So I got to thinking today, after playing some beta matches (which were full of both successful and unsuccessful attempts at Ground Pound), “what would happen if a ground pound hit a vehicle? Would it guarantee a multi-kill if landed correctly on the vehicle?”. While I understand this beta is focused on 4v4 arena combat and is unlikely to show any vehicles, the idea is still fun to talk about.
Suppose you are playing capture the flag and the opponent team is hurdling down the map in a fully packed Warthog, flag in the passenger seat. What they didn’t see was this spartan up on the ledge in the distance, now jumping in the air. Before they can realize what is about to happen, the spartan slams onto the front of the warthog with the fully charged Ground Pound, resulting in a kill, double kill, TRIPLE KILL, FLAG RETURNED!
This, in my imagination at least, would be an amazing clip to have recorded. Obviously, bigger vehicles (tank, scorpion, etc) probably couldn’t be destroyed with a single ground pound, but perhaps smaller ones like the warthog, ghost, mongoose, etc, could!
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> I doubt it, unless it’s on the brink of destruction already.
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> It’s not really that powerful, and it would be very difficult to effectively land it on a moving vehicle.
True. But I wonder if at the very least, it would stop it in its tracks or cause it to flip over. I mean, even if you land next to it, it might have some sort of affect.
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> I don’t think Ground Pound will be enough to kill a healthy Warthog on its own.
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> If its damaged and you get a good hit, then yeah I can see it potentially.
Well, lets bust it up some, then with the new Hydra Rocket Launcher. Looks fun as -Yoink- to use, but weak if only hit once or twice.
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> I don’t think Ground Pound will be enough to kill a healthy Warthog on its own.
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> If its damaged and you get a good hit, then yeah I can see it potentially.
Which begs the question… Why would three ppl still be in it at that point?
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I could see that if it was the fastest choice to escape, especially if you have the other team’s flag. Sure, you could run on foot, but you’ll be picked off, most likely.
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Blah I see burning warthog I know better than to jump in… Just a burning death trap at that point
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Okay, but say it becomes that way when you are currently driving. Started out fine when you all climbed in, but due to grenades, gunfire, whatever, it’s now flaming. Do you stick with it or bail out?
I could see it leading to some interesting map designs, imagine it on avalanche. but the better question is, will we be able to use spartan abilities while carrying the flag?
I would imagine using ground pound against a moving vehicle would be very dangerous. Personally I hope that if you try to ground pound a moving vehicle that it would result in your death albiet it with some damage being dealt to the vehicle and it occupants. It would just be way broken to be able to ground pound a moving vehicle and expect to walk away from it.
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> Tbh ground pound is kinda a more skilled version of armor lock if you think about it. Smh I knew something was up.
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> halo reach armor lock blows up al ost everything
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> halo 5 ground pound is the new armor lock…
I dont think so to that extent. I mean, it is a skill shot. I’ve seen plenty, myself included, miss horribly and have to deal with the consequences. If I’m not mistaken, regardless of whether you hit your target or not, your shields are depleted.
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> I could see it leading to some interesting map designs, imagine it on avalanche. but the better question is, will we be able to use spartan abilities while carrying the flag?
I doubt you can use abilities while having the flag. Using the dash while carrying a flag would just be broken. That being said, maybe they will do a thing where the moment you try and use an ability, you auto-drop the flag or whatever you are carrying; kind of like when trying to use a weapon (h4 pistol flag excluded).
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> I would imagine using ground pound against a moving vehicle would be very dangerous. Personally I hope that if you try to ground pound a moving vehicle that it would result in your death albiet it with some damage being dealt to the vehicle and it occupants. It would just be way broken to be able to ground pound a moving vehicle and expect to walk away from it.