Just a simple idea for a vehicle, in the same stype as the 'Brute Ghost' or Brute Plasma Rifle.
Basically, the Brute Banshee would be have the model of a normal Banshee but the colours would be changed so it is a purple/bronzish red mix.

The weapons it has are a pair of faster firing plasma cannons like the original Banshee, alternate firing and red instead of blue. It also has a Fuel Rod Gun that fires a blast that flies straight forwards instead of being affected by gravity.

The Brute Banshee however is more of a Gunship/Bomber than a fighter and flies slightly slower than a normal Banshee and lacks the turning abilities that a normal Banshee has.

Feel free to facepalm me for not doing this myself because I can barely mod. Im just giving an idea for a vehicle that anyone can use. I dont really care about credit being given, just someone feel free to use the idea, it doesn't matter to me. This would be piss easy to make for any semi-experienced modder.

wouldnt a heretic banshee be like a brute banshee

yes, just add some blood to the front, some spikes, and call it a brute banshee

btw lets make a brute ghost :B/sarcasm

How many elite legs and Spartan arms do you want on it, sir?

for noobs to have their fun

What is wrong with a brute banshee? Sounds fun.

ILL DO IT FIRST

i just need to learn to texture.
Edited by Officer egg on Sep 29, 2008 at 05:56 PM

lolz....dont do it

small picture is small

i have an old red banshee skin on the default banshee model and it shoots red plasma and red fuel rods. its nothing special....

It would be slightly chunkier than a normal Banshee and slightly slower, to give it the properties that a gunship would have. It'd be like a bomber compared to the normal Banshee.
The texture would be a darkish bronze colour, like the Spectre... or at leas that's how I would envision it. If anyone makes this I dont really care what they do with it.

Or a banshee with random bits of metal naled to it with spikes everywhere.

How isnt it?

because its stupid, to make it brute, make it greyish, with 2 blades as part of the wings. and make it fire a kind of spike projectile with the same secondary trigger

The point in blades on the wings when you can just fly through people?

I just realized that's somewhat shocking @ no brute flying vehicle. There's no brute tank either. See look:

Ghost / Mongoose / Chopper

Spectre / Warthog / Prowler

Banshee / Hornet

Wraith / Scorpion


Epic failget. We need brute airship and brute tank.

fail, the ghost and chopper can easily run over and destroy the mongoose

The ghost can't run over+destroy anything except bipeds. It can shoot the mongoose though; But the Mongoose has the advantage of two people, so if you have, oh, let's say... Rockets? Gravity Hammer? Shotgun? Yeah, whoever tries to charge them with a ghost is screwed.

It /is/ considered the human equivalent to them though, being an LRV. The Warthog is the next step up, then the Scorpion.

And actually, I like the Mongoose. I use it in Halo 3 far more than I use the Chopper, because Chopper's are so easily shot down and killed. Best way to kill people on that, when they charge, jump over them, turn around, headshot to the back of the head. Repeat process until dead... Ghosts are best for splattering, Choppers are best for destroying other vehicles, and Mongoose is best for speed and variety of attack methods.

wrong, if u played monster jam, ull find out that the warthog, ghost, and chopper can collide into the mongoose from the front while the mongoose is charging straight at you also (chicken) and the mongoose will always lose. (chopper>>>warthog>>ghost>mongoose

Odd because I play Live very often, and on Foundry (since it's the only flat-surfaced map suitable), had a Mongoose in one corner and a Warthog on the other. Both were driven straight at each other, both survived. Mongoose's driver's shields were down, but he was still living. The only vehicle that immediately destroys another by ramming into it, is the Chopper. Plain and simple.
Edited by MF Boom on Oct 3, 2008 at 07:41 AM

ghost can destroy each other if collided, and trust me, the mongoose can be destroyed by the warthog, ghost, and chopper

I agree with the Chopper being a superior vehicle.. I am absoloutly amazing with Choppers in Sandtrap getting many, many kills with it. Primarily by splattering Warthogs.
By boosting the Chopper at the right angle into a vehicle it tears it apart giving you lots of double and triple kills.

The Mongoose can only be crushed by another vehicle (apart from the Chopper) if it hits it at the perfect speed and the driver is braindead.

Chopper is pretty deadly, the only disadvantage is that is easily annihilated by weaponry. It's perfect for taking down Warthogs or Mongooses that have no gunners, as well as Ghosts, and other Choppers if you're good at it. But a brute shot, basic frag grenades, hell, even a shotgun, can kill someone on a Chopper pretty easily. I've gotten so many kills on Chopper pilots just by jumping over them and shotgun+melee'ing them. Not to mention assassinations are easy that way too.

