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holy shit

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>>21886730
Could you upload an example of combat for us?

>>21886751
What kind of example?

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>>21886759
Two people shooting at each other with standard magnums for example?

>>21886759
Actually, how does combat work?

>>21886782
>>21886780
Give me time, I am writing out a battle scenario and playing it through.

>>21886867
Ah, ok, thanks. It's the writefagging dude by the way - I sent the first half last night.

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Supporting this project with a bump, since it's the least I can do.

>>21886751
ODSTs are actually volunteers from other elites outfits. Nobody would show up to a recruitment center to join them. Wow, the ignorance of this artist really bothers me.

>>21887005
But you can get information there, and that is the only thing it says on the poster

>>21887029
So they show up asking for information on ODSTs and the recruiter tricks them into being a space janitor? Actually a lot of realism in that.

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6qDypZXW179ajZNMktDNU9BQlU

Here is a really quick example of some gameplay.

A pistol vs. the Grindell.
Lets see who wins.

>>21887322
>Pistol versus Grindell
Oh god why?

>>21887435
To show difference of power.

>>21887052
Not really. Here, read up.
http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Orbital_Drop_Shock_Trooper

How does hitting something with a Warthog work?

It might come up.

>>21887820

> It might come up.

No... No... In Halo? Naw, I don't believe THAT would ever come up.

>>21887820
I have a system based on speed from my last game I made.

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>>21887820

Are you a Hunter or a properly brace Spartan, or perhaps a Brute or Elite?

No?

Splatter.

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>>21888039

BTW, I'm the guy who's volunteered to start running beta-test games for the community once I'm free (So like, end of next week), which will either be short scenario games for like, 4-5 players, or up to 8 man recreations of MP game types, teams and free-for-all (I'm thinking Slayer, CTF and maybe KotH if I can figure out a way to do that without needing to become more adept at Maptool or something). Probably over IRC since Skype with that many people would be ridiculous. After seeing the damage rules and combat example, though, I'm sure this game needs a neutral arbiter to oversee everything, for now at least.

(Also, Grim, having watched Forward Unto Dawn, in addition to any examples of play you have, the beta test or final product should definitely be distributed with a little demo setup of a CTF game, with like a little map, rules for the game, and maybe pregen characters)

>>21888039

Halo 1 style splatter where even the slightest moving vehicle turns you into powders :P

>>21888267
How do I sign up?

>>21888267
Hell yeah. I'm gonna be running a few beta games with my group too, but since I'm forever GM I'd love to play as well.

Any plans for making the group?

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>>21888308

Be hanging around in the latest Halo Universe thread or if there isn't one on /tg/ in general in like, 9-10 days, assuming we're ready to test by then?

When Covenant beta comes out I'll run some Grunt-only games which will probably be hilarious.

Then, maybe when Flood are out, I'll do Infection games. Flood Combat Forms get infinite respawn, last Spartan/Marine/Elite standing wins.

Here is my problem at the moment.

NOT A SINGLE UNSC FLYING VEHICLE HAS ANY FUCKING SPECS. NO SPEEDS, NOTHING.

>>21888488
At this point, we need to find the current equivalent to certain vehicles, so I can come up with decent speeds and results in comparison for the rest of the vehicles.

Hornet
http://www.halopedia.org/AV-14_Hornet
Guessing it could be about the speed of one of the faster Helicopters...

Shortsword
http://www.halopedia.org/B-65_Shortsword
So... One of those mid-orbit jets we use.

Vulture
http://www.halopedia.org/AC-220_Vulture
Lets see... Those slower chubby looking B2 Bombers?

>>21888488
Well, Hornets and falcons go about the same speed.

Cruising speed is like, twice a mongooses speed. You could test it in game.

Full speed, I imagine they can step on the gas pretty fast. Look up real world helicopter speeds or something.

Also, in the armour permutation section, are you gonna add some for ODST's? Or can they use the Spartan ones?
Since in universe I imagine ODSTs would have a lot of the same variety, seen in ODST the game, and in Reach you even see the Bullfrogs with their jetpacks.

Just asking because I imagine most of the time my players will be ODSTs, since they are super badass, and more options is always cooler

>>21888384
>Playing nothin but Grunts
That's like playing Dark Souls on Hard mode

>>21888613
Most of those will work with the ODST suit.

>>21888597
Helicopters aren't terribly fast. Absolute max speed is around like 400 kph. A heavy beast like the Hornet which looks more like a gun platform then something that needs to go fast and agile would be like 160 kph. Maybe like 200+ for a Falcon.

>>21888614

Which is why Grunts will have like, a 9 lives rule. You can die up to 9 times and replace yourself with an identical grunt before you have to make a whole new character again.

>>21888597
Short swords are in Atmosphere bombers, so when bombing they'd probably be using sub sonic speeds. But all UNSC jets should be able to go fucking fast. Like, several machs.

>>21888665
Adventures of Flip Yap, Flup Yap, Dip Yap, Dop Yap, Whip Lap, Qwip Qwap, Bip Bap "Bam", Zippity Zap and Krip Kap.

Needlers. Needlers everywhere.

>>21888614

-30 to all fear tests.

>>21888384
There's going to be a covie version of this? Because I dislike the humans in the Halo universe (mostly because ONI are diptards who fuck everything up) and much prefer covie stuff. Storm Covie, not so much... Old Covie was the bomb, though.

>>21888732
The entire game, when finished, will cover everything.
So yeah, Covvies will be playable.

Because I have to bullshit and guess...
AV-14 Hornet
Length: 38.2m
WIdth: 59.4m
Height:34.6m
Mass : 5 metric tons
Acceleration 12KM/s
Max Speed: 50km/h
Hull Integrity 37 (Hog is 35)

http://www.halopedia.org/AV-14_Hornet

>>21888668
>>21888488
>>21888597

Alright, well, after doing a tiny bit of reading, looks like a decent max speed for modern 5-th generation fighters is around Mach 2, so that's probably a stable cruising speed for atmospheric UNSC craft, with maximum speed for anything capable of going orbital on its own power needing to be like, Mach 25, which, according to Wikipedia is the speed needed to achieve low earth orbit. Not accounting for planets with higher gravity. For atmospheric only, meh, I dunno how much credit you want to give UNSC for tech improvement.

