Halo: Reach multiplayer rank cap lifts this November

@Exu

I totally agree. I think they should start the Double XP weekends already. Or at least give more credits for the tasks you do. A regular kill is only like 4 credits. I would like at least 50 credits per kill.

@Exu
You really should play Score Attach Gruntpocalypse. I used it to get over the mountain that is Warrant Officer. After that rank it gets easier I promise.

BTW the best maps are Courtyard and Corvette (never go to their level, they will rape you) and keep track of your Commendations, each time you hit a milestone you get a boatoad of credits.

@daytripper I've been doing Sniper Attack actually, gives me infinite ammo for everything and I find it easier than Gruntpocalypse. Especially if I can get to the Plasma Launcher and fire off single rounds at the big guys.

@Exu
That one is great, fuel rod is the best against Skirmishers. But come Tuesday, Bungie is changing it so you can't pick up any weapon in Sniper Attack, which means what you spawn with is what you have to use. Thank God the pistol is actually useable again.

@Exu

if you decide not to play one day because the challenges are too difficult, you're playing the game for... very superficial reasons.

i don't really get why people care so much about their rank. and fyi, if you're at Warrant Officer grade 3, you're actually ahead of most players:

http://gamerant.com/small-percentage-gamers-top-halo-reach-ranks-tao-45824/

@maveric101

I was only worried because I thought there were A LOT more ranks than there really is

@Prboi

what's all this talk about time:reward ratio in an FPS?

you shoot people, and they die.

the more time you spend shooting, the more die.

seems like enough of a reward to me.

@Exu Other than warrant officer it seems like the leveling in Halo is pretty fast. It's just not as fast as COD, but that's kinda the point. Halo takes a little more involvement, same as it takes a few more bullets to kill an enemy.

After the 110 hour grind that it takes to complete Forza 3 to 100%, I don't think any other game could ever seem slow again.

@Exu

Well your other problem is that the Warrant Officer ranks were deliberately designed to be long. Once you get past them you'll shoot through the Captain ranks.

@Prboi

That's not even what he said. Just shut up and learn to read because you suck at everything else.

@Prboi

learn to comprehend English my good sir, i was merely trying to point out that the games inherit "funness" should be all you need to enjoy it.

And if playing for "exp points" and "rank" in a FPS, then your priorities are whack.

@BrianH

I never said that I play just for the xp. I just would like to earn more xp so I can get more armor. While it may not be of concern to you, there are people who get tired of how their spartan looks like. You're probably the type of person who likes to play just to play & I am too but that gets boring after a while & I would like to work towards something to keep me wanting to play until I get it. That's the reason why every game that has online has a ranking system. Valve doesn't use a ranking system because they have they're own way of keeping the player intrigued with updates like they do with TF2 & the mutations with L4D2. While Bungie does have a ranking system, their matchmaking gametypes don't always revolve around shooting as there are gametypes called rally that have spartans race to get the checkpoints. All I'm saying is, stop trying to convince people that the way you play is the best way, we're not you & never will be so we will never like all the same things. That's what gets me the most frustrated. Unless you're getting paid to convert people to how you play, there's no point in doing it.

@Exu Warrant Officer grade 3 (to captain) was the worst.. 66k to level up, currently Captain grade 3, with needs 46k, just 13k to go & then it's the road to Lt, once I get that, I won't care anymore (hopefully by Fable3)... probably play Halo 3 a ton to try & get Lt there. Since it needs to be one playlist to get the achievement

@BrianH Oh yeah it never should be about XP and rank, fun comes first and foremost (hell that's why Modern Warfare 2 bored me so quickly).

What I'm saying is that now there's more incentive to play for rank and credits, that's actually had the reverse effect on me. I've not wanted to play Reach so much because of the ranking system.

The whole rank and credit system in Reach is a mess, and Bungie's adamance to make it harder to get them just puts me off even more.

