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Wrong! You fail.
Posted By: Gravemind <kuukan_no_kage@yahoo.com>Date: 8/29/10 6:30 p.m.

In Response To: My opinion on this whole uproar. (Riceatron)


: OH HEY, MY TRUCK IS ON FIRE, MAYBE I SHOULD CONTINUE DRIVING IT.

: We didn't have health meters in Halo 2 or Halo 3. We got on fine.

: Deal with it.

You do realize that the damage system in Reach is totally different from the one used in Halo 2 & 3? In Halo 2 & 3, vehicle "health" was tied into the player's health. The only way to destroy an in-use vehicle was the reduce the health of the occupant(s) to zero (with one exception: shooting the fuel tank on the H2 Ghost). This means that vehicles in Halo 2 & 3 can take a potentially unlimited amount of damage so long as the occupant(s) keep their health above zero. For example, a player flying a Banshee could make a strafing run, soak up a lot of damage — which gets transferred to his shields or health — and then flies off, allowing his shields to come back, and it's like he never took any damage at all. While shooting a "damaged" vehicle transfers more damage to the occupant(s) than when shooting a "fresh" vehicle, the fact remains that to destroy an in-use vehicle in Halo 2 & 3, you must kill the driver and/or any passengers. In other words, we did have a damage meter of sorts for vehicles in Halo 2 & 3. It was our shield bar.

In contrast, vehicles in Reach have their own hit points separate from the player's. Furthermore, their HP don't regenerate on their own, so any damage done is permanent. If a vehicle has, say, 150 HP of "health," once 150 HP worth of damage has been inflicted on it, it blows up, plain and simple. This is the system used in Halo 1 (applicable only to Covie vehicles in Campaign, though). This is why a damage meter is necessary, as without one we now have absolutely no idea how many HP our ride has left. Can we still afford to take some punishment or are we only a single AR round from death? We don't know.

In short, the damage system in Reach is different from Halo 2 & 3's, ergo your argument fails.

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G4 reach PreviewMinime637 8/28/10 11:19 a.m.
     Thanks! *NM*Joe Duplessie (SNIPE 316) 8/28/10 11:23 a.m.
     Re: G4 reach PreviewJoe Duplessie (SNIPE 316) 8/28/10 11:31 a.m.
     Faith = RenewedMetalingus627 8/28/10 12:17 p.m.
           Re: Faith = RenewedThe BS Police 8/28/10 12:53 p.m.
     Re: G4 reach PreviewBean Delphiki 8/28/10 1:36 p.m.
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                       Re: G4 reach PreviewHarmanimus 8/28/10 6:23 p.m.
           As long as they didn't increase lunge distanceMetalingus627 8/28/10 9:13 p.m.
           Re: G4 reach PreviewKalamariKidd 8/28/10 11:44 p.m.
     I KNEW I heard Jon HuertasDHalo 8/28/10 1:55 p.m.
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     Countdown and BoardwalkArteenEsben 8/28/10 3:16 p.m.
     Awesome.Gravemind 8/28/10 5:16 p.m.
           Uh, what's with the vehicles?NsU Soldier 8/28/10 8:24 p.m.
                 Re: Uh, what's with the vehicles?hyokin 8/28/10 8:28 p.m.
                       Re: Uh, what's with the vehicles?NsU Soldier 8/28/10 8:38 p.m.
                 Re: Uh, what's with the vehicles?Gravemind 8/28/10 9:19 p.m.
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                       Re: Uh, what's with the vehicles?urk 8/29/10 12:22 p.m.
                             Re: Uh, what's with the vehicles?DHalo 8/29/10 12:48 p.m.
                             Re: Uh, what's with the vehicles?NsU Soldier 8/29/10 12:51 p.m.
                                   Re: Uh, what's with the vehicles?urk 8/29/10 2:51 p.m.
                                         Re: Uh, what's with the vehicles?ArteenEsben 8/29/10 3:37 p.m.
                                         Re: Uh, what's with the vehicles?RC Master 8/29/10 4:29 p.m.
                                               My opinion on this whole uproar.Riceatron 8/29/10 5:00 p.m.
                                                     Re: My opinion on this whole uproar.Minime637 8/29/10 5:19 p.m.
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                                                     Re: My opinion on this whole uproar.Penguin Ninjoid 8/29/10 6:03 p.m.
                                                           Re: My opinion on this whole uproar.ArteenEsben 8/29/10 8:03 p.m.
                                                     Wrong! You fail.Gravemind 8/29/10 6:30 p.m.
                                                           Re: Wrong! You fail.Stephen L. (SoundEffect) 8/29/10 9:29 p.m.
                                                                 Re: Wrong! You fail.Avateur 8/29/10 9:35 p.m.
                                                                 Re: Wrong! You fail.RikWeaN 8/29/10 10:12 p.m.
                                                                       Re: Wrong! You fail.Hedgemony 8/30/10 1:15 a.m.
                                                                       Re: Wrong! You fail.Stephen L. (SoundEffect) 8/30/10 6:14 a.m.
                                                                             Re: Wrong! You fail.Ragashingo 8/30/10 8:14 a.m.
                                                                             And yet...NsU Soldier 8/30/10 10:09 a.m.
                                                                                   Re: And yet...Stephen L. (SoundEffect) 8/30/10 11:11 a.m.
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                                                           Re: Wrong! You fail.Avateur 8/29/10 9:32 p.m.
                                         Re: Uh, what's with the vehicles?Gravemind 8/29/10 6:03 p.m.
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                                               Thanks Gravemind!NsU Soldier 8/29/10 7:51 p.m.
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