Halo: Reach Playerbase Issues?

JustAlex1997 wrote:

I've been playing my first couple of games of Halo: Reach Matchmaking recently, and I've mostly been enjoying it so far. However, in my most recent game, there was a player on the enemy team who'd spam Armor Lock the second rounds started being fired in his direction every time. Despite the fact that it never once saved him and only served to delay the inevitable, why would a player constantly resort to such an ineffective strategy? Has this always been an issue?

On a side note, I had a teammate constantly try to betray me while another almost did just to get the sniper rifle. Is this reflective of the playerbase in general?

tuhin94 wrote:

Those are good examples of the playerbase in general. The armor lock thing spreads to other games too, but they each have their own mechanic players will spam. A lot of times, people will go all the way and betray you for the sniper. That's basically a meme at this point. Side but related note, stay away from Grifball in Reach because that's a haven for XP boosting and no one plays it properly.

JustAlex1997 wrote:

I've been playing my first couple of games of Halo: Reach Matchmaking recently, and I've mostly been enjoying it so far. However, in my most recent game, there was a player on the enemy team who'd spam Armor Lock the second rounds started being fired in his direction every time. Despite the fact that it never once saved him and only served to delay the inevitable, why would a player constantly resort to such an ineffective strategy? Has this always been an issue?

On a side note, I had a teammate constantly try to betray me while another almost did just to get the sniper rifle. Is this reflective of the playerbase in general?

CeramicSugar248 wrote:

JustAlex1997 wrote:

I've been playing my first couple of games of Halo: Reach Matchmaking recently, and I've mostly been enjoying it so far. However, in my most recent game, there was a player on the enemy team who'd spam Armor Lock the second rounds started being fired in his direction every time. Despite the fact that it never once saved him and only served to delay the inevitable, why would a player constantly resort to such an ineffective strategy? Has this always been an issue?

On a side note, I had a teammate constantly try to betray me while another almost did just to get the sniper rifle. Is this reflective of the playerbase in general?

It's like the Wild West of halo.

WastedU6 wrote:

TheLegendary117 wrote:

JustAlex1997 wrote:

I've been playing my first couple of games of Halo: Reach Matchmaking recently, and I've mostly been enjoying it so far. However, in my most recent game, there was a player on the enemy team who'd spam Armor Lock the second rounds started being fired in his direction every time. Despite the fact that it never once saved him and only served to delay the inevitable, why would a player constantly resort to such an ineffective strategy? Has this always been an issue?

On a side note, I had a teammate constantly try to betray me while another almost did just to get the sniper rifle. Is this reflective of the playerbase in general?

Players love armor lock and yes, betraying for the sniper rifle is a normal thing in Halo Reach. The betraying for the sniper was more common in Reach for some reason, I can't explain why.

CeramicSugar248 wrote:

JustAlex1997 wrote:

I've been playing my first couple of games of Halo: Reach Matchmaking recently, and I've mostly been enjoying it so far. However, in my most recent game, there was a player on the enemy team who'd spam Armor Lock the second rounds started being fired in his direction every time. Despite the fact that it never once saved him and only served to delay the inevitable, why would a player constantly resort to such an ineffective strategy? Has this always been an issue?

On a side note, I had a teammate constantly try to betray me while another almost did just to get the sniper rifle. Is this reflective of the playerbase in general?

It's like the Wild West of halo.

Also, I like this. "Wild West of Halo". Both Halo 3 and Halo Reach have a number of hackers and modders that pull off all sorts on nonsense. The Xbox 360 servers are hardly monitored anymore hence all the achievement, multiplayer, and armor unlock issues over the last couple of years. They're fun to play but it's better to play on the Master Chief Collection and not to mention a larger player population.

Hacking on H3 and Reach is rare actually. However, when I run into them I make a point to record them and post their gamertags to YouTube.

The servers are fine and well these days so no need to dissuade people from them.

JustAlex1997 wrote:

I've been playing my first couple of games of Halo: Reach Matchmaking recently, and I've mostly been enjoying it so far. However, in my most recent game, there was a player on the enemy team who'd spam Armor Lock the second rounds started being fired in his direction every time. Despite the fact that it never once saved him and only served to delay the inevitable, why would a player constantly resort to such an ineffective strategy? Has this always been an issue?

On a side note, I had a teammate constantly try to betray me while another almost did just to get the sniper rifle. Is this reflective of the playerbase in general?