What I've seen from this mode looks very cool. Hope it's gonna be online soon...

Come on peeps. Invasion is up and I see no impressions!! I am at work and cannot partake.

Invasion is what ive been most excited about for the beta.

It is fun, but I have a major gripe. When you're playing defense and transitioning between objectives, the other team can spawn behind you and beat you to the other objective, which is really cheap and essentially rewarding getting killed. Other than that, I'm having fun.

My first impressions are as follows:
1. Map is Huuuuuge! Graphics are amazing on this map. Definately looks better than powerhouse which I already thought looked great. Easily comparable to Gears graphical fidelity or better in my opinion.
2. Map is Huuuuuge! Already said that. Definately going to take some rounds to figure out where everything is and which entrance is the best and so on. I'm loving the Elite evade armor ability.
3. I've never been a big vehicle fan but at least its balanced with each side basically getting a vehicle that counters the other side.
4. Its overall a great mode that is very different from any other mode.

WTF? Is this a different game in graphics?

The graphics are like double what we have been playing the last few days. Maybe it's the scale? Maybe it's had more polish. But if singleplayer is like this with 60 odd units. Bungie really have a chance a best 360 graphics. It's awesome. So bungie. Why is powerhouse and swordbase not like this in graphics?

Oh yeah, the mode is awesome. But yeah I'll post to Bungie about the respawn on defense side.

I love it, wasn't really impressed of the beta till now. Invasion slayer is also awesome.

Swordbase is definately the weakest of the 3 in the graphical department. I guess thats to be expected, what really can you do graphically when you're inside a covenant base? I love powerhouse and I think it looks awesome. Especially the pool in the middle when you see the sunlight reflecting off the walls and the water. The motion blur definately adds a touch. But I agree with you on Boneyard. The graphics really are looking much much better than powerhouse. I actually found myself just walking around staring at the map at the beginning :) I have to say Reach is the best looking shooter on the 360 now.

Yeah I guess. But even textures look crisper. And it might be me, but lighting off of Plasma shots and grenades look to be awesome. Obviously on Launch Reach will have the same detail and effects throughout. But in sheer scale and HDR etc, Boneyard is awesome. Bungie weren't lying when they said they were punching the 360 technically. We all forget that Bungie have confirmed Great AI with loads of units in Singleplayer. I bet with Boneyard level of visuals that will look amazing.