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Subject: Why do jackals stand right in front of grenades?
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My main method of taking out jackals is grenading them cuz i dont want to go through the hassle of shooting the crack in the shield. and sometimes i just stand there waiting for the inevitable 'splosion. Yes, some do dive but they don't dive far enough resulting in death again.

Its the same with marines, too. And only a few cases with elites.

  • 08.11.2006 4:15 PM PDT
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Sometimes they don't have any places to dive too. Or perhaps it's just an AI hiccup and there is not anything anyone can do about it, i really dont think theres any specific reason why they do the things they do somtimes.

  • 08.11.2006 4:49 PM PDT
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The AI in Halo:CE sucks and in Halo 2 it didn't get much better. Plus they dumb as hell.

  • 08.11.2006 5:28 PM PDT
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The either had the balls to do something that suicidal, or they weren't programmed very well. =/

  • 08.11.2006 7:19 PM PDT
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I don't even see the point in the cracks on the shield at all. I mean they use 'em so they can fire their plasma pistols with less human projectiles going through their scaly hands, but goddam, that is one of their main downfalls. Oh and I also find it amusing how jackals, the main scout/snipers of the Covenant army, stands still on front of a frag grenade which recently had its pin pulled, and assumes that the blast and the shrapnels are going to be blocked by some blue shield "toy"? And also, if the shields can block multiple projectiles (mostly the AR bullets), how come it can't block a simple hit from the butt of a gun. I pity jackals for their amusing way of survival.

  • 08.11.2006 7:30 PM PDT
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Elites were supposed to have shields too. I saw this really old vid of Halo back in its third paersion days, and they showed and elite with a shield on. It was a diamond shape like on playing cards, but stretched vertically a bit more. There were three, two side by side and one on top, hovering, and blue transparent.

  • 08.11.2006 7:38 PM PDT
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Posted by: Kira91
Elites were supposed to have shields too. I saw this really old vid of Halo back in its third paersion days, and they showed and elite with a shield on. It was a diamond shape like on playing cards, but stretched vertically a bit more. There were three, two side by side and one on top, hovering, and blue transparent.


Interesting, yet unsatisfying. I say elites does not require shields, for one half of an elite is probably more superior compared to 3 overgrown jackals with heavy duty shields. That's why they're called "elites". xD

BTW, nice find of the video. Do you have the link?

  • 08.11.2006 7:41 PM PDT

-Its a MG42!
-My favorite color is bubble shield

i think he or she is talking about the trailer thing

  • 08.11.2006 7:49 PM PDT

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guys, if you've read first strike or the flood, you would know that jackals put themselves in front of grenades to protect the elites. even though their shields cannot stand eithher type, they do it kind of like bodyguads

  • 08.12.2006 3:04 PM PDT

marins alway jump infront of the warthog when im driving.

  • 08.13.2006 4:47 AM PDT
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cause the covenant suck big time. plus the ai was totally crap. but it was still a good game. plus its hella funny to watch grunts dive into the path of a an incoming warthog.

*Don't get eliminated!*

  • 08.14.2006 9:04 PM PDT
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cause jakals are stupid

  • 08.26.2006 10:50 PM PDT
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Usually in halo CE, they try to dodge, but because they only cover one foot when they dodge slowly, they get blasted anyway.



[Edited on 8/26/2006]

  • 08.26.2006 11:48 PM PDT