I’ve spent a long time away from Reach. I keep coming back and trying to play vanilla, and even TU Reach, but I just get bored or frustrated and quit. I recently went and played some of the Anniversary playlists, and I have to say it’s definitely a lot more fun that the rest of Reach right now. Point of this thread is, while these playlists are really fun, they’re not perfect; and I have some suggestions for making them the best they can be.
-Remove bloom completely. Even though it pretty much resets before you can fire again, it would still be nice to see it gone completely.
-Increase the jump height and gravity. It feels like it’s even lower in this gametype than vanilla Reach because of the gravity. Make us jump higher and have a little float at the top, just like past Halo’s.
-Make Anniversary playlists ONLY have classic gametypes. I don’t want to see a snippet of normal Reach in there, and if I have to play a TU gametype in the BTB playlist I’ll honestly just dashboard it. It makes sense, if the BTB playlist was updated to have the TU, then why should the Anniversary BTB playlist have TU gametypes?
-Make the rest of the weapons function a little more similar to their CE counterparts. Yeah, the pistol feels good, but the rockets RoF is too high compared to CE, and so on. Do a little more weapon balancing to make them feel like the CE weapons. Kill times are great for the pistol, but the rest of the weapons remain untouched. Make other weapons useful, with their CE fast kill times.
-Grenades, grenades, grenades. Spawning with one grenade, I can’t remember if it was like this in CE, but it feels wrong. We should spawn with 2. Also let us carry 4 of each grenade type (it’s possible in custom games, so it should be cake for this playlist).
-Playlists and maps. I suggest that the Anniversary Classic playlist only uses the 6 maps that came with Halo CEA, but the Anniversary Squad uses the rest of the maps from Reach. It would add a little more variety for those who want classic gameplay but want to play on more maps. You could also add community remakes to Squad similar to the Classic playlist before CEA’s launch (Lockout, RatRace, Midship, etc. They’d all be welcomed back)
I feel like if some love was given to the Anniversary playlists, it would attract even more players to it. So please 343, remember that it is supposed to be a classic experience so make it as close to CE as possible! I know some stuff is impossible, but a lot of things are in your power that would add to the classic experience.
What do you guys think? Any suggestions or criticisms?
> I’ve spent a long time away from Reach. I keep coming back and trying to play vanilla, and even TU Reach, but I just get bored or frustrated and quit. I recently went and played some of the Anniversary playlists, and I have to say it’s definitely a lot more fun that the rest of Reach right now. Point of this thread is, while these playlists are really fun, they’re not perfect; and I have some suggestions for making them the best they can be.
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> -Remove bloom completely. Even though for the pistol it pretty much resets before you can fire again, it would still be nice to see it gone completely.
> <mark>The reticule bloom on the pistol has no effect on your accuracy as long as you are tapping the trigger and not holding the trigger down, it was something they couldn’t remove if they wanted to keep the automatic firing</mark>
> -Increase the jump height and gravity. It feels like it’s even lower in this gametype than vanilla Reach because of the gravity. Make us jump higher and have a little float at the top, just like past Halo’s.
> <mark>Fully agreed with this</mark>
> -Make Anniversary playlists ONLY have classic gametypes. I don’t want to see a snippet of normal Reach in there, and if I have to play a TU gametype in the BTB playlist I’ll honestly just dashboard it. It makes sense, if the BTB playlist was updated to have the TU, then why should the Anniversary BTB playlist have TU gametypes?
> <mark>Anniversary Classic is the playlist for you, Squad and other playlists will always have Reach counterparts</mark>
> -Make the rest of the weapons function a little more similar to their CE counterparts. Yeah, the pistol feels good, but the rockets RoF is too high compared to CE, and so on. Do a little more weapon balancing to make them feel like the CE weapons. Kill times are great for the pistol, but the rest of the weapons remain untouched. Make other weapons useful, with their CE fast kill times.
> <mark>Things like this were most likely planned but cut due to time constraints, if I am right, 343 only managed to configure the Pistols RoF, Damage and things of that manner, others would require another TU.</mark>
> -Grenades, grenades, grenades. Spawning with one grenade, I can’t remember if it was like this in CE, but it feels wrong. We should spawn with 2. Also let us carry 4 of each grenade type (it’s possible in custom games, so it should be cake for this playlist).
> <mark>While I am ok about the two grenades, four grenades would be a joke, classic or not, they were stupid, also, you can choose to spawn with four of X type of grenades, however, once you have thrown them, you can only carry two until you respawn.</mark>
> -Playlists and maps. I suggest that the Anniversary Classic playlist only uses the 6 maps that came with Halo CEA, but the Anniversary Squad uses the rest of the maps from Reach. It would add a little more variety for those who want classic gameplay but want to play on more maps. You could also add community remakes to Squad similar to the Classic playlist before CEA’s launch (Lockout, RatRace, Midship, etc. They’d all be welcomed back)
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> <mark>You are forgetting that those who play off the Anniversary disk only have the seven maps, they don’t have Forge World and never will, meaning adding these would be a hinder, how do you propose allowing those without Reach to play them?</mark>
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> I feel like if some love was given to the Anniversary playlists, it would attract even more players to it. So please 343, remember that it is supposed to be a classic experience so make it as close to CE as possible! I know some stuff is impossible, but a lot of things are in your power that would add to the classic experience.
