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9/7/2012 11:38:05 PM
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Halo 4: Huge amount of information about the Prometheans
The link has information about all the Promethean Knight types, including weapons/shielding etc.
There is some blacked out text, highlighting that will reveal spoilers. Otherwise, the rest of the information is non-spoilerish and only tells you about all the Promethean Variants, so far.
[url]http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=41868216&postcount=18028[/url]
There are no immediate spoilers in the post, unless you go over the text. Note that is probably a moderate spoiler, similar to you finding out about the supposed "Ark" and Storm before Tsavo Highway.
[quote]The Knights are one of three subdivisions within the Prometheans.
Crawlers are basically cannon fodder to distract from the Knights.
Watchers are support units. They can shield knights, spawn watchers, resurrect knights.
Prometheans work together strategically.
Frankie's example of a Knight sniping him, he takes cover behind a column, Crawlers attack him by crawling down from the column.
Promethean weapons/equipment designed to fight Flood.
There are different variants of Knights, watchers, and crawlers.
[b]Knight [/b] - Deadly warriors, use weapons like Light Rifle and Supressor.
[b]Knight Lancer[/b] - Scouts and Marksmen, use Promethean Vision to locate hidden enemies
[b]Knight Commander[/b] - Have skills of Knights, but can wield Incineration Cannons, stronger armor, Autosentry turrets
[b]Knight Battlewagon[/b] - Rare but incredibly dangerous, huge frames draped in heavy armor and hardlight shielding, can deploy Autosentries, will wield Scattershot if you get too close. (Orange patterns through body and on face, orange spikes on back. Super badass!)
[b]Watcher[/b] - Wield boltshots, summon crawlers, protect and resurrect Knights.
[b]Crawler[/b] - Agile and move in packs, fire Boltshot from distance
[b]Crawler Snipe[/b] - upgraded crawlers, no further details. I assume they keep larger ranges.
[b]Alpha Crawler[/b] - Lead packs of Crawlers, has a Supressor
This is just details about the Prometheans, might be considered spoilers to some people.[/quote]
This isn't all the information, just the non-spoiler one. There is more information if you click the link.
Remember the guy that owned the Master Chief at the end of E3? It could be the Commander or Battlewagon.
[url=http://i.minus.com/iqLGicH9pnxC7.png]Pic of mystery guy[/url]
Another:
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Frank talks about how the Prometheans are different to fight than what we are used to. He describes a battle where a couple Knights were sniping at him so he took cover thinking he was safe but then Crawlers crawled up over the thing he was hiding from and continued attacking him. The encounters get complex and varied. Knights can spawn a Watcher off their backs. Watchers can then deploy a Hardlight Shield for the Knight, revive dead Knights, and call in Crawlers. Frank makes it sound like he doesn't think there will be a go-to strategy for beating the game on Legendary.
Between these guys and the Covenant, should make for some fun encounters. [/quote]
Response
[quote]Posted by: Frankie
To put it mildly.[/quote]
[Edited on 09.07.2012 3:48 PM PDT]
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1 Reply[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] ROBERTO jh [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Quantam [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Plain Ben [quote]Knight Battlewagon - Rare but incredibly dangerous, huge frames draped in heavy armor and hardlight shielding, can deploy Autosentries, will wield Scattershot if you get too close[/quote]Do we know if [url=http://i.imgur.com/oUaq8.jpg]these are the Battlewagons[/url]? Or just abolished concepts?[/quote] That was the old concept of a Promethean. -blam!- that was awesome.[/quote] That's not a concept art, that's in-game.[/quote] HuD and motion tracker are both different, along with AR holding 23 bullets.
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I doubt they would be exactly the same, although, you could be right if the body is mechanical...
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Haloroach SPOILERS [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] everywhere116 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] theHurtfulTurkey Spoilers, discussing blacked-out text below: It said the Prometheans and Covenant will join forces...I'm wondering if the Prometheans will take over the Covenant forces similar to Reaper indoctrination in Mass Effect. Basically make them slaves but give them hardlight shields and weaponry. Sounds like a blast, though. What did OP spoil in the title?[/quote]So...did you notice any...blue things...in the available campaign videos? Because I didn't.[/quote] What if the Didact uses the Composer to turn the Covies into Promethean AIs (hence blue color)?[/quote]Nice. Maybe, they are controlled by Cortana, though.
