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2012/08/10 11:25:28
Subject: Questions on Halo 4
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Ancient Venerable Dreadnought
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purplefood wrote:All Spartans were under ONI... I's,II's,III's and IV's...
The II's would probably side with Halsey.
Wasn't she in custody? The SPARTAN-IIs (and maybe the -IIIs as well) will go up in flames if she dies.
At any rate it would never come down to all out war. The arms dealing was black ops, ONI would deny everything and High Command would find it easier to just let it go. That's what Black Ops are for...
Probably...with Lord Hood saying "Don't you dare keep my out of the loop again. EVER." And perhaps a change of leadership, as a conciliatory gesture? Admiral Parangosky could go into retirement and let her protege take over to placate Lord Hood and the rest of the UNSC High Command.
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I should have left him there. He had served his purpose. He owed me nothing - yet he gave himself to me willingly. Why? I know not. He is nothing more than a pathetic human. An inferior race. A mon-keigh. But still I broke off my wings so that I might carry him easier. I took him from that place, into the snowstorm where our tracks will not be found. He is heavy. And he is dying. And he is slowing me down. But I will save him. Why? I know not. He is still warm. I can feel his blood ebbing across me. For every beat of his heart, another, slight spill of heat. The heat blows away on the winter wind. His blood is still warm. But fading. And I have spilled scarlet myself. The snow laps greedily at our footsteps and our lifeblood, covering them without a trace as we fade away.
'She sat on the corner, gulping the soup down, uncaring of the heat of it. They had grown more watery as of late she noted, but she wasn't about to beggar food from the Imperials or the "Bearers of the Word." Tau, despite their faults at least didn't have a kill policy for her race.' |
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2012/08/10 11:39:55
Subject: Questions on Halo 4
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Tadashi wrote:purplefood wrote:All Spartans were under ONI... I's,II's,III's and IV's...
The II's would probably side with Halsey.
Wasn't she in custody? The SPARTAN-IIs (and maybe the -IIIs as well) will go up in flames if she dies.
Custody of ONI. The Spartan II project is over at any rate and so is the Spartan 3 project. They won't go up in flames they'll likely just get pissed at whoever killed her...
At any rate it would never come down to all out war. The arms dealing was black ops, ONI would deny everything and High Command would find it easier to just let it go. That's what Black Ops are for...
Probably...with Lord Hood saying "Don't you dare keep my out of the loop again. EVER." And perhaps a change of leadership, as a conciliatory gesture? Admiral Parangosky could go into retirement and let her protege take over to placate Lord Hood and the rest of the UNSC High Command.
Hood has little to no power over ONI. They probably won't care what he has to say.
He's not some incredibly respected leader for ONI and they aren't scared of him.
ONI ran black ops in order to create strife within the Sanghelli race. The Sanghelli are like Iran today. They have a government that has half the power. It shares power with the crazy religious freaks who are more than happy to start another war. Creating a war within the Sangelli race is probably the best thing for humanity. getting a peace treaty alongside this would be useful but not their main objective.
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2012/08/10 11:45:19
Subject: Questions on Halo 4
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Ancient Venerable Dreadnought
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purplefood wrote:
Custody of ONI. The Spartan II project is over at any rate and so is the Spartan 3 project. They won't go up in flames they'll likely just get pissed at whoever killed her...
That person might find himself/herself left hanging when he/she needs help on the battlefield from the SPARTANS.
Hood has little to no power over ONI. They probably won't care what he has to say.
He's not some incredibly respected leader for ONI and they aren't scared of him.
ONI ran black ops in order to create strife within the Sanghelli race. The Sanghelli are like Iran today. They have a government that has half the power. It shares power with the crazy religious freaks who are more than happy to start another war. Creating a war within the Sangelli race is probably the best thing for humanity. getting a peace treaty alongside this would be useful but not their main objective.
True...but he has a lot of influence in the UNSC High Command and in the UEG. But while ONI is certainly prudent, with Humanity up against the Forerunners/Precursors/Unknown Enemy, an alliance would certainly be the best option.
