Talk:Halo Wars/Archive 2

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http://www.halowars.com/forums/thread/242938.aspx

Just read it. Elite's Rule 01:05, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Hmm... good to see that my thread has gotten outside attention. It only paid attention to the featured UNSC units though. No new Covenant units were announced.Quirel 06:14, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

Contact Harvest

do you think they will put parts from the book as cutscenes? especially important parts with the prophets


Covenant Playable?

Are the covenant playable here? This may have been already asked buy I have no idea. Kalasig 05:34, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Reply:

There is no doubt that you can play as the Covenant. I am intrerested in how the developers will even out the powwer of the UNSC and the Covenant, as the Covenant is far more superior then the Marines and such then the UNSC. Especially in Space Combat...

Too bad the Flood can't appear in this (unless the story gets massively retconned). It would be cool to play as them in an RTS and have to infect enemy units.

Halo Wars Marines

Ive noticed that the armor the marine are wearing dosnt seem to be made out of any tipe of metal and theres not much high tech stuff there, wat are your speculations? Mendoza 8:34, 8 2007 (UTC)

Reply:

  • I have noticed this as well. The Humans in the zHalo Series don't seem to have much better technology then we do today. The only real thing that is much more high tech that we don't have today is space travel and splipstream travel. For instance, the Main Cannon of the Scorpion tank is 90mm, which is weak compared to US tanks today, such as the Abrams, with a 144mm cannon. I think 144... I know it's more then 90mm though.
  • The armor the marines wear could be made of a metal we do not know of today, it could be made on some colony or other planet or something. In the future, it is safe to assume that we will find more and powerful metals or fabrics better suited for war.
  • It looks awesome though
  • No man. The US's Abrams Tank has a 120mm cannon. Not a 144mm. And although 90mm is smaller and would make a drastic difference in explosive power compare to a 120mm today, the UNSC could have somehow made it as powerful as a bigger sized cannon using future technology. But I'm not saying that they did, cause in the Halo games, I defiantly know the Scorpian's cannon isn't as destructive as the Abram's.

Fodder

Fodder an in Cannon Fodder is spelled FODDER!

fodder - people considered as readily available and of little value: cannon fodder.

Wishlist

All this needs to completely rule my life:

  • A PC port.
  • A galactic map like from Star Wars: Empire at War
  • A galactic conquest mode (like Empire at War or War of the Ring mode in Battle for Middle Earth)-- CaptJim 03:13, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Wont happen, its a Xbox 360 Exclusive. The other stuff...probably. --JohnSpartan117 02:10, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

Well, Halo and Halo 2 were Xbox exclusives but came/are coming to PC, so I'll keep hoping. CaptJim 02:26, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Alright, they will come, but not for....4 years. --JohnSpartan117 10:30, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

halo pc is already out i have it. halo 2 pc is coming. -File:Also_halo.jpg|20px]]яÏΜFÏяΣFile:Halo.jpg|20px]]the rebelious anarchistFile:Mandskull.jpg|29px]]Terminus 20:55, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Well, how the hell do you play RTS games on a console!? NeoExelor 23:40, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

I hope you can plug in a mouse and keyboard for the 360

i have no clue -EchelonFile:Honor_Guardelite.jpg|20px]](talk)|||(contribs) 21:09, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Have any of yall played Battle for Middle Earth 2 on the 360 you use the thumbsticks to move the camera and the A button to select units and tell them who to beat up and where to go.Although the keyboard and mouse on 360 dosent sound to bad. So yes IT IS POSSIBLE to play a RTS on a console infact it (to me at least) feels simpler and easier to pick up and play.

My Wishlist:Graphics as good at the trailers,multiplayer,the abbilite for 100 or so units on one field,Space Battles ,a Covenant campaign (anybody wanted to glass a planet?).

Awsome idea, sweep away UNSC resistance and glass billions o humans ;P I know that sounds sarcastic but it's not. --Captain Jacob Rathens 21:07, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Questions

  1. Why do they have battle rifles?
  2. And why do the Elites have fat upper bodies?
  3. And most importantly that omega crap!Whats up with that?!

--Ryanngreenday 09:55, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

  1. Good question..isnt this 27 years before The Fall Of reach? And they wouldnt have those...they would have...Assualt Rifles....
  2. They do? I think they just wanted it to make it in porportion of a regular human's point of view and not a huge Spartan.
  3. Omega Crap? What do you mean by that?

--JohnSpartan117 02:12, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

  • I mean thers no spartans other then the first class of 2525.--Ryanngreenday 20:01, 4 October 2006 (UTC)


  • I’m a bit disappointed it’s a RTS i would of preferred a first person shooter , and whats the unnamed Halo project they mention [1] and are they wearing mark 6 Mjolnir ? --12:32, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
  • The unnamed project should be a game for halo first strike.--Ryanngreenday 18:31, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
  • sweet, is that what they said or what you want? --Climax Viod 19:13, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
  1. um, this is back on the first 2 questions. First, the Elites formed the Covenant with the Prophets, and Engineers, the Elites as warriors and protectors for them. Anyways, they had been studying the humans for a long time (suggested in Halo: Fall of Reach) and knew that the humans had to be dealt with for being a threat to their "gods." So they sent their best race of units, Elites.
  2. Second Question. First I want to comment that it was not the Elites, Hunters, or Grunts that were the traitors. The Prophets actually had the Brutes assassainate all the Elite High Councilers, leading to Civil War. Thus, the Prophets, Brutes, Jackals, and Drones are the traitors. Second, the Brutes probably would have joined, and might show up in this game. However, they were the most recent added alien race to the Covenant, and were probably just being added at the time. Secondly, Jackals would die in that enviroment. Third, Drones weren't soldiers for the Covenant until right before Halo 2. And third, Prophets don't fight. Anyways, these are just opinions, thank you.

