Okay Here I want to talk about the new features in the halo reach beta that I have seen so far, for those of you who do not have access for what ever reason. I’ll start by breaking down each point of the game in detail then end with how I feel about everything.
So you want to fly? done! you want to be invisible when you want? done! you want to run? done! you want to be invincible done! These are all of your “load outs” as they are being referred to in the beta so far. In the beginning of a match, and every time you die and re-spawn you are able to change the load out specific to your character. Different game types will have you using different load outs which is cool but at the same time it will create a very chaotic type of battle situation. By all means when you have your first run in halo reach do me a favor and kinda kick back and watch they crazy ownage that will happen to the 5 or 7 people all running into one room at once to get a flag or something. My personal favorite is everyone flying above you raining death in unpredictable places, it really makes you want to stay inside…. I can see where certain load outs would be very cool and useful, for example I love the defender load out which is the invincible armor lock for game types like capture the flag. In that scenario its useful and makes the person guarding the flag feel like less of a sitting duck, but I hate it when I see it used in team slayer. It’s like I’m getting flanked at a whole new and painfully distracting level! Another thing I hate is that the invisible layout seems to be garbage I feel like it doesn’t matter that I’m invisible because the cloaking is such crap that it’s not worth applying!
- New weapons and tracking improvement
Okay I know I was not the only one exited about these right!? Well I shouldn’t have gotten my hopes up. The new weapons are neat but pretty much just new things subbing for old things they took out. Not that it’s bad just I was expecting a little more. Duals are a thing of the past at least so far anyways I haven’t seen any. They added a needle rifle that I thought was going to be more like a shot gun but it’s more like a battle rifle which made me go “AWWWWWW…” Tracking has gotten a lot better on select weapons and worse on the more automatic weapons which makes more sense, but can be annoying at times.
While I know Reach will feature some sort of vehicle specific multiplayer modes I have yet to see them 
. I’m looking forward to see the weapon to vehicle equalizer in the game, like whats the new missile pod and such. It should be interesting.
- New armor! *fan boy squeal*
Yes, but does it do anything this time around? no. In the beta we have slight access and an idea of how the system will work, but it all still seems to be just for looks. The system rewards points after each multiplayer match depending on how you did, and then you can go into a little customize my character store more and buy armor using the points. Of coarse from the get go you can not get every part. In order to unlock stuff you must achieve such and such rank. I guess my main issue here is that this is another for bragging rights part of the halo comunity, which is really just lame in the end. Come on Bungie! Make the armor server unique functions ><. I can’t express how lame it is for lame ass over competitive teens to boast about how they have shit like recon armor. They brag about it like it makes there E-penis bigger 
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- How I feel about it so far.
As with every beta I have seen some annoying things that need to be fixed and have a heightened feeling about the changes that Bungie has made to my favorite shooter title. They still have a long ways to go with getting things stable, and tweaked to proper levels, and though I may be annoyed with some aspects of things so far I am hoping that with our feedback and advice Bungie will tweak this game to the point where it will be that epic Halo title we all know it can be. If you have some questions about something I maybe didn’t address in this rant write up about the beta please I insist you ask me in the comments! I will gladly answer any questions anyone has 
Hope you all found this to be interesting and informative
-Zeigrin
. I got the chance to meet a handful of the artists I look up to such as Fred Gallagher, Mohammad F. Haque, and Scott Ramsoomair. I spent a nice handful of time talking with Fred, who was very cool and down to earth. I would definitely define him as one of the most approachable artists I have met yet. While I was there I also asked Scott to link us, but I have yet to hear back from him. I have my hopes though 
