If Halo Wars 2 is supposed to take place after Halo 5 then where is the Mantis, Phaeton, and all of the other units that should be available to us? I would love the opportunity to see how having the Mantis as a unit in Halo Wars 2!
Please no Promethean…
I would like to have the Cobra back
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> I would like to have the Cobra back
And hopefully it works better than in halowars 1.
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> And hopefully it works better than in halowars 1.
I agree! The Cobra from HW1 was nice but it could’ve had a faster rate of fire and actually been a bit tougher to kill when it was locked down.
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> > > I would like to have the Cobra back
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> > And hopefully it works better than in halowars 1.
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> I agree! The Cobra from HW1 was nice but it could’ve had a father rate of fire and actually been a bit tougher to kill when it was locked down.
Yeah firerate was a little bit low - but when you got 7 of them and all with three Stars against a scarab. That is funny.
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> If Halo Wars 2 is supposed to take place after Halo 5 then where is the Mantis, Phaeton, and all of the other units that should be available to us? I would love the opportunity to see how having the Mantis as a unit in Halo Wars 2!
The reason we don’t have these units is because the spirit of fire was drifting through space for 28 years.
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> > If Halo Wars 2 is supposed to take place after Halo 5 then where is the Mantis, Phaeton, and all of the other units that should be available to us? I would love the opportunity to see how having the Mantis as a unit in Halo Wars 2!
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> The reason we don’t have these units is because the spirit of fire was drifting through space for 28 years.
Exactly this.
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> > > If Halo Wars 2 is supposed to take place after Halo 5 then where is the Mantis, Phaeton, and all of the other units that should be available to us? I would love the opportunity to see how having the Mantis as a unit in Halo Wars 2!
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> > The reason we don’t have these units is because the spirit of fire was drifting through space for 28 years.
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> Exactly this.
Indeed. The Spirit of Fire is behind on newer tech. They are likely even unaware as to the war with the covenant being over and such.
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> If Halo Wars 2 is supposed to take place after Halo 5 then where is the Mantis, Phaeton, and all of the other units that should be available to us? I would love the opportunity to see how having the Mantis as a unit in Halo Wars 2!
I asked this very same question to myself several days ago.
Then I realized that the Spirit of Fire has been isolated from pretty much everything for nearly three decades.
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> > I agree! The Cobra from HW1 was nice but it could’ve had a father rate of fire and actually been a bit tougher to kill when it was locked down.
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> Yeah firerate was a little bit low - but when you got 7 of them and all with three Stars against a scarab. That is funny.
I doubt it, CA replaced it with the kodiak. But maybe it will be a DLC unit, that would be nice.
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> > > > If Halo Wars 2 is supposed to take place after Halo 5 then where is the Mantis, Phaeton, and all of the other units that should be available to us? I would love the opportunity to see how having the Mantis as a unit in Halo Wars 2!
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> > Exactly this.
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> Indeed. The Spirit of Fire is behind on newer tech. They are likely even unaware as to the war with the covenant being over and such.
In fact they were even worried about the covenant at the start of the first mission (there is some gameplay on youtube)
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> Exactly this.
I wouldn’t even argue that they would have access to loads of new vehicles and weaponry either due to them making contact with Isabel. The ark is basically decommissioned from any military forces at that point in time so mantis’ and wasps being there wouldn’t make much sense.
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> > > > If Halo Wars 2 is supposed to take place after Halo 5 then where is the Mantis, Phaeton, and all of the other units that should be available to us? I would love the opportunity to see how having the Mantis as a unit in Halo Wars 2!
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> > Exactly this.
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> I wouldn’t even argue that they would have access to loads of new vehicles and weaponry either due to them making contact with Isabel. The ark is basically decommissioned from any military forces at that point in time so mantis’ and wasps being there wouldn’t make much sense.
Yeah. And most likely the banished wiped out nearly everything on the ark before their arrival.
I may be wrong, but I think because of canon reasons those units are not there.
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> Exactly this.
Although funny enough, the marines’ armor, Cyclops appearances, and an entire huge -Yoink- gunship managed to appear. Don’t get me wrong I don’t want the mantis or any of that tech in the game, but let’s not act like they’ve followed the lore to the letter.
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> If Halo Wars 2 is supposed to take place after Halo 5 then where is the Mantis, Phaeton, and all of the other units that should be available to us? I would love the opportunity to see how having the Mantis as a unit in Halo Wars 2!
I love that idea man that’s awesome, but! but but but! This is the spirit of Fire, who remember has been asleep for (I forgot) years, and is been a while, and even though Halo 5 has already happened, this ship has been drifting off since before HALO CE! They still have the standards because the only technology they have at the moment!
BUUUUT new factions, new UNSC, heroes with special units, cards, ANYTHING would push me to push and see these guys back! Mantises, oh! Beautiful Idea, Forerunners? I’d love to see a full base, with the prometheans too man! That wouldn’t be bad! I’d actually love to command around an army of crawlers, hahaa!
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> The reason we don’t have these units is because the spirit of fire was drifting through space for 28 years.
took the words right out of my mouth.
-ignore/delete this- was going to explain why those units were not present but someone else already did
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> > > > Please no Promethean…
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> > > > I would like to have the Cobra back
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> > I agree! The Cobra from HW1 was nice but it could’ve had a father rate of fire and actually been a bit tougher to kill when it was locked down.
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> Yeah firerate was a little bit low - but when you got 7 of them and all with three Stars against a scarab. That is funny.
Cobra’s were balanced. If they were fully upgraded they had piercing shot, which means you were hitting two targets instead of one. Faster fire rate would have made them broken. Also you’re supposed to counter them with air units so more defense while locked down would have been overpowered as well.
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> > > > > I would like to have the Cobra back
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> > > > And hopefully it works better than in halowars 1.
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> > > I agree! The Cobra from HW1 was nice but it could’ve had a father rate of fire and actually been a bit tougher to kill when it was locked down.
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> > Yeah firerate was a little bit low - but when you got 7 of them and all with three Stars against a scarab. That is funny.
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> Cobra’s were balanced. If they were fully upgraded they had piercing shot, which means you were hitting two targets instead of one. Faster fire rate would have made them broken. Also you’re supposed to counter them with air units so more defense while locked down would have been overpowered as well.
I just want them so badly back!