you're right! it has 32! i can see teh 4 bullets out'o'color

I can only see them when I mess around with the monitor colour, even then they are faint as hell to me. Great... so its some MA5C variant.

This r very interesting. Needs dissecting. so far I think it explains how spartan IIIs don't break canon.

Anyone care to type that out, its hard to read on that.

<<ECMPP header excised for brevity>> . . . 30. May. 2545

Franklin Mendez
SCPO, UNSCN / SPECWARCOM

We've been lucky with 3(?) so far--very lucky--to get 312 out directly after training. An opportunity like that is not liable to happen ever again. And we were extremely lucky to get 320 out at all after CARTWHEEL--and I hope her luck has held up--but--

Now that I've had an opportunity to look over the data on TORPEDO, it looks like it's going to be a meat grinder on par with PROMETHEUS. No doubt we'll be able to absorb approx 1.08% total strength of the combat element directly into base personal with this kind of OP, but there are a couple more I'd like to get out into the field early long term deep reconnaissance--specifically 170 and 091.

Even though we may be starting to push credibility with Ackerson and the rest of the grinning skulls by assigning so many of cat 2s to non-combat roles--Ackerson has stated implicitly that he wants them all in the field--I don't believe they have any reason to complain. I do get the feeling that Ackerson would gladly assign members of his own family to a suicide mission if he could find an appropriately high valued target to send them against however.

So Ackerson wants his heads--and we'll give them to him--just not all of them. You know as well as I do that we wind up with some that she would have been chosen--not just kids unlucky enough to survive a glassing. Orders are still being followed and those Spartans are in the field, but they are armed as SPARTANS--and they are making a difference. We are bending the rules here--not breaking them. Anyway--I believe our recon teams have proven their effectiveness the fact that they are receiving local, unsolicited support proves this out.

Kurt Ambrose
LCDR, UNSCN / SPECWARCOM
Edited by Dark Neon on Jan 26, 2010 at 03:29 PM

MENDEZ!

wtf, it keeps cutting out random chunks. D:<

I find it funny how the human weapons have 3 cylinders/barrels:


Edited by Advancebo on Jan 26, 2010 at 03:39 PM

Am I the only one which HATES that turret thing and the shotgun? They look nothing like Halo styled weapons...

Yes you are the only one. Reach is an isolated area of technological advancement as bungie stated. Going with the idea that a good sum of these things never left the planet. Maybe the only reason you didn't see them later in the halo trilogy is because they realized they were not efficient enough against the covenant or something.

They're not much diffrent, thinned out, intergrated rails, experimental look, and thats it.

Wonder if that Machete will be in.

Just a post on how the art evolved through Halo Reach: http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=24541

And images:

Wow, halo has really come a long way.

I kinda like the new marines, they're more detailed and have more dirt on em.

Halo 2's grunts still own Halo 3's and the new Halo Reach grunts.

i still leik halo 1, it is the best.
Edited by Higuy on Jan 26, 2010 at 08:50 PM

I prefer Halo 2's marines, the new ones kinda look too "modernized" for me,
also Halo 1 grunts are cute :P

I am a grunt, short and stout.
Here is my fuel rod and here is my gun.

Why does the Reach marine have sniper bullets on his shoulder pad, when hes clearly holding an assault rifle.
Edited by Advancebo on Jan 26, 2010 at 09:06 PM

Marines can't be equipped for multiple tasks?

Yeah, thats why the Reach grunts dont have eyes.

They Do. They're Variants of grunt's, like CurlBack grunts from the first game.

Too many variants in this game :x

Grunts that are more difficult to head shot?

That's quite impressive.

I definitely like the new style they're going for.

They seem to be going for a Morden Warfare style.

what is Emile pronounced like? is it Emilee or just Emil?


and yeah halo 3 grunts look like meh, they are burnt with the flamethrower(but the dialogue is gold). and as for the reach grunt, it almost look like they have a built-in feeding system, water dispenser, mp3-player and charger.

reach marines for me looks like over-clothed they wrapped themselves w/carpet.

E-meal I think thats what Lehto said...

They may change the name when they realize they have to tell people how to pronounce it. Same fashion as how Halo: Recon became ODST?

Please explain, I don't see it at all.

E-my-ul

The Marine looks more Modern than the usual Halo / Cartoon color plate

They look more detailed

anyone wanna model the AR from Reach lol.

Designated Marksman Rifle

Click to Embiggen!


“The DMR, or Designated Marksman Rifle,” Sage notes, “is a medium-to-long range support weapon. In range and play style it fits between the Assault Rifle and Sniper Rifle in the Human sandbox. Powerful in skilled hands, its rewards the ‘gunfighter’ – the calm, accurate player, who like to be in the fight. Its primary role is to suppress snipers and soften opposition before the shock troops close.”

When you do find yourself in the fight, shock troops rushing your position, Josh has some slightly less merciful tips to help keep you alive when you have the DMR in your hot little hands.

“The DMR is deadly accurate if you breathe through the shots and get into the rhythm of firing it, but it quickly falls apart if you freak out and really start slamming the trigger. A player with surgeon’s hands will be able to use it anywhere, anytime. Players that struggle with their composure in a heated fight however will find it better suited to working guys from a distance, picking off the sick and weak from the herd.”

And for those looking for that elegant weapon for a more civilized age, it looks like the DMR might be the implement of war you’re looking for.

“Personally, I’ve found that I always like to have a DMR in my back pocket in the way that I would have kept around the pistol in Halo: Combat Evolved,” Josh says. “Either way, the big news with the DMR is that it’s particularly good at shooting Covenant in the face.”

Needle Rifle


Speaking of Covenant forces, Reach may be a UNSC military stronghold, but the Covenant war machine is at the height of its military power. The Needle Rifle is one of the more fearsome and unique weapons in their invasion force’s arsenal and a fitting counter to the Designated Marksman Rifle. It’s also one of the weapons we’ve revealed that seems to be surrounded with the most ambiguity. Let’s clear some stuff up.

“The Needle Rifle is one of my personal favorites,” Josh notes. “While it is very similar to the Carbine in several ways, including its ability to headshot (Unicorn!), it’s still 100% Needler and comes stock with the ability to super-combine when it comes in contact with your enemies and spread them like jam across a warm piece of toast. Unlike the Needler, the rounds don’t track your target…because that would just be ridiculous.”

Sage offers up his own additional details.

“The Needle Rifle is the Covenant’s answer to the DMR. It’s a medium-to-long range weapon with powerful anti-shield damage. It’s faster and more accurate than the DMR, but doesn’t have the same stopping power. It’s a Blamite! super-combining weapon (three shots to an unshielded body) that can also score headshots.”

More info at bungie:
http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=Reach_Sandbox_Preview
Edited by Etrusion on Jan 27, 2010 at 08:38 PM
Edited by Etrusion on Jan 27, 2010 at 08:39 PM