Will there be a Halo Reach title update in the near future?
End of September I believe it was said.
I hope they don’t just change things but fix existing bugs in the game currently.But this is what I found on Neogaf the Halo: Reach Title Update will add more options and flexibility to Halo: Reach’s Multiplayer. It will roll out in late September and gives 343 designers the following levers to create game variants in Matchmaking playlists. Of course while all of these features can be enabled via Matchmaking playlists, players should remember that ‘normal’ Reach gameplay can and will continue untouched in its own Matchmaking playlists. The features and elements listed here are tools available to us and will be used and implemented appropriately.
News on the timing of the Title Update release will be revealed at the Halo: Anniversary panel at 10 am on the 26th of August during Halo Fest.
Specifics:
Make damage bleed to health through shields possible.
Make reticle bloom configurable.
Modify Armor Lock.
• Sticky grenade will not be nullified if you use Armor Lock after being stuck.
• Damage received while in Armor Lock is transferred to remaining Armor Ability energy.
• How much the damage depletes your Armor Lock energy is configurable.
Modify Active Camo.
• Reduce the bonus time the player gets in Active Camo while standing still.
• Reduce the overall length of time the player can be in Active Camo.
Remove Sword block.
• Disable the ability to block Sword attacks using melee with anything other than another Sword.
Implement the classic Magnum from Halo: CE.
Enable playing Co-Op Campaign and Firefight without requiring a HDD.Session data
What the above person said
Why in the name of hell would 343 want to change the beautiful magnum of reach into the magnum of CE this is REACH not CE
> Why in the name of hell would 343 want to change the beautiful magnum of reach into the magnum of CE this is REACH not CE
They are making a playlist for CE style play in Reach to come out alongside HCEA. The CE pistol will only be in this playlist.
The Title Update has still not catered for truly competitive players though, as there are still no ranked playlists. If there are no ranked playlists coming out, then I fear that many players who want ranked games will see this update as a failure, as I will. Arena Team Slayer is not enough to show real skill in the game. Why this has not been corrected when so many are asking for it to be is beyond me.
Plus, armour lock should just have just been plain removed. Whatever bright spark thought it was a good idea needed their head examining! Having it nerfed is, frankly, not enough.
The only good thing is nerfing the bloom, because at higher levels the impact of having lucky spamming is more pronounced than at lower levels, making the game more random and reducing the skill element to the game. Hopefully this will bring back the level playing field and the skill back into the game again!