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Subject: What features would you want with the jackal shield?
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I would want the jackal shield to work with any weapon because you can rest the gun in the firing slot thin(except maybe the bulky rocket launcher which might not fit).I also think that when you activate it(on your left arm like a dual wieldable weapon) it should display a charge(like a plama weapon's charge in a way)that should deplete when the shield is hit by something( take more damage off for plasma weapons).A sword sould be blocked by it but it would make the shield collapse and the sword deplete it's charge.it should recharge slowly after it has collapsed from an attack.Also you should be able to hit with it.You should crouch automatically when it is activated.You should also be able to put your weapon away and throw a grenade with your RIGHT hand and then draw your weapon again.
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Of course this is only my opinion and you all are entitled to your own.

  • 07.12.2006 10:40 AM PDT

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you already have a shield in multiplayer, now you want 2?!

jeez, when will it end?

  • 07.12.2006 10:43 AM PDT
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I liked it up the part were you said you could hit with it. I also think that if they put it in the game, it should only be useable with duel weildable weapons. But for the most part, we already have an energy sheild. Do we really need even more protection?

  • 07.12.2006 10:43 AM PDT
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None, it really isnt that important. Having the jackal shield usable really is an idea spawned from the books. They used them in that, but i feel it would be reather stupid to use them in the game.

The Jackal shield would be useless unless crouching. And even then you are vulnerable to high angles of fire. A good sniper or BR user would be able to counter this easily.

  • 07.12.2006 10:44 AM PDT
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I just thought that maybe say when your shields are down you know just hit the l-trigger and a wall between you and your enenmies pops up while the insistent beeping in your helmet slowly fades away.I do see what you mean though

  • 07.12.2006 10:48 AM PDT
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If Master Chief was holding a banana in Halo 1, as long as the gameplay is good, I could care less.

Lol I'm sorry but that is total bullsh** and you know it. You would be pissed if the Master Chief used only fruit as weapons.

I think it should be useable with all dual weildable weapons AND THE SWORD.

Simply because it would make for an awesome custom game type.

  • 07.12.2006 11:27 AM PDT
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Posted by: MrSpinkleswirth
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you already have a shield in multiplayer, now you want 2?!

jeez, when will it end?


i must say, that is the weakest argument against jackal shields i have ever heard. and sadly, almost everyone says this the moment a jackal shield is suggested.

you want another shield for more protection, obviously. rreally in halo the shield is more like recharging health. it's expendavble. a jackal shield would allow you to take some extra damage from the front.

I expect the jackal shield, if it is included, to be dual wieldable. it would have 100 charges, and each hit on the shield would take a certain amount of the shield away until it broke. on ce it broke, it would slowly recharge. it could be powered back on at around 25 or something. while dual wielding, you can hold down the left or right trigger (whichever hand it is in) and it will more fully cover your body. then you basically hold it like a jackal and yo can fire from behind the shield (low visibility?). while actively holding the shield in front of you, you would move much slower. while not actively holding it in front of you, you are holding it at your side sort of so you would only be portected from that direction.

I think it would be entirely balanced. useful for advancing on a sniper's position or through open spaces without risking getting shot.

i fully support jackal shields in halo 3.

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  • 07.12.2006 11:32 AM PDT
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would want the jackal shield to work with any weapon because you can rest the gun in the firing slot



shield + sniper = suxxor
shield + bruteshot = suxxor
shield + BR = suxxor (because you can atack but cant be killed via headshots)
shield + camping = suxxor

i dont even want the jackal shield to be usable, thats lame, because of camping snipers & noobs

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  • 07.12.2006 11:33 AM PDT

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Mabey it could be diamond shaped so it could cover a large character like a spartan or a eliet, the shield would be like a power wqeapon so not every one gets one unless you want it that way and it could be duel wieldable but it would run out of energy like in campain or if its to damaged it could be a good counter to the noob combo and a direct sword attack.

  • 07.12.2006 11:34 AM PDT
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I think it should be a dual-weildable weapon only, and that it should only be able to be used with other dual-weildable weapons, and it would be a good way to help protect yourself from snipers, the n00b combo, the shotgun, and sword

  • 07.12.2006 11:40 AM PDT
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an awesome feature for the Jackel shield would be to not have it!

No offence, but does MC or the Arbitard need 2 sheilds?

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  • 07.12.2006 11:41 AM PDT
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Posted by: MasterChef1013
an awesome feature for the Jackel shield would be to not have it!

No offence, but does MC or the Arbitard need 2 sheilds?


like i said, the shields that the arbiter and MC use are more like health bars that just recharge. shift your point of ivew and you will see that the jackal shield will actually be a shield in the true sense.

i wish people would stop being so quick to judge things. all i hear around here on bunie.net is "omg dropships in multiplayer" or "lol dual wield swords plz bungie". and most of the time when someone comes up with a stupid idea the people here arre like "woah dude great idea i hope bungie totally does that!". and the moment someone comes up with an idea that could actually work, people jump all over it an tear it to pieces because apparently people want to see battlefield halo with 64 players and dropships more than halo 3, with jackal shields and things of that nature.

  • 07.12.2006 11:47 AM PDT
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I say use it with the dual wieldable weapons if anything. The only thing I don't like about it is you wouldn't need to wory about snipers as much and people would take too direct of a route to enemy bases. Really It is a bad idea but I wouldnt mind it if bungie balances it properly. I really don't see how they could though[/rant]

  • 07.12.2006 11:59 AM PDT

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Useable with a duel weapon

a leathal beatdown

and life bar unlike the sword

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  • 07.12.2006 12:01 PM PDT
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an awful short rant.

it's balanced because it only offeres protection from the front. so you would need to know where the sniper is to protect yourself. even so, the jackal shield ould be balanced so it would be taken down with 1 sniper/beam rifle shot.

and of course i forgot to say this but you would need to make it so human weapons could take down the shield. but still have the cool plasma and bullet ricochet effect. that was really cool.

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  • 07.12.2006 12:03 PM PDT
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this is sort of off topic, but what the hell. i think that the hole idea that mc is restrained from weilding 2 rocket launchers is obsered. of course it would be unbalanced, but it just makes me hate eric mcnelund for making the spartans so bad ass in the books. the real master cheif could throw warhogs at people if he wanted to, let alone shoot two rockets at the same time. i do think a jackel sheild could be added to the game with little to no balance issues. it would work like a single use oversheild that only covered your front. you should be able to use it with everything but the "over powered", two hand weapons. but what i think would be totaly kick ass is if they were to put in a human machette. it would come with all the slice, dice, and cut em up nice action that the sword does, but you could have two of them!

  • 07.12.2006 12:46 PM PDT