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Subject: Heavy Power Weapons
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Poll: Should Power weapons Be Made Heavy  [closed]
Good idea!:  15%
(5 Votes)
Would be a good idea with tweaking!:  33%
(11 Votes)
Bad idea!:  52%
(17 Votes)
Total Votes: 33

Here is a idea i had that would help even out the distribution of power weapons. The power weapons could count as 'heavy'. I player may carry only one heavy weapon at a time. This would stop people from carrying both a sword and sniper for instance.

  • 07.15.2006 5:40 PM PDT
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I think you should be able to carry the two most bad@ss weapons at once...so people who have REAL SKILL wont complain and just kill them with a normal weapon...thats what we all had to do in HL2. It was pretty shweet to hear some guy yell out "Damn, u killed that sword / sniper with the SMG??!?!?!"

  • 07.15.2006 5:47 PM PDT

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Chief dragged a how many ton bomb off a space station i think he can handle a sniper and a rocket launhcer

  • 07.15.2006 5:49 PM PDT
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Posted by: Fat Tony B
Chief dragged a how many ton bomb off a space station i think he can handle a sniper and a rocket launhcer


  • 07.15.2006 5:51 PM PDT
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i don't care what chief did in a demo (although it was really cool). I am more intent on making the game more balanced.

  • 07.15.2006 5:54 PM PDT

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I think that if you carry 2 power weapons at once you are already taking a big risk anyways because:
a) If your playing a team game and you die, you have just handed 2 power weapons to the enemy.
b) If you carry both a sword and a sniper your at a big disadvantage when it comes to mid-range combat for example.

Personally I usually try to keep only 1 power weapon and a Br because that way im better equiped for almost any kind of combat and if I die im only giving 1 power weapon to the other team. Of course if for example on Coagulation I have rockets but I have a chance at stealing away the enemy teams sniper rifle I would grab it and try to take it to my base since that would really harm the other team.

  • 07.15.2006 5:55 PM PDT
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Posted by: Fat Tony B
Chief dragged a how many ton bomb off a space station i think he can handle a sniper and a rocket launhcer

I think that that's a bad argument because I don't think that gameplay should be sacrificed just for consistency in realism. Besides, he was moving really slowly when he was dragging that bomb.

  • 07.15.2006 5:58 PM PDT
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So your saying if I pick up the Sword, Shotguns, swords, and rocket launchers dissapear of the map? OR are you saying you can only use that one weaon adnd no other pwoer weapon? Uh. The sword is small. it is not "heavy".

  • 07.15.2006 6:00 PM PDT
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Posted by: HaloFighter92
So your saying if I pick up the Sword, Shotguns, swords, and rocket launchers dissapear of the map? OR are you saying you can only use that one weaon adnd no other pwoer weapon? Uh. The sword is small. it is not "heavy".


I think he means you can only carry one power weapon at a time. For example you shouldnt be able to carry and sniper AND a sword. Just one of them. And the a weapon is a power weapon not by how big it is, but by how fast it can kill. A Sword kills in 1 lunge and two strikes so that is definetly a power weapon, just like the rocket and sniper.

  • 07.15.2006 6:04 PM PDT

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Well here is what I think... If Spartans/Elites can tip over 4ton tanks without you even seeing it. They should have no problem weilding a rocket. However they have trouble holding a 34pound bomb when trying to arm it in an enemy base so what do I know.

  • 07.15.2006 6:08 PM PDT

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  • 07.15.2006 6:11 PM PDT
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right now i wouldn't call Halo awesome, more like a picture of awesome.

  • 07.15.2006 10:00 PM PDT

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Posted by: OMalcaor
i don't care what chief did in a demo (although it was really cool). I am more intent on making the game more balanced.
Chief pulled that bomb in the real game too tard-bag. dee dee dee!

  • 07.15.2006 10:16 PM PDT
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Well, first of all, you should say it counts as "large and heavy" since you would only let a person carry one weapon at time when holding this weapon and that doesn't necessarily have anything to do with weight ( it could though). I don't like that idea at all.

However, some tweaking would work... such as if you carry a "heavy weapon" like a rocket launcher, fuel rod gun or brute shot (not the shotgun, its relatively light weight), it slows your pace, regardless of which weapon your using at the time. The tremendous deadlyness of these weapons is therefore counteracted by the fact that you can't travel as fast holding them.

Bungie sort of put this in, but its not signifigant enough.

  • 07.15.2006 11:01 PM PDT
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Posted by: DeadlyAmbitionz
A sword is about the size of a soda can. Everything else is plasma.

Which is hot.

And we all know heat rises.

Therefor, sword = light. I should be able to tote around eight swords, or however many i have hands/pockets.

Actually the plasma weighs about 500lbs by itself... thats why only Elites and Spartans use them!

  • 07.15.2006 11:06 PM PDT