Where now?
I’ve finally obtained the Haunted Helmet.
I’ve been back and completed Halo3 and Halo3:ODST on Legendary to get the 100% armour.
I’ve climbed back from a .34 k/d (no, that’s not a misprint) to over 1.1. And I know that doesn’t compare with many others but it took me two years of graft.
I remember when I used to look on in envy at all the better players who would end games with 20+ kills at the time I counted it a success if I broke even.
Now I frequently top my team’s kill list - I’ve even had Perfections for Chrissakes.
Sometimes I still get beat, but not as badly.
Sometimes I still go negative, but by not as much.
And these times are usually after I’ve been playing too long a session and have lost my edge.
I’ve been narrow-focused and have played all the Halo variants to the exclusion of other shooters - and I’ve been laser-focused on climbing the ranks in Reach, by doing Challenges and concentrating on MM.
So, where now?
How do you all keep your enthusiasm for playing?
I used Reach as my escape and relaxation from doing two stressful jobs and having the focus on achieving the Haunted Helmet gave me a target to aim at.
I’m at 78% commendations but feel a bit meh about going to 100.
So what do you think - should I just play for gulp fun?
Hell yeah, play for fun. It’s supposed to be your escape, not a third job!
Maybe you could go for all the achievments if you dont have them already.
You should get into Map Building on REACH
I find it very relaxing. You can check my fileshare if you’d like some ideas.
Although, If you don’t have many friends, a custom map and gametype won’t be much fun if it’s just you 
Thanks guys.
My problem is I need a target to aim at (and not just thru the scope of my DMR) and this is why I kinda stopped playing H4 after maxing at 130.
I’ve been checking my commendations and some of them - the one’s not maxed - are in the high nineties% so I’ll play them out to max.
That’ll keep me going…
> I’ve climbed back from a .34 k/d (no, that’s not a misprint) to over 1.1.
Congratulations on getting the haunted helmet! I’m still a ways off, but it will come eventually.
Curious about your playing. There are probably many reasons why your MM k/d improved, but what would you say are the top 2-3 reasons why your k/d improved?
Thanks for the congrats - appreciated.
As for the k/d:
Probably the reason my k/d went so low was that I didn’t learn the craft - I didn’t play the Campaign nor FF to learn weapons, aiming, AA etc. I just jumped right in to MM and got murdered.
My reasons for improving? Well, I learned not to go rushing in solo to a fight against 2 or 3 opponents - I learned to pick my fights and back off round a corner if overwhelmed. I played reams and reams of Skirmigeddon Score Attack to improve my headshots. I bought Anniversary CE and started playing loads of AnniSlayer with the 3sk Pistol. And I learned the maps!!!
But the most important thing - I stopped panicking and spraying bullets from here to Florida! Like Chilli Palmer said, “Be Cool”.
I’ve thought about starting another account and coming in as a sneaky noob just to see how high I could get my k/d - but life’s too short for such nonsense, though I’m sure some do it.
> Thanks guys.
> My problem is I need a target to aim at (and not just thru the scope of my DMR) and this is why I kinda <mark>stopped playing H4 after maxing at 130.</mark>
> I’ve been checking my commendations and some of them - the one’s not maxed - are in the high nineties% so I’ll play them out to max.
>
> That’ll keep me going…
I hear this a lot about video games and I don’t get it.
If I love a game, I’ll play for years … I was still playing Combat Evolved on PC up until Anniversary was released, and I had Reach so it wasn’t for lack of options.
Then when I got Anniversary (day one) I played those two campaigns back-to-back half-a-dozen times.
Make new friends thats what do on reach now days love the halo community see you on the battlefield.
GT:HT GDM
> > Thanks guys.
> > My problem is I need a target to aim at (and not just thru the scope of my DMR) and this is why I kinda <mark>stopped playing H4 after maxing at 130.</mark>
> > I’ve been checking my commendations and some of them - the one’s not maxed - are in the high nineties% so I’ll play them out to max.
> >
> > That’ll keep me going…
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> I hear this a lot about video games and I don’t get it.
> If I love a game, I’ll play for years … I was still playing Combat Evolved on PC up until Anniversary was released, and I had Reach so it wasn’t for lack of options.
> Then when I got Anniversary (day one) I played those two campaigns back-to-back half-a-dozen times.
My problem was that I just didn’t like H4.
I remember when I got it I was a bit sad to be leaving Reach because I thought my full gaming life would be on the newer game. But I found the Campaign to be more of a chore than a pleasure - Spartan Ops quickly grew ‘old’ for me and wasn’t half as much fun as FF - and the MM, well it certainly isn’t my cup of joe.
And that, I think, was the biggest dissapointment. As we spoke about before, too many power weapons and machinery plus I don’t think I ever got an FRG or Rocket Launcher in a personal Ordnance Drop - a couple of grenades or a needler or speed boost was more my thang.
I ranked to 130 as a kinda obligation.
I’m like you in that I’ll replay campaigns I like, but for me the only two Halo campaigns which have replay value are Reach and - especially - ODST.