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Subject: NEWS ON THE NEW UPDATE TODAY
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Posted by: T3E
i hope its the shot gun but two shots is quite a little

the shotgun is already in the game... Ive watched a E3 2004 MP video and some guy was playing with a shotgun

  • 06.04.2004 4:38 PM PDT
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what im most excited about ist he new enemy......they made it sound like after he dies two more little "its" pop up.....yay! more freaking covie bastards to waste! imagine....going in and blowin the hell outta him...then cleanin up the left overs w/ some evil skull bashing.....i cant wait!

  • 06.04.2004 4:40 PM PDT
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Judging from your guess Split Chomp... that sounds more like Flood then Covenant. They're more likely to spawn or do other freaky things when they "die".

  • 06.04.2004 4:48 PM PDT

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whatever this new Covie is -all signs point to it being really large.

  • 06.04.2004 5:08 PM PDT
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I hope they arent toning down the power of the pistol, if they do I won't buy Halo2!

  • 06.04.2004 5:14 PM PDT

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uh... id on't know if they ever mentioned the new enemy is Covenant (i guess it could be a Flood form.... a really big Flood form).

What I am most excited about is the Stats, did they say there gonna keep track of "how" you killed people? (I know we get some variety in our MP messages,i.e. "you killed so and so"). Does anyone believe with me that the Stats button here is gonna be huge when Halo2 on XBL starts running?

  • 06.04.2004 5:15 PM PDT
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*lol*
Don't by it then.

  • 06.04.2004 5:16 PM PDT

My thumbsticks will be your Doom.... sorry 'bout that.
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oh yeah shuweeeet update. Sounds like this game is gonna set another standard.

  • 06.04.2004 5:17 PM PDT
Subject: NEW BUNGIE WEEKLY UPDATE (6/4/04)
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I also animated the first-person CENSORED (both single and dual shot), so that should be in the game and working now…it looks pretty cool, but it’s definitely a lot weaker than CENSORED and it has CENSORED now, so people are probably going to CENSORED and CENSORED. Oh well, all’s fair in the cruel world of gameplay balance."

Well here's how it should be.
I also animated the first-person Pistol (both single and dual shot), so that should be in the game and working now…it looks pretty cool, but it’s definitely a lot weaker than in halo 1 and it has no sight now, so people are probably going to Angry and pissed. Oh well, all’s fair in the cruel world of gameplay balance

  • 06.04.2004 5:24 PM PDT
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ArchMagnus said that earlier.

Posted by: ArchMagnus
Sounds like he's referring to the Pistol.

Imagine:

I also animated the first-person PISTOL (both single and dual shot), so that should be in the game and working now…it looks pretty cool, but it’s definitely a lot weaker than HALO 1 and it has NO SCOPE now, so people are probably going to -blam!- and COMPLAIN. Oh well, all’s fair in the cruel world of gameplay balance."

Yeah. I'd bet my left nut.


[Edited on 6/4/2004 5:28:24 PM]

  • 06.04.2004 5:28 PM PDT
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i sure hope the pistol has a silencer and you can dual wield it. that would balance it out, and it still would be uber-powerful. remember, silencers do more than stop noise- they stop recoil. that was the drawback with the pistol in Halo 1- the recoil. maybe in halo 2 there will be less, so effectively while dual wielding you have a 24 shot silenced death machine. and without the enormous recoil disadvantages of dual wielding.

EDIT- oh yeah, he finaly confirmed the scorpion's presence in halo 2! i love the scorpion.

[Edited on 6/4/2004 5:41:50 PM]

  • 06.04.2004 5:40 PM PDT
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This game is going to Own every single FPS being released this year and the next.

  • 06.04.2004 5:43 PM PDT
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This game is going to Own every single FPS being released this year and the next.

duh.

  • 06.04.2004 5:46 PM PDT
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Haha, didn't Halo lready have that since 2001? =P

  • 06.04.2004 5:53 PM PDT
Subject: NEW BUNGIE WEEKLY UPDATE (6/4/04)
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frankie couldnt have given us a better "hidden message" for the new pistol

  • 06.04.2004 5:58 PM PDT
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Amen to that.

  • 06.04.2004 5:59 PM PDT

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So if the Pistol no longer has a Scope and Frankie mentioned somewhere in the update about sniper weapons (plural !!!). Is he just talking about the BR, the sniper riffle and the hinted at Covie sniper riffle??? Or will there be more?

  • 06.04.2004 6:03 PM PDT
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Where in the update did it say that? Let me check.

  • 06.04.2004 6:10 PM PDT
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maybe the covenant carbine is not the equivilant to the BR, but to the sniper rifle.

  • 06.04.2004 6:11 PM PDT
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There was no mention of snipers. I just checked the entire update.

  • 06.04.2004 6:13 PM PDT

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Where in the update did it say that? Let me check.

it's in there somewhere i think when he's talking about damage points.


Doesn't anyone care about the Stats? They will, after all, be our Stats you know?

  • 06.04.2004 6:14 PM PDT
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Is the answer to both of your statements this?:

Cuban did the damage type reporting so the game engine can have different messages appear for Melee kills vs. Sniper kills vs. Needler kills, plus we track them as separate stats which is cool.

  • 06.04.2004 6:16 PM PDT

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Here it is, it's not sniper weapons but it does refers to more than one.

(i.e. what weapon it came from, what vehicle you were hit by, which sniping weapon you were just headshot with)

  • 06.04.2004 6:19 PM PDT

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Yeah don't you think it would be cool to see those kinda stats, like here at Bungie? So I could see how many Needler Kills you have and can conclude you like using it or not so I have somewhat of an idea of what kind of player you are? (or something like that). It'd be usefull too maybe within clans.

  • 06.04.2004 6:22 PM PDT
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Posted by: Doom Sticks
Here it is, it's not sniper weapons but it does refers to more than one.

(i.e. what weapon it came from, what vehicle you were hit by, which sniping weapon you were just headshot with)


It could be a covie sniper rifle, or it could be anything with zoom (ie battle rifle, rocket launcher, covie carbine, etc.).

  • 06.04.2004 6:24 PM PDT