You guys sure love grunts...

I'd prefer seeing the Skirmishers in action

u guys should do a video

skirmishers vs elites vs grunts vs marines vs 1 brute cheiftan *heavy weapon or hammer*

Stalker Brute(Spiker)Vs Gold Elite(Plasma Rifle)

Stalker Brute(Gravity Hammer)Vs Gold Elite(Energy Sword)

No Hammers or Spikers. Plus our Stalker Brute is called an Ultra as they are the only shielded ones.

multiplayer AI is still not going to work. not even opensauce can make it synchronise properly

Wait, don't the Brute Chieftains have shields as well.

Why not hammers? Shouldn't matter if the player can pick it up, it seems very possible for an AI to use. Are hammer brutes a bad asset to halo? Is it because the sword elites kinda fill the role of melee just fine? Not worth the tag space?
Just wondering.

Chieftains have been removed, I couldn't get them working in a way that I was happy with.

Hammer Brutes aren't a thing because there is no way to tie the gravity effect to a keyframe animation, and it also requires heavy animating to get things right so the player can dodge it. And yes, the Sword elites fill that role just fine.

will there be War Chieftains with invincibility and fuel rod cannons?

Nope. FRG is a Hunter only weapon.

Will the Brutes have any weapons, or will they be running around with scissors?

Will sniper jackals actually shoot u from far away and not close range?

BPR, BPP, Brute Shot, Focus Rifle/Sniper/Thing, and Shredders. Possibly needlers?

They wouldn't be very good snipers if they only engaged in close quarters, would they?

BPR, BPP, Shredder, BS, Particle Carbine, Focus Rile. Savage Brutes will also use LMGs, Shotguns, and Rockets.

I didnt see the LMG. Can you show it or its a secret for now?

It's the porta-turret from SPV2. It'll be appearing in part 2 of the campaign.

Please tell me it has been remodeled and prettied up more.

Speaking of Part 2, how's that coming along (if at all)? With part 1 of SPV3 getting delayed into oblivion along with TSC:E, is there at least any progress happening on that front?


Not complaining or criticizing, just curious.

no pics ?

That's going to be up to Bob depending on how much time he had. It's gotten an OS shader overhaul though.

Part 2 is being worked on a the tag content plans are near finalized. It's going to be scaled back a bit as we are going to be focusing more on the number of maps than the number of new content items.

I remember in the a50 2012 release the brutes were wielding needlers, do they still use them currently?

Brutes with LMG's, Shotguns and Rocket don't seem worse flood, but there could a doubt.

They use to but now they wield the precursor to the needler, the shredder.


It will be rare to go into one on one combat with them. They will be using those against the flood. How those encounters play out is up to you.
Edited by Masters1337 on Dec 17, 2014 at 03:56 PM

Just gonna lay down some easter eggs:
1)Nyan Cat Gun: Plays the entire song while firing and actually shoots nyan cats with rainbow trails and they bounce off of shields just like the spiker.

2)Terminal: When activated spawns giant grunt (You could say its like a boss battle Or something :P)

3)Spartan Baseball Bat: When u hit an enemy with this they go flying like if its a home run XD)

4)Secret Room: Really hard to find, it showcases the stuff that will be in spv3.

5)You gonna have to wait for the rest :P
Edited by raphaelBLOOD WAR on Dec 17, 2014 at 07:22 PM
Edited by raphaelBLOOD WAR on Dec 17, 2014 at 07:23 PM

no thanks

not bad easter eggs but nyan cat rly?

No need for Easter eggs. In the SPV3 stream back in October showed that the shredder has somewhat of a shorter needler model, has it stayed the same or has it changed?
Edited by Infinite Guardian on Dec 18, 2014 at 09:07 PM
Edited by Infinite Guardian on Dec 20, 2014 at 10:07 AM

I was wondering about this too. In the latest sound-update video, the Shredder had the Spiker model.

Edited by SOI_7 on Dec 19, 2014 at 11:09 AM

We know, but the question was, "Why are they using the Spiker model as a placeholder when in the SPV3 gameplay footage we saw another model?"