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Subject: Outstanding A.I.
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Just curious if this has ever happened to anyone else.

I was playing the the level Halo on legendary, just generally being as awesome as possible. I was pistoling to elites from afar, a blue and a red. After I brought the blues shields down, he was in the middle of a field with no cover, so just ducked down.I snapped off two shots, the second was sure to be a headshot, but before it hit the red stepeed in the way and took the shots for the blue. Then the red unloaded with his PR and gave the blue time to get to cover.

I don't know if this was just a coincidence, but I've noticed this two more times since then. I think Bungie made the AI much better then we think, and it is going to be even better in H2. Scary...

  • 07.07.2004 9:45 AM PDT
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That happened on easy.

  • 07.07.2004 9:54 AM PDT
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No

Do you think I would pistol elites from afar in easy? Easy is a joke, you can beat the whole game with nothing but your melee attack. Except you may have some trouble on GS and Library, because flood don't like melee.

  • 07.07.2004 10:07 AM PDT
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Yeah, the AI is so good in Halo all this can happen:
* Enemies will stand infront of their allies, the ally behind them fires as you run infront.

* Covenant cannot see through their stationary energy sheilds (best example is id on PoA). This kinda defeats the purpose of the energy shield as this is its main advantage (hide behind, but can still see the enemy).

* Grunts throw Grenades while a tree is directly between you and them. The grenade bounces back, sticks to him and sends him skywards (maybe a friend or too aswell).

Yeah, Bungie did a good job on Halo, the Ai is great but I don't think they made something as complex as a healthy Elite taking fire for a wounded Elite.

  • 07.07.2004 2:03 PM PDT