And yeah, the Mongoose comment is pretty accurate. I've driven the Mongoose all the time, because I prefer it over any vehicle for straight transportation; I've only ever been destroyed by a Chopper, but I have been /killed/ by other vehicles. However, the Chopper was the only one that could destroy the vehicle. The Ghost just boosted straight over, though it hurt my shields. Warthog just flipped me and rammed me around; Again, draining my shields...

The Mongoose is the weakest of all the vehicles, yes. By far... The Scorpion being the strongest, again, by far. The only way Mongoose makes up for being so weak is the dual-passenger feature, which as mentioned before, with a rocket/hammer/shotgun/etc., is pretty deadly.

Apart from the fact that is seriously off topic..

Only a foolish Chopper Driver gets close enough to someone with a heavy weapon like a Splazer or Missile Pod or especially a Shotgun. I use the Chopper as an ambushing weapon and I can mow down a Warthog (even with a gunner) down. The frontal guns are also quite powerful tearing apart Warthogs, Ghosts and Mongooses with ease.

Scorpion's aren't as cool as Wraiths.. no offense. If the Wraith could change the direction of it's gun it would be rape a Scorpion any day. I get Perfections and Killtaculars in Wraiths.

Yeah.. a plasma grenade carpet bomb would rule. They could be made to explode instantly or something so that they rape groups of soldiers or light vehicles.

I like the carpet bombing.

Oh yeah, Hornet is the strongest, not scorpion. Hornet machine guns destroy ANYTHING.

you just made yourself look like an idiot. he is showing the vehicle equivalents, not showing which ones are better than others
also the brutes still fight for the covenant. they are the loyalists. the elites are separatists. brutes use banshees and wraiths because they dont need to make their own stuff, because the prophets supply them with vehicles
also, scarab.

soo... im going to assume the whole battle rifle thing is referring to cmt grenade launching battle rifles, because i have never had a battle rifle flip a vehicle in halo 3
Edited by Donut on Oct 5, 2008 at 05:46 PM

back to the topic... i find fuel rod ghosts using similar turns and speed to what you wanted to be.
fuel rod in chaosgulch used the fuel rod you wanted to use.
red ghost in Extinction uses red shots but i think they are anti armor. but you can check it.
i have no expirence with any halo editing, so i can just look for similar vehicles and weapons.
Edited by black doom on Oct 6, 2008 at 01:10 PM

Last mention of anything off-topic for me.

Since when did you have to be CLOSE to someone with a Spartan Laser or Missile Pod to be annihilated by them? One locks on and fires heat-seeking missiles at you that are faster speed than the Rocket Launcher itself is, and the other one kills you in one shot and has an insanely long range... You don't have to be close to kill someone with one of those. That affects /all/ vehicles, not just the Chopper... I meant, the Chopper, just like the Ghost, can be easily destroyed by a Brute Shot or even a BR. Your position on the Chopper is higher up and your head is more visible... The Ghost, at the least, you can boost away from anyone attempting to kill you. Chopper's boost lasts barely 2 seconds and doesn't help you travel, just helps you ram other vehicles.

All in all, they're logically equivalent vehicles in their own ways. Chopper is more of a vehicular destruction type, best for annihilating other vehicles (minus tanks)... Ghost is perfect for anti-infantry, what-with splatters and all. And the Mongoose is the perfect travel vehicle, with the top-speed... Whereas the Spectre, Warthog, and Prowler are almost identical vehicles.

And, the Wraith is awesome. It's mortar is pretty devastating, but unless you know how to determine it's arc perfectly, it's really tricky to use, plus it's fire is rather slow. The Wraith would lose to the Scorpion not just because of it's arc, but because of it's slower rate of fire as well. But it's still a wonderful vehicle that can cause a lot of carnage to /everything/ else, especially Banshees. The Wraith does a better job than the Scorpion at being an AAV (Anti-Aircraft Vehicle)...



Also, yes, scarab. That's in a league of it's own. Though it'd be interesting to see a Brute variation of the Scarab [despite the fact it's used in Halo 3 by the Brutes...]


Also, hooray carpet bomb. If only Halo CE had the same physics as 3 so that it'd be like dropping several firebomb grenades. Lighting the floor on fire would be absolutely beautiful.