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Subject: The Energy sword, useful, or not?

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yeah it kind of works, i thought this too.

but imagine taking on flood with a plasma sword, carriers in particular. i'll stick to shotgun thanks..

  • 06.23.2004 9:15 AM PDT
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no matter what people have heard off others let me get this straight. brutes do not guard the prophets, the elites do!

  • 06.23.2004 9:16 AM PDT
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I read in a weekly update or article that brutes guarded the prophets. Elites and prophets have some sort of power-struggle going on and the prophets are only ahead because the engineers only listen to prophets. That was my understanding. I wouldn't trust someone to guard me if he wanted to be my better.

  • 06.23.2004 9:18 AM PDT
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I guess, but you would consider the plasma sword harder to get. Like the rocket launcher, located in the toughest spot. Also the shotgun is easier to get...and the shotgun isn't exactly a weapon specifically designed for melee attacks. But...i get your point of view. Depends on how you look at it exactly

  • 06.23.2004 9:20 AM PDT

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i thought prophets and elites were the core of the covenant and that everyone else was enslaved. Maybe the two races have had a falling-out and prophets have chosen brutes to fill the muscle gap.

  • 06.23.2004 9:21 AM PDT
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Prophets are guarded by a rank of Elite only known as the Imperial Guard. They are the best of the best in the entire Covenant army.
Btutes are rarely seen near Prophets, let alone allowed to guard them the fact that the Brute, Tatarus was even allowed to speak to a Prophet caused discomfort amoung the Elites guarding him.
All this is clearly stated in First Strike pg 339
Anything else you hear is utterly wrong.

  • 06.23.2004 9:23 AM PDT
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The plasma sword will be cool, but it will probably turn out to be annoying in mp.

  • 06.23.2004 9:25 AM PDT
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Actually it's a power struggle between the ELITES and the BRUTES. The Elites feel insecure about their position and how the Brutes are moving in slowly. We know for a fact that they guard the Prophets. I know it, i've read it, and i've seen it

  • 06.23.2004 9:27 AM PDT
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I agree with you Nightshade i think it will be cool for a while but slowly become annoying when people start to overuse it. I do think that it would be a good idea so long as it is very hard to get to and there are not many to a map like in zanzibar but I could be wrong.

[Edited on 6/23/2004 9:38:53 AM]

  • 06.23.2004 9:37 AM PDT
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i can see the use of a plasma sword as a guerilla tactic based weapon, get up close to an enemy throw a gernade to confuse 'em then *SLICE* there dead and gone but if someone can see you running around with a plasma sword you'll likely die before you can use it

  • 06.23.2004 10:12 AM PDT
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That's why you carry a plasma pistol. When some one else comes up close you pull out the sword and slice them in half. The same thing works with the rocket launcher in the first game. Yeah it's cheap but it's funny.

  • 06.23.2004 1:56 PM PDT

I'll be on my own side.

well if the Plasma Sword is too powerful,thats why its in a hard to reach area. i hope theres a thing to toggle certain weapons. like no rockets or swords only. like preset weapon kits

[Edited on 6/23/2004 2:01:36 PM]

  • 06.23.2004 2:00 PM PDT
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Posted by: Zamamee
Prophets are guarded by a rank of Elite only known as the Imperial Guard. They are the best of the best in the entire Covenant army.
Btutes are rarely seen near Prophets, let alone allowed to guard them the fact that the Brute, Tatarus was even allowed to speak to a Prophet caused discomfort amoung the Elites guarding him.
All this is clearly stated in First Strike pg 339
Anything else you hear is utterly wrong.

I know nothing about the books. I do know that I am positive I read about brutes being guards in an article or update, not on the forum. Books are not always 100% accurate with whatever inspired them.

  • 06.23.2004 2:03 PM PDT
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i think the plasma sword will be cool. but i would like to know if you can do combo moves with it, now that would be really cool.

  • 06.23.2004 4:05 PM PDT
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you can duel weild with the energy sword. you can use the battle rifle or SMG with the energy sword. i found out about it from OXM.

  • 06.23.2004 4:08 PM PDT
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Posted by: Helljumper76
It seems like a one handed weapon. I hope you can have a SMG in the other hand. Two swords would be pointless.

you can duel weild with the energy sword. you can use the battle rifle or SMG with the energy sword. i found out about it from OXM.

  • 06.23.2004 4:09 PM PDT
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if you can dual wield it, it will make the perfect weapon combo. you see someone close, slice them, you don't, shoot em up

  • 06.23.2004 5:18 PM PDT
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It will be extremly usefull at close range because if you have downloaded the 3D picture it shows the Elite killing 3 Spartans.

  • 06.23.2004 5:20 PM PDT

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