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Subject: A Pelican

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Thats what i want!

Seriously though;Alot of people have been asking for the pelican to be generally more involved,usually they ask for it to be flyable.
But every game they get turned down,again and again...

So please,give the pelican more use.
Maybe have us do a mission where you have to defend multiple points across a big map?Or have us extract marines,ODST or even spartans to fight with us in the battlefield.
Heck,maybe have them called in!

(You can now begin posting about how completely wrong my ideas are and how "gamebreaking" they would be :P)

But really,please post your opinions.
(Even if you just agree with everything)

[Edited on 10.28.2009 9:38 AM PDT]

  • 10.12.2009 8:48 AM PDT
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"You must be mistaken, Reclaimer. I've met your makers, and they don't even know your name..."

Every Pelican in the Halo Series has crashed at some point. Are you suggesting we allow players to crash with them? Sounds good to me. Bring on the flying Kiltrocities.

On topic, I do love the idea of Pelicans and Phantoms being implemented, but for them to work the maps would have to be pretty big. I can't see a Pelican maneuvering around Valhalla.

  • 10.12.2009 8:50 AM PDT

i agree, or we could have a level where the pelican crashes, and we have to get on the rear turret to defend it while the pilot calls for evac, that'd be pretty cool in my opinion.

  • 10.12.2009 8:50 AM PDT
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I like your idea !

  • 10.12.2009 8:52 AM PDT

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Posted by: Spartan R76
i agree, or we could have a level where the pelican crashes, and we have to get on the rear turret to defend it while the pilot calls for evac, that'd be pretty cool in my opinion.


The pilot would be dead.

And if there's a spartan with you, thats the best Evac you can get.

  • 10.12.2009 8:53 AM PDT

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Posted by: Panzeereapa
Every Pelican in the Halo Series has crashed at some point. Are you suggesting we allow players to crash with them? Sounds good to me. Bring on the flying Kiltrocities.


Not true,alot of pelicans never crashed.Remember the ones on Crow's nest?
And the pelican would take alot of firepower to bring down ofcourse,but not to much.The Pelican would be a vehicle of tactics.
Besides,it doesn't NEED to be in multiplayer.
I'm talking about campaign for the most part.

Posted by: Panzeereapa
On topic, I do love the idea of Pelicans and Phantoms being implemented, but for them to work the maps would have to be pretty big. I can't see a Pelican maneuvering around Valhalla.


New game,new engine,new maps my friend.
And again,they don't necessarily have to be in multiplayer.

  • 10.12.2009 9:02 AM PDT

I always have like Daydreams/dreams thougths about stuff like this, even with COD games.
But halo mostly.

  • 10.12.2009 9:05 AM PDT

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Reach IS awesome, don't deny it

Well, in 'The Fall of Reach' there is a pelican with Spartans in that gets hit and crashes onto the surface. It would be pretty cool if at the beginning of the level you drive the pelican until a cutscene starts where you get hit, then you continue the rest of the level on foot.

  • 10.12.2009 9:08 AM PDT

The least we can all say is that, "A usable Pelican is long over due" For either campaign use only, or for both campaign and multiplayer.

  • 10.12.2009 9:17 AM PDT
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only little kids want to fly an pelican in Halo games..u can mod ur Halo CE or Halo 2 and fly an Pelican...
THis idea is so horrible and will not happen in Reach or another new Halo games in few years

  • 10.12.2009 9:18 AM PDT

Posted by: halo2jumper
only little kids want to fly an pelican in Halo games..
Show me the political statistics? The people who want new vehicles, new weapons, new maps, new almost everything, with the side of the usual are those who want things fresh and don't want the feeling of buying the same game again.

  • 10.12.2009 9:24 AM PDT

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Posted by: halo2jumper
Only little kids want to fly a Pelican in Halo games.You can mod your Halo CE or Halo 2 and fly a Pelican...
This idea is so horrible and will not happen in Reach or any other new Halo game in few years


Well lucky us huh?Half the halo players are little kids :P
Fix'd it for you to.

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  • 10.12.2009 9:28 AM PDT

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Posted by: Panzeereapa
Every Pelican in the Halo Series has crashed at some point. Are you suggesting we allow players to crash with them? Sounds good to me. Bring on the flying Kiltrocities.

