So, yesterday on NeoGAF a 343 employee, in a post, referred to the equipment as a “Thruster Pack” in a single sentence twice. So knowing that, if it is renamed to a Thruster Pack it must do something differently than a Jet Pack. I’m thinking it’ll probably be less powerful, maybe just slow a fall or add act like a “double jump”.
What do you think? Will it be different or is it just a name change?
I’m hoping that it will be a sort of double jump, but we’ll see for sure at E3!
I hope so maybe then we won’t have kill zones everywhere.
I think it will be more of a one time burst you can use to jump higher/further instead of something that makes it so you can fly.
I guess it will work like the grav lift equipment from Halo 3.
> I hope so maybe then we won’t have kill zones everywhere.
OH I TOTALLY FORGOT ABOUT THIS!
With a thruster/jump pack, maps won’t be able to be broken out of like Halo: Reach! 
It’ll be like Halo 3, where it was VERY difficult post-patch.
i personnely hope that in custom games they have a way to make the booster pack like the
jetpack in custom games
how exactly do we know that thruster pack means you can’t fly? I mean if it is true than great but I don’t understand how you all came to that assumption. When I heard the name I thought it was implying more versatility, or quicker movement. Maybe it’s like what we saw in the first teaser where chief could fly straight forward instead of just up and then at slight angles.
Canonically speaking a thurster pack is much more advanced than a atmospheric jet pack.
The Thruster Pack (Model: 050978[1]), also known as the T-PACK for short, is a UNSC-issue form of propulsion for use by individuals on deep-space missions.
Designed for long-range deep-space operations, M-050978 thruster packs are still some of the riskiest equipment available. They feature triple redundancy NAV systems and stabilizers. T-PACKs contain two tanks of compressed Triamino Hydrazine, which, if ruptured, would cause rapid loss of control, for which there is little a person can do. They can also be linked up to weapons such as MA5B Assault Rifles. Should the wearer fire the weapon, the pack will provide enough counter thrust to keep the wearer from spinning out of control. T-PACKS also contain emergency rescue lines of orange and white rope meant to rescue other people who are stranded in deep space. They are essentially a less advanced and effective version of the Covenant Antigravity Packs. Chief Mendez trained the Spartan-IIs with this type of equipment but warned them if one thing goes wrong the chance of rescue is non-existant.
So as we all know, in the trailer of halo 4 Master Chief uses an advanced version of the thruster pack, that is built into his armor, to navigate the Zero-G environment inside the forward unto dawn. It is also notable that in almost all of the spartan 4 armor pictures, it appears they have thruster packs built into there armor(only a differing style than MC’s)Spartan 4 Thruster Pack Screenshot
Multiplayer Halo 4 Vid with thruster packs on the armor.
Has anyone ever played the gameShatterd Horizons? It features zero grav combat as the main gameplay mechanic and is actually quite interesting.
Does anyone think its possible Halo-4 well include this type of game play? For campaign, spartan ops, and combat training multiplayer?
Canonically it makes sense that there would be more advances in zero-gravity combat equipment, and with the space superiority age coming to be for the human race it would make sense that spartan 4’s would see more advanced training with this type of equipment. Much like the spartan 2’s were trained with the orginal t-packs.
Hopefully its a real thruster pack and they are not just calling it that for namesake.
If so, it should operate much differently in normal gravity. Only allowing player short boosts or jumps. Yet in Zero Gravity it should allow a player full dimensional moment control. This would be the best of both worlds IMO.
Hopefully it is a double jump device,but who know’s?You will have to wait until E3 Next Week!
It still has the potential to break maps, but I hope it is just a single use with a long recharge time. We don’t need to deal with people froghopping around the map. As long as it isn’t a jump that gets you from say Rockets to Balcony on Reflection, or clear over Ring 2 on Sanctuary, it may be fine.
At least it isn’t a hover pack. 
I hope it will be a double jump for at the very least something like the a jet pack with less power and single use before recharge
It already sounds better than the jetpack.
My expectation:
The thruster pack will be a little boost while the jet pack was a “Hey look everyone, up here! SHOOT ME!!!”
