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I did read the books. Most of the Battle of Reach occurred before Halo 1, though it continued until after the Master Chief came back. I believe the story is taking place before John departs to Halo. I may be wrong though.

Reach Beta coming soon! May 3rd!

got my odst disc ready.

im pretty sure the beta is the only reason people still have their odst disc. I 1000G'ed it in like the first couple weeks.

Can't wait for this shit, that last vid looked so awesome =D

My friend let me borrow ODST

true. tbh, i never played more than the first mission of ODST nor any firefight mode. i just use the multiplayer disc for the halo 3 maps

Firefight is pretty fun with 3 other friends. Spent several hours playing one time.

New ViDoc is up!

CANT WAIT for 3d may >.>

Same, 10 days left ugh

that new video made me pretty excited for the beta.

Indeed. I wish it was May 3rd already.

anyone check out any of the new videos that came out around yesterday?
some good gameplays showing off a lot of new stuff,
will post links if necessary

WoW. This is gonan be here soon lol. Still feels months away for some reason

Posted a new vid. Gameplay looks great. I can't wait to play some Invasion.

I don't mean to brag... but I got a beta key!!!

^same, won one on twitter from gameinformer<3
anyway, i'm going to get to my initial thoughts.

+ DMR > BR
+ needle Rifle > carbine
+ network coding is far superior to h3 (no dropping shots)
+ hitscan is BEAUTIFUL.
+ magnum is a great sidearm, very versatile, good at close range, good at assisting mid-range fights.
+ enjoying the new medals
+ the xp system will be nice for people who want to make themselves pretty.
+ new gametypes aren't terrible, would be surprised to see them in MLG but the concept of them is intriguing.
+ new sniper rifle is slightly easier to use
+ fall damage (which you can crouch last second to avoid i'm pretty sure, like in h1)
+ smooth textures, grenades don't get caught in random graphic crevices or bounce awkwardly.
+ new voting system is great

- powerhouse stockpile and one flag are pretty heavily imbalanced.
- plasma launcher too strong
- focus rifle arguably too strong
- magnum clip too small (an increase of 2-3 shots per clip would make a HUGE difference)
- reticle is too dull, get's lost in the scenery too often
- DMR bloom is a little much at times, not even close to gamebreaking however
- don't like the changes they made to swordbase during ctf games, leaves too many predictable routes to and from the flag room.

that's about all for now. armor abilities aren't too bad, i don't think i'm going to enjoy them forever, but they don't make me hate default settings like Halo 3 equipment did. so far it really seems like reach can challenge halo 2 if they don't change too much from the beta to retail, and mainly focus on polishing the game.

I trust what he says ^^

He was good at Halo 2 and Halo 3 and he plays MLG game types. People who play MLG game types tend to be better than the zomfg Assault Rifle lolololol spam kids in Match Making.

I believe I get my code tomorrow.

I wish I had a code...I would play 24/7 the whole weekend )= Now I gotta wait till monday ffs, what kind of date is that to release a beta.

Yea I got mine off of bungie.net when they were releasing a huge amount of keys on friday.
-The focus rifle is easily my fav wep, though you could argue that it is overpowered.
-DMR is great, though I tend to spam the trigger too fast lol
-Needle rifle is good. imo better than the carbine.
-I suck at aiming with the magnum, but it is a good gun.
-Armor abilities are awesome. Armor lock is my least fav. I haven't found many situations where it's useful. Evade is my fav, though it's only for elites. Sprint imo the the most useful for Spartans with camo second. The jetpacks are nice, but they are way too annoying on powerhouse.
-Stockpile is pretty fun, haven't played headhunter yet.
-Loading times are drastically reduced.

Will post more later.

Sorry if it has been already asked,but will it be a stand-alone? Would I need ODST or Halo3 to play Reach?

You need ODST to play the beta unless you got a key.

Yeah and the actual game will have his own disc/limited editions etc..Anyone got a spare key? I'd kill to play it this weekend x.X

*bump*

Downloading the beta =D So close I can almost feel it.

slayer pro makes me so happy.
mlg is going to do great things with this game

I said this from the first time I played it.

"Once MLG gets ahold of this game, it will be so much better."
Except it was in more of a qq equipment things suck way.

Get on yo msn negro

Woot already pissed off by the jetpacks =D Can't use them in combat cuz of the bumper jumper layout >.<

I switched back to Default button layout for that reason.

yeh i used bumper jumper pretty much all of halo 3, but i think the best layout personally for reach is default or recon
reason: so you can aim while using jetpack/sprint
reason2: jumping is much less of a necessity now, and jumping in a fight hinders you with a rifle because it increases your bloom effect.
i chose recon