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Subject: Flyable pelicans, surely its time?

Posted by: picklepop19
I'm sure that pelicans did not evolve on reach. Plus it would not fly, seeing as you will be a spartan wearing almost a half of a ton of armor the little feathered rat wouldn't be able to lift you.

You don't pay much attention, do you?

Anyway, moving on. It could me time for Pelicans, and possibly even Phantoms.

If this game is Bungie's final stand, my guess is that the game could possibly be about not only the story of Reach, but about everything the community has ever wanted in a Halo game (Not to say the current Halo games aren't damn near perfect).

Personally, I don't care what Bungie puts in and takes out. It's gonna be bloody terrific.

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  • 06.08.2009 4:21 AM PDT

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Posted by: picklepop19
I'm sure that pelicans did not evolve on reach. Plus it would not fly, seeing as you will be a spartan wearing almost a half of a ton of armor the little feathered rat wouldn't be able to lift you.


I am going to assume that you are joking and actually have played the Halo games and were not so incompetent not to notice that the Chief flies in Pelicans all the time. Also in the books.

That said, I would like to see some freakin Pelicans "stretch their wings."
I hope that you're joking, and are not so incompetent not to notice how he's talking about the bird. It's a joke.
That said, flying Pelicans would be pretty awesome, but only in a few campaign missions at most. Same with Phantoms.

  • 06.08.2009 4:39 AM PDT

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Not likely, but if they do I better be able to pilot a Spirit Dropship.

  • 06.08.2009 4:41 AM PDT

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I really truly hope so.

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  • 06.08.2009 6:53 AM PDT

It is surely possible, considering it was once told that one Pelican took 26 Spartans to Reach (although it got shot down).
I think it would be pretty cool for a sub-multiplayer that involved large-scale combat.

  • 06.08.2009 6:58 AM PDT

Who shot who in the what now!?

Bungie probably wants the player to use pelicans, but it would be impossible to incorporate it in. If you got to fly a pelican in campaign then people would be saying "OMG Y C4NT W3 US3 P31IC4N IN MULTIPLAYER!!!11!!one!1!???? It would be nigh impossible to imcoparate a normally invincible vehicle into multiplayer. It would be exactly like how we can't use the hornet's rocket pod right now. We can use it in campaign but not multiplayer, and all you hear from people is, "W34R B3 M4I R4WCK3T P4WD!!!11!!??" We can't fly a pelican, hate to break the news. :'(

  • 06.08.2009 7:45 AM PDT

Here we are again bro... Just you and me. Same kind of moon same kind of jungle. Real number 10 remember... Whole platoon, 32 men chopped into meat... We walk out just you and me, nobody else. Right on top huh? Not a scratch... Not a f**kin' scratch. You know who ever got you. They'll come back again. And when he does I'm gonna cut your name right into him... I'M GONNA CUT YOUR NAME RIGHT INTO HIM!

I was thinking what if the pelican acted like the elephant on sand trap? A mobile base that players cold spawn in multiplayer?

  • 06.08.2009 12:31 PM PDT

they really should add pelicans. if they do that sure would be the day.

They should even add phantoms aswell

  • 06.08.2009 12:36 PM PDT
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I hope so. If not I really want to see some new variations to the Hornet. Maybe even bring the SparrowHawk design from Halo Wars into the game.

  • 06.08.2009 1:58 PM PDT

Posted by: Covenant Killer
I doubt so in multiplayer.

Perhaps in a campaign section though.

Agreed, i don't think it will be incorporated into matchmaking but could be brought into the campaign??

  • 06.08.2009 2:11 PM PDT

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Posted by: SPARTAN DELBOY
Im picturing in my minds eye levels 4 times the size of sand trap with pelicans ferrying troops and tanks to ppl in the front lines. Awesome fun.


Agreed indeed. Just to bad that would be pushing the 360's power a tad to much. Maybe on the next console.

  • 06.08.2009 2:11 PM PDT

Here we are again bro... Just you and me. Same kind of moon same kind of jungle. Real number 10 remember... Whole platoon, 32 men chopped into meat... We walk out just you and me, nobody else. Right on top huh? Not a scratch... Not a f**kin' scratch. You know who ever got you. They'll come back again. And when he does I'm gonna cut your name right into him... I'M GONNA CUT YOUR NAME RIGHT INTO HIM!

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Posted by: Covenant Killer
I doubt so in multiplayer.

Perhaps in a campaign section though.

