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Subject: things that had better be in H2PC.

Posted by: grumpy hermit
You misunderstood genius. I am a 25 still because I have not played ranked games since becoming a 25. I was guessing at where I would be had I continued, due to the level of others that I have played and beaten lately (unranked). After a match and before(360) you see other players' level, and this is what I was basing it on. Frankly, I don't care what level I am, since it really does not correctly label an individual's skill.

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  • 06.10.2006 8:36 AM PDT
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No, maybe, yes, no, yes, probably, yes, they already have that, yes, no, yes, whatever, yes, no, yes, yes, no, yes, and yes, in that order.

  • 06.10.2006 9:09 AM PDT
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I agree and disagree with some ideas. First of all, we don't need a health bar, we need some bots, and I am neutral with the voice over I.P. People can say the worst of the worst things. But if Bungie sets up a system like Xbox Live for Halo 2 PC, then I would agree.

  • 06.10.2006 9:27 AM PDT
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H2 is too much of a team-based game not to support VOIP. And we shouldn't have a health bar.

  • 06.10.2006 9:41 AM PDT
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It won't be as deadly as it is on the Xbox because there'll be no auto-aim for the BR on H2PC. Besides, think of the BR as Combat Evolved's pistol. If you had a full bar of health, and no/drained shields, then a shot to the head would take you down, no? You're forgetting that in order for the PP+BR combo to successfully work, you need the battle rifle to be shot at the head.

You guys are thinking of a huge misconception about H2's no-health system. There is a health system, it just gradually restores fifteen seconds or so after you've recharged your shields. For example, if you get hit by a grenade, taking out your shield, and then recharge it again, and then if someone throws a grenade and it lands right at your feet, you'll die, because some of health was taken away by the first away.

  • 06.10.2006 10:06 AM PDT
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yeah some bots would be nice like in pariah u can use bots.

  • 06.10.2006 10:12 AM PDT
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Lggwilv has the Halo PC suggestions thread, he had all this and more, but we seriously need a better netcode, thats the top objective, with some anti-cheats to prevent cheating as the second objective. Those are the big two things.

Also I agree with MasterKim, there seems to be a health system, its just not as much as Halo, and the fact it regenerates over time.

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  • 06.10.2006 10:35 AM PDT
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Of course there'll be a better netcode, it's not going to be made by Gearbox.

And btw, it's Iggwilv, with a capital i, not L.

  • 06.10.2006 10:55 AM PDT
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Remember in one of the teasers, MC goes down an elevator to the launch bay thing, and the teaser looked absolutley beutiful, but in the game, he has the bomb with him, I was completey dissapointed, I still sort of expected to see a earth being blown apart, but all I saw were Covanant ships and it didn't look as good as the teaser. I hope the graphics are up to the level that the teaser trailer showed.

  • 06.10.2006 11:32 AM PDT
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There wasnt that big a difference. And yes i think you should have an option to put in bots cuz it gets pretty boring when your hosting a game and waiting for people to join.

  • 06.10.2006 11:44 AM PDT
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Yes, bring back health.

The shield system is stupid, as there's no point in shooting someone unless you think you can kill them.

  • 06.10.2006 11:55 AM PDT
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With DX10 H2PC will look like those in-game cutscenes, probably better.

  • 06.10.2006 12:41 PM PDT
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Ya, they'll probablu update the textures a bit, make the game look nicer, but the game is going to look so much nicer with dx10, look at all the effects with dx8, imagine with dx10. Also HDR is becoming extremely common in games, and will also be in Halo 2 PC.

  • 06.10.2006 1:11 PM PDT
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Hell yeah VOIP is needed as the game is waaay 2 team-play oriented(i know other have said this...i don`t care). Yeah a Health Bar would be ok but make the person take different damage depending on which body part is being hit...this about it..yeah your power shield is gone but you have an ARMOR on your skin...u know...bullets bounce off most of the time etc. etc. it IS suppoused to be made of out some hardass metal so it should take some damage before u get killed...at least in single player.
I say it should only have a few new customization things made by the dev team. If people will start uber customing the suits and such it`ll be murder till you enter a server sinnce u`ll have to download all the crud the people have on

  • 06.10.2006 1:39 PM PDT
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Posted by: OmniosSpartan
Posted by: Master Kim
H2 is too much of a team-based game not to support VOIP. And we shouldn't have a health bar.


because we all want to be killed with a charged PP shot and a burst form a BR.



Its part of the game, get over it. Everyone -blam!-ed about it while halo 2 was in its prime for xbox, and what did they do about it? Nothing, they adjusted the strenght of some weapons, but that still did nothing. I like how it is, only the ones who complain are the ones who suck at it.

  • 06.10.2006 1:43 PM PDT
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If Halo 2 PC doesn't have built-in VOIP, I'm going to become emo and get an Xbox 360.

  • 06.10.2006 1:53 PM PDT
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I'm going to become emo
How could this happen to me?
I've made my mistakes
I've got no where to run
The night goes on
As I'm fading away
I'm sick of this life
I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me?


ROFLMAO! I've already got an Xbox 360. H2PC is going to pwn H2 Xbox.

  • 06.10.2006 2:26 PM PDT
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H2 is a completely different game from H1, in H1, gameplay was more sedated, you took your time traversing the rather large maps and taking careful, measured actions. In H2, the maps are noticeably tighter and the gameplay more frenetic. Wherase in H1 you could consistently do bombing runs using a banshee, in H2, you constantly have to watch your tail for the dreaded "beep-beep-beep" of a locked-on rocket.

With that in mind, things like taking out the health bar make more sense, making it more consistent with the new, more frenetic gameplay. The health bar is still there, you just don't see it, and it regenerates over time like the shield bar. Vehicles DO have the option in H2Xbox to be either invincible and recyclable or to be destructible.

As for things like devcon and VoIP, I'll be suprised if they don't implement this, seeing that it's the de-facto standard in modern games. For now, I'm assuming those are givens.

Online 4-player co-op will be interesting, but impractical in the actual campaign. It would be, quite simply, too easy. Although it would be nice if they had something like a "defend the base" gametype.

What, exactly would be used to balance the Elites being able to use Active Camo on-demand? And what are the benefits? "I thought I was playing Halo, not Splinter Cell!"

Yes, internet optimization! If I spend 30 a month on a fast connection, I expect my games to, you know, run smoothly.

  • 06.10.2006 5:08 PM PDT
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Beating the campaign with two-player co-op is relatively easy enough, four player co-op would make it an impractical push over.

The elites don't have active camo in multiplayer, and that's the way it should be. And there should be no health bar.

  • 06.10.2006 7:11 PM PDT
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Posted by: me15ter



Online 4-player co-op will be interesting, but impractical in the actual campaign. It would be, quite simply, too easy. Although it would be nice if they had something like a "defend the base" gametype.




i would like onlyne co-op, but it would be beter with 2 players, not 4. 4 would be too easy and, in some cases, inpractical. imagin thers 1 Hog (holds 3 people). 1 persone would have to tag behind wil the others drive far ahead, untill the others cross a loding zone. it would just be boreing.

and some defense gametipe would be cool. like Asault in Unreal Tournament.

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  • 06.10.2006 7:27 PM PDT

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