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  • Poll [27 votes]: Human VTOL Gunship, Yay or Nay
Subject: Human VTOL Gunship addition
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Poll: Human VTOL Gunship, Yay or Nay  [closed]
OMG Human gunship ftw (yes):  63%
(17 Votes)
WTF no you noobzor :  4%
(1 Votes)
VTOL? o_O:  19%
(5 Votes)
Yes, but only if... (explain below):  15%
(4 Votes)
Total Votes: 27

I believe a vehicle addition is in order. Rather than the fabled 'answer to the banshee', I think the human VTOL aircraft could be different in many ways, and still be a well balanced vehicle.

The new vehicle could be slower, less manuverable, than the banshee, but be able to take more punishment than the Banshee, and could mount a chin-gun like the pelican, and maybe rocket pods. (Maybe side seats for your buddies to fire from? =O )
Before you all cry foul and say 'omg rockets spamzors', I think a volley of mini dumbfire rockets in a small area (Read: Sentinel Major's rocket attack) would be a nice addition. This volley would not be as effective against shielded infantry (I say shielded because I want to blow Grunts apart.... who doesn't? =P ), because of relatively small splash damage, but against a large vehicle like a Wraith, the rockets would be much more deadly.

I understand something like this has been suggested before, probably many times, but I thought a thread specifically for this vehicle idea is warranted, so great ideas aren't lost in a generic 'halo 3 weapon/vehicle/map/bots/fruit-flavored-powerups thread".

Give your thoughts on this!

[Edited on 6/24/2006]

  • 06.23.2006 2:18 AM PDT
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I've never seen so many acronyms in a poll before...

As for the gunship, I don't see why spammable rockets are a problem. Stick them on a 4 second reload time like the tank's main cannon, and allow it to hover (not like the banshee which drops over time), and it'd be perfect.

  • 06.23.2006 2:23 AM PDT
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no rockets, only main chain gun on each wing, right and left trigger control left and right chain guns

  • 06.23.2006 3:52 AM PDT
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Maybe only the chaingun for multi, and include rockets for campaign, I say.

  • 06.24.2006 3:25 AM PDT
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I think it should have rockets and the maching guns. It is a gunship, not very manuverable. It needs all the help it can get. The rocket pods would be for vehicles, and I bet any vehicle could out manuver it. There should only be one machine gun or it would be way too unfair to rain bullets upon everything... it would be the anti infantry.

  • 06.24.2006 5:32 AM PDT

Posted by: Recon Number 54
Use your head. The one on your shoulders. No really, just try. Please?

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That is so Battlefield Earth with the whole "oh noes! aliens" and then the "it's easy when you have VTOL(harrier) configured jets, lol" bit.

  • 06.24.2006 5:36 AM PDT
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Good point bulatzi, a gunship would be a big, relatively slow target, it would need the extra armaments. I'm trying to think of a good speed, or how it would work.

BTW, if anyone is wondering, I do know about the Skyhawk Jumpjet that is mentioned in the Halo novel the Fall of Reach, I'm suggesting something more along the lines of a close combat support aircraft. Think Apache helicopter.

[Edited on 6/24/2006]

  • 06.24.2006 5:37 AM PDT
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It would probably be kind of like a pelican, think of how slowly they drift around.

  • 06.24.2006 5:38 AM PDT

Posted by: Recon Number 54
Use your head. The one on your shoulders. No really, just try. Please?

˙sɹǝʇndɯoɔ ɥʇıʍ pooƃ os ʇou ɯ,ı 'ǝɹǝɥ ʇǝƃ sıɥʇ pıp ʍoɥ 'lol

So like the Orca aircraft from the Command and Conquer series?
And wikipedia again saves my post's relevance.

[Edited on 6/24/2006]

  • 06.24.2006 5:39 AM PDT
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A mini pelican, you know, those pelicans that have rocket pods on the sides? (All pelicans have chin guns, I believe)

Anyone think seats on the sides would be nice? Think.... a flying sniper platform.... >.>

  • 06.24.2006 5:42 AM PDT
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or a trap for snipers to pick off people

  • 06.24.2006 6:40 AM PDT
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ya, pretty cool idea, they have tons of different types of land vehicles, why not another aircraft

  • 06.24.2006 7:13 AM PDT
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I'd rather see an airial transport for the VTOL vehicle.
Nowhere near the size of a pelican but a small (maybe 4 ppl capacity) seating 1 pilot, 1 gunner (probably a frontal nose position hanging a bit under the cockpit so it can fire directly forward or a little towards the ground all around. Then 2 rear seats for passengers (not allowed to fire personal arms as a flying rocket launcher could well overwhelm any attacking banshee.

I'd say apply the warthog vulnerability principle of wide open side *windows* and perhaps many other straight shot opportunities so that while inside you are not made a super indestructible/ invulnerable flying bunker.

Anthing else in terms of flying strike vehicle would just be some cheap human banshee that would act way too similar to the banshee to actually be unique.

  • 06.24.2006 7:28 AM PDT
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What your suggesting is something like the Little Bird, except with passenger space. Its small and doesn't have as tough armor as other aircraft, but packs one hell of a punch. Heres the wikipeda link if someone wants to find out more about it.

Little Bird

Notice the rocket pods on the side. :p They can also be outfitted with Gatling or chain guns.

[Edited on 6/24/2006]

  • 06.24.2006 7:33 AM PDT

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Is that like the Republican Gunship? If so, I guess that would be all right. Cool in Campaign, and maybe in multiplayer.

  • 06.24.2006 7:52 AM PDT