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I should have left him there. He had served his purpose. He owed me nothing - yet he gave himself to me willingly. Why? I know not. He is nothing more than a pathetic human. An inferior race. A mon-keigh. But still I broke off my wings so that I might carry him easier. I took him from that place, into the snowstorm where our tracks will not be found. He is heavy. And he is dying. And he is slowing me down. But I will save him. Why? I know not. He is still warm. I can feel his blood ebbing across me. For every beat of his heart, another, slight spill of heat. The heat blows away on the winter wind. His blood is still warm. But fading. And I have spilled scarlet myself. The snow laps greedily at our footsteps and our lifeblood, covering them without a trace as we fade away.
'She sat on the corner, gulping the soup down, uncaring of the heat of it. They had grown more watery as of late she noted, but she wasn't about to beggar food from the Imperials or the "Bearers of the Word." Tau, despite their faults at least didn't have a kill policy for her race.' |
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2012/08/10 21:37:41
Subject: Questions on Halo 4
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Tadashi wrote:n0t_u wrote:
By the looks of it and how they mentioned Forerunner technology and also how they weren't organic, those enemies could have just been Forerunner drones set to protect that place. The part at the end where he mentions waiting a long time could be an actual one or another construct like a more advanced oracle. Before that I wasn't even sure how long the AIs lasted. No idea as to which colour they become after they start to degrade. Could it be red?
Cortana should be red...her systems are supposed to project a different color for her avatar when she goes rampant...unless she actually falls in love with John and goes meta-stable... *Ahem* Right...those guys John fought were Prometheans...the Forerunner equivalent of Spartans. They weren't drones, since Didact himself was a Promethean. And the last part was a Cryptum, kinda like a stasis cell.
or she achieved stability because Dr. Halsay went into her memory and went and deleted years' worth of data, essentially extending her lifespan just a little bit before she went rampant. My reading also says that halsey is gone. Nobody knows where she is, but she has some II's and III's with her.
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15 successful trades as a buyer;
16 successful trades as a seller;
To glimpse the future, you must look to the past and understand it. Names may change, but human behavior repeats itself. Prophetic insight is nothing more than profound hindsight.
It doesn't matter how bloody far the apple falls from the tree. If the apple fell off of a Granny Smith, that apple is going to grow into a Granny bloody Smith. The only difference is whether that apple grows in the shade of the tree it fell from. |
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2012/08/10 23:33:52
Subject: Questions on Halo 4
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Ancient Venerable Dreadnought
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poda_t wrote:
or she achieved stability because Dr. Halsay went into her memory and went and deleted years' worth of data, essentially extending her lifespan just a little bit before she went rampant.
Please refresh my memory...when did this happen?
My reading also says that halsey is gone. Nobody knows where she is, but she has some II's and III's with her.
She's in custody of ONI.
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I should have left him there. He had served his purpose. He owed me nothing - yet he gave himself to me willingly. Why? I know not. He is nothing more than a pathetic human. An inferior race. A mon-keigh. But still I broke off my wings so that I might carry him easier. I took him from that place, into the snowstorm where our tracks will not be found. He is heavy. And he is dying. And he is slowing me down. But I will save him. Why? I know not. He is still warm. I can feel his blood ebbing across me. For every beat of his heart, another, slight spill of heat. The heat blows away on the winter wind. His blood is still warm. But fading. And I have spilled scarlet myself. The snow laps greedily at our footsteps and our lifeblood, covering them without a trace as we fade away.
'She sat on the corner, gulping the soup down, uncaring of the heat of it. They had grown more watery as of late she noted, but she wasn't about to beggar food from the Imperials or the "Bearers of the Word." Tau, despite their faults at least didn't have a kill policy for her race.' |
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2012/08/10 23:38:34
Subject: Questions on Halo 4
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Tadashi wrote:poda_t wrote:
or she achieved stability because Dr. Halsay went into her memory and went and deleted years' worth of data, essentially extending her lifespan just a little bit before she went rampant.