1. Don't know. Sorry.

2. Don't want to know, but maybe it's to protect them from the frigid conditions.

3. As the Halo Wars pagepoints out, they are wear a variation of the MJOLNIR Mark IV Armour, which means that they are probably part of the Spartan-I Program. Kerek 11:52, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

1. Maybe they are not the same model maybe a earlier model.

2. Protection.

3.they are Spartan II's a earlier version.

in answer to the questions at the top:

1. it could be an early version that was pulled out of service due to advancements in design

2.protection against the cold and the snow

3. they could be a small part of a lareger group in first strike pg. 23/24 104 splits red team into alpha beta delta & gamma --Fatman ninja 18:11, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

The armor must be the origonal MJOLNIR armor that had no shields. That would explain the different look to it. --Captain Jacob Rathens 21:12, 23 May 2007 (UTC)


1. Re:Why is there a battle rifle -- This is probably an earlier version the Battle Rifle 2. Re:Why do the elites have fat chest -- probably earlier armor 3. Re:What's with the omega crap -- These guys are probably Spartan-I's. This is taking place in the past before anything that's been done before. They probably have an earlier version of the MJOLNIR armor too. 4. Why can't the Jackals survive in that environment? They survived the cold on Alpha Halo 5. Does the ship in the middle of the picture of Spartan Group Omega looks like something besides a Pelican? --File:Final Goji.jpg|40px]] Lordofmonsterisland "Roar to me 20:14, 30 June 2007 (UTC)


1. Although the battle rifle was not available in HALO:CE, versions were available concurrently with versions of the assault rifle in the HALO universe (ie: Novels). The battle rifle is not necessarily a descendant of the assault rifle; it's a different gun all-together. 3. In 2531 these would be teenage Spartan II's like John 117. Although we can read that spartan teams are usually given colors as names, a group may be much larger than a team. In the US / UNSC a group is a large inter-branch force comprised of units from both the Navy AND Marines (ex: an expeditionary group). 4. I agree, the wings are too long to be a pelican. It looks like a ****sword. Cucci 17:47, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

I have an idea why theres Battle Rifles in Halo Wars and not Halo: CE. In halo 1 you spend one level in the Pillar of Autumn. And your being rushed to Cpt. Keys and the Life Pod. The Master Chief Never Had time to get his weapons like they said in the begining that they had to skip the Weapon diagnostic because Cpt. Keys wanted him on the Bridge on the Double. He only grabbed weapons that were on the Ground. You almost the rest of the game on Halo with not much UNSC contact except Partners. And the Last level Had an armory but all the guns were really thrown around and the BR's couldve been an another armory.--MYH.Q. File:Halo3.comchief.PNG|25px]]· MYORDERS · MYBATTLES 01:21, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

The Spartans are S-IIs with Mk IV armour. S-Is didn't have special armour.--Maiar 10:03, 6 November 2008 (UTC) The Elites are probobly bulkier for protection against cold as they are reptiles(Jackels are warm blodded and would survive)

4. The ship seen in the first trailer is in fact not a Pelican. It is most likely a Shortsword bomber.
1. The Battle rifle was in 2525 only a prototype and will most likely not be in the game. In the most of the trailers the marines are equiped whit a standard MA5B
--Archindar 21:45 17/11 2008 (GMT+1)

1. with the battle rifle i agree with Archindar. 2. The reason why the elites looked like that was cause esemble studios made them like that. 3. Yes those are S2's and omaga is there asigned team name. S225

Speculation

I think Probably Kelly’s story --Climax Viod 19:23, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Kelly's story would be interesting, but I'm sure that Bungie will incorperate her and the remaining Spartans in Halo 3. From what we know, the first encounters of the Covenant didn't end too well for the humans. I'm sure the Spartans in Halo Wars will meet a ed above. In addition, I doubt that Bungie would allow another company to take over the developement of a game based around one of their major characters (going by the books). Most of us were dissapointed when Master Chief didn't appear as the Spartan for Dead of Alive. In his stead was Nicole, who was created so that the events in DoA would have no effect on the Halo Trilogy. Basically, what I'm trying to say is that this could be any of the Spartan II's we know, but they will probably be created as some of the unmentioned Spartan II's from the books.--Culpable Liable


Timeing It could be set anywere in between halo 1 and 32 years before halo 1 and the covenant-human war has been around for 32 years


Factions

As the game is set to be on or around 2531, the various resistance/rebel groups are likely to be playable sides in the game as well. The Spartans were primarily involved in battling these rebels and insurgencies before the covenant attacked and there is a unified rebel force large and capable enough to be a playable faction.Cucci 17:51, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

i speculate that their will be 4 main factions to start, The UNSC, The Covenant, The United Rebel Front, and The Heretics, but as you progress the Rebel faction will become non-playable and than the Covenant Separatists will become available, making the main Covenant non-playable and thrn making the Covenant Loyalists available. making the Covenant Seprestists fight along side the UNSC and the Heretics no-longer playable. with numerous pirate and smaller rebel factions (Eridanus Rebels) that you have to fight along the way and there may even be the flood and forerunners and if the game starts out during the Interplanetary War than there will be the Koslovics and the Frieden factions.

Should be for Factions UNSC,Covenant,Separaists?,Flood,Forunner?

The "confirmed elements" list

Amongst the units in the list, There's is: Covenant Elite (With energy swords) I was thinking we could add Plasma Rifles to that list, becuase frankly, I doubt there's a Ghost shooting down those two marines