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Subject: Marines in Reach

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I loved how in Halo C.E, after doing a jump in a warthog the marine on the gun would throw one arm in the air and shout.

  • 10.19.2009 3:03 AM PDT

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Posted by: Lightning759
I agree completely with the OP. We need marines from Halo:CE. They were badBlam!They could actually kill the enemy. In Halo 3, they are the people we kill with our BR's for ammo, because they are practicly worthless...

sooo you kill your marines for more br ammo your cool\sarcasm.

  • 10.19.2009 3:55 AM PDT
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Ok everyone I'm not saying the halo 1 marines were perfect or amazing and who cares abot legendary the game isnt fun when you play on legendary I'm just saying through my examples they were better and now that I think about it the marines may be half the problem but the other half is situation

  • 10.19.2009 3:55 PM PDT
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I like the fact that in Halo 3, the marines would grenade spam so much that half of the enemies were dead by the time I even switched to my BR. :)

[Edited on 10.19.2009 3:58 PM PDT]

  • 10.19.2009 3:57 PM PDT
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Posted by: the arbytor
Posted by: Lightning759
I agree completely with the OP. We need marines from Halo:CE. They were badBlam!They could actually kill the enemy. In Halo 3, they are the people we kill with our BR's for ammo, because they are practicly worthless...

sooo you kill your marines for more br ammo your cool\sarcasm.

It's actually a good tactic, instead of scrounging around for ammo. Your smart!/notsarcasm/sarcasm

  • 10.19.2009 4:00 PM PDT
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well, the CE marines came from the PoA which came from reach, right? so we'll be seeing this kind of beastlyness in our marines again.

  • 10.19.2009 5:08 PM PDT

Posted by: COWFEAR
What? The Marines in Halo 1 sucked, it took like 3 plasma shots from a grunt on Legendary to kill them... Sure they were usefull, they gave the Covenant other people to shoot at... For 3-5 seconds :P Anyway, I liked the Marines in Halo 3 alot more, they held their ground longer, could actually hit the enemy and they didnt just run in charging the enemy... But thats just my personal opinion :)

I hope they mix it a little, so everyone will be happy.


I kinda agree with this guy here.

I say all they need to do is copy the halo 2 marines skill level while the AI increasing skull was on(MAN THE MARINES WERE FINALY GOOD WITH THIS SKULL), tweak it, add some features, and put it in reach.

Halo 2 had best marines.

Halo 1's betrayed each other more than killed the covenant

[Edited on 10.19.2009 5:31 PM PDT]

  • 10.19.2009 5:21 PM PDT

Posted by: Jibreelinater
Posted by: COWFEAR
What? The Marines in Halo 1 sucked, it took like 3 plasma shots from a grunt on Legendary to kill them... Sure they were usefull, they gave the Covenant other people to shoot at... For 3-5 seconds :P Anyway, I liked the Marines in Halo 3 alot more, they held their ground longer, could actually hit the enemy and they didnt just run in charging the enemy... But thats just my personal opinion :)

I hope they mix it a little, so everyone will be happy.


I kinda agree with this guy here.

I say all they need to do is copy the halo 2 marines skill level while the AI increasing skull was on, tweak it, add some features, and put it in reach.

Halo 2 had best marines.

Halo 1's betrayed each other more than killed the covenant

Exactly. I agree with this completely.

  • 10.19.2009 5:30 PM PDT
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Posted by: Xharpan
it doese'nt look nextgen , looks good but not nextgen
If by next-gen you mean crappy, dark and colorless, I agree. It doesnt look next-gen at all.

Posted by: Mutoid Log
[insert huge wall of text here about Marine AI]

Wow you nailed it. It seems people played Halo CE a long time ago and don't really realize that the game is really flawed. Everyone says that Elites in Halo CE had the best AI and the same thing goes for marines when in reality the worst game when it comes to AI is CE.

  • 10.19.2009 5:36 PM PDT
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Once again commenting after midnight, but guys I've done some more research, ok the Halo 3 marines were not that bad, they were pretty good, its just AI tweaks and they good have put them in better situations, but that doesn't mean they were that amazing. For example on tsavo highway when the marines are in the transport hog they do not stop for other marines nor do they follow you to some parts of the level. And on the storm thats actually a great level especially at the beginning but when you go through the dorrs, no matter what the sergeant with the pistol and a female marine with a battle rifle wont follow. So I guess the halo 3 marines arn't bad at all, but in Reach the AI improvements better be amazing.Bungie just has to work on the situations and stuff. And for people arguing for the Halo 2 marines, I really can't offer the best opinion. Because first of all they were annoying especially the overused Mexican one. The Halo 2 campaign was horrible and way to hard. And one thing I noticed in the campaign is the lack of ammo. I was always trying to think of ways to conserve ammo or switch weapons with marines to maximize ammo. During that one part where you were going to kill Regret, I was to busy assessing my marines, my ammo, and theirs.

  • 10.19.2009 10:39 PM PDT

tl;dr

  • 10.19.2009 11:13 PM PDT

Most kills in the world with the Storm rifle in halo 4, the Plasma Repeater in halo reach, and the Plasma rifle in halo 3.
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marines should have their grenade privileges denied

  • 10.19.2009 11:30 PM PDT

Most kills in the world with the Storm rifle in halo 4, the Plasma Repeater in halo reach, and the Plasma rifle in halo 3.
check out my youtube channel

they should also have their driver licenses taken away

  • 10.19.2009 11:41 PM PDT

the only time i found halo 3 marines usefull was when i armed them with the spartan laser in The Covenent(my jump seat marine was beastly shooting down those banshees) or when they are armed with rocket launchers which usualy happen to kill everyone nearby including the closest warthog. other tha that they get themselves shot in a matter of seconds and die like flies.in CE it wasnt a UNSC masssacre facing a team of grunts.

  • 10.19.2009 11:48 PM PDT
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they should also have their driver licenses taken away
I agree

  • 10.20.2009 2:19 PM PDT

Everything from Halo 1 was...better

Whats with the fight between people who think marines in halo 1 are better than there halo 2 counter part and vice versa?

Heres a little info. In halo 1 marines have a 50%-70% hit rate in Halo 2 it is below 50%. But they both pay. In halo 1 a marine has 50% the strength of a minor elite (the blue bastards). In halo 2 they have 100% the strength of a minor elite. for halo 3 I have no Idea.

So you see they both pay for there advantages and disadvantages. (note: info came from Halopedia)

  • 11.02.2009 1:38 AM PDT

Everything from Halo 1 was...better

forgot to mention in halo 1 they didnt drive hogs but at least they couldn't run you over or drive in circles like in halo 3 or 2

  • 11.02.2009 1:39 AM PDT

In the jungle of war there is always a lion.
-Tsun Tsu

Is it just me or does anybody else remember seeing the Halo 1 marines stand by as a invisible elite with a giant blue glowing sword went carelessly around cutting limbs and owning fools.

  • 11.02.2009 2:24 AM PDT

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