My intertub converter says Mach 2 is 2,448 KpH

>>21888826
38 meters long?
59 METERS wide?

Is this a Hornet or a Flying Mammoth?

The Pelican is only 30 meters long.

Also, its max speed should be faster. 50 kph is unbearably slow.
Make that its combat speed or something. But even in game it goes faster then that.

And no military would ever use something that moves that slow out of combat. How would it ever get anywhere?

I'd recommend 150 when its locked into flight mode.

>>21888853
That is batshit fast.

With the Hornet, it is used as a VTOL, which usually means Helicopter. Gameplay shows them fast, but slower than an actual plane, and it handles like a Helicopter.
>>21888877
I done messed up somewhere, hold on. What in the world was I doing...

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Methinks that my first campaign of this when it's finished (which I'm alright waiting for) will be modeled on Halo Wars. For continuity's sake.
Also, because I want to get into the spirit of things
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmjcLujTDhk
DEM CINEMATICS

>>21888886
>>21888877
Ha, I see what I did. I moved a decimal over. For a minute I thought I had lost it.

>>21888886

Well, if you have a game handy, and don't mind some VERY guerrilla math, assuming that all Spartan models are MC's height (2.18m), can you eyeball how many Spartans tall/wide/long the Hornet is?

I'll go look up speeds for like, a Harrier or some attack helicopters, see if that's informative.

>>21888853

Yeah, standard bombers and fighters most likely won't be able to leave atmosphere, unless deployed in space.

Hence why the Sabres in Reach needed booster rockets.

Long Swords MIGHT be able to leave atmosphere, since they are huge capable crafts.

>>21888940
No... no... I did something even dumber.
>>21888956
I'm using the Warthog's official stats to eyeball everything right now.

>>21888886
>>21888940
Ha ha, thats what I thought.

Hornets are still rather agile and sprightly.

Like look, I can go almost 45 kph on my road bike. This thing is a jet powered turbine craft made for war and dog fights. It needs a little boost in speed at max at least.f

>>21889003
f is pretty fast so I dunno...
I made Acceleration 30KM/S
Max Speed: 180 KM/S

>>21888983

Even better. Pelicans have official dimensions.

Anyway, Harriers have max speeds of like, 600 or 700 Kph. Apache attack helicopters, on the other hand, do ~290 KpH. So maximum speed for a Hornet shouldn't be that far away.

>>21888959

Yeah, I basically figured only Pelicans (being dropships) and Longswords would have that kind of power. I don't know much about the Broadsword, but are they capable of exiting gravity wells?

>>21888983
http://halowiki.net/p/Hornet

I don't know how official this speed is, but it looks right to me.

>>21889068
120KP/H? Thats it?
Also, Halowikia is to be ignored because they've spitballed everything by the games and ignore the books.

>>21889064

Harriers are Jets though, not just helicopters. It turns into a plane.

Apache is built for speed more then the hornet. Hornet is still rather un-aerodynamic.

I'd say 100-150 max speed.

Pelicans wouldn't have the power to reach orbit, I think. look at their thrusters. Nothing on their that could propel that hunk of titanium to mach 24.
Pelicans seem like In atmosphere, or Entry vehicles, ala the attack on the ark.

>>21889102
Ah, just saw your new post. 180 is great for a max speed.

>>21889102
Some of their specs on vehicles is a good place to start though. Like their Longsword info looks pretty legit.

Also I find it funny that when I type longsword into google, it was like the 4th result down.

>>21889064

I forgot to add that that maximum velocity would not be the combat speed we probably see Hornets traveling at in the game most of the time.

Also, are you sure you mean Kilometers per second, Grim? 180 KM/S is 648,000 KP/H or 402,600 Mph, which is way more speed than my mind can wrap around. An F-22 Raptor now has a max speed (estimated) of 2,410 km/h, or about Mach 2.25

>>21889108

Pretty sure Pelicans have come in from orbit and departed to orbit in the books though. Not 100% sure.

Working on the Vulture...
>Six Sylyver Launchers
>Four GUA-23 Autocannons

NOTHING SURVIVES.

>>21889155
For those who don't know. Six Sylyver Launchers can fire 12 missiles a turn that hit next turn doing like 3D10+9 damage.
That is SCARY.

Also, who here liked the Pelican in Halo 4?

I felt like it needlessly changed it. It sorta lost the UNSC feel, and made it all SMOOTH AND FOOTURE.
Whoever designed the ramp clearly missed the fact that now you can't stand at the open entrance, or even leave the craft if there is a vehicle being carried now, since t blocks the ramp. Guess Chief can't watch the hog get shot off by active triple A now.

Also, it was obscenely overpowered. Its chaingun able to cut Phantoms down in seconds. And a Scorpion turret on top? Ok.
The turbo Spartan Laser was cool though. Just less effective then the gun...

Six ventral thrusters, two on each wing nacelle and one on each aft nacelle, allow the Pelican to land and take off vertically. These engines are capable of both space and atmospheric operation.

This is about the Pelican
So how fast is this thing's Max Speed?

Hey, Vorked, is this your first project like this? or have you tweaked systems and such before?

it just seems like an awful lot of work for one dude.

I actually fiddled with a D20 Modern/Future adaptation of Halo, but it kinda bogged out when I came to the realizations that A.) I'm not terribly familiar with Halo Fluff beyond FoR (and I hated the games past the first one) and B.) Modern/Future were terrible systems to start off with, even though large chunks of it were functional and extractable.

I've been considering trying it again with an open-ended point-buy system, like BESM, or Shadowrun 4th, but I've been hung up on other projects...

>>21889306
It doesn't say its capable of exiting the atmosphere though, just that it can Operate in space.
I'm just not seeing how it could possible do that.

The Longsword has two huge fusion engines to breach orbit, but the pelican has 6 tiny thrusters.

And we've seen its top speed in Halo 4, as well as. Speed daemon it is not.

>>21889369
I actually made another game before this by altering a system in to another. It turned out sloppy. I've learned from my mistakes.

>>21889373
It did in First Strike.
And almost exploded

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>>21889154

Yeah, so, after a bit more checking, Escape Velocity is 11.19 KM/S. So I hope to god you meant KP/H in that.

