What if they crafted their own weapons let’s say if it was weaponary inspired from mass effect 2 collectors would it work well ?
If the Flood end up returning, I think it would be more characteristic for them to scavenge weapons (or have built-in weapons like some special Flood’s spike projectiles)
It doesn’t seem to me like the Flood would waste time or energy designing/manufacturing new weapons when they can just as easily steal weapons from the enemy, much like they do with their bodies.
It’s just the Flood’s way.
> If the Flood end up returning, I think it would be more characteristic for them to scavenge weapons (or have built-in weapons like some special Flood’s spike projectiles)
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> It doesn’t seem to me like the Flood would waste time or energy designing/manufacturing new weapons when they can just as easily steal weapons from the enemy, much like they do with their bodies.
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> It’s just the Flood’s way.
But the Flood do have their own technology. How else would Precursor technology like Star Roads while other species cannot? That’s because the Flood are inarguably descended from them.
And I don’t think it’s too much of a stretch for the Flood to develop and drop their own weaponry. Sure they’re supposed to be a parasite that assimilates everything and steals technology for their own benefit, but having their own weapons must surely help. It doesn’t remove the threat of them stealing other species’ technology.
If the Flood are to receive their own arsenal of weaponry, I’d like to see a mixture of Precursor technology and organic components to their guns. The guns seen in Prey serve as a good basis for what I’m getting at. Machinery mixed with biology creates something otherworldly which hasn’t been seen in a Halo game yet.
You’ve got to admit, it would be amazing to use the Flood Combat Form’s tentacles/claws or a gun which sprays digestive acids, biles and enzymes at its target? Not to mention how it works well with the premise that the Flood exploits the workings of life to destroy it.
Just to point out, what we seen throughout the Halo games so far, is NOTHING on what supermassive terror they wrought thousands of years before Halo CE.
When they return- they won’t even waste time on stealing everyones rifle. They don’t need to.
While the flood could definitely expand its arsenal, I feel like having them be usable by the player wouldn’t make sense. The flood aren’t going to make guns with convenient handles and triggers.
From a biological engineering point of view its better to have your guns just built into your ‘forms’. It prevents the enemy from stealing them as well as being disarmed. The flood’s ability to actively modify its biology removes any need for “share” weapons between forms.
From a neural physics standpoint, they simply wouldn’t operate for us, like the rest of precursor technology.
I will say from a gameplay point of view, unless they introduce humans as enemies, they are the only AI enemy in the sandbox that uses human weapons.
I feel like “flood weapon” enemies should be their own form, or as variants of existing forms as opposed to replacing them. I still want them to be recognizable as the flood from previous games, just with new toys.
I think actual weapons do not suit the Flood.
I mean, it is called the Flood for a reason.
It simply floods everything with its sheer and ever expanding mass and I think that was one of the most fearsome aspects about it.
The endless waves that just tried to bury you below themselves to make you just another part of the Flood.
It will not try to out-shoot you.
So, I think there are no needs for weapons.
Oh please no. Can we stop looking at other games and trying to cram it into Halo?
The flood do not need their own weapon sets. I know it sounds fun to have yet ANOTHER group of weapons for you to use in multiplayer, but then you’ll be messing up the Halo universe story/lore.
The flood are fearsome and work as a literary device because they infect and take over what we have and use our own soldiers (and their weapons) against us. There is no reason for them to make their own weapons when THEY ARE THEIR OWN WEAPONS. They have tendrils, tentacles, claws and shoot spikes at their enemies. They don’t need a flood shotgun or anything like that.
The flood are like the Zerg from Starcraft,they are a biological monster with claws, fangs and maybe spit things at you, they dont build factories, they dont build spaceships etc etc etc.
they take what you are holding, they take your spaceship and fix it what ever way they need to just to keep it flying.
they patch it up with organic matter and make it a nest.