Agreed, i don't think it will be incorporated into matchmaking but could be brought into the campaign??


If it did appear in the campaign then it would be a nice touch to have it in forge so the custom gamers could tool around in it I think.

  • 06.08.2009 2:56 PM PDT

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Tucker: "no dude, that's a pedephile"
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I've never understood the obsession with Pelicans, but the games are simply not that large. These are not 32v32 MP games and the inclusion of a Pelican in anything smaller would make no sense. Quite honestly I don't think any console currently available would be able to make this work well and most importantly, work practically.

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i have been saying they need to add playable pelicans since halo combat evolved came out and it still hasn't happened and i had to buy halo ce for the pc to use my beloved pelican and as an added bonus i got to use scarabs and the longsword with its decimating shiva nuke

i don't see any reason they can't add pelicans, spirits(phantoms weren't in service yet), sparrow hawks, short/longswords and even saraphs, if you can do it on a crappy computer like mine you can do it on the 360

on a different note u should be able to play as more than just spartans and elites, and as far as odst goes if you can play as an odst then you can play as a grunt or jackal and spartans and elits all at the same time just using other strategies for differeant species

  • 06.08.2009 4:01 PM PDT

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Posted by: g gnome2012
i have been saying they need to add playable pelicans since halo combat evolved came out and it still hasn't happened and i had to buy halo ce for the pc to use my beloved pelican and as an added bonus i got to use scarabs and the longsword with its decimating shiva nuke

i don't see any reason they can't add pelicans, spirits(phantoms weren't in service yet), sparrow hawks, short/longswords and even saraphs, if you can do it on a crappy computer like mine you can do it on the 360

on a different note u should be able to play as more than just spartans and elites, and as far as odst goes if you can play as an odst then you can play as a grunt or jackal and spartans and elits all at the same time just using other strategies for differeant species


For things like that we have Halo Wars. Even though it is feasable on a PC, it is not for console play. Not to mention that a P2P setup would suffer greatly from games this size, and servers are too cost prohibitive and somewhat impractical.

  • 06.08.2009 4:08 PM PDT

i think it would be fun to use elephants and pelicans and phantoms and scarabs (oh my) it is time, ever since the start of halo players around the world have wanted to drive a pelican, not just because of its sheer ausomeness but because it would be good for machinimas
they tried calming our pelican sweet tooth by giving us the hornet but that wasn't enough. its time to give the community what it wants bungie!!!!!!!!!!

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Posted by: picklepop19
I'm sure that pelicans did not evolve on reach. Plus it would not fly, seeing as you will be a spartan wearing almost a half of a ton of armor the little feathered rat wouldn't be able to lift you.

yes it could they had them caring squads of spartans all the time.

  • 06.08.2009 4:57 PM PDT

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any ideas?

i heard... that its shishkas skull... bungie x-rayed his head and put that in as the oddball, they did so that they can put shishka in every oddball match to keep an eye on us to make sure we dont cheat remember this next time you go into oddball... shishkas watching...


PURE WIN!

bungie you know you whant these epic scale battles just let us plaseeeee

  • 06.08.2009 4:58 PM PDT
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I've been rereading Reach and hate to tell you but I think the class that taught them the basics of flying Pelicans was being taught the day after the Covenant iced the planet, so the Spartans have yet to learn how to fly Pelicans so no flying Pelicans or Phantoms :/

  • 06.08.2009 5:01 PM PDT

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Hopefully. But I'd only want them in the Campaign. In Multiplayer, a few well placed Spartan Laser shots would give someone a killtac.

  • 06.08.2009 5:05 PM PDT

It would be cool to use the Pelican/Phantom but they would be way difficult to balance. You dont want them to be too powerful but it would suck if it only took a few Splazers to drop it. maybe it could be like the helicopters in Black Hawk Down. Not pilotable but transport.Just an option. But the need to include as many vehicles as possibe from all games including Halo Wars.

  • 06.08.2009 6:33 PM PDT

Why do people always ask to make the next Halo game nothing like Halo? Stop fixing something that isn't broken.

  • 06.08.2009 7:04 PM PDT

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Wanna fly a pelican? Buy Halo CE for computer and download some custom maps from the internet.

  • 06.08.2009 7:10 PM PDT

Posted by: Usman Hossain
Wth? Pelicans can carry spartans, surely ou watch the cut scenes in ALL the games?


I think he meant the bird.

  • 06.08.2009 7:15 PM PDT