About the Halo 4 shields

will they behave like halo 3 shields with the “bleed through” effect, or will they be similar to the shields in reach?

I remember that i could put a couple AR rounds in someone in halo 3 to get them around 1/2 shields, then finish them off with a melee. In reach, no matter how much charge the shield has left, a melee only depletes shields with the first hit.

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And I think they have some minor bleedthrough, no worries.

That’s what made the Halo 3 AR useful. The fact that, combined with a melee, it actually had a fast kill time.

Unless the AR is buffed to kill faster, it will be useless without bleedthrough shields.

It probably does, then again it seems that the shields throughout the series have become weaker.

The shield system mimics that of Halo 3. There is no visible health system and there is bleedthrough damage.

It’s most likely like Halo 3’s health/shielding system.

There will be bleedthrough damage.

thanks for the answers, I actually prefer the halo 3 shield system to reach, it made the AR pretty useful.