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If you are unfamiliar with the mechanic, Active Reload is a feature that was popularized by the Gears of War games. It is essentially a mini-game that changes the reloading mechanism of a held weapon. By tapping the 'Reload' button/bumper (depending on control scheme) once, a player can manually reload their gun rather than wait for the current clip/magazine/projectile to run of ammo (as standard). A meter appears under your weapon/ammo display, and shows the progression of the reload. There are internal segments in this progress bar (grey and white) and when it reaches these segments, the player can press the 'Reload' button/bumper again to attempt an Active Reload, which, depending on where the progress bar was stopped, reloads the gun a lot faster than a normal reload. However, if you press the 'Reload' button/bumper OUTSIDE of the grey/white segments, the weapon "jams" and takes longer to reload. Its important to note that in GoW's implementation of Active Reload (with the exception of GoW: Judgment), performing an Active Reload while in the white segment of the progression meter (known as a Perfect Reload) increases the damage of the newly-loaded rounds for a temporary amount of time. I do not advocate this aspect of the mechanic, but feel that the concept as a whole would offer more involvement and require more awareness while in heated combat. I cannot personally find anything about this potential addition that would harm or disrupt the competitive nature of Halo's multiplayer. What do you think? On a side note, GoW also allows Active Reload for ALL firearms. Whether or not this should be how Halo's implementation of it (assuming it would be implemented) is debatable. I feel that an interesting aspect of it could be that weapons prone to 'overheat' (Storm Rifle, Plasma Pistol, Beam Rifle, etc.) would be incapable of Active Reload, but offer a different advantage already in that you can swap weapons and swap back to them without the need to initiate an animation.
