Rumors

August 7, 2012

Unseen Armor Abilities

Screen Shot 2012-08-07 at 6.15.59 PM

After E3 and RTX, 343 revealed five armor abilities that will be playable in multiplayer.

• Active Camo

• Thruster Pack

• Promethean Vision

• Hologram

• Hardlight Shield

 

A few months back we spotted two more armor abilities (on a leaked menu screenshot) and the jetpack.

Autosentry

Regeneration field

Jetpack

 

Autosentry

Taking a look at the Spartan Ops trailer, a green spartan can be seen with an orange glowing pack centered on his back which resembles promethean technology.

Users on the Waypoint forums said that this was neither the thruster pack nor a jetpack; speculating that this was the unannounced autosentry armor ability. No one knows for sure what this ability will be, but many think it will act as a deployable sentry gun weapon.

Regeneration Field

As for this AA the only evidence we have to go off of is its name. If anyone remembers the piece of Halo 3 equipment called the regenerator, I think they will act very similar. Meaning that it will be a device that can be thrown down to create a zone where a player’s shields will heal faster. Maybe it will even heal a vehicle’s health as well.

H3 Regenerator

Jetpack

The jetpack has not been officially announced, but after seeing a few hints to it I believe it will be making a return. Many people spotted the jetpacker flying with his blue flames in the Spartan Ops trailer (not the thruster pack). Although we have seen it, that does not guarantee it will be in the multiplayer setting.

 Discuss it in the forums

  • http://www.facebook.com/kerr.garvie Kerr Garvie

    it still looks like it is the thruster pack but in the pic he is just off the ground a bit.At the botton right corner an explosion just went off he probably got a boost from that as well

    • halo4nation

      I cut it out but the explosion you are seeing is actually someone using the thruster pack

    • Shane

      That pic was taken from the spartan ops trailer and you can see it in use for a couple of seconds. It is for sure a jet pack because he activates it and then propels upward slowly.

  • http://halo4nation.com/ spencer hodges
  • rodney

    Because the screenshots were leaked that means they may not be real, right?

    • halo4nation

      This is correct, but 343 has said there are a few unannounced abilities.

  • Halo4Infinity

    Oh could Autosentry be the watcher?? just speculating

    • Xerkxes

      :/
      I think that would be a bit much from an armor ability.

      • FPS Bred Spartan

        It would be awesome though LOL

        • http://halo4nation.com/ spencer hodges

          yeah, but watchers literally come out of the prometheans back so… i would hate for that to happen to me, but yah it would

  • Like a boss

    That odd promethean thing scares me! Looks powerful?

  • YouForgotTheCarrots-Youtube

    I made a video on the jetpack picture 2 weeks ago -_-. Where did you get the information

    • halo4nation

      I just used info that a lot of people pointed out months back

      • YFTC

        oh ok thanks :)

  • snakeman

    all sound like they will be bad

  • Riku1168

    I’m gonna be so butt hurt if jet pack is in multiplayer.

  • atmozphere

    Autosentry could indeed be a watcher which howers right next to you, captures grenades or supplies energy for the player’s energyshields.

  • MrWaffles

    It would be cool if you get versions of the auto sentry, like if you hold the AA button while looking at the floor or wall it latches on to it or if you tap the button it floats and follows you around but its weaker.

  • awesomeness

    the auto sentry could just be a camera that looks behind you, or something like that.

  • like a boss

    i think an auto sentry would be too much for halo? like COD. i think it would be cool as a mine like in halo 3!! one that throws you in the air from the explosions but as you came down you disinegrate!!!! yeah! :)

  • JimmyD63

    i reckon that the auto sentry things will be like your version of the promethian watchers, maybe they fly around you and do things for you like they do for the knights

    • JimmyD63

      didn’t realise someone just wrote that

  • Yo

    If Jetpack really is in multiplayer I’m gonna be glad I won’t be able to play much of Halo 4…How can they do this? Jetpack ruined Halo’s gameplay just as much as armour lock. Map control and navigation skill completely goes out of the window with Jetpack, and yeah it keeps the kiddies entertained but for true Halo fans and competitive play it’s terrible. Can’t believe they’ll put it back in after the complaints from Reach.
    Autosentry doesn’t sound good either…I wish they’d scrap all these armour abilitiy nonsense! Sprint is fine, but AAs are just an attempt to make the game easier for new players.

    • Atlas

      Actually it didn’t. That’s why it’s the only AA MLG kept in their gametypes.

  • RyAwes0me.Inc

    the auto sentry wouldn’t be far off because in halo 3
    on the very last mission there is a thing you can pick up and it floated in the air and shot the covenant/ flood as you fought.
    it was just like an auto sentry.

  • Kaizen

    What is the difference between Jetpack and Thrusterpack?

    • Mack

      Jetpacks go up and down, Thrusterpacks go left, right, forward, and backwards.

  • Ivan

    Hey Tim, do you remember the first leaked footage with the guy recording in a barn? it had like a 2 second footage of what the regeneration field was like, do you think you might be able to find the video again? because i think most of them were taken off

    • Cartars

      I saw what looked like a drop shield, which replaced the regen field in reach

  • Noble6

    H3 Regenerator isnt going to be Good if your a sniper Cause of how big of a Target the H3 Regenerator is…

  • HighJack98

    last picture of the spartan down the bottom is of sarge in RVB its on halo waypoint i was wondering what the thing on sarge’s back was ^_^

  • Spartan Ex117

    Can I haz Armor Lock? Please?

  • Cartars

    in the Weapons demo (the one w/ the dubstep) I saw a green mist witch made me think of the regen field

  • Sambo 2k

    It Might Not Be A Jet-Pack, It Might Be A Jump-Pack (A Bit Like What Brutes Have In Halo 3 ODST).

  • GhostRenegat

    I hope autosentry is the watcher !

  • Maxplayer1337

    AUTO SENTRY!!!!

  • Kingkritical

    I know it kinda contradicts the name, but wouldn’t it be sick if the autosentery was some kind of placeable turret?

  • EpicSAN22031

    Its like a smaller version of those floating robots that guilty spark used to fight the flood

  • EpicSAN22031

    they shoot a laser like the focus rifle.




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