New, HALO junkie

Hey guys and girls, My names Jeff I am 27 years old from Northern New Jersey. I love gaming and was brought up like most of us on Mario and Punchout etc for original Nintendo. I progressed through the different systems until I came across Halo for original Xbox. SInce then thats been the story of my gaming career. Very rarely do I play anything but a game from the Halo series, and always make it my point to get to the highest rank and do it all. I made it to 5 Star General in Halo 3 twice, and I was one of the first few people to make it to Inheritor in Halo Reach. I am coming off a 3 month break from gaming entirely. I work full time and just needed a break, but I made it a point to come back and train up with a friend of mine for these final two months before Halo 4 drops. Yesterday was my first day, alot of work to be done haha. I've been apart of gaming communities in the past and actually helped manage one as a high ranking officer in (UEG) for 2 years, but wanted something more mellow and with more people my age, so here I am. If anyone wants to play just message me my GT is NYC PROPHECY. I am debating using HALO REACH or HALO 3 to train for Halo 4. Reach has the graphics and some advanced features that will carry into Halo 4 but your not the Master Chief. In halo 3 your the MC and you have a BR. As the Master Cheif you run faster, jump higher throw grenades differently. There is Zero Bloom. Might be better to train under those conditions if thats how its going to be like but I am not sure anyone have any insight?