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Subject: There's one thing about the Halo series I never understood.
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CoD is a good game, even if the Halo series are better in some aspects. Anyone who insults either is just bad in that game. Grow up.

The shield IS equal across the entire armor, at least on parts where protection is needed. The palms and feet have lowered shielding, but this definitely does not apply to the head.

The only reason why it takes less hits to kill with headshots is because the visor is weaker than the titanium alloy used to make other parts of the body, and thus when the shield is broken the bullets can easily penetrate the helmet. (the gungnir helmet is weird because of this, of course,most likely a design flaw) Shots fired at a shielded head do not do more damage than shots fired at other shielded parts of the body.

As others have explained, the 1 sniper shot kills a Spartan because of residual momentum. The sniper bullet has enough punch that it breaks the shield and goes cleanly through, unlike other conventional weapons. Therefore, the sniper bullet would go through the helmet and shred the brain inside.

It takes 2 body shots with a sniper because the first shot breaks the shielding and passes through, causing heavy but not fatal damage, and the second shot will enter the Spartan with full power seeing as how there is no more shielding to protect them, which=death.

It's simple logic, completely non-gameplay related.

[Edited on 12.30.2010 11:49 PM PST]

  • 12.30.2010 11:43 PM PDT

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Posted by: Duardo
If you recall, in one of the books they turned down some of the shielding around their feet and hands so they could still grab onto thing and not slide around everywhere. I'd imagine they did the same for the head as well, since it would probably be difficult to move your head around if the shielding was up a lot.
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  • 12.31.2010 1:16 AM PDT

`. Movement purposes. In the books, there was at least one occasion when a spartan had to deactivate his shields to squeeze through a small opening or crevice. That means the shields are actual matter (though invisible), not just bullet deflectors. Obviously, if you put too much shielding around the helmet, hands, or joints, motion is limited. However, that explanation doesn't explain why BR shots do the same amount of shield damage to the head and body.

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  • 12.31.2010 2:02 AM PDT

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I din't think it's a fact that the shields are weaker, it's that there is significantly less armour plate on the helmet, especially the front. We've gone from maybe an inch or two of solid armour plate on the chest to a few millimetres on the helmet, and none on the visor.

In theory, a Sniper Rifle round would probably kill with a headshot even if the shields were strong enough to repel it, due to the sheer force exerted on the head, which would snap it back and probably break the target's neck.

EDIT: has this thread been moved? If I try and quote an early response, it takes me to the 'post in Flood' page.

[Edited on 12.31.2010 2:37 AM PST]

  • 12.31.2010 2:34 AM PDT

3 to the body, one to the head... that's how it always was in Halo 2 and 3.

And a sniper bodyshot would kill your shields and take away three health bars in Halo 1.

  • 12.31.2010 5:34 AM PDT

-blam!- Was that actually blammed out? Or did I just type it? You'll never know.

They're not equally shielded, the shields on their hands and bottoms of their feet are thinner.

And it takes the exact same amount of shot to take down shields anywhere on the player model. But after the shields are down head-shots do more damage.

  • 12.31.2010 5:44 AM PDT

All weapons in all halo games do they same damage to shields whether they hit the head or the body. The sniper is able to kill in one headshot because it is able to completely penetrate shields and once through can kill if it goes though the head, but not the body. You know, because thats where the brains are.

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  • 12.31.2010 12:26 PM PDT

Well, there's more sensitive bits in your head than anywhere else.

If we're going by game logic, the Sniper Rifle rounds always go right through the Spartan, so obviously a round to the head is going to kill them.

  • 01.01.2011 11:15 PM PDT

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The shield is of equal strength everywhere, but notice how the bullet passes through? if that were to hit your head in canon form your head would be soup and your helmet would be the bowl. And it is FPS logic...although Halo was one of the "Forerunners" of shooters. skull=/= armor/shields

  • 01.09.2011 12:58 AM PDT

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wrong forum


what forum should it be in then

  • 01.09.2011 1:14 AM PDT

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