IF the flood was to have some kind of weapon, it would have to be biological on some level, like spitting acid, spikes/bones or throwing other organic things at you, like spore grenades or something.
it would have to be something that could grow from the creatures it has infected, or takes the limbs off of another creature and turns that into the weapon.
over all it should be something that we as players, CAN NOT USE.
Those that are saying it’s against canon clearly do not understand Halo canon, nor the rudiments of the Forerunner Saga. The Flood could feasibly have their own class of weapons. They’re descended from the Precursors, and hence they have special access to Precursor technology – further turning the the war against the Forerunners. I could easily see the Flood unlocking their own cache of weaponry after they advance through their stages.
What isn’t sure certain is if we would be able to use it. Neural physicals might not permit anyone from using it. Although there could be a possibility of bypassing that later on. If we do, it would be awesome to receive a range of organically-based weapons. They’re more than just zombies stealing what doesn’t belong to them; they do have their own innate and inherited weapons.
In some cases the Flood is called a “weapon” so I would like to see new forms of its “weaponry” as in new flood forms.
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I’m surprised they haven’t tried to re establish their society in terms of technology. I understand where their mindset is now, but would they want to return somewhat tho their former glory.
The Flood were capable of controlling Precursor tech through the sheer power of thought. A Keymind is essentially a planet sized brain…that had so much thought processing it screwed with slipspace travel and were able to intercept and control Precursor StarRoads and other Precursor Tech.
They won’t make a rifle that someone else can use against them. They’ll make their arms weapons, their foot, the useless limp head a morning star, and etc. Like The Zerg…they’ll simply make their bodies weapons themselves. At least this time there are no StarRoads or any other known Precursor tech floating around in this galaxy. Then again…there are those abandoned Fortress-Class and other Precursor-Forerunner War vessels floating about in Path Kethona.
A while back me and a friend had a good discussion on the Precursors and what they would be like in-game. Every faction of Halo has their own little aesthetic trademark, and considering the Precursors technically created the Flood as a weapon, I was like, “Hey, wouldn’t bio-tech weapons be cool?”.
I think it would. So much potential for unique design, not only in weapons, but in armor abilities, maybe even living “vehicles”. Great aspect of sci-fi Halo has yet to cover.
After a bit of thought, it doesn’t seem to make much sense… But then, just recently, I gave it some more thought.
And the more I think about it the more I think it would work beautifully.
Everyone seems to assume the remaining Precursors are united in a quest for vengeance against a rebellious Creation, but we don’t know that. Only some of the survivors mutated into the Flood powder. Who’s to say at least a few of the old gods don’t remain benevolent? And really, how could we defeat those gods by ourselves? They crushed the Forerunners at their height so easily. The current population of the Halo galaxy has a hard time even banding together, let alone repelling a vastly superior force.
So the Precursors step in to save us, and we choose to unite and fight alongside them and the Mantle, as opposed to being devoured and twisted by the Flood (also tying into the religious undertones Halo sometimes plays with)…
Maybe it’s just me, but I think that would make for a satisfying endgame, especially if it all gravitated around Chief’s personal growth as a human. And it makes usable Precursor weapons a possibility.
I hope they don’t become intelligent enough to start building a civilisation where weapons can be crafted D:
> Oh please no. Can we stop looking at other games and trying to cram it into Halo?
It was just an exampel calm down.
Also in Halo 3 the long range evolution forms had a needle spike attack that counts as a flood weapon ?
> Also in Halo 3 the long range evolution forms had a needle spike attack that counts as a flood weapon ?
Not in the same sense as a railgun, sniper rifle, assault rifle, or any other manufactured ‘weapon’. It’s more akin to say a monster spitting acid on something as a method of attack. Using its own biological features to inflict damage on others.
> > Also in Halo 3 the long range evolution forms had a needle spike attack that counts as a flood weapon ?
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> Not in the same sense as a railgun, sniper rifle, assault rifle, or any other manufactured ‘weapon’. It’s more akin to say a monster spitting acid on something as a method of attack. Using its own biological features to inflict damage on others.
Aha ok true.
If they return I predict precursor stuff.