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Subject: white button for teamchat? no light? then....?
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i haven't visited here for a while, so if this has been discussed, don't flame me.
anyway- from what i've just discovered, the white button is no longer for your light... as in... there is no light (?) and is now for teamspeak....
....my question/comment is: if there is no 'flashlight', then why would you want to shoot the lights out during combat? I know if you are wandering in the dark with a light you are cannon fodder- but how are you going to see your enemies? will you rely solely on infrared w/ your scope or something? will your visor/hud 'adjust' (if so, why shoot lights out?).....
.....lastly, just maybe... there will be enough light to see your enemies if you look hard enough (like finding a cloaked enemy).
i just bring this up because i remember reading about shooting out lights way back- and wondered how a mp match would be fought in the dark- the tactics changing rapidly using your light to find enemies while trying not to give everybody a juicy target.
bungie knows what they are doing i'm sure- but i'm a little confused.

  • 08.12.2004 9:45 PM PDT
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I need a weapon.

there will still be a light in SP, which is when u really need it

  • 08.12.2004 9:47 PM PDT
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i never put those 2 together...i never really needed the light in halo but now that you can shoot out lights...how do you see where you're goin....

  • 08.12.2004 9:47 PM PDT
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Posted by: skum4182
there will still be a light in SP, which is when u really need it


ah...makes sence

  • 08.12.2004 9:48 PM PDT
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Posted by: skum4182
there will still be a light in SP, which is when u really need it


-thus, no shooting out lights in mp, i suppose.
hmmm

  • 08.12.2004 10:03 PM PDT
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You couldn't use the flashlight in MP in the first Halo right?

  • 08.12.2004 10:06 PM PDT
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Posted by: Creeping_Death
You couldn't use the flashlight in MP in the first Halo right?

Yes, you could use the flashlight if there was four or less people.

  • 08.12.2004 10:12 PM PDT
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In Halo 1 there wasnt a flashlight in Mp anyways. and in co-op you dont need to have team chat because everybody will be on your team. so there will be a flashlight in the campain but there [color=red] STILL [/color] not be a flashlight in MP

  • 08.12.2004 10:16 PM PDT
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Posted by: Awesome Austin
Posted by: Creeping_Death
You couldn't use the flashlight in MP in the first Halo right?

Yes, you could use the flashlight if there was four or less people.

you couldnt use the flashlight at all in MP!!!!!!!

  • 08.12.2004 10:17 PM PDT
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Posted by: Grunt1234
In Halo 1 there wasnt a flashlight in Mp anyways. and in co-op you dont need to have team chat because everybody will be on your team. so there will be a flashlight in the campain but there [color=red] STILL [/color] not be a flashlight in MP


firstly- i thought one could use the flashlights in mp, only over 4 players you couldn't.

secondly- i know in sp the other guy is on your team... BUT- n o w we can play single player co-op on two xboxes (so i understand)... so... if that's the case, you'll use team chat if you are playing co-op over xbc or LIVE and you'll want team chat.

thirdly- i just guess the flashlight is out, and if you shoot lights out, it'll be like playing in the darker areas of, say, 'ratrace' or something. i guess shooting lights out will just give you a better chance of sliping by undetected by some- it wouldn't help you so much in an assault, unless you like getting into a firefight in the dark (and... would flashbang affects last a little longer against enemies who are now in the dark? hmmm...)

thanks for your thoughts.

  • 08.13.2004 4:58 PM PDT
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there was flashlight in mp in halo 1

  • 08.13.2004 5:03 PM PDT
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wasn't that info from a german mag? I don't think that mag was truthful. It gave us a lot of "new" inngo but why would germany get it first and why were they the only ones to get it. It makes since but i think that was made up. I've been gone since monday so if it was confirmed from then to now please don't flame.

  • 08.13.2004 5:08 PM PDT
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Posted by: gunslinger37
firstly- i thought one could use the flashlights in mp, only over 4 players you couldn't.

Correct

secondly- i know in sp the other guy is on your team... BUT- n o w we can play single player co-op on two xboxes (so i understand)... so... if that's the case, you'll use team chat if you are playing co-op over xbc or LIVE and you'll want team chat.
The team chat is to switch between proximity voice and talking over radio to your team. In SP there is no need to not have your radio on all the time so you don't need to press a button to talk to the other player. Talking will be automatic. If you want to mute your mic use the button on the communicator.

thirdly- i just guess the flashlight is out, and if you shoot lights out, it'll be like playing in the darker areas of, say, 'ratrace' or something. i guess shooting lights out will just give you a better chance of sliping by undetected by some- it wouldn't help you so much in an assault, unless you like getting into a firefight in the dark (and... would flashbang affects last a little longer against enemies who are now in the dark? hmmm...)
The flashligt is still in SP most likely. There are no flashbangs in Halo 2. The frag grenades now have stunning effects.

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  • 08.13.2004 5:09 PM PDT
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Posted by: skum4182
there will still be a light in SP, which is when u really need it



How do you know? It has'nt been said that there is a light.

  • 08.13.2004 5:10 PM PDT
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if you can shoot out lights then there probably will be.

  • 08.13.2004 5:22 PM PDT
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damn, if their is no f-lights in mp, that probably means that they won't have any day/night time play in mp... damn... oh well.

  • 08.13.2004 5:23 PM PDT
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bungie hasnt confirmed any of that beta info yet.. there are a ton of questions about that article
like....
why is germany playing the beta first?
isnt there a nondisclosure act they have to sign and therefore not release any info on the beta?
i really think that writeup is all bull-blam!- and everyone needs to stop believing everything they hear

  • 08.13.2004 5:30 PM PDT