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Subject: Tired of Sword Duals?

The energy sword is just that: A sword. Sword + sword = sword fight. Yay!

  • 03.10.2008 8:14 PM PDT

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And I'm sure the 1 extra death or 1 less kill on your stats sheet from a sword clash won't matter in the long run.

  • 03.10.2008 8:18 PM PDT

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It's the equivalent of the melee contest system applied to the sword, probably used in large part to resolve issues with lag. I like it myself, makes sword encounters much less arbitrary.

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  • 03.10.2008 8:23 PM PDT
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I think bungie put a lot of thought into this and came up with a pretty good solution. If we used a one lunge one kill, the host would win almost every game (so many gamers can relate to me on this issue) also, the fact that you can use the trigger to luge quickly and the melee to get a quick hit off creates more strategy in sword battles. I really have nothing bad to say about how bungie has implemented sword duels

  • 03.10.2008 10:44 PM PDT
Subject: Tired of Sword Duals?
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Poll: Should it be a one lunge one kill???  [closed]
Yes:  50%
(4 Votes)
No:  50%
(4 Votes)
Total Votes: 8

Here's my perspective

The sword duals in Halo 2 were way better than the going back and forth to each other on halo 3.

Sure it gives you another chance at getting back at them but come on!
When people go back and forth at each other and clash swords a hundred times, it gives other players the chance of stealing your kill or nading you or killing you!

The sword matches should be more like halo 2. One lunge one kill. thats my opinion

  • 03.10.2008 8:07 PM PDT