>>21889306

Depends on if the Pelican can achieve orbit or not. >>21888853
>Mach 25, which, according to Wikipedia is the speed needed to achieve low earth orbit

8.636 KM/S or 31,090 KP/H but I'm not a rocket scientist. Might be possible to not have to go exactly that fast.

If not, eh, I'd need to check some numbers on cargo and transport helicopters and expound.

>>21886730
Bleed for fingers/ears/nose/toes seems a bit off. I don't think losing three fingers or having both ears blown off should cause bleeding equivalent to losing an arm.

>>21889429
Yeah, I kept saying KP/S instead of H. Accidental.

>>21889429
>>21889471

Max speed for bigass transport helicopters like Pave Lows is like, 315 km/h

>>21889437

Head wounds bleed a lot.

>>21889437
Maybe, but no bleed is just as bad. Maybe lower the bleed by a point or two then? I think the ears should stay as is though, as due to it being a head wound there's a lot of blood flowing there.

The Darter is a UNSC cargo ship that goes from space ships up in orbit to ground and back.

Length 28.8 Meters
Width 20.1 Meters
Height 11.5 Meters
Mass 12 Metric Tons
Acceleration 250 KM/H
Max Speed 1100 KM/H

I don't exactly know what to make the stats, but this is what I have so far.

>>21889437
umm... I kinda think specific wound location is mostly unnecessary to begin with. I mean, I know a lot of people like these details, and I like them myself in some games (Pathfinder's update of "called shots" suits me quite well) I feel like its adding too much minutiae to the system. options are fun, but are they really necessary?

as for bleeding, I would say any wound inflicted bleeds based on the number of damage dice dealt. shot somebody with a 2d10 bullet? they bleed for a base value of 2. hit locations could modify this (very small extremities -2, small extremities -1, regular bleed for most locations, head wounds and vitals +1 bleed value, and major arteries +2.)

sorry, I just jumped in on this in this thread. I know its been going for a while, but I hadn't had much to contribute previously.

>>21889627
They have Albatross for that

>>21889701
The Darter is a mini Albatross meant for speed missions to get shit places fast.

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>>21889627

OH YEAH, WHAT ARE THE STATS FOR THIS BAD BOY!?

(This is just an excuse to post Infinity Images)

Stats: Infinity Wins

I dunno what the guy was going on about Pelicans for, but almost anything can exit the atmosphere as long as it remains under power for long enough.

So yeah, a Pelican could easily go into space. It would just take a while.

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>>21889729

Grim, please tell me you didn't leave to go stat the Infinity.

Because that would be like a Naval game jumping to describing an Aircraft Carrier while we were still discussing Patrol Boats.

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>>21889524
A lot =/= carotid artery severed.

>>21889914
I am searching jet speeds. I am working on the Sparrowhawk.

>>21889955

>>21888853 Help any?

Actually not, Sparrowhawk is fan-powered. >>21889064 is better information.

Length 16 Meters
Width 8.4 Meters
Height 4.6 Meters
Mass 5 Metric Tons
Acceleration 220 KM/H
Max Speed 1100 KM/H
Sparrowhawk
Its a speedy jet thing that has a Grindell mounted on its nose.

>>21890019
Kicked it down to 700km/h

B-65 Shortsword now at 3200KM/H

>>21890134
Longsword... is it faster or slower? It certainly is larger. Twice the size of the Shortsword.

>>21890328

We're pretty sure Longswords are capable of orbital transition, right? While they don't need to hit EV right away, they definitely need to have a bit of horsepower, definitely faster than a Shortsword.

>>21890328
Muuuuuuch faster. they are designed for space combat as well.

Its speed in space should be ENORMOUS

>>21890609

Actually, since there's not a whole lot of friction in space, you A( don't have a max speed, and B( don't need to go very fast. Acceleration is the only thing you need, the rest is just distance and other maths.

>>21890678
>>21890609
This is all the reason I waited to do the air and space vehicles/shuttles. So much ridiculous.

>>21889205
my god, I hated the new pelican design. Ignoring weapon stats it really is a terrible design, both aesthetically and practically. Shame the first official pelican you fly is not really a pelican.

>>21891753
You could fly one in Reach if you did it right.

>>21891802
Oh yeah, forgot about that Easter egg. I take that back. and Bump

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>>21891843

If you're gonna bump, do it with style.

Space combat should feel like heavier scifi than just the average ground-based combat. I think this system Ive patched up will do that well. I have made it run at the same speeds as normal Full and Half Actions. This will allow for those quick battles that feel like forever because "oh shit oh shit oh shit oh shit"

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>>21891947

"Covenant now in weapon range".

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF-

"Covenant now targeting us with main weapons"

-FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF-

"Covenant now firing"

-FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFU-

"Plasma impact in 3...2...1..."

-UUUUUUUUUUUUCK

At which point everyone is silent, because they are dead.

>>21891947
Sounds good, but it better have Keyes maneuver capabilities

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>>21892011
Stop comparing the Infinity to that pussy shit.
Let a REAL covenant ship show you whats up.

>>21892048
28 kilometres of bad ass.

Can your Infinity jump to within hundreds of kilometres of a planet with utter precision?

>>21889205

hate it, it looks like ass, along with the new SUPER SKINNY SPARTANS!! whoever was in charge of the art of H4 needs to be shot

>>21892113
Actually, yes. It can.

>>21892241

Ok, but can it also do it while fucking invisible?

>>21892215
Spartan IVs are more human than not.
Spartan IIs were altered to be 300-500% faster and stronger.
They turned out to be about 1300%. Freaks and such.
Spartan IVs are actual humans that underwent a pocketsized Spartan III genetic treatment.

>>21892259
No, but neither could yours, anymore.
Whats it like not having sheilds or usable components? Sucks being stuck planetside, doesnt it?

>>21892215

I did notice that John 117 was a bit less... thick than before, though I was mostly chalking that up to equal parts BEEN IN SPESS FOR FOUR YEARS and MY TV IS NOT MEANT FOR THIS

Of course, the Legendary ending makes the Chief look like a stout motherfucker, made of equal parts rage and peak human performance.

>>21892259

I bet it could if it had clocking spires.

Oh right. I expect to having a working beta soon. I no longer have my laptop for the next few hours though.
Soon as in like maybe the 7th. The 8th is my birthday so I am trying to push out a beta ASAP.

