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Subject: A.I. Improvement
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Has anyone heard anything about the Jackals A.I.
In Halo, when you throw a plama grenade next to a Jackal he just stands there waiting to get blown up. Jackals are supposed to have superior senses but they cant even notice a grenade right next to them. Do you think they will fix this for Halo 2?

  • 06.02.2004 3:00 PM PDT

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I don't think it was that they couldn't notice, it was that they hoped their shield would protect them.

  • 06.02.2004 3:01 PM PDT
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Maybe they will. I've seen elites just staring at the ground looking at the grenade and circling around it too. It was funny though.

  • 06.02.2004 3:01 PM PDT
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Probably. It'll make it harder to kill 'em, cuz they were pretty clueless in Halo.

  • 06.02.2004 3:02 PM PDT
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yes, Bungie announced all of the improved A.I functions. They will now be able to flip objects to take cover. And they dont just stand their when they see a nade right by them, and many more functions that I forgot about.

  • 06.02.2004 3:03 PM PDT
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I hope the Hunters will present more of a challenge in the future. They were easily some of the coolest enemies I've ever seen.

  • 06.02.2004 3:04 PM PDT
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I hope the A.I. in the Marines will improve too - I feel bad when one guy gets stuck behind my tank and I don't want to run him over...well whatever (guns it...). But in Halo, jackals were pretty smart - they always worked in pairs, actually charged the plasma pistols to take out your shields, and they use their shields like an umbrella in 314 Guilty Spark! Just imagine their levels of A.I. in Halo2! Lining up their shields like the ancient Roman soldiers did...they could even organize charges!

  • 06.02.2004 4:26 PM PDT
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...they could even organize charges!


lol yeah, that would suck to have 10 jackals launch charged plasma shots at you all at the same time. I can't wait to see the improved AI of the covenant(and marines) in Halo 2.

  • 06.02.2004 4:36 PM PDT
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Man all i want to see is a way smarter elite. In Halo u could stand in back of them and flash your flashlight and they wouldnt get it. Or the way if they patrol they dont see me and then they come back into a room of dead grunts and they find nothing wrong with that???!!!!! COMMON!!!!!

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  • 06.02.2004 5:04 PM PDT
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Posted by: Duckbow
...they could even organize charges!


lol yeah, that would suck to have 10 jackals launch charged plasma shots at you all at the same time. I can't wait to see the improved AI of the covenant(and marines) in Halo 2.


Consider it very likely, remember the e3 2003 demo when the 5 jackals are coming at the chief in an arrow formation. They look friggin tight, then a warthog runs half of them over and shoots the rest.

  • 06.02.2004 5:09 PM PDT
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And now we see just how good the AI is now. If that's 2003, imagine how it's improved from over a year ago.

  • 06.02.2004 5:12 PM PDT
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that might have been a scripted event, but lets hope not!

  • 06.02.2004 5:26 PM PDT
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OK, 1: the marines, on 343 i was up and personal w/ a shotgun and then a marine throws a grenade at my feet.....
2: the patrol thing, I agree that its weird that an elite finds nothing wrong w/ dead comrades
3: throw a grenade next to a covenant and the will jump out of the way regardless if they are on a cliff edge or not.......
4: well the rest is golden for a 2001 game

  • 06.02.2004 5:31 PM PDT