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Re: Further thoughts and speculation about H5β
By:Nikko B201
Date: 8/18/14 11:31 pm
In Response To: Re: Further thoughts and speculation about H5β (General Vagueness)

: Are you being obstinate like above or do you really not see it? It's totally
: got the same silhouette as an M7 without the buttstock extended. Some of
: the corners are rounded and it's different color and they moved the
: magazine, otherwise it looks exactly the same.

If you take a weapon design and put the magazine in a completely different place, which requires moving the action, it is no longer exactly the same weapon. "An M7 with the mag moved" isn't an M7. It's an M7A, or an M8, or whatever else.

: Also, I thought the rail was or involved the notches along the top, the
: triangular peaks and valleys

That's right. It's called a Picatinny rail if you want to look it up. I believe he's referring to the ones mounted on the sides of the weapons (i.e. above the foregrip on the SMG), since side-mounted rails haven't really been a thing before in Halo.

: I'm really curious what the thought process is. Halo 4 and now Halo 5 kind of
: seem like taking the Reach philosophy of one or two weapons for each range
: and subdividing the ranges more and now more again, but I don't see how
: they could think that would work, a lot of the time it barely worked in
: Reach, so I'm kind of thinking it's something else, probably firepower...
: I don't know.

CoD has lots of weapons > more is better > we need to compete with CoD > we need more weapons

: Yeah that always got me, why two? Why not one or three or possibly more?
: Having three and especially more than three seems really unwieldy and
: heavy beyond what we got but it was mostly the Chief using them and I
: could buy that they're supposed to be portable but to be fired on the
: move, like the portable turrets. Obviously it was a gameplay thing but it
: seems really hard to fit it into reality, and I would think having it hold
: one rocket at a time (or one rocket-propelled grenade if we're getting
: technical) and increasing the reload speed would give the result they
: wanted as far as how often you can fire.

Given that Covenant tanks take two rockets to kill, having a weapon that can rapid-fire two rockets before reloading is a pretty smart idea.


