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Subject: marines and why there so weak...?where they meant for dying on purp...
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ok this topic is about marines and why they are so weak???
even though marines are not heavily armoured like the master chief...
marines only fire short bursts out of there assault rifle, as it would be must better firing all the time(in some cases)
marines sometimes dont go anywhere with you because there is a high covenant group ahead or somthing...
marines will die in one shot when the infection form comes(even if u shoot the infection form off the marine dies)
someplaces marines dont go to a certain place until u go there first...
sometimes marines dont know what there doing so u shoot them!!!
but if u kill to many they are not weaker anymore they shoot at the master chief knowing they are next in the line!!!

if u have any more suggestions on y marines are weaker or anything about marines, then share ur ideas?

  • 03.24.2007 4:01 PM PDT
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i agree its pretty annoying. but u gotta remember marines are humans like u and me...not super agumented like the mc...so it would b kinda hard 2 hold down the trigger on a high-powerd gun w/ a lot of kick probably. the flood part is super annoying too, but they eat things alive kind of or dissasemble them. and plasma really burns through ur skin and body if u get hit...in some situations they can be helpful...but in others very annoying

on the high charity level when im playing it wen i get bored i rescue the marines and c how many i can keep alive...but even then its annoying and mostly i leave them alone.


but u are right bout them being week and a problem sometimes..and bungie said they were gunna fix that problem, like a control thing that says like regroup 2 the marines, hold position, take cover, fall back...if u want to use it, so that will probably solve part of the problem w/ that

  • 03.24.2007 8:40 PM PDT
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Meh. Marines are meant...to help you through the game. So yes. I believe that they were made to die so you could live thoughout the game. And yes. They are extremely annoying. That's why I kill the ones that a dumb and the ones that get in my way.....

  • 03.24.2007 8:54 PM PDT
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good point. and the marines can also be helpful tho if ur on a harder difficulty than easy, because they draw some fire...and the marines have 2 b in there...it cant be a 1-man army...there's no army w/out marines

  • 03.25.2007 3:56 AM PDT
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Posted by: gEArs oF Halo182
and plasma really burns through ur skin and body if u get hit...in some situations they can be helpful...but in others very annoying


Yes plasma burns through almost anything in reality. It is like 2,000 degrees fehrenheit.

  • 03.25.2007 10:56 AM PDT
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They are cannon fodder and they flooding well know it and love it........ (" I get paid for this!!!!")

  • 03.25.2007 11:44 AM PDT
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on the high charity level when im playing it wen i get bored i rescue the marines and c how many i can keep alive...but even then its annoying and mostly i leave them alone.

yes that is what i do but sometimes when u try to save them more they die more...?
and the barstids are uselless against elites or something... there just firing at the jackals shield non-stop not realizing there not doing anything...
the only thing they can kill is pretty much grunts... not unless the marines are in a big pack!!!

  • 03.26.2007 12:22 AM PDT
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ur right...but 3 or 4 of them can easily take down an elite...but very very anoying!

  • 04.08.2007 6:37 PM PDT
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Think, you're a genetically enchanced Spartan, with his wang chopped off. The only thing you can focus on is killing the other guy.

  • 04.08.2007 6:43 PM PDT
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bungie does say you can give them commands in halo 3...so thats a plus

  • 04.18.2007 3:34 PM PDT

Yes, the default marines suck...which is why I choose only Spartans for my missions to Halo(see below)
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i232/_SgtPeppers_/H1%20camp aign/AOTCR-7.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i232/_SgtPeppers_/H1%20camp aign/AOTCR-10.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i232/_SgtPeppers_/H1%20camp aign/update/SilentCartoghraper-5.jpg

  • 04.18.2007 5:27 PM PDT
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They are meant to carry extra assault rifle ammo and nothing else in my opinion...

  • 04.18.2007 7:34 PM PDT
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Posted by: xX S3anyBoy Xx
Yes, the default marines suck...which is why I choose only Spartans for my missions to Halo(see below)
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i232/_SgtPeppers_/H1%20camp aign/AOTCR-7.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i232/_SgtPeppers_/H1%20camp aign/AOTCR-10.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i232/_SgtPeppers_/H1%20camp aign/update/SilentCartoghraper-5.jpg

whoa. you werent kidding.
ireally need to download halo custom edition

  • 04.18.2007 9:19 PM PDT

Leave no man behind. But be prepared to stand alone.

