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Subject: It wont happen but why do people hate the idea of a combat knife?

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Unfortunately i think people will still keep saying its like Call of Duty.

  • 06.29.2009 10:38 AM PDT

if knowledge is power and power corrupts, isn't knowledge therefore dangerous?
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i wouldn't mind a knife.
could be fun.
and for anyone who says "lol it can't go through sheilds", play halo wars, watch forge vs arbiter.

  • 06.29.2009 10:40 AM PDT

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Posted by: spartan11bungie
i wouldn't mind a knife.
could be fun.
and for anyone who says "lol it can't go through sheilds", play halo wars, watch forge vs arbiter.


Ya that cut scene is so beast and its my favorite one to.

  • 06.29.2009 10:43 AM PDT

Turok had a Combat Knife and it didn't really function well, Lol, and In CoD4 the knife was to fast and powerful, Lol. But yeah it would be cool to see an ODST use a Combat Knife. Although I think it would be kinda pointless since they all have super high tech awesome weapons!

  • 06.29.2009 10:47 AM PDT

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Ya that is true i really thought that Turok was going to be cool but it was an EPIC FAIL and i don't mean having a knife for the whole game maybe just one flashback.

  • 06.29.2009 11:01 AM PDT

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They didn't tell us what it was it could have been anything. Frankie gets scared easy incase you didn't know.

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Cause it's not practical. A human would not possess the strength necessary to stab a knife through the hide of a brute. It'd be like trying to stab an elephant with a butter knife.

  • 06.29.2009 11:03 AM PDT

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I don't see any problems with a knife. It could be a very fast melee weapon but not an insta-kill like the Sword or Hammer. Buck had a knife on the front of his armour in one of the cinematic vids, so who knows???

  • 06.29.2009 11:03 AM PDT

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Posted by: Almstask8r515
Cause it's not practical. A human would not possess the strength necessary to stab a knife through the hide of a brute. It'd be like trying to stab an elephant with a butter knife.



I do get your point but a combat knife is not a butter knife and im sure that in the future there is better stronger steel and that the knife would be stronger.

  • 06.29.2009 11:06 AM PDT

To be honest, it would be an okay idea. Considering the fact that master chief could just bop people over the head its seems pretty useless. But this dude is just an odst he doesn't have the same physical strength as the spartans....

  • 06.29.2009 11:12 AM PDT

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ya thats what i was thinking maybe the knife could help him a little.

  • 06.29.2009 11:14 AM PDT

Why is everyone saying a knife would ruin halo? An ODST would definately have a knife in real life so why not in the game? I agree that MC with a knife would be kinda lame. But think about it.... its a different game, played differently; why not have a knife? Oh yeah... just because halo has a knife means its copying of COD... Not a chance. Thats like saying Halo is copying the first shooter of all time because it uses guns.. I don't care if a knife is in the game but I'm not against it. Besides looks at the H3 body perms. One has a knife in the chest. Cash

  • 06.29.2009 11:43 AM PDT
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Im all for it

  • 06.29.2009 7:42 PM PDT

I would like to use the katana.

  • 06.29.2009 7:54 PM PDT

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Posted by: gockenshpiel
I would like to use the katana.


Katana would be beast

  • 06.29.2009 8:05 PM PDT
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I believe in one of the Halo books it said Chief used up an entire BR clip on a Brute, but it took a freaking anti-tank mine ti kill it. Imagine an ODST with a knife against a Brute. Yeah......but its not a bad idea for the game. Just had to point this out since peopel were mentioning books.

  • 06.29.2009 8:15 PM PDT

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I would like to point out that the UNSC has a Melee weapon.... you earned it with the 49 original achievements did you not?

  • 06.29.2009 8:17 PM PDT

Here’s what Luke had to say about the differences in treatment between the Spartans and Elites in Reach:

“Instead of piece-by-piece customization like the Spartans, Elite customization is a full model swap with models selected from the various Elite classes appearing throughout the Campaign. There are all kinds of reasons for this, not the least of which is our continued emphasis on the Spartan as your identity in Reach.”

Posted by: Nemesis2252
think about it: what would any human knife do against a covenant energy shield? or a jackal shield? or a hunter? or a flying drone? any vehicle? would a knife do any damage to a berserking brute that can take full clips off any weapon (unless its to the head)?

the only use for a knife would be grunts or sniper jackals (who are usually out of melee reach anyways) not much use for it to be in the halo universe

A knife would be better than the butt of a gun.

Edit: For Halo Wars,
Look at any of the cinematics. No Elite has shields in that game. There is no shield flare, there is no energy field when they get hit, nothing.

Hell, one even gets shotgunned in the stomach from 20 feet away and dies instantly.

Edit: The books aren't more realistic than the game. They are more dramatic. What is more dramatic, something that dies reasonably fast to bullets, or something that seems to be invulnerable to your fire? The author ignores weapon rules when it suits him as well.

At one stage in the first book, (which was before Halo 1) he said that the turret on the warthog couldn't hit a banshee because the banshee dodged the bullets(!) but a rocket hit it square on(!!!). Seeking rockets are from Halo 2, and the MG can down banshees in any Halo game. He also says how the needler punctured a jetpack a spartan was wearing, when the needler specifically says in it's description that it bounces off of hard surfaces.

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  • 06.29.2009 8:17 PM PDT

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Posted by: Go Vader
I believe in one of the Halo books it said Chief used up an entire BR clip on a Brute, but it took a freaking anti-tank mine ti kill it. Imagine an ODST with a knife against a Brute. Yeah......but its not a bad idea for the game. Just had to point this out since peopel were mentioning books.


Ya that is a very good point but the books tend to be more realistic than the game.

  • 06.29.2009 8:21 PM PDT
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Posted by: RAMY85
Posted by: Go Vader
I believe in one of the Halo books it said Chief used up an entire BR clip on a Brute, but it took a freaking anti-tank mine ti kill it. Imagine an ODST with a knife against a Brute. Yeah......but its not a bad idea for the game. Just had to point this out since peopel were mentioning books.


Ya that is a very good point but the books tend to be more realistic than the game.

I know, but I only mention this because everyone was mentioning books. But in ODST, that is how Brutes should be.

To quote to Scout from TF2 on how Brutes like this would be in ODST,

"Ain't so tough now are ya? Are ya!?!?"

  • 06.29.2009 8:28 PM PDT

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