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Subject: Just an idea.

How come I never get the sniper rifle?!
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My ROFLsniper goes POW!

Imagine if Reach was just well you know standard Halo FPS. BUT, Imagine this. You know the map on ODST? Well what if there was a huge one for Reach, except you could use it with npc's too. And you could see enemies on it and tell marines too engage or too avoid. And even cooler, you could tap into the squad leader's helmet cam and see whats goin on. Imagine if you had to meet up with marines and the rally point is about a klick away cause there's a big rock wall seperating you from the marines, this could be really helpful to see whats goin on and to make sure they make it, cause maybe there's a big battle coming up and it would be hard to win without some allies. I know its not so great , juust an idea. tell me what you think.

[Edited on 07.23.2009 10:13 PM PDT]

  • 07.23.2009 9:51 PM PDT

You are lame...

This sounds like some sort of strategy map, one that is in real-time...???

  • 07.23.2009 9:53 PM PDT

How come I never get the sniper rifle?!
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My ROFLsniper goes POW!

Ya, kinda, but its something that could be useful i think. Not like a big part of the game. kinda like sending in airstrikes on COD4, except with troops and stuff

[Edited on 07.23.2009 9:56 PM PDT]

  • 07.23.2009 9:55 PM PDT
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the will to win is the will to destroy

i do not think he means it to be an rts but if you could tap in to the helmet cam that would be great like a little screen in the corner of your visor

  • 07.23.2009 9:56 PM PDT

How come I never get the sniper rifle?!
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My ROFLsniper goes POW!

Posted by: LocknLoader2K8
i do not think he means it to be an rts but if you could tap in to the helmet cam that would be great like a little screen in the corner of your visor

exactly.

  • 07.23.2009 9:56 PM PDT

How come I never get the sniper rifle?!
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My ROFLsniper goes POW!

But have you ever wanted marines to follow you but they just kept screwin around? the purpose of this would get them to snap to it and actually do someting.

  • 07.23.2009 9:58 PM PDT

You are lame...

It is very true that it would be a useful tool, but would a gun that killed enemies just by pointing it at them be useful? I believe that you need to draw the line that divides useful tools in combat and easy to use, boring, overpowered tools somewhere. This idea crosses that line. Besides if that is what you want go play Age of Empires or something, I am sure you would enjoy that. Halo is a FPS not a RTS.

  • 07.23.2009 10:00 PM PDT
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also for reqeusts or commands like maybe hold a button for example hold the L trigger and then use the d-pad for the orders and requests

  • 07.23.2009 10:01 PM PDT

You are lame...

This is a cool idea, but it just isn't for Halo. For one it would slow down gameplay, players would be calling in attacks then waiting for their attack to come in before attacking themselves. Two it would take away from strategy, instead of forcing the player to think about how to deal with a group of enemies they can just press a button. Three, I am a firm believer that Halo is great because of its core gameplay, and any drastic diversion from that core gameplay would result in a negative outcome.

  • 07.23.2009 10:06 PM PDT

How come I never get the sniper rifle?!
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My ROFLsniper goes POW!

just for campaign. And i made a mistake on the calling in reinforcements, strike that. But i dont mean just point a gun at them and they die. I mean tell them to attack a small squad if you thought they could take them, but tell them to avoid it if its like a whole platoon, thats what the tapping into the helmet cam would bbe for, and to see if they're dead so you dont waste time waiting for them if they're already dead.

  • 07.23.2009 10:11 PM PDT
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you are right about slow game play but i think it was really meant for campaign if you ask for reinforcements of marines in multiplayer it would be constently called because they would die so quickly but if you just used the d-pad in multiplayer (its obvious you can use the mic as well) to ask them to back you up in like a little pre made message to the team

  • 07.23.2009 10:11 PM PDT

How come I never get the sniper rifle?!
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My ROFLsniper goes POW!

Posted by: SinPkr
i like ur idea , but it would only work if bungie made ur friendly npc/ai smart instead of dumbasses.

Ya

  • 07.23.2009 10:12 PM PDT
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if its not clear what i meant on the post above i mean like a little message comes up to your team online like "i need some help" or i fact maybe the typical spartan voice saying the message but i just wanted to clear that up

  • 07.23.2009 10:17 PM PDT

How come I never get the sniper rifle?!
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My ROFLsniper goes POW!

Maybe status lights like in the book. Thats a good idea.=]

  • 07.23.2009 10:21 PM PDT
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simple things like this and some complacted things can make difference it would be a great way to check team casualties

  • 07.23.2009 10:25 PM PDT

How come I never get the sniper rifle?!
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My ROFLsniper goes POW!

Thanks for the positive comments.

  • 07.23.2009 10:32 PM PDT
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im just happy to be on this subject not something stupid also maybe split teams up into squads squad members respawn next to the closest squad member of where they died

[Edited on 07.23.2009 10:36 PM PDT]

  • 07.23.2009 10:35 PM PDT