>>21892264

the new spartans still looks like skinny dorks runnoing around in wetsuits, the art direction is fucking awful, the females have fucking STICK THIN arms it looks so damn stupid

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This thread is full of limp dick, pussy having, dick sucking, innie lovers.

Welcome to the core girls, we're gonna take your body, break it in every way possible, then reshape your delicate female bodies into strong fighting men worthy of Earth and her Colonies.

Are you ready girls?

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>>21892286
IMO I would've preferred if they left John looking like he did in 3. 343 could've dodged a ton of complaints on the random armor update and it would've been a nice contrast to the Spartan-IV's.

>>21892420

god i fucking wish they had too

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>>21892420

Seems like they made him stand seven and a half heads tall in Halo 4, like the teenager on the second from the left. Less HUGE KNIGHT and more ANIME PROTAGONIST.

All things considered, I don't think I like it, either, but I can't help recalling the final "battle" of sorts with the Didact. It would have been jarring to see a huge bastard clearing that distance with a grenade so quickly.

>>21892453
>>21892420
Too bad the armor wouldnt let John move right in the Mocap. That is the reason for the redesign. It wasnt mobile enough.

>>21892544
Whats wrong with it? They even had a redesign of it in MP, so why take it out? It looks totally fine mobility wise. Maybe the shoulders would clash, but not much more the Halo 4's would

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>>21892544
Ah, that would make sense. Looking back was the Halo 1-2 change was caused by the same issues?

>>21892412
Down with the jackbooted fascist thugs of Imperial Earth!

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>>21892587

god I hate even looking at it, it's a completely differetn set of armour.

if they're going to change it they should at least have the decency to have cortana say something like "I upgraded your armour whiel you were out"

but no it still has the orbital re-entry scratch on... is that even a fucking chestplate anymore, fuck.

>>21892648
I thought she did say that in something. And John was all "Youve been busy"

>>21892669
She only said she upgraded the firmware , allowing him to use Promethean and covenant armour abilities.

Frankie said once it was nano bots that she used while during the trip, but its never mentioned in game, or anywhere else, and where the hell did she kept Mjolnir Improving nanobots from?

>>21892669

She only commented on upgrading the firmware of the armor, which is kind of a code-only thing.

It explains the new HUD, but not much else. It's not too much of a stretch to think she might've designed new armor and put it on his cryostasis'd body, but tools and materials are kind of hard to come by when you're adrift in the ass-end of nowhere, in the ass-end of a ship.

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>>21892587
>>21892648

Gotta say guys, don't know how more detailed is bad. And looking at 1 through 4, that's honestly what each change looks like, they added further detail to the render. While they're a little more obvious from 3 to 4, even other games look, at least to my eye, to have involved some proportional shift. 2 to 3, for example, looks like a thicker model they used.

And honestly, I don't know how "thick" John is supposed to be. SPARTAN-IIs are built like Olympic athletes, not slabs of meat. Other than Samuel, who I believe was remarked upon as huge.

>>21892702

yet it still has the scratch on the right side of his pec, I really dislike the new art direction, the new covvies look kinda cool and I love the promethian weapons and designs but the spartans and pelican re-designs just look so awful it almost makes me physically ill.

>>21892764

it's not the detail that looks bad, what looks terrible is that it's got to a stage that it no longer looks like Jon at all, the armour is completely different, the only thing thats stayed the same is the colour of the visor... and even thats much darker than in H3.
The issue I have is that he and all the other spartans don't look 'slim' or 'athletic' they look anorexic, and the armour looks like it's wetsuit thick rather than anything that looks even remotely protective. and there so little actual armour on their armour if I was a grunt facing one of them I would just laugh and fill the fucker full of needles.

>>21892764
>>21892811

the new weapons look and feel cool though but I lament the loss of the plasma rifle, it feels too iconic to be left out.

>>21892811

Well, the Gen 2 armor is actually supposed to be thinner and lighter than the first Gen of MJOLNIR armor, but presumably because of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Which is totally Humanity's move now) protection is similar. Me, I don't have any problems, other than I don't know how anybody approving a military budget would have accepted some of those helmet designs.

>>21892764
More detail isn't a problem, but just arbitrarily changing stuff for no reason is annoying. Like, why did all the spartans in Halseys flashback also wear this new armour? And They could have just made Mk6 more detailed. Infact, they DID. But they give you this weird change instead. Sorta just rankles.

Also, Halo 3 Master Chief was not too bulky at all. He's exactly what I'd expect of a man thats been augmented like he has. He's still in very good proportion, and just looks like a large imposing figure without looking cartoony.

Halo 4 he, and all the S4's look... skinny. He's got like a chicken neck, and in some cinematics he looks like a beanpole. Seems like they resorted to making him waaay taller too, to give him a senesce of presence. In previous Halos his silhouette alone was enough, but now that he's surrounded by other power armoured idjeets, he needs to be made into goliath to stand out.

Biggest complaint about the new armour though, is the lack of coverage, and how some stuff just seems stuck on, like the abdomen guard, and the shoulder pieces. They are just slapped on without being a part of the cohesive whole.

So yeah, too much detail can be bad, when you go into the over designed territory. The new Pelican is the best example. It just no longer looks like a rugged UNSC vehicle. Now its some slick new footure werfer death machine.

>>21892875

there's thinner and there's "oh god why are you wearing a gimp suit into battle" art direction for the spartans has taken a massive nose dive, the armour just looks.... ugh I could rant about this for hours but I'm not even going to waste board space.

suffice to say, if I ever see the art director for H4 at a convention or in public or whatever I cannot be held resposible for my actions.

>>21893006

this, this a thousand times everythign this man has said.

>>21889205

I like parts of the redesign because now it's more reminiscent of the MI-24 - my most favorite helicopter of all time.

However, I became more than slightly miffed when they separated the cockpit from the rest of the hold completely. That was lame.

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>>21893110

>>21892587

It makes little difference to me, as I've always preferred the MK.V over any subsequent suit.

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>>21893284

We all know the Mk IV was where its at.

>>21893698
Thats Mk Vi...

>>21894009

Don't think they built a full prop Mark VI. Also, do you see 117 on these?:

>>21892764
>>21892587

>>21894083
How much do you actually know about Halo?

thats so clearly MK VI its ridiculous.

Also, its the Forward Unto Dawn Armour suit. The 117 is for people who are too dumb to know its Chief.

