Hello Spartans, I’d love to hear you’re thoughts and opinions on a bow/bows being added to halo in the future, like would it work? Would it not? What kind of creative ideas do you have? I personally think a covenant/ banished variant bow that uses needler crystal shards as the arrow would be quite neat. Im all for halo’s current weapons, dont get me wrong, and i have been since Combat Evolved, but I’ve also always believed adding new things to a game is never a bad thing if they can make it work, eg. Balancing ect. Which 343 has shown they can do with the new weapons they have already added to the franchise. So what are you’re thoughts Spartans? Thanks.
P.s please no fighting or insults, would just like to hear your thoughts. Happy hunting.
Ehh I don’t think a bow would belong in halo. Theres already a bunch of scifi games with bows and I feel like if halo added one it’ll be looked at like it’s late to the party and it wouldn’t entice new players as well as old and current players will look at it a think “ahhh scifi games shouldn’t have bows ahhh” because halo fans can be silly over little things. There would be a few people who’d like it but imo a bow wouldn’t fit halo. Maybe something that resembles a crossbow that has delayed explosion from the banished. Like a spiker that you charge up
It was weird when Crysis did it, and it has been weird ever since. The only game I like the sci-fi bow in is the original Turok series, and that’s because it suits the Lost Land element of the story and gameplay. If you haven’t played Turok: Evolution by now, I highly recommend it.
I’d love to have a bow in Halo, your crystal shard idea sounds really cool. Maybe we could get different faction bows that have different attributes.
We dont need a bow in halo just because destiny is doing it. People wanting other games stuff is the reason why halo has went downhill after halo 3. We got to come up with some fresh ideas
Even being an avid bow hunter I can’t see this being valid in halo. It just doesn’t fit.
Does anyone else remember 2011 being “The year of the bow and arrow”?
I don’t feel as if a bow and arrow would fulfill any roll needed in the Halo sandbox.
The only exception would be if we encounter a new character type in Infinite. Be it an ancient civilization or enemy type that would have use for such tools. I mean, we have a sword that plays a vital role in the weapon’s sandbox. Why not another “primative” tool?
I doubt Forerunners would need of such, since their weaponry is in it’s core designed to fight the Flood.
Sangheili could possibly have it as a throwback to their ancient culture and ceremony. We still see their sword and lances in battle, but with a twist of technological advance. They were seafaring fishermen, hunters and farmers in their keeps in long ago past. I could see a bow making the transition into battle as we see it today.
Though, I still don’t see a point in the gameplay even if it will be fun.
If we’re talking about a classic bow just with needles Instead of arrows I would say no. It doesn’t fit Halo at all imho. However, I could see a Covenant crossbow being a thing and replacing the Plasma Caster - which already looks like a crossbow anyway.
Make it like a single shot explosive weapon. The longer you load it, longer the distance the dart can travel. Hit the body you hurt the enemy, than he dies in a pink nebula. Splash damage should be a thing imho, but the radius shouldn’t be too wide or people just start shooting near the opponent instead aiming at him. Hit him in the head and you kill him immediately.