On topic, I do love the idea of Pelicans and Phantoms being implemented, but for them to work the maps would have to be pretty big. I can't see a Pelican maneuvering around Valhalla.


No on Valhalla. Halo CE: Blood Gultch maybe, but yeah, not valhalla.

But this is a new game. There shouldn't be a map size limit. Push our 360s to the max, as long as it means we can play on huge maps and go crazy with graphics and gameplay. Add Elephants that you can close up, and scarabs too. Make this game so unbelievably epic that no Call of Duty game will ever be able to top it.... EVER.

I mean, thats what we're going for, right?

  • 10.12.2009 9:33 AM PDT

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Posted by: Envy661
Posted by: Panzeereapa
Every Pelican in the Halo Series has crashed at some point. Are you suggesting we allow players to crash with them? Sounds good to me. Bring on the flying Kiltrocities.

On topic, I do love the idea of Pelicans and Phantoms being implemented, but for them to work the maps would have to be pretty big. I can't see a Pelican maneuvering around Valhalla.


No on Valhalla. Halo CE: Blood Gultch maybe, but yeah, not valhalla.

But this is a new game. There shouldn't be a map size limit. Push our 360s to the max, as long as it means we can play on huge maps and go crazy with graphics and gameplay. Add Elephants that you can close up, and scarabs too. Make this game so unbelievably epic that no Call of Duty game will ever be able to top it.... EVER.

I mean, thats what we're going for, right?


This man has the right idea.

  • 10.12.2009 9:36 AM PDT

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Posted by: Envy661
Posted by: Panzeereapa
Every Pelican in the Halo Series has crashed at some point. Are you suggesting we allow players to crash with them? Sounds good to me. Bring on the flying Kiltrocities.

On topic, I do love the idea of Pelicans and Phantoms being implemented, but for them to work the maps would have to be pretty big. I can't see a Pelican maneuvering around Valhalla.


No on Valhalla. Halo CE: Blood Gultch maybe, but yeah, not valhalla.

But this is a new game. There shouldn't be a map size limit. Push our 360s to the max, as long as it means we can play on huge maps and go crazy with graphics and gameplay. Add Elephants that you can close up, and scarabs too. Make this game so unbelievably epic that no Call of Duty game will ever be able to top it.... EVER.

I mean, thats what we're going for, right?


This man has the right idea.


What can I say? I'm lazy. I don't try at anything. Few people get my jokes, but I can still wow the fans. ;)

  • 10.12.2009 10:23 AM PDT

you could add it to multiplayer if the maps were massive and it had no wepons.


but the best thing would be if you crashed you die but the passangers survive (prepare for epic machinimas)

maybe even phantoms on some maps

  • 10.12.2009 10:27 AM PDT

A pelican in campaign? Sure, no complaints there.
A pelican in multiplayer? It would be broken, as you predicted our response would be in the OP.

Lets take the banshee as an example. How many times have you been splattered by a banshee? A lot if you play BTB where the banshee primarily appears in. And now you are saying you want a huge banshee that can splatter just as easily? Nobody will use the pelican for transport, its just going to be a huge battering ram.

Not to mention that you shouldn't need a vehicle to carry all seven of your team mates. Increase the number of players per team then eh? But as you increase the number of team mates, your individual sense of importance drops by a lot. You may be a great player, but there is no way that you can assault a fortress with 18 players inside of it by yourself and expect to come out alive, no matter how bad they are. By sticking to 8 players per team, you not only cut down on terrible terrible lag, but you also preserve the importance of each player without sacrificing the abillity of doing cool things like attacking with vehicles and such.

Want an aerial transport in multiplayer? The hornet is your friend. But there won't be a pelican in multiplayer.

  • 10.12.2009 10:31 AM PDT

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Posted by: jonesy90000
you could add it to multiplayer if the maps were massive and it had no wepons.


but the best thing would be if you crashed you die but the passangers survive (prepare for epic machinimas)

maybe even phantoms on some maps


Now that you mention it,RedvsBlue(Roosterteeth)would probably love this!

  • 10.12.2009 10:31 AM PDT

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Posted by: Rob004
Posted by: jonesy90000
you could add it to multiplayer if the maps were massive and it had no wepons.


but the best thing would be if you crashed you die but the passangers survive (prepare for epic machinimas)

maybe even phantoms on some maps


Now that you mention it,RedvsBlue(Roosterteeth)would probably love this!


yeah. But why no weapons?

