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Subject: Marines

I always offer fair game and usually allow some "extermination" of my teammates. I think that anyone should be able to play Halo or any other game they please.

Poll: How do you feel about the marines?  [closed]
hate them:  5%
(2 Votes)
love them:  24%
(10 Votes)
they're ok:  12%
(5 Votes)
love just their dialogue:  10%
(4 Votes)
hate just their dialogue:  0%
(0 Votes)
hate them all around:  5%
(2 Votes)
love them all around:  37%
(15 Votes)
don't like or hate them:  7%
(3 Votes)
Total Votes: 41

I love them all around. I only had one marine left and he was almost dead. Then another marine shows up and saves him and me.

  • 05.24.2008 12:53 PM PDT

They usually don't do a whole lot, but on Legendary, a Marine with a Sniper is your best friend.

I always try and keep them alive, and actually hate myself a little bit when I kill them.

  • 05.24.2008 7:49 PM PDT

-blam!- Was that actually blammed out? Or did I just type it? You'll never know.

They are what keeps me entertained while replaying campaign.

  • 05.24.2008 9:06 PM PDT

Posted by: Achronos
I blame stosh.


Proud tester of the Halo 3 beta.

When I play AOTCR I always try to make a big battalion of marines, I simply love them and their green futuristic eye thingy!

  • 05.25.2008 3:12 AM PDT
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I just wish they weren't so into friendly fire.

  • 05.25.2008 11:09 PM PDT
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Hello.

I like the marines. They do help out when I need it. I also like their dialouge, as I find some it very funny.

[Edited on 05.26.2008 9:29 AM PDT]

  • 05.26.2008 9:27 AM PDT

somewhere in the heavens...they are waiting. I love the Marathon Trilogy.
Halo CE will always be the best game in the Halo franchise. What a perfect game.
(Proud LONGTIME owner of the PC and Xbox versions of Halo CE)

The Marines are ok at times, but I hate it when they roll right into a frag gernade I just threw!!!!

  • 05.26.2008 2:41 PM PDT

I always offer fair game and usually allow some "extermination" of my teammates. I think that anyone should be able to play Halo or any other game they please.

I hate when they throw a grenade where you are at. You know the bend in T&R,a marine threw a frag while i was in there.

  • 05.26.2008 4:48 PM PDT

Their grenades are bad. 'Nuff said.

  • 05.26.2008 6:45 PM PDT

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They're good cannon fodder while I get a better position on the bad guys.

  • 05.26.2008 7:52 PM PDT

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Aussie marine is my idol.

  • 05.29.2008 3:05 AM PDT
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They're annoying.

  • 05.30.2008 7:37 AM PDT
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They could accompany you a bit more. I feel lonely sometimes without the marines. And the should run faster and not always wait. I think the next halo game needs escorts.

  • 05.30.2008 11:09 AM PDT
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I get a real kick out of the marines! Granted they are lethal to my MC butt on Legendary, but they have so many great attributes!

1) They are funny as all hell! I have been playing campaign for so many years now I have lost track, but occassionally I still hear something new and very amusing.

2) They are an excellent source of ammo and grenade replenishment, cause if the covies dont waste em, I always can deliver a blow to their noggins and scoop up something I may be short of.

3) Occassionally they do actually kill an enemy!

4) Why should the covies be the only ones trying to kill me?? Their efforts to plant me only serve to remind me that I can really only trust myself and that AI broad in my head! Plus they keep me on my toes, besides, who really needs all of their health to fight!

  • 05.31.2008 12:46 PM PDT

I like them, cuz even at their worst, they can take some of the fire off you. It's kinda nice to have one running the turrett of a warthog when you are playing alone. Sometimes for kicks I give them the best weapons and make them do all the work. I can't remember if that was possible in CE or if I'm thinking of Halo 2. Either way I like them.

  • 06.02.2008 2:27 AM PDT
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I find it funny that real people playing halo and halo 3 can't figure out the simple burst fire tactic with the AR the marine use extensively in this game.

  • 06.02.2008 9:36 PM PDT
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The marines are pretty much helpful when they go on the warthog and other vehicles but i hate it when they all die and when sometimes the run into the grenade i just threw also the snipers are pretty much the most helpful

[Edited on 06.08.2008 6:33 PM PDT]

  • 06.08.2008 6:29 PM PDT

Loose talk is noose talk.

Cannon fodder on Legendary. "K guyz, Ima go pick up a pistol, don't go anywhere." *walks back 15 seconds later* "Why is there a pile of dead marine bodies here with only one grunt in the whole valley???"

  • 06.09.2008 4:39 PM PDT

I always loved killing off my Marines on the Silent Cartographer level, after the initial battle to take the beach. I'd just give the group of marines two hog turrets to use, then proceed to kill them off and see how long they lasted. Usually, Sergeant Stacker would be the last one remaining before I shot him dead. Then I'd just reload the last checkpoint and repeat. Fun times.

  • 06.09.2008 5:04 PM PDT

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I give each marine a back story and rank. I hate when they die.

  • 06.09.2008 5:55 PM PDT
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i Remember when i bought Halo CE think i was 10 and me and my brother always tryed to keep as many as we could alive to make a giant army of humans it was really fun that is why i love the 4-5 map on Halo CE so many marines :)

  • 06.10.2008 1:59 PM PDT
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ARBITER, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S NOT BUTTER!!! WORT WORT WORT.

Posted by: chickenlittle
They usually don't do a whole lot, but on Legendary, a Marine with a Sniper is your best friend.

I always try and keep them alive, and actually hate myself a little bit when I kill them.


Same here dude. I play on Easy so I never lose a man.

  • 06.11.2008 12:57 AM PDT

The marines are alright. I love their dialogue, though most of the time, I'm just simply ready to scoop up any needed ammo from their corpses.

[Edited on 06.11.2008 11:06 AM PDT]

  • 06.11.2008 11:06 AM PDT

I always offer fair game and usually allow some "extermination" of my teammates. I think that anyone should be able to play Halo or any other game they please.

Posted by: Shot Spartan
I give each marine a back story and rank. I hate when they die.


I do the same,or pretty much the same thing. I say"Oh hi(so-so),how are u doing or how many covenant you killed lately."

Good times,good times

  • 06.11.2008 11:26 AM PDT