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DJ Demon J said:
apparently nothing changes if you beat the game on legendary. are you sure you remember the cnbc clip accurately? there's a scene where the arbiter grabs and then headbutts sarge, but he never hugs anyone.
GhaleonEB said:
actually you play as the master chief for eight levels, and the arbiter for six. the first "level" is just a cutscene/controls tutorial.
arhra
Member
DJ Demon J said:
According to a poster at the halo.bungie.org forums, in "The Art of Halo" (halo/halo 2 art book), it says:
Apparently, it also specifies that the Forerunners encountered the Flood, rather than creating them, along with a bunch of other interesting little tidbits...
arhra said:
On that last bit, watch the commentary on the levels found on the LE DVD. On the first Arbiter level (can't think of the name - Heretic?) they describe what the different section of the level actually are. The first part is a gas mine (where the canisters are being loaded by the Sentinals). They then move to the next section which was built after the Forerunner found the Flood. Interesting stuff. I hope we get a little more in Halo 3 (but just a little - I like the mystery of them).
A quite nice article about Halo 2's AI :
http://stuffo.howstuffworks.com/halo2-ai.htm
http://stuffo.howstuffworks.com/halo2-ai.htm
DJ Demon J
Banned
Razoric said:
It's powerful, but you can be taken down easily with one stuck plasma grenade or sustained fire from a distance.
I was playing a custom swords only game on Beaver Creek yesterday. I got behind someone, already filled with glee at what was going to happen, lunged and stuck that sword right between his butt cheeks. Things didn't go quite as planned though. His shields went down, he turned around, and killed me. WHAT THE FUCK SON OF A BITCH. I was ready to punch a hole in the wall before I realized he had an overshield. Owned 
Mr. Lemming
Member
Shotgun > Sword
Yes. But I'm getting better at going against sword users now. It's just that it becomes a problem if they decide to camp and I'm losing
http://bungie.net/Stats/PlayerStats.aspx?player=Wario64
25/35 record on head to head games, not too bad
http://bungie.net/Stats/PlayerStats.aspx?player=Wario64
25/35 record on head to head games, not too bad
Im not a fan of the sword on certain maps.. I like it in more open maps, but when everything is packed in tight that thing is FAR to deadly in the right hands. Ive entered a hallway with 5 people in it and killed all of them in 10 seconds with that thing.. the fact that it doesnt run out of ammo in multiplayer is wickidly evil.
Now on a more open map (like the bonus one) the sword is perfectly blananced.. if you let someone get that close to you in that map, you deserve to die.
To be fair, it was worse when the game first came out, people have started to figure out how to kill a guy with a sword. Charging a guy with the sword drawn = monumentally bad idea. In head to head games where you are only focused on one guy this is even better.. in games with 16 people packed in like sardine cans, that thing is pure evil.
Now on a more open map (like the bonus one) the sword is perfectly blananced.. if you let someone get that close to you in that map, you deserve to die.
To be fair, it was worse when the game first came out, people have started to figure out how to kill a guy with a sword. Charging a guy with the sword drawn = monumentally bad idea. In head to head games where you are only focused on one guy this is even better.. in games with 16 people packed in like sardine cans, that thing is pure evil.
MrAngryFace
Banned
Unless they get the drop on me its easy to keep ahead of them and pump them with enough bullets to drop em. Sword isnt that dangerous.
ArcadeStickMonk
Member
head to head games are a joke, as soon as the other guy gets a one point lead, he goes hiding.
When a duder was up 2 to 1 on mid ship, I didn't see him for nearly three minutes, on midship!. Then i found him, killed him thrice, won, and then he called me a pussy.
When a duder was up 2 to 1 on mid ship, I didn't see him for nearly three minutes, on midship!. Then i found him, killed him thrice, won, and then he called me a pussy.
Also, any of those smaller maps should be played with no motion detector. It should be off by default. It's silly to have that mixed into the equation when the map is so small you'll see someone in no time at all. You don't get a MD in any PC game where you'd play similar modes.
ArcadeStickMonk
Member
In three years of Halo, the motion detector was off for us from day one, even when we played tunneled games.
Now Bungie has it on in nearly every ranked game. We're just going to have to learn to live with it, if we care about rank that is
Now Bungie has it on in nearly every ranked game. We're just going to have to learn to live with it, if we care about rank that is
I actually got 3 kills last night doing this. If you time it right you can melee a sword weider during their lunge and beat them down. But timing has to be perfect.
