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Subject: Are you happy with the to come Halo 2 weapon roster?
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Well, I consider it to be well nearly identical to halo, as the BR is like the pistol, the smgs are like the MA5B, and everything else is just a little souped up, or the same as before, except the pistol.

Also, do you think that the weapons in the Halo Universe are advanced enough. I mean think about it, they're around 400 years into the future. And yet there weapons seem not as advanced. Look at the M5AB( or MA5B) for example. I know that it was old compared to the BR55 in halo 2 but its still around what 350 years into the future. Compare it to todays weapons. Scopes are becoming common on newer Assult rifles like the newer British assult rifles. Even on submachine gun like the MP5 and P90. And guns are becoming more accurate all the time. Also look at the BR55, guns today can compare to that. You think in around 400 years they at least make a genrade laucher standard.

Note: As Halo 2 is coming to the PC

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  • 02.13.2006 10:23 PM PDT
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Ummmmm lets keep this to multiplayer as the single player is going to stay excatly the same

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  • 02.13.2006 10:39 PM PDT
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but there is bound to be the FRG and flamethrower!
and the FRG is quite a bit uncooler than the hpc version. i think they should add the arc or make it the beam version. whatever.

and the fist of ruhk!.... im dreamin'

  • 02.13.2006 11:52 PM PDT
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I'm thinking a slight modification to the energy sword (in mp), in that you have limited swings.

I think a single swing should take away 5%. I think the huge running slash that you do when you swing with your reticle on a player should take away 10-15%, whether you hit or not (occasionally these swings miss).

  • 02.14.2006 7:40 AM PDT
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They should make the energy sword different so it doesn't lock on and you can't lunge at other players because that wouldn't be fair. They also need to make the weapons more powerful.

  • 02.14.2006 7:47 AM PDT
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Posted by: Reeferdude
I want the flamethrower to make a comeback! But with super cool sizzling meat sounds and Covenant warriors screaming about how "It burns! It BURNS! Oh God it BURNS!!!"
Lol I think somone likes the flamethrower a little to much.

  • 02.14.2006 7:54 AM PDT
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Posted by: Gladiator1064
They should make the energy sword different so it doesn't lock on and you can't lunge at other players because that wouldn't be fair. They also need to make the weapons more powerful.
Umm dude if the sword didnt lock on then it would be useless.

  • 02.14.2006 7:55 AM PDT
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No because if it locked on in mp it would be too easy to kill your opponent.

  • 02.14.2006 7:58 AM PDT
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the sword isnt that great, just get far away and br him to death, stick him, duck under the lunge and beat him down, or if hes a noob jump over his head and assasinate, also when someones lunging at you use the shotgun cuz everyone knows the shotty owns the sword, oh and also you could always bust out a noob combo. there you go, plenty of reasons why to leave the sword the way it is...

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  • 02.14.2006 9:17 AM PDT
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make the sword have ammo. make the magnum less crappy.

  • 02.14.2006 12:08 PM PDT
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I swear only to the MA5B Assualt Rifle and the Halo 1 shotgun, because of the AR bad accuacy i mow grunts down like a flame thrower threw butter! I think the battle rifle is ok, cause it ives u mid range abbilty, but i like to get up close a peronal. And the Halo 1 shotgun is far batter than halo 2, u could kill grunts at like 10 feet, and 2 shots for a elite at 10 feet. Halo 1 pistol is far to powerful in MP, its evil, sniper rifle needs more power in halo 2 its craped up. SMG's r ok, i like to use to look cool, but ill choose a MA5B over any weapon

  • 02.14.2006 12:18 PM PDT
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if you watched the making of halo 2 in the collectors edition DVD it mentions the reason for the dramatic difference in the weapons. Regardless of which is better, the weapons in halo 1 seemed a bit too non-gunish. weird word aint it lol. I agree. the sniper rifle just doesnt feel like a sniper rifle to me. Too loose recoil, and the sound sounds weak. The sniper rifle in halo 2 has that BANG feel to it that real rifles have. more like a real gun, imo. Anyone that has used a powerful rifle will agree that it doesnt just bounce up and down when you fire it and its firing doesnt sound like bwoosh. It goes POW and kicks on your shoulder. Halo 2 emulated this effect better. As for the assault rifle, they made kinda 2 versions of it. The BR is the more accurate, burst fire version, and the smg is the spray bullets everywhere version. As for your shotgun comment, the shotty in halo 1 is unrealistic. In halo 2 the shotty may be less accurate, but thats because shotguns arent accurate. I kinda doubt many people here have actually used the real versions of the halo 2 weapons. I haven't done all of them, but i have fired a high power rifle, a shotgun, and a pistol. They do not behave AT ALL like they do in halo 1. Halo 2 takes a few liberties with the weapon realism, but its sci-fi, if it was too realistic, it wouldnt seem like future tech. Still, they need to seem like they are real weapons, and halo 2's weapons behave more like real weapons than halo 1's arsenal. that is all i have to say.

  • 02.14.2006 1:02 PM PDT
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I felt most of the h1 sounds were pathetic. I liked h2ces shotgun sound. it was really really loud.

  • 02.14.2006 2:58 PM PDT
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Well the elite sword is the covenants version of the shotgun. I wonder what would win a shotgun vs elite sword.

  • 02.14.2006 5:14 PM PDT
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probably the sword, seeing as the guy could rush out of a corner and surprise the guy with the shotgun. i dont like how the sword doesnt have limited ammo.

  • 02.15.2006 1:30 AM PDT
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Posted by: Heero139
probably the sword, seeing as the guy could rush out of a corner and surprise the guy with the shotgun. i dont like how the sword doesnt have limited ammo.

on that note, let me ask you a question. why does the needler suck? because it tracks the enemy, instead of hitting them. if you could just aim and fire, like with every other gun, the needler might actualy be decent.
in the same concept, why does the sword suck? because it also tracks. the sword is as easy to avoid as a needler, but the shotgun, as you actualy aim with it, is still the awsome ass kicker it always was. in fact, the shotgun is even more powerful in halo 2 than it ever was in halo 1. take it from someone who has actualy looked at the tags for these halo 2 weapons...

  • 02.15.2006 6:34 AM PDT
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i never said the needler sucked... in fact, two of them in the halo 2 campaign mode brings wrath and destruction to your enemies.

as for the sword, i dont care about the sword except that it has no limit of energy. if someone has got one and is good with it, then he has it for as long as he wants.

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  • 02.15.2006 10:14 AM PDT

Posted by: Nessy

The bungie.net community is the halo PC community that is renowned for being unbelieveably sucky.

the needler can be highly effective!!!!!!!

most people realize the only way to avoid the needler rounds is to strafe in one direction to the side, so...you fire off a clip, get the guy strafing in one direction, then use the pistol to finish him off. It's a highly effective strategy.

  • 02.15.2006 10:19 AM PDT