I have decided to make my own modded campaign. (it won't be for a while) In halo 2 when the elites got betrayed the hunter helped you out in combat, however in halo 3 they were against you again. My question is in my modded campaign should the hunters be on your side or should they side with the brutes?

On your side. I want to see the Brutes get pwned. >:U

lol that would be awesome to see.

hmm... I never knew that. Idk where I want to go with this. I don't really want to see hunters fighting hunters and the player having absolutly no idea which one to shoot. lol
Edited by guitarist331 on Jan 16, 2009 at 11:10 PM
Edited by guitarist331 on Jan 16, 2009 at 11:10 PM

define them with different colors. Simple?

yah but i still think it would be funny to watch two hunters fight. lol Think of them meleeing each other.

i would like to see hunters with more strategic placment. they just ran at you and got slaughtered in halo 1. i would like to see them hang back and fire down at you, or at least be smarter than "RUNNNNNNIIIIINNNNNGGGG" *melee distance reached* "HUR DURF. i missed. HUUUUUUUUUURRR DURF. missed again. ow that prick is shooting me in the back." *dead*
also maybe a different firing mode? like a faster plasma bolt with explosive being a secondary

Not a bad idea. I agree there. Hunters really do seem kinda stupid if your not a noob lol. I'm not sure whether I want hunters for both sides or just one side. If I have hunters on both sides then it would be hilarious to see them fight. Plus the weaker links on both sides will die really fast and it basically becomes hunter vs. hunter. If I have hunters only on your side I'd have to find some way to balance the ai out. If I have hunters on only the covenant well then we're right back where we started and it doesn't make gameplay any more interesting then halo 1s campaign. I'll have to think about it.

the funny thing is, if the grunts know how to move, they can take out the hunter. it really depends how they fan out. also, i think ai usually attack who is attacking them, so it would be hunter vs hunter while all of the grunts hide behind their respective tanks with legs

lol I'm curious maybe ill test it ingame then decide where to go from there. If anyone has any ideas keep posting I'd like to here everyones opinion.

you could place some ai on one team in sapien and a hunter pair on another and watch it all play out in sapien. its really interesting

maybe I'll try that. Your giving me some really good ideas donut.

now try setting the grunt's leader to the hunter. like, so the grunts move according to the hunter. have the grunts flank the sides and the hunter fire down the middle. you could also put plasma rifle wielding grunts behind the hunter for support, or a jackal in front of him.

if you added a banshee with midair move positions you could make one hell of a stronghold

wow you have some amazing ideas. Those sound sick. That changes everything, but while they're all doing that what do the marines do lol. Let the hunter do all the work and hope they don't die lol.
Edited by guitarist331 on Jan 17, 2009 at 12:23 AM

but now lets mix it up and give the marines the high ground with rocks for support. make sure they stay behind the rocks at all times, or at least make sure if they must venture out from behind cover, it doesnt happen often. giving them standard assault rifles and shotguns, maybe a plasma rifle or two will make a hude difference. give them the ability to throw grenades and its all over lol

but yeah, just a few marines in a fortified position can hold off a massive army. you dont have to try anything huge scale yet, just some 4 on 4 encounters or something of the type to test my theory

nice ideas. I think I'm gonna try some of those. Yeah I still remember when I was a noob and I had to start a level all over again because I sucked at killing hunters and I let all my marines die. lol I think that might have been the day I got Halo.

im sure you have figured this out, but the orange part of their bodies are considered head. any headshot capable weapon will be a one shot kill on this spot. pistol or sniper
in the collision tag for the hunter, go down to materials, and find "skin". uncheck the box that says "head" and this one shot kill nonsense will no longer happen

I actually haven't experimented with hunters that much. So thanks for the info.

lol not a bad idea actually, but I think that would be funny to see

if that happened it would prevent players from simply just sidestepping the charge because they would have to watch out for the spike. if you do this it would be epic win :D

hmm... It would take some time. I'd have to make my own animations. Idk You do have a very good point though.

My strategic way to kill a pair of hunters goes like this:

*hunters come
*i fire
*they miss
*they miss again (melee-wise)
*i circle around them and melee till one is dead
*i do the same thing to the other one.

Oh yes I do that on B40 in that tunnel driving a Scorpion and with the first pair on C40.

lol can we stop turning this into a how to kill a hunter 101 thread. Nice ideas though. Now I'll be sure not to put hunters near any holes.

Donut made a posting spree :O

lol I'm pretty sure the goal of this thread was to come up with something practical.

lol I'll think about it lol. Didnt see the word sarcasm lolEdited by guitarist331 on Jan 17, 2009 at 12:18 PM
Edited by guitarist331 on Jan 17, 2009 at 12:18 PM