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Subject: Plasma Grenades? How are they going to work?

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Well in a clip of gameplay footage shown earlier at E3, I saw a plasma grenade being thrown by the player, which confused me because of the lack of several things that should have happened:

-Why did the Plasma grenade not stick to the ODSTs hand? I mean, I can understand Spartans and Elites not getting the Grenade stuck on their hand when they thow it, due to the Spartan's gloves, and what I assume to be a layer of mucus or slime on the elite's skin. Now, the ODSTs clearly have some skin exposed, so wouldn't that be rather unfortunate? WHich brings me to my next point:

-Burns (or lackthereof). How are the hands not getting burned? Seriously the grenade is not just on fire, but covered in some radioactive blue flame, which I presume is very hot.

Can anyone explain this to me?

  • 06.02.2009 6:02 PM PDT
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Posted by: Gig4t3ch
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I guess I can understand if you don't want to make out with guys in the US if they're so ugly, you should just say so though.

Playability.

You're over analysing everything.

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  • 06.02.2009 6:04 PM PDT
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good point I have no idea.

  • 06.02.2009 6:04 PM PDT

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plasma grenades arm when thrown, there is an internal mechanism that recognizes when it's been thrown, then it arms it's sticking ability

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Reach needs to be patched. It's the truth.

Plasmas activate their stick ability just after being thrown

  • 06.02.2009 6:06 PM PDT

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The adhesive properties of the Plasma Grenade do not active until it has left the user's hands, or at least until the user has his finger off the green emblem. Remember, you have to pull the "pin" before any grenade works.

  • 06.02.2009 6:06 PM PDT

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Posted by: BBrulz82
Plasmas activate their stick ability just after being thrown

yeah
how else would grunts throw em?

  • 06.02.2009 6:07 PM PDT

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Posted by: AbeLincoln15
Playability.

And perhaps that they don't activate until they leave the owners hand?

  • 06.02.2009 6:07 PM PDT

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Posted by: Legendairy314
Posted by: AbeLincoln15
Playability.

And perhaps that they don't activate until they leave the owners hand?
Probably.

  • 06.02.2009 6:09 PM PDT

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You'd think that in the 2500s aliens would have devised a way to create a sticky grenade that doesn't stick to the grenadiers hands... hmm...

  • 06.02.2009 6:09 PM PDT

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Posted by: mike120593
Well in a clip of gameplay footage shown earlier at E3, I saw a plasma grenade being thrown by the player, which confused me because of the lack of several things that should have happened:

-Why did the Plasma grenade not stick to the ODSTs hand? I mean, I can understand Spartans and Elites not getting the Grenade stuck on their hand when they thow it, due to the Spartan's gloves, and what I assume to be a layer of mucus or slime on the elite's skin. Now, the ODSTs clearly have some skin exposed, so wouldn't that be rather unfortunate? WHich brings me to my next point:

-Burns (or lackthereof). How are the hands not getting burned? Seriously the grenade is not just on fire, but covered in some radioactive blue flame, which I presume is very hot.

Can anyone explain this to me?

Plasma grenades are not "on fire" as you presume. The blue gas they emit is only 60-70 degrees.

Halopedia - An interesting thing to note is the fact that when a Plasma Grenade is primed, it does not stick to the thrower. A theory for this could be that the grenade must be primed touching something emitting heat, and then leaving the heat-emitting object, thus activating its "stickiness", and finally landing and sticking to another heat-emitting object (i.e. the target). This is even better proven by the fact that it will stick to the person who threw it if it bounces back at them (such as hitting a wall).

It's possible that the grenade has an adhesive activated by a timer. Once the grenade is activated, this timer is initiated, giving a few seconds for the thrower to release the grenade. Once the timer has run out, the adhesive activates and the surface of the grenade is made as sticky as glue by the activation of the adhesive, although this theory doesn't explain the environment/character principles of the grenade.

It is also possible that it will not stick to the thrower because the user may have to hold down the activation switch and apon releasing the switch it will become sticky.


Seriously, it does wonders.

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  • 06.02.2009 6:10 PM PDT

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Posted by: EL1TE SUPR3MACY
The adhesive properties of the Plasma Grenade do not active until it has left the user's hands, or at least until the user has his finger off the green emblem. Remember, you have to pull the "pin" before any grenade works.


If I remember correctly, they arm on contact with soft targets i.e it detects if its a soft target or just a brick wall and acts accordingly.

  • 06.02.2009 6:10 PM PDT
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Don't the plasma grenades have a little computer that recognizes when it was thrown and when it comes in contact with an organic target.

  • 06.02.2009 6:12 PM PDT