Hey,
Beginner halo player here, been playing halo reach solo campaign mode on the easier level. Is anyone able to give me any advice? I feel like I’m learning the basic controls, but I don’t really understand the context of the halo series, or where I’m goingas I understand that there is much more to the game than solo campaigns
Thanks
> Hey,
>
> Beginner halo player here, been playing halo reach solo campaign mode on the easier level. Is anyone able to give me any advice? I feel like I’m learning the basic controls, but I don’t really understand the context of the halo series, or where I’m goingas I understand that there is much more to the game than solo campaigns
>
> Thanks
I’m not sure what you mean, do you mean story-wise or actual gameplay advice?
I’m after a bit of story-wise knowledge, and also some advice on what experienced players would recommend a beginner should do before progressing to online multiplayer
any advice would be greatly appreciated
> I’m after a bit of story-wise knowledge, and also some advice on what experienced players would recommend a beginner should do before progressing to online multiplayer
>
> any advice would be greatly appreciated
well to start off, if you want some off-line training campaign on heroic is a good spot, i remember when i started playing, after i played that difficulty in H3, my kills increased by 4, but theres not much advice i can give other then that.
Story-wise Halo: reach takes place 3 month before the end of the human-covenant war. A war that has spawned 30 years and is due to humanity hiding it’s colonies from the covenant which slowed the covenant advance drastically. They have leaned the position of reach which is the most powerful military asset humans have, and halo reach is the prequel to the first halo (combat evolved). If you want more details, i suggest you look at halopedia.
> I’m after a bit of story-wise knowledge, and also some advice on what experienced players would recommend a beginner should do before progressing to online multiplayer
>
> any advice would be greatly appreciated
I would suggest getting familiar with the mechanics of the game. So that means getting used to pacing/semi-pacing your shots (waiting for the reticule to reset before shooting again). Also, the timing of your grenades. Getting used to vehicle driving may be a good idea. Also, play around with the weapons (especially the DMR, Needle Rifle, and the pistol) so that you can control them, know how fast they reload, etc.
Another tip would be to get used to some of the AAs like Sprint, Jet-Pack, and Active Camo. Those are in pretty much every playlist online, so knowing how to control yourself when jet-packing and shooting from up high.
And yah, playing the story on Heroic can be a big jump from easy, but it will definitely help develop Halo-survival skills.
> I’m after a bit of story-wise knowledge, and also some advice on what experienced players would recommend a beginner should do before progressing to online multiplayer
>
> any advice would be greatly appreciated
Firefight seems like it would be a good beginer type playlist , plus your playing with up to 3 other people so you could make some friends…then id ease into normal matchmaking through btb or action sack,with big team theres alot of people on big maps so as long as you avoid the enemy tank,sniper,and mini wraith you should be good.also action sack is pretty good there generaly aint alot of high lvl people in there and theres alot of different gametypes n everything so you could get used to the gameplay.or grifball that is extremely fun in my eyes. anyways hope that helps even a little and welcome to halo!
MrCheesy’s top 10 tips (aka, common knowledge) for new players!
Tip 1! Know your maps.
It’s important to know the layout of the maps you’re going to be playing on. If you don’t know where the player/weapon spawns are let alone the map’s geometry don’t expect to do well! Just go into Forge and fly around! Take a few mental notes of anything that might help your game, like the position of power weapons (rocket launcher, sniper, energy sword, etc.) and clusters of player spawns. It’s nice to know where those health packs are too!
Tip 2! Learn how to time power weapons.
One of the many keys to victory in Halo is learning how to time power weapons. If you go into Forge and load up Boardwalk, then fly on over to the rockets and press X whilst targeting 'em you’ll notice the weapon’s spawn time to be set to 180 seconds (3 minutes). What this means is that 3 minutes after picking up the rocket launcher on Boardwalk another will spawn! So if you pick them rocks up at 6:30 make sure you’re at their spawn at 3:30, because another batch will magically appear! It’s like magic really…
It’s important to know the power weapon spawns because it’ll help you and your team “control” them, and since power weapons make killing easy it’ll help your team win! Get timing!
Tip 3! Find a sensitivity and button configuration you feel comfortable with.
It’s incredibly important to find a sensitivity and button configuration you feel comfortable with. Play around with it a bit, and see which one you like best. Don’t try and force yourself to use a high sens. or bumper jumper just because that’s what the pros use.
Tip 4! Learn the “flow” of each map.
Each map flows differently. Some sections of the map will be high in player traffic whilst others will be considerably quieter. After a playing session it’s nice to use the theater feature to just check out the general flow (where they go) of players in some of your matches. This is also a good time to look at your flaws. How did you die and why? What can you do to prevent it next time? One thing that’s pretty much universal to all maps when it comes to flow is the power weapon rush; at the start of the game people will rush the power weapons, you should to. But be smart about it.
