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Subject: Scarab Firefight

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Posted by: CivilWolf
Any chance we get to fight a scarab in firefight?
I hope so, that would make thing more challenging. but I think they should make it take more damage from rockets and lazers.

  • 06.23.2009 3:47 PM PDT

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This would be pretty cool.

The way I read it at first was just "Scarab Fight." I was like "Yes, two scarabs fighting each other, how cool is that!" lol

  • 06.23.2009 3:49 PM PDT

Seems entirely possible. Would require some real team work to take down but could be done. Have marksmen clear what they can see and a guy with grenades/rockets leap on. Would be so intense, legging it to get out via the bottom section rather then just jumping off. Aware that you fall off, or screw up your jumping on you're dead. Knowing that unlike the chief you have no shields to stop you getting wasted if you don't get to cover in time.

Plus Bungie have to be keeping a stinger for release, they won't give out all their proverbial aces before release and this could be it. All the assets are their already.

  • 06.23.2009 4:05 PM PDT
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yeah, it's somewhat reasonable, especially for the level that had Johnson in the Warthog, just sub in a Gauss Hog or a couple Lasers, you know. and about information from Bungie, if we all wrote emails or something similar, we may be able to tell from their response, but then again they may just give us misleading responses, so the only way would be to grovel and beg until we excite some kindof condescending pity

  • 06.23.2009 6:26 PM PDT
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Posted by: hero intern
If ODST's were able to pull that off they wouldn't be ODST's

To have any sucess destroying a Scarab you have to be able to drop it down to enter, kill any occupents that are in your way or pose a threat, and finally have enough ammo to destroy the core. Then you would have to be able to survive the jump off of it and then if you can still walk, run like crazy from the explosion and any falling debris.

In short, I think that's a no. I think Scarabs were very expensive to make and were only used in Space where Chief was.


have you played halo 2!? the start of the level in the city of new mombasa? You destroy it!


ill see if i can make a map like that on google sketch

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  • 06.23.2009 6:33 PM PDT

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An ODST would no be capable of killing a Scarab. He/She could not jump high enough to get onto the Scarab.

  • 06.23.2009 6:47 PM PDT
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i finished a rough draft of my suposed map idea

http://img190.imageshack.us/i/21878087.png/

the scarab woud spawn under the bridge, the odsts would start near the tunnel(square in wall), and the smaller exits(those cubes near the tunnel)
and the covinant get droped of by phantoms in the circles

i never did add cover to it. I just made a rough of the map. So dont flame me saying...

THIS MAP IS -BLAM- YOU -BLAM- AND YOU DONT DESERVE TO BE HERE

but of course, i am not bungie...so enjoy my idea

sry couldnt get link to work...you can just tipe it in(and if you can tell me how to get it to work ,please do)

[Edited on 06.23.2009 7:51 PM PDT]

  • 06.23.2009 7:47 PM PDT

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That would be pretty damn sweet....not sure if will happen. One can dream though lol

  • 06.23.2009 8:00 PM PDT

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Well, some people say only spartans can take down scarabs. . . there had to be more than just ONE scarab on Earth so I'm sure that they will consider putting a scarab in. Plus, even if a ODST can't jump up to the scarab, they DID say there would be vehicles that you could you when it was allowed. And im pretty sure that in the event of a scarab smacking you in the face, they would give you at least 2 hornets or maybe a tank, or idk, a spartan laser at least. So it is very likely they will consider it.

  • 06.23.2009 8:00 PM PDT

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That would be great if we did, Scarabs are epic

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Posted by: Mendo08
An ODST would no be capable of killing a Scarab. He/She could not jump high enough to get onto the Scarab.

So what? you could just jump into it from a warthog, or if they are going to reduce your jump, they will probably allow you to grab onto and lift yourself over obstacles, somewhat like call of duty. and if neither proves forth coming, jump on your buddy

  • 06.24.2009 4:39 AM PDT

Yep. Love Reach.

Scarabs would be awesome. 2 Scarabs and 3 chieftains solo legendary. That would be so hard to kill!

[Edited on 06.24.2009 4:54 AM PDT]

  • 06.24.2009 4:54 AM PDT
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it would be extremely harder to take down, if we had a couple of warthogs on the map then it wouldn't be so hard.

the hard bit would be dodging that whoop its shooping at us.

