- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
the voice proximity just wouldn't make sense, since in the books...
I hate to break it to you Vizzer but developers hardly ever do it "by the book" (no pun intended). If they discover something as cool as proximity voice communication (for everyone, team members included) and implement it in the face of blatent "universal facts" (ie. "all Spartan warriors are known to be linked by voice communicators") then they will, whether it goes against every fact put into the Halo Universe or not.
This could be by mistake, or design... it's really up to (or fault of) the developer, because, in fact, it is their world, they may shape it in whatever way they want. You never know, they could write a whole chapter telling the story of how a giant EMP wave used by the covenant wiped all modern communication nets explaining the reason why people now have to talk face-to-face... or something. They could write any number of excuses to implement what they want...
Maybe the technology they, the developers, are dealing with is limited, maybe only people in proximity can hear, and there is no way around it. Rather then scrap this idea entirely, they put it in...
"get it?"
But I do agree, that would kinda suck... but at the same time rule! Imagine the things you could do? Taunting your enemies would only be the beginning.
You could lure away people from the base with your taunts, then set up an ambush, the enemy rounds the corner only to look around confused searching for his target, you launch from your hidden perch up high, flinging your body. As you descend upon your enemy you scream your war cry... "SPOOOOOOON!" smashing your battle rifle into the back of your enemies skull with a satisfying bone crunching thud, his lifeless body crumples to the ground, his body twitches slightly as the last brain wave fires off, you crouch down on your haunches close to what's left of his ear and whisper "You really should have stayed in base." The last thing the player hears before he's respawned back into his base is a muffled chuckle... awesome!
Whatever the case may be though, it'll be cool.