Also, if a Watcher shows up, you better drop everything and kill it because of how ridiculously overpowered they are.

Exactly. I learned VERY early on that Watchers must always be swatted down first. Those bastards are ANNOYING. Not quite Drones-with-Plasma-Pistols or Jackals-with-Beam-Rifles annoying – or, hell, not all of freakin’ HALO 2 annoying – but still really irritating nonetheless.

Hey Didactic what do you think would of happen in WW2 if the Nazi and Soviet stayed peaceful (ie no one declares war between the 2 nations)?

Such a peace would not have lasted. Stalin very clearly intended to march into Europe and conquer it. And Hitler very clearly wanted to march into Eastern Europe, exterminate or enslave many of the Slavic peoples, and expand the Reich.

But, suppose for the sake of argument that the two superpowers had decided to stay put and not go to war with each other. The likely outcome would have been a significant Cold War, of sorts, between two strains of socialism that were virulently opposed to each other. There would have been no way to sort out their differences. Communists hate Fascists, and vice versa, even though both are expressions of socialist thinking. Their irreconcilable difference lies in the way that they divide up society through identity.

Communism divides peoples along class identities. Fascism divides people along national identities. These two approaches are fundamentally incompatible.

Projecting further ahead, beyond the 1940s, the likely outcome would have been the economic collapse, utter impoverishment, and complete de-Christianisation of Europe and the FSU.

But, the final collapse of socialism probably would have happened a lot sooner, because there would not have been much incentive for America to support the Soviet Union financially. That is one of the dirty little secrets of the Cold War – the major reason why the Soviet Union lasted as long as it did, is because the West, and specifically the USA, gave it so much “humanitarian” aid and currency support. Without that nonsense, the USSR would have collapsed before the 1970s.

It would be interesting to think if the British Empire could stay on fighting or if the Usa could make a Naval invasion without the conflict in the East going on

Yeah, but the problem is that by the time WWII rolled around, the British Empire was already fatally weakened and the British could no longer support it financially or logistically. And the USA would have had no reason to intervene in Europe and could have concentrated its entire military machine on Japan.

Yeah. Australia has devolved a long way from what it was when I lived there. It’s gone from a happy place of considerable opportunity, to a literal land of convicts – who locked themselves up at the behest of their own government.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMha0i0P2Pc

The only thing I hate is that the sandbox is very limited compared to the other games. What makes Halo great is that every encounter can play out differently thanks to the superb AI. However, every encounter with Knights plays out exactly the same. You either:

1) Rush them with a Scattershot, or
2) Empty an entire clip of DMR or BR ammo at range and pray that you both take down their shields AND hit their incredibly tiny head, or
3) They teleport right next to you and kill you instantly.

Any other strategy will get you killed quickly on Legendary.

Also, if a Watcher shows up, you better drop everything and kill it because of how ridiculously overpowered they are.

It would be interesting to think if the British Empire could stay on fighting or if the Usa could make a Naval invasion without the conflict in the East going on

Agreed. As a citizen of said prison island I can also say that there is no longer any reward for effort, only more taxes and more regulation.