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Poll: What would you prefer? [closed]
| A Magnum with one clip of ammo:
14%
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(4 Votes)
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| An Energy Sword with no charge:
21%
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(6 Votes)
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| An empty SMG:
4%
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(1 Votes)
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| A Needler that can't reload:
4%
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(1 Votes)
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| An overheated Plasma Rifle:
7%
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(2 Votes)
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| A superjump that automatically kills you:
0%
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(0 Votes)
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| A Carbine with one shot left:
0%
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(0 Votes)
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| Not to suffer any of the previous seven situations:
50%
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(14 Votes)
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Total Votes: 28
This is my idea for the D-Pad in Halo 3. I hated how in Halo: CE and Halo 2 the D-Pad served virtually no purpose.
Up: Interact with obstacle/environment
Left: Roll left
Right: Roll right
Down: Lower weapon and allow player to sprint, but not fire
When we first received info about Halo 2, there was mention of the ability to sprint and move faster, but not fire. I think that would have been cool to see. Also, if it lowers your weapon, it would allow machinema creators to continue using that factor to make their movies/shows/vidoes.
As for rolling, my idea comes from watching the marines throughout the game. When someone throws a grenade, they tuck and roll to avoid it. I think it should allow us to do the same thing. I think it should work like this:
Step 1) It lowers your weapon for a brief moment so you can't shoot.
Step 2) It puts you in a quick crouch and moves you to either left or right, depending on which direction you pressed.
Step 3) You can either start moving to stand and run, or hold the crouch button to rise to your knee and start firing again.
I think it should simply show movement from the player's perspective, but when someone is looking at them, they see the roll.
That would be for Spartans. Elites should have the same functions and actions, except instead of the roll, they should be shown doing those huge, crouching sidesteps they do in single player.
As for enviro. interaction, I think it would be neat if we could climb up onto certain ledges, or do like the Elites and put our backs to a wall, or climb on top of a box, rather than jump. It should just be a quick animation, like when you climb onto the back of a Ghost or the back/side of a tank. Your character just grabs the edge and jumps/jerks himself up. Nothing fancy. Plus, I think a lot of people were looking forward to the stealth option of leaning against a wall and peeking around the corner to scope out a room before entering. Even if the up arrow just let you press to the wall and do that, it would be cool.
To get off a wall, you'd just press up on the D-Pad again, and I don't think any of these actions should zoom out to third-person like boarding. It should just show the relocation from the player's perspective, but for people watching/firing at them, it should be a cool action to watch.
Ehh . . . so, whatcha think? Anyone? Also! If you have any ideas for different D-Pad functions, post them here! Maybe Bungie can pluck some ideas from the forums. ^_^ Thanks for reading!
[Edited on 6/11/2006]