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Posted by: Xemnex
@ 1:31 just as the cruiser is slipping out, there is already a very large crater with a burning center, any ideas about that?? it looks like the kind of a hole a ship would make hitting the earth


I also saw that. The only thing I remember exploding in Mombassa was the Scarab, and it's not big enough to make that big of an explosion.

  • 07.30.2009 3:47 PM PDT
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Posted by: Xemnex
@ 1:31 just as the cruiser is slipping out, there is already a very large crater with a burning center, any ideas about that?? it looks like the kind of a hole a ship would make hitting the earth

Hmm, either its the place where the Gravity Lift was anchored or the place just exploded due the EMP/Slipspace rupture.

Notice that Gravity Lift doesn't melt ground however, it can break buildings apart as you seen in Halo 2 but doesn't melt stuff. Energy projectors and Pulse lasers and Plasma Torpedoes do that.
Maybe Regret's Carrier was digging something there?

  • 07.30.2009 3:48 PM PDT
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actually, duuuh. im a retard. if you remember from the halo2 teasers, the covies bombed the hell out of NM because of all the marines there, thats probably evidence of that.

  • 07.30.2009 3:50 PM PDT

The bit with the Pelican is most likely the opening to the level you will be playing as the sniper Romeo. I'm guessing you will be with Buck working your way down to the crash site using your sniper to scope ahead and take out any priority targets to soften the route up. Notice in the video when introducing romeo there is a part where he is basically hidden behind a bush sniping a brute. I hope that we get to play a level full of slower paced tactical sniping. :D

  • 07.30.2009 3:50 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: UnsoundStar
Various times in the ViDoc, show the pistol with 60 spare ammunition. I haven't seen it with more, so does that mean that 60 rounds plus a full mag is the max with the pistol?
PS: Im sorry if this is old news...

Magazines of 12, Halo 3's magnum having +5 spare magazines
5x 8 = 40 +8 in the gun for Halo 3
5 x 12 =60 + 12 in the gun for ODST

  • 07.30.2009 3:52 PM PDT

I think the ODST that pulls out a silenced SMG at 1:52 is Dutch. Since Dutch didn't drop with a laser just the SMG and Pistol, that would mean he would of had to find it at the Alpha Site, or if this is Dutch during that part he could find it during the mission. It can't be the Rookie because it still looks like the EMP still shows plus it isn't night.

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also, the blonde chick doesnt seem to be part of their squad, around 1:25 one of the guys says to her "come on veronica what could be more important than that cruiser?" and she tells him "my orders". it would seem pretty stupid to give a single member of a whole squad diffrent orders, also, buck doesnt mention her as part of the squad...

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  • 07.30.2009 3:55 PM PDT

Posted by: SMGstrings
The bit with the Pelican is most likely the opening to the level you will be playing as the sniper Romeo. I'm guessing you will be with Buck working your way down to the crash site using your sniper to scope ahead and take out any priority targets to soften the route up. Notice in the video when introducing romeo there is a part where he is basically hidden behind a bush sniping a brute. I hope that we get to play a level full of slower paced tactical sniping. :D

But sniping in the bush is at night which would suggest the rookie, whereas the bit with the pelican is day or early evening if I remember right

Oh and also some of this footage could be from firefight remember.

[Edited on 07.30.2009 3:56 PM PDT]

  • 07.30.2009 3:55 PM PDT

Posted by: richard58
Posted by: SMGstrings
The bit with the Pelican is most likely the opening to the level you will be playing as the sniper Romeo. I'm guessing you will be with Buck working your way down to the crash site using your sniper to scope ahead and take out any priority targets to soften the route up. Notice in the video when introducing romeo there is a part where he is basically hidden behind a bush sniping a brute. I hope that we get to play a level full of slower paced tactical sniping. :D

But sniping in the bush is at night which would suggest the rookie, whereas the bit with the pelican is day or early evening if I remember right

Oh and also some of this footage could be from firefight remember.


True, but either way I want me some yummy sniping! D:<

  • 07.30.2009 3:58 PM PDT

You know who I am.

Anyone know if the Shadows'll be in ODST?

  • 07.30.2009 3:59 PM PDT

Also the locked doors could be the plasma shields at 2:23

  • 07.30.2009 4:00 PM PDT

What I found a bit stupid was that aprt where Buck says, "it's no problem, ODSTs are used to working in the dark", the ODST (The Rookie i'm guessing) shoots the Grunts with his pistol and the Brute turns straight towards him, doesn't this defeat the purpose of a silenced Pistol? Hopefuly it's not like that when we buy the game, I want to be a sneaky ninja....

  • 07.30.2009 4:03 PM PDT

The Forum Ninjas are asleep.

I noticed that one said "everyone who could stop is either dead or gone"

The ODST's will die.

  • 07.30.2009 4:04 PM PDT

The last time I tried to make a quote, a car smashed through my wall and the tire hit my grandmother in the other room. But for those of you who can haz once more between five, I say it will be five between seven divided by zero multiplied by Chick Norass and Broce Tee.