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> What do you guys think? Any suggestions or criticisms?
I don’t mind, but I can’t stand Anniv. on Ridgeline/Timberland. Always sniping and pistol.
> The reticule bloom on the pistol has no effect on your accuracy as long as you are tapping the trigger and not holding the trigger down, it was something they couldn’t remove if they wanted to keep the automatic firing
> <mark>I understand this, but I guess what I’m getting at is for other weapons such as the DMR, no bloom would be best for a classic gametype. Although I guess I’m contradicting myself, since if there was a pure classic experience the DMR wouldn’t exist.</mark>
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> Anniversary Classic is the playlist for you, Squad and other playlists will always have Reach counterparts
> <mark>I know that Classic is the playlist for pure classic gameplay, but what I’m saying is that with the TU spreading to other playlists, there doesn’t seem to be much of a point to having TU gametypes in the Anniversary playlists. People don’t play them to play normal Reach, or else they would just go play the normal playlist.</mark>
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> Things like this were most likely planned but cut due to time constraints, if I am right, 343 only managed to configure the Pistols RoF, Damage and things of that manner, others would require another TU.
> <mark>That’s what I was suggesting. If it comes down to it, make another title update. Other games get title updates rather frequently, so it shouldn’t be much of a problem.</mark>
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> While I am ok about the two grenades, four grenades would be a joke, classic or not, they were stupid, also, you can choose to spawn with four of X type of grenades, however, once you have thrown them, you can only carry two until you respawn.
> <mark>I’m aware of that, but I’m sure with some coding changes it would be simple to bypass the pickup limit. I guess the 4 grenades would be a matter of opinion. With Reach’s “power level” of grenades, 4 would be overkill.</mark>
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> You are forgetting that those who play off the Anniversary disk only have the seven maps, they don’t have Forge World and never will, meaning adding these would be a hinder, how do you propose allowing those without Reach to play them?
> <mark>Honestly, you got me there. I didn’t really think about that. All that I can say is that most people who bought Halo Anniversary would most likely have Reach, unless they traded it in. All I can propose is that since Squad and Classic would technically have the same gameplay (if my proposed playlist changes went into effect), just with different maps, it wouldn’t be much of a problem.</mark>
Umm…you dont have to hold the trigger down to get bloom.
Im so tired of the spammers beating me cuz i choose to pace, bloom should be taken out.
> > I understand this, but I guess what I’m getting at is for other weapons such as the DMR, no bloom would be best for a classic gametype. Although I guess I’m contradicting myself, since if there was a pure classic experience the DMR wouldn’t exist.
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> > <mark>Suppose, but weapons like the AR did have bullet spread, bloom is the best you can get to this in Reach, it is worth keeping.</mark>
> > <mark>I know that Classic is the playlist for pure classic gameplay, but what I’m saying is that with the TU spreading to other playlists, there doesn’t seem to be much of a point to having TU gametypes in the Anniversary playlists. People don’t play them to play normal Reach, or else they would just go play the normal playlist.</mark>
> > <mark><mark>I always assumed they had TU settings in the Anniversary Squad playlist to let people have a spice up of gameplay, mainly to let those with just Anniversary try out Reach’s gameplay style and maybe purchase it in the future.</mark></mark>
> > <mark>That’s what I was suggesting. If it comes down to it, make another title update. Other games get title updates rather frequently, so it shouldn’t be much of a problem.</mark>
> > <mark><mark>It’s unlikely they will do another Title Update any time soon with Halo 4 down the line, Anniversary was released and what ever was going to be changed in it, has been, also, other games aren’t Halo, games like Call of Duty, mainly MW3, has had about 7 Title Updates at this time, it is much easier to do a Title Update for other games compared to Halo.</mark></mark>
> > <mark>I’m aware of that, but I’m sure with some coding changes it would be simple to bypass the pickup limit. I guess the 4 grenades would be a matter of opinion. With Reach’s “power level” of grenades, 4 would be overkill.</mark>
> > <mark><mark>I did contradict myself there to be honest, the nades in Halo CE were beastly OP, I think two would do me off spawn and two pick up, just to get more of the Classic feel.</mark></mark>
> > <mark>Honestly, you got me there. I didn’t really think about that. All that I can say is that most people who bought Halo Anniversary would most likely have Reach, unless they traded it in. All I can propose is that since Squad and Classic would technically have the same gameplay (if my proposed playlist changes went into effect), just with different maps, it wouldn’t be much of a problem.</mark>
> > <mark><mark>Although a common misconception, not many people with Anniversary have Reach, its clear when you hop into the lobbies in Anniversary Classic and see people lower than Lt. Colonel who have only ever played Reach’s MP and Anniversary and the only reason Reach’s MP shows up in their game history is because when going on to Anniversary’s Multiplayer, it says you are on Halo: Reach.</mark></mark>
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> Umm…you dont have to hold the trigger down to get bloom.
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> Im so tired of the spammers beating me cuz i choose to pace, bloom should be taken out.
The visual bloom on the pistol doesn’t affect your accuracy unless you hold the trigger down, try firing it against the wall by tapping, then by automatic firing, you will see that tapping will always have it within the default circle, while automatic will go as far as the bloom does.
If the grenades in Reach actually had the CE time fuse, I might of agreed to give more than 1 but, since they are still the grenukes from Reach… 1 is enough.