  • 10.12.2009 10:44 AM PDT

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Posted by: Hylebos
A pelican in campaign? Sure, no complaints there.
A pelican in multiplayer? It would be broken, as you predicted our response would be in the OP.

Lets take the banshee as an example. How many times have you been splattered by a banshee? A lot if you play BTB where the banshee primarily appears in. And now you are saying you want a huge banshee that can splatter just as easily? Nobody will use the pelican for transport, its just going to be a huge battering ram.


A way this problem could possibly be solved is by making the pelican vulnerable to hard landings.
Also,a Banshee flies diffrent from a Pelican, it flies a bit like a plane.I would imagine a Pelican to be more like a helicopter or a "hovercraft".
Back in the halo CE days,flying a pelican was really hard.

Posted by: Hylebos
Not to mention that you shouldn't need a vehicle to carry all seven of your team mates. Increase the number of players per team then eh? But as you increase the number of team mates, your individual sense of importance drops by a lot. You may be a great player, but there is no way that you can assault a fortress with 18 players inside of it by yourself and expect to come out alive, no matter how bad they are. By sticking to 8 players per team, you not only cut down on terrible terrible lag, but you also preserve the importance of each player without sacrificing the abillity of doing cool things like attacking with vehicles and such.


There are some games that have about 12 players per team.(I think battlefield and the like)Or,i could be confusing with the PC games.

Besides,does everyone stay in the base in Valhalla?No,they want to get kills.(I know this might be diffrent in Reach with diffrent maps)
And if those maps would be more focused on fortress combat wouldn't it be cool to lead an arial insertion with a(2?) Pelican(s)?I'm dreaming again :P

  • 10.12.2009 10:46 AM PDT

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It'd be cool to be flying that Pelican in the beginning of the book that gets hit. And jumping out as Fred and watching the other Spartans fall, kinda like they did with ODST and the HEV pods. That was awesome.

  • 10.12.2009 10:49 AM PDT

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bungie u must let this pass!!!! it would be cool if u can call in an air strike in multiplayer if u get a 10 kill streak or have a pelican drop off a scorpion tank or a warthog would be pretty cool. and it would be kool i u could drive one in a mission and multiplayer where u could drop off troops and vehicles.Also be able to fire tracking rockets at vehicles ,AND BE ABLE TO LOCK ONTO THOSE BIG HUNTERS!!!!!!
also it would be kool if u get hit with a certain amount of rockets u start to spin out of control and have a big explosion when it hits the ground or even a wall, or building.
or have it to where u can snipe the pilot eitha sniper rifle or beam rifle though the glass in the cockpit. Or have a copilot that fires rockets and a pilot to control the ramp and driving, and a turret to hop on.

  • 10.12.2009 10:50 AM PDT

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Posted by: Envy661

yeah. But why no weapons?


If you mean why no weapons on a pelican:then it could be a bit overpowerd;how the hell would you take it down without a spartan lazer?(Then again the same can be said from a warthog)

Wether the Pelican should have a turret in the back or not is up to Bungie i think.

  • 10.12.2009 10:50 AM PDT

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Posted by: trigga finga117
Bungie you must let this pass!!!! It would be cool if you can call in an air strike in multiplayer if you get a 10 kill streak or have a pelican drop off a scorpion tank or a warthog would be pretty cool.


This ain't call of duty.
I'm against having the winning player have an even greater advantage.(In multiplayer i mean)
But aslong as the Pelican isen't like the helicopter in COD but simply a vehicle dropper...This might work.

  • 10.12.2009 10:56 AM PDT

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Posted by: Rob004
Posted by: Envy661

yeah. But why no weapons?


If you mean why no weapons on a pelican:then it could be a bit overpowerd;how the hell would you take it down without a spartan lazer?(Then again the same can be said from a warthog)

Wether the Pelican should have a turret in the back or not is up to Bungie i think.


no. Whats-his-face said that the maps would be huge and have no weapons? I was wondering where he got that from.

and why would these vehicles be 'over-sized banshees'? very time I see one of these vehicles, it is not going fast enough to splatter anything, and the phantom never even gets close to the ground.

  • 10.12.2009 10:58 AM PDT

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