The Flood from Halo

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the one true God is Doctor Doom and we should all be worshiping him.
They are gathering resources and then will use ALL UNITS to warthog rush your bases.

Not if I rush your base with the Arbiter before you can rush my base with your shitty cars.


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uhhh...

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They are gathering resources and then will use ALL UNITS to warthog rush your bases.

Not if I rush your base with the Arbiter before you can rush my base with your shitty cars.
Aha! I knew you would do that, that's why I have Power Turret Spartan Tanks ready for your Arby. Git gud.


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the one true God is Doctor Doom and we should all be worshiping him.
They are gathering resources and then will use ALL UNITS to warthog rush your bases.

Not if I rush your base with the Arbiter before you can rush my base with your shitty cars.
Aha! I knew you would do that, that's why I have Power Turret Spartan Tanks ready for your Arby. Git gud.

>game literally just started

how


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uhhh...

- korrie
They are gathering resources and then will use ALL UNITS to warthog rush your bases.

Not if I rush your base with the Arbiter before you can rush my base with your shitty cars.
Aha! I knew you would do that, that's why I have Power Turret Spartan Tanks ready for your Arby. Git gud.

>game literally just started

how
Adapt.


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What's your difficulty in seeing them return in the FPS format?

Also, I don't think they'll be turned into Daleks. It's been 8 years and counting since we last saw the Flood (6 years if you consider their inclusion in Halo Wars worth mentioning).

In the original trilogy, we apparently saw a very minor threat of the Flood, not at all comparable to a true return. In those games humanity came extremely close to extinction. I can't imagine how we could see a legitimate return without significant plot devices used (Cortana or someone else discovering another super-weapon or Precursor technology through the Domain). As a Spartan you can't be the person to discover these things; through an RTS you can see a much broader view of the fight. Basically, it's difficult to see how they could scale the conflict to be accurate to the lore while small enough to experience through a single soldier.


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What's your difficulty in seeing them return in the FPS format?

Also, I don't think they'll be turned into Daleks. It's been 8 years and counting since we last saw the Flood (6 years if you consider their inclusion in Halo Wars worth mentioning).

In the original trilogy, we apparently saw a very minor threat of the Flood, not at all comparable to a true return. In those games humanity came extremely close to extinction. I can't imagine how we could see a legitimate return without significant plot devices used (Cortana or someone else discovering another super-weapon or Precursor technology through the Domain). As a Spartan you can't be the person to discover these things; through an RTS you can see a much broader view of the fight. Basically, it's difficult to see how they could scale the conflict to be accurate to the lore while small enough to experience through a single soldier.
That's because when the Flood does return, humanity will have advanced significantly. Every soldier will be on the level of a Spartan if not every person. And by that point, significant advancements will have been made elsewhere.

"Your mistake is seeing Spartans as military hardware. My Spartans are humanity's next step, our destiny as a species."

"Did the Librarian plan for John specifically, or that level of human, in general?"

Chief hasn't really ever been the one to drive the plot forward or make the big discoveries. A sense of scale is also more of an atmospheric deal. IE Halo 3 had larger battles than Halo Reach even though Reach had more enemies on the battlefield.
Last Edit: January 11, 2016, 05:05:36 PM by Mr. Admirals


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That's because when the Flood does return, humanity will have advanced significantly. Every soldier will be on the level of a Spartan if not every person. And by that point, significant advancements will have been made elsewhere.

That doesn't exactly balance out the solar-system-carving space swords the flood can bring to the table.


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That's because when the Flood does return, humanity will have advanced significantly. Every soldier will be on the level of a Spartan if not every person. And by that point, significant advancements will have been made elsewhere.

That doesn't exactly balance out the solar-system-carving space swords the flood can bring to the table.
Star Roads?
Precursor tech was destroyed when the Array was fired.


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the one true God is Doctor Doom and we should all be worshiping him.
That's because when the Flood does return, humanity will have advanced significantly. Every soldier will be on the level of a Spartan if not every person. And by that point, significant advancements will have been made elsewhere.

That doesn't exactly balance out the solar-system-carving space swords the flood can bring to the table.
Star Roads?
Precursor tech was destroyed when the Array was fired.

That doesn't exactly balance out the machine-corrupting hive mind.


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Every soldier will be on the level of a Spartan if not every person. And by that point, significant advancements will have been made elsewhere.

This doesn't really endear me to a series I feel has suffered greatly from power creep and inconsistency between canon material. I know that's not a popular opinion on here but I'm just explaining myself.


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the one true God is Doctor Doom and we should all be worshiping him.
Every soldier will be on the level of a Spartan if not every person. And by that point, significant advancements will have been made elsewhere.

This doesn't really endear me to a series I feel has suffered greatly from power creep and inconsistency between canon material. I know that's not a popular opinion on here but I'm just explaining myself.

Remember when the story boiled down to some guy and his imaginary friend running around a space donut fighting aliens, robots, and zombies? Ah, the good old days.


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A flower which blooms on the battlefield
CE is pretty boring so not really


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Every soldier will be on the level of a Spartan if not every person. And by that point, significant advancements will have been made elsewhere.

This doesn't really endear me to a series I feel has suffered greatly from power creep and inconsistency between canon material. I know that's not a popular opinion on here but I'm just explaining myself.
I think it's a fair opinion.