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Subject: Why do ODST's get VISR?

I'd have a seizure too if some genetically enhanced freak starting shooting me in the head.

"Hey you! BOB carrying my second pistol, let's go!"

Posted by: codemann95
well if an ODST were to question this, and anther ODST were to answer, they will break the 4th wall by saying

"Bungie hadn't thought of it"

I really want to make a comic strip about that now....

  • 06.10.2009 7:23 PM PDT

Spartans don't need the VISR to be incredibly powerful, efficient, killing machines. They've got enhanced vision anyways, so a night vision visor is just redundant.

  • 06.10.2009 7:31 PM PDT

Cause Master Chief is a moving tank, he doesn't need stealth and night vision. Even at night, its light cause MC is shooting every poor bastard coming across him.

  • 06.10.2009 7:34 PM PDT
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"The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness."
-Vladimir Nabokov

Spartans are high tech killing machines. When was the last time you heard of somebody being genetically engineered to be a superhuman? When was the last time you heard of
people who could be fighting against insane numbers by themselves and be able to escape the battle with minor wounds?

You also must remember that Spartans don't need high tech gadgets to get the job done.

  • 06.10.2009 7:37 PM PDT

Why the hell are you looking at this? Get out.

And no group invites, you jerk. I'm not interested.

Because it's dark outside. Geez.

  • 06.10.2009 7:39 PM PDT

Blah.

Posted by: rjesps
Chief's Armour was damaged when he fell to earth, so it is possible that he did have it, but it wasn't functioning. Or maybe the VISR software isn't compatable with chief's shields/armour since Microsoft probably runs the future of electronics lololololol.


haha thats believeable XD

  • 06.10.2009 7:43 PM PDT

I miss Halo. Maybe Halo 4 will change that.

Edit: Lol nope

CORTANA > VISR.

/thread <-- My ego has grown

  • 06.10.2009 8:00 PM PDT

MLG

Posted by: rjesps
Chief's Armour was damaged when he fell to earth, so it is possible that he did have it, but it wasn't functioning. Or maybe the VISR software isn't compatable with chief's shields/armour since Microsoft probably runs the future of electronics lololololol.
HEY STUPID thers a halo 1 and 2? are u living in a closet

  • 06.10.2009 8:02 PM PDT

Why does Bungie put us through such avid anticipation?

Think about it from a military point of view. ODSTs are spec ops compared to spartans who are really experimental super soldiers. ODSTs get the most useful gear to complete the objective while spartans get the gear they need to complete the objective.

  • 06.10.2009 8:26 PM PDT
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Master chief has a flashlight...

there is your night vision

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  • 06.10.2009 8:39 PM PDT
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It's an innovation in gameplay, there doesn't have to be an explanation in the cannon. Could everyone chill out about plot holes PLZ?

  • 06.10.2009 8:44 PM PDT

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Read the books.. please?

  • 06.10.2009 9:24 PM PDT

Posted by: H3Crimson777
Why is it, that while Spartans are supposed to be high tech killing machines, and ODST's are supposed to be a lot more expendable and less high tech, that ODST's get night vision? And all those other VISR goodies, while Spartans get a flashlight and a HUD which is pretty much the same as an ODST's. It just seems kind of backwards to give your more valuable guys flashlights and your less valuable ones night vision...




Spartans are augmented, so they have better vision than a normal ODST. Therefore, they don't need a "Visr"

  • 06.10.2009 9:26 PM PDT

Good question,
i think that bungie just thought of it.

  • 06.10.2009 9:31 PM PDT

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In the books Spartans had auto adjusting VISRs that would react to radiation or really bright light. Its a gameplay mechanic we haven't seen bungie do till now.

and I'd take dual wielding, flashlight, equipment, motion tracker, energy shielding and the ability to punch through tanks any day over a VISR

[Edited on 06.10.2009 9:34 PM PDT]

  • 06.10.2009 9:32 PM PDT

Posted by: Bionic Juice
To introduce new game play elements that make a game more enjoyable to the players.


QFT /thread

  • 06.10.2009 9:33 PM PDT

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Spartans were augmented to see in the dark. Although it didnt hold so true in the games..

  • 06.10.2009 9:33 PM PDT

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Posted by: rjesps
Chief's Armour was damaged when he fell to earth, so it is possible that he did have it, but it wasn't functioning. Or maybe the VISR software isn't compatable with chief's shields/armour since Microsoft probably runs the future of electronics lololololol.
HEY STUPID thers a halo 1 and 2? are u living in a closet

they didn't have the tech to do it gameplay wise.

  • 06.10.2009 9:33 PM PDT

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Posted by: DozerandDaisy
You also must remember that Spartans don't need high tech gadgets to get the job done.


Because we all know how low tech MJOLINR Combat armor is. We invented those hundreds of years ago. /sarcasm

  • 06.10.2009 9:37 PM PDT
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Posted by: Arbiduck
To balance out, probably. One Spartan could (if they existed in modern times), carve a hole right into an Army base and destroy it without weapons. I'm sure ODSTS's would get a few perks to balance out, eh?

If that's true then why don't we make any ourselves? :O


Maybe they already are?


No No. We are no were near that kind of technology yet. And if we were I doubt that North Korea would still be trying to put a nuke on a rocket since he would go in and destroy everything and no one would know who did it.

  • 06.10.2009 9:41 PM PDT

Posted by: Ushan
Because Muslims surgically implant organic bombs in their testicles, which in turn will be injected into women during sex, which will grow into BABY BOMBS!

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Posted by: H3Crimson777
ODST's are supposed to be a lot more expendable and less high tech


.................what? ODSTs take years of training, an ODST squad KIA is the same as spartan KIA(not including John he was far better then any of the other ones) The UNSC gives ODSTs new tech to field test it because they know if it busts on the field the ODST can still operate at 100%. They stopped Bio-experiments on ODSTs when spartans came onto the scene.


Ummm....no. An ODST can sign up straight away and go into battle just like a marine. People think ODST's are badass because they go on suicidal drops through the atmosphere. They aren't necessarily better in combat.

One Spartan can easily take out a squad of ODST's while the the ODST's use AR's and the Spartan just uses his/her fists. The ODST's have never had bio-experiments tested on them.

A KIA for an ODST is like a normal marine dying, tragic but in the end, it doesn't really make a difference.
A Spartan dying is a massive blow to morale for the UNSC and a Spartan's life is worth at least a whole armada of ODST's.(little bit of exageration here).

Seriously, read the books.


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