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Subject: would it be cool to be able to play as any type of covenant or huma...
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Poll: does what i say in my paragraph below sound cool? (read below first)  [closed]
yea it does:  33%
(34 Votes)
yea it does but no prophet unless the chair shoots:  22%
(22 Votes)
no elite and spartan is good enough:  36%
(37 Votes)
i wouldnt care who you can play as in multiplayer:  3%
(3 Votes)
im undecided:  6%
(6 Votes)
Total Votes: 102

mp stands for multiplayer and i think it would be cool to be able to play as a grunt or jackel or brute or ODST or marine or hunter or even a prophet(but only if his special chair can shoot things) in multiplayer along with elites and spartans does anyone else think this would be cool

  • 06.15.2004 4:46 PM PDT
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Hell yeah, I would paly as a ODST or Marine anytime. Its nice to have a little variety so that you can tell someone from just what theyre playing as. It would be cool just to have everyone play as who they want to instead of beign stuck playing a spartan or elite.I liked the variety in Golden Eye and perfect dark. Since the models have already been done for the single player, the only thing Bungie would have to do is create FPS views for each character and figure out there abitilies compared to the Spartans and Elites.

  • 06.15.2004 4:55 PM PDT
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Only if each character has a special, unique roll. Perhaps there will be a "conquest" or "siege mode". Also, there might be a "Terminate the Commander" mode where you must kill a Covenant Prophet or a Human General. Otherwise, Bungie should leave it be.

  • 06.15.2004 4:56 PM PDT
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yea i would only want to play as the prophet if its chair shot stuff

  • 06.15.2004 4:56 PM PDT
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Posted by: Dom0429
Only if each character has a special, unique roll. Perhaps there will be a "conquest" or "siege mode". Also, there might be a "Terminate the Commander" mode where you must kill a Covenant Prophet or a Human General. Otherwise, Bungie should leave it be.


Heh heh heh... WAY too complicated. Keep it simple. Maybe some varying physical capabilities... I'd like to see a hovering Prophet with a boosting ability for his chair, with dual-Needlers.

  • 06.15.2004 4:59 PM PDT
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They would each have to have different characteristics or something. Hunters would have to be slower, but have more health, since they are really large and also have that shield on their arm. Grunts would have to have less life or something, since they are much smaller and are therefore smaller targets (harder to hit). Marines might have something where they just have a little bit less life, because they're barely smaller than MC. I like the way they're going as it is though. If they did that then it would get way too complicated and probably end up pretty unbalanced.

  • 06.15.2004 5:06 PM PDT
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I'd only like to see it with the species that have the same shape (roughly) and size as humans. Have SPARTANs, ODSTs, Marines, Elites, and Brutes (perhaps Jackals, though they're shorter.) Forget the Hunter and Prophet though, how are you going to fit in vehicles. The Grunt would be too small and would have the advantage of being harder to hit b/c of its size.

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And also give them all shield and the same health, speed, and strength for balance of gameplay.

[Edited on 6/15/2004 5:19:43 PM]

  • 06.15.2004 5:17 PM PDT
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the prophet has a chair which is its own vehicle

  • 06.15.2004 7:24 PM PDT
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Posted by: TheBigC
They would each have to have different characteristics or something. Hunters would have to be slower, but have more health, since they are really large and also have that shield on their arm. Grunts would have to have less life or something, since they are much smaller and are therefore smaller targets (harder to hit). Marines might have something where they just have a little bit less life, because they're barely smaller than MC. I like the way they're going as it is though. If they did that then it would get way too complicated and probably end up pretty unbalanced.


no that would suck how about they all have the same health except that when you shoot the hunter with a pistol in the orange it takes down half theyre shield

  • 06.15.2004 7:36 PM PDT
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[color=orange] It would be cool to be a Jackel and espcially a Brute, but i'd go Hunter all the way. What's an ODST
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[Edited on 6/15/2004 8:00:54 PM]

  • 06.15.2004 7:57 PM PDT
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I'm not really concerned about what character you want to be, what I am concerned is if Bungies going to allow one player to be covenant and another to be human, while on the same team. I just hope they'll let the players decide when the games finished

