invis is pretty easy to foil, but the armor locking noobs suck. armor lock, pop out and mele you, armor lock before you can do anything, pop out a few seconds later and destroy you with their big fat fist. Those kids need to die.

Why not just stand behind them and assassinate them when they pop up?

I think it's human nature to exaggerate when things we don't like are happening. I'm not saying that this doesn't happen but I have yet to play a game where it's happened more than once to me. Play style could have a lot to do with it too. With the exception of Armor Lock on Elite slayer, I haven't experienced these common complaints at a high rate. I see dudes who Armor Lock a lot getting owned more than anything. The new melee system has me trying a lot harder to stay away from close quarter encounters, maybe that's why I haven't had what Ironman is talking about happen to me more than a handful of times. 

Yeah Arena is where its at.. You have to play 3 games a day for at least 10 days to be ranked.. After playing three games that day you'll get an average score of those three games - which this score means nothing except to show an avg of you best three games of the day - So yeah if you keep playing it'll only show the average of your best set of three - not the average of all your games that day in Arena.  And remember at the end of each game look at your score and see if you're in the top 4 players ( of the 8 in arena ) - if Yes-  you are moving on 'ranking up' to a better division ( whether team wins or loses - so you can't be carried if you stink - and you can't be penalized by losing the game if you were the best player and it wasnt your fault ) ..

Now you get the same 'point' for each assist as you get a 'pointd' for a kill - so no more bad feelings about those who feel their kill was 'stolen' by someone aka Halo 3.. Also you get points taken away for dying - So you're death kill ratio - the better it is the better your score.. You also get points taken away for betraying someone - and even worse you have a higher chance of getting booted now - and after like 3 betrayels in a row - you have to face a "time out" which you can't go into a ranked game for 15- 30 mins - this is to keep boosters and spoilers out of game more then Halo 3 ...A tiny few people think this is not good ( and although few they are the most vocal - but most of these guys are boosters or bad players ), but majority have voiced ( On bungie.net ) that its a very good thing , because Most of us knows how it feels to be killed ( or at least weakened ) and killed by a stray grenade, which often happened right after you killed an opposing team mate ( In Halo 3 ) and your team mate threw a wild grenade and finishes you off and ironically ends up giving a point to the other team! .. In Halo Reach's system it teaches idiots who never cared ( In Halo 3 ) to have more discipline with their grenades - since you get rightfully penalized now ( points deducted)... Imagine being in real life combat and you're shooting at someone and a guy in your platoon throws a grenade at your feet to kill the other guy !! HAAAA  So you get the feeling they  shouldve done this in Halo 3 ! -And even as important the offender will not be able to enter matchmaking for awhile after a few betrayels as a penalty, plus they do the same thing for quitters.. Which is great.. My argument is, if you quit for any legitamate reason you'll have no reason to come back and play within 15 mins anyways.. Only place you can get screwed here is if you LOCAL internet service provider stinks so bad that it cuts you off from the internet ( in this case Live )...which is not the fault of Live, but your local company, in which case you need to call them and have a line check done for packet loss..

I like how they do a montlhy division now because people cant buy accounts and keep them tucked away 'For Show' when they deserve no such account.. Plus for legitimate players like me - I can see a monthly report of how Ive really played - and can hope to see progress from movement of divisions and it even shows when you get ranked if you're in top % of that division - so you know where you stand in that division.  Anyone who thinks its easier to kill with the DMR then the BR (aka halo 3 ) needs to realise its only easier to kill because you probably werent that good and are now being put with people who are your skill level.. If it was actually easier to kill with the DMR then since everyone uses the DMR it would be a "wash" because everyone uese the DMR so your advantage is gone.. LOL .. Thing is.. its just as easy to get killed in Reach and as quickly as Halo 3 because there are alot of bad ass weapons in Reach..

Almost all armor abilities are double edged swords- which is why they are cool, but dont make the game unfair - Im not listing everything, just a couple observations from my own experiences..

Invisible ? ..Sometimes its your own teamate not the enemy close by.. A few times Ive actually been grenaded by team mates that thought I may be the enemy because their radar isnt telling them ..plus with invisible on you can't hear if multiple enemies or dangerous explosions are happening right on top of you so you die quick..  Armor lock? If I have a sticky grenade I can pretty much time it and kill him when he comes out.. if you have rockets just wait.. or even snipe for a headshot.. Jetpack had more advantage at first because people werent used to looking up yet, but now you can hear someone coming.. to get an advantage get sniper and go high.. dont use it too much or in wide open spaces where you'll be seen fast.. Sprint has to least upside using it in the entire game, but least downside for a few mins of use till you die IMHO.. because you can start with sprint.. get rockets or sniper get some good kills then choose invisible or something on your death to keep your momentum going..

@ rf40928

Yeah I'm a little familiar with Arena, I played it some at first. I'm at an extreme disadvantage when it comes to team games though because at best, my team will consist of my two young sons and another friend of mine who doesn't play oodles of Halo online. Not to knock my kids' ability (the younger of the two was ranked higher than me in H3 Lone wolves, 43) because we do pretty decent sometimes but I imagine playing with the same group of guys that can strategize and execute with patience is a big step up. At worst, well me and 3 other dickheads is no fun. 

I wanna ask you or anyone else who may know, has there been any talk of FFA in Arena? That would be where I spend most of my time if it ever does happen.

I'm so sick of this game's crappy host migration. Yeah, it's a nice feature to have, but why is it happening at the beginning of the match and halfway through the match? It's random and completely breaks the flow of the game. It's also rather hilarious when I host migrate into a suicide while driving a vehicle. But seriously, Halo 3 didn't have this many host migrations per match.

I've played both of these games entirely too much and have to say that I think the overall difficulty is the same.  Perhaps the changes to matchmaking are making the OP think that there is less skill invovled in folks as it's much easier to play ranked games vs newbs now than before.  That said, with the introduction of jetpacks, armor lock, running, better frag grenades, the zoom pistol, and "elite slayer," the possibilities of getting killed/killing have increased. Also, pack to the topic, many of the Reach maps are from areas within the game or reskins of old Halo maps, rather than new and fresh on every instance.. it is also quite possible that the maps feel more familiar for halo players (I know I enjoy em alot), and thus people are able to adapt and adjust more quickly than before as well.  Aaaaanyways, more skill in Halo 3 than Reach? Meh.. I think OP hasn't played around enough with the new ways to kill folks :)

While Ive heard nothing about "Lonewolf" in Arena.. I'd say there's a good chance it'll end up in Arena sometime.. Obviously you know they just added Sniper.. I'd almost say its inevitable it'll end up in Arena because they always add more content later to scratch the 'itches' that fans have.. As I said before about the new free Forge maps.. they are nice, but probably not as good as content you'll see in future map packs ( that you pay about 12$ in M$ points for )