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Subject: Equipment

Recently, I have noticed a number of things while browsing thru the forums. One thing in particular that caught my attention, was a thread about what should and shouldn't be included in Halo Reach. While most of the posts were mostly about what weapons and vehicles that Halo Reach should feature, most people also pointed out that they wanted Bungie to remove equipment from the game. I found this odd, as I always thought that equipment made for a more fun and interesting Halo experience.

So, what are your thoughts on equipment?
Do you want it removed, or do you want it to stay?
I'd really like to know why you want/don't want it to be in Halo Reach.

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  • 11.07.2009 11:14 AM PDT

Tbh they distrupt the flow :/

  • 11.07.2009 11:15 AM PDT

Success is just going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiasm.

I like equipment, at the very least I want the bubble shield to stay if they remove it.

  • 11.07.2009 11:17 AM PDT

Some equipment needs some balancing, but the concept is sound.

Just make the radius of effect of the regenerator much much smaller, make it so the regenerator doesn't spawn so quickly on most maps, make it so you can't jump off of any of the equipment, make the radar jammer less obvious (start with only one or two fake dots that move in logical fashion and then create a swarm with vehicle dots and stuff mixed in), turn the flare into a smokeball so I don't need sunglasses to play the game and protect my eyes...

  • 11.07.2009 11:17 AM PDT

It should stay. It just needs to be tweaked. I agree with everything in Hylebos's post. Also the trip mine should be less visible and not go BEEP! BEEP!

  • 11.07.2009 11:20 AM PDT

Posted by: CLOTHIER
Tbh they distrupt the flow :/


They disrupt your flow. They add to mine. I just think they need to put less on the map. They are more like balanced power ups imo. We really only need about two of the shield affecting ones. Then they can add a ton of secondary ones that don't affect gameplay as much like the flare or radar jammer. I also think they should remove power ups from the maps when they have certain things like the regenerator. It just seems redundant and overpacked.

[Edited on 11.07.2009 11:33 AM PST]

  • 11.07.2009 11:21 AM PDT

Posted by: CLOTHIER
Tbh they distrupt the flow :/

I see them as an improvement.
For one; they are unexpected, which makes the game more interesting, you'll never know when the enemy will throw a power drain at you, and they do save your ass alot of times. Like when you're caught of guard, you can still survive if you have a bubble shield equiped.

  • 11.07.2009 11:25 AM PDT

This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality.
Embrace this moment. Remember. We are eternal.
All this pain is an illusion.

It adds to the fun and unpredictability of a battle, I say keep them. Yes, some of the equipment should be balanced, but it should still be kept.

  • 11.07.2009 11:38 AM PDT

I am Field Master Avu Med 'Telcam, Servant of the Abiding Truth, and I have many brothers.

A god who creates tools is still a god. It is not for us to impose qualifications upon the divine or presume to guess its intentions.

The bubble shield, re-generator, and power drain should stay.

  • 11.07.2009 11:41 AM PDT
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personally, i would like more tactical equipment, like the radar jammer.

maybe like a a telescope, with infrared vision and a 15x zoom, or maybe the ability to place waypoints for your team?

or howzaboutz a HUD scrambler, that messed up your vision and makes it hard to aim (instant "blind" skull).

or maybe a radar unit, where you get x3 radar range if you stand within it's radius.

  • 11.07.2009 11:44 AM PDT

Posted by: masterchef1
or howzaboutz a HUD scrambler, that messed up your vision and makes it hard to aim (instant "blind" skull).

We already have the flare.

  • 11.07.2009 11:47 AM PDT

Keep them, I say. They add a nice flavour to the game. But they should remove unnecessary equipment that is pointless, especially the portable cover, seriously? its really pointless.

I guess they should just tweak how equipment operates, but mainly keep the bubble shield, the powerdrain and the tripmine.

  • 11.07.2009 11:57 AM PDT

I think they should change a few equipment too. Like the flare and the trip mine. They are both pretty useless.
The flare blinds both you and the person you are throwing it at, and the trip mine is too easy to detect. Seriously, it shouldn't be easy to detect it! It's like if you were trying to hide from someone by laying on the ground and shout every 2 seconds.
The radar jamer is pretty useless too. They should make it disable your radar. That way, you won't know if someone used it or not.

  • 11.07.2009 11:59 AM PDT

They should honestly take out equipment. I thought that all of the equipment felt more like gimmick-y little play toys rather than useful combat tools. Not only that but they disrupt the flow of the gameplay.

  • 11.07.2009 12:03 PM PDT
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  • 11.07.2009 12:04 PM PDT

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  • 11.07.2009 12:07 PM PDT