One thing that doesn't make sense. At the end of the Blue Team mission Infinity control says they've already dispatched a team to Meridian to "handle" Cortana. How the fuck do they even know she's there? Unless they were lying and just said it literally after Chief said he's going there.
Let's also not forget that colossal damn cliffhanger where Earth falls completely under Cortana's control in about 30 seconds.This ain't even Covenant invasion or Flood tier. She can access just about any communications technology that exists and shut down the entire planet in one shot.There's gonna be some fucking serious magic out of a hat bologna to even try and fight that. Seems like 343 took too big of a jump there.
Quote from: Deadtrap on October 30, 2015, 02:48:42 AMLet's also not forget that colossal damn cliffhanger where Earth falls completely under Cortana's control in about 30 seconds.This ain't even Covenant invasion or Flood tier. She can access just about any communications technology that exists and shut down the entire planet in one shot.There's gonna be some fucking serious magic out of a hat bologna to even try and fight that. Seems like 343 took too big of a jump there.To be fair, she has about 90% of the AI's/technology on her side, which is like our smartphones and technology. If they shut down at once, lots of people would be freaking the fuck out.Oh and the Guardian Ex Machina can send out a sonic pulse that is also a giant EMP I guess...which is an asspull, considering Osiris should've lost their HUDs or communications when the pulses went off in their vicinity.343 is probably jumping the gun because they wanted something big, and they knew the hype was real. So we're all left with nothing but questions and disappointment.
Quote from: Nick McIntyre on October 30, 2015, 02:52:03 AMQuote from: Deadtrap on October 30, 2015, 02:48:42 AMLet's also not forget that colossal damn cliffhanger where Earth falls completely under Cortana's control in about 30 seconds.This ain't even Covenant invasion or Flood tier. She can access just about any communications technology that exists and shut down the entire planet in one shot.There's gonna be some fucking serious magic out of a hat bologna to even try and fight that. Seems like 343 took too big of a jump there.To be fair, she has about 90% of the AI's/technology on her side, which is like our smartphones and technology. If they shut down at once, lots of people would be freaking the fuck out.Oh and the Guardian Ex Machina can send out a sonic pulse that is also a giant EMP I guess...which is an asspull, considering Osiris should've lost their HUDs or communications when the pulses went off in their vicinity.343 is probably jumping the gun because they wanted something big, and they knew the hype was real. So we're all left with nothing but questions and disappointment.You're mistaking things again. Two kinds of pulses.The ones it gives off when it activates, which are seismic based. They're more like a concussive blast wave, which is why it knocked ships out of the air and leveled sections of the planet.And the one it fired at Earth in orbit, an EMP pulse.
Quote from: Deadtrap on October 30, 2015, 03:00:40 AMQuote from: Nick McIntyre on October 30, 2015, 02:52:03 AMQuote from: Deadtrap on October 30, 2015, 02:48:42 AMLet's also not forget that colossal damn cliffhanger where Earth falls completely under Cortana's control in about 30 seconds.This ain't even Covenant invasion or Flood tier. She can access just about any communications technology that exists and shut down the entire planet in one shot.There's gonna be some fucking serious magic out of a hat bologna to even try and fight that. Seems like 343 took too big of a jump there.To be fair, she has about 90% of the AI's/technology on her side, which is like our smartphones and technology. If they shut down at once, lots of people would be freaking the fuck out.Oh and the Guardian Ex Machina can send out a sonic pulse that is also a giant EMP I guess...which is an asspull, considering Osiris should've lost their HUDs or communications when the pulses went off in their vicinity.343 is probably jumping the gun because they wanted something big, and they knew the hype was real. So we're all left with nothing but questions and disappointment.You're mistaking things again. Two kinds of pulses.The ones it gives off when it activates, which are seismic based. They're more like a concussive blast wave, which is why it knocked ships out of the air and leveled sections of the planet.And the one it fired at Earth in orbit, an EMP pulse.But what else can it do? We're told that a single one can patrol a system but all we've seen it do is flap its arms around. What kind of armament does it possess?
No buildup and no time to dwell on the fact that literally the most powerful non-Swords Sangheili is dead.
