- Shai Hulud
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- Exalted Mythic Member
With B.B. gone, the passion of Bungie.net has lessened.
Emp grenade. Downs all shields within a radius (including shield doors) for a period of time, and also disables vehicles.
I would consider this to be a replacement for the power-drainer. Turn the piece of equipment into a grenade. Not that I really dislike the power-drainer, I just feel that its function would shine a bit more in the game if it made into a grenade.
And as far as the "crowding" issue with the grenades go (in other words, how there are already 4 different types of grenades), I would say that if another grenade is added, take out the firebomb. Yeah, it's cool, but its usefulness as it is now doesn't really fit into the game. It really only works as a sticky (which there are two of already). Yeah, it explodes on impact and the fire stays around for a little bit, but I don't see that working that well in general multiplayer. Perhaps make the firebomb have another function? When it was first announced, I thought it was going to be an anti-vehicle grenade, but it doesn't do a thing against vehicles.
I wouldn't mind keeping the firebomb in if it meant that it essentially replaces the plasma or spiker on certain maps (maps of appropriate theme, perhaps). You wouldn't have an extra grenade slot for it; it'd simply occupy the spiker/plasma slot for that map, whichever one it replaces.
[Edited on 10.21.2009 8:42 AM PDT]