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  • Poll [22 votes]: Would you like to see a flashbang grenade in Halo 2?
Subject: Flashbang, frag, plasma, lots of killing
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Poll: Would you like to see a flashbang grenade in Halo 2?  [closed]
Sure:  45%
(10 Votes)
Nope:  55%
(12 Votes)
Total Votes: 22

I dont think that any of these 'nade types have been confirmed. I think the frag grenade has a flash updgrade, or something, cause of when the marines throw it at the grunts in the E3 '03 demo movie. Well I'm not arguing about what kind of grenade was thrown, but I think that there shouldn't be a flashbang grenade in Halo 2. Just plasma grenades and frag grenades. So what do you think about the types of grenades?

  • 07.12.2004 12:46 PM PDT
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please post your ideas about the grenades

  • 07.12.2004 12:51 PM PDT
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Flashbang = Not in Game.

Frag Grenade w/ Flash Effect = In Game

there you go buddy, case closed.

(Dont believe me? go watch E3 2003. thx.)

  • 07.12.2004 12:53 PM PDT
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hehe yeah, I know that in E3 '03 it shows the marines throwing a grenade and it has a flash affect on the covies, but there was a topic with a big argument about whether or not it was a flashbang nade or a frag. I didnt want to argue about what kind of nade it was, but just whether or not you'd like to see one in the game. I'm not going to say anything along the lines of what I think the grenade was or wasnt that was thrown in E3.

  • 07.12.2004 1:00 PM PDT
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Im thinkin' the upgrade would be sweet...maybe even a smoke grenade too. Imagine, you run in with the ODSTs and you throw a smoke grenade and a frag, smoke and bang, you run in and shred to covies :D

  • 07.12.2004 1:02 PM PDT
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Dude there is no point to those things...you have a shield, you dont need to confuse the already stupid aliens....

  • 07.12.2004 1:03 PM PDT
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very cool idea...whoa, i didnt even think of the smoke grenade

  • 07.12.2004 1:03 PM PDT
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in the 2003 e3 demo a marine throw a granade, and when chief runs into the area all the covies are just standing there looking dazed and/or blinded. if it was a frag with a flash upgrade why didnt ANY of the aliens get fragged? it was a small area, and they were bunched together... sorry im the guy that started that other thred and i think flashbangs woul be cool. and i dont think it was a frag but who knows, it was a very early build of the game.

  • 07.12.2004 1:12 PM PDT
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Posted by: LazyAssWhore
in the 2003 e3 demo a marine throw a granade, and when chief runs into the area all the covies are just standing there looking dazed and/or blinded. if it was a frag with a flash upgrade why didnt ANY of the aliens get fragged? it was a small area, and they were bunched together... sorry im the guy that started that other thred and i think flashbangs woul be cool. and i dont think it was a frag but who knows, it was a very early build of the game.


look at some earlier throws of the frag MC does... they barely have an explosion due to the early build. the explosion that actually killed the grunts below him was due to a chain reaction from the little power thingys (i hope you know what im talking about). so the frag in that build had an awful blast radius, thats it. gg

  • 07.12.2004 1:15 PM PDT
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there should be a flash bang.

  • 07.12.2004 1:19 PM PDT
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Posted by: Big pimpin SF
there should be a flash bang.


no

  • 07.12.2004 1:20 PM PDT
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I could play without it i dont care about it.And if you thought of from the e3 2003 vid,that was a frag.The were all covering there eyes becuz scrahpnel must of screwed them up

  • 07.12.2004 1:20 PM PDT
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so i just watched the 2003 demo again, and the first grenade he throws lands right in the center of the grunts, and obviously kills them all, no secondary explosions or anything, but i might be seeing it differently than you (OU812) but the part where the marine throws it obviously lands very close to the group of covies and doesnt kill one of them, not one, i would expect even with a horrible blast radius that it would kill at least one of them. go watch it all closely. im not saying its definite proof of flashbangs, it is an early build of the game and im sure many things have and will change, im just saying its an interesting possibility. it would make legendary alot more approachable at times, when you have to run into a room full of covies who are all doing their best to kill you, toss a flashbang in there, blind em, and take a few out before they have the chance to dominate you. thanx for listening =)

[Edited on 7/12/2004 1:27:55 PM]

  • 07.12.2004 1:25 PM PDT
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it would also be cool if there were smoke genades

  • 07.12.2004 1:26 PM PDT
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Posted by: LazyAssWhore
so i just watched the 2003 demo again, and the first grenade he throws lands right in the center of the grunts, and obviously kills them all, no secondary explosions or anything, but i might be seeing it differently than you (OU812) but the part where the marine throws it obviously lands very close to the group of covies and doesnt kill one of them, not one, i would expect even with a horrible blast radius that it would kill at least one of them. go watch it all closely. im not saying its definite proof of flashbangs, it is an early build of the game and im sure many things have and will change, im just saying its an interesting possibility. it would make legendary alot more approachable at times, when you have to run into a room full of covies who are all doing their best to kill you, toss a flashbang in there, blind em, and take a few out before they have the chance to dominate you. thanx for listening =)


i appreciate the serious response. thank you. now. go watch the event again. the ODST's/Marines (Im not worried on which of them it is) say, "Frag in. clear." all you see is an explosion come from the "hallway" becasue MC is not facing down it. when you turn the corner to see the end result it is true that none of them are killed, but there is blood, so they were wounded. it is a possibility that frags are less powerful but have a larger radius. i dunno. my moneys on game error/early build personally.

  • 07.12.2004 1:35 PM PDT
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ok so i finally actually went back and read all the posts on my previous topic about this, and aparently shishka said it is a new effect of the frag grenades and definatly not a flashbang. but to be fair my topic was about flashbangs/stun nades, so i was on the right track. i think it is a cool idea that will make the gameply even more fun and deep, but my only beef is that it probably wont have that effect in MP. i think it would be cool if you coud stun people by landing a grenade close to them, ive seen it in games like call of duty where they have a shellshock effect. something along those lines i think would be interesting. in call of duty you can choose to turn it on or off, i think that would be important since not everyone will agree with me that it would be cool.

  • 07.12.2004 1:44 PM PDT

I'll be on my own side.

it was a frag grenade that blinded the Covies at E3 03. why else would there be Covie blood on the ground,before the chief and marines started shooting?? the shrapnel.

[Edited on 7/12/2004 1:54:27 PM]

  • 07.12.2004 1:53 PM PDT
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Posted by: LazyAssWhore
so i just watched the 2003 demo again, and the first grenade he throws lands right in the center of the grunts, and obviously kills them all, no secondary explosions or anything, but i might be seeing it differently than you (OU812) but the part where the marine throws it obviously lands very close to the group of covies and doesnt kill one of them, not one, i would expect even with a horrible blast radius that it would kill at least one of them. go watch it all closely. im not saying its definite proof of flashbangs, it is an early build of the game and im sure many things have and will change, im just saying its an interesting possibility. it would make legendary alot more approachable at times, when you have to run into a room full of covies who are all doing their best to kill you, toss a flashbang in there, blind em, and take a few out before they have the chance to dominate you. thanx for listening =)


I think it would be very usefully in legendary too. I mean I could have used some in halo quiet a few times ex: A big group of elites(One is almost always a gold one) I throw a flashbang into the group they all are stuned for a few secs, I run in and hit them all in the back, very useful!

[Edited on 7/12/2004 2:05:17 PM]

  • 07.12.2004 2:04 PM PDT