Please refresh my memory...when did this happen?
when Halsey got in touch with Cortana and John after making it off of Halo 1.
Then again, now I think about it, it really is irrelevant, because she got stuck with the gravemind. That would have overloaded her information and driven her to rampancy all over again, so maybe we can assume that gravemind's information overload snapped her past rampancy? hell if i know.
My reading also says that halsey is gone. Nobody knows where she is, but she has some II's and III's with her.
She's in custody of ONI.
as of when?
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15 successful trades as a buyer;
16 successful trades as a seller;
To glimpse the future, you must look to the past and understand it. Names may change, but human behavior repeats itself. Prophetic insight is nothing more than profound hindsight.
It doesn't matter how bloody far the apple falls from the tree. If the apple fell off of a Granny Smith, that apple is going to grow into a Granny bloody Smith. The only difference is whether that apple grows in the shade of the tree it fell from. |
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2012/08/10 23:58:12
Subject: Questions on Halo 4
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Ancient Venerable Dreadnought
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poda_t wrote:
as of when?
Halo: Glasslands - as far as the public is concerned, she's dead. But ONI has her...not sure if UNSC High Command knows or cares. Probably both. The black-ops in Elite territory though...they won't be happy if they were kept in the dark, but so long as it doesn't blow up in their face, they would probably let it go.
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I should have left him there. He had served his purpose. He owed me nothing - yet he gave himself to me willingly. Why? I know not. He is nothing more than a pathetic human. An inferior race. A mon-keigh. But still I broke off my wings so that I might carry him easier. I took him from that place, into the snowstorm where our tracks will not be found. He is heavy. And he is dying. And he is slowing me down. But I will save him. Why? I know not. He is still warm. I can feel his blood ebbing across me. For every beat of his heart, another, slight spill of heat. The heat blows away on the winter wind. His blood is still warm. But fading. And I have spilled scarlet myself. The snow laps greedily at our footsteps and our lifeblood, covering them without a trace as we fade away.
'She sat on the corner, gulping the soup down, uncaring of the heat of it. They had grown more watery as of late she noted, but she wasn't about to beggar food from the Imperials or the "Bearers of the Word." Tau, despite their faults at least didn't have a kill policy for her race.' |
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2012/08/11 01:09:36
Subject: Questions on Halo 4
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Tadashi wrote:poda_t wrote:
as of when?
Halo: Glasslands - as far as the public is concerned, she's dead. But ONI has her...not sure if UNSC High Command knows or cares. Probably both. The black-ops in Elite territory though...they won't be happy if they were kept in the dark, but so long as it doesn't blow up in their face, they would probably let it go.
either they recovered Halsey from the space-time pocket, or bungie and mehahard are not doing their jobs in keeping the stories clean. ah the story is clean, i just never bothered to continue. So she is in custody.
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This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at 2012/08/11 01:12:58
15 successful trades as a buyer;
16 successful trades as a seller;
To glimpse the future, you must look to the past and understand it. Names may change, but human behavior repeats itself. Prophetic insight is nothing more than profound hindsight.
It doesn't matter how bloody far the apple falls from the tree. If the apple fell off of a Granny Smith, that apple is going to grow into a Granny bloody Smith. The only difference is whether that apple grows in the shade of the tree it fell from. |
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2012/08/11 12:13:13
Subject: Questions on Halo 4
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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poda_t wrote:Tadashi wrote:poda_t wrote:
as of when?
Halo: Glasslands - as far as the public is concerned, she's dead. But ONI has her...not sure if UNSC High Command knows or cares. Probably both. The black-ops in Elite territory though...they won't be happy if they were kept in the dark, but so long as it doesn't blow up in their face, they would probably let it go.
either they recovered Halsey from the space-time pocket, or bungie and mehahard are not doing their jobs in keeping the stories clean.
ah the story is clean, i just never bothered to continue. So she is in custody.
Go read glasslands, it tells a LOT you need to know if you follow the story. There were no holes in that plotline.
