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Subject: destroyable dropships???
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I hope in this next game we should bea able to shoot down the dropships of the covenatn. Like the phantom. What do u think?

  • 06.20.2004 2:43 PM PDT
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all vehicles are destructable

  • 06.20.2004 2:44 PM PDT

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You can.

  • 06.20.2004 2:46 PM PDT
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Really?

  • 06.20.2004 3:12 PM PDT

They want the 'Halo.' But I tell them: 'No! No Halo! For you, only the 'Frenzy'! The 'Frenzy' and maybe some 'Munch'

They are also piloted by the AI, so they won't land in the same place every time.

  • 06.20.2004 3:14 PM PDT
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yes, ALL vehicles are destructable even ones you cannot drive (well most anyway) the bottom line is that you can destroy the dropships

  • 06.20.2004 3:14 PM PDT
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Yeah, you can shoot down dropships now. I can't wait t shoot one down!!!!! What do you think it will take to get one down, do you think a well placed grenade would do the trick?????

  • 06.20.2004 3:15 PM PDT
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no i think that they will be able to sustain a lot more punishment that a single grenade

  • 06.20.2004 3:20 PM PDT
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I was thinking if you got a grenade on the windshield, then when it blows up it would kill the pilot, thus causing the dropship to fall.

  • 06.20.2004 3:23 PM PDT
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unless a co-pilot took over, but i see your point. maybe if it crashed it wouldn't be 'destroyed' as such but would make a spectacle of a scene as it comes crashing down

  • 06.20.2004 3:25 PM PDT
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yeah, maybe more than one nade, like maybe 2 nades...

you remember how long it took to kill a wraith? with a pistol? well in the e303 vid, the gunner MC guass rifles the crap out of a phantom and it doesnt go down... so maybe like 20 nades will do the trick

  • 06.20.2004 3:25 PM PDT
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having said that two banshees take out a pelican. but i think the big things take a pounding, like 6 rockets or something which would make it more benificial for you to let then drop the covies, kill them and let the dropship fly off. where is the windshield on the phantom, if there is one, anyway?

  • 06.20.2004 3:28 PM PDT
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if it takes around 12 grenades to drop a hunter in heroic. (depending on where you hit them) I'd say it'd be a helluva lot a grenades to drop a... dropship. maybe a few rockets would drop it.... or a human/covie turret.

  • 06.20.2004 3:29 PM PDT
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20 grenades??????? If it takes that much, it would be a rare occurrence to shoot down a dropship. I would think it would take anymore maybe 4 rockets.

But seriously, how cool of a scene would it be to get a grenade right on the windshield, so that it kills the pilot. Then, the ship waivers in the air a little bit, and you are thinking, I have to get the hell out of here. So, you start running and the ship falls and hits the ground creating a huge explosion that kills tons of covies and marines alike. that would be the coolest thing in the world!!!!!

[Edited on 6/20/2004 3:32:12 PM]

  • 06.20.2004 3:30 PM PDT
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i'm guessing 4 well placed rockets or a good shot with a sniper rifle to the pilot will do the trick.

  • 06.20.2004 3:31 PM PDT
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Posted by: Final Spartan
if it takes around 12 grenades to drop a hunter in heroic. (depending on where you hit them) I'd say it'd be a helluva lot a grenades to drop a... dropship. maybe a few rockets would drop it.... or a human/covie turret.


Lol you actually counted as well. Well a Hunter takes 15 plasma or frags in legendary, so yeah a dropship will take a helluva lot more....Despite the Wraith going up in flames after only 6 grenades(either type)

Also conisdering that pieces of vehicles can be blown off I'd assume the same applies to the dropships....Maybe blow off a wing or a grav pod and the sucker will slow giving you a better chance of taking that son of a -blam!- down.

[Edited on 6/20/2004 3:34:09 PM]

  • 06.20.2004 3:33 PM PDT
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Or we could just use a scorpion. that'd take a dropship down pretty fast.

and yes I counted.

[Edited on 6/20/2004 3:33:50 PM]

  • 06.20.2004 3:33 PM PDT
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well what does that new covenant sniper rifle do if its any form of infra red you might be able to see the engine and take that out

  • 06.20.2004 3:35 PM PDT
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well what does that new covenant sniper rifle do if its any form of infra red you might be able to see the engine and take that out
that would be frikin TIGHT.

and i agree with blowing wings/grav pods off of it.

  • 06.20.2004 3:44 PM PDT
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Well the thing is there are three problems we don't know the answers to yet.

1. If the dropships now have sheilds
2. How strong their armor is
3. How much shield and armor penetration the Covenant Carbine has (we know nothing of a sniper yet)

  • 06.20.2004 3:49 PM PDT
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it doesn't look like phantoms have shields because when master chief shoots them on e3 2003 there is no shimmer of hit shields. so i'm thinking really good armour

  • 06.21.2004 4:14 AM PDT
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yea that a good i dead being able to shot down the phantoms

  • 06.21.2004 5:20 AM PDT
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yes, a hunter may take 15 grenades, but only one shot from a pistol or sniper(not any more tho). as im sure it is with vehics, they prob have a weak spot. probly not as open as the hunters tho.

[Edited on 6/21/2004 7:10:23 AM]

  • 06.21.2004 7:10 AM PDT

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Well guys u've said it all,pretty much,and yeha mayeb you could slow a phantom down by blowing one of the turbines i suppose,but as we saw at e3,they're not as fast as the cov'Dropships from halo.BUT THE REAL GOOD QUESTION REMAINS..(AND DON'T POST SYAING NO OR YES CUZ WE REALLY DON'T KNOW UNTILL THE GAMES COMES OUT CUZ IT MIGHT BE ONE OF THE BIG SURPRISES BUNGIE WAS TALKING ABOUT)..well back to the question...CAN WE DRIVE THE LONGSWORD FIGHTERS....maybe in the last mission?.,.

  • 06.21.2004 8:37 AM PDT
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Ahhh!! Caps Lock!!! My eyes! They are melting!!!

If you would be able to drive longsword fighters, It would only be in campaign. On a huuuge map. In blackness of space. Where it would be very hard to spot something to shoot.
In other words: a campaign spacebattle scenario, where you could like either chase the few remaining covenant away from earth (if we win), or just fly around blasting as many dropships you can to save some marines would be great!

[Edited on 6/21/2004 8:47:49 AM]

  • 06.21.2004 8:47 AM PDT

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