  • 06.15.2004 8:02 PM PDT
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Posted by: Hunter O
[color=orange] It would be cool to be a Jackel and espcially a Brute, but i'd go Hunter all the way. What's an ODST
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an ODST is like a really good marine special ops type people

I want these four the most:Spartan Elite Brute ODST the other ones arent as impotant to me

  • 06.16.2004 8:47 AM PDT
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No, Elite and Spartan is more than enough, if you make things too complicated, you lose the magic simplicity that makes the game so brilliant. Those other players would suck anyways (no shields is my favourite). Especially since we'd have to wait longer to get Halo 2 for their inclusions to implement unnatural animations. Grunts gunning hogs, or brutes with battle rifles., etc. unless you could play as Sergeant Johnson, because he's obviously invincible, and whenever you hit black and white buttons simultaneously, he powers up, flies into the sky and hurls a fireball of doom at the whole field, obliterating all enemy players. Because he's the Sarge.

I notice alot fo you saying that a grunt would have an advantage by being smaller, thus harder to hit. If you hitting a grunt presents you with significantly more trouble than with hitting an Elite or Spartan, than you suck. Besides, it takes 3 headshots to put down a spartan right? A Spartan's head is WAY smaller than a Grunt. A grunt shouldn't take much more than 3 shots to put down.

[Edited on 6/16/2004 8:54:54 AM]

  • 06.16.2004 8:51 AM PDT
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These are the only units I believe we should be able to play as(that is assuming each has it's own limitations and advantages)

Grunts
Jackals
Elites

Marines
ODSTs
Spartans.

  • 06.16.2004 8:52 AM PDT
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okay ribs how does this sound you can only play as:Spartans Elites Brutes ODSTs
the rest are just bots

[Edited on 6/16/2004 8:54:17 AM]

  • 06.16.2004 8:54 AM PDT
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besides, if you add too many player types, it'll just be mech assault in a different skin. And then it won't be about just skill as much.

  • 06.16.2004 8:56 AM PDT
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did you even read my post after i read yours read it and see if you think that is okay

  • 06.16.2004 8:58 AM PDT
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Is your name Seth?

  • 06.16.2004 9:28 AM PDT
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no, u guys are forgetting what made halo great, it would be so stupid with all those different chracters, i think theyre traveling on close borders by putting elites in ONE mp mode, the bots would be ok but not as odsts imo, it just takes away from what multiplayer was in halo ad should be in halo 2.

  • 06.16.2004 9:38 AM PDT
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I would like only if you could play as

Human:ODST,Spartan,and Marines
Covenant:Grunt,Jackal,Elite,or Hunter

(But hunter die in one shot in orange spot)
(And Marines,ODST's,Grunts,and Jackals all weak as normal)

  • 06.16.2004 9:45 AM PDT
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yea it is and you forgot the brute he is cool

  • 06.16.2004 12:50 PM PDT
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It would be dumb to be a grunt you would get shot 3 times an die and those little freaks are to slow why on earth would you want to be one unless your so good and your playing against a bunch of players who arent as good an your giving them an advantage. Ohh i hear some people saying they would give the grunt an other little weak units more power well that just takes away from the game itself there weak for a reason so i think it would be horriable choice if bungie had normal grunts in single player but in multi there all pumped up. I think elit vs spartan is PERFECT

  • 06.16.2004 1:08 PM PDT
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ok shizzle24 how would playing as these four people sound:Spartan Elite Brute Odst

  • 06.16.2004 1:11 PM PDT
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For the eighth time in as many days, leave it be. Spartans and Elites perfectly represent each of the factions; they are perfectly balanced, each with a unique history, charisma and personality. The inclusion of more models in multiplayer would simply take away from the feel of the game. If I want to be overwhelmed by countless, redundant models, I'll play Time Splitters 2. The implementation of additional models would be worth nothing more than a cheap laugh. Then it would simply become a cheesy, bothersome, gimmick and ultimately take away from both the single and multiplayer experience.

If you ask me.

  • 06.16.2004 1:23 PM PDT
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yea but then you could add in brutes and ODSTs

  • 06.16.2004 1:31 PM PDT

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