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Subject: D-pad uses
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there needs to be some use for the d-pad. it just sits there all clean and pretty...maby it can be an all-out grenade throwoff! any thoughts?

  • 05.15.2006 6:39 PM PDT
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The D pad should be for crouching and lying down i think. Also could be used for leaning. Somehow though halo doesn't seem like that type of game.

  • 05.15.2006 6:40 PM PDT

We have rose from the ashes of battle and we're goin' back in......................maybe...

Half the time i completely forget there even is a d pad lol
anyways i dont think there needs to b a use i think bungie had a good thing goin in halo 2 and shouldnt change the button layout at all

  • 05.15.2006 6:41 PM PDT
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Posted by: Hot Sauce 147
The D pad should be for crouching and lying down i think. Also could be used for leaning. Somehow though halo doesn't seem like that type of game.


I think the D-pad should be for Objectives or Multiplayer score Crouching is easy with the Left Stick. And Halo would suck I think with Leaning and Laying down.

  • 05.15.2006 6:42 PM PDT
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Posted by: Special_Spartan
Posted by: Hot Sauce 147
The D pad should be for crouching and lying down i think. Also could be used for leaning. Somehow though halo doesn't seem like that type of game.


I think the D-pad should be for Objectives or Multiplayer score Crouching is easy with the Left Stick. And Halo would suck I think with Leaning and Laying down.


I agree, Halo isn't a lay down and shoot game, it is an in-your-face shoot em up.

I think they could be used for auto commands like "Guard the base" or "Grab the bomb!"

  • 05.15.2006 6:46 PM PDT
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I think they should use the d-pad for things like the flashlight and maybe even changing grenade types, that way if frees the other buttons up for more important things (please bungie make melee one of the shoulder buttons). And I agree laying down would slow the game down too much and just doesnt seem to fit in. Oh and no need for auto commands thats what the head set is for silly.

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  • 05.15.2006 6:47 PM PDT
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Your mother is so fat, she tried to jump through Halo and got stuck.

Go check out ma file share. plz? lol

Like I said earlier, that would be cool to roll/dive in the direction you push.

  • 05.15.2006 6:53 PM PDT
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Posted by: Cordogg33
Iplease bungie make melee one of the shoulder buttons).


you can do this already, check the controller settings in Halo 2 during play. You can change melee from B to left trigger, so you can Aim n' Maim. problem solved!

um... i think the Dpad should be used to change to secondary fire modes maybe, like in Perfect Dark and Goldeneye. Or maybe an Eject button for the Warthog.

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  • 05.15.2006 6:56 PM PDT

I'm one of those storm chasers that will never have a TV show because I don't scream at clouds.

Perhaps they could just let us choose the controller scheme like the two Battlefront games.

  • 05.15.2006 7:01 PM PDT

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I feel the dpad could be a quicker way to activate things... In halo 1 you could hop into a warthog as it speeds by, now we've had to let it stop so we can HOLD X what the hel?? There are so many times I don't pick up a flag beacuse of the HOLD B.S. the D pad would offer a nice solution to this perdiciment...

  • 05.16.2006 12:03 AM PDT
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you're naut cookin'

I vote for Squad commands; simple ones. Like those of Star Wars: Battlefront 1.

Not 2.

  • 05.16.2006 12:19 AM PDT
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If there were squad command it would be get in the warthog you stupid bastard with the rocket launcher. But nothing to order your guys around with though Halo would suck if you could command your guys.

  • 05.16.2006 12:22 AM PDT