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Subject: Which Arm Cannon Do U Want?

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Poll: Which Arm Cannon Do U Want?  [closed]
Halo CE :  37%
(16 Votes)
Halo 2&3:  23%
(10 Votes)
A mix of both:  21%
(9 Votes)
Something new:  19%
(8 Votes)
Total Votes: 43

How should the Hunters arm cannon function in Reach? If you pick "new" explain.

  • 08.13.2009 7:44 AM PDT

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I thought the burst was better. Rather than making a beam which does shorter damage, for a longer period of time, enabling the character to just jump behind a rock, I thought the Halo CE burst was cool. A slight charging time to warn the player to take cover. It would make for better gameplay, like dodging a burst coming at you.

  • 08.13.2009 7:46 AM PDT

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I agree but a mix of the two would keep things fresh. Especially if 1 has a beam and the other one has a cannon.

  • 08.13.2009 7:49 AM PDT

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This man, this man right here put it so eloquently that I actually cancelled my own 2000+ word long post.
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The person who said participating is important, not winning, obviously never won anything.

Halo CE Hunters were harder for me to beat from range, but all you had to do was get up close and melee them to death, but from far in closed areas, very dangerous.

  • 08.13.2009 8:01 AM PDT

"I only speak two languages: English and Bad English,"
-Bruce Willis, The Fifth Element

I escaped into the waves. The waves...
I went Underground!

Probably original because it iwll be more like Halo CE, and this is a prequal.

  • 08.13.2009 8:10 AM PDT

Death to rank junkies.

Halo 2 and 3 Hunters were more of a challenge. Halo 1 Hunters never gave me much trouble.

  • 08.13.2009 10:06 AM PDT

A mystery to be solved.

all idid was snipe them in their wormy back and then blah dead

  • 08.13.2009 10:56 AM PDT

Halo CE. You couldn't just sit behind a rock and lob grenades.

[Edited on 08.13.2009 11:00 AM PDT]

  • 08.13.2009 10:59 AM PDT

"I only speak two languages: English and Bad English,"
-Bruce Willis, The Fifth Element

I escaped into the waves. The waves...
I went Underground!

Posted by: Master Megatron
Spazer, Wave, Ice. Keep Plasma around for groups, but Wave should let me take them out before they see me, as long as I have the X-Ray Visor.

And just to take care of anything tough, Super Missiles.

What about Ship Missles? You always have to store those to get rid of those heavy obsticles.

  • 08.13.2009 11:00 AM PDT

For a moment I read the title and thought of Megaman or Metroid.

I'd really like for them to actually balance the fuel rod cannon for matchmaking in Reach so that it doesn't cause framerate to drop too much, and that it isn't overpowered compared to the rocket launcher.

  • 08.13.2009 11:02 AM PDT

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Personally I felt that the mortars were way more dangerous due to the splash damage and the fact that they were so damn accurate with them on legendary. The beam just seemed a little weak IMO.

Perhaps haveing different grades of Hunters, anti-vehicle or anti-personelle or whatever to keep you guessing. It's hard to say since we do not yet know how this game is gonna play out.

  • 08.13.2009 11:19 AM PDT

"I only speak two languages: English and Bad English,"
-Bruce Willis, The Fifth Element

I escaped into the waves. The waves...
I went Underground!

Posted by: Tonoottu
Posted by: Havoc 101
Probably original because it iwll be more like Halo CE, and this is a prequal.

Gameplay has nothing to do with canon, the hunters had the beams which they have in halo 2 & 3 while the covenant was attacking harvest

I know that, and I wasn't saying anything about cannon. But if you want to go that way, Halo Wars had the arm cannon blast, too, as well as the beam.

This game takes place closer to Halo 1 than Halo 2. I don't think it's wrong to figure the arm cannon burst will return.

  • 08.13.2009 11:31 AM PDT

I liked the Halo CE one best, it was more menacing, travelled quicker, and had a larger splash effect. We should also be able to wield it, like you can in the modded Combat Evolved campaign for Custom Edition.

  • 08.13.2009 11:47 AM PDT