Teabag Prevention Presents: Reach For My Tips – Week 1

Today’s Monday! I’m sure you all know what THAT means. Either you’ve been playing the beta, or you’re downloading it right now. Either way, there’s no way to be sure if you’re top-dog or not. Do not fret, my pretties, Teabag Prevention is here with your first dose of tips for Halo: Reach.

TIP #1 – What You Need to Know

First off, the control scheme has been revamped. I’m sure some of you have noticed already, but if you haven’t, you can find the new schemes over at giantbomb.com.

Having been an avid Halo player for years, I adjusted my sensitivity to “1” as soon as I jumped in. This, however, did not work. I found the sensitivity has either been slightly tweaked, or maybe I just needed to evolve due to the increased action taking place everywhere. A word of advice to you 1’s out there, be mindful of those who Jetpack everywhere they go. Sometimes 1 isn’t fast enough.

Assassinations: The animations are awesome, but sometimes you just need to get things done. Tap RB to perform a regular ‘ol assassination. HOLD RB to perform an assassination with an animation. Keep in mind, while the animation is going, you may be killed before you vanquish your enemy, thus failing. Epicly. That’s right, “epicly”.

TIP #2 – Armor Abilities

Ah, Jetpacks. By now, I HOPE you’ve noticed the addition of armor abilities. It’s important to note that ALL Armor Abilities will recharge. You’ll have the option of picking which Armor Ability to have before the game and after deaths. This is possible in all matches except SWAT and Covy Slayer (Two classes are available in Covy Slayer. Weapons are the only difference.) In the beta, you’ll be introduced to:

Armor Lock (Spartans Only)

Need to be invincible? Need to hold a position that can’t be lost to the enemy? Do you want to slam your fist on the ground like a badass? Then this Armor Ability is for you! Hold LB and watch yourself take them bullets. Keep in mind, you can’t move while using it.

Camo (Spartans Only)

Camo makes it’s return for Reach. When activated, the enemy motion tracker, including you own, WILL be jammed. One tap of the LB, and you’ll be walking around with a shimmer to your body, that is, if you’re walking.  If you’re not walking, you can make your enemies feel like Arnold Schwarzenegger.  

Jetpacks (Spartans Only, though how fucking awesome would it be for an Elite to have a Jetpack. I mean, Brutes have them, WHY CAN’T ELITES?!)

Aside from flying being AWESOME, Jetpacks can get you out of sticky situations, achieve new heights (both emotionally and physically), and avoid fall-damage. Hold LB for this one and listen to your jets go WOOOOOOOOSH!

Sprint (Spartans Only)

Nothing feels better than sprinting toward an enemy only to smack them in the face. That being said, hold LB for this ability.

Evade (Elites only)

While similar to a Spartan’s Sprint, Elites have the ability to perform an evasive maneuver. Use this carefully and you’ll get the upper hand on the battlefield. Only two evades are possible before recharge. Tab LB once while moving in the direction you want to go in. 

TIP #3 – The New Health System

If you’ve read past Teabag Articles before, then you know all about this change. If not, here it is in all its recycled glory:

“In previous titles, when you were laying into a shielded opponent and bringing them right to the brink of shieldlessness, any damage you did before the pop would transfer into their underlying health. Hypothetically, let’s say they had 5 points of shield left when you clocked them for 10 points of damage. The result would be the loss of their shields and a 5 point reduction to their heath.

Not anymore.

Now those additional 5 points are absorbed by the shields as they wink out of existence and the underlying health is left unscathed.”

Note that this doesn’t mean Sniper Rifles, Rockets, and Shotguns won’t be one-hit kills, so in all honesty, this is fine by me and only means we need to be more precise and that grenades with spray-and-pray won’t do as well.

They’re forcing us to grow, you guys. They’re forcing us to grow. We love you, Bungie.

For more info on the beta, check out our first article on Reach, as well as Bungie.net!

A special thank you goes to Andyb0y over at Handheldheroes.net

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