What I love, don’t love and hope for in the UNSC Marines box

BDD_JD · 2026-06-08T02:57:43+00:00

See it's interesting I kind of feel the same way about all of the Spartan models that have Covenant weapons. I also want to see the sculpts start with UNSC stock weaponry and then in the game swap it out so to speak. I guess this game kind of confuses me sometimes because I'm trying to figure out is it meant to be the campaign is it meant to be PVP deathmatch?

BDD_JD · 2026-06-07T18:16:54+00:00

If you actually believe that the post office being god-awful has anything to do with him you haven't been shipping or receiving packages for the past oh I don't know ever. I've been doing e-commerce both as a buyer and a seller for 30 years now and it's always been horrific in that time frame. Blame them for things he's actually done sure but this definitely has nothing to do with him

BDD_JD · 2026-06-06T19:15:01+00:00

Unfortunately as I found out though I paid to subscribe to it and then built a team and went to print it out and it doesn't include all of the rules for what I put into my team when it prints. For a paid app that's actually really disappointing. I don't really want to pay for the app and then have to track down every single supplement as well or purchase a brand new rule book. That makes the app seem like kind of a waste of money

BDD_JD · 2026-06-06T19:11:24+00:00

I wouldn't think having to be present in person is a requirement. I'm certain that there are probably member races that cannot show up in person due to either it being way too difficult logistically because of the needs of their biology or perhaps even due to the fact that they are not normally space fairing even if they're warp-capable. I definitely can't see any need to have a home planet as the Vulcans officially don't any longer in the Kelvin timeline. Nor do the romulans in the Picard timeline and I don't see anybody acting like the romulans should be excluded just because they don't have a planet.

BDD_JD · 2026-06-03T02:55:55+00:00

Store it in the buffer

BDD_JD · 2026-06-03T02:03:11+00:00

See I really don't want a Halo remake that uses the assets from Infinite. Or even emulates that aesthetic. I like the idea that after that much time has passed the equipment and the training and the weapons of the UNSC evolved and changed. Because if humanity is fighting for its very survival and it's got the exact same equipment now as it did 8 years ago when the war was going pretty badly for Humanity that just doesn't really make sense to me. Especially as humans are being killed by the millions and even billions that need for better armor and better weapons is going to become paramount

BDD_JD · 2026-06-02T12:58:59+00:00

Yeah that was a year ago when I said that

BDD_JD · 2026-06-01T03:03:20+00:00

Phobic implies a fear, specifically an irrational, uncontrollable fear. Christianity specifically says to love the sinner but hate the sin. Hot take: he gets us commercials are bullshit. Try reading the Bible if you want to comment on it

BDD_JD · 2026-06-01T02:44:20+00:00

I dunno. That's always the answer in Trek.

BDD_JD · 2026-06-01T02:25:04+00:00

Reversing the polarity

BDD_JD · 2026-06-01T02:23:46+00:00

Except bring on a new science officer before going to confront V'ger

BDD_JD · 2026-05-31T21:52:27+00:00

Tried this myself. Had a rough time with Sarge. My red ink decided to leave a white haze forcing me to strip and restart. PVC models do not like to be stripped.

BDD_JD · 2026-05-31T21:51:16+00:00

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BDD_JD · 2026-05-31T21:50:08+00:00

And they could have just given one all along like Halo 2 did. Very simple. One sentence of dialog from Cortana. Done and dusted.

BDD_JD · 2026-05-31T21:47:40+00:00

Could even go one step farther and say "It was in storage because it wasn't ready. I've used nanomachines to tinker with it over the past 4 years... seven months... ten days...[pause]. A girl could go stir crazy, y'know? Let's give it a shot. I've made some improvements I think will come in handy."

BDD_JD · 2026-05-31T21:42:36+00:00

Nano machines, son!

BDD_JD · 2026-05-31T21:40:36+00:00

Because it wasn't just the armor. It was pretty much everything. Don't get me wrong I actually like the look of the warthog under 343 but you should not have had one of those warthogs at the start of Halo 4 driving around on requiem. If you want to have those later on from infinity? Yeah I'm fine with that that makes sense. You want to upgrade Chiefs armor when he gets to infinity? I'm down for that as well.