Yeah, it doesn't fit into Canon, at all. But hey its 343.

But seriously, just go look at any suit of Mk VI vs IV and you'll see.

>>21894327
>>21894083
Stop your bickering this is a happy place.

>>21894327

Actually, the reason I was calling it the Mk IV was because it's the prop from FUD. Though now that I've taken a look at it, the visor is pretty clearly the MK VI helmet, which is not something I noticed earlier.

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>>21894445
Well, on a positive note, while I know most hate the new Cortana design, I personally like what they did. She looks like she changed throughout the series, starting all spunky and young, and ending more mature looking.

>>21894654
I like how she got more solid and human-like with each game.
And in reading the books, I found she wanted to be more human like.

man, the ODST as the just the Hardest motherfuckers in the Galaxy.

Playing The Covanant for old times sakes, got to the Hornet part. Two ODSTs on my skids, one with a Splaser, the other a Fuel Rod Cannon
We are fucking 500 feet in the air, engaged with plasma spewing death machines, and these guys don't give a shiiiit. Aren't even holding on.

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>>21894742
Reminded me of the stellar short about her mental battle with Gravemind. Which, in turn, made me yearn for more Flood in the games. It was my 2nd favorite part of the series.

>>21894654
Really? I like the design, but I feel the opposite.
In her first incarnations, she seems more in control. She's slim, has sheer cropped hair, and looks a little stern.
By Halo 3, she's sorta let go a bit, hair is longer and a bit more imperfect.

Then in Halo 4, she looks younger, more vulnerable and human, because she's going crazy, and can't stop it, and doesn't know what to do.

>>21894858
You are the only one.

>>21894742
She also goes up a cup-size each installment

>>21894898
It looks more like she got less perky and less like she was wearing clothes.
Man the only way to make boobs look like anything in old games were either small square shapes or large triangles... So I see why it slowly got more realistic and shapely.

>>21894883
Also, oh god, this glorious Halo music. What the fuck happened to the music in Halo 4? Seriously, I only noticed it ONCE at the very end, as I was pressing the switching to win.

For that matter, Halo 4: the Buttoning.

>>21895046
The music in 4 is fantastic, just not the same. So I was fine with it.

>>21894890
Well that's a bummer. Mind, i was referring to the story aspects.
>>21894950
Not to mention the dramatic increase in the quality of facial animations compared to Halo:CE.....dat puppet-mouth syndrome

>>21895069
I just found it so unmemorable. When I think back to the first 3 Halo games, remembered a scene is as much about the music as what was happening. Hearing Warthog Run when you are doing one of the epic final drives, or the music at the beginning of The Covenant, or the end when you are assaulting the fortress.

Alll soooo good. Going back and playing 4, I do hear some decent stuff once in a while, but it seems more subdued, and less glorious space opera, and dramatic tension music.

Excellent. Laptop back and now I am playing Halo 4 for uh... research. yeah
Time to get crackin

So here is the deal. I was adding a system that allowed players to earn extra support points/cR by playing CTF and other multiplayer based game modes.
These would be inbetween missions, as I have explained in earlier threads.
If players pulled off winning the challenges, they would gain a certain amount of winnings for each objective that was accomplished.
This would also allow premade maps to be able to be made and passed around with different challenges, sort of like making your own map and setting Waypoint challenges.
Losing shouldnt lose anything, really... Not sure.
This would be more in line with Wargames but with simulated enemies, and a death just means a loss without respawn or losing the character for real.

>>21896345
Missions are of the following.
Secure the Prisoner
Capture the Flag
Kill the King
Hold the Point
Extermination
Espionage

Extermination is to clear out everything hostile in the location.

Espionage is to sneak around and sabotage something without being seen.

>>21896469
This is a really cool idea. I was already gonna start with my group doing paintball style CTF against each other for the first mission, but this would be a massively awesome extension of that.

I have two writers helping me with some of the stories for the handbook, so this should be excellent.

Here is the first page of the vehicles section.

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6qDypZXW179dmVyaEVEZE13cEk

Just now realized that I am setting the bar up way to high for the others that hardly have shit for them.
Looks like I have to make the fluff. Oh boy. How fun.

>>21897458
>https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6qDypZXW179dmVyaEVEZE13cEk

Range 750 KM? You mean meters, right?

>>21897485
Nope.
Shit wack, bro.

>>21897495
What real source says it can shoot 750 kms? Thats fucking stupid.

Mayyyybe the Gauss Cannon could, but even it would experience heavy drop at that point.

>>21897495
I think you have firing range mixed up with Operational range.

Also, I fucking love the fact that these fuckers can be fuelled with fucking WATER.

>>21897700
>>21897724
Oh I see what I did there. The numbers are so alike I was afraid and it was night out and someone was walking behind me and I panicked.

>>21897775
Yeah, just read the Gauss Cannon, it has a range of 8 km. Damn thats still ridiculously good.

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Oh fuck yeah. This is what I'm gonna be driving.
http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Civilian_Warthog

Better watch out.

Also, holy shit, Warhogs are 20 feet long? These are fucking big mamajamas.

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>>21897972
>while the limited edition wood-trimmed Classic Edition with winch, tow and luggage rack tops out at a price of UNCr 91,000.

So, in game terms, how much am I looking at to own this beast?

>>21897972
Bungie did a whole article about them.

http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=896

>>21886730
Waitaminute.

Vorked, are you the guy who runs the MGDMT website?

>>21898049
I was, yes.
Also M808 tank page done.
This sure is killing me slowly.
KILLING ME SLOWLY
AUARUHGH
WHTIWHDG
WHIUWHEF

>>21898075
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6qDypZXW179WWN2ei01Q1VwZnM
M808 MAIN BATTLE TANK PAGE DONE
SOMEONE
START WRITING THIS SHOT FOR ME
HA
SHOT
TANK BORE
SHOT

>>21898086
I could help you with some writing. What do you need done?

I can make up some fluff for the more obscure vehicles or something. Whatever helps you get this thing out

>>21898122
Dats p. diffiulty dawg
I have two vehicles down out of 10 finished. These are ground based.
I dont need these done for the beta, so screw it. I will get one done a day or so to slowly get them finished as I spruce up and find what I need left to get it out.

>>21898139
Ok, sounds good. All we really need is the Hog anyways. Scorpion is just cream.

If you ever do need help though, shout out and I'll be all over it.