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2012/08/12 13:49:07
Subject: Questions on Halo 4
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Jovial Junkatrukk Driver
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I enjoyed Halo 2, 3 and Reach but it makes me kind off sad to see taht Halo series is becoming the new CoD. seriously, another trilogy? but what would you expect from microsoft.
I suspect Reach held a high quality level only because Bungie was genuinely sorry for what they did with ODST.
And now Bungie is no longer responsible for the halo series we will see halo games every year.
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motyak wrote:[...] Yes, the mods are illuminati, and yakface, lego and dakka dakka itself are the 3 points of the triangle.
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2012/08/12 17:54:24
Subject: Questions on Halo 4
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Renegade Inquisitor de Marche
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Daemonhammer wrote:I enjoyed Halo 2, 3 and Reach but it makes me kind off sad to see taht Halo series is becoming the new CoD. seriously, another trilogy? but what would you expect from microsoft.
I suspect Reach held a high quality level only because Bungie was genuinely sorry for what they did with ODST.
And now Bungie is no longer responsible for the halo series we will see halo games every year.
Bungie were never solely responsible for Halo...
343 is mostly made up of the Bungie developers that worked on Halo...
Incidentally, AFAIK the Halo series always had a planned second trilogy.
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Dakka Bingo! By Ouze
"You are the best at flying things"-Kanluwen
"Further proof that Purple is a fething brilliant super villain " -KingCracker
"Purp.. Im pretty sure I have a gun than can reach you...."-Nicorex
"That's not really an apocalypse. That's just Europe."-Grakmar
"almost as good as winning free cake at the tea drinking contest for an Englishman." -Reds8n
Seal up your lips and give no words but mum.
Equip, Reload. Do violence.
Watch for Gerry. |
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2012/08/13 10:19:13
Subject: Questions on Halo 4
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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purplefood wrote:Daemonhammer wrote:I enjoyed Halo 2, 3 and Reach but it makes me kind off sad to see taht Halo series is becoming the new CoD. seriously, another trilogy? but what would you expect from microsoft.
I suspect Reach held a high quality level only because Bungie was genuinely sorry for what they did with ODST.
And now Bungie is no longer responsible for the halo series we will see halo games every year.
Bungie were never solely responsible for Halo...
343 is mostly made up of the Bungie developers that worked on Halo...
Incidentally, AFAIK the Halo series always had a planned second trilogy.
Also... what was wrong with ODST? It's probably my second favourite game in the series.
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2012/08/13 23:48:26
Subject: Questions on Halo 4
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Devestating Grey Knight Dreadknight
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Daemonhammer wrote:I enjoyed Halo 2, 3 and Reach but it makes me kind off sad to see taht Halo series is becoming the new CoD. seriously, another trilogy? but what would you expect from microsoft.
I suspect Reach held a high quality level only because Bungie was genuinely sorry for what they did with ODST.
And now Bungie is no longer responsible for the halo series we will see halo games every year.
Definitely will not be seeing a Halo every year; they don't have 2 studios working on it for one, like CoD does (or did).
ODST was excellent.
Soladrin wrote:
Also... what was wrong with ODST? It's probably my second favourite game in the series.
Makes no sense, ODST in my opinion was a better campaign than Reach for the most part.
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2012/08/18 04:55:24
Subject: Questions on Halo 4
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Jovial Junkatrukk Driver
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it had a good campaign yes i admit. and firefight was cool too.
But what else was on the disc justifying the price?
Being somewhat skilled at halo i completed it on legendary in 5 hours, add some exploration to find collectibles thats maybe 2h and a few hours spent in firefight. thats 10-15 hours and then there is nothing to do. i guess that still makes it better than cod.
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motyak wrote:[...] Yes, the mods are illuminati, and yakface, lego and dakka dakka itself are the 3 points of the triangle.
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2012/08/18 09:45:21
Subject: Questions on Halo 4
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Honestly, I stopped caring about Halo multiplayer a long time ago.
In the end, playing competitive FPS on console is not for me.  It's just to slow.
And I haven't played a halo game on anything else then Legendary since Halo 1. XD
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