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Title: If You Could Change One Thing
Post by: esc1 on December 07, 2004, 09:03:00 AM

If you could change anything other than something to do with the story what would it be?  Would you change a weapon, its strenghts or weaknesses, change a vehicle, a map, a gameplay option, an interface, the hud or anything?  What would it be?  Choose one thing only.

I'd have to change the frag grenades.  They bounce like bouncy balls and don't seem to be as strong as I got used to them being in Halo.  <

Title: If You Could Change One Thing
Post by: iNfErNaL666 on December 07, 2004, 09:41:00 AM

yay yay  <

Title: If You Could Change One Thing
Post by: gcskate27 on December 07, 2004, 09:33:00 AM

dunno what id change but the bouncing grendades are fun in their own right... its too cool to know someones coming around a corner, bank a grenade off a wall or something and have it explode around head level...  

Title: If You Could Change One Thing
Post by: esc1 on December 07, 2004, 11:36:00 AM

QUOTE (iNfErNaL666 @ Dec 7 2004, 11:33 AM)

yay yay

What the freak.  If you don't have any relevant input don't post.  

Title: If You Could Change One Thing
Post by: pingrr on December 07, 2004, 02:50:00 PM

I would have the sword take damage just like in single player.  Berial Mounds could use a couple more vehicles.

Most of all the playlist.  The last time I played 8 out of 10 games were on the same level.

This post has been edited by pingrr: Dec 7 2004, 10:51 PM <

Title: If You Could Change One Thing
Post by: gcskate27 on December 07, 2004, 03:08:00 PM

id take out the ribcage facing turret in burial... thatd make the base harder to defend...  <

Title: If You Could Change One Thing
Post by: Kean on December 07, 2004, 04:44:00 PM

I know this'll never happen...and it may sound dumb....but if you think about it it would make the game REALLY interesting.... what if you could play dead? lay down and look like you dead....then when someone runs past you, you jump up and beat em down....I think it would be tons of fun....anyway that's what I would change   <

Title: If You Could Change One Thing
Post by: Foe-hammer on December 07, 2004, 04:46:00 PM

Just one thing?  Sorry, but here are them all.

I would change, in no particular order:

1) Make tank less powerful in mp
2) Increase melee damage
3) Have the flashlight stay on for more then 5 sec in some of the sp levels
4) Equal maps for CTF
5) Sys-link coop campaign mode
6) Blood when meleeing dead bodies
7) SP levels more open ended like halo 1

Despite all this, the good outweighs the bad, and i really enjoy halo 2.  <

Title: If You Could Change One Thing
Post by: Crypty on December 07, 2004, 05:13:00 PM

I would fix this game by making it a halo 1.5. I have like 500 games under my belt right now and I still cant have nearly as much fun as I had with h1.  <

Title: If You Could Change One Thing
Post by: gcskate27 on December 07, 2004, 04:17:00 PM

QUOTE

6) Blood when meleeing dead bodies

theres blood when shooting dead bodies, at least with the sniper rifle... makes more sense than with melee but i do agree that its way less satifying...  

QUOTE

I know this'll never happen...and it may sound dumb....but if you think about it it would make the game REALLY interesting.... what if you could play dead? lay down and look like you dead....then when someone runs past you, you jump up and beat em down....I think it would be tons of fun....anyway that's what I would change

itd be fun at lans where youre just playing around, but not in a 'serious' game... imagine all the bitching... in socom one there was a gameshark code where iff you went prone youd appear dead and believe me, that pissed people off...

Title: If You Could Change One Thing
Post by: esc1 on December 07, 2004, 04:52:00 PM

Well I ask for just one thing you would change so this doesn't development into a bashers thread.  So lets try to keep it on the number one thing you would change and why.  Thanks.  

Title: If You Could Change One Thing
Post by: HamSandwhich on December 07, 2004, 06:17:00 PM

add all the maps/weapons from halo1 and have an option for the halo1 classic match to have halo1 weapons  <

Title: If You Could Change One Thing
Post by: h34d5h0tz on December 07, 2004, 09:05:00 PM

QUOTE (Crypty @ Dec 8 2004, 01:05 AM)

I would fix this game by making it a halo 1.5. I have like 500 games under my belt right now and I still cant have nearly as much fun as I had with h1.

dam crypty, ive been seeing alot of h2 bashing from u latley. if u dont like it, dont play it.

as for wut i would change, i would deffinetly change how they give u games and maps on live. way 2 predictable. i could say im gona play headlong and b atleast 50% right if not more. also premature lil kids on live... but how r u gona fix that

Title: If You Could Change One Thing
Post by: esc1 on December 07, 2004, 09:09:00 PM

There are less immature kids as you move up the ranks.  

Title: If You Could Change One Thing
Post by: BobBrkersMyHero on December 07, 2004, 10:21:00 PM

i really cant stand banshees in head to head games..but they are preset there for xbox live  <

Title: If You Could Change One Thing
Post by: h34d5h0tz on December 07, 2004, 09:28:00 PM

QUOTE (esc1 @ Dec 8 2004, 06:12 AM)

There are less immature kids as you move up the ranks.

yea ive noticed that now that im lvl 12. i would also like 2 c ONLY warthogs on live. i cant stand ghost n banshee whores. also snipers can use banshees 2 get 2 high places and camp.

