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Posted by: halo is ok
You should of made up your own instrument. You could have named it the PolarLighting -a-phone. People would buy it and they would all be like "Awh, He's so cool for inventing the PolarLighting-a-phone."

Reminiscence: The act or process of recollecting past experiences or events.
When one gets caught up in remembering too many things about the past the mind often makes things seem a lot better (or worse) than they truly were. That's not to say that things weren't good, it's just that the mind has a tendency to exaggurate, and sometimes completely make up facts.
Let's take a look at one fact. Most people are saying that the AR was the best weapon in Halo CE, and that in a sense, it represented Halo. Totally agree that it was a symbol of Halo CE.
Let's take a look at another fact. The Assault rifle was voted the worst weapon in Halo CE over and over again. (That's a shocker.) Essentially, the AR was the weapon that one would pick up to have a minute or two of fun but would never use in a serious combat situation unless conditions forced the player to use it. What weapon does this sound like? The needler in Multiplayer. Don't get me wrong though, I love the AR, just not itching to see it come back.

Need another example? Let's take a look at the CE pistol. The grand pistol that apparently made Halo CE so much better than Halo 2.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but that overpowered cannon made close to mid-range battles so quick that they were frustrating! There was no point in picking up any other weapon (aside from the sniper) fi you had that thing! What fun is a game that revolves 100% around one weapon? On Battle Creek, someone could jump at you from the rocket spawn and you could kill them with the pistol with enough time to move out of the rocket's way! The BR only takes one more shot, but that shot makes things a helluva lot more balanced.

Aother thing; the issue of Skill. "The CE pistol took skill!" "Halo CE took skill" Skill this! Skill that! Tell me something, when you're playing a videogame against friends do you honestly stop and think to yourself: "Does this game take a lot of skill, and if not am I having any fun?" If this is so then people have truly forgotten what gaming is all about, having fun. Something doesn't need to require a butt load of skill in order to be enjoyable. What's more fun, a hardcore game of chess, or goofing off with some friends in Halo 2 (no offense to you hardcore chess players)?

Halo 3 will be an improvement of the other two games, it should not be a redo of Halo CE. Constantly going back to that one thing that was fun instead of searching for new, more creative ways that can be even more fun (and then denying that new things can be better) is backwards thinking.

  • 06.27.2006 7:02 AM PDT
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nice

i say lets just have faith in bungie.........

  • 06.27.2006 7:19 AM PDT

Take everything that mentions Halo:CE out of that and replace it with Halo 2, because a rant that said that would be just as valid.

  • 06.27.2006 7:28 AM PDT

THIS is the way the world ends...
Guide to smack talking
Posted by: halo is ok
You should of made up your own instrument. You could have named it the PolarLighting -a-phone. People would buy it and they would all be like "Awh, He's so cool for inventing the PolarLighting-a-phone."

Posted by: RhythmKiller
Take everything that mentions Halo:CE out of that and replace it with Halo 2, because a rant that said that would be just as valid.

Hey, that's true. The Halo 2 pistol tkaes skill to kill people with because it's such a weak weapon...

  • 06.27.2006 7:48 AM PDT

Well, I just meant in general, not the points about specific Halo CE weapons - those are easily countered. All I mean is, the same must be said of Halo 2 in that this game will not be a remake of it, and by the same token, people should not think it will should bear any more resemblance to Halo 2 than Halo CE otherwise that's just hypocritical thinking.

[Edited on 6/27/2006]

  • 06.27.2006 7:52 AM PDT
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Very true, I could not have said it better.

  • 06.27.2006 7:55 AM PDT

THIS is the way the world ends...
Guide to smack talking
Posted by: halo is ok
You should of made up your own instrument. You could have named it the PolarLighting -a-phone. People would buy it and they would all be like "Awh, He's so cool for inventing the PolarLighting-a-phone."

Glad to see that some people agree with me.

  • 06.27.2006 9:19 AM PDT
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there's a difference between reminiscing and playing a game you already own, over and over.

Oh, and posting like this (Bold, all the time) is very, very annoying, and attention horish

[Edited on 6/27/2006]

  • 06.27.2006 9:23 AM PDT

THIS is the way the world ends...
Guide to smack talking
Posted by: halo is ok
You should of made up your own instrument. You could have named it the PolarLighting -a-phone. People would buy it and they would all be like "Awh, He's so cool for inventing the PolarLighting-a-phone."

