Well here is something a friend stumbled upon and showed me, and it seems that it has been done... armor lock is now nerfed... people rejoice! while others remorse (I liked armor lock the way it was but I guess this had to be done because of the abuse of the ability...)
 
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I haven't played that game in the longest time, I remember being annoyed by it sometimes but why were people complaining?

@Afroman269 said:

I haven't played that game in the longest time, I remember being annoyed by it sometimes but why were people complaining?

Cause people would almost die and just armor lock until their shields regenerated. Dumbest shit ever. Also heard there would be an option to turn off reticle bloom for custom games (note not per player, per game. So no advantages there)

Putting in shield bleed through doesn't seem necessary, it was fine before.

That article does a poor job of reporting the changes.
 
For one, this is a two pronged update. They are aiming to change the core Reach experience by fixing abused tactics, and are also separately creating playlists that make the game play more like the original Halo: CE.
 
The biggest change to the pure Reach side of things is armor lock. Players in armor lock still take no damage, they will exit the state with the same amount of shield/health they had before no matter what, but the amount of time the effect is active can be shorted by attacking the player. This means if you cause enough damage you can knock people out of lock, but they still do not take damage when in lock. This is subject to change after public beta testing.
 
The changes to make the game play more like Halo: CE are contained in to their own playlists, meant for those purchasing Halo Anniversary, and thus the remade maps for Reach. The changes being made here have not yet been fully defined, and are subject to change after a public beta testing.
 
They do have the option to change any number of things, like reticle bloom or what have you, but what they do change, how they change it, and in what playlists they change it in, is still in flux.

What does "bleed through" mean?

It seems that 343 wants to mark their territory and show the fans that this is their franchise now. I'm not saying that the change is unsubstantial but it seems they are just adding a bunch of things to the options for people to change and not making any super permanent changes other than the armor lock tweak. I am kind of excited by the return of Shield Bleed-Through damage because after playing Halo 3 for years, it was probably the hardest thing to adjust to in Reach.
 
Also, Halo 3 received a title update around a year of release that revamped the leveling system and tweaked the melee system. 
 
@xyzygy said:

What does "bleed through" mean?

Can't wait for this update, makes Reach feel more classic. Hopefully it comes out before Gears 3, otherwise I'll never try it.

Without bleed through

With bleed through

Sounds like a year too late. Good news for me though. Got the game a few months ago and I play online from time to time.

All these changes seem for the better. I have not played Reach in months but i'll try it again when this update happens.

Finally.

@Slaker117 said:

The biggest change to the pure Reach side of things is armor lock. Players in armor lock still take no damage, they will exit the state with the same amount of shield/health they had before no matter what, but the amount of time the effect is active can be shorted by attacking the player. This means if you cause enough damage you can knock people out of lock, but they still do not take damage when in lock.

Woah, the Joystiq article made it sound like the updated Armor Lock would only reduce the amount of damage you take, instead of completely protecting you. That would be worthless: you wouldn't be able to move and you would still take damage while locked!

As someone who's looking to get back into Reach with some friends, a fresh update with balance changes is much appreciated.

These changes only apply to certain matchmaking hoppers.

Reach will still play like it does today in the playlists it's set to.

Almost every news site seems to be missing this fact, so again in bold.

Reach is NOT changing how it is played. It is changing thing sin the backend so these things are akin to GAMETYPE changes and are going to be applied to the appropriate hopper.

I'm so glad Bungie is not in charge of this series anymore. 343 just took a game that was only marginally better than Halo 3 and, with a few small changes, transformed it into a game that will far surpass Halo 2.

It's a bout time.

My favorite part of this update is the bloom reduction. 85% bloom sounds great and hopefully now it will eliminate the randomness the of the current bloom settings. I just really wish they would nerf the stupid nukes, I mean grenades.

I always kinda thought armor lock just made people bigger targets for me. I mean, I get the abuse by high-level players, so I don't really mind if they nerf it, but camping an armor-locked guy just to fire a grenade in his face right after always kinda made my day just that much more spectacular.

Finally.

your shield recharges when in armor lock? The fuck since when?

Awessome I still play Reach everynight since launch, I approve of this update!

@Fosssil said:

I'm so glad Bungie is not in charge of this series anymore. 343 just took a game that was only marginally better than Halo 3 and, with a few small changes, transformed it into a game that will far surpass Halo 2.

Yeah, as much as I love what Bungie have done, they really needed someone else to come along and shake things up. I'm honestly glad they've moved on and hope 343 can make the next Halo game as amazing as it should be.

@Ghost249 said:

Well here is something a friend stumbled upon and showed me, and it seems that it has been done... armor lock is now nerfed... people rejoice! while others remorse (I liked armor lock the way it was but I guess this had to be done because of the abuse of the ability...)

Source:

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/26/halo-reach-title-update-coming-in-september-armor-lock-getting/

What do you guys think about this after only a year since its launch?

I still play Reach almost everynight since launch - I do think amor lock needed a tweak looooong ago, Why do they took so long? no idea..

As you said seems weird to me they are going for it now

Holy shit this sounds fantastic! Might get back on Reach now