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Subject: Final Field Marshal Encounter

In "The Pillar of Autumn" the final encounter before the using the MAC cannon pits you against an elite Field Marshal and a team of elite Zealots. The Field Marshal is armed with a fuel rod gun and is quite formidable but did you enjoy the encounter thoroughly or do you feel it could have been improved upon?

I personally think halo should be braver when it comes to boss battles. Remember honour guards from Halo 2? If so you know how epic they were. It would have been awesome to see a pair or team of honour guard ultras acting as bodyguards to the Field Marshal, considering how supremely important he would have been being the highest commanding officer on the field. Reach of course has its own more elaborate versions of elite armour seen in previous games so it would have been spectacular to see honour guards return. But perhaps they have too much of a ceremonious role? Perhaps elite bodyguards, a new variant alongside generals and field marshals. The field marshal himself, being such an important leader, could have perhaps wielded dual energy swords. I know everyone goes crazy about dual swords but picture the field marshal discarding his frg after you have killed all his fellow elites and charging straight towards you with two energy swords in his hands. Epic stuff.

So what are your opinions? Do boss battles need a little more "epicness" or do you think the encounter was definitely done well enough?

[Edited on 12.14.2011 12:59 PM PST]

  • 12.14.2011 12:56 PM PDT
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I agree. The H:R campaign was simply dull. Never thought a planetary invasion could be so undramatic.

[Edited on 12.14.2011 12:58 PM PST]

  • 12.14.2011 12:57 PM PDT
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Reach campaign sucked.

  • 12.14.2011 12:57 PM PDT

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Posted by: EW Booksh3lf
Reach campaign sucked.

I'll drink to that.

  • 12.14.2011 12:58 PM PDT

Posted by: BerzerkCommando
Posted by: EW Booksh3lf
Reach campaign sucked.

I'll drink to that.
This is what ruins topics these days.
Topic is about campaign and BAM. "Reach campaign sucks".

  • 12.14.2011 1:02 PM PDT

Halo 2 > Halo 3 > Halo 3 ODST > Halo Reach > Halo CE

Based on campaigns.

Maybe they should have had the 5 zealots and 2 generals as well to add a bit more difficulty

  • 12.14.2011 1:12 PM PDT

)Noble(

I quite enjoyed it the way it is but it could have used a bit more of a "spark" like perhaps an elite hunter or something like there was in ODST.

  • 12.14.2011 1:12 PM PDT

Halo died with Bungie
Bungie died with Halo


Posted by: BerzerkCommando
Posted by: EW Booksh3lf
Reach campaign sucked.

I'll drink to that.


I'd buy that for a dollar!

  • 12.14.2011 1:21 PM PDT
Subject: Final Field Marshal Encounter

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I graduated from high school on June-11-2011. I'm 19 right now. I'm turning 20 in December. I like playing video games, and board games. I like reading Sci-Fi, and World War II novels, and what not.

"There is nothing better in the world than being better at a video game than someone else....oh wait"

Instead of Honor guard elites. There could be a new type of guard. Honor Guard Hunters. That would have been interesting.

The first level is what bothers. The way it should have started is like this. You get called about a small, but power rebel group moving in on the outpost were the level ended. You jump in the Falcons to head over there. along the way it gets shot down by a heat seeker. So the Falcon crashes. You continue with the mission.

You finally arrive at the outpost. You see marks of the battle that was going on. But you pick up no human life sings. You enter the base. You see battle damage. But you see something that bothers you. You see plasma burns on the walls.

After that you get attacked by energy weapons. But you can not see the attackers. You fallow them on your motion tracker. Until you get back outside. You look up and see the Covenant invasion force.

Then the game starts from there.

  • 12.14.2011 1:35 PM PDT
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Posted by: EW Booksh3lf
Reach campaign sucked.


It still looks like an utter masterpiece when compared to Halo 2's garbage Campaign.

[Edited on 12.14.2011 1:39 PM PST]

  • 12.14.2011 1:36 PM PDT
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Posted by: AcedannyK 7
Posted by: BerzerkCommando
Posted by: EW Booksh3lf
Reach campaign sucked.

