to keep in Onyx?
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Halo: Reach Beta Thread
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So wait...I thought once you got your division you stayed there. Do I have to fight to keep in Onyx?
Diablohead
Member
Chrome here and it works, sometimes the video takes 10 or so seconds to appear or load up which I think is just bandwidth stuff from bungie.net kicking in.cjelly said:
Changes per month or something, of course it needs to be fought over otherwise the system is totally broken imo.Genesis Knight said:
BladedExpert
Member
*hops on the bandwaggon*
Genesis Knight said:
i think its determined by percent of players... so even if you earn onyx and dont play any more during the season, you may be bumped out of it if more players earn onyx.
random b.net stat question... how does the k/d ratio per weapon work?
bobs...onGaf
Member
GhaleonEB said:
I dislike that idea, it would give the people who die a lot and spawn an advantage, plus sometimes its not possible to get to your opponents dead body or they may have used theyre nades already, nades add a whole tactical range of options and I think they should be on the map. I think they just need to be toned down, they should behave more like Halo 3 nades which can kill a opponent which you have already weakened or which can be used to put an enemy to 1 shot.
op_ivy said:
The amount of kills you get with the weapon - The amount of times you die from that weapon.
GhaleonEB said:
I'd rather have less grenades and guns deal more damage myself but I'm a terrible player compared to pretty much anyone here.
I think it's awesome that you hardcore Halo fans have a game tailored to you, but I wish there would be a "noob" or "lame" playlist with settings that would make it a little easier for old farts like myself. I held my own with a positive KD in the first two days but last night was just brutal to the point where it's not even fun. I feel I just don't have the time or patience to get to a level where I can have fun and not be a nuisance to my team.
It sucks because besides the "getting humiliated constantly" part, Halo's multiplayer gameplay is unparalleled.
divisionbyzorro
Member
Lifelong CoD player here - so simply having a positive K/D is enough for me! :lol
And it clearly is counting my W/L across both Grab Bag and Free for All. I have a 1.0 W/L in Grab Bag, and 0 W/L in FFA :lol
That said, looking at everybody else's stats makes me realize that I still don't have the hang of this game. I'm clearly playing too conservatively. And it doesn't help that my aim sucks in this game! I can't headshot for shit.
Still having a lot of fun with it though. I'll never be competitive (I'm definitely steering clear of the Arena), but it's great fun with my buddies
And it clearly is counting my W/L across both Grab Bag and Free for All. I have a 1.0 W/L in Grab Bag, and 0 W/L in FFA :lol
That said, looking at everybody else's stats makes me realize that I still don't have the hang of this game. I'm clearly playing too conservatively. And it doesn't help that my aim sucks in this game! I can't headshot for shit.
Still having a lot of fun with it though. I'll never be competitive (I'm definitely steering clear of the Arena), but it's great fun with my buddies
Prophet Steve
Member
Feindflug said:Hey guys anyone have the quote that urk said that the weapon ghosting is already/gonna be fixed?
Thanks in advance.
urk said:
Here
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
My k/d is not great, but getting better. I think I am 1.2 or something in arena.
Wiggum2007
Junior Member
GhaleonEB said:
I like the one frag/one plasma start idea, but I wonder if rather than eliminating grenade pick-ups and having additional ones picked up from fallen players, perhaps keep grenades on certain areas of the map, but don't have players drop grenades upon death?
Shake Appeal
Member
Diablohead
Member
Nice and better shots but this stuff was found a few days back, not that it matters but it ticks me a bit when people never realise it's already been seen (the SA poster)Devin Olsen said:
Custom spartan stuff is going to be great if Bungie get it all in like this, body type, arm looks, shoulder pads, helmets with pieces, who knows what else!
To add there is more helms new and old hidden away in the beta also.
what it do what it do
Just starting to get comfortable with the DMR - I also hope that Arena ratings become more about playing well to win, than playing conservatively to get a good spread. Already had a couple people play that way, and sometimes its a hindrance when you get a teammate that goes 9-3, but doesn't help with important clashes.
bobs...onGaf
Member
Trickster said:
Yeah, sorry if my wording was a bit naff :lol
Son of Godzilla
Banned
My first arena match I got 1744. I thought this shit was supposed to be hard?
Just kidding, it was 3v4 and I got 26 kills.
Just kidding, it was 3v4 and I got 26 kills.
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
Wait, I got Onyx? With these poor stats? :lol
charsace said:
He was on the sword, and judging from his profile he wasn't new to FPSes or Halo. He'd already played a couple games of Arena before. He was just high or stupid or both. You don't need to know the map to pick up the Energy Sword when you are standing on it!
Anyways, I said I was in rage mode ;-)
Son of Godzilla
Banned
Also did urk say that plasma nades are 1 hit kills with full shields? Because they totally are. Non-stick of course.
I pulled a Gold. And that was playing just barely more than the minimum, with awful teammates to boot. I'll take it. Monday was the only day I actually had time to put into it and I pulled a 1650 or thereabouts. I'm hoping to pull the mythical jump up a Division, though I'm not holding my breath.
Net_Wrecker
Member
OH MAN that custom Spartan stuff looks great. I'd be REALLY happy if even when on Red vs. Blue, we could still look unique with colored "accessories" but team color base. And that Robotic Arm = AWWWW YEAH
Genesis Knight
Member
Basically a lot of people are Onyx because a very small percentage have actually gotten ranked.
Miggytronz
Member
BrLvgThrChmstry
Banned
Grinding for Onyx, I am. D:
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
How do you guys keep your k/d positive? My Halo 3 k/d (in social which I played most) was around +2000. :lol
In Reach, I seem to do OK and have a lot of positive games, but a lot of negative games. I am thinking objective has a lot to do with it, king of the hill is terrible for going negative. :lol
I guess that would explain why my k/d is positive in Arena.
In Reach, I seem to do OK and have a lot of positive games, but a lot of negative games. I am thinking objective has a lot to do with it, king of the hill is terrible for going negative. :lol
I guess that would explain why my k/d is positive in Arena.
Shake Appeal
Member
What those players don't realize is that it's better to go 19-18 than to go 9-3.t4ng0 said:
Hydranockz
Member
No offence to anyone here but the Onyx medals seem to be fair more common than I had hoped. I will reserve judement but I think the system still needs to kick in. After all, isn't there a chance to get demoted?
Diablohead
Member
The key question here is does your league rank show up in-game or just on the website? will be rather dull if you can't see it when in matchmaking.
BrLvgThrChmstry
Banned
just happen to put the controller down for second while at the Reach main menu, whoa, the initial theme that played (the one with the horns, trumpet, etc.) sounds amazing. Reminds me Star Wars...yep.
Zeouterlimits
Member
Changing the WPA key when I go home. I'd like to you know, use the network I own.
So I can play the thing I goddamn want to play.
Cuban Legend
Member
wow new sigs! Sweet.
They feel important (and they've drastically improved my k/d, I feel like I'm paying more attention) but they don't wreck you if you get outmatched or just have a crap game. Which is awesome.t4ng0 said:
Also yeah, I like how making assists important is shooting down the dreams of campers everywhere. You got 9 kills by sniping people I was shooting, *and* I got another 8 kills! Guess who's got the higher rating?
