what if we saw a mac cannon in the game. a lot of people have re-created it in the prefab section. it dose not have to function but like the phantom and pelican it could just be for look and people could make some grate prefabs out of them. what do u guys think.
The MAC was actually in Halo Reach and Halo 4 but it just never quite fit into either game.
Bungie tried to balance it by only giving the player just a couple of shots but the weapon (Laser designator) just felt cheap and useless.
343i gave it an extremely long recharge time but who wants to wait around for forever to use something like that?
Halo is better off without the MAC
Just as a side note:
MAC stands for Magnetic Accelerator Cannon. Calling it a MAC Cannon is redundant. Or you’re suggesting that it shoots cannons at people.
Technically, the Rail Gun is a mini MAC cannon, right?
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> Technically, the Rail Gun is a mini MAC cannon, right?
I think it’d be closer to a micro-MAC, since the Mammoth-mounted cannon in Halo 4 is considered a mini-MAC.
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> > Technically, the Rail Gun is a mini MAC cannon, right?
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> I think it’d be closer to a micro-MAC, since the Mammoth-mounted cannon in Halo 4 is considered a mini-MAC.
maybe we could get some sort of altered version of the mini mac from the mammoth. like i sed it doesn’t have to function just a prop.
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> Technically, the Rail Gun is a mini MAC cannon, right?
Nope, MACs are really just large coilguns. Different thing. Guass turrets are closer to MACs than a railgun.
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> > Technically, the Rail Gun is a mini MAC cannon, right?
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> Nope, MACs are really just large coilguns. Different thing. Guass turrets are closer to MACs than a railgun.
Railguns are also coilguns.
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> > > 2533274884551150;4:
> > > Technically, the Rail Gun is a mini MAC cannon, right?
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> > Nope, MACs are really just large coilguns. Different thing. Guass turrets are closer to MACs than a railgun.
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> Railguns are also coilguns.
Nope, a coilgun is linear motor consisting of a series of magnetic coils which accelerate a metal projectile through a barrel up to high velocity. A railgun however, is when a projectile is electromagnetically accelerated between two conducting rails. They both use electromagnetism but are still very different in design.
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> > > > Technically, the Rail Gun is a mini MAC cannon, right?
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> > > Nope, MACs are really just large coilguns. Different thing. Guass turrets are closer to MACs than a railgun.
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> > Railguns are also coilguns.
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> Nope, a coilgun is linear motor consisting of a series of magnetic coils which accelerate a metal projectile through a barrel up to high velocity. A railgun, is when a projectile is electromagnetically accelerated between two conducting rails. They both use electromagnetism but are still very different in design.
The ARC-920 is stated to be a “single-shot coilgun” in its REQ card description.
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> > Technically, the Rail Gun is a mini MAC cannon, right?
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> I think it’d be closer to a micro-MAC, since the Mammoth-mounted cannon in Halo 4 is considered a mini-MAC.
Lol. A “micro” mac.
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> Just as a side note:
> MAC stands for Magnetic Accelerator Cannon. Calling it a MAC Cannon is redundant. Or you’re suggesting that it shoots cannons at people.
A cannon that shoots cannons at people! Req lvl 9 confirmed
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> > > > > Technically, the Rail Gun is a mini MAC cannon, right?
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> > > > Nope, MACs are really just large coilguns. Different thing. Guass turrets are closer to MACs than a railgun.
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> > > Railguns are also coilguns.
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> > Nope, a coilgun is linear motor consisting of a series of magnetic coils which accelerate a metal projectile through a barrel up to high velocity. A railgun, is when a projectile is electromagnetically accelerated between two conducting rails. They both use electromagnetism but are still very different in design.
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> The ARC-920 is stated to be a “single-shot coilgun” in its REQ card description.
Then it’s either wrong or the railgun is not a railgun at all.
A coilgun uses a series of magnetic coils while a railgun uses a pair of parallel conducting rails. A railgun cannot be a coilgun, and vice versa.
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> > Just as a side note:
> > MAC stands for Magnetic Accelerator Cannon. Calling it a MAC Cannon is redundant. Or you’re suggesting that it shoots cannons at people.
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> A cannon that shoots cannons at people! Req lvl 9 confirmed
Lol. You should put this in the lvl 9 REQ thread haha
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> Just as a side note:
> MAC stands for Magnetic Accelerator Cannon. Calling it a MAC Cannon is redundant. Or you’re suggesting that it shoots cannons at people.
“MAC Cannon” has been the preferred nomenclature for such a weapon for some time, and not just in Halo.
As for using MAC’s in-game… Seeing as a single round is the size of a bus, I can’t see much change of us getting to use one.
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> Just as a side note:
> MAC stands for Magnetic Accelerator Cannon. Calling it a MAC Cannon is redundant. Or you’re suggesting that it shoots cannons at people.
Would that be a bad suggestion though?
Imagine the possibilities…
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> The MAC was actually in Halo Reach and Halo 4 but it just never quite fit into either game.
>
> Bungie tried to balance it by only giving the player just a couple of shots but the weapon (Laser designator) just felt cheap and useless.
>
> 343i gave it an extremely long recharge time but who wants to wait around for forever to use something like that?
>
> Halo is better off without the MAC
The Target Locator from Halo Reach did not mark targets for MAC gun fire. Instead it marked targets for aerial bombardment by a series of missile strikes. Big difference between MAC guns and missiles.
In Halo 4, the Target Designator was used to mark targets for fire with the mini-MAC on the Mammoth, as well as a precision missile strike from orbit.
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> > > > Technically, the Rail Gun is a mini MAC cannon, right?
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> > > Nope, MACs are really just large coilguns. Different thing. Guass turrets are closer to MACs than a railgun.
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> > Railguns are also coilguns.
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> Nope, a coilgun is linear motor consisting of a series of magnetic coils which accelerate a metal projectile through a barrel up to high velocity. A railgun however, is when a projectile is electromagnetically accelerated between two conducting rails. They both use electromagnetism but are still very different in design.
I remember hearing that it was a coil gun.
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> > > > > Technically, the Rail Gun is a mini MAC cannon, right?
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> > > > Nope, MACs are really just large coilguns. Different thing. Guass turrets are closer to MACs than a railgun.
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> > > Railguns are also coilguns.
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> > Nope, a coilgun is linear motor consisting of a series of magnetic coils which accelerate a metal projectile through a barrel up to high velocity. A railgun however, is when a projectile is electromagnetically accelerated between two conducting rails. They both use electromagnetism but are still very different in design.
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> I remember hearing that it was a coil gun.
Well then you heard wrong
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> > The MAC was actually in Halo Reach and Halo 4 but it just never quite fit into either game.
> >
> > Bungie tried to balance it by only giving the player just a couple of shots but the weapon (Laser designator) just felt cheap and useless.
> >
> > 343i gave it an extremely long recharge time but who wants to wait around for forever to use something like that?
> >
> > Halo is better off without the MAC
>
> The Target Locator from Halo Reach did not mark targets for MAC gun fire. Instead it marked targets for aerial bombardment by a series of missile strikes. Big difference between MAC guns and missiles.
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> In Halo 4, the Target Designator was used to mark targets for fire with the mini-MAC on the Mammoth, as well as a precision missile strike from orbit.
Okay, be as technically accurate as you’d like here, the point remains. The MAC was attempted in Halo and failed for obvious balancing reasons. Making it larger than “missle strikes,” or “mini-MACs” would only make a bad idea worse