Quote from: BigBacon4U on October 30, 2015, 02:40:53 AM No buildup and no time to dwell on the fact that literally the most powerful non-Swords Sangheili is dead.And his army wasn't in disarray when he died, it was still super organized. Almost took over Vadam Keep
Quote from: Nick McIntyre on October 30, 2015, 03:04:21 AMQuote from: Deadtrap on October 30, 2015, 03:00:40 AMQuote from: Nick McIntyre on October 30, 2015, 02:52:03 AMQuote from: Deadtrap on October 30, 2015, 02:48:42 AMLet's also not forget that colossal damn cliffhanger where Earth falls completely under Cortana's control in about 30 seconds.This ain't even Covenant invasion or Flood tier. She can access just about any communications technology that exists and shut down the entire planet in one shot.There's gonna be some fucking serious magic out of a hat bologna to even try and fight that. Seems like 343 took too big of a jump there.To be fair, she has about 90% of the AI's/technology on her side, which is like our smartphones and technology. If they shut down at once, lots of people would be freaking the fuck out.Oh and the Guardian Ex Machina can send out a sonic pulse that is also a giant EMP I guess...which is an asspull, considering Osiris should've lost their HUDs or communications when the pulses went off in their vicinity.343 is probably jumping the gun because they wanted something big, and they knew the hype was real. So we're all left with nothing but questions and disappointment.You're mistaking things again. Two kinds of pulses.The ones it gives off when it activates, which are seismic based. They're more like a concussive blast wave, which is why it knocked ships out of the air and leveled sections of the planet.And the one it fired at Earth in orbit, an EMP pulse.But what else can it do? We're told that a single one can patrol a system but all we've seen it do is flap its arms around. What kind of armament does it possess?ThisOther than the complete disconnect from all the damn good promotial material, this is definitely the biggest disappointment. We don't realy get to see what the Guardians really do other than reenact the E3 Reveal trailer and go into slip space. They could have at least had one glass a city, destroy a fleet, throw a damn rock at a guy, literally anything to demonstrate it's power and make the damn tagline Guardians mean something.
Quote from: Blurg on October 30, 2015, 03:09:53 AMQuote from: BigBacon4U on October 30, 2015, 02:40:53 AM No buildup and no time to dwell on the fact that literally the most powerful non-Swords Sangheili is dead.And his army wasn't in disarray when he died, it was still super organized. Almost took over Vadam KeepSpeaking of Jul, what the hell has Celine Dion (or whatever that Rebel Elite's name is) been doing since escalation?
I want to see it take a nice chunk out of the planet.Remember the Forerunner machines that munched up large pieces of Earth? Something like that times 10.
Quote from: Nick McIntyre on October 30, 2015, 03:19:54 AMI want to see it take a nice chunk out of the planet.Remember the Forerunner machines that munched up large pieces of Earth? Something like that times 10.Retriever Sentinels? Earth already got a taste of them a couple years back.
Quote from: BigBacon4U on October 30, 2015, 03:34:10 AMQuote from: Nick McIntyre on October 30, 2015, 03:19:54 AMI want to see it take a nice chunk out of the planet.Remember the Forerunner machines that munched up large pieces of Earth? Something like that times 10.Retriever Sentinels? Earth already got a taste of them a couple years back.Yeah, those things.I think the humans would be scared shitless if Cortana just fired a small percentage of the Guardians' hidden weaponry on a big city if the Retriever and New Phoenix (I believe that's what the Didact targeted in Halo 4) disasters are still fresh in their minds.
AND WHY ISN'T RTAS 'VADUM IN HALO 5?WHyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Quote from: Blurg on October 30, 2015, 03:42:01 AMAND WHY ISN'T RTAS 'VADUM IN HALO 5?WHyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyHe has his own book in december.
Quote from: RomanGladiator on October 30, 2015, 12:38:18 AMOne thing that doesn't make sense. At the end of the Blue Team mission Infinity control says they've already dispatched a team to Meridian to "handle" Cortana. How the fuck do they even know she's there? Unless they were lying and just said it literally after Chief said he's going there.You do know why they got Halsey, right?
Also, a few other questions:What was that planet at the end with the MAC stations and the Infinity? We see Cortana's Guardian rising up (or just a Guardian). It can be Sanghelios because there appear to be Forerunner style markings on the planet. It can't be Genesis because why would the Infinity bring MAC platforms there...And how did Chief, Locke, and crew make it to Sanghelios so fast from Genesis at the end of the game?
Quote from: SpartanT on October 29, 2015, 08:54:53 PMGood thing the Librarian seems to be hooking us up with a new plot thread to give us ships, otherwise we'd really be fucked Spoilercould you sum up what happened in the latest volume?looks hype as fuck
Good thing the Librarian seems to be hooking us up with a new plot thread to give us ships, otherwise we'd really be fucked Spoiler
Quote from: RomanGladiator on October 30, 2015, 07:00:02 AMAlso, a few other questions:What was that planet at the end with the MAC stations and the Infinity? We see Cortana's Guardian rising up (or just a Guardian). It can be Sanghelios because there appear to be Forerunner style markings on the planet. It can't be Genesis because why would the Infinity bring MAC platforms there...And how did Chief, Locke, and crew make it to Sanghelios so fast from Genesis at the end of the game?Why wpuld a covenant world have human defence platforms?It's obviously Earth. It's just cities being shut down.
Quote from: Deadtrap on October 30, 2015, 01:13:36 AMI don't buy it. The Librarian specific said that her "Eventuality" would lead to Cortana, specifically. On top of that, even if you dumb down the specifications that the Librarian planted, it's still completely ridiculous. She plans out the super-solider program 100,000 years before it happens? All that modification, all that training, and leading to what? Her gene song, or whatever the hell that thing was called, in a specific human being. Plus, how could anybody expect me to believe she realized, "Oh, these soldiers will be lonely and probably have some stability issues, let me plan out the creation of companion AI to help cope with their social ineptness." Any sort of planning that far ahead is unbelievable.
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