Frags and plasmas are toggled with Left and Right on the D-Pad.
Grenade Throw and Grenade Punt are toggled with Up and Down on the D-Pad.
Grenade Throw would be similar to how grenades are thrown now: forward, like a slightly arcing line drive.
Grenade Punt would be a new feature where Chief drops the grenade and kicks it. The trajectory of the grenade would now be a high arcing parabola. Punted grenades would go much higher into the air and come now almost vertically.
The Chief would have special armor on his boot to prevent plasma grenades from sticking to him when he punted them.
Energy Chute
The Energy Chute would look like a Drop Shield cut in half and about a third of the size. A hollow half-sphere that is as wide as Chief’s shoulders and a foot or two over Chiefs head.
The Energy Chute would be deployed with the B button.
A meter would be drained as the Energy Chute was deployed similar to using Armor Lock. Damage to the Energy Chute causes the meter to drain faster.
The Energy Chute would shield the player from punted frag grenades by deflecting them or absorbing the explosion of a plasma stuck to the Energy Chute.
I think it’s redundant, want a grenade to come down vertically then just lean back and throw. Don’t need a special animation and button combo just to accomplish this.
and the shute is just a bad idea, pointless waste of time to create something that would be basically useless. I think 343 needs to focus on returning the gameplay to it’s former glory, with killer maps and a genuine halo feel.
Punting nades and an energy shute is just more pointless gimmicks, and I could never imagine it EVER being ever considered to be implemented.
> want a grenade to come down vertically then just lean back and throw. Don’t need a special animation and button combo just to accomplish this.
True you could accomplish something similar but not the same. You would also have to look straight up in the air basically ensuring an enemy a kill if they see you while you do it. Grenade Punt would just add another tool to your arsenal.
> I think it’s redundant, want a grenade to come down vertically then just lean back and throw. Don’t need a special animation and button combo just to accomplish this.
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> and the shute is just a bad idea, pointless waste of time to create something that would be basically useless. I think 343 needs to focus on returning the gameplay to it’s former glory, with killer maps and a genuine halo feel.
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> Punting nades and an energy shute is just more pointless gimmicks, and I could never imagine it EVER being ever considered to be implemented.
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> So, Try again
The part with he sticky nades and Chief wearing a special coating on his feet is the far fetched part. Why wouldn’t he have them on his hands so he can catch them and chuck them back?
> I don’t know man. That sounds pretty gimmicky.
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> The part with he sticky nades and Chief wearing a special coating on his feet is the far fetched part. Why wouldn’t he have them on his hands so he can catch them and chuck them back?
The boot has a sonic repulsor on top so the grenade really never touches the boot. It just gets close then blasted away by the sonic repulsor. He can’t have them on his hands because then he couldn’t hold weapons.
yeah, I’m not sure if it’s really necessary. it’s not bad, but I’d rather see something like;
pushing the “aim/zoom” button while you have the grenade toggled allows you to see the grenades projectory path, and the left trigger/left hand fire button, allows you to addjust it (thus controlling your throw strength and arc). you push the fire button to throw a toggled grenade, and push “Y” to switch back to your gun.
I think this way you could do “everything” you want, and have the convenience of seeing the predicted results.
> Let alone there’s no type of “kick” option at all, how would you surmise someone kicks an incoming grenade? What about Stickies?
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> Let alone, grenades already have the ability to be blown up by the opposing player. Now you want to play hackey sack with it?
Read further before you say something, please.
Those are indeed valid points as to why grenade punting is a terrible idea.