I was just watching a video (here’s the link, someone lazy-link it for me? Power Outage - Powerhouse Remake - YouTube), and at 2:00 he picks up the sword and you can hear footsteps increase in frequency and it visibly looks like you walk slightly faster.
Why would 343 do this? As if the incredibly huge sword lunge wasn’t overpowered already…
Sidenote: What the hell happened to that orange sword from the beta? 343 decided their weird ideas weren’t worth putting into the game?
Yes you do walk and sprint faster with the sword.
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> Why would 343 do this?
For maxiumum awesomeness =)
But tbh without this speedbuff the sword is barely useless,there is alot of CQC weapons ingame,one wrong step with the sword and you almost dead.
Lol you must be new here
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> Sidenote: What the hell happened to that orange sword from the beta? 343 decided their weird ideas weren’t worth putting into the game?
They all got relegated to Warzone as extremely rare drops.
You might see one…if you’re lucky.
Because of sprint? And thruster pack?
For one it’s realistic.
You get this badass sword and all the sudden you can move faster and lunge further!
lol ya it’s pretty much 343’s way to robotically “balance all weapons,” even though their attempts are pretty atrocious. The sword is still far less important in this game.
Yes, so make sure to take it out when you spawn so you can get to the power weapons before others…oh wait wrong game.
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> For one it’s realistic.
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> You get this badass sword and all the sudden you can move faster and lunge further!
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> lol ya it’s pretty much 343’s way to robotically “balance all weapons,” even though their attempts are pretty atrocious. The sword is still far less important in this game.
What do you mean? This game has the most balanced weapon sandbox across Halos. Every gun has value this time.
Sword has less dominance, thus less dominance, in the weapon sandbox this time so the speed boost compensates for it.
The sword does make you faster but it also glows like the sun. It’s pretty much shouts “shoot me first”.
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> > For one it’s realistic.
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> > You get this badass sword and all the sudden you can move faster and lunge further!
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> > lol ya it’s pretty much 343’s way to robotically “balance all weapons,” even though their attempts are pretty atrocious. The sword is still far less important in this game.
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> What do you mean? This game has the most balanced weapon sandbox across Halos. Every gun has value this time.
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> Sword has less dominance, thus less dominance, in the weapon sandbox this time so the speed boost compensates for it.
Every weapon having practically the same value is not balanced according to Halo.
And the speed boost for the sword is so insignificant compared to the power of the other weapons as well as the size and openness of the maps.
You move faster completely
You run faster with a knife, everyone knows that. Pfffffffft
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> For one it’s realistic.
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> You get this badass sword and all the sudden you can move faster and lunge further!
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> lol ya it’s pretty much 343’s way to robotically “balance all weapons,” even though their attempts are pretty atrocious. The sword is still far less important in this game.
I’ve held a badass sword in real life and I didn’t move any faster. So I don’t see how that’s “realistic”.
In fact, swords are pretty weighty, they tend to make you move slower.
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> > For one it’s realistic.
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> > You get this badass sword and all the sudden you can move faster and lunge further!
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> > lol ya it’s pretty much 343’s way to robotically “balance all weapons,” even though their attempts are pretty atrocious. The sword is still far less important in this game.
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> I’ve held a badass sword in real life and I didn’t move any faster. So I don’t see how that’s “realistic”.
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> In fact, swords are pretty weighty, they tend to make you move slower.
I’m pretty sure he was being sarcastic.
yes
You walk 10% faster with a sword out. I’m not sure about sprinting.
10% faster I think it said in a video I watched.
Dont know if its true.
But you do go faster.