Halo 1 & 2 for PC
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Subject: Shade gun turrets.

I have had halo PC for a while now, and i've come to a valid conclusion. The covie gun turrets (shades) are terrible. I would rather park my warthog and get in my gunner seat any day of the week. Technically, the Shade should be more powerful then the gun turret on the back of the hog. It's stationary, it cant be lugged around on the back of a car. It's more dangerous to use, therefore that should be balanced off by giving it more power. What do you think?

  • 08.24.2004 8:55 PM PDT
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I consider that a personal insult. But yeah, the LAAG is a lot better. I think that the LAAG has the same bullets as the pistol, except longer. Thats a pretty strong gun.

  • 08.24.2004 11:37 PM PDT

Posted by: Shade the 2nd
I consider that a personal insult. But yeah, the LAAG is a lot better. I think that the LAAG has the same bullets as the pistol, except longer. Thats a pretty strong gun.


Yeah, but the LAAG doesn't cause headshots.

  • 08.25.2004 10:42 AM PDT
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the LAAG can tear through elites like paper!

  • 08.25.2004 11:55 AM PDT
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The shades do suck in Halo PC. A lot of map makers for Halo Custom Edition have been making the damage rate of Shades a bit more appropriate for their new maps. Of course, the combat design of Shades is horrible to begin with. At least with LAAGs you have a semi-shield on the turret that can protect from improperly aimed head shots. In a Shade, you're a sitting duck with no way to avoid incoming fire. Because of this inherrent design flaw, they're fairly useless in multiplayer, even in CE where the damage capability has been upped. The only place they are truly useful in is single-player campaign mode.

  • 08.25.2004 1:17 PM PDT
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Yeah, shade's aren't that good, but i think they're ok against grunts and jackels. With the LAAG, it's the best...

  • 08.26.2004 12:11 AM PDT

Posted by: JasoN8899
Yeah, shade's aren't that good, but i think they're ok against grunts and jackels. With the LAAG, it's the best...


I dont think the LAAG is broken, i just think that the shade is underpowered. WAY underpowered.

  • 08.27.2004 8:25 AM PDT