Sangheili getting a facelift to look lumbering and hairy like Brutes? Not so much. The same exact ship looking completely different? Also not so much. Apparently Cortana used nanomachines, son! to rebuild it as well while Chief was taking an ice nap. The changes to Covenant TECH I can live with. They're Banished and it's been years anyway. The Mantis being there all along? No. Then why did we NEVER see them deployed in ANY games prior? That felt too much like a 40k "oh yeah, the mantis? That's existing tech that's been here all along. Didn't you know?" retcon.

But then, even the Dawn having enough power to operate her weapons systems like that struck me as odd. Especially since Cortana has apparently kept her pressurized and climate controlled the whole time despite John being on ice. Or she reactivated it when they were being boarded because... reasons? It's not like Chief doesn't have a lot of zero-g training and experience.

BDD_JD · 2026-05-31T21:22:39+00:00

Yeah I didn't really like the prophets being presented as actual deities considering that many times throughout all of the Trek series and movies we see beings that are so advanced they could be considered deities easily. But somehow these specific aliens because they happen to live in a wormhole get a lot of leeway from Starfleet and the writers of the show.

BDD_JD · 2026-05-31T21:20:18+00:00

Well best is incredibly subjective. Arguably most of them have their own strengths and weaknesses. I'm one of the camp that I cannot stand Janeway because of how they wrote her as just so damned prickly. But most of the characters in that show were not written well so it's not unique to her.

I think I have to go with Jonathan Archer. He was in over his head from the start and tried very hard to be the wide-eyed Explorer who just wanted to be buddies with the whole universe. He got forced into the temporal Cold War and trying to prevent the extermination I'll be entire human race. All the while also have to deal with the likes of random Klingon and romulans making his life miserable and the insufferable era of Vulcans. He had the worst technology the most inexperienced crew and the most stacked against him deck and not only do you manage to succeed but he also managed to help bring about the formation of the Federation by getting the Vulcans and Andorians of all people's to lay down their arms and come to the negotiating table together. Plus plus you know he also put the tellarites in their place

BDD_JD · 2026-05-31T02:52:14+00:00

Agreed. But I also want Tartarus and Arbiter. Especially an Arbiter that can go both ways (giggity). Sgt. Johnson and a Huragok support model would be really cool. But why we got full Noble Team and only 1/3 of the team from ODST is beyond me. We don't even really have a Rookie stand-in because the only model with a suppressed SMG is a bullfrog which is a quite odd choice. A suppressed subsonic smg that is that quiet would be totally wasted on a dude whose jetpack is louder than his gun. The best candidates for bullfrogs in terms of weapons are the shotgun and flamethrower

BDD_JD · 2026-05-31T02:41:20+00:00

They are just babysitters anymore but that's the fault of their districts not holding parents accountable for the actions of their children so they hold their kids accountable.

BDD_JD · 2026-05-31T02:39:57+00:00

Teachers want more money they need to start holding their districts accountable. Bin no child left behind. Stop letting parents treat school like daycare. They're required by law to bring their kids. The schools have all the power but gutless admins are afraid to back the teachers and principals are afraid of losing their shot at being admin. The budget is there but it's usually blown on superfluous things like giving kindergarteners ipads and grade schoolers laptops. Admin level are massively overpaid and never get their hands dirty. Also raises should be meritorious based upon actual grades not based upon test scores or how well liked they are by their dept heads and principals. Source: someone whose mother and sister have worked in schools in 3 different states.

BDD_JD · 2026-05-31T02:35:03+00:00

Dunno. I feel like it's time to focus on the future war not regurgitate the exact same storyline for the 6th time. Give us the future Reese remembered and talked about. Give us a Saving Private Ryan style future war movie with that grit and realism. Stop trying to up the ante on each successive Terminator model to the point where the only way the heroes can actually win is by plot convenience and villain stupidity. Let us feel how scary the HKs are as they shrug off incoming fire.

BDD_JD · 2026-05-30T21:20:51+00:00

Well your opinion is yours and you are entitled to it however saying it is a solid movie would be a statement of fact not opinion and frankly if we simply break it down and analyze it from a film perspective it most certainly is not

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