I don’t know about any of you, but personally, drop shield was one of my favorite armor abilities. I would love to see it return.
Opinions?
I liked it too, but I doubt it’s gonna be in 4.
But who knows?
i was just thinking about that today its like the baby of the bubble shield and the regenerator two of the first equipments weve been introduced too i love the idea since the halo 3 starry night trailer and its never really been op
> I liked it too, but I doubt it’s gonna be in 4.
> But who knows?
Yeah, the main purpose of drop shield, to heal lost health, would be redundant. Maybe 343i could make it recharge shields faster. Here’s hoping.
drop shield was fun, but a bit overpowered in objective gametypes
The drop-shield ruined objective gametypes.
I’m pretty sure the drop shield is not returning. Confirmed in Sparkast.
> The drop-shield ruined objective gametypes.
Meh, I always saw mass Drop Shields as free Splatter Sprees.
> The drop-shield ruined objective gametypes.
Provide examples please. There is no unlimited armor ability in objective matchmaking modes, so you couldn’t spam it in multiplayer.
> > The drop-shield ruined objective gametypes.
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> Provide examples please. There is no unlimited armor ability in objective matchmaking modes, so you couldn’t spam it in multiplayer.
Have you ever seen a team stack drop shields in a CTF game? It basically ends the game, because there is NO way to dislodge that team from wherever they decide to hole up (usually at the entrance to their base).
> > The drop-shield ruined objective gametypes.
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> Provide examples please. There is no unlimited armor ability in objective matchmaking modes, so you couldn’t spam it in multiplayer.
Here’s an example I saw long ago on the Bungie.net forums. A constant in Oddball on Boardwalk was for the entire team to use drop shields. Two people would place them, half overlapping, in the corner of the map. This prevented shots and grenades from being effective, because when one fell, another could replace it immediately. The first set would be recharged by them, too. So the second set could be replaced. Rushing in wouldn’t work because four on one with ARs or just one with shotgun = a no go.
Typically this was the example for most objective types, excluding CTF.
instead of the dropshield maybe we could have that original bubble shield
I hope it returns in the form of the bubble shield as opposed to its reach incarnation
> > > The drop-shield ruined objective gametypes.
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> > Provide examples please. There is no unlimited armor ability in objective matchmaking modes, so you couldn’t spam it in multiplayer.
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> Have you ever seen a team stack drop shields in a CTF game? It basically ends the game, because there is NO way to dislodge that team from wherever they decide to hole up (usually at the entrance to their base).
Ah, I never had it occur in CTF. Look at my above post for my oddball/assault example.
> > The drop-shield ruined objective gametypes.
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> Provide examples please. There is no unlimited armor ability in objective matchmaking modes, so you couldn’t spam it in multiplayer.
I would, but several other people have beat me to the punch.
> I’m pretty sure the drop shield is not returning. Confirmed in Sparkast.
Thank you for this. I did not know.
I love the drop shield, but it’s not returning. Confirmed in a Sparkast. Ah well…
Drop shield is NOT returning. sorry.
There will be hardlight shield and regeneration field instead(unless regen field was scrapped since leaked. never saw any gameplay).
> I’m pretty sure the drop shield is not returning. Confirmed in Sparkast.
Would you happen to know which one?
Yeah it was a cool AA, sadly it was only in Reach’s Campaign and firefight. Drop Shield is a great version of the bubble shield. It’d be cool if it were in Halo 4, but I don’t think it will be. Unless the rumored Regen field AA is really just the drop shield (seeing how the drop shield heals you) but I doubt it. The hardlight shield seems like a replacement for Armor lock/drop shield. Which I was waiting for a usable jackal shield to pop up and that’s pretty much what the Hardlight shield is…