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Subject: Other Spartans and giving marines commands.
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In Halo 3 there should be more Spartans like the Master Chief because in the end of the third halo book there were 5 spartans left.
Kelly (unknown area w/Dr. Halsey), Fred, Linda, Master Chief, and someone else which I can't remember. They weren't in Halo 2 at all but they should have been. You people at Bungie should put the other spartans in there.
Also I hate how in Halo and Halo 2, when you want a certain marine to get in (the snipers)
some other marine gets in and when you tell them to get out they get out and when you get into the warthog they get right back in which frustrates me because if they don't stop you either have to run them over or kill them.
Those are two sujestions that "I think" would make halo 3 better especaily the Spartan Idea.

  • 06.05.2006 12:29 PM PDT
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Good ideas, I hated when yoy were trying to snipe some guys or trying to be sneaky and theyd barge in with all weapons blazing. Which ruined everything. Also your talking about the other spartans is not a new thing its pretty old actually.

  • 06.05.2006 12:32 PM PDT

Navy Football #45

Commands: No
Other Spartan: Will
Wrong Thread: Yes

  • 06.05.2006 12:32 PM PDT
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Why Will?

  • 06.05.2006 12:34 PM PDT
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Agreed! They didn't even mentioned Linda in the first Halo game. Or any of the others and the covenant scientists!The also need to bring back the old pistol and bring more rounds for some of the weapons. I hope pelicans are flyable! i only see useable ones in the PC Halo!

  • 06.05.2006 12:34 PM PDT
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Eh. Marines suck and get in the way... I ONLY like them because the more allies u have, the more it seems like... O, I dunno... a WAR FOR THE FUTURE OF EARTH...i h8 sneaking around in war shooters alone.

  • 06.05.2006 12:36 PM PDT

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Why Will?


He forgot who all the spartans were and I was telling him the one he forgot.
I wasn't suggesting putting Will in the game.

  • 06.05.2006 12:36 PM PDT
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How many Spartans are alive anyway? I know some are in ONI but what of the ones still able to fight? @.@

  • 06.05.2006 12:38 PM PDT

"He who fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become one himself."
- Nietzsche

I don't think that having Marines you can order around would be al tha great; it just detracts from Halo's simplicity and elegance. But having more Marines to make it feel like war is always good.

Also, having another (hopefully four ;) Spartan would make Co-Op a lot more reaslitic in terms of story and feeling. Juth think about how cool that would be; going through co-op with 3 mates, all being a different, unique Spartan.

  • 06.05.2006 12:51 PM PDT
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The Master Chief and the other Spartans need to serve only with the ODSTs.
One idea: They should bring back the first person view in the Troop Bay of the Pelican. While the Spartans and whatever ODSTs are flying with them, they should fly over a huge battle between the Regular Marines and Covenant ground
forces. Warthogs flippen over, Grunts getting cut down by Marines. Tanks on both sides exploding, troops getting strafed. The works! On their way to their real mission.

  • 06.05.2006 1:00 PM PDT

Got-dang, how old was that signature?

I Posted something like this in my list of ideas for Halo 3

1. Team-Mate Commands for single player
I love the marines AI in single player, but I just cant stand when they rush into the face of a hunter when they have a perfectly working 7-foot cyborg next to you. I just want simple command that use the d-pad, stuff like "hold this position" and they will just stand and defend themselves until you call them back. You could tell them to "stand down" so the wont go trigger-happy until you say "go loud" or something. Maybe more advanced commands can be used when targeting an ally or enemy like "take that vehicle" or "attack this target" or u can tell and individual to "hold position and cover me" for the sure shot snipers. Just throw in whatever you can think of; maybe you can use the headset for commands.

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3. More Spartans
I Know you've heard this from every other person who read Eric Nylund’s books but C'mon we need to have at least one mission where you get at least 3 of the other surviving Spartans on your team. They should have like super near indestructible health, and AI beyond anything. You should be able to have them carry bigger guns then Marines, and you should be able to give them duel wield. And if you use teammate Commands, it'll make it all the better


  • 06.05.2006 1:03 PM PDT
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In my opinion, the AI should just be made better, where commands aren't nessicary. CoD2 is a great example of this. Your allies aren't stupid; you rarely reach the point where you want to just shoot them for their stupidity (only happened with me once), where this happens constantly with you marines and Elites. I love how the Elites at the end, those that are supposidly the cream of the Elite intellectual crop, just jump right at Tartarus when that is obviously completely ineffectual. And allies holding heavy weapons should ALWAYS take the passenger seat, and those with weaker weapons hop in the back. If a heavy weapon-toting ally hops in a Ghost, they should dismount when they run up against stiff opposition. I remember one time that I gave a Grunt my nearly-empty Fuel Rod on Uprising, and this Grunt immediately jumped in a Ghost and proceeded to get stuck with fully a half-dozen grenades before I had a chance to kill one Brute, once my party and I advanced to the next battle. Grrr.

  • 06.05.2006 1:10 PM PDT
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More Spartans
Team-Mate Commands for single player

Agreed, SharpEdge.

  • 06.05.2006 1:11 PM PDT
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I haven't read the books-yet. So I don't know much about other SPARTANS, but MC should find them in some underground lab in Sydney or Tokyo, or one in a bunch of cities...Sydney, New York, London, Tokyo, and Moscow. He should have to get each of them to help him attack the Ark, which is presumably under covenant control. Then maybe they get killed or something, I don't know. But then we could fight in super awesome cities, and have major urban combat.

Marine Commands definitely! I hate having Marines walking around like idiots, or having them burst in when you try and snipe, or vehicles. The commands could be with the D-Pad.
UP=Follow
LEFT=Get cover
RIGHT=Hold Position
DOWN=Attack

These are just ideas, but if you are in a vehicle you should have a load up command and a et out command. If anything, Bungie give me a follow, and make the Marines have skills.

  • 06.05.2006 1:45 PM PDT
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i lyk the idea of commands...but they must be simple commands...i dont want halo 3 to turn into rainbow 6 or ghost recon or brothers in arms etc. etc.

  • 06.05.2006 2:01 PM PDT