- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Since there is Xbox Live, there could be downloadable content. Well, maybe 3 or 4 months after Halo 2 comes out, there will be a downloadable patch that allows us to play as Jackals in MP. Now think about it. The main reasons while only Elites and Spartans can be used right now, is becuase they have energy shields, and are roughly the same size. Well, Jackals have energy shields too. And, who said that the Jackals have to be as strong as a Spartan? They can probably only hold one grenade at a time, and one weapon at a time, not to mention that 2 melee attacks kill them, and they can't melee themselves. So why would you want to be a Jackal? Maybe there could be a game type where only Jackals could be used. A Jackal would be in Third Person view. That way, it would be much easier to shoot. The grenade button for the Jackals could be Y, since they can't switch weapons anyway (they only hold one at a time). As for the L trigger, that could be used as a target lock. Meaning, let's say there is a Jackal in front of you. You press the L trigger, and it automatically locks on to it. As soon as you press the R trigger to shoot, The shield automatically moves away and you start shooting. If a plasma grenade is thrown at you, and it sticks to your shield, you could use maybe the white button to throw it at the enemy, so it explodes next to them. So, I don't see why we would need Jackals, since they're so much weaker. But there are those people who still want them, so I just came up with this idea. What do you think?