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In the days of old, there were legends of a land long lost to time. This land was known as Ranna'Mor. Ranna'Mor was said to contain in its borders 7 warriors. These warriors had once unleashed a veritable hell upon the ancient world, until they were locked away. My name is Toriad, and I am one of those warriors. Our return is approaching. Do not run away, do not cower in fear; take solace in your final days, for that is all we can do. -Legend of Ranna'Mor
Posted by: Phynixblack
Posted by: Toa Freak
Posted by: Phynixblack
Posted by: Toa Freak
Posted by: Phynixblack
It was not skipped. It was ignored. What the books say are meaningless if Bungie chooses to change things. Bungie makes the rules, not the books.To start, I was talking about gameplay. In the games, the plasma rifle strips away energy shields faster than the assault rifle (as an example). Second, the books were commissioned by Bungie. Hell, "Contact Harvest" was written by Bungie employee Joseph Staten.
Let's look at the games now. It take two melee attacks with fists or a normal weapon to kill an opponent. It would be the same with a sword or knife (one hit to get rid of shields, one to kill). You want to talk gameplay, there you go.
Okay. You see, what I am saying is:
All of your post. Every single word. Means absolutely nothing if Bungie were to suddenly decide 'This OP is right, we'll add a Knife/Katana/Whatever melee weapon to the game.
Nothing anyone says and no logic from the game that you can present to me changes a damn thing. Realism can and will take a backseat for fun in a videogame. ESPECIALLY a game like Halo, which already uses only a small amount of realism (What is usually needed/wanted to make a shooter play well.)
That said, again. In all honesty, I believe a Katana/Combat Knife/whatever should simply be included as a re-skin of the existing Energy Sword like the 7-Wood.The 7-wood was added later for multiplayer fun and randomness.
That said, when Bungie incorporates weapons, they have a place and purpose. A melee weapon like a sword would have no place in the UNSC, and the combat knife is ineffective unless against unshielded enemies. Halo originally had a sword, which became part of the campaign shield. This was when Elites had no shields, and every soldier was a Spartan.
Bungie tries to make Halo feel realistic, and a UNSC melee weapon does not fall under this category.
Meh. I'm not even thinking about story. Nor Matchmaking. I care nothing for canon. I am approaching this idea as a Custom game/Forge mode additive only.
I think maybe you should too. Gets easy to see the fun that can be had with some of this stuff.
I stick to my idea. I think it would be a fun re-skin for the energy sword.
It would act like one and as far as the game is concerned it IS one. It would just look like the katana. Add it to a map in forge to use it in customs. It's a simple concept.
Put your pitchfork down a second and approach it without pretending anyone who thinks its cool wants the story to be crap. I want it for the same reasons we have the 7-wood. Multiplayer fun and randomness.
Are you starting to see my angle? I'm not trolling/giving you a hard time at this point. I just think you are approaching it wrong at the moment and might be able to like it better approaching it from a passive angle like my own.I guess it could be fun for custom games and such. I don't use that function very often, so I rarely think of things relating to it.