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Re: More whining than suggesting.
Posted By: howekern <howekern@hotmail.com>Date: 3/31/05 2:34 p.m.

In Response To: More whining than suggesting. (gspawn)

I don't expect to be able to stand in one place and win, nor do I expect any individual weapon to be a guarantor of victory - indeed, this is the status quo, this is true now: the team that controlls the one (or the few) rocket launcher(s) or sniper rifle(s) will have a much easier time of things.
The game balance in Halo was excellent. Most weapons had an accompanying strategy/play style with which they could be used effectively. The pisotl, the AR, the Shatgat, the Sniper Rifle, the plasma pistol, the plasma rifle, all were balanced so that there was a certain tactic to complement them. This isn't true in Halo 2, where in many cases there are clear hiearchies of better and worse - the SMG is almost useless, the plasma rifle (as a shield-taker) is surpased entirely by the plasma pistol, the BR is simply better than a pistol (I'd rather have a plasma pistol and a BR than dual-wield both pistols, as I can snipe if I need to with a BR or Carbine). Besides this, there is much redundancy: the carbine and BR fill almost identicall roles equally well, neither sniper rifle strongly distinguishes itself from it's competitor...

In my humble oppinion, the series is, somewhat disturbingly, trending towards the mindless frag-festival-in-an-arena-of-death genre of games, like Quake 3, and away from the more strategic, higher-level games, like DoD or CS.

So, if you'de like a suggestion rather than a Kerry-Esque gripe list, I'd like to see elements of tactic and spetialization recieve more attention, and death-match style themes like map exploitation or weapon monopolization minimized.


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     Re: 50 things I wish Halo 2 Multiplayer had.Michael M. 3/11/05 3:00 p.m.
           Re: 50 things I wish Halo 2 Multiplayer had.Spartan2552 3/11/05 3:03 p.m.
                 Re: 50 things I wish Halo 2 Multiplayer had.Vorpal Sword 3/11/05 3:45 p.m.
     Re: 50 things I wish Halo 2 Multiplayer had.Brian 3/11/05 3:15 p.m.
     c0ld sux :-PGeary 3/11/05 3:38 p.m.
     Re: 50 things I wish Halo 2 Multiplayer had.Count Zero 3/11/05 4:04 p.m.
     <3 for c0ld *NM*Jamirus99 3/11/05 4:22 p.m.
     You know what I wish Halo 2 had?Saint [lpn] 3/11/05 4:46 p.m.
     Re: 50 things I wish Halo 2 Multiplayer had.Jedi631 3/11/05 5:03 p.m.
           I agree with all of it *NM*Virus_232 3/11/05 5:53 p.m.
     Re: 50 things I wish Halo 2 Multiplayer had.Echoes 3/11/05 6:09 p.m.
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     Re: 50 things I wish Halo 2 Multiplayer had.RC Master 3/16/05 6:17 a.m.
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           That's only one thing, d00d. *NM*Urk 3/21/05 12:31 p.m.
                 lol *NM*c0ld vengeance 3/21/05 12:38 p.m.
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     Interestinghowekern 3/31/05 12:16 p.m.
           Wish in one hand... *NM*Urk 3/31/05 12:23 p.m.
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                             Re: Interestinghowekern 3/31/05 2:20 p.m.
                                   Re: InterestingEchoes 3/31/05 2:47 p.m.
                                         Re: Interestinghowekern 3/31/05 2:58 p.m.
                                               Re: InterestingEchoes 3/31/05 3:18 p.m.
                                                     Screenwatchershowekern 3/31/05 3:21 p.m.
                 Re: Interestingzink 3/31/05 12:55 p.m.
           More whining than suggesting.gspawn 3/31/05 1:18 p.m.
                 Re: More whining than suggesting.dalecooper 3/31/05 2:08 p.m.
                 Re: More whining than suggesting.howekern 3/31/05 2:34 p.m.
                       Re: More whining than suggesting.Echoes 3/31/05 2:58 p.m.
                             Re: More whining than suggesting.Hikaru-119 3/31/05 3:02 p.m.
                                   Funny, it only took on frag last weekend. *NM*howekern 3/31/05 3:19 p.m.
                                         Never had that happen. *NM*Echoes 3/31/05 3:23 p.m.
                                         Which game are you referring to?Hikaru-119 3/31/05 3:24 p.m.
                                               The first one - and so have we all. ;) *NM*howekern 3/31/05 3:39 p.m.
                                                     Re: The first one - and so have we all. ;)Hikaru-119 3/31/05 3:57 p.m.
                                   Re: More whining than suggesting.dalecooper 3/31/05 3:33 p.m.
                                         Re: More whining than suggesting.Hikaru-119 3/31/05 3:39 p.m.
                                               Because it's OBVIOUSLY all you! *NM*howekern 3/31/05 3:41 p.m.
                                               Re: More whining than suggesting.dalecooper 3/31/05 3:51 p.m.
                                                     Re: More whining than suggesting.dalecooper 3/31/05 3:59 p.m.
                             Re: More whining than suggesting.dalecooper 3/31/05 3:44 p.m.
                                   Re: More whining than suggesting.Pha7e 3/31/05 5:43 p.m.
                                         Re: More whining than suggesting.Echoes 3/31/05 5:58 p.m.
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                             Hmmhowekern 3/31/05 3:17 p.m.
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