The Director

There are ways to create custom games like this, the only trouble is finding players willing to play custom games with you xD And this actually has led me to an idea! I gotta create a thread, brb

In Halo CE (the first one) they did not have random bullet spreads in single shot weapons. This is why you could kill people (fully shielded people at that) from across Blood Gulch with the magnum. In Halo 2 all weapons were hit-scan, no random bullet spread, and went where you pointed them (except fully automatic and covenant). Halo 3 introduced non-hitscan weapons with random bullet spread. The BR was a 3 bullet burst. The first bullet went directly in the middle of the reticle every time, perfectly. Th other 2 bullets had a percentage chance to land inside of the reticle, second bullet a higher chance than the third. The Sniper Rifle, Beam Rifle, Carbine, and the Pistol were all hit-scan and (with the exception of the carbine) went exactly dead center of the reticle with each shot. Reach introduced the single fire DMR, if the bloom is reset completely the bullet will go directly in the center of the reticle AND the weapons are hit-scan but if you spam your shots, the bullets start to stray from their intended target. In other words, if you are pointing directly at someone's head, and firing your little heart out, then the bullets will hit the head once or twice, then hit the area AROUND the head after that. And there is no such thing as "dealing with inaccuracy" because inaccuracy is random, and therefor uncontrollable. So instead of a game of skill, you are just rolling dice on where your shots after the second one fired are going to land. This is why people spam the crap out of the pistol and DMR. To increase the odds of the bullets actually hitting their target. It takes four shots from the DMR to pop a shield, and if someone is spamming, those four shots will hit WAY faster than if someone is actually aiming and pacing their shots to compensate for the bullet spread. And the AF (after first) shots in Halo Reach are FAR more random than the ones in Halo CE, Halo 2, and Halo 3. If you took the randomness of all three games and added them up, it would probably be HALF of Reach. Take our match on the Classic Slayer game we played. I didn't even AIM with half my shots, just pointed and pulled the trigger as many times as possible, and still got a pretty decent score. If it was Halo 1 or 2, that type of behavior would have gotten me a -15 spread. Even on Halo 3 it was a game of aim rather than spray and pray. Don't get me wrong, I like Reach, I just do not want to see an inhuman hybrid of COD and Halo. COD doesn't take skill to own on. I am HORRIBLE at games like that, and I was first prestige two days after the game came out. I don't care if Halo changes, just as long as it's for the better. Halo is a legendary franchise, and deserves more than being turned into just another fps. But anyways, we are a bit off topic now. For me, dual wielding is a go.

I like the idea, and think it should be added. Like, in the options part where you can invert your controller instead of an actual button to do it. I probably wouldn't use it though, so I could see the sides and rear of the hog to avoid people that shouldn't be in the gunner seat (the other team, for instance) from hopping in and tearing up my team...

lmao it would take more than just you to get it to happen though xD

I love Dubstep. But only the ones that go WHOOPWOPWOPWOWPWOPWOPWHOOOP

Look up my stats. Then see how much SWAT I play. Then look how many assassinations I have. It's actually easier on SWAT thanks to reticle bloom and lack of a motion tracker. All you have to do is surprise someone, and they start spamming. Then you rotate your camera in their general direction and once the cinematic is finished just aim a little bit more and pull the trigger for the double. If there are more then one, maybe you will get a triple. I've only been showstopped two or three times (that I remember) in all of the games I've played, and it was NEVER from a headshot, because during the assassination cinematic your head moves erratically and is harder to hit than if you were sprinting.

Except that the filters of which you speak actually prevent people from creating crude gamertags for x-box live. Trust me, tried to make one that was WILDLY inappropriate. And I know two people who have changed their g-tags by having people report them. The system used is the same one for reports about system tampering and glitching. If there are enough reports about system tampering and glitching, then BLAMO, autobanned. The system was created with the logic of "Well, whatever filter we make, someone will figure out a way through it, and we have more important things to do, so if it offends enough people then we will make them change it." You would be surprised at how few people who have gtags that say things like "Baibeetr91" actually get forced to change their tags.

Mine is a mix of Mudvayne, Disturbed, MSI, Eminem, Sugar Ray, Smashing Pumpkins and a few dozen other rock/rap/alternative artists that equal about 360 or so songs.

Alright, I have seen topics like this in other forums, but didn't see one here, so I figured I would put it here What is your favorite song/songs to listen to while playing Halo Reach? Is it an Album, a Radio, or just a mixed CD or MP3 player? Or, do you prefer to just listen to the games music and side effects? No tagging/bashing people for their music preferences either.

I'm really not sure how it would work, but if they made it work, I would play it. I've always wanted a MMORPG for the 360 Well, one that isn't pay to play...

Large amount of breast pumps.

Spam bots. Why do they even call it spam anyways? Isn't spam a lunch meat? What does lunch meat have to do with the internet and annoying people by flooding posts? Ah, but I digress. Spam bots are bad mmkay.

No. Just... No. Not even a little bitty bit. My head will explode if they have AA's in Halo 4 without a very good way of explaining them.

Eh, maybe an option to change it from horizontal to vertical, because some people DO play better that way (for whatever reason). It's sort of like the whole "inverted" thing though. It's not something that really matters, but it might help some play better.

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You can add me, mine is easier to remember lol AAN2

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Well hello to you too!

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Welcome! And just remember, leave the trolling on bungie's forums. :3

I think it's cute how people think that a company as large as Microsoft actually even READ filed reports. xD Basically here is what happens. A report is filed. The automated system that Microsoft has in place notes this report. If there are enough similar reports, the system takes action with either a ban, warning, or making someone change their gamertag. No one actually READS the reports, because there are simply too many made on a daily basis. So Vincent, all you have to do is ask your friends to report your g-tag, or if you don't have friends, make some, and then get THEM to report your gtag.

I just want achievements for Halo 2... :3

I check it every time I get on lol Only because I want to see what people capture me doing xD

It makes me feel old to say this, but I miss the days of picking up a Plasma Pistol and an SMG and just ruining peoples days. Since I'm more of a SWAT player anyways, I also liked the PP/Pistol combo, since then shields would not save people from my deadly ability to put a hunk of lead into someone's skull. Dual wielding Needlers was also awesome, and it wasn't like you automatically became a God with two weapons. You still got killed by players that were better than you, or were lucky. And it's not like there weren't drawbacks. You lost the ability to melee in a moments notice, and to throw grenades as well. As far as adding MORE drawbacks to it, all I have to say is that a Spartan is almost more machine than man, it is implausible that a Spartan would have ANY of the same weaknesses as a normal human being. Mjolnir armor adds to their "regular" abilities (which are far superior to ANY normal soldier) as well. The Spartan II's and III's are the closest that any human being has ever been to a walking tank. It makes no sense at all for them to feel ANY recoil from anything short of a .50 cal. Unless John's armor were extremely degraded, the effect of him holding a rifle or pistol should be the same effect as putting the same rifle or pistol into a vice. To move away from Canon and whatnot, why the HELL would you want ANY weapon to be less accurate? If you make a weapon less accurate, that detracts from the skill it takes to actually AIM the damned thing. Halo has never been a game of pure skill, but it definitely used to be harder to get a killing spree when the bullets actually went where you pointed them rather then the new "it might go here" system they have in Reach. It used to be that COD and similar titles took things from Halo to make THEIR games better. Adding bloom and decreasing accuracy just makes Halo more like COD and similar titles. What's next? Shaky sniper scopes and holding your breath to take a shot? If you don't like Halo the way it's meant to be, then go play a different game, rather than trying to make Halo into that game. Halo makes so much money anyways that it sure won't miss you at all. /rant