AL and Plasma Grenades question (non TU)

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First off: I don’t care what your opinion is of AL, or of those that use it. If you can’t contribute with simple a yes or no or help explain what I’m describing then kindly I would be deeply appreciative if you would refrain from speaking…

Thank you.

My wife and I play Reach (TS Vanilla) every weekend for several hours a night and she loves using AL. Lately she’s been getting really irritated with what she thinks is a bug in the game and I thought I’d check and ask. This is how it goes:

  1. Has two plasma grenades in her inventory.
  2. Witnesses the throwing animation of PG.
  3. Witnesses PG inventory decrease by one.
  4. Immediately goes into Armor Lock.
  5. PG Inventory increases back to two.
  6. PG thrown never detonates.

This only happens if she immediately throws the grenade and goes into AL. Any more time after that then it doesn’t happen.

It’s my understanding that there haven’t been any changes made to the AL works in Vanilla Slayer, right? Has anyone else seen this happen? I’ve seen her use this tactic many times before but lately (maybe last three months?) it’s not working now. I’m too busy watching my own screen to see it for myself.

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I’ve never seen that happen before. Your Plasma Grenades shouldn’t go back up to two after you throw one, whether someone goes into Armor Lock or not. Whatever glitch was causing that to happen just isn’t happening anymore, I guess.

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Yeah, I’ve never noticed that either. Although I rarely use armor lock. Sorry I couldn’t be more helpful, it’s probably just a glitch.

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I’d also say glitch, if it was online I’d say “lag and bad host” but that would explain the offline problems.

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I have had nade throws not happen if I enter into AL to quickly, but I have never noticed the inventory diminish then replenish. I have a feeling this might be a connection issue like lag.

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> First off: I don’t care what your opinion is of AL, or of those that use it. If you can’t contribute with simple a yes or no or help explain what I’m describing then kindly I would be deeply appreciative if you would refrain from speaking…
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> Thank you.
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> My wife and I play Reach (TS Vanilla) every weekend for several hours a night and she loves using AL. Lately she’s been getting really irritated with what she thinks is a bug in the game and I thought I’d check and ask. This is how it goes:
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> 1. Has two plasma grenades in her inventory.
> 2. Witnesses the throwing animation of PG.
> 3. Witnesses PG inventory decrease by one.
> 4. Immediately goes into Armor Lock.
> 5. PG Inventory increases back to two.
> 6. PG thrown never detonates.
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> This only happens if she immediately throws the grenade and goes into AL. Any more time after that then it doesn’t happen.
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> It’s my understanding that there haven’t been any changes made to the AL works in Vanilla Slayer, right? Has anyone else seen this happen? I’ve seen her use this tactic many times before but lately (maybe last three months?) it’s not working now. I’m too busy watching my own screen to see it for myself.

HOW DO YOU GET YOUR WIFE TO PLAY HALO WITH YOU??? My wife hates Halo (ironic, no?) and is more of an arcade-ish gamer (mario cart, sonic, racing games, etc.). I’m trying everything I can to get her to share my passion… no luck…