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Subject: Capturing banshees....!
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Is it possible to knock a banshee out of the sky and still be able to use it?
(like how Linda in first strike took 'em down with one sniper shot, so they didnt explode)

If anyone has done it before, tell me.

  • 05.10.2004 3:26 PM PDT
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i dont think so... but maybe. I was on the level "HALO" and a banshee at the start crashed into the wall and the elite died but the banshee lived.. but i couldnt get into the banshee..(no the banshee was not disabled.. thats confirmed)

  • 05.10.2004 3:32 PM PDT
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The only way to "steal" a banshee is to make them go straight up and hit something, like a wall or ceiling. You'll just destroy the banshee if you try to shoot out the driver.

  • 05.10.2004 3:44 PM PDT
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Posted by: Septorzero
no the banshee was not disabled.. thats confirmed)

k your -blam!- ing retarded. It is confirmed that they DID disable the banshee right here on the bungie site. actually think before stateing something as fact!

[Edited on 5/10/2004 3:47:55 PM]

  • 05.10.2004 3:46 PM PDT
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Disable? What do you mean by disabling a banshee?

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i have been able to shoot the elite out of the banshee or stick him with a grenade, it doesnt work a whole lot but it happens sometimes. i shot the little opening in the back where the elite gets in with a pistol or sniper (both work), or if i can throw a plasma grenade right there he will fall out with the grenade stuck to him. again it doesnt work a lot but i have done it a few times to steal the banshee.
another method i found is if he is flying by a whole, shoot a rocket in front of him and he will try to dodge it and sometimes he will swerve into the wall and then fall out

[Edited on 5/10/2004 5:17:02 PM]

  • 05.10.2004 3:50 PM PDT

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In Halo 2 u can Hi-jack Banshees just pic this ur flying and pull out a Elite and send him falling thousands of feet below....k maybe not that high maybe like 20 feet up.

  • 05.10.2004 3:53 PM PDT
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Are you sure? I've tried thousands of times to get that stupid Elite out of the Banshee, but I guess you can do it if you actually did it

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I've done it once... and only ever once, entirely by accident. By design I haven't managed it yet. I used the pistol and knocked the Elite out of his banshee on the "Halo" level.

Unfortunately, Bungie, smart guys that they are realized that by some extraordinary chance you could get a banshee on that level so they're automatically disabled even if you luck out and snag one.

  • 05.10.2004 4:26 PM PDT
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That happen to me on the same level I shot the banshee an the dumb elit ran into the cliff fell out an died then I got all excited thinking I could go ANYWHERE on that level only to be disapointed when i couldnt get in it. :(

  • 05.10.2004 4:36 PM PDT
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posted by: SolidSnake12345
In Halo 2 u can Hi-jack Banshees just pic this ur flying and pull out a Elite and send him falling thousands of feet below....k maybe not that high maybe like 20 feet up.

I think I read somewhere that the ceiling for shees is either 300 meters or 300 feet. Thats not very high, also considering people are fantasizing about flying banshees in halo 2 in space. If you get to fly in space in halo 2, it would be in a longsword, or a covie seraph(from the books).

Banshees are open back with no life support.....

[Edited on 5/10/2004 5:03:24 PM]

  • 05.10.2004 5:02 PM PDT
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First off I have tried capturing a Banshee in this method before. Both on Campaign and Co-op. It is impossible. I even pissed off the marines on AotCR and their sniper bullets did ZERO damage to BOTH ME and the BANSHEE. Actually I then tested that theory on every Covenant vehicle. The Ghosts, Wraiths, and Banshees when hit by the S2 AM will not receive any damage what so ever. However pilots can be hit, should they be on the Ghost. Other than that no damage will come to the pilot.

Also I saw a thing on the height limit being 300 Meters. Not true. I've gone up 400 before once. Even higher than that I think before as well.

  • 05.10.2004 5:08 PM PDT
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how would you know how high you went.
you must not have been aiming to good because i have taken down a banshee with the sniper a few times, it takes longer than with any other gun but i have done it (it might only work if you shoot in certain places, but i was just shooting at it in no specific place)

[Edited on 5/10/2004 5:18:24 PM]

  • 05.10.2004 5:16 PM PDT
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Posted by: mjolnirV
Banshees are open back with no life support.....


uh actualy technicly the mc could fly it for 15 min in space cause his armor is designed to keep him alive long enough for a ship to pick him up if he somhow ends up floating around in space

  • 05.10.2004 5:22 PM PDT
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his life suit lets him live for 90 minutes in space not 15

  • 05.10.2004 5:45 PM PDT
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same thing(are you sure) meh its been awhile since i read FoR so you're probably right

  • 05.10.2004 5:49 PM PDT