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  • Poll [26 votes]: More realistic vehicles?
Subject: More realistic vehicles?

1.Arkham Asylum, 2.Mass Effect, 3.Halo CE, 4.Mass Effect 2, 5.Halo 2, 6.Splinter Cell Double Agent, 7.Gears of War 2, 8.Medievil, 9.Oblivion, 10.Crash Team Racing

Poll: More realistic vehicles?  [closed]
Yes to both:  42%
(11 Votes)
Yes to 1.:  31%
(8 Votes)
Yes to 2.:  8%
(2 Votes)
No to both:  19%
(5 Votes)
Total Votes: 26

In Halo 1 Covenant vehicles had standalone health. In Halo 2,3 and ODST player's health = vehicles health. Especially in ODST it annoyed the hell out of me, it made no sense my stamina prevented a vehicle from exploding.

1. Vehicles should have their own health bar. Once the vehicle runs out of health, it explodes and your shields or health won't prevent it. This also means normal bullets hitting the vehicle itself shouldn't reduce the health of driver and passengers. There would still be options for indestructible vehicles.

2. Limited ammo for vehicles could also be an interesting change. Vehicles and turrets would have lots of ammo, but eventually run out. People would have an extra reason to ditch vehicles.
- Scorpion could have 12 rockets and 500 machine gun bullets
- Ghost could have 500 plasma bolts
- Banshee could have 20 Fuel Rods and 300 plasma bolts
- Machine gun turret could have 800 bullets on stand, but 200 bullets (or less) when ripped off.
...They would still be very powerful, but less so. There would also be an ability to turn the bullets infinite.


Additional:
3. Certain weapons have effects against certain vehicles.
- Plasma pistol charge shuts vehicles completely
- More weak spots like engines, maybe tires could get ripped off

4. Optional 1st person view

[Edited on 10.16.2009 9:43 AM PDT]

  • 10.13.2009 11:18 AM PDT

-blam!- hell someones got alot of ideas


But yeh cool idea

[Edited on 10.13.2009 11:19 AM PDT]

  • 10.13.2009 11:19 AM PDT

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I like no. 2

  • 10.13.2009 11:26 AM PDT
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Wow, people are coming up with awesome ideas today! I voted Yes for both

  • 10.13.2009 11:30 AM PDT

if any of your ideas were implemented it would make the game boring. on of the fun things in MP is driving a hog with a gunner. its fun because you don't have to think about ammo and can get huge kill streaks. also, if they had thier own health it would just get annoying. leave them as they are, they are almost perfect right now. just a shame that sometimes when you tip, not everyone falls out.

  • 10.13.2009 12:07 PM PDT

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I like both ideas. I really hate when my vehicle is getting shot at, and only I die and not the vehicle and an enemy takes it. If my vehicle is getting shot at, why should my shields go down? Unless your shields sync with the vehicle you're in, that would make more sense.

I still like your idea better though. Ammo for vehicles seems like it would prevent a lot of vehicle hogging.

  • 10.13.2009 12:11 PM PDT

The scorpion doesn't shoot rockets

It shoots 90mm of H.E. spewing divine intervention

  • 10.13.2009 12:22 PM PDT

Confound these ponies, they drive me to insomnia.

Also, Applejack ftw.

I like this idea. BOTH of them, a helluva lot! Also, certain weapons should make the vehicles absolutely useless.

"The plasma pistol overcharge reduces the warthog's engine to slag"

So, make it so the Warthog just plain DOESNT move anymore.

Also, 50 tank rounds, instead of 9 rockets or whatever. 90mm tungsten tank rounds are B.A. So, 50 of them seems optimal.

  • 10.13.2009 12:25 PM PDT

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Anything else?

  • 10.16.2009 9:44 AM PDT

Stop PMing me if you are group recruiting.

Realistic vehicles = makes Halo boring, especially MP.

  • 10.16.2009 9:50 AM PDT
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Posted by: The Monkey King
Realistic vehicles = makes Halo boring, especially MP.

Holy crap. Finally a post that made me happy!

  • 10.16.2009 9:54 AM PDT
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...No. Keep unlimited ammo, but add a standalone health for all vehicles (and that would still be ALOT of firepower to blow up a vehicle) and it would be alot better. I just hate how when i'm in a banshee and lose shields and health, the banshee almost always dies along with me.
Posted by: The Monkey King
Realistic vehicles = makes Halo boring, especially MP.

  • 10.16.2009 9:58 AM PDT