>>21898019
>All three come with a waterproof leather-substitute for easy clean up.

Damn, the Hog gets you mad bitches. Bungie is awesome.

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Not sure if the same problems apply to newer versions, but if combat evolved... instead of all this crap, just use D&D and have three classes.

The sniper, the rocket launcher, and the grenader.

I'm sure other weapons could have respective classes, but they'd be like putting scouts and hexblades from 3.5 up against cleric, druid, and wizard.

>>21898195
Thanks. At the point where I break down and start dribbling onto my own shirt while mumbling about nanofiber and bore firing distances, I know where to go.

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>>21898256
That is the worst idea ever.

>>21898256
Do you... play games?

>>21898276
>>21898333
Read the filename. It's an obvious troll.

>>21898342
Read MY filename. I CANT see.

>>21898342
Not having ever watched Adventure Time, I can honestly say, I have no idea what the file name means.

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bump

>>21898008
http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Credit

It's about the price of a Med-High end car these days I guess, you can make Cr=$ 1:1 I think.

Okay, I return.
And I am scared and confused.
Because I forgot everything that needed to be done.

>>21900899
But game credits are different.

>>21902990
Just stat the mongoose man. Just stat the mongoose.

>>21902990
Give grunts MJOLNIR

>>21903334
Mongoose it is.

>>21903444
I see no way in which this could go wrong

>>21903606
Actually, it would go so right.

Unaugmented beings get fucked up by mjolnir. They aren't fast or strong enough to control it, so it ends up tearing them apart.

>>21903738
That poor dude that tested it...

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>>21903870
oh god i remember that

>>21903573
>>21903334
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6qDypZXW179UHlSemh0dks4Zk0

BAM. Mongoose page for now.

>>21904109
you magnificent bastard

I need every single bit of UNSC equipment I can get my hands on.
And what they dont have, I need to make a UNSC version of one.
Here is what I have so far in my older sloppier notes,

Helmet Tech (Non Permutation)
Polarized Tactical Goggles
Combat Flashlight
Night Vision Decide
Helmet Recorder
Holographic Tactical Eyepiece
S90 Gas Mask

Balaclava
Tactical Thigh Rigs
Weapon Holsters
Ammunition Pouches
Utility Webbing

UA/NxRA Utility Armor (Thighs)
ECH252 Helmet (Pilot/Gas Mask)
M52B Armor
UNSC BDU Vacuum Suit
Titanium-A Armor Plating

KFA-2 x2 Scope
VnSLS/V6 4x Scope (Smart Linked to VISR and Holographic eyepieces)

ONI-S/EDU (Energy Disruptor Utility)

Bullpup Suppressor
M310 Underslung Grenade Launcher
Underslung Shotgun


Hardcase
Tactical Hardcase
Softcase
Tactical Softcase

Cover
Barricades
Cover that can be taken in to create chokepoints and keep soldiers safer.

Things that can be called in for support:
Infantry units
ODST
Marines
Air support
ANY vehicle
ANY weapon
Cover
Ammo caches
Orbital bombardment
Spartans
Equipment caches

>>21904452
mmmmm, Options. So stoked to go over all these. I'm at the level of hype right now as when a new Heresy splat is about to be released.

No pressure.

Do marines use combat drugs or enhancements? I thought I read somewhere that they do. Would that be part of their profile?

Don't forget the radio packs that some of the marines wear.

Also neural links

>>21904539
Innies do. They have what is known as a Rumble Drug. Go google it and wonder WHO THE FUCK

>>21904572
Coming from almost exclusively 40k themed rpgs, Rumbledog seems like a totally normal thing. Slam anyone?

Oooo, there is a UNSC version too. Probably hella illegal though.

>>21904678
Yeah, they are. But you die after use. No survival, but you are strong as a fucking Spartan II before you die from your heart giving out and your organs rotting.

Do you have stats for spartan Is or orion soldiers or whatever we wanna call them?

Also, are you going to be implementing armour abilities for spartans?

>>21904827
Yes to all.
Armor Abilities wont be in the beta, most likely.

>>21904705
Last stands are one of the best things though.

Imagine being the player who stays behind, and fucking kills the elite per suers with a piece of rebars, before gloriously dying.

Also, do you think its Canon that Spartan Combat knives can block elite energy swords?
It happened in the package, but it always seemed really stupid. Infact, the package swings back and forth from super awesome (different armour permutations, dat FPS style, decent visuals) to stupid as shit (Booster frames, lolfatblackspartan, lolrandomspartanheretodie, sword blocking knives, and that fuckiiiing Halsey)

Actually, I wouldn't mind if you just disregarded The Package completely.

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>>21896469

Well, since these will game-types included in the game, it's only fair to say that my Weekly War Games matches will involve.

Don't know if I'll start that way, but I will probably be doing 4v4 variations of them (With human players on both sides), unlimited respawn, and playing until so many points, which I will probably start by low-balling until I find an appropriate amount for like, 30-45 minutes around, probably run a couple of rounds.

This will just be for bragging rights and experience with the system, since it's not campaign play and there's not a whole lot of point to me offering rewards, unless we're going to build some giant living games community.

My plan is for players to pick from, like, 8 pregens (SPARTAN-IVs with MJOLNIR GEN 2) of different specializations, each armed with a Magnum, a Knife, 2 frag grenades and your choice of an AR, BR or DMR and I'd offer an SMG if I thought anyone would take it (If Grimlock doesn't think this is a terrible idea). There will be four random Ordinance drops at the start of a round scattered around a map. If I feel like a round isn't thrilling enough, I may drop in more weapons later. First couple rounds probably wont have vehicles, and I probably wont deal with the additional armor stuff, but It'll be in eventually.

>>21904848
Nothing about The Package is canon, nor was it intelligent. Whoever made that was obviously an idiot that didnt know what he was dealing with.

>>21904933

I'm not even sure the Package was trying to be intelligent. Mostly I'm sure the animation group was trying to be as Rule of Cool as possible. It makes something nice to watch, but kind of shitty in context of its universe.

For personal entertainment, are players allowed to use "skulls" either randomly or by set rules to change up certain skills or bonuses? This would be especially entertaining for players who are all Spartans/Marines/ODST's who are up against a GM Covenant/Flood/Promethian controller. When waves become more frequent, so do their upgrades and so do more challenges for the players?

