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Subject: Equipment (New approach)

I recently started playing halo 2 (which so far is not as good as CE or 3) and what intriged me was on the arbiter missions you can constantly use active camo (instead of flashlight) and it would have to recharge. (Oh and don't start a flamewar about which halo is better).

Now what if equipment were more like that, here's some examples:

Jump pack: Gives you jet pack that lets you do quick boost and then recharges. (Brutes have these in H3).

EMP pulse: Lets you do an EMP using your shields energy. Works like the power drain, but you loose your shields as well. This would work for team based games. On CE you do this when you have to destroy the three reactors.

Visor: (from ODST) Let's you see enemies in red, weapons in yellow etc. Also it should let you see invisible enemies.

Flashlight: From H:CE, Turn it on/off and it recharges.

Remember that these do not neccesarily have to be used in MP.
Flashlight would be useless in MP, but it would be nice to have it in Campaign and custom games for nostalgic reasons.

Also there could be traps like the grenades that shoot up on sandtrap or deployable turrets which would be good for firefight.

Thank you for reading and feel free to post your own equipment ideas.

[Edited on 09.16.2009 1:55 PM PDT]

  • 09.16.2009 1:54 PM PDT

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I think equipment should be cut permanently. They were kind of a stupid idea.

[Edited on 09.16.2009 2:26 PM PDT]

  • 09.16.2009 2:24 PM PDT
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Haha yah I def. think they should have some equipment. I forgot about the thruster packs that they used in the book.. My post idea's only included the fiber optic probes, c-12 and such. Would you mind like replying to mine saying something about your idea's??? (Idea's for reach, whatcha think?)

[Edited on 09.16.2009 2:30 PM PDT]

  • 09.16.2009 2:30 PM PDT
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Posted by: IcedPea
I think equipment should be cut permanently. They were kind of a stupid idea.
I agree, i think that was a step away from the halo expierience, im not sure how many people agree with us but i found it to be annoying with the exception of the Camo and Overshields of course

  • 09.16.2009 3:35 PM PDT
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Indeed they should be cut. They balenced many of the Halo 3 maps but they did it in a way that annoyed the player. Halo Reach should have ajustments to the weapons and shields so people don't just run around the map randomly and have to make smart decisions.

But they shouldn't be removed from anything except multiplayer maps. In campaign, I found them quite useful and tactical. And the ability to spawn them in a custom game would be nice, being that they spark custom game ideas such as Duck Hunt. But in multiplayer, they are just an annoyance and I hope they are not used.

  • 09.16.2009 3:47 PM PDT

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Posted by: IcedPea
I think equipment should be cut permanently. They were kind of a stupid idea.
I agree, i think that was a step away from the halo expierience, im not sure how many people agree with us but i found it to be annoying with the exception of the Camo and Overshields of course


I dislike the fact that the first 2 games were fine without them, and they weren't needed. Also, they are ridiculously oversized and there was nowhere that a real soldier would be able to carry something so big. They also broke the flow of gameplay when someone suddenly deployed a bubble shield mid combat.

  • 09.16.2009 4:35 PM PDT

Your ideas are interesting, but I still think that they should be picked up, and you have them until you die.

But the underground mine should be available to destroy vehicles (destroys any vehicle that passes within 2 meters (length of mongoose) of it, and the only thing you can see are three short spikes sticking out of the ground.

But I like your ideas however we would need some form of bubble shield, and deployable cover, and regenerator.

  • 09.16.2009 4:41 PM PDT

ya i mean they would be kool but i think just having the camo and over sheilds be use whenever instead of as soon as u go in the blue/red orb ur armor goes on roids u should use it whenever like in H3 campain

  • 09.16.2009 4:47 PM PDT

The Bring Back Bloodgulch Group have many members looking for more its kind of an unofficial petition to Bungie to bring back Bloodgulch in Reach http://www.bungie.net/fanclub/bx3g/Group/GroupHome.aspx

Posted by: iwanneatchips

Flashlight: From H:CE, Turn it on/off and it recharges.



Um...The flash light is in all the Halos During the campaign

  • 09.16.2009 5:22 PM PDT