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ha i love your giude to swords but i have a question, can u double wield swords? or can u have a sword and a weapon?

  • 10.21.2004 9:49 AM PDT
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just a sword i think

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fighting with a sword will be fun but hard

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Why does everyone have to say how much they are going to pwn everyone and how good they are? Im all for the competitive nature of the game, clans and all, but why do you need to put other people down? Just play to have fun, its not a real war after all. The games not even out yet anyway, you cant really say, im gonna own you noobs with my 1337 skills, or whatever.
I would say, wait till the game comes out to start dissing people, atleast until then, atleast.

  • 10.21.2004 10:01 AM PDT
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Awesome! I've always liked trying new things in halo when the ordinary got boring (well normally it doesnt, but after playing for so many years straight you wanna try something new), I would try rockets with 16 players on boarding action, or other types of gameplay, but swords is like a whole gameplay in itself! I cant wait!

- Hopps

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Posted by: MatHopkN1
ha i love your giude to swords but i have a question, can u double wield swords? or can u have a sword and a weapon?


I'm pretty sure when you have a sword thats all you can use.

- Hopps

  • 10.21.2004 10:18 AM PDT
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Posted by: Vincent L
I can't wait to get up behind someone and stabs them in the back then turn and laugh at them


LOL, you dont know how bad that made you sound

  • 10.21.2004 11:02 AM PDT
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nah you definitely can't use dual swords. That would be ridiculous... pretty sure you can have the sword and a secondary weapon though...

  • 10.21.2004 12:06 PM PDT
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Halo 2 will change history! with its insane graphics and awsome selection of guns. Packed together with an unbelievable story! and anyone who is hacking in and stealing from bungie should pay!!!!!!!!

  • 10.21.2004 12:06 PM PDT
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does anyone know if you can use dual shotguns and/or battle riffles?

  • 10.21.2004 12:07 PM PDT
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yea can you duble wield swords
Posted by: MatHopkN1
but i have a question, can u double wield swords? or can u have a sword and a weapon?

  • 10.21.2004 12:08 PM PDT
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Posted by: Choas Elite
this is gonna rock! i need to start playin halo multiplayer again to get warmed up


dude choas its a whole other ball game. Halo 2 is way different. Ofcourse it helps to have a halo background but theres no health, new weopons, and dual weilding! Im going to have to remember to pull that left trigger

Woah, hold up. It will be different, but it won't be a whole new ball game. The feel of the game will be the same, the sounds, the graphics (well, not really), they'll all feel the same practically. Now, the sword and dual weilding will feel different and I'm gonna do that stuff, but I'm gonna stick to my old school style / Assault , which will be Battle R1fle, and dual SMGs (To make more . I won't use both at once). The map layout and appearance will also feel very Haloish and even though you'll see a Banshee at a Wraith while the guy behind comes up with a Brute Shot, it'll play the same.

Differen't, yes. Whole New Ball Park, No. It's just a home run.


Godfather my man what im saying is "as in a whole other ball game is" the first hour of play multi your going to get your ass kicked. serious. The graphics= way better, weapons= none of the old weapons are in halo as far as i can tell and you will get owned in a close range if you have the battle and your opponent has dual whatever. What im trying say it will have an old halo feel but your going to have to bring a whole new strategy to different situations. By far i must say whatever imperfections there were in halo, halo 2 makes up for it. like balanced weapons a more fare shield/health bar.

Hippo. I know what you mean. But the Assault R1fle will be just like the SMG, except stronger, giving me a bit of an edge (as well as the enemy). And practice with the will hurt my feeling of damage w/ the Battle R1fle, but it will only make my aim better. Same with the maps, same with the vehicles, and same with the new shields.
What I'm going to do is play the first 2 levels on Heroic to get a feel, then the forst 2 on legendary to master them (that time will be spent from 6-12 PM November 8th ) and then, when XBl opens up, blam! I'll have a good feel for everything. Not perfect, but a good feel.
I also quote from page 46 of issue 133 of Game Informer: [b] "Judging form the feedback on the newsgroups, everyone that participated in the alpha had an amazing time. One comment I saw often was that they liked that the game felt like a natural extension of the original-like an old friend , only with a new look, a clean haircut, and a fat wad of cash (upgrades to the graphic engine + new vehicles and weapons).

