Let me summarize the Beta for you.

[iBotPeaches]

It launches May 3rd. Knowing Xbox and Bungie, that means midday on the 3rd and then there will be a mass influx of people downloading the 600mb+ BETA. Expect downtime during the download. Just pretend its on the 4th and download then. You will have matchmaking and the theater to work from. Maybe again we can glitch into a custom game.

 

Playlists will be launched in segments. They don't want the forums to be flooded with a variety of concerns, so Bungie will release one playlist at a time to get people focused on one gametype, in order to simplify gathering feedback.

 

Armour Abilities

these act like equipment.

• Armor Lock (Temp. Invulnerability)
• Roll (Elite Only, Roll out of a danger)
• JetPack (Fly out of danger)
• Sprint (Spartan Only, quick burst of speed)
• probably more...

Weapons

The good stuff

• Magnum
• DMR (Designated Marksman Rifle)
• AR (Assault Rifle)
• Plasma Repeater
• Plasma Launcher
• Focus Rifle
• Grenade Launcher
• Needle Rifle
• Needler

Vehicles

new vehicles?11

 

• Warthog
• Ghost
• Banshee
• Wraith

Maps

• Powerhouse (Looks like HighGround redo)
• Sword Base (Close encounters, lots of levels)
• Overlook (Quite large)
• Boneyard (Larger than Sandtrap with more vehicles)

Gametypes

• Invasion (Firefight?111)
• Headhunter (Kill people, get skulls, drop skulls in location, win game)
• Stockpile (4 Neutral Flags, get them back to base and wait)
• Generator Defense (3v3 Spartans VS Elites, mainly for network testing)
• all the old stuff

[Dataanti]

GTFO MY IBM BUNGIE DID THIS ALREADY D:<

[lostmodz26]

I bet you $100 that bungie is going to reveal a new armor ability in the next weekly update.

[Dataanti]

I bet you $100 that bungie is going to reveal a new armor ability in the next weekly update.

 

i bet -$100 that bungie is not going to reveal a new armor ability in the next weekly update.

[halo3]

what about da tank? also im happy jtag ppl get to keep the beta forever

[Lockon]

^Bungie learned and is gonna prevent that from happing