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Reminder: Halo Announcements at Gamescom TODAYUrban Reflex8/12/14 5:24 am
     Re: Reminder: Halo Announcements at Gamescom TODAYJoe Duplessie (SNIPE 316)8/12/14 6:38 am
     Re: Reminder: Halo Announcements at Gamescom TODAYserpx8/12/14 8:00 am
     Re: Reminder: Halo Announcements at Gamescom TODAYChrisTheeCrappy8/12/14 9:33 am
           Re: Reminder: Halo Announcements at Gamescom TODAYMelee8/12/14 10:03 am
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     Re: Reminder: Halo Announcements at Gamescom TODAYQuirel8/12/14 10:17 am
     Re: Reminder: Halo Announcements at Gamescom TODAYdavidfuchs8/12/14 10:18 am
           Two Things I Noticed in Halo Channel VidMacGyver108/12/14 10:44 am
     Official Team Schooly D response to today's newsSchooly D8/12/14 11:40 am
     Halo 5 Screengrabskapowaz8/12/14 11:54 am
           Re: Halo 5 ScreengrabsDEEP NNN8/12/14 12:21 pm
           What is this?JDQuackers8/12/14 1:41 pm
                 Umm... this:JDQuackers8/12/14 1:42 pm
                       Re: Umm... this:CaneCutter8/12/14 2:29 pm
                             Ha! Yes. That's perfect *NM*JDQuackers8/12/14 2:42 pm
                 Re: What is this?davidfuchs8/12/14 2:50 pm
           BR with a reflex sighthunt3r8/12/14 8:49 pm
           I swore I'd just keep my mouth shut...Phoenix_92868/12/14 10:33 pm
                 Re: I swore I'd just keep my mouth shut...DEEP NNN8/12/14 11:23 pm
                       Re: I swore I'd just keep my mouth shut...Phoenix_92868/12/14 11:38 pm
                             Re: I swore I'd just keep my mouth shut...DEEP NNN8/12/14 11:46 pm
                                   Re: I swore I'd just keep my mouth shut...zofinda8/13/14 6:09 am
     My praise and complaints.Joe Duplessie (SNIPE 316)8/12/14 12:58 pm
           Re: My praise and complaints.yakaman8/12/14 1:51 pm
           Re: My praise and complaints.Metalingus6278/12/14 2:26 pm
                 Re: My praise and complaints.Grizzlei8/12/14 3:32 pm
                       Re: My praise and complaints.Revenant19888/12/14 9:04 pm
                             Re: My praise and complaints.Quirel8/12/14 10:49 pm
                                   Re: My praise and complaints.Revenant19888/13/14 4:18 pm
                             Re: My praise and complaints.Grizzlei8/13/14 12:40 am
                                   Re: My praise and complaints.Revenant19888/13/14 4:21 pm
                             That's not how scopes in Halo workRC Master8/13/14 2:18 pm
                                   Re: That's not how scopes in Halo workRevenant19888/13/14 4:27 pm
                                         Re: That's not how scopes in Halo workRC Master8/13/14 6:24 pm
                                               In other words...RC Master8/13/14 6:59 pm
           Re: My praise and complaints.Avateur8/13/14 6:51 pm
                 Re: My praise and complaints.Joe Duplessie (SNIPE 316)8/13/14 8:36 pm
                       Re: My praise and complaints.Avateur8/14/14 8:45 pm
     Unsure how I feel about the Halo 5 mapsChrisTheeCrappy8/12/14 6:03 pm
           Re: Unsure how I feel about the Halo 5 mapsChris101b8/12/14 11:16 pm
     1080p60 campaign and multiplayer gameplayUrban Reflex8/12/14 6:14 pm
           The multiplayer clip brings back so many memoriesJDQuackers8/12/14 8:13 pm
           Re: 1080p60 campaign and multiplayer gameplayVAVA Mk28/12/14 8:22 pm
           Re: 1080p60 campaign and multiplayer gameplayCody Miller8/13/14 12:20 am
     Thoughs on what was revealed today.Gravemind8/12/14 9:04 pm
           Re: Thoughs on what was revealed today.Gravemind8/12/14 9:17 pm
           Re: Thoughs on what was revealed today.hunt3r8/12/14 9:55 pm
                 Re: Thoughs on what was revealed today.Gravemind8/13/14 1:37 am
     Zat. Is not an M7 SMG.Quirel8/12/14 11:46 pm
           Re: Zat. Is not an M7 SMG.Grizzlei8/13/14 12:32 am
                 Re: Zat. Is not an M7 SMG.Quirel8/14/14 6:40 am
           Re: Zat. Is not an M7 SMG.Gravemind8/13/14 12:37 am
                 Re: Zat. Is not an M7 SMG.bluerunner8/13/14 10:39 am
                       Re: Zat. Is not an M7 SMG.Vincent8/13/14 4:41 pm
                             Re: Zat. Is not an M7 SMG.Quirel8/14/14 7:10 am
                                   Re: Zat. Is not an M7 SMG.Vincent8/14/14 5:34 pm
                                         Re: Zat. Is not an M7 SMG.Quirel8/14/14 5:41 pm
                       Re: Zat. Is not an M7 SMG.Postmortem8/14/14 1:26 am
                 Re: Zat. Is not an M7 SMG.Quirel8/14/14 6:42 am
                       Re: Zat. Is not an M7 SMG.bluerunner8/14/14 12:34 pm
     Re: Reminder: Halo Announcements at Gamescom TODAYCody Miller8/14/14 2:48 am
     Further thoughts and speculation about H5β guQuirel8/18/14 3:22 pm
           Re: Further thoughts and speculation about H5βserpx8/18/14 5:00 pm
                 Re: Further thoughts and speculation about H5βQuirel8/18/14 10:19 pm
                 Re: Further thoughts and speculation about H5βyakaman8/18/14 10:23 pm
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                                   Re: Further thoughts and speculation about H5βGrizzlei8/19/14 2:36 am
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                 Re: Further thoughts and speculation about H5βNikko B2018/18/14 11:31 pm
                       Re: Further thoughts and speculation about H5βserpx8/19/14 1:41 am
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                             Re: Further thoughts and speculation about H5βMetalingus6278/20/14 8:00 am
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