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Damnit, they cut off my Subject title.... Anyway, why is that the Flood bastards can shoot rockets all willy-nilly, but my own damn Marines cant!!!???

[Edited on 6/12/2004 11:16:05 AM]

  • 06.12.2004 11:14 AM PDT

Either they didn't want the marines killing their teammates, or Bungie didn't have enough time to install it.

  • 06.12.2004 11:51 AM PDT
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That would be awesome if they had Rocket launchers. Probably alot of suicide but hey, thats what revert to saved is for.

  • 06.12.2004 12:19 PM PDT
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Posted by: Canadian_MC
That would be awesome if they had Rocket launchers. Probably alot of suicide but hey, thats what revert to saved is for.


No, thats simply not the case. Do you see the Flood commiting suicide ant killing thier party when they use the launchers? No. Bungie could have easily incorporated it into the gameplay for the Marines' use.

  • 06.12.2004 1:40 PM PDT
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Ha! Maybe I play the game too much or something. It doesn't happen that often, but I do see the Flood rocket one another.. and frequently commit suicide while shooting at me. The hallway in TB, full of flood, and couple of Elites.. normally the rocket Flood who comes late in the battle kills the Elites.. he is a suicidal bastard. He frequently runs around the corner and fires a rocket into my face, and kills himself in the process. Normally the Flood with rockets who come when you shut down the Second Pulse generator fire into the Flood infront of them to try get you, too. Actually I think I've been suicide-rocketed by most of the rocket-Flood on TB. Granted, the Flood are stupid.. but marines are not exactly 'rocket' scientists either. Given a rocket launcher they'd constantly kill themselves.. and you'd be lucky if it was only them. The marines who shoot me in the back at the ending of T&R with their plasma rifles.. Argh! Imagine if they had rockets!
I'd kill any marine with a rocket launcher as soon as I saw him to make sure he doesn't kill me. -I tag any Ghost a marine gets into with a plasma to make sure he doesn't run my ass down later.

  • 06.12.2004 7:08 PM PDT
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Although Halo's AI is good, I think that it would be too hard to give the ability of rocket launchers and marines. Think about it, the flood are suicidal so it doesn't really matter what they do, everything you see them do is in thier nature to do so. So the suicide rocket launcher is part of their nature.

Marines are a different story. They want to live, and don't have much courage. Yeah some do run out and charge at the Covenant but most just run about at a distance and try to take out the enemy that way. Therefore when they use rockets it would most likely be from quite a long distance. Guess who might be down there by the time the rocket explodes?

The sensors of the Marines AI would have to make them know that the rocket launcher is very powerful (and takes an area out, unlike the sniper rifle), and that it fires slow (whatever is there at the moment, might not be there in 5 seconds time).

If all this wasn't considered then Marines would be rubbish with the Rocket Launcher.
* They'd fire and you'd unknowingly run in and take out the enemy, then MC gets a rocket in the skull.
* They'd fire ONE at ONE enemy, rather than using a different weapon and saving rocket ammo for groups.
* They could a rocket while a Marine is close the the enemy.
* They could fire and a Marine could accidently cross its pass (if done close it would take out the Rocketer)

  • 06.13.2004 2:24 AM PDT
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If the marines cause more damage to me with AR's than the covenant do - wouldn't want them with rocket launchers!

  • 06.16.2004 2:53 AM PDT
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A bit off topic but at the end ot T&R where the damn marine shoot you in the back, teh first time i did it on heroic they kept on killing keyes, like literally time after time, i lost my rag killed them all and then keyes tried to kill me , theres gratitude for you.

  • 06.16.2004 4:11 AM PDT