Halo: Reach Discussion

[Kornman00]

Yeah, that's what I was figuring too with the LT not making a peep and not addressing by him/her/actual name in the trailer. Especially since Carter (CDR) totally out ranks an LT.

Another interesting thing: MOSes. In the Eval reports under Emile (a Warrant Officer) they say "Good thing we’re ARMY" (Army based elements have been referenced in passing in the books) after making a reference to a Navy regulation. Emile and Kat are both 18-series (in the American Army, this is the Special Force's MOS number series). If we use the American MOS metric, then they would be a Weapons and Communication (respectively) Spartan.

However, Kat's rank is that of the Navy, so the MOSes are more than likely combined to all military branches. WOs, as of today, still exist in the Army and Navy (the AF stopped giving out the rank back in the 70s IIRC).

This leads me to wonder: Are SIIIs possibly now taken (as they're not taken from childhood) from any military branch? The Eval report was done by a COL (Colonel, an O6) which is only an Army rank, so it may mean the SIIIs, or at least the Noble team are lead by an Army element.

Just something to look at...when we're not complaining about this alpha footage :P

[sevlag]

I hoped there was an MA5K, since it is the main weapon of the SIII's.

^this a Bungie made MA5K

[Good_Apollo]

^this a Bungie made MA5K

Shit if they just called the new 'AR' the MA5k I'd be completely satisfied, instead suddenly trying to make us believe that the Spartans themselves would be using a rifle models behind while somehow lowly Marines are using the latest only a day or so later.

[Kornman00]

Just because it's a different model doesn't mean it's "behind". That and the PoA was just in orbit. Can't recall for how long, but they could have got the issue from elsewhere.

Needless to say, for everything we claim "heresy!" to, they can easily explain off as it is after all, their game.

[Siliconmaster]

I just finished the book- I forgot that most of the battle is actually described in First Strike, after the MC gets back to Reach (yay time distortion). However, of the PoA I can say that it's en route to the ONI mission to kidnap a prophet when Reach is attacked. It returns to orbit in time to launch a two-pronged assault with the Spartans on board. The MC, Linda, and James breach the orbital dock to erase some info on Earth's whereabouts, where they meet Johnson and his team. All of them then return to the Autumn, which escapes to Halo. In the process all the Autumn's uber-ONI-gear is destroyed, leading to its pitiful defense and subsequent crash on Alpha Halo's surface.

All the other Spartans on the Autumn head to the surface, where First Strike picks up later. If any events from the books are to be seen in Halo: Reach, it would probably be that ground assault, or maybe some transmissions from orbit. The Autumn itself was never really involved.

[Good_Apollo]

Just because it's a different model doesn't mean it's "behind". That and the PoA was just in orbit. Can't recall for how long, but they could have got the issue from elsewhere.

Needless to say, for everything we claim "heresy!" to, they can easily explain off as it is after all, their game.

Whatever, you'll eat anything. And I'm sure it has nothing to do with you being so close to Bungie.

[Advancebo]

I like the looks of this tuning fork:


Elite: http://www.bungie.net/images/Games/R...te_walk-00.jpg
Falcon: http://www.bungie.net/images/Games/R.../Falcon_02.jpg
Marine: http://www.bungie.net/images/Games/R...oper_right.jpg
Sniper Rifle: http://www.bungie.net/images/Games/R...ifle_right.jpg
Skirmishers: http://www.bungie.net/images/Games/R...her_right2.jpg
Plasma Pistol: http://www.bungie.net/images/Games/R...stol_left2.jpg
Gwunt: http://www.bungie.net/images/Games/R...runt_right.jpg

And a bunch of other renders on the Bungie.net Reach Project page.

[Jean-Luc]

What is with the crosshairs being so off-center?

Not going to lie, the graphics in this screen look like shit, especially the shaders. Every material looks exactly the same but with different diffuse maps. For shame Bungie

[Kornman00]

Jean, that was alpha material, from last November

Whatever, you'll eat anything. And I'm sure it has nothing to do with you being so close to Bungie.

No Bungie propagandist here

[Delta4907]

Weekly Update covers a lot of questions (Such as the cross air bug): http://www.bungie.net/News/content.a...ink=BWU_012910
They also gave a bunch of preview sounds of weapons:
AR
DMR
Sniper Rifle
Frag
Plasma
Mystery