@ 2:19 we can see at the bottom RB for intel and LB for COMM.
I think that you can search COMM channels to see if you can find hidden transmissions.
Hidden transmissions = Terminals in Halo 3?
Marathon Man achivement-type thingy?

  • 07.30.2009 4:05 PM PDT

The Forum Ninjas are asleep.

Posted by: Xemnex
also, the blonde chick doesnt seem to be part of their squad, around 1:25 one of the guys says to her "come on veronica what could be more important than that cruiser?" and she tells him "my orders". it would seem pretty stupid to give a single member of a whole squad diffrent orders, also, buck doesnt mention her as part of the squad...
DARE possibly?

  • 07.30.2009 4:06 PM PDT

Silenced doesn't mean "no sound whatsoever". It's probably loud enough(in an already quiet city), for him to hear where it's coming from.

  • 07.30.2009 4:08 PM PDT

The Forum Ninjas are asleep.

You will be going inside a covenant ship as hinted at when romeos face is revealed?

  • 07.30.2009 4:08 PM PDT

The last time I tried to make a quote, a car smashed through my wall and the tire hit my grandmother in the other room. But for those of you who can haz once more between five, I say it will be five between seven divided by zero multiplied by Chick Norass and Broce Tee.

Posted by: Ultramarine 360
What I found a bit stupid was that aprt where Buck says, "it's no problem, ODSTs are used to working in the dark", the ODST (The Rookie i'm guessing) shoots the Grunts with his pistol and the Brute turns straight towards him, doesn't this defeat the purpose of a silenced Pistol? Hopefuly it's not like that when we buy the game, I want to be a sneaky ninja....

Well, he shot the one in front of the Brute first. And the Brute, judging by the direction of the blood spray in relation to the positions of the Grunts head at the time could possibly guess the angle and direction of where the shot came from.
It's like the tactic they used in World War I to find snipers. Mold a head, put it up, the head gets shot, put a rod through the hole and put the head back where it was and you get the direction of the sniper.
*shrugs*

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Posted by: Ultramarine 360
What I found a bit stupid was that aprt where Buck says, "it's no problem, ODSTs are used to working in the dark", the ODST (The Rookie i'm guessing) shoots the Grunts with his pistol and the Brute turns straight towards him, doesn't this defeat the purpose of a silenced Pistol? Hopefuly it's not like that when we buy the game, I want to be a sneaky ninja....

I noticed that too... M7S and M6SOCOM are not really suppressed... in terms of Gameplay. The quiet sounds gives a different feel but gameplaywise the work just the same as M6G or M7.
ODST is not so much stealthy... its more tactical rather. With sneaky feel *grin*

  • 07.30.2009 4:08 PM PDT

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Posted by: Xemnex
@ 1:31 just as the cruiser is slipping out, there is already a very large crater with a burning center, any ideas about that?? it looks like the kind of a hole a ship would make hitting the earth


I also saw that. The only thing I remember exploding in Mombassa was the Scarab, and it's not big enough to make that big of an explosion.
Remember Regret in Halo 2? They probably just used that beam weapon before going into slipspace. Jumpstart on uncovering the Portal I guess.

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Posted by: Ultramarine 360
What I found a bit stupid was that apart where Buck says, "it's no problem, ODSTs are used to working in the dark", the ODST (The Rookie I'm guessing) shoots the Grunts with his pistol and the Brute turns straight towards him, doesn't this defeat the purpose of a silenced Pistol? Hopefully it's not like that when we buy the game, I want to be a sneaky ninja....


Kill the guy in the back. No one will know hes dead and work your way up until the whole patrol is wiped out. Simple. Unless the game stealth mechanics is messed up. Lol


P.s I saw in this demo with sleeping grunts and a brute with his back turned around. I know what I'm gonna do. >:D

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Posted by: Xemnex
@ 1:31 just as the cruiser is slipping out, there is already a very large crater with a burning center, any ideas about that?? it looks like the kind of a hole a ship would make hitting the earth


I also saw that. The only thing I remember exploding in Mombassa was the Scarab, and it's not big enough to make that big of an explosion.
Remember Regret in Halo 2? They probably just used that beam weapon before going into slipspace. Jumpstart on uncovering the Portal I guess.

It wasn't a beam weapon, it was the ships Gravity Lift (remeber Halo CE?). The Gravity Lift can be used as weapon however, you can use it to tear buildings apart but NOT to melt them. Energy projector is for that.

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Anyone notice the scorpion looks kind of different? Or is that just me?

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Thats horridly ill-advised though, first off youd have to crank up the gravity field to ridiculous levels, possibly even damaging the equipment, 2ndly, even if you could, youd be sucking all the debris into your hanger. the gravity lift isnt a weapon by any means. why take the time to tear it apart when they can just slag it?? much less effort

  • 07.30.2009 4:14 PM PDT

I noticed that there was a police pelican in the ViDoc to. The Fuzz is going to have some sick rides.

  • 07.30.2009 4:18 PM PDT