Aw man, I just heard that my favorite tuning fork dropships won't be in the game.
Ah well, I love those things. I've already gotten used to phantoms. But still...
I don't understand why they changed the look of the AR for Reach, it looks like a prototype of the Halo 1 AR. How long was it between the fall of Reach and the Pillar of Autumn arriving at Alpha Halo?
The story I'm sticking with is that Reach is a big planet, and has many stockpiles of guns. Trainees probably have access to different stocks than veterans, who probably have access to different stocks than law enforcement.. and so on.
Weaponry is always being revised, it makes sense that lots of wacky variants will be out there.
If you now ask me to explain why 'newer' guns in H2 or H3 are weaker than their Reach counterparts, I'm just gonna stick my fingers in my ears and chant 'wort wort wort'.
Aw man, I just heard that my favorite tuning fork dropships won't be in the game.
Ah well, I love those things. I've already gotten used to phantoms. But still...
I don't understand why they changed the look of the AR for Reach, it looks like a prototype of the Halo 1 AR. How long was it between the fall of Reach and the Pillar of Autumn arriving at Alpha Halo?
They left literally right after the battle was being lost. From above Reach.
Battle wasn't lost in an afternoon.
True, and your account was more accurate. But my general point was they didn't exactly have time to restock or implement new weapons. Though the fact that Pillar of Autumn was going on a special mission with top of the line kit makes any assumptions questionable.
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Aw man, I just heard that my favorite tuning fork dropships won't be in the game.
Ah well, I love those things. I've already gotten used to phantoms. But still...
I don't understand why they changed the look of the AR for Reach, it looks like a prototype of the Halo 1 AR. How long was it between the fall of Reach and the Pillar of Autumn arriving at Alpha Halo?
The story I'm sticking with is that Reach is a big planet, and has many stockpiles of guns. Trainees probably have access to different stocks than veterans, who probably have access to different stocks than law enforcement.. and so on.
Weaponry is always being revised, it makes sense that lots of wacky variants will be out there.
If you now ask me to explain why 'newer' guns in H2 or H3 are weaker than their Reach counterparts, I'm just gonna stick my fingers in my ears and chant 'wort wort wort'.
I just figured it's the MA2B. It's just a cut down MA5B, with less ammunition and the ability to mount suppressors.
Now the new BR, that's a prototype. And it fits in the timeline, with the SPARTAN-IIs using the same prototype on Reach when they go for Halsey in First Strike. We can assume it was rushed for production and ready to roll by the time the Covenant hit Earth in H2.
Or Bungie can claim artistic license, like the (internet induced) clusterfuck revolving around the Master Chief's gauntlets.
I don't understand why they changed the look of the AR for Reach, it looks like a prototype of the Halo 1 AR. How long was it between the fall of Reach and the Pillar of Autumn arriving at Alpha Halo?
Quite a few varients on the MA Assault Rifle. Halo CE used the MA5B, and Halo 3 saw the integration of the brand new MA5C.
The squad is made up predominately of Spartan III's, and that generation liked themselves the MA5K, so that's a possibility. Spartan III's used them because they were stripped down and light, featuring a near skeletal frame.
@ S043: MA2 is really old. You don't rig spartans with 25 year old tech on the galactic human military planet.
Aw man, I just heard that my favorite tuning fork dropships won't be in the game.
Ah well, I love those things. I've already gotten used to phantoms. But still...
I don't understand why they changed the look of the AR for Reach, it looks like a prototype of the Halo 1 AR. How long was it between the fall of Reach and the Pillar of Autumn arriving at Alpha Halo?
Quite a few varients on the MA Assault Rifle. Halo CE used the MA5B, and Halo 3 saw the integration of the brand new MA5C.
The squad is made up predominately of Spartan III's, and that generation liked themselves the MA5K, so that's a possibility. Spartan III's used them because they were stripped down and light, featuring a near skeletal frame.
@ S043: MA2 is really old. You don't rig spartans with 25 year old tech on the galactic human military planet.
I actually meant the one the S-IIIs used, but got my designations mixed up.
There are too many versions of the same gun in the Halo universe.
I'm reading the newest Halo book (and really like a lot of the stories I've read so far), but The Mona Lisa was really good, but kind of depressing overall.
It's about the crew of the UNSC Red Horse traveling to the wreckage of Installation 04 to recover the derelict UNSC Mona Lisa, a ship sent by ONI S3 to experiment on Elites and humans (prisoners) using Flood samples.
The Flood break out, and completely infect the ship. The Marines sent in find a prisoner who's befriended a captured Elite he calls "Henry", who fights off the Flood with a cricket bat. I'm not going to spoil the rest of the story here, but it turned out really good, and unless it's topped by something in the second half, is my favorite in the book.
I'm reading the newest Halo book (and really like a lot of the stories I've read so far), but The Mona Lisa was really good, but kind of depressing overall.
It's about the crew of the UNSC Red Horse traveling to the wreckage of Installation 04 to recover the derelict UNSC Mona Lisa, a ship sent by ONI S3 to experiment on Elites and humans (prisoners) using Flood samples.
The Flood break out, and completely infect the ship. The Marines sent in find a prisoner who's befriended a captured Elite he calls "Henry", who fights off the Flood with a cricket bat. I'm not going to spoil the rest of the story here, but it turned out really good, and unless it's topped by something in the second half, is my favorite in the book.
Wort wort wort, indeed.
Eric Nylund's story is the only good story in the book.
what the helmets looked like since they said they differ from the normal type
No, sorry, the characterization of Spartan: Black was terrible, and no Spartan would be like 'Hey lets go on an adventure with this drone'. Spartan Black was unprofessional as hell, and should have died, because they bloody well deserved it.
