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Subject: Halo Universe: Use Fire

ok.. i agree that if there are to many wepons it will mess up the experience were so used to having.. BUT if u think about it its awsome.. okay so what theres alot of wepons.. there ALL not going to be on EVERYMAP.. im sure that we can still have our br pro matches and what not.. and u have to remember.. this is bungies. LAST halo game.. the replay value of it is what they want... and with the new wepons and custom games and stuff they've made that possible..so stop complaining about them making the game better.. if they only had the guns that were in the beta... i bet everyone would -blam!- about how they didnt have anymore new wepons and blah blah blha.. its good.. i hope they have an ice thrower to.. and the snake scopion shoots outta his hand in mortal kombat! well no really but its still cool to be able to use -blam!- like that in customs is it not.. and if u dont like it at least u have the option to.. so ppl quit whining!

  • 08.13.2007 12:27 PM PDT

Master Chief is my homey.

This is cool and all and I'm very excited but I wish they would give us more new info on these weapons instead of repeating exactly what IGN reported on last week!!

  • 08.13.2007 12:33 PM PDT
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Posted by: Chunkscout24
woulda been cool... if this hadnt been posted on IGN a few days ago.. i mean this is like the exact same story... weak.. cmon I hoped at least there'd be a new screenshot or something.


Bungie probably put this in for people who don't go to sites like IGN and who want this kind of information, Bungie doesn't just post stuff randomly on their site.

  • 08.13.2007 12:37 PM PDT
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I dunno about you guys, but that flame effect is really poor compared to the rest of the game's high production values.

Bungie described it as having liquid-based physics and really realistic effects, but to me that just looks like a poorly done, big puffy orange cloud being fired out, very bland and boring.

This is what the flame effect should be modeled on:
http://abstractnonsense.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/flamethro wer-754684.JPG

Normally I don't give a damn about graphical effects but this puffy orange cloud is nothing like the liquid flame they described.

Don't take me as a whiner either, I still love Halo 3. This is the ONLY thing I can complain about. I just hope they improve it so it's practically a perfect game.

  • 08.13.2007 12:41 PM PDT
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ok.. i agree that if there are to many wepons it will mess up the experience were so used to having.. BUT if u think about it its awsome.. okay so what theres alot of wepons.. there ALL not going to be on EVERYMAP.. im sure that we can still have our br pro matches and what not.. and u have to remember.. this is bungies. LAST halo game.. the replay value of it is what they want... and with the new wepons and custom games and stuff they've made that possible..so stop complaining about them making the game better.. if they only had the guns that were in the beta... i bet everyone would -blam!- about how they didnt have anymore new wepons and blah blah blha.. its good.. i hope they have an ice thrower to.. and the snake scopion shoots outta his hand in mortal kombat! well no really but its still cool to be able to use -blam!- like that in customs is it not.. and if u dont like it at least u have the option to.. so ppl quit whining!


' this is bungies LAST halo game', dude hate to burst your bubble but there is no way that bungie or Microsoft is going to burn this franchise after this game, if you think that then you obviously don't understand the concept of MONEY MAKING! This franchise is making them huge amounts of money and while they can still make big money from it they will continue to make Halo games, maybe not the same era of this halo but they will certainly continue with the plot at some point, they only said that they were stopping this part of the story after this game, they however never ruled out the possibility of another game but of like I said before a different era!

  • 08.13.2007 12:43 PM PDT
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I going to bet a few of you have played a game called halo 2. In case you haven't go buy a copy and fire it up. Begin a new campaign on any difficulty you like. In the first level you will come to some fire. Don't be shy now, go ahead, stand in it. You know what happens? Nada. I wonder if this will be a campaign only weapon because it seems like a pretty useless weapon against shielded enemies. The grenade is a different story. It is apparently filled with something on par with thermite which is much more effective at burning through things. I'm going to go ahead and assume the flamethrower will be campaign-only, unless the chief gets an armor downgrade.....

  • 08.13.2007 12:44 PM PDT

59th Post YEAH!!

I'm kidding

  • 08.13.2007 12:47 PM PDT
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The grenade will be in campaign, though. The flamethrower should hopefully be toned down, or have all the fuel in it ignite if the user overheats it. In Halo PC, the flamthrower is about as powerful as a shotgun, except it's a slightly slower and more painful death.

  • 08.13.2007 12:53 PM PDT
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I remember hearing in the latest podcast there is going to be a flash grenade?

Where is that going to take place? I doubt the GUI will have room for 5 nade slots xD

  • 08.13.2007 12:55 PM PDT

Woop woop.

lol many people r going to quote Disco inferno lol

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Posted by: Chunkscout24
woulda been cool... if this hadnt been posted on IGN a few days ago.. i mean this is like the exact same story... weak.. cmon I hoped at least there'd be a new screenshot or something.


Bungie probably put this in for people who don't go to sites like IGN and who want this kind of information, Bungie doesn't just post stuff randomly on their site.


lol... I guess I see what your saying.. but why not post it on the same day as IGN posts it.. or maybe before? so we hear something new from bungie.. and btw i'd say humpdays are a bit random :-)

That maybe true but humpdays are awesome :)

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I think the flame thrower and the new grenade are definately going to help out with the mammoth beatings everyone is going to dish out to one another with the release of Halo Tres. The introduction of fire weapons is definately going to be interesting.

My only question is if the incindiary grenade is going to be the "Flare" that I have been hearing about in the Bungie Podcast. This is due to the fact that in the information about the weapon itself, it says that staring straight at the active grenade cause retina damage... Hmmmmm.

All in all, what a kick ars nugget of what is to come.

Thank you Bungie, keep it up homies.

  • 08.13.2007 12:57 PM PDT
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Posted by: Chunkscout24
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I think the flame thrower and the new grenade are definately going to help out with the mammoth beatings everyone is going to dish out to one another with the release of Halo Tres. The introduction of fire weapons is definately going to be interesting.

My only question is if the incindiary grenade is going to be the "Flare" that I have been hearing about in the Bungie Podcast. This is due to the fact that in the information about the weapon itself, it says that staring straight at the active grenade cause retina damage... Hmmmmm.

All in all, what a kick ars nugget of what is to come.

Thank you Bungie, keep it up homies.
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Flare is an item...


True, I forgot. Did anyone notice that in the incindiary grenades information posted that it can only be thrown around 10 meters? Interesting.

  • 08.13.2007 1:04 PM PDT

Is the firebomb a Brute or Human weapon? Is the flamethrower a support weapon or normal weapon?

Edit: I love how Bungie is just jamming Halo 3 with new content.

[Edited on 08.13.2007 1:06 PM PDT]

  • 08.13.2007 1:04 PM PDT
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I'm not sure how I feel about the flamethrower. When I played Halo: CE for the PC it always felt kinda like a gimmick weapon. As for the "incendiary grenade" it seems like this will add a bit more strategy to the game, so -- As Paris would say -- "That's Hot."

  • 08.13.2007 1:05 PM PDT

can't believe they brought it back

  • 08.13.2007 1:11 PM PDT

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Well first off I must say this is an interesting turn of events because I really never thought they would bring back the flamethrower, but as a support weapon it seems to fit quite well. The grenade should be a lot of fun and helpful in many situations, and now all of this helps tie in the flaming characters that bungie had told EGM about in their first exclusive. I sort of figured they would do something with fire when I read that. Anyways good work bungie, you surprise me just about every week with the new info you release. Thanks a lot you guys are awesome.

  • 08.13.2007 1:12 PM PDT

Music is power.

That's pretty cool. It'll be interesting to see how the game works with so many new weapons and such.

  • 08.13.2007 1:12 PM PDT