Beta in Reach?

Sorry, i think i saw something in one of those start-up messages in Reach, but i had just gotten home from a hospital stay for surgery, and was still rather drugged from pain meds. Can anyone confirm/deny this?

Beta Hoppers are to test out various TU settings on October 4th. In this period, user feedback from the forum and collected in game data will help shape the final TU settings.

That’s pretty much the gist of it.

Confirmed. A few days ago there was a TU that changed the multiplayer baseline so, on Oct. 4, 343 can release the main update. Beta Hoppers will be a matchmaking playlist that uses no bloom, add CE pistol, etc. It will also decrease the effects of Armor Abilities, and give Reach an overall more classic feel. For when CEA’s maps come out on Nov. 15.