I'm reading the newest Halo book (and really like a lot of the stories I've read so far), but The Mona Lisa was really good, but kind of depressing overall.
It's about the crew of the UNSC Red Horse traveling to the wreckage of Installation 04 to recover the derelict UNSC Mona Lisa, a ship sent by ONI S3 to experiment on Elites and humans (prisoners) using Flood samples.
The Flood break out, and completely infect the ship. The Marines sent in find a prisoner who's befriended a captured Elite he calls "Henry", who fights off the Flood with a cricket bat. I'm not going to spoil the rest of the story here, but it turned out really good, and unless it's topped by something in the second half, is my favorite in the book.
Wort wort wort, indeed.
Eric Nylund's story is the only good story in the book.
Obvious Bungie has the right to nix the books and retcon whatever they feel like at any given time because they're (currently) in charge of the property
but they stated once upon a time that these books were going to be canon and it'd be nice if they at least acknowledged the fact that they exist, especially since some of Nylund's work is very well done.
Obvious Bungie has the right to nix the books and retcon whatever they feel like at any given time because they're (currently) in charge of the property
but they stated once upon a time that these books were going to be canon and it'd be nice if they at least acknowledged the fact that they exist, especially since some of Nylund's work is very well done.
I thought their officially unofficial statement was that the books are canon, until they are not. Games are their priority, and nothing's going to stop them making the game they want to make.
i'm gonna go ahead and treat the books like the star wars books
which means they are cool fiction set in a familiar universe
but i don't give two shits if they contradict the books as long as we get an awesome game
so got my issue of GI, and man does it look great. really like the idea of the armor perks, definitely like it better than the equipment. sprinting in halo is going to be so great.
also it mentions areas where the team splits up, which quashes my theory of 6 player co-op (though i'm sure one of the spartans will die so i guess it wouldn't work anyway)
I wonder if they still have flag-slows-you-down, if the sprint equipment would cancel it out and make you walk normal speed..
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So it's confirmed that we have CoD-esque perks, then? At least it makes more sense in Halo than in CoD, what with the players being Spartans and merely having special equipment.
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Ah well, I love those things. I've already gotten used to phantoms. But still...
The story I'm sticking with is that Reach is a big planet, and has many stockpiles of guns. Trainees probably have access to different stocks than veterans, who probably have access to different stocks than law enforcement.. and so on.
Weaponry is always being revised, it makes sense that lots of wacky variants will be out there.
If you now ask me to explain why 'newer' guns in H2 or H3 are weaker than their Reach counterparts, I'm just gonna stick my fingers in my ears and chant 'wort wort wort'.
well it's a damn shame that
True, and your account was more accurate. But my general point was they didn't exactly have time to restock or implement new weapons. Though the fact that Pillar of Autumn was going on a special mission with top of the line kit makes any assumptions questionable.
I was referencing:
I just figured it's the MA2B. It's just a cut down MA5B, with less ammunition and the ability to mount suppressors.
Now the new BR, that's a prototype. And it fits in the timeline, with the SPARTAN-IIs using the same prototype on Reach when they go for Halsey in First Strike. We can assume it was rushed for production and ready to roll by the time the Covenant hit Earth in H2.
Or Bungie can claim artistic license, like the (internet induced) clusterfuck revolving around the Master Chief's gauntlets.
Quite a few varients on the MA Assault Rifle. Halo CE used the MA5B, and Halo 3 saw the integration of the brand new MA5C.
The squad is made up predominately of Spartan III's, and that generation liked themselves the MA5K, so that's a possibility. Spartan III's used them because they were stripped down and light, featuring a near skeletal frame.
@ S043: MA2 is really old. You don't rig spartans with 25 year old tech on the galactic human military planet.
Yeah, it was specifically stated that
are back.
I actually meant the one the S-IIIs used, but got my designations mixed up.
There are too many versions of the same gun in the Halo universe.
I think the same of the AR-15 from time to time. Same general concept by my understanding, anyway.
Did you guys also know that
Because I've developed a strong liking to running around the map yelling "wort wort wort" on xbox live
The Flood break out, and completely infect the ship. The Marines sent in find a prisoner who's befriended a captured Elite he calls "Henry", who fights off the Flood with a cricket bat. I'm not going to spoil the rest of the story here, but it turned out really good, and unless it's topped by something in the second half, is my favorite in the book.
Wort wort wort, indeed.
Eric Nylund's story is the only good story in the book.
I wonder
Also, this is what Spartan Black looks like
Okay.
There hasn't been anything that screams "OH GOD THIS IS COMPLETELY AWFUL" yet in my reading so far.
If you read the Frank O'Conner story and at no time went 'Jesus Christ this written is terribly' then I just dont know what to say.
I couldnt even make it past the second page of that one.
Also, you know
I'm also playing elite because goddamn they are just super cool.
Imma trendsetter
The books are completely secondary and always have been. Bungie doesn't let them get in the way of their games.
but they stated once upon a time that these books were going to be canon and it'd be nice if they at least acknowledged the fact that they exist, especially since some of Nylund's work is very well done.
Preach it!
I thought their officially unofficial statement was that the books are canon, until they are not. Games are their priority, and nothing's going to stop them making the game they want to make.
which means they are cool fiction set in a familiar universe
but i don't give two shits if they contradict the books as long as we get an awesome game
:smug face:
You dont have Halo Wars general achievement.
EVA helmet is invalid.
EDIT: Hey, I just picked up Nuts and Bolts and I remember some people in here palying it. Is anyone still?
@gamefacts - Totally and utterly true gaming facts on the regular!
also it mentions areas where the team splits up, which quashes my theory of 6 player co-op (though i'm sure one of the spartans will die so i guess it wouldn't work anyway)
Man, now I'm getting excited for the beta again.