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Subject: Jackal arm shields
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it would be awesome

  • 06.15.2009 1:50 AM PDT

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indeed, i do want to see Arm Shields in this game, imagine, sword and shield in hand cutting a bloody swath acorss hte covenant lines....awesome

  • 06.15.2009 2:09 AM PDT

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If Gears of War can do it Halo can!

  • 06.15.2009 2:10 AM PDT

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Posted by: SilverDraco
If Gears of War can do it Halo can!

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  • 06.15.2009 2:14 AM PDT
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Posted by: SilverDraco
If Gears of War can do it Halo can!

Halo can't pull of meat shields.

  • 06.15.2009 2:25 AM PDT

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hes talking about the boomer shield

  • 06.15.2009 2:33 AM PDT
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Posted by: DarkScythe 058
hes talking about the boomer shield

Yes but he said if GOW can do it so can Halo. I proved him wrong.

  • 06.15.2009 2:35 AM PDT

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he was talking about shields -_- youve proved nothing
yes halo could never do the meat shield, thats Epics awesome creation, but the arm mounted shield can be done by anyone

  • 06.15.2009 2:39 AM PDT
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It would open up a whole bunch of oppertunities in "approaching" a combat situation. But jackel shields tend to overheat much more against plasma weapins yes?

  • 06.15.2009 2:46 AM PDT

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as do standard spartan shields, itd be like a directed and slightly weaker version of the shield were accustomed with,but with no protection other than from frontal attacks

  • 06.15.2009 2:50 AM PDT
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ROBOHOG IS VERY BRILLIANT AND STUFF.

If it ever does, it will appear in a dual wield configuration. One hand holds the shield, and the fire trigger raises it to defensive position. The other hand holds the weapon, and hey presto. It's simple enough, I'm surprised we didn't see it in Halo 3.

  • 06.15.2009 2:51 AM PDT
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Posted by: DarkScythe 058
he was talking about shields -_- youve proved nothing
yes halo could never do the meat shield, thats Epics awesome creation, but the arm mounted shield can be done by anyone
I was just saying Halo can't do everything GOW can. The opposite is true also.

  • 06.15.2009 2:59 AM PDT

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yep, just like oblivion :)

  • 06.15.2009 2:59 AM PDT
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Very good, but do you reckon it would have the ability to recharge itself like a spartan shield, because if memory serves correctly, when Spartan 117 used a stolen shield in his first encounter with a pair of hunters one shot over loaded it, and it didnt recharge. (I do suppose it was a shot from a fuel rod cannon) :S

  • 06.15.2009 3:00 AM PDT

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thats because it melted, remember "johm looked down at the shield gauntlet, it was white hot, he ripped it from his arm and dove for cover" or something like that

i think they wont have it destroyable, maybe have it like old school shield systems, it takes so much damage, and the meter goes down, when it hits zero, the shield deactives and the gauntlet is useless

sounds pretty good to me

  • 06.15.2009 3:12 AM PDT
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HAHA. Forgot about that part. sounds like a good system youve got worked out.

  • 06.15.2009 3:21 AM PDT
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Adding to my idea I posted before.

When you have the shield and a two-handed weapon you would fire normally with two hands. The shield would stay on your left wrist. It would protect your left side. Pressing LT would raise the shield over your torso and face, crouching would also protect your legs. You can't shoot a two handed weapon with the shield raised.

When using a dual-wieldable weapon the shield simply works like a second weapon.

The shield might be considered a piece of equipment. Pressing X would turn the shield on/off. The shield would have a charge of 100%. When it regenerates itself after taking damage an amount of the charge will be taken away. When the charge reaches 0% the shield is gone forever. If the shield is broken you will have to wait a set time for it to return to working order.



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  • 06.15.2009 3:32 AM PDT

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That would be good

  • 06.15.2009 4:50 AM PDT

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HAHA. Forgot about that part. sounds like a good system youve got worked out.


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i think that system would work best, however the shield DOES regenerate, but VERY slowly, like after 30 seconds or so it starts to cool down and regenerate, i think that would be made redundant by the fast paced battles of the higher difficulties....so my system would work best

  • 06.15.2009 4:59 AM PDT

it would be pretty cool to have it. I think they would incorporate it is a dual wielding thing, so you only have your single hand weapon to fire, then pull left trigger and pull the shield up.

Anything else seems over powered, to be honest.

  • 06.15.2009 5:00 AM PDT
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i think it should be a item that u find in the maps that mabye you could use for a total of 30 seconds but u could put it back in the band when not used and bring it out to use for cover

  • 06.15.2009 5:14 AM PDT
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The shield could work like the deploable cover but smaler, if you shoot the shild then it changes colour then after a certan number of shots disapears that after so long regenarats; but if you shoot the genarator then is is gone forever.

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  • 06.15.2009 5:48 AM PDT

Posted by: im Jack with 4
I say no.
if they did it would do little, why?
you are fighting covenant, with plasma weapons.
Jackal shield weakness: Plasma
Strength: bullets
you would walk into a group of covenant and the shield wouldn't last 3 seconds

so why use a shield made to protect against your own people?


Good point i didnt even think of that.

  • 06.15.2009 12:28 PM PDT

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Yes the jackel shields would b great fun, it could b just like a daul weapon

  • 06.15.2009 12:41 PM PDT

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