>>21905005
That could be a thing at some point, yes.

>>21905005

So you're saying you want some Firefight action?

>>21904933
This.

Can we also treat Glasslands and Thursday War as non canon? I read Glasslands and the amount of canonical contradictions in the fucking book was retarded. Somehow, the professor had a instantaneous communicator that fit in his pocket, all of ONI got wet and a bad case of the waaaaaaa over the kidnapping of children for the S-II project, Lucy was described as being only 12 years old in the dyson sphere even though that's the age she was at years prior during operation TORPEDO, etc etc

>>21904933
Do you have a favourite Halo Legend?

I quite like Babysitter (Cept for the spartans hair. Its like they thought at the last second they needed to smack us in the face to remind us they are japanese.)

And Prototype was awesome. Especially now that the Mantis is considered the Mk2 of the frame.

>>21905090
Yeah, what was with that? Pretty sure spartans are all about the military regulations, hair included.

>>21905075

Personally, I'd say to regard general large scale events being canon (I can totally see ONI being bastards to the elites, even if they're on our side) but details should probably be brushed over or ignored.

Shit, Traviss left Del Ray and the SWEU because of "creative differences" (Read: She played a little fast and loose with the canon, and didn't like it when people did the same to her). Personally, I think she should be steered away from anything remotely resembling some kind of deep or political issue, and just write scary space men in a scary space jungle.

>>21905075
Uhg, this.

Hiring Travis to write these books was really just a slap in the face to all fans. She's just shitting on the universe, and make whatever she wants up.

I realllly hate the treatment of Halsey, and am sorta disappointed that its transitioned into Halo 3 and Spartan Ops like this.

>>21905178
Yeah, I agree with this.

>>21905190
I'm really irked that 343 let her do that, and played along with it. Fucking ridiculous.

>>21905190
Traviss needs a competent adult to veto her stupider shit. Seriously, there are writers you can trust not to go pantsu-on-head if left to play in someone else's sandbox, and then there's Karen Traviss, who never got over having her precious speshul mando toys taken away.

>>21905069
I would like to have Firefight related fights. At least when Spartan Ops missions involve defense or attack, there are multiple waves of enemies for he players to fight against. This would be very fun at the least. The origninal "firefight" was on Halo in Halo: Combat Evolved when you were saving soldiers.

>>21905294

To be fair, the new Clone Wars serious kinda took a dump on even pre-Traviss characterization of Mandos.

But also, bitch just don't like to be wrong. If anyone remembers the issue of "3 million clones", you know what I'm saying.

>>21905090
The Dragonball Spartan 1337 was the best. Everything else was meh.
>>21905305
Most of the Missions will be Spartan Op like events. Which is why there is a lot of tings involving pre-mission setup. You setup for shorter missions, usually leading to something XBAWKS HUGE.

Wait, was The Babysitter foreshadowing the whole human empire thing?

I alway thought that the clearly japanese style buildings was just a lazy artist impression of what mysterious alien ruins would be, but now, its totally possible that they ARE ancient human ruins. The forerunners could have missed the planet or something.

>>21905315
The Great Jedi Conspiracy comes to mind, and Boba Fett, Jedi Hunter. Comedy gold right there.

>>21904452

oh god this is going to be THE most tacticool game ever! jesus christ I cannot wait.

My god. Watching Babysitter.
Realizing just how fucking MUCH getting punched by a spartan would hurt.

It would be like getting rammed in the face by a pneumatic piston. Regular humans and grunts would explode.

>>21905573
Also, dutch has tackled a brute chieftain to death twice

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>>21905573

Why do you think Spartans can kill things just by elbowing them in the face once or twice?

>>21905469
Im currently taking down every tool and piece of equipment.
I have twice that, now. I even took someting and made it more "official." I call it the Special Educator.
Its the ONI-S/EDU, an Energy Disruptor Unit.

>>21905754
Hey Vorked, can you give me the Races stats chart?

I'm thinking for my first game to just be a bloodbath where the players are pretty much GOING to die. And I wanna use some Covies.

I'll probably just BS for weapon damage and shit, won't do anything complicated.

Who knows, maybe we'll come up with some cool Covanant abilities while were at it.

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>>21905866
I can give you an outdated version until I can finish character gen.
Elites had some changes.

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B6qDypZXW179emc0OEVQSFd6clk

HERE IS THE EQUIPMENT IN THE GAME SO FAR.
THERE WILL BE MORE TO COME, BUT HERE ARE THE ONES ON THE SITE AND TWO I MADE UP BECAUSE WHO THE FUCK DIDNT ADD IT IN THE FIRST PLACE`

>>21905888
Thanks a heap!

>>21905905
Looks fucking awesome

>>21905004
I'd argue it wasn't even that nice to watch, RVB did something the same animation wise and it felt...more pleasing somehow. Like they actually knew how to make a punch feel like a punch. Then again, I may be biased because it had a good story to start with.

>>21905315
>But also, bitch just don't like to be wrong.
It even appears in her character interactions. Take a drink every time someone could verbally slap down a main character for being a hypocrite but "It would seem like a bad time"

>>21905905
>>21905905
Just a couple of revision recommendations:
S90 Gas Mask - +20 to tests to resist effects of poison gas

Spoofer - +20 to hacking tests


recommended Additions:
Drop Clip - rope and winch tethered to belt, allows user to safely drop up to 30m if secured

Medkit - containg:
Morphine - stops loss of consciousness and shock
Med-gel - stops bleeding for next 10 hours
water purification tablets - purifies water
Sutures - Close wounds, if sutured locations are hit again in next week, wounds have a chance of reopening, increasing bleeding

>>21906774

That's Biogel, buddy.

>>21906774
medgel is also an antiseptic, cleaning wounds

>>21906802
right, I meant biogel. :P

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>>21906802
>>21906806
>>21906815
FOAM. Bio-FOAM. And you people claim to know Halo!

>>21906878
FUCK

>>21906774
I've never liked that +20 to tests. Why would it be like that? What competent military is gonna send in their people with like a 50-60% chance of being affected by the poison?

This aint 40k anymore.

>>21906878

Right, sorry, BioGel was me.

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>>21886730
Are you going to have ships in the beta? I'd love a system for using these badboys.