Not as many ranks as you thought there would be? This is going to be fun...

The modding community has already ranked up (offline) through every rank in the game. We have our work cut out for us.

Recruit
Private - Awarded at 7,500 cR |
Corporal - Awarded at 10,000 cR |
Corporal Grade 1 - Awarded at 15,000 cR |

Sergeant - Awarded at 20,000 cR |
Sergeant Grade 1 - Awarded at 26,250 cR |
Sergeant Grade 2 - Awarded at 32,500 cR

Warrant Officer - Awarded at 45,000 cR
Warrant Officer Grade 1 - Awarded at 78,000 cR
Warrant Officer Grade 2 - Awarded at 111,000 cR
Warrant Officer Grade 3 - Awarded at 144,000 cR

Captain - Awarded at 210,000 cR
Captain Grade 1 - Awarded at 233000 cR
Captain Grade 2 - Awarded at 256,000 cR
Captain Grade 3 - Awarded at 279,000 cR

Major - Awarded at 325,000 cR
Major Grade 1 - Awarded at 350,000 cR
Major Grade 2 - Awarded at 375,000 cR
Major Grade 3 - Awarded at 400,000 cR

Lt. Colonel - Awarded at 450,000 cR
Lt. Colonel Grade 1 - Awarded at 480,000 cR
Lt. Colonel Grade 2 - Awarded at 510,000 cR
Lt. Colonel Grade 3 - Awarded at 540,000 cR

Commander - Awarded at 600,000 cR
Commander Grade 1 - Awarded at 650,000 cR
Commander Grade 2 - Awarded at 700,000 cR
Commander Grade 3 - Awarded at 750,000 cR

Colonel - Awarded at 850,000 cR
Colonel Grade 1 - Awarded at 960,000 cR
Colonel Grade 2 - Awarded at 1,070,000 cR
Colonel Grade 3 - Awarded at 1,180,000 cR

Brigadier - Awarded at 1,400,000 cR
Brigadier Grade 1 - Awarded at 1,520,000 cR
Brigadier Grade 2 - Awarded at 1,640,000 cR
Brigadier Grade 3 - Awarded at 1,760,000 cR

General - Awarded at 2,000,000 cR
General Grade 1 - Awarded at 2,200,000 cR
General Grade 2 - Awarded at 2,350,000 cR
General Grade 3 - Awarded at 2,500,000 cR
General Grade 4 - Awarded at 2,650,000 cR

Field Marshall - Awarded at 3,000,000 cR
Hero - Awarded at 3,700,000 cR
Legend - Awarded at 4,600,000 cR
Mythic - Awarded at 5,650,000 cR
Noble - Awarded at 7,000,000 cR
Eclipse - Awarded at 8,500,000 cR
Nova - Awarded at 11,000,000 cR
Forerunner - Awarded at 13,000,000 cR
Reclaimer - Awarded at 16,500,000 cR
Inheritor - Awarded at 20,000,000 cR

@Exu Maybe it has something to do with the fact that you aren't expected to prestige 10 times? I mean really aside from armor unlocks and a handful of achievements there is no real reason to push your rank up. Its not like the rest of the recent shooter world where parts of the online game are withheld until you unlock some arbitrary rank. At least in Reach the experience is no different whether you are a rank of a private or general. I for one prefer that over having to spend hours on end just to unlock the class items that result in me not getting my ass handed to me by higher ranked players.

@Maxx the Slasher I'm having issues with the Firefight only rewards because of my 4gb slim.

@Maxx the Slasher More daily challenges would be nice too, there's no need for just four.

@Maxx the Slasher
People play Score Attack (see above post) the challenges that require you to play online Firefight include Score Attack. Score Attack lets you play by yourself (no AFK's or 12 year olds like regular four person online Firefight).

One of Fridays challenges was worth 4,000 credits. It required you to get 400 kills in any game mode. Gruntpocalypse in Score Attack is the easiest 400 kills you will ever get.

