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Knowledge is power my friends, knowledge is power. True, the Jackal Shield device does have a fail-safe, but it's because of them that the Mark V Mjolnir armour has shields. And the Energy blade is in Halo 2, and that has a fail-safe in Halo1

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  • 06.05.2004 5:31 PM PDT
Subject: Because of dual wielding,can Master Chief now hold JACKAL SHIELDS?
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i dont know, i havnt played the game yet.......

  • 06.05.2004 5:34 PM PDT

-S

Here's my thoughts on the subject...

What would you be protecting yourself from with a Jackal's shield? Covenant weaponry. What's the jackal shield weak to? Covenant weaponry. As such, I don't think the shield would be as effective as you'd like to think.

That, and I doubt your large armored arm could fit in the arm piece that the Jackals wear. If you haven't noticed, it's on their wrist, not in their hand.

  • 06.05.2004 5:36 PM PDT
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Yeah that would be awsome. Mabye that's one of the new things there adding.

  • 06.05.2004 5:40 PM PDT
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I think that would be cool, If I remember correctly, In Fall of Reach, the MC used a jackal's shield to protect himself from what I think was a Hunter's Fuel Rod Gun.

P.S. did you have to make the title so damn long? It makes reading the posts hell.

  • 06.05.2004 5:40 PM PDT
Subject: Because of dual wielding,can Master Chief now hold JACKAL SHIELDS?
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Well a Spartan could grasp it between his index and thumb, and your right it would be pretty useless. BTW I'm just posting this for argument's sake.

  • 06.05.2004 5:41 PM PDT
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True, but it would be handy if you had low health, and against human-weapon-wielding flood. It would be great for deflecting plasma grenades aswell. Also, there are ways round getting it to fit, so thats pretty weak to say that!

  • 06.05.2004 5:42 PM PDT
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True , but even though we may play on a second halo ring, the flood may not be released. As for the plasma 'nades, one word "sidestep". But I do see the virtue if you are in a tight area.

(funny that we both started with "True, but.....")

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  • 06.05.2004 5:49 PM PDT
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Well it might be useless in SP but it would kick ass in MP. My comment: put the shield in then all the Troy fans will run around screaming "YEAH I'M BRADE PITT" of cours i woulnt do that cough cough

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It would work really well and it would be balanced I mean human weapons it would be great against escept the RL and even if it is taken down easily by plasma weapons it is still the shield thats being hit not you, better it then you even if it is only for a few seconds. MC is taller then a jackel meaning it would only be able to cover his torso maybe his entire body if he crouches but then he would move slowly and vulnerable to out flanking and afterall he used it in the book so I doubt his wrist has changed that much unless MC has put on some pounds in the past couple years.

  • 06.05.2004 5:52 PM PDT
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Posted by: Shishka
Here's my thoughts on the subject...

What would you be protecting yourself from with a Jackal's shield? Covenant weaponry. What's the jackal shield weak to? Covenant weaponry. As such, I don't think the shield would be as effective as you'd like to think.

That, and I doubt your large armored arm could fit in the arm piece that the Jackals wear. If you haven't noticed, it's on their wrist, not in their hand.

Good thinking!
But it still would be cool.

  • 06.05.2004 5:53 PM PDT
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dont forget how small jackals are , the sheild would only be good when your crouching

  • 06.05.2004 5:54 PM PDT
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The issue is not if it will fit or not! Master Chief used 1 in Halo; the Fall of Reach (book) as Silent Hunter rightly pointed out. and to reiterate what i said previously, the Energy Blade/Plasma Sword is in Halo 2. Plus, Fuel rod guns were not on Halo:xbox, but are on Halo PC.

  • 06.05.2004 6:00 PM PDT
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It would be nice...a jackal shield on your left arm and a elite sword on your right...time to kick some azz!

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  • 06.05.2004 6:03 PM PDT
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i think the energy shield would be interseting. maybe handle the same way as the balistic shield in counter strike on xbox. it works pretty good on cs. i think it would be a cool addition to the game.

  • 06.05.2004 6:04 PM PDT
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Cool, glad you agree. :)

  • 06.05.2004 6:06 PM PDT
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hey jay again well i think holding a jackles shield would be much better then dule weilding but how would i no how good dule weailding is your the guy who PLAYED HALO2!!! well ne ways jackles are realy annoying in halo1 and i bet a spartan with a body shiledl and a arm sheild wouldnt be able to die without getting a running riot

its a good idea that i would like to see happen

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  • 06.05.2004 6:06 PM PDT
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it would also completes waste the point of being invisible

  • 06.05.2004 6:08 PM PDT
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Well i wasn't going to mention that in public(!!!) but cool.

  • 06.05.2004 6:10 PM PDT
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mention what if you mean halo2 expeirence you already did in a post

  • 06.05.2004 6:11 PM PDT
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If you have an active camoflage, why would you need one anyway?

  • 06.05.2004 6:12 PM PDT
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jay, did you really play h2 multiplayer. if you did, how does the smg reload? like what does the sequence look like?

  • 06.05.2004 6:13 PM PDT
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oh yea how do you reload 2 weapons when dule weilding (not to get off topic or any thing)

  • 06.05.2004 6:14 PM PDT
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You know what i want. I want to have two Jackal shields and just use them as big boxing gloves! Doesn't that sound special!

  • 06.05.2004 6:18 PM PDT
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Anyway, back to the Shields! lol

  • 06.05.2004 6:19 PM PDT