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Posted by: Choas Elite
this is gonna rock! i need to start playin halo multiplayer again to get warmed up


dude choas its a whole other ball game. Halo 2 is way different. Ofcourse it helps to have a halo background but theres no health, new weopons, and dual weilding! Im going to have to remember to pull that left trigger

Woah, hold up. It will be different, but it won't be a whole new ball game. The feel of the game will be the same, the sounds, the graphics (well, not really), they'll all feel the same practically. Now, the sword and dual weilding will feel different and I'm gonna do that stuff, but I'm gonna stick to my old school style / Assault , which will be Battle R1fle, and dual SMGs (To make more . I won't use both at once). The map layout and appearance will also feel very Haloish and even though you'll see a Banshee at a Wraith while the guy behind comes up with a Brute Shot, it'll play the same.

Differen't, yes. Whole New Ball Park, No. It's just a home run.


Godfather my man what im saying is "as in a whole other ball game is" the first hour of play multi your going to get your ass kicked. serious. The graphics= way better, weapons= none of the old weapons are in halo as far as i can tell and you will get owned in a close range if you have the battle and your opponent has dual whatever. What im trying say it will have an old halo feel but your going to have to bring a whole new strategy to different situations. By far i must say whatever imperfections there were in halo, halo 2 makes up for it. like balanced weapons a more fare shield/health bar.

Hippo. I know what you mean. But the Assault R1fle will be just like the SMG, except stronger, giving me a bit of an edge (as well as the enemy). And practice with the will hurt my feeling of damage w/ the Battle R1fle, but it will only make my aim better. Same with the maps, same with the vehicles, and same with the new shields.
What I'm going to do is play the first 2 levels on Heroic to get a feel, then the forst 2 on legendary to master them (that time will be spent from 6-12 PM November 8th ) and then, when XBl opens up, blam! I'll have a good feel for everything. Not perfect, but a good feel.
I also quote from page 46 of issue 133 of Game Informer: "Judging form the feedback on the newsgroups, everyone that participated in the alpha had an amazing time. One comment I saw often was that they liked that the game felt like a natural extension of the original-like an old friend , only with a new look, a clean haircut, and a fat wad of cash (upgrades to the graphic engine + new vehicles and weapons).

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Posted by: doubtless one
does anyone know if you can use dual and/or battle riffles?

Yes. The answer is no.

  • 10.21.2004 12:29 PM PDT
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You cant duel weild swords, shotguns, sniperrifles, rockets, battlerifles, fuelrods, or flags. :)

  • 10.21.2004 12:34 PM PDT
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I am already making weapon combos for my classes LAN parties. yes, it is sad, i know

  • 10.21.2004 12:57 PM PDT
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damnit you -blam!- i read the frist part of that MC dieing thing and my -blam!- stumic droped lol i was like -blam!- him y did he tell me that and thats -blam!- and then i scrolled back down and was like o lol -blam!- he was kidding

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Did any of you catch the Bungie webcam? It showed an opened Xbox halo 2 with the front of the manual and game disc... both looking great. Anyone want link?

  • 10.21.2004 2:25 PM PDT
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Dude that is my bro's player name

  • 10.21.2004 2:26 PM PDT
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A message to grunt 102 :
where in Canada do you live? Yes Halo 2 will be out in Canada on the 9th, if not lets rush the border.

  • 10.21.2004 3:33 PM PDT
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U cant duel weild any 2 handed guns. or it would b like golden eye all over again. that would b dumb.And u cant duel wield swords. but u can throw nades with it.

  • 10.21.2004 3:43 PM PDT
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Posted by: MistR GoSH
You can't dual wield any two handed s, or it would be like Golden Eye all over again. That would be dumb and you can't dual wield swords, but u can throw nades with it.

You could dual wield two KV Soviets?

  • 10.21.2004 4:05 PM PDT
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all i can say is im gona punk you all in the face once i get my hands on my very own plasma sword!

  • 10.21.2004 4:27 PM PDT
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I see what you mean godfather. It did feel like a natural extension of halo. But guess we will have to wait to nov 9.

Countdown right now is: 18 days, 7 hours, 2min, 10 sec till nov 9

  • 10.21.2004 4:57 PM PDT
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To grunt 102-- I feel for you man. I didn't have xbl for a while and I was dieing. But it's not so bad. And don't you worry. H2 MUST come out on the 9th, because if it doesn't, then there is no god, or he is not just. Plus having xbl for the first week isn't so bad. Im killing the campain first anyway.

  • 10.21.2004 5:00 PM PDT