@EvoHelix

A lot of the Firefight challenges can be completed on the Score Attack playlist, which is single player only. I don't know if you can play solo Firefight without a hard drive, but if so that's a good option.

@Maxx the Slasher

Matchmaking... heck I see too many FIreFight challenges myself. They do have a campaign challenge on right now, but its like 'don't die during a whole mission on Legendary'. That is just asking for a controller chucking so I stay away.

@Misfit Toy

I consider myself a damn good player, but the "Complete X on Legendary without dying" were absolutely impossible for me to fully complete.

There's a way around it though, I getting the first challenge by playing coop with my friends and hanging back... then I got a little sneakier and for today's challenge (Complete Nightfall Leg without dying) I just signed in another controller, completed it on my guest account while letting my main account sit back at the start of the level.

Works like a charm =)

@Karmastocracy I actually didn't find the "Don't die on Legendary" challenges to be that difficult. o_o The challenge on Saturday took me two tries and that's only because the Computer AI couldn't stop a grunt from throwing a plasma into the room I was in. >_> Of course that room had tons of explosives in it. Playing on Legendary just means that vehicles are death traps and long range is your best friend. :D

@Prboi Warrant Officer G3 is the HARDEST to get out of. 66k credits to get promoted, where the last one was, like, 33k. And when you finally make that Captain the credit reqs for the promotion drop to 40something K

@Robborboy

Oh, then I guess I'm fine lol. Thanks man

@Prboi Credit farming is so easy. I would suspect only half of the people at Lt. Col. Grade C really earned that rank.

@Prboi

Same rank. Probably only a third of the way through it. But I also don't ONLY play Halo. I have friends that have already passed me by.

@Shadowbender

Well it's kind of hard when I get paired up with people who get 5 kills a game while I get like 15. & I'm NOT going to start cheating to get my creds

@Robborboy

actually i think Captain grade 1 is only 23k credits. the jump to Major is then 46k credits, though still less than the jump to Captain. you can see what you need for all the levels here:

http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Rank_%28Halo:_Reach%29

@Prboi
Define cheating. You only get banned for resetting your Daily Challenges. Farming is legit, even Bungie said so.

@daytripper
crap wrong reply.

@maveric101

God I hope no one has reached Inheritor yet. That's just ridiculous.

@daytripper

Well how do I "farm" for credits?

@Prboi

I feel your pain good man, I'm Warrant Officer Grade 3 too, spent all afternoon playing yesterday and only got to 75% of the bar...;_;

@Prboi Besides going for challenges, the best way is to go Matchmaking > Firefight > Score Attack > Vote Gruntpocalypse. You get ~11 credits for every headshot.

@aristokrat

I'd love to have that achievement (only need the Legendary ones), but I'm just not good enough to finish the levels on Legendary, let alone without dying. :(

@adeese

Yeah, Winter Contingency is probably the only one I could do it in. The rest of them... no thank you!

@adeese

It's not that difficult once you get the hang of it. I'm not the greatest Halo player in the universe, far from it, but I can pull off a headshot. As long as you can do this, Legendary can be much, much less tedious.

@adeese The only truely hard levels on Legendary I would say are the last three. Those just were not much fun. Especially the last one. For most of the rest, just make sure you always have a headshot weapon (DMR or pistol) for the riff raff, and either a plasma pistol (to take out elites w/ a noob combo) or some bigger weapon. Pick off the grunts and jackals first, then concentrate on the elites and/or brutes. Rinse, repeat, done.

For most of the early levels, you can kind of hang back and let the AI help you out as well. Just take things slow and careful, and you'll get through it.

@Liquidfingers

I tried the ONI mission a couple of times yesterday and Nightfall a couple of times today and never managed it.

For me, it's far too easy to get hit by a stray plasma grenade or some other "insta-kill" type thing that comes out of nowhere.

Gonna give it another go tonight though.