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Subject: I thought of a cool new feature for HALO3
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Here is my idea for a new feature in HALO3. I was thinking about this last night while getting my ass kicked on LIVE. The idea came to me when I actually started using the 'team viewer' that is available for the five seconds or so after you die and before you respawn. This 'Team Viewer' (or whatever it's actually called) lets you have an over-head view of any member of your team ( and some of their surroundings) while you wait to respawn. Well this can be very helpful, because it lets you know if a member of your team is in trouble, or sneaking into the enemys base, or running with the flag, or whatever. So I thought to myself "Why is this only a feature that I can use for 5 seconds after I die?".

My idea is to let you toggle this option on and off DURING the game as a 'picture in picture' feature at the bottom right hand corner of your screen. Not only would this feature help for better TEAM play (so that teammates wouldn't have to talk all the time about where they are and what they are doing) but it would also help the individual player because it would let you view YOURSELF as well. The benefits of focusing in on yourself would be numerous. Storming the base would no longer be a blind jump (check out the situation first with your P.I.P as you're about to turn the corner). And don't you hate it when people camp in a corner of a room with the sword or a shotty? You'd be able to check out the room first before you ran in. Frantic close quarter fights wouldn't just be you trying to circle the other person anD fire at their head, with the P.I.P you could actually see the whole scene.

Anyway, that's my idea. Sorry for this long post, but I thought thought it was worth it. I'm totally ready to hear negatice feedback though ( I know these forums ). So what do you guys think?

  • 12.17.2004 9:36 AM PDT
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Yah u know what u mean. like in CS the picture in Picture thing was sweet. but i think maybe Bungie didnt put a feature like this in because it might be cheap in some way. because if your teamates r surrounded by enemies. you know where they all r. kinda like looking at someone elses screen and then going there because u kno everyones there. but i dunno. it wouldent be so cheap because both teams could use it. good suggestion

  • 12.17.2004 11:03 AM PDT
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yah gud idea

  • 12.17.2004 11:22 AM PDT
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thats is such a bad idea. if ur worried about if anyone is camping inside the base with a shotty or sword, easy enought throw a damn grenade u noob. its not that hard to figure out whos in the base or not. go slowly and always be vigalent. u dont always have to storm in there waving ur gun. now as for the scoping whos around u during respawn time, if u would look at your radar when ur playing then u can easily avoid conflicts with enemys. if u see someone coing at u from a corner, run ther other way or throw a nade bafore he get around that corner. u dont have any sences of playing this game right, u just want it as easy as possible so u dont have to work as hard to be good, if u ask anyone alse that really loves this game and is good at it, they would say that this is a bad idea and ur just using it for noob efforts.

not to be rude in any way, im just telling u my thoughts as they come.

  • 12.17.2004 11:32 AM PDT
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this would be good in any other game maybe, maybe. all this is, is a glimpse of the enemys around ur friends, so when u respawn then u can tel them that someone is camping someone where. thats not fair to anyone even if both teams got that option. its just like those reconfigured modems, whitch drops the enemys team and stays there ofr like 45 seconds trying to reconnect. btw if yall get that chek your scores after hat happens b/c if they have changed thern the other team is cheating and u can report it to bungie. this really only works in slayer or team slayer but i bet people can figure it out for the senario games aswell. dude ur idea is good just revise it a little and come up with something a little more practical for a 1st persion shooter intense game.

  • 12.17.2004 11:38 AM PDT