  • 06.24.2009 5:13 AM PDT

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Posted by: hero intern
If ODST's were able to pull that off they wouldn't be ODST's

To have any sucess destroying a Scarab you have to be able to drop it down to enter, kill any occupents that are in your way or pose a threat, and finally have enough ammo to destroy the core. Then you would have to be able to survive the jump off of it and then if you can still walk, run like crazy from the explosion and any falling debris.

In short, I think that's a no. I think Scarabs were very expensive to make and were only used in Space where Chief was.


But didn't you know? "Tank beats everything!" That applies to Scarabs too, if there's a firefight map that involves heavy vehicles I can see a Scarab being implemented somehow. Especially for co-op where the players not in the tank can distract the Scarab whilst the guy in the tank blows it up.
EDIT: Hell, even a Gauss Warthog can bring down a Scarab, manoeuvrablility and speed beats an overpowered lumbering behemoth any day, at least it does as long as the driver isn't asleep at the wheel.

[Edited on 06.24.2009 5:45 AM PDT]

  • 06.24.2009 5:43 AM PDT

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never thought of that, but on legendary or heroic, it makes perfect sense.

  • 06.24.2009 5:48 AM PDT
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I think it would be awesome to have a city map where you have to stop covenant vehicles from going through, and on wave 5 you have to stop a scarab, would be cool :)
But ideas like this never go trhough, as it would ruin th egame to take to many fan ideas in :P

  • 06.24.2009 5:52 AM PDT

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Firstly, you, can shut the hell up. That's not entirely true. Bungie employees do occasionally post here.

And, that would be so -blam!- awesome. You make it to Round 10. You hear rumbling and one of the ODST's yells hol-ee -blam!-! AND FWOOM MASSIVE MOTHER -blam!- SCARAB FROM NOWHERE FWAAAAAAAAAHHHHH. Yeah, that would be cool.

one thing... how the hell would we destroy a scarab with 4 odst's with pistols, snipers and a few rockets

i partly agree i would hate to see a scarab in fire fight because it would be stupid and over the top but that said it would be kinda cool to have to quickly think of a way to take it down with so little options

  • 06.28.2009 4:32 AM PDT

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if you could have a hornet it could actually be pretty plausible to destroy a scarab.. a few missiles to the leg and then you could land on the scarab itself

  • 06.28.2009 4:47 AM PDT

what is up people?

it would be cool

  • 06.28.2009 4:51 AM PDT
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I need a dropshield dropshield

Maybe we get a new powerfull scarab

  • 06.28.2009 5:13 AM PDT

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If anything the Johnson in Firefight screen shots did show us vehicles will play a some sort of role in Firefight.

Now if they wanted to cover all the bases of what makes Halo, ''Halo'' in combat. I would very much hope for a very strong Vehicle based Firefight map. Possible something the size of Sandtrap where instead of Grunts and Brutes as the primary fighting force. It's Ghosts, Banshess, and Wraith tanks.

With Hogs, and Tanks scattered about to combat agaisnt them.

The idea of a Scarab as the ''chieften'' at the end of a few rounds would be very cool indeed. Awesome idea of bringing up the Scarab in firefight.. Could make things very cool.

  • 06.28.2009 5:13 AM PDT
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It would be really cool if you could Hi-Jack the scarab like you do with any other vehicle, but instead of taking out the driver ( Which you couldn't even do with a scarab) you climb up one of it's legs and start hitting it to get it down. And this would work with four people on four legs attacking it.

  • 06.28.2009 5:31 AM PDT

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IS there a firefight map that could actually hold a scarab tank without it crashing into random geometry unintended? I mean, if anything, the map would have to be big enough to sustain a massive scarab standing still.

[Edited on 06.28.2009 5:35 AM PDT]

  • 06.28.2009 5:35 AM PDT

If they gave you a hornet, then you would be unstopable, the covenant on the ground won't be able to kill you, you'll be able to get to places you shouldn't be and it would make things way to easy. I think a gauss hog is good enough.

  • 06.28.2009 5:45 AM PDT

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  • 06.28.2009 5:48 AM PDT

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