Reach update brings Matchmaking, other changes

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Halo: Reach‘s Matchmaking playlists have undergone a few changes, Bungie alerts. Not only that, quite the few map and gamemode adjustments have been introduced in the latest update as well. All are too numerous to go through here though; check below for the full list in all its glory.

And there’s more to come: “Our team continues to work on improving the Reach online experience and we’re always listening to your feedback and reviewing the voting and game data we get from our servers. Reach will just keep getting better!”

The studio also assures that the promised Campaign matchmaking is still on for October. They’ve nailed it down to either the 12th or the 19th, ” pending final test pass.

PLAYLISTS


Rumble Pit

* Added Crazy King

* Added Juggernaut

* Removed Oddball on Asylum


Team Slayer

* Removed SWAT

* Removed Classic

* Weights adjusted based on voting data


Team SWAT (New!)

* Based on existing Team Slayer SWAT offering

* Removed Hemorrhage

* Replaced Zealot with Arena Zealot map variant


Team Objective

* Added Crazy King

* Added several gametypes on Powerhouse (CTF, Assault, Stockpile, Crazy King, 3 Plots)

* Removed heavy vehicles from all 4v4 Team Objective gametypes


Multi Team

* Added Rocket Race


Big Team Battle

* Added Crazy King

* Removed SWAT

* Removed Snipers from Boneyard

* Weights adjusted based on voting data


Doubles Arena

* Removed Slayer Pro for Season 2

* Removed Boardwalk

* Replaced Zealot with Arena Zealot map variant


Team Arena

* Removed Slayer Pro for Season 2

* Replaced Zealot with Arena Zealot map variant


MAPS


Arena Zealot (New!)

* Added a softkill zone to the space area

* Modified initial spawns so enemies cannot see each other


Zealot

* Objects can no longer be dropped into the boot_base


Asylum

* Removed multiple duplicate Headhunter score zones


Boneyard

* Changed the base object for territories from a hill marker to a flag stand

* Objects can no longer come to rest on the out of bounds cliff behind the scaffolding where the Invasion core is captured

* Players can no longer sit in the out of bounds area under the ship scaffolding


Pinnacle

* Health Packs should not respawn after 15 seconds


Hemorrhage

* Landmine removed from Red team’s west cliff

* Respawn time for all Mongoose vehicles is now 45 seconds

* Scorpions replaced with Wraiths (4 minute respawn)


Paradiso

* Respawn timer for Concussion Rifle at Red base is now 30 seconds to match Concussion Rifle at Blue base


Reflection

* Changed the base object for territories from a hill marker to a flag stand


Boardwalk

* Changed the base object for territories from a hill marker to a flag stand


Powerhouse

* Respawn timer for all Needler weapons is now 45 seconds


GAMETYPES


Global Changes

* Slayer DMR now has motion tracker enabled

* Evade has replaced Hologram for all gametypes in which players can hold objects (CTF, Assault, Stockpile, Oddball)

* Evade has replaced Dropshield for gametypes which create concentrated gameplay in specific areas (Crazy King, Territories, Oddball)

* All Classic gametypes should now include Sprint as default equipment


King of the Hill

* Teams are now always able to correctly score points

* Players standing in the hill no longer receive extra points upon returning from a host migration


Rocket Race

* Players now attached to vehicles after being on foot for 10 seconds

* Flipped vehicles will be detected to prevent players from attaching to a non-upright vehicle

* Added functionality for tracking and reporting rotations

* Fountain of Mongeese should no longer be possible (don’t ask)

* Players are no longer able to jack another teams Mongoose

* Players are no longer forced into a specific role of driver or gunner

* All players start with a Rocket Launcher

* Players move at 50% speed, do significantly reduced damage and are marked with a nav icon

* Players on foot are now able to score points in Rocket Race


Juggernaut

* The Juggernaut no longer sees other players as allies upon returning from a host migration

* New clients after a host migration will no longer lose their Juggernaut status


Territories

* All teams now have separate capture timers for each territory

* Locked territories will no longer prevent players from using equipment

* The flag in the territory is now attached if the territory is a flag stand object

* Added a HUD_Widget to display contested status to players inside a territory

* The progress bar for a territory will now show as full when that territory is being contested (capture progress is saved and will appear again once the territory is no longer contested)

* Random flag clothes will no longer disappear after a round transition


Oddball

* Bombs in Hot Potato now properly report carry time

* Multiple hot potato bombs will no longer spawn in the same location

* The carry time reported stat will now always be correct after a host migration has occurred

* Players carrying the oddball during a host migration will no longer receive extra points


Stockpile

* All stockpile flags are now attached to their spawn location if it is a flag stand


Invasion

* The game score is now set per frame tick based off of the current phase

* A failsafe game end timer has been added to catch any possible bad cases of Invasion games not ending properly


Invasion: Boneyard

* The core will now reset whenever it is thrown through a shield door into a spawning location in Phase 3


Invasion (Assault) and Assault

* Added sudden death to Invasion (Assault) and Assault gametypes


Race

* Players who die before the first checkpoint will no longer spawn in a random location on the map



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TTG_oNexHiTzWoNDeRPosted:

Yah! what he said

TTGoPTiCxPrDtRzZPosted:

wHAT HAPPENED to MLG on REACH

SonicdevronPosted:

weasel6k I think bungie released oh **** why did we just remake halo 3 and expect people to like it.

SWAT on team slayer was the only good thing and it being removed.

bungie screwed this game up and all my friends are going back on mw2 and halo reach was just some quick gamerscore :)


If you and your stupid friends want to go back to Mw2, go. Nobody cares. Plus, there's absolutely no difference between Team Swat and Swat on Team Slayer, so explain?

MrPerfect209Posted:

weasel6k I think bungie released oh **** why did we just remake halo 3 and expect people to like it.

SWAT on team slayer was the only good thing and it being removed.

bungie screwed this game up and all my friends are going back on mw2 and halo reach was just some quick gamerscore :)
r u rehturded

ruupiPosted:

Cool...

But they should give us official MLG!!!

DisolvesPosted:

weasel6k I think bungie released oh **** why did we just remake halo 3 and expect people to like it.

SWAT on team slayer was the only good thing and it being removed.

bungie screwed this game up and all my friends are going back on mw2 and halo reach was just some quick gamerscore :)
There is a playlist for SWAT now so no need to worry about voting for it in TS xD

weasel6kPosted:

I think bungie released oh shit why did we just remake halo 3 and expect people to like it.

SWAT on team slayer was the only good thing and it being removed.

bungie screwed this game up and all my friends are going back on mw2 and halo reach was just some quick gamerscore :)

RedRider36Posted:

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ItzMercPosted:

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