Also, I have noticed something. A melee attack with an SMG does no where near the damage of a melee with a shot gun or a battler rifle.
Anyone else find this to be true?
Also, I have noticed something. A melee attack with an SMG does no where near the damage of a melee with a shot gun or a battler rifle.
Anyone else find this to be true?
ArcadeStickMonk
Member
Not at allFinFan said:
ArcadeStickMonk
Member
Depends on range, if you're already inside lunge range when the combat starts, he's not going to let you out of range, so strafe.Azih said:
If you are outside lunge range when you first see each other, back up. You keep the sword out of effective range and shoot him up.
Son of Godzilla
Banned
Can you or can't you cancel the dash attack with a melee attack? Never did get a decisive answer on that.
ArcadeStickMonk
Member
Uncertain, I suspect that this theory is based upon hitting a weakened sword dasher with a melee and killing him. PLenty of times I've been blasted in the face with a shotty while dashing so you obviously have a vulnerable window. Bungie certainly could have put an instant kill melee in this window, but I really doubt it.Son of Godzilla said:
Particle Physicist
between a quark and a baryon
im having trouble hearing people when i play.. it hasnt happened on other games except halo2 ..
some games i dont hear a thing.. do peopel just not talk?
oh.. and is there a way to raise the volume on your headset?
some games i dont hear a thing.. do peopel just not talk?
oh.. and is there a way to raise the volume on your headset?
quadriplegicjon said:
if your joining random games through matchmaking theres a good chance people just arent talking. the best way to test it is to be in an arranged game because in the lobby before the game starts you should be able to hear everyone. voice can be disabled through your profile settings but unless you changed it, its on by default set to mixed.
Speaking of demo flares... do the Grunts seem less funny this time around to anyone else? I'm not sure if it's because H1 was new, because H1 seemed to have less loud music and ambience (you could really hear who was round the corner and who'd you killed around that corner by bouncing a frag grenade around inside the Truth & Reconciliation and just listening to the yelps), or because they're just... not funny (notwithstanding some funny comments when you're the Arbiter).
And why do Elites sound like Yoda and Worf's illegitimate child? Why?!
And why do Elites sound like Yoda and Worf's illegitimate child? Why?!
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Deleted member 1235
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ArcadeStickMonk said:
Ugg.
That reminds me, I played a head to head on lockout I had been doing pretty well till this point, I still have 75% win ratio, but anyway I met this guy(?) on lockout.
THE SLOW DANCER
Dear lord. The SLOW DANCER. Pink guy with a loveheart icon. This was the closest I have come to reverting to 13 year old boy status and screaming insults at the guy. he got the sword first off and crouch walked the entire game. I figured that out and spent the entire time running around looking for him. Then I jumped off the level by accident.
WANKER.
Ramirez said:
It's more of a clean-up weapon. I like to use it in heavy fighting because no one has full charged shields and you can rack up some kills. However, mano y mano you'll get your ass kicked with the shotty because you'll need at least 2 shots, more likely 3, to kill an oppenent fully charged. It's just too slow for that unless you're really good at evasive meneuvers... I am not.
DJ Demon J
Banned
Wait, you have a motion tracker in multiplayer? FUCK. I was always wondering how people get the jump on me sometimes.
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Deleted member 1235
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shotgun rules if you nab the flag and are running away with somebody chasing you, if you can turn around a corner and drop the flag and stand there, other guy comes running around the corner flat out, expecting to shoot you in the back, then, BLAMMO. Such a satisfying way to score.
Playing Delta Halo on Heroic, just before the final gondola ride. There's a battle going on and I'm fresh out of shield. I run to take cover behind one of the big rocks, right along a ledge with a terminal drop. As I make the turn to get behind the rock I see a red Elite waiting. Crap. I quickly toss a plasma at him and guess what, he casually leaps right off. Last words: "Demon, you will die." while falling :lol
shpankey
not an idiot
PhatSaqs said:
could not agree more, i fricken HATE it. so i edited my gametypes and turned it off on everything. only problem is i always have to host games using my custom gametypes which is only mildly annoying. but you're right for sure... having that stupid piece of shit on by default turns the games emphasis on to that little circle far far to much!
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