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Has anyone noticed that the flood doesn't infect Hunters, Jackals or Grunts??? I wonder why o_0

  • 11.23.2011 12:30 PM PDT

Because flood infection isn't injected into the game's code.
The Flood rises up all by themselves too...not because of a infection form like in Halo 3.

  • 11.23.2011 12:41 PM PDT

I just think it would be cool to have flood marines, elites, jackals, hunters and grunts!!!

  • 11.23.2011 12:43 PM PDT

there already is infected marines and hunters in halo 3 but u can not see the hunters getting infected

  • 11.23.2011 12:53 PM PDT

I know it is cool,Halo 3 features all you have mentioned.
Halo CE just cannot do the same with the original engine and/or coding.

EDIT: You won't see infected Jackals,Grunts or Hunters in Halo 3,but you do see Marines,Elites and Brutes infected in it.

[Edited on 11.23.2011 12:56 PM PST]

  • 11.23.2011 12:53 PM PDT

Aren't hunters millions of little worms combined? It would take a lot of infection forms to infect an entire hunter.

  • 11.23.2011 1:06 PM PDT

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This topic has been brought up before.

Yes. Probably just because Bungie never added them in. I am kind of glad that there are no infected Hunters, they are already hard enough to kill as it is. Them infected would be more like a living Hell!

  • 11.23.2011 1:13 PM PDT
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Posted by: JUST DO IT TEAM
I just think it would be cool to have flood marines, elites, jackals, hunters and grunts!!!


There are Flood Marines and Sangheili. Look more closely at the combat forms...

Grunts and Jackals are just seen as extra biomass to the Gravemind, and so are Lekgolo.

  • 11.23.2011 2:55 PM PDT


Posted by: saghellworld117
there already is infected marines and hunters in halo 3 but u can not see the hunters getting infected


Those are not hunters. Those are the "tank" varient of a flood pure form. Hunters cannot be infected because they lack a central nervous system.

Also, jackals and grunts do not have enough biomass to be converted into combat forms. They are either broken down and turned into infection forms, or combined into a carrier form.

The jackal and grunt combat forms in Halo Wars are gameplay elements and thus non-cannon.

[Edited on 11.23.2011 2:58 PM PST]

  • 11.23.2011 2:57 PM PDT

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Posted by: saghellworld117
there already is infected marines and hunters in halo 3 but u can not see the hunters getting infected


Those are not hunters. Those are the "tank" varient of a flood pure form. Hunters cannot be infected because they lack a central nervous system.

Also, jackals and grunts do not have enough biomass to be converted into combat forms. They are either broken down and turned into infection forms, or combined into a carrier form.

The jackal and grunt combat forms in Halo Wars are gameplay elements and thus non-cannon.
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  • 11.24.2011 6:58 PM PDT
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The flood usually only infects things of a certian biomass (size). Everything smaller than that size typically gets obsorbed by the Flood rather than infected.
Grunts are infected in Halo 2 when you play on that station thing youmay notice on occasions when you shoot a carrier form that a grunt pops out in place where the carrier was. The grunt will usually be confused and stand still for a while. They are usually yellow or red in colour.
The idea is that grunts and jackals can be infected and become carrier forms as they are too small for true combat. Marines, Elites and Brutes all become combat forms. Hunters are very difficult to infect as they are composed of worm like creatures with no real central brain or nervous system to infect. Hunters are pretty good for fighting the od as they are reasonably tough and can not be infected, but they can die if they get injured enough (of course).

  • 11.24.2011 7:16 PM PDT

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I actually used to think that the Carrier forms were infected grunts.

  • 11.24.2011 11:56 PM PDT

Posted by: Zealot Tony
I actually used to think that the Carrier forms were infected grunts.
They are. Same with Jackals and damaged combat forms.

  • 11.25.2011 12:14 AM PDT

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Posted by: chickenlittle
Posted by: Zealot Tony
I actually used to think that the Carrier forms were infected grunts.
They are. Same with Jackals and damaged combat forms.

Aha, I thought so. Thanks for that.

  • 11.25.2011 12:42 AM PDT
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Hunters: impossible
Grunts: possible but Flood deemed them to be insufficient for combat and abandoned Grunt combat forms a long time ago...
Jackals: unsure but they deserve it >:D

Half Flood on the other hand... would be possible since it's a glitch. They really should be integrated into canon. Why Gravemind never used stealth I'll never know. H1 Flood used camo. H2 Flood drove vehicles and could have shields. H3 Flood attacks were more coordinated. It's time the Flood employ half Flood! Through half Flood, Flood will be able to reconfigure Elite energy shielding, making the recharge time instant!!

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  • 11.25.2011 5:15 AM PDT

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massive flood hunters would be KILLER. hunters can already be a pain sometimes, but seeing a hunter 1 1/2 times its normal size, infected.....nuts.

  • 11.25.2011 6:16 AM PDT

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Posted by: JUST DO IT TEAM
Has anyone noticed that the flood doesn't infect Hunters, Jackals or Grunts??? I wonder why o_0


Can't infect Hunters as they are made out of many worm like creatures.

Grunts are (i believe) the ones that blow up with tiny infection forms in.

Jackals (IDK maybe that they are biologically uninfectable (if such a word).

  • 11.25.2011 11:23 AM PDT
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There was a reason. I think it was that they couldn't support the Flood, just like how they couldn't effect Sgt. Johnson because of his high levels of awesomeness.

  • 11.25.2011 12:22 PM PDT
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Posted by: JUST DO IT TEAM
I just think it would be cool to have flood marines, elites, jackals, hunters and grunts!!!

There are flood marines and elites.
Jackals and grunts would be terrible combat forms. Carriers' legs and groin also resemble a grunt's greatly.
Hunters cannot be infected due to their worm nature.
Flood sometimes play dead. When they get back up it only takes a few shots to kill them, much less than a newly spawned one = they had low health and played dead.

  • 11.25.2011 12:41 PM PDT

Posted by: Sliding Ghost
The camo'd flood was just a surprise to freak players out. There's only one place in the series you'll find camo'd flood.

  • 11.27.2011 12:08 AM PDT
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Posted by: chickenlittle
Posted by: Sliding Ghost
The camo'd flood was just a surprise to freak players out. There's only one place in the series you'll find camo'd flood.
I still think half Flood should make an appearance. Floodgate just wasn't convincing.

  • 11.27.2011 7:31 AM PDT