- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
ok, first of all its a fail safe. When it somehow detects that the owner was killed, it becomes permanently useless (read First Strike) same goes with the fuel rods, they self destruct so the opponent cant use them (the Fuel rod guns that hunters have are welded into their armor so it dosent have fail safe) In Halo : CE the fail safe for the Fuel rod gun was not active in multiplayer. I belive it will be the same thing in halo 2 multiplayer.
Oh and about the elites "turning on" the swords I guess that if you squeeze the grip hard as you would when you go into a fight, the sword turns off. If you loosen your grip, it turns off. Something like that