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Subject: why are MC's weapons so primative compared to Covenants?
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Do people want the Master Chief to have basic things like handguns, rifles, shotguns, rocket lauchers? Why is a cyborg with technology to travel through hyperspace doing fighting with a handgun? Why not a revolver and a Bowie Knife? Why does the game platform have you in the 20th century, and the Convenant in the 25th century? We should be getting creamed. Even Luke Skywalker had a laser blaster. Say MC couldn't operate any Covenant weapons, then what? As soon as he's out of "bullets" he's screwed. It's just a game, but that's pretty contrived. Is it for the challenge? Why aren't Earth's weapons at least as advanced as Covenant weapons? Why don't we have lasers? Is Halo little more than Commando in space? All Master Chief has to fight with is whatever he can find or steal.

  • 06.29.2006 11:18 AM PDT
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To keep the weapons at least relatible/recognizable to the poeple playing game.

  • 06.29.2006 11:21 AM PDT
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the covenant's technology is based on forerunner

we as humans are lucky to be keeping up with them

  • 06.29.2006 11:22 AM PDT
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Posted by: ChefMasterChief

Do people want the Master Chief to have basic things like handguns, rifles, shotguns, rocket lauchers? Why is a cyborg with technology to travel through hyperspace doing fighting with a handgun? Why not a revolver and a Bowie Knife? Why does the game platform have you in the 20th century, and the Convenant in the 25th century? We should be getting creamed. Even Luke Skywalker had a laser blaster. Say MC couldn't operate any Covenant weapons, then what? As soon as he's out of "bullets" he's screwed. It's just a game, but that's pretty contrived. Is it for the challenge? Why aren't Earth's weapons at least as advanced as Covenant weapons? Why don't we have lasers? Is Halo little more than Commando in space? All Master Chief has to fight with is whatever he can find or steal.


Why aren't the Earths' weapons as advanced as the Covenant weapons?

Ummmmm, because they are far-more advanced than us? Because they have had access to Forerunner technology far longer than we have. Because they are a culmination of intelligences from different races that have contributed different technologies to one cohesive force.

The humans have only human inspired technologies.

Only when the covenant showed up and the Spartans began collecting Covenant Tech, the humans began advancing their knowledge of more-advanced technologies (i.e. Mjolnir armor is based of of the Covenant Elites armor tech).

That's why.

  • 06.29.2006 11:47 AM PDT

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Posted by: ChefMasterChief

Do people want the Master Chief to have basic things like handguns, rifles, shotguns, rocket lauchers? Why is a cyborg with technology to travel through hyperspace doing fighting with a handgun? Why not a revolver and a Bowie Knife? Why does the game platform have you in the 20th century, and the Convenant in the 25th century? We should be getting creamed. Even Luke Skywalker had a laser blaster. Say MC couldn't operate any Covenant weapons, then what? As soon as he's out of "bullets" he's screwed. It's just a game, but that's pretty contrived. Is it for the challenge? Why aren't Earth's weapons at least as advanced as Covenant weapons? Why don't we have lasers? Is Halo little more than Commando in space? All Master Chief has to fight with is whatever he can find or steal.

First off (not that it matters) the Chief isn't a cyborg. Also, the Covies are more technologicly advanced than we are. It wouldn't make sense. But, I see your point, considering that this all takes place 500 years from now.

  • 06.29.2006 11:51 AM PDT
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But, I see your point, considering that this all takes place 500 years from now.


....its 2006. placed in 2552.

thats 548 years. WTFOMFGPWNEDlikeaNEWBSUNUVAGRUNT.

  • 06.29.2006 11:56 AM PDT
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Even in the future, the Covenant are mote technologically advanced. You can tell from now only their weapons, but look at High Charity compared to Earth. Not to mention the vehicles. It's just Plasma vs. Bullets.

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I think mainly to make sure there is a difinitive difference between alien and human. Aliens are always portrated as more advanced than us so if we had plasma weapons it would make the covenant nothing special.

  • 06.29.2006 12:04 PM PDT

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humans were only killing humans before the covenant showed up, and bullets were the easiest way to kill ourselves. there wasnt a need to advance our killing techniques because we would use what worked the best.

  • 06.29.2006 12:07 PM PDT
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You forget about MAC guns, the Shaw/Fujikawa engines that can enter slipspace, AIs with human like emotions, planet to planet colonies....etc...Basic human infantry weaponry has advanced a very long way....but after the Shaw/Fujikawa engine was developed, i'm sure that they were focusing on colonizing other planets because Earth in the Halo universe was very populated, and it caused wars....the UN sought ways for the fighting to stop. So, they then began spending time and more resources to develop quick planetary travel, thus forgetting about the trivial weapons.

  • 06.29.2006 12:08 PM PDT
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Posted by: ChefMasterChief

... Is Halo little more than Commando in space? ...


Yeah, pretty much.

I think it's just the appeal of a basic, raw fire arm that gives players that "macho manly" feeling. Hmmm..you,re right though, maybe not "human lasers", but human weapons can use an upgrade.

  • 06.29.2006 12:09 PM PDT
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Master Chief's weapons aren't primitive only when sized up to the Covenants weapons.

  • 06.29.2006 12:10 PM PDT