Posted by: Aarlos
there's a difference between reminiscing and playing a game you already own, over and over.

Oh, and posting like this (Bold, all the time) is very, very annoying, and attention horish

True, but I'm willing to bet that half the people making posts about the AR haven't actually touvhed their Halo CE disc in a while. That or they just conveniently forget theses little facts.

  • 06.27.2006 10:15 AM PDT

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Posted by: A Fatal Sock
PPL DONT DRIVE TANKS
What do we do? Hump them?


You can believe anything you want. The universe is not obliged to keep a straight face

Posted by: Master Kim
I'd love harming my enemies to death with butt strokes. XD

I love the AR, why? cause it was cool and excelled at killing grunts and squiddies! And I dont see why everyone liked the pistol so much..the plasma pistol was way better. Im not joking, plasma pistol is the best weapon on legendary in CE.

  • 06.27.2006 2:22 PM PDT
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Yes, let's restore our faith in Bungie that Halo 3 will be better than Halo and Halo 2 as long as they shut themselves out from any fan influence.

  • 06.27.2006 2:28 PM PDT
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You exaggerate when you describe the power of Halo CE's pistol.

It just took skill, that's all. Yes, it dominated middle range. But take a look at its disadvantages:
1--It was difficult to aim.
2--At close range, the assault rifle, shotgun, fuel rod cannon, and flamethrower could take it out. Also, a plasma rifle would slow the guy down.
3--If you sneak up behind a pistol-wielder, a needler would do the trick. So would a well-placed plasma pistol charge.

4--The sniper rifle beats it at long range. And let's not forget about the rocket launcher at short range...fire the rocket behind the pistol-wielder's feet so you avoid the damage.

See? It takes both skill and strategy. It's more balanced than the BR, because the BR has more aim-assist.

  • 06.27.2006 2:29 PM PDT

Strange evolution how people have come to believe
That we are it's greatest achievement
We're barely, we're just a collection of cells
Overrating themselves

Posted by: Seven7h
Yes, let's restore our faith in Bungie that Halo 3 will be better than Halo and Halo 2 as long as they shut themselves out from any fan influence.


Thats what Bungie has been doing. They create the game as they see fit. If it happens to coincide with what someone suggested, its coincidence.

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  • 06.27.2006 2:30 PM PDT

THIS is the way the world ends...
Guide to smack talking
Posted by: halo is ok
You should of made up your own instrument. You could have named it the PolarLighting -a-phone. People would buy it and they would all be like "Awh, He's so cool for inventing the PolarLighting-a-phone."

Posted by: Vitamin Zawaz
You exaggerate when you describe the power of Halo CE's pistol.

It just took skill, that's all. Yes, it dominated middle range. But take a look at its disadvantages:
1--It was difficult to aim.
2--At close range, the assault rifle, shotgun, fuel rod cannon, and flamethrower could take it out. Also, a plasma rifle would slow the guy down.
3--If you sneak up behind a pistol-wielder, a needler would do the trick. So would a well-placed plasma pistol charge.

4--The sniper rifle beats it at long range. And let's not forget about the rocket launcher at short range...fire the rocket behind the pistol-wielder's feet so you avoid the damage.

See? It takes both skill and strategy. It's more balanced than the BR, because the BR has more aim-assist.

In all those scenarios (except the one with the pistol) the pistol wielder would have to be caught off guard. The CE pistol was a power weapon that you spawned with.

  • 06.27.2006 6:49 PM PDT
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"Essentially, the AR was the weapon that one would pick up to have a minute or two of fun but would never use in a serious combat situation unless conditions forced the player to use it."

never use in a serious combat situation, i beg to differ
i loved using that thing and the way it would just eat into opponents, i used it in multiplayer a bunch and kicked butt with it

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Posted by: Tarius
"Essentially, the AR was the weapon that one would pick up to have a minute or two of fun but would never use in a serious combat situation unless conditions forced the player to use it."

never use in a serious combat situation, i beg to differ
i loved using that thing and the way it would just eat into opponents, i used it in multiplayer a bunch and kicked butt with it
I agree. I used it as a scare tactic weapon in multiplayer, hail of bullets would make them flee in terror!

  • 06.27.2006 8:20 PM PDT