Halo: Reach Discussion

I'm going to stick with limited edition, aint spending like £100 on a dam game, model and bloody flames...

10 pound hand painted statue.

I would think that, coupled with all the other goodies they give you, is worth the price.

I'm getting Legendary. Going to put the statue right next to my Legendary helmet.

so yeah, seeing the vidoc, I'm also worried about Armor Lock and Evade.

Since apparently Armor Lock can kill another player if they're close enough, it means you have to effectively kill a dude who's using it instantly if you have anything shorter range than a pistol; otherwise the lock wave will hit you and boom dead. Evade looks like the dive roll from Gears, and it looks like it's going to be abused just as horribly.

Most other stuff looks pretty cool though; again, I want theater mode for these particle effects, they are delicious

You can only evade twice, and then you have a recharge timer. I doubt it's going to be spammed THAT much.

And I'm pretty sure the only thing which can kill you from Armor Lock is if the dude remains in the lock for the maximum possible time. Perfect time to get away and peg him from range as soon as he gets out.

Yeah I was guessing that the dude who got murdered by the lock in the vidoc was either dumb or already at low shields. Really I think it could have good application in KOTH, if it's available there. But if a dude locks and you don't have anything save a short-range weapon, it could still be eh. Maybe you'd have time to get in there while he's getting up.

Didn't hear that evade had a recharge timer, so that's good to know

That guy didn't get killed by the armor lock. The emp pushed him back and then he was killed by a grenade.

Legendary will actually be in short supply this time. It won't be like Halo 3's "cat helmet". So I said fuck it and pre-ordered it. Will have to line it up with my cat helmet and 7ft tall MC statue, assuming I don't ebay it off before sept. comes around

oh god so now not only do we have to preorder to get exclusive content, we have to preorder the most expensive fucking thing? no. looking back now, im glad i didnt buy halo 3 legendary because i realized i dont like it anymore. i dont think ill be buying anything but the game this time either.

or do you not have to preorder for the flaming armor and shit?

Pre-ordering is not required to get any of the features any edition includes.