- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: Eddie metal head
I hope you get hit by a large fast moving object. You're afraid of change. Bungie took a great game, and built upon it making it even better, and you can't accept that because you don't have your pistol. I play Halo 2 and Halo 1 almost equally, but the only arguments I get from people who don't like Halo 2 is "The pistol was taken out, now I have to hit someone 4-5 times instead of 3-4!", or "The hitboxes are too large, and the bullet magnetism is too much." I can agree with you about the aim-assist, but it NEEDED to be there in order to help with latency issues. It should be toned down a bit, but to remove it entirely would make the game just like Perfect Dark Zero, and we all know how hard it is to get a kill if you're not host in that game. Bungie made a slight mistake when making Halo 2, but that's no reason to hate the game. As for the other argument I constantly hear, you're NOT getting your Halo 1 pistol back. Bungie gave you the Halo 1 pistol in Halo 2, just in a different skin. It looked like this. Personally I hope bungie takes the best parts from Halo 1 and Halo 2 and make an absolutely amazing game.
Here are some things I would like to see in Halo 3.
1.KEEP the matchmaking system. It was an innovative system, and it worked. I always hear a lot of people complaining about it because all they ever want to play is Lockout and Midship. Sure i love those maps too, but if that's all you want to play, that's what customs are for. If Bungie put in dedicated servers for specific maps, all that would help accomplish is people being a much higher rank in one map and never playing any others. Another thing is I like the random chance that it will be my least favourite map (Warlock IMO because i always lose there). Means I will get used to it, and play better on it.
2.Better default starting weapon. One of the good things i liked from Halo 1. please note I do NOT mean either the BR or Halo 1 pistol. I mean I want something new Perhaps a new single shot rifle, perhaps a more effective version of the SMG, but I do agree that Halo 1 default weapons were better.
3.Maps. I would want more balanced maps for team slayer based matches. Not that I didn't say symmetrical (I hate symmetry it's too boring) I said BALANCED. We all know how annoying it is to have the other team spawn near the sniper rifle and rocket launcher in Ivory Tower, it's quite hard to get the lead again. If this idea and/or my previous idea were addressed, i think it would solve the problem of if you get the lead you keep the lead. I do believe however, that in skirmish matches the maps should be unbalanced, but not to a large degree. 1 flag CTF on Zanzibar is one of my favourite gametypes :-D
4.Matchmaking tweaks. The ONLY change i would make to the current matchmaking system would be able to search for games by region. A lot of Amreicans wouldn't understand how rediculous the amount of lag we get on the other side of the world, even with a full green latency bar, A grenade thrown takes an extra .5 seconds to be thrown. If I would be able to play with fellow Aussie's or Kiwi's, or anyone else who lived closer than the other side of the world. Another way to fix this would be...
5.Dedicated servers. Enough said.
6.Campaign. The Halo 1 campaign was awesome, but i think I'm the only person in the worl who thinks the Halo 2 campaign was BETTER. It added a great twist to the plot, having to play as the Arbitar was not something I liked at first, but we would've missed out on so much if we didn't experience it. The ending of Halo 2 was 40 pounds of awesome in a 20 pound bag. The end made me that much more excited for Halo 3, even though it wasn't even official. If we had gotten to "Finish the fight" in Halo 2, I doubt I'd be typing this.
These are all my personal opinions, I expect to be flamed by the unintelligent population of this community, but If you are intelligent to read through 4196 characters you'll find I brought up some very valid points.
Thanks to Blasphemy for helping me with these ideas.
Intelligence,in here? I'm scared, but I tip my hat to you sir, you are oh so right.