- Madmaxepic
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- Fabled Legendary Member
Citizens of Me! The cruelty of the old Pharaoh is a thing of the past. Let a whole new wave of cruelty wash over this lazy land.
Hear the word of Pharaoh. Build unto me a statue of ridiculous proportion. One billion cubits in height......that I might be remembered for all eternity!
And be quick about it!
Posted by: Sliding Ghost
Posted by: Madmaxepic
Posted by: Sliding Ghost
That's because they were allies in Halo 3. Ally AIs always suck.Not in CE, at least not intentionally.
In H3 and Reach, it is deliberate action. Sabotage!
CE marines driving Ghosts and plowing them into John 117 can be excused since friendly fire wasn't really developed and/or considered in CE. Even enemies could kill each other.
Now in H2, H3, and Reach, that's where friendly AI behavior is inexcusable. One of the most annoying things has to be invincible friendly AI one shotting the player if they betray allies. Also, how peculiar that friendly AI accidentally kill me and they get nothing but I kill them accidentally and they'll all over me. Sure, this was in CE but they followed me most of the time. In H2, I saw marines proceed without me and get wasted. In H3, I saw marines proceed without me and get wasted.
No longer am I the leader. Now I have to compete with Arby and Noble Team for kills. Now I have to do do all the work. But the worst part has to be that you can't get enemy AI to do the work for you. In CE, I led Hunters and Zealots all over the place, killing Flood with their contribution. Now the enemy AI prioritize the player and 2 way battles of Two Betrayals and The Maw are absent.
Honestly, I wouldn't mind friendly AI doing all the work if it made them feel smart. But now they have nothing to be proud of. It was an accomplishment for CE marines to kill an Elite major unscathed and I enjoyed observing them. Now friendly AI get pwned in seconds.
[in case you were wondering, some of these are based on the old but various threads about stupid AI that can be found in the Reach and Halo 3 forums. They were all great reads]
That's all totally legit. Especially about 3 or 4 way battles, those were freaking awesome! Hope to see that in Halo 4.
As for team mates betraying me, my first play though of Reach I died 9 times. Not one of those kills was by the Covenant, all 9 of them, literally, all 9 of them, were Jun sniping me in the back of the head out of nowhere. He's a TRAITOR!