I'll drink to that.
This is what ruins topics these days.
Topic is about campaign and BAM. "Reach campaign sucks".
Because it's the foremost thought in everyone's minds.

  • 12.14.2011 1:39 PM PDT
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Posted by: And Im Here Too
It still looks like an utter masterpiece when compared to Halo 2's garbage Campaign.
D=

  • 12.14.2011 1:40 PM PDT


Posted by: And Im Here Too
Posted by: EW Booksh3lf
Reach campaign sucked.


It still looks like an utter masterpiece when compared to Halo 2's garbage Campaign.


You can´t be serious, I enjoyed the Halo 2 campaign.

  • 12.14.2011 1:46 PM PDT

chances are I don't care who you are or what you say.


Posted by: AcedannyK 7
Posted by: And Im Here Too
It still looks like an utter masterpiece when compared to Halo 2's garbage Campaign.
D=

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Posted by: Dreadnough7

Posted by: And Im Here Too
Posted by: EW Booksh3lf
Reach campaign sucked.


It still looks like an utter masterpiece when compared to Halo 2's garbage Campaign.


You can´t be serious, I enjoyed the Halo 2 campaign.


so did i until it ended before the end.

  • 12.14.2011 2:06 PM PDT
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Religion breeds hate


Posted by: BerzerkCommando
Posted by: EW Booksh3lf
Reach campaign sucked.

I'll drink to that.

What a topic to drink too..

  • 12.14.2011 2:07 PM PDT
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Posted by: Dreadnough7

Posted by: And Im Here Too
Posted by: EW Booksh3lf
Reach campaign sucked.


It still looks like an utter masterpiece when compared to Halo 2's garbage Campaign.


You can´t be serious, I enjoyed the Halo 2 campaign.


I am indeed serious. The Arbiter's story was pretty good but could have been executed much better.

The rest though...ugh.

  • 12.14.2011 3:01 PM PDT

plasma pistol + DMR. reach campaign was a joke. loldinos suck

  • 12.14.2011 3:26 PM PDT
Subject: Final Field Marshall Encounter

Honor guards are special guards only for the prophets. Field Marshall is a high and important rank, yes. However it wouldn't fit. Allowing zealots to fight with him makes much more sense seeing how the zealot team is directly commanded by the Field Marshall.

  • 12.14.2011 3:30 PM PDT
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Posted by: Red Puegeot
plasma pistol + DMR. reach campaign was a joke. loldinos suck

Hey look, this guy can put "lol" in front of words! Also, try to PP your way around LASO or even just legendary.

  • 12.14.2011 3:32 PM PDT

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Campaign should of been thrown out the window, shot in the head, drowned and buried 6 feet under.

  • 12.14.2011 3:34 PM PDT

Country: United States.
State: Pennsylvania.
County: Warren.
I graduated from high school on June-11-2011. I'm 19 right now. I'm turning 20 in December. I like playing video games, and board games. I like reading Sci-Fi, and World War II novels, and what not.

"There is nothing better in the world than being better at a video game than someone else....oh wait"

Posted by: Kira Onime
Campaign should have been thrown out the window, shot in the head, drowned and buried 6 feet under.

-Put the campaign in a Titanium cage.
-Make the inside so radiated that no one could survive. Even in the best radiation suit.
-Then pour concrete to fill up the grave.
-Lay land mines all over the area the grave is at.
-Build a Berlin Wall with guard towers like the ones in that -Black OPS map that have the mini guns around the area.

[Edited on 12.15.2011 3:02 AM PST]

  • 12.15.2011 3:02 AM PDT

I enjoyed the reach campaign. It wasnt halo ce, I gauge all halos on the level assault on the control room for epic size of the map and enemies as well as difficulty. However it was still fun.
Try doing that last section of pillar of autumn on legendary with all skulls on and tell me you found them easy..lol. Thats the thing with halo though that makes the camapign last, skulls. If you enjoy the camapign play it again with certain skulls on.

  • 12.15.2011 6:06 AM PDT

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