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Subject: Can anybody see a practicle use for the ATV
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Will it be used in a huge open battle or a MAW like level and also what will it's covenant counter part be like Ghost vs Warthog, wraith vs battle tank etc

  • 05.10.2004 12:51 PM PDT
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its just cool dammit

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Icy levels.

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Think about it you can haul ass on a fast little hard to shoot thing while you shoot them... Where can u go wrong.

  • 05.10.2004 12:54 PM PDT
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Yeah its probably significantly more agile then the Warthog. Not to mention the fact that it is a covert vehicle in comparison to the Warthogs loud roaring engine.

  • 05.10.2004 12:55 PM PDT
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running over people!!!! duh

  • 05.10.2004 1:02 PM PDT
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The Warthog isn't really a good comparison to the Ghost. The Warthog is meant to have a crew on it, while the ghost is for only one rider. The Ghost is a decent individual assault vehicle being fast, agile and possessing good firepower. The Warthog, again, needs a team of people on it, isn't as fast especially on rough terrain, is nowhere near as agile and that gun can be hard to aim on any real targets. The ATV is most likely the human ghost equivalent and the new Covenant Shadow is the Warthog equivalent (there's concept art of it around here somewhere. It has two seats and a Shade gun on an open platform behind the driver, much like a warthog but alien styled).

  • 05.10.2004 1:03 PM PDT
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Posted by: Noir
The Warthog isn't really a good comparison to the Ghost. The Warthog is meant to have a crew on it, while the ghost is for only one rider. The Ghost is a decent individual assault vehicle being fast, agile and possessing good firepower. The Warthog, again, needs a team of people on it, isn't as fast especially on rough terrain, is nowhere near as agile and that gun can be hard to aim on any real targets. The ATV is most likely the human ghost equivalent and the new Covenant Shadow is the Warthog equivalent (there's concept art of it around here somewhere. It has two seats and a Shade gun on an open platform behind the driver, much like a warthog but alien styled).


I agree, except that actually the Warthog can get a faster max speed than the Ghost, so if it were a race on flat ground than the Warthog would win.

  • 05.10.2004 1:07 PM PDT
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That could be dangerous with the new hijacking system. The ATV IS the human equivalent to the Ghost. There's that new Cov vehicle that is actually the Warthog equivalent. I personally will like using it as I operate best with speed and independence. They would make great sniper deployment vehicles ;) .

  • 05.10.2004 1:07 PM PDT
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ABSOLUTELY-- The ATV is the Sniper's dream come true. A small, compact low profile vehicle that can whip you up to the best positions. It's small, so you can quickly stash it behind a rock or a few bushes.

In the past you always had to walk to where you wanted to snipe from making you vulnerable to being intercepted. Now no more. Further in the past, after you've sniped a few rounds into the enemy team your cover was blown and they'd charge up the hill at you en masse surely slaughtering you. Now you just duck back and climb into your ATV and take off leaving them cursing.

And that's just for sniping... It's great for anti-armour as well with the same principles.

  • 05.10.2004 1:09 PM PDT
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The atv has no gun and therefor can not be the equivilent of the ghost. I have read about an example of the ATV in EGM that says that a group of snipers use them to get up a large hill to a sniping spot to fire on a covenant base. Mostly just for fast action to get across the map un touched.

  • 05.10.2004 1:11 PM PDT
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That idea is pretty damn neat, actually! And the practicle use for the ATV? RUNNING OVER copious amounts of covenant bodies! *GRIN*! Yeah, I'm developing sick thoughts...

  • 05.10.2004 1:14 PM PDT
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It doesn't have to be the same to be the equivalent. Does any know if you can fire you own weapons from it?
The running things over I don't know about. It seams to small to be that effective.

[Edited on 5/10/2004 1:20:20 PM]

  • 05.10.2004 1:19 PM PDT