Tip 5! Find a team and use call outs.
Whether it’s a bunch of friends or a bunch of total strangers you met over the interwebs be sure you all have microphones and tell each other what is happening. Call out everything that you think is important, but the call out should be quick and simple. For instance, if an enemy on Asylum is in the big center structure you could say to your team: “1 ring 2”. The “1” is the number of players and the “ring” is where he/they are and the “2” is the floor they’re on. If there were 3 enemies right on top of the sword spawn on Asylum you could say: “3 ring 1”. Feel free to make up your own.
Tip 6! Practice.
Like they say, practice makes perfect! However, this doesn’t mean playing for 10 hours straight per day. The quality of the practice is far more important than the quantity. For example, playing for an hour whilst actively analyzing your game and trying to improve your flaws and tactics is far better than playing for 3 hours straight just blindly rushing everything.
Tip 7! Learn about the weapons and armour abilities.
In a custom or forge game just play about with all the different guns and AAs. Just get a general feel for how they work. Though I suspect you’ve already done this through the campaign.
Tip 8! Work on you tactics.
Blindly rushing your opponents might work with lower skilled players, but it’s not a good habit and if you don’t need to form it don’t, as it can become a hard thing to break out of. Try and predict what your opponents will do and react on those predictions. The more data you have the more accurate your predications will be, and an easy way of getting data is by your team using call outs.
Tip 9! Don’t chase.
If you’ve got someone down to no shields and he runs behind a corner it’s best to just let him go. Try your luck and throw a few grenades after him if you must, and who knows, you might get a kill. Just don’t chase him down as this puts you in a very predictable, and therefore dangerous, position. There’s always a next time…
Tip 10! Use the mute feature.
If someone’s throwing trash talk at ya mute his -Yoink-. Don’t come on the forums and complain. Just mute and file a XBL report if you must.
That’s all I can think of atm… GLHF.
Thanks for all the help! I have been really getting into Halo and all the advice here has been very useful 
If you really want to get into the story, I’d suggest looking into the books. The Fall of Reach is a fantastic novel to start with. (and I wish the game was canonically aligned with it, but alas…) The only one I’d caution you about is The Flood, which comes after the Fall of Reach and during Halo: Combat Evolved. It’s the only one that’s not very well-written and may be difficult to get through.
> MrCheesy’s top 10 tips (aka, common knowledge) for new players!
>
> Tip 1! Know your maps.
> It’s important to know the layout of the maps you’re going to be playing on. If you don’t know where the player/weapon spawns are let alone the map’s geometry don’t expect to do well! Just go into Forge and fly around! Take a few mental notes of anything that might help your game, like the position of power weapons (rocket launcher, sniper, energy sword, etc.) and clusters of player spawns. It’s nice to know where those health packs are too!
>
> Tip 2! Learn how to time power weapons.
> One of the many keys to victory in Halo is learning how to time power weapons. If you go into Forge and load up Boardwalk, then fly on over to the rockets and press X whilst targeting 'em you’ll notice the weapon’s spawn time to be set to 180 seconds (3 minutes). What this means is that 3 minutes after picking up the rocket launcher on Boardwalk another will spawn! So if you pick them rocks up at 6:30 make sure you’re at their spawn at 3:30, because another batch will magically appear! It’s like magic really…
>
> It’s important to know the power weapon spawns because it’ll help you and your team “control” them, and since power weapons make killing easy it’ll help your team win! Get timing!
>
> Tip 3! Find a sensitivity and button configuration you feel comfortable with.
> It’s incredibly important to find a sensitivity and button configuration you feel comfortable with. Play around with it a bit, and see which one you like best. Don’t try and force yourself to use a high sens. or bumper jumper just because that’s what the pros use.
>
> Tip 4! Learn the “flow” of each map.
> Each map flows differently. Some sections of the map will be high in player traffic whilst others will be considerably quieter. After a playing session it’s nice to use the theater feature to just check out the general flow (where they go) of players in some of your matches. This is also a good time to look at your flaws. How did you die and why? What can you do to prevent it next time? One thing that’s pretty much universal to all maps when it comes to flow is the power weapon rush; at the start of the game people will rush the power weapons, you should to. But be smart about it.
>
> Tip 5! Find a team and use call outs.
> Whether it’s a bunch of friends or a bunch of total strangers you met over the interwebs be sure you all have microphones and tell each other what is happening. Call out everything that you think is important, but the call out should be quick and simple. For instance, if an enemy on Asylum is in the big center structure you could say to your team: “1 ring 2”. The “1” is the number of players and the “ring” is where he/they are and the “2” is the floor they’re on. If there were 3 enemies right on top of the sword spawn on Asylum you could say: “3 ring 1”. Feel free to make up your own.
>
> Tip 6! Practice.
