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Subject: Brute Shields = Elite Copout

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Why do the Brutes have shields? I doubt it'll be explained through the canon, since it contradicts both Halo 2 (no armor, no shields) and Halo 3 (no shields). What's the difference between an ODST brute and an elite? Why not, yknow, just bring back the elite?

  • 06.04.2009 9:34 AM PDT

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[Marcus starts ad-libbing the first verse]
Mike Lowery: Dude, you gotta learn the words.
Marcus Burnett: We usually only do the chorus

the brutes so far shown in odst had shielded armour in odst

  • 06.04.2009 9:35 AM PDT
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Brutes have shields in Halo 3 but no shield flare effect. Shoot and you see shield sparks... There's nothing new in shields. Besides, Brutes are now leading soldiers in the Covenant, why wouldn't they use shields?

[Edited on 06.04.2009 9:41 AM PDT]

  • 06.04.2009 9:40 AM PDT

Buckle Up: It's makes it harder for the Covenant to suck you up.

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Brutes have shields in Halo 3 but no shield flare effect. Shoot and you see shield sparks... There's nothing new in shields. Besides, Brutes are now leading soldiers in the Covenant, why wouldn't they use shields?

QFT. They do have shields in Halo 3. You just can't see them that easily.

  • 06.04.2009 9:41 AM PDT

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Wow. I fail. Years of playing Halo 3 and I never picked up on their armor being shielded. Damnit..

  • 06.04.2009 9:46 AM PDT
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I think the shield holds their armor together. That was a theory for the sparks in Halo 3, maybe it is just is more prominent in ODST.

  • 06.04.2009 9:47 AM PDT