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Re: Narc's "Halo 3 Partnership" article
Posted By: Narcogen <narcogen@rampancy.net>	Date: 5/3/09 11:02 p.m.
In Response To: Re: Narc's "Halo 3 Partnership" article (vector40) : Just in case anyone's in the dark, the original article was this: : http://rampancy.net/blog/vector40/11/07/2008/Banshee_Voice_Communication : My thoughts: I originally developed this idea explicitly for two-person : Banshee wings. I'm not saying it can't be adopted for ground fireteams, : but I really want to emphasize that it's not the original concept. What : made it a viable strategy in Banshees was the specific nature of that type : of unit, and I cannot promise that it would be equally effective on the : ground. For instance, you have less mobility on the ground, so you have : fewer options in terms of maneuvering... but tactically things also move : faster, so it's less feasible to attempt to coordinate actual combat-level : stuff, because you just can't talk and react that fast -- it's all so : fine-grained. : So one of the points you'd need to think about here is whether the two-person : team is even a useful method of play on the ground. Again, in the air, the : Banshee wing is just an effective unit; it STARTED that way and then : afterwards I started looking at ways to improve its functionality using : better coordination. On the ground, do people even play in two-person : fireteams? Stick together, moving as a single unit? I don't play H3 so I : can't tell you, but if they generally don't, then you have to ask whether : that's something that would even work, because if not you're trying to : convince people to play in a manner they simply won't do, which makes : coordination and communication a non-issue. A four man fire team I suppose is a more classical approach. I play very, VERY little multiplayer but when I do, in team games, I tend to try and pick another player to stick by just so I have someone to concentrate fire with. Usually this is done without voice commo and can be a bit frustrating if that player reverses direction often and suddenly, which is often the case as they pursue an agenda you are not privy to (seeking out preferred weapons/equipments/areas). This is basically useful in team slayer and other team games except CTF, which I find really DOES need voice communication. Without it, balacing offense and defense simply becomes too ad hoc.

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Narc's "Halo 3 Partnership" article	Hawaiian Pig	5/3/09 6:11 p.m.
Re: Narc's "Halo 3 Partnership" article	elessar787	5/3/09 7:15 p.m.
Re: Narc's "Halo 3 Partnership" article	Louis Wu	5/3/09 7:47 p.m.
Re: Narc's "Halo 3 Partnership" article	Hawaiian Pig	5/3/09 8:26 p.m.
Re: Narc's "Halo 3 Partnership" article	Narcogen	5/3/09 8:53 p.m.
Re: Narc's "Halo 3 Partnership" article	vector40	5/3/09 10:06 p.m.
Re: Narc's "Halo 3 Partnership" article	Narcogen	5/3/09 11:02 p.m.
Re: Narc's "Halo 3 Partnership" article	Lemon Demon 72	5/8/09 9:31 p.m.
Re: Narc's "Halo 3 Partnership" article	goatrope	5/4/09 1:09 a.m.
Re: Narc's "Halo 3 Partnership" article	Hawaiian Pig	5/4/09 1:12 a.m.
Re: Narc's "Halo 3 Partnership" article	Narcogen	5/4/09 1:21 a.m.
Re: Narc's "Halo 3 Partnership" article	Hawaiian Pig	5/4/09 2:02 a.m.
Re: Narc's "Halo 3 Partnership" article	Narcogen	5/4/09 3:23 a.m.
Re: Narc's "Halo 3 Partnership" article	sharpsniper99	5/4/09 4:14 a.m.
Re: Narc's "Halo 3 Partnership" article	Narcogen	5/5/09 1:34 a.m.
Re: Narc's "Halo 3 Partnership" article	Lemon Demon 72	5/8/09 9:56 p.m.
Re: Narc's "Halo 3 Partnership" article	vector40	5/5/09 3:28 a.m.
Re: Narc's "Halo 3 Partnership" article	Narcogen	5/5/09 9:14 p.m.
Re: Narc's "Halo 3 Partnership" article	vector40	5/6/09 2:56 p.m.
Re: Narc's "Halo 3 Partnership" article	Lemon Demon 72	5/8/09 9:21 p.m.
Re: Narc's "Halo 3 Partnership" article	Lemon Demon 72	5/8/09 9:23 p.m.
Re: Narc's "Halo 3 Partnership" article	vector40	5/4/09 2:30 a.m.
Re: Narc's "Halo 3 Partnership" article	Lemon Demon 72	5/8/09 8:25 p.m.