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Subject: Why did the Covenant want grunts?

What a waste....

Slaves. Bullet soakers. And, when trained, good troops.

  • 12.10.2010 3:52 PM PDT

They breed like rabbits.

  • 12.10.2010 4:03 PM PDT
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A whole number of situations.
Like so enemies have something to shoot at while Elites flank them.

  • 12.10.2010 4:20 PM PDT

Without me, it's just "Aweso".

Slave labor. No matter how inept, they can still work.

  • 12.10.2010 4:28 PM PDT

The philosophy in Halo is "two people enter a room, the better one leaves." This means that instead of a reliance on skills or how long you practice nailing every shot with the dmr the quickest possible, you must rely on other things then simply outshooting all your enemies.
Nothing in combat is ever meant to be fair.

they needed more lower class for common workers, and the many grunts serve that purpose.

  • 12.10.2010 4:35 PM PDT

KILL OR BE KILLED!


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Comic relief.



XD

  • 12.10.2010 10:19 PM PDT

Don't worry, you're still your mom's favorite Bnet member.

Cannon fodder is exactly why they wanted them. Something to distract their enemies whilst the Elites do the dirty work.

  • 12.10.2010 10:52 PM PDT

Grunts 6 foot? Lmao get real. 5 footish max!

Yeah cannon fodder.

The Russian empire and subsequent Soviet Union sent millions of unarmed Russians towards German guns.

Remember reading in WW1 they sent peasants at tha German front lines with pitchforks..

Can see tha resemblance between that an Elites sending hundreds of grunts forward with plasma pistols - The butter knife of tha halo universe..

  • 12.12.2010 10:42 AM PDT

Seriously Oak, Ive been doing this -blam!- for 16 years, gimmie my Friggen starter Pokemon and dont call me till im the champion! ¬_¬

2 points really

Firstly - Alien species are not likely to come across one and other, if you meet one, you cant just Cut off contact, its not like they'll be another species round the corner (Though apparently, there WAS)

Secondly, Ever heard of the russian steamroller? Russian troops poured themselves down towards enemy lines, soo many there wasnt enough of them to have a weapon each, so the guys at the back had to pick up rifles from the guys who died in front

grunts are basically the same, they overpopulated there home planet, there literally in the Thosands of millions, so by sending them in the front lines, it breaks moral, no matter how many of them die they just keep coming

their useless, cowardly but to be a marine on a planet being invaded by the covanant, there probobly would be little more devastating

Well, besides the flood :P

[edit] - Damn, someone already referneced russia

[Edited on 12.12.2010 10:53 AM PST]

  • 12.12.2010 10:52 AM PDT

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