The Marines in the the first game strike me as better soldiers than the ones in H2. And I certainly learned very early to take the wheel of the Warthog rather than shotgun, or even the gun for that matter. I also avoid handing any AI a launcher in tight quarters, though I find it useful to get one in the hands of an AI who then rides shotgun while I rack up on roadkills. The Aussie, the Mexican, and of course Sgts. Johnson and Stacker, are a riot providing comic relief in the field. The Marine who whines alot (as at the beginning of "Metropolis") has a funny one-liner now and again, but that's about it. My sympathy for him outweighs my dislike of his whining. The females in H2 are tougher than I would have expected. Compared to MC, of course, everyone seems a bit inept. It would be nice to be able to compensate for this with commands like "pull back" or "hold position". Are the Marines meant for dying or for cannon fodder or a distraction? Not to me. As former military it's a creed thing---I always keep the backs of comrades. Yeah, it gets me smoked sometimes, but so be it.

  • 04.18.2007 10:18 PM PDT
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The marines in H1 are not better then H2. They fact is that they can't take the wheel of the Hod in the first place and the option of trading weapons isn't yet isn't aviable. That doesn't make them better, it's just limits both their use ad ability to make mistakes.

  • 04.18.2007 10:46 PM PDT

Leave no man behind. But be prepared to stand alone.

Posted by: Tartarus
The marines in H1 are not better then H2. They fact is that they can't take the wheel of the Hod in the first place and the option of trading weapons isn't yet isn't aviable. That doesn't make them better, it's just limits both their use ad ability to make mistakes.
I was thinking in terms of both games, and of H2 regarding the Warthog and weapon swaps. I get your point, though.

  • 04.19.2007 12:18 AM PDT

Let grunts Sleep!!!

Honestly I think its fun to run them over with vehicles or stick them with grenades.

  • 04.19.2007 1:51 AM PDT
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Their AI wasn't good enough. AI in games has improved since Halo was released.

  • 04.19.2007 7:10 AM PDT
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Posted by: xX S3anyBoy Xx
Yes, the default marines suck...which is why I choose only Spartans for my missions to Halo(see below)
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i232/_SgtPeppers_/H1%20camp aign/AOTCR-7.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i232/_SgtPeppers_/H1%20camp aign/AOTCR-10.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i232/_SgtPeppers_/H1%20camp aign/update/SilentCartoghraper-5.jpg

whoa. you werent kidding.
ireally need to download halo custom edition


I think those are skins. The single player maps I have on CE, the spartans look way different.

  • 04.19.2007 8:54 AM PDT

Wow, no they aren't skins they're a biped swap...and who said it's CE anyway.
Also Spartans can drive vehicles, even pelicans ;)

  • 04.19.2007 1:31 PM PDT
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Yeah, I do the Spartan Marine swap all the time. And I give em ARs modded to fire Warthog Chaingun bullets.

  • 04.22.2007 11:34 AM PDT

Technical abilities are probably the main reason, along with difficulty and the fact that you are supposed to be the ultimate and last chance to kill the covenant, so bungie shows you that at the expense of some virtualy marines.

  • 04.23.2007 12:58 PM PDT
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The marines are just marines so they have bad health do they die fast and they fire short bursts of bullets becuase they want their shots to be accurate but when you keep firing the accuracy gets worse.

  • 04.23.2007 4:03 PM PDT

"Do you think it's because we're awesome? I think it's because we're awesome."

"Man, you're camping my only spawn point? Who made this "Infection" gametype? I'm like a fricken ant someone threw into a spider farm! Except one of the spiders has a tank!"

you know, i guess bungie felt the same way. because in halo 2, well, my buddy took a shotgun to a marines head. all that happened? his helmet flew off.

  • 04.27.2007 3:36 PM PDT
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In Halo 2 I got the feeling that the marines were actually trying to live. Two of them working together and using cover could take out probably a major elite and a group of grunts. Yet in Halo 1, five marines couldn't kill a minor elite, even on easy, it's disgraceful.

  • 04.27.2007 7:04 PM PDT

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