> Like they say, practice makes perfect! However, this doesn’t mean playing for 10 hours straight per day. The quality of the practice is far more important than the quantity. For example, playing for an hour whilst actively analyzing your game and trying to improve your flaws and tactics is far better than playing for 3 hours straight just blindly rushing everything.
>
> Tip 7! Learn about the weapons and armour abilities.
> In a custom or forge game just play about with all the different guns and AAs. Just get a general feel for how they work. Though I suspect you’ve already done this through the campaign.
>
> Tip 8! Work on you tactics.
> Blindly rushing your opponents might work with lower skilled players, but it’s not a good habit and if you don’t need to form it don’t, as it can become a hard thing to break out of. Try and predict what your opponents will do and react on those predictions. The more data you have the more accurate your predications will be, and an easy way of getting data is by your team using call outs.
>
> Tip 9! Don’t chase.
> If you’ve got someone down to no shields and he runs behind a corner it’s best to just let him go. Try your luck and throw a few grenades after him if you must, and who knows, you might get a kill. Just don’t chase him down as this puts you in a very predictable, and therefore dangerous, position. There’s always a next time…
>
> Tip 10! Use the mute feature.
> If someone’s throwing trash talk at ya mute his -Yoink!-. Don’t come on the forums and complain. Just mute and file a XBL report if you must.
>
> That’s all I can think of atm… GLHF.
This is great advice! Only a couple of things I would ad “Stay Alive” and pick your battles. If your opponent has the 1st shot on you, odds are you do not want to challenge them. 1st thing to work on is your DMR shot and nade placement. When you find an opponent you want to engage place a nade at their feet first and then shoot them.
Watch your game’s in theater, this will help you more than anything else!
> Hey,
>
> Beginner halo player here, been playing halo reach solo campaign mode on the easier level. Is anyone able to give me any advice? I feel like I’m learning the basic controls, but I don’t really understand the context of the halo series, or where I’m goingas I understand that there is much more to the game than solo campaigns
>
> Thanks
Start watching MLG gameplay videos and take notes. MLG Pro players are the best in the world at Halo so if you want to see the best then go to mlgpro.com!
Ok heres somethings when you play matchmaking get power weapons like sniper, rocket, etc. When shooting with sniper go somewhere hidden like behing a leafy tree. Get sticky grenades in my opinion their better than the original. Always watch your back, you never no if someone is behind you.If your playing in asylum i suggest you get the sniper. It has some great spots there.If your playing in a place with vechiles get the reverent it has a powerful gun. But if your with 2 or more i suggest you get a warthog thats either rockets or gauss default is not as powerful as rockets and gauss. Before you melee someone get a couple of shots in them. Well thats all i have for now.
Always vote for DMRs or always pick up the DMR and spam.
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> Hey,
>
> Beginner halo player here, been playing halo reach solo campaign mode on the easier level. Is anyone able to give me any advice? I feel like I’m learning the basic controls, but I don’t really understand the context of the halo series, or where I’m goingas I understand that there is much more to the game than solo campaigns
>
> Thanks
hey just watch all the videos here and you will get caught up
> > I’m after a bit of story-wise knowledge, and also some advice on what experienced players would recommend a beginner should do before progressing to online multiplayer
> >
> > any advice would be greatly appreciated
>
> well to start off, if you want some off-line training campaign on heroic is a good spot, i remember when i started playing, after i played that difficulty in H3, my kills increased by 4, but theres not much advice i can give other then that.
>
> Story-wise Halo: reach takes place 3 month before the end of the human-covenant war. A war that has spawned 30 years and is due to humanity hiding it’s colonies from the covenant which slowed the covenant advance drastically. They have leaned the position of reach which is the most powerful military asset humans have, and halo reach is the prequel to the first halo (combat evolved). If you want more details, i suggest you look at halopedia.
are you seriously telling a Halo beginner to play his first campaign on Heroic? serious??
and did you HAVE to spoil the story for him? i remember when i first found out the covenant war had ended (i still hadnt played H3 yet), i was like… SEROIOUSLY?? you had to tell me that??
OP:
since youre totally new to Halo, i suggest this. put down reach. then, play and read all the books and game in order. thats really the best way to experience Halo.
also. if this is your first FPS, i suggest playing on Easy. if youve played FPS before, just go to Normal. after youve beaten a campaign or two, then you can try Heroic. but i wouldnt even touch Legendary until youve played a ton of Halo.
> Hey,
>
> Beginner halo player here, been playing halo reach solo campaign mode on the easier level. Is anyone able to give me any advice? I feel like I’m learning the basic controls, but I don’t really understand the context of the halo series, or where I’m goingas I understand that there is much more to the game than solo campaigns
>
> Thanks
Also an easy way to get caught up on halo game history is to watch the cutscenes on youtube
Halo: combat evolved All cutscenes
Halo 2 All game cutscenes
all halo 3 cutscenes
when doen there go check out ODST and Halo Wars cutscenes. ENJOY!