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Subject: Jackals with Plasma Rifles!
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man thats going to be annoying in Legendary, i new the jackals would get he weapon in halo 2 though, but i wonder if they will have other weapons such as needlers...that will be cool!

Plus the new look to the jackals are awesome, the shields look brilliant and i love the Hair, reminds me of my mate John with his Mohikan ( excuse my spelling ), all the need now is a few piecings and a punk jacket! lol

  • 04.19.2004 12:13 PM PDT
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Yeah,they are great,i wonder if it will be different sorts like the good old black jackal,maybe the black jackal will be wielding a orange energy shield as a differnt from their orange comrades(And did you remember their helmets?)

  • 04.19.2004 12:36 PM PDT
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It appears to me as though Bungie did numerous modifications on the Jackals for Halo 2. Outside of their ability to use plasma rifles, their actual appearences has changed. Larger and more realistic looking shields, modified facial features and their significant growth spirt.

  • 04.19.2004 12:38 PM PDT
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yea they did seem to get a bit taller....maybe its just the view of the pic that makes them look bigger...im sure they'll look normal while ur playin....cause tehy'll b flat...on the ground dead! haha, lol

  • 04.19.2004 12:40 PM PDT
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Yeah, Im going to enjoy being in combat with them, and killing every single one of them!

  • 04.19.2004 12:50 PM PDT
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On legendary all it means is it's a lot easier to find plasma rifles.

  • 04.19.2004 12:51 PM PDT
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Actually Nukem I think that would be easier to fight a jackal because in legendary they fire plasma pistols like lighting! So not only can they fire their pistols fast they can charge it up and take down our shields easier. So I think they would be more deadly with plasma pistols than rifles. I'm on a posting rampage I can't be stopped!

  • 04.19.2004 1:33 PM PDT
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It looks like the Jackals have more hair than before too, they look very evil.

  • 04.19.2004 1:41 PM PDT
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Jackals having plasma rifles should make things much easier, jackals fire the plasma pistol much faster than the plasma rifle fires.

  • 04.19.2004 2:20 PM PDT
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The only major problem I had with Jackals in Halo 1 was them overcharging their plasma pistols.. Taking on a plasma rifle might be easier, actually.

And of course them shielding just about every shot in large groups when playing Legendary. A well placed grenade quickly takes care of that though.

  • 04.19.2004 2:21 PM PDT
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Posted by: Lord Folken
Jackals having plasma rifles should make things much easier, jackals fire the plasma pistol much faster than the plasma rifle fires.


---in halo, not halo 2

  • 04.19.2004 2:23 PM PDT
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That's true Greenday, but I don't see what they're going to change. An automatic weapon can only fire at its fastest when you hold the trigger in, but the plasma pistol in halo can be fired as fast as you can pull the trigger, I know I can fire the pistol faster than the rifle, the pistol is much more effective in Halo 1, they probably should make a change.

  • 04.19.2004 2:29 PM PDT
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but did you guys ever think about that there will
be some old fasion jackals too,.
they will charge there plasma pistols and knock
your shields off so the other jackals (those with the rifles)
will surely kill you!!

you've seen jackals cooperate in the E3 demo (the triangle formation)
so they surely can do a little trick
like the smart use of weapons!

  • 04.20.2004 9:51 AM PDT
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The plasma pistol can be shot faster true but the damage each plasma hits you is pathetic from the pistol now with the plasma rifle that does good dam shooting fast but charging up the shot with the pistol is the good stuff -Halo 1

  • 04.20.2004 10:49 AM PDT
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Good point 04. I wonder if they will also co-op with other allies, like three forming a shield and a Brute sniping at you from behind them. Or like in the HALO book 3, when the jackals formed a wall. Note: the triangle formation was run over by hogs. (Hope that buffs out...) Why didn't MC use that gun on the hog to kill all of the retreating jackals, as well as that (^%#$ brute on the hog hood?

  • 04.20.2004 11:39 AM PDT
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God I hope as you progress through the game and the ranks of Jackals start to imrove they get smarter and make more formations such as..
British Square- Could be used in a last ditch effort when surrounded or being rushed. They would form a sqaure facing outward with 2 rows of overlapping shelds, 1 row on bottom 2nd row on top. Then the Brutes behind them lobbing new grenade weapon over Jackals raining hell on the Marines outside, the blue Elites behind Brutes organizing and spotting troop movemnt, then comes the red Elites, then the last ling of defence Gold Elites protecectwhatever they are protecting in the middle (perhaps Prophet or maybe ancient artifact)
Phalanx- Could be used for advancing on a foritied position. Form rectangular shape sheilds infront, above and beside the slowly approaching force. Have other forces creeping inside the formation such as Elites or Brutes. When the or if the Jackals reach the target they disperse and let Elites and Brutes spread through the enemy formation.

That would be really sweet for those epic scale battles IMO...

  • 04.20.2004 12:46 PM PDT
Subject: brute on the hog hood
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about the brute on the hood of the warthog,
i think MC can't shoot so close to the verhicle.
ever tried to shoot somebody in multi-player who is on the hog itself??
that doesn't work really well.
or mayby you get frozen if a brute tries to
hi-jack your hog, so that the brute can do his thing,
so it would be harder to survive.....

[Edited on 4/21/2004 8:41:11 AM]

  • 04.20.2004 11:39 PM PDT