Don't remove the tank gun! 343 needs to reconsider

[yeskezspanem]

@SaltyBunny20567

@yeskezspanem

What’s next, removing the glitch so we can’t fly the pelican

Wait, we can do that? Last time I saw a glitch/Easter egg like that was reach.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83qMs8Bn-gw

[Gilbert_Prime]

I just read Windjammer19’s separate thread which suggests leaving the gun in but adding an achievement for a LASO run that doesn’t use it. Makes a lot of sense to me because the existing Headmaster results will always be compromised by it.

[KCD0DGER]

@RamboBambiBambo

Pretty much yeah.

I WAS BEING SARCASTIC!

Come ON Rambo!

[l_HyperLethal_l]

@Trand0

Competition or not, there is precedent in other titles that remove exploitative cheeses that don’t necessarily have anything to do with direct competition like Destiny

Like the loot cave back in D1 vanilla? We all know why that was patched out lol. I understand the precedent of needing to keep games true to the way their meant to be played, but does the tank gun truly fall under such things detriment to said precedent?

Sometimes there’s outliers.

@Trand0

It’s purely speculation to think this considering the narrative paints it as an unintended glitch.

The Scarab Gun doesn’t rely on coding/scripting errors and entirely on game mechanics however out of the box they may seem. In fact there was a second method of acquisition (swordfly) which was a glitch that was patched out, while the banshee method was left in as it didn’t rely on exploiting errors within the game.

The Scarab Gun was also confirmed several years later as an intentional Easter Egg as a reward for player exploration that Bungie had anticipated.

That’s exactly why I said that the tank gun is a skull that doesn’t know it yet. It may be an unintentional glitch, but still packs the same power as a scarab gun would. All that’s left to do is make it an official non-scoring skull.

No harm, no foul. The intention doesn’t really make the tank gun what it is. It’s how it’s presented and how it impacts gameplay. For me, it doesn’t have big of an impact to affect the integrity of LASO runs.

[RamboBambiBambo]

Sarcasm?
ON MY INTERNET!?

PREPOSTEROUS

[l_HyperLethal_l]

Well, I mean it’s kinda true lmao.

I don’t know of anyone else besides, 343 who worked on MCC.

[RamboBambiBambo]

@l_HyperLethal_l

I don’t know of anyone else besides, 343 who worked on MCC.

Saber Interactive (Developed Halo 2 Anniversary Campaign)
Certain Affinity (Developed Halo 2 Anniversary Multiplayer)
Blur Studios (Produced the Halo 2 Anniversary Cutscenes)
United Front Games (a now defunct studio as of 2016 - unknown how they assisted)

[l_HyperLethal_l]

Huh. Man Blur studios really had fire cutscenes but that looked expensive as hell

[RamboBambiBambo]

Greatly animated… except for the lighting issue that the Prophet’s mouths had in some scenes. Watch the cutscene where Arbiter get his armor and see what I mean.

[X11_XOMAN]

It should stay in the game we should go on strike and storm 343 industries

[SaltyBunny20567]

At the risk of incurring the wrath of 343 and/or the mods here, that sounds like a fun plan. I doubt that 2 people storming their HQ would have any real impact but it would definitely feel nice to make our voices heard. We just lack adequate manpower to pull it off.

[Gilbert_Prime]

For the record in my LASO run, I started with the tank gun. I unintentionally exchanged it in “Pelican Down” but kept going. And losing it wasn’t that bad. The M41 Spnkr and especially the Tracker did a fine job and I completed the run. If people are really concerned about the “integrity” of LASO, get rid of the Bandana skull. The tank gun pales in comparison to how that impacts the game.

[EsC_lnSaNiTy]

Just make it so if its picked up laso doesnt count.

[X11_XOMAN]

You are genius this is a perfect idea

[SpaeRockMatt]

By 343i logic the Halo 1 pistols 3-shot capability is also a bug that needs fixing cause it was just one dev who decided to tune the damage way up to make their run easier.

Removing fun extras for no reason is dumb and idk why 343i are so tone deaf on this. If there is a good reason to remove it (like future seasonal campaign content or dlc) then tell us that instead of just killing a fun part of the game for no reason.

It’s not like this is a hard LASO anyway, with Bandana and no Iron skull as well as the homing rockets, explosive harpoons & arcane death laser, it’s the easiest by an absurd margin. What’s the point of removing something that is super fun that barely affects this?

[Spikanor]

the tank gun needs to stay in the campaign mode.

and if people tell its a bug then whats the problem with it at all.

some bugs or glitch’s in the game are making the game more fun then without then.
not all bugs or glitch’s are wrong and need to be fix.
i know some game’s that have some glitch’s or bugs and there never have been fix at all since its make’s the game more fun.
i remember good COD MW2 there are some maps that have some funny bug’s that are making the game in multiplayer more fun then without then.

and the tank gun in halo infinite is one off the good funny bugs or glitch’s.

if there wane fix the speenrunners problem more then fix the out off the map glitch’s more and make sure there are not short ways like on the second mission you can skip a section by only use the grapplehook unlimit to go from the first floor to the second floor on the top.

[S00_CRATES]

I mean you still have the SPNKR with Bandana. The Scorpion Gun makes it slightly easier I guess, but this is the easiest LASO ever. Hell I thought LASO was easier than Legendary with no skulls.

[ZAYONATA]

Tbh why even remove it at this point when every single person that was going to cheese through LASO has already done it. It makes absolutely no sense and ruins the fun for others.

[HozerDude]

@Little_Squash

343… Taking the fun out of Halo since 2012.

This is my opinion only!

Ya, 343i give me the impression they want to develop Halo Infinite their way or you can hit the highway. Just like they did when they updated MCC a few days ago. They put in this icon at the top of your screen so you can use your arrow key to select a weapon you can randomly pick a weapon. Well If you run a Sniper only game you sure in the hell don’t any other weapons in the game.

I can’t figure out how to turn that crap off. 343i has not released any docs on how to turn that crap off. You gotta love … NOT!

[RamboBambiBambo]

@SaltyBunny20567

At the risk of incurring the wrath of 343 and/or the mods here, that sounds like a fun plan. I doubt that 2 people storming their HQ would have any real impact but it would definitely feel nice to make our voices heard. We just lack adequate manpower to pull it off.

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