>>21906774
Those stats make it seem less futuristic and more "I still want players making useless rolls."
Plus Im not at medical and surpluss.
This is the UNSC, not the grim derpness of the far futhurrrrr

>>21908383
Not in the beta, sorry.

>>21909031
Open any door seems a bit OP, and unrealistic, even in halo, hacking is still something that's not a guarantee. Unless you're a smart AI, hacking shit is not so trivial that it should be an instant pass, and I fail to see why you'd have a device that can only hack doors, but nothing else. Why not have something that makes you better at hacking?

I agree with you on the gas mask though.

>Covenant have arrived on an outer colony, searching for another of their religious artifacts
>UNSC Marines are engaging their forces on the ground, in the air, and in orbit
>Theodore Weskers, former chief in the New York Firefighter Team, watches from a distance as grunts establish a methane converter near his home at one of the trading outposts
>He'd hidden in one of the buildings because he recognized one of the Covenant vehicles from vidfeeds and panicked, then cowered in a closet until he thought he was safe
>A glance out a hole in the wall from a missed plasma revealed that his feeling was wrong
>They were everywhere, and the stench of escaped methane was mixing badly with the smell of his own cold sweat
>The Marines were too busy in other trading outposts to come his way, even if he could somehow signal to them to save him and the other people still alive and overlooked in the buildings
>There would be no assured escape for these people, much less for those in the burning building across the wide street

Cont'd

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>>21909290

>The realization came with the clarity of a man who'd seen hundreds of lives ruined by fire, and brought with it the same intuited knowledge he'd been trying to ignore
>The grunts were avoiding the blaze as best they could, and were nervously watching it to make sure it didn't spread to their converters
>"They're afraid," he thought.
>And then he glanced back at the firefighter's suit, a souvenir he'd brought from Earth to his new job of managing the radio communications between the ships and the outpost
>He began to grimly don the protective suit, and grabbed the nickel-plated entry axe the guys back home had given him on the day of his retirement from the team
>"Play with fire," he chuckled to himself, "and you'll get burned."

>>21909275
That tool does it over time. Even works on Forerunner and Covenant doors. It works, just some things could make it take an entire day if need be.
Also its actually from the series.

>>21905651

IIRC It wasn't so much tackled as "The entire squad dog pilled it then one of them stuck a K-Bar into its neck and sawed it back and forth for like a minute until it stopped moving."

>>21905395
You know in the war with the Forerunners Ancient Humans and Prophets/San 'Shyuum were in an alliance? It would make sense for it to be an important place to their species, and therefore important to the Covenant.

>>21909316
That sounds retarded, but whatever.

>>21905090
I liked the one where the Spartan candidate escaped the training compound and fled all the way back to her house on a outer colony world only to find the flash clone of her wheeling around the garden.

>>21909316
my sources say the spoofer works by sending an electrical impulse through the door to destabilize the locking mechanism, so it's not hacking the door, so much as fucking with it's locking mechanism using. Obviously, this won't work on all doors, and if it doesn't work, it's not like you can just wait longer and it'll start working.

>>21909600

Can you cite your sources?

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>>21909297
>>"Play with fire," he chuckled to himself, "and you'll get burned."

>>21909718

http://www.halopedia.org/Spoofer

>>21909895
>My sources
>cites Halopedia
If you just said that in the first place, or linked nobody would be asking questions y'know.

>>21909600
I done goofed. I remembed it wrong, I guess. I will fix it when possible.

>>21909969
I'm not writing in an academic journal on Halo, I'm talking on a forum. In case you need to know where I get my info, you can probably do a google search and find it. Halopedia is a thing.

Also, it wasn't me who posted the halopedia link, but yes that is where I got the info from, so thank you whoever did that.

Uh, why does a carbine do more damage overall and even have more range than a full sized rifle, especially when they use the same bullet?

>>21912764g
Because a shit ton of weapons and this is all a beta to find mistakes like that.
Thanks for pointing it out. When I have access to my laptop, it will be fixed.

>>21912846
Alright. I just found it weird it did the most damage. Similar damage to the other MA5 rifles would be fine, and it not having better range than the other rifles.

I don't know how you intend on representing weapon classes, if any. Generally, a carbine's advantage over a rifle's would be:
1. Weight.
2. Firing it up close
3. Takes up less space.

With cons being less overall accuracy and penetration.

Same applies with subguns and handguns over short barreled shotguns & carbines.

So,

Handgun > Subgun (like SMGs) > Carbinesshort-barreled shotguns > contemporary rifles and shotguns > battle rifles/DMRs > shit like full-sized WWII rifles

etc etc

>>21912764
Speaking of, I noticed the M6J carbine has a longer range than the MA5 rifles.

It uses a .50 caliber round, but, say., the .50AE from a desert eagle is not the same as a .50BMG from a M2 machine gun.

Just like how a .357 magnum round isn't the same as any .30 caliber rifle/carbine round.

>>21913212
>>21913256
Everything except for damage came from the actual stats of the weaponry. So a lot of the ranges came straight from Bungie. The real things I need to fix are weapon damages.

>>21913559
When was the M6J Carbine ever used?

>>21913559

As someone who knows a little about guns, and who has served in the military, I would advise you that Bungie might not be the best source for firearm information.

Your weapon ranges are all over the place and do not match with the calibers. About the only gun in that whole list that has realistic range values is the DMR and to a slightly lesser extent, the shotguns. Using the M16/M4 platform as a baseline (optimal effective range 300m, max effect range (point target) 500m) your assault rifles are woefully short ranged, especially for the munition they use (7.62x51mm NATO weapons like the M14 and M240B are have effective ranges well past 700m and are lethal well past 1500m). Barrel type does have a lot of effect on those numbers, but even out of a shorter barrel, 500m would be child's play for such a round.

Ont he flip side of all that, your pistols have ridiculously long ranges, as well as other weapons firing large caliber rounds. Physics is the big limiting factor here. Such large rounds go relatively slowly compared to rifle rounds, and thus, while they carry terrific stopping power, they are very short ranged. The only way you are getting any sort of pistol round out to 300m is if you aim it into the air like a mortar. The closest RL analogue to the round the BR fires is the 9x39mm round, which has a maximum effective round around 300-400m and while technically a subsonic round, even with a more powerful load behind the slightly larger 9.5x40mm, it's effectiveness wouldn't be much higher.