Title: If You Could Change One Thing
Post by: Crypty on December 07, 2004, 09:41:00 PM

If you are any good you should be very happy to see someone get in a banshee or ghost.

Title: If You Could Change One Thing
Post by: esc1 on December 08, 2004, 06:33:00 AM

Not if they know how to use them.

Title: If You Could Change One Thing
Post by: oasis_007 on December 08, 2004, 08:55:00 AM

I wish the damage was more pronounced.  I mean, the covenant carbine (my fav gun) and the battle rifle take too many shots to the head to kill anyone.  Grenades don't do as much damage, etc.

Title: If You Could Change One Thing
Post by: Foe-hammer on December 08, 2004, 10:46:00 AM

QUOTE (gcskate27 @ Dec 8 2004, 01:20 AM)

theres blood when shooting dead bodies, at least with the sniper rifle... makes more sense than with melee but i do agree that its way less satifying...

When you melee someone in the back, or when their shields are gone, blood does splatter.  Doesn't make sense that it wouldn't do the same when they are dead (like in halo 1).  Blood does spray when you shoot a dead body with any weapon, in halo 2, though.

Title: If You Could Change One Thing
Post by: h34d5h0tz on December 09, 2004, 04:29:00 PM

QUOTE (Crypty @ Dec 8 2004, 06:44 AM)

If you are any good you should be very happy to see someone get in a banshee or ghost.

if they r alil good with it and u dont have a rocket cuz they took it they can get 10 kills ez. if u go after them with ur whole team they can just run away. a hog can kill it but its usualy rly close.

Title: If You Could Change One Thing
Post by: AnThRaX on December 09, 2004, 07:35:00 PM

QUOTE (BobBrkersMyHero @ Dec 8 2004, 12:13 AM)

i really cant stand banshees in head to head games..but they are preset there for xbox live

They were taken out of Ascention as of last night.

What I want changed is NO MORE DUALS, and Sword has ammo.

Title: If You Could Change One Thing
Post by: esc1 on December 09, 2004, 07:39:00 PM

Well I wouldn't do without duals, but a gametype with no dual weapon ability seems alright in my book.  That's what was great about Halo.  Going up against a pistol with anything else, you knew you were at a disadvantage, but you could still get the frag if you played your cards right.  Duals against only one dual weapon and you got like 1/15 odds, if that.

Title: If You Could Change One Thing
Post by: gcskate27 on December 09, 2004, 08:49:00 PM

the death grenade is much harder to get in h2... pretty much b/c
a: grenades have a smaller blast radius
b: they bounce more
and
c: with dual weilding, every charges to you, where in halo they would generally sidestep...

a death grenade, for those who cant figure it out, is when you know youre going to die so you toss a grenade and kill them while or after you die... generally results in a yelled "YES!" and the fist/arm combo moving down by your side...

Title: If You Could Change One Thing
Post by: esc1 on December 09, 2004, 10:17:00 PM

Title: If You Could Change One Thing
Post by: the_reaper01 on December 10, 2004, 02:21:00 PM

i got real lucky once when i fell off lockout and threw a grenade to kill someone.  My new name for it will be "The ultimate death grenade"

Title: If You Could Change One Thing
Post by: AnThRaX on December 11, 2004, 08:36:00 PM

It's very simple to realize. Everyone hates halo 2 because of duals. Believe it or not. Go play some games without DUALS and it takes Much more skill to kill someone. Something like Battle Rifle/Pistol NO DUALS then the game actually takes skills and brings you back to halo 1 days.

Title: If You Could Change One Thing
Post by: esc1 on December 13, 2004, 07:56:00 AM

Title: If You Could Change One Thing
Post by: SKoT on December 13, 2004, 08:44:00 AM

have a halo classic option

Title: If You Could Change One Thing
Post by: kenji urban on December 13, 2004, 08:32:00 PM

In Multiplayer be able to play as any of the characters in the game... maybe not all, but the sarge, marines, those black suited marines, a jackel, a grunt, a brute, a hunter, Cortana!

and a wish come true would be a built in level editor for xbox...

Title: If You Could Change One Thing
Post by: esc1 on December 14, 2004, 08:31:00 AM

Well whenever I get a hold of the sword its like white on rice, b/c I can't keep everyone and their brother from charging me.  I'm usually pretty good at staying alive, but when you got a hold of that sword its crazy.  I say if a guy can go 10-15 kills straight that takes some skill and I blame myself for not recognizing it and nipping it in the butt, but some times you just can't make it to the sword guy.  Oh well.  I like it as it stands.  If the sword took damage that means it would respawn in the same place all the time and lead to a lot of camping around the sword spawn.

Title: If You Could Change One Thing
Post by: pingrr on December 14, 2004, 09:20:00 AM

But the camping at the sword spawn wouln't be any different than camping at the rocket or sniper spawn.

Title: If You Could Change One Thing
Post by: esc1 on December 14, 2004, 09:57:00 AM

I never see people camping those places.  The snipers/RL's are out of the way and a person would lose a lot of potential kills waiting on the weapon to spawn.

Title: If You Could Change One Thing
Post by: gcskate27 on December 14, 2004, 10:17:00 AM