HBOHBO Forum
glyphstrip  
Halo.bungie.org
glyphstrip
Frequently Asked Forum Questions
 Search the HBO News Archives

Any All Exact 
Search the Halo Updates DBs

BWU Halo Halo2 
Search Older Posts on This Forum:
Posts on Current Forum | Archived Posts

View Thread Reply Return to Index Set Prefs Previous Next
Re: What's the point to piloting a Pelican?
By:General Vagueness
Date: 9/2/13 6:32 pm
In Response To: What's the point to piloting a Pelican? (Quirel)

: Now, I know that y'all have been reading this article thinking "What
: about Halo 4? What about Shutdown?" And I'm getting to that.
: When we got to fly an 'alleged' Pelican, it was... different. And, many would
: say, unfulfilling. The Pelican was used solely for the transport of one
: man; there was nothing it had to do that distinguished it from a Falcon or
: a Hornet with a crate of firearms lashed to the deck.

Why just in terms of what it had to do? What about what it could do or what you could do to or with it? It controlled differently, it could take a lot of punishment, and it had a built-in weapon we haven't gotten to use as part of a vehicle before.

: I think that the, ah, the Pelican was included solely as fanservice, and the
: developers at 343i really struggled with finding something to do with
: it. Eventually, they had to modify it into something it wasn't to make it
: (relatively) interesting to fly. They gave it a boost function so players
: wouldn't get bored flying from one tower to the next.

Didn't the one in Reach have boost too?

: There were these sideseats stuck on there like tits on a Sangheili, because...
: I don't know. I just don't know.

because co-op

: So, if Pelicans deliver troops and support them, can the Chief fly them? Can
: you imagine, as the Chief, dropping off a squad of troops to take a
: Forerunner installation and then supporting them from the air? Let them do
: most of the fighting? The Chief is built to lead, to fight for others.

Which is probably why they had him fly it on the mission where he was the most alone.

: Another situation where I can see us flying a Pelican, as the Master Chief
: even, is in a crisis when there isn't anyone to fly a Pelican, and it has
: to be us who take out a dropship and retrieve scattered troops and
: abandoned supplies.

That sounds pretty good actually.

: Only, Halo 4 was the perfect opportunity for it, and nothing even remotely
: similar took place.

it was? where?

: I think it's safe to say that we won't be seeing the Chief behind the yoke of a
: Pelican, or doing anything fundamentally different from what we've already
: done in the past four mainline games.

What, you mean in the next game?


Messages In This Thread

What's the point to piloting a Pelican?Quirel9/1/13 8:40 pm
     Re: What's the point to piloting a Pelican?Pkmnrulz2409/2/13 4:00 am
           Re: What's the point to piloting a Pelican?Quirel9/3/13 12:21 pm
     Re: What's the point to piloting a Pelican?Stephen L. (SoundEffect)9/2/13 8:16 am
           Re: What's the point to piloting a Pelican?Quirel9/3/13 12:22 pm
     We Just Want What We Can't Have. ;-) *NM*Morpheus9/2/13 3:17 pm
     Re: What's the point to piloting a Pelican?Sliding Ghost9/2/13 3:43 pm
           Re: What's the point to piloting a Pelican?Quirel9/3/13 12:25 pm
                 Re: What's the point to piloting a Pelican?Sliding Ghost9/3/13 7:57 pm
     Re: What's the point to piloting a Pelican?Leviathan9/2/13 5:49 pm
           Re: What's the point to piloting a Pelican?Quirel9/3/13 12:26 pm
     Re: What's the point to piloting a Pelican?General Vagueness9/2/13 6:32 pm
           Re: What's the point to piloting a Pelican?Quirel9/3/13 12:29 pm
                 Re: What's the point to piloting a Pelican?General Vagueness9/6/13 12:54 am
                       Re: What's the point to piloting a Pelican?Quirel9/8/13 9:22 pm
     Re: What's the point to piloting a Pelican?Bry9/9/13 3:10 am

Sign up to post.

You will only be able to post to the forum if you first create a user profile.
If, however, you already have a user profile, please follow the "Set Preferences" link on the main index page and enter your user name to log in to post.