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SPOILERS [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] everywhere116 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] theHurtfulTurkey Spoilers, discussing blacked-out text below: It said the Prometheans and Covenant will join forces...I'm wondering if the Prometheans will take over the Covenant forces similar to Reaper indoctrination in Mass Effect. Basically make them slaves but give them hardlight shields and weaponry. Sounds like a blast, though. What did OP spoil in the title?[/quote]So...did you notice any...blue things...in the available campaign videos? Because I didn't.[/quote] What if the Didact uses the Composer to turn the Covies into Promethean AIs (hence blue color)?
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Footage is on Youtube for incineration cannon game play^
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] theHurtfulTurkey Spoilers, discussing blacked-out text below: It said the Prometheans and Covenant will join forces...I'm wondering if the Prometheans will take over the Covenant forces similar to Reaper indoctrination in Mass Effect. Basically make them slaves but give them hardlight shields and weaponry. Sounds like a blast, though. What did OP spoil in the title?[/quote]So...did you notice any...blue things...in the available campaign videos? Because I didn't.
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one thing i found interesting is the "incineration cannon" i haven't seen that yet. must google.
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I can agree on that...
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] alex0612 So apparently, only the Humans are the ones getting assaulted, probably because the Didact has beef with the with them. Storm worships him, so he's trusting them, and letting them help be a fighting force. But the Question is. Can the Didact escape Requiem? And how will he use the Composer.[/quote] My guess is that the Didact will escape Requiem, but his Promethean Knight army won't (leading to Spops).
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] alex0612 So apparently, only the Humans are the ones getting assaulted, probably because the Didact has beef with the with them. Storm worships him, so he's trusting them, and letting them help be a fighting force. But the Question is. Can the Didact escape Requiem? And how will he use the Composer.[/quote] Well, this links in with the script we say in the A Hero Awakens video... [Edited on 09.07.2012 6:19 PM PDT]
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So apparently, only the Humans are the ones getting assaulted, probably because the Didact has beef with the with them. Storm worships him, so he's trusting them, and letting them help be a fighting force. But the Question is. Can the Didact escape Requiem? And how will he use the Composer.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Quantam [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Haloroach [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Quantam The initial reaction is probably defense, but I have a feeling what ONI+UNSC are doing in Thursday War is a large part of it...[/quote] One far fetched theory I had was that it is the Didact wanting to tke the Mantle back from Humanity, seeing as though the Precursors said that Humanity was destined for the Mantle, and in humanity's new state, the Didact could easily wipe them out and assume control of the Mantle (as he strongly believes in Forerunner control of it).[/quote] Interesting, but I doubt you can take the mantle back when humanity themselves haven't earned it. [/quote] Well, he could want to take it before humanity gains it... I don't know. It's just a thought that I had.[/quote] Plus, add that to the fact that he's already pissed at humanity for killing the Librarian...[/quote] Or so he thinks... DUN DUN DUNNNNN
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Haloroach [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Quantam [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Haloroach [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Quantam The initial reaction is probably defense, but I have a feeling what ONI+UNSC are doing in Thursday War is a large part of it...[/quote] One far fetched theory I had was that it is the Didact wanting to tke the Mantle back from Humanity, seeing as though the Precursors said that Humanity was destined for the Mantle, and in humanity's new state, the Didact could easily wipe them out and assume control of the Mantle (as he strongly believes in Forerunner control of it).[/quote] Interesting, but I doubt you can take the mantle back when humanity themselves haven't earned it. [/quote] Well, he could want to take it before humanity gains it... I don't know. It's just a thought that I had.[/quote] Plus, add that to the fact that he's already pissed at humanity for killing the Librarian...
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Fighting these guys on Heroic sounds like playing on Legendary...
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I shouldn't have read the blacked out text. -blam!-.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Quantam [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Haloroach [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Quantam The initial reaction is probably defense, but I have a feeling what ONI+UNSC are doing in Thursday War is a large part of it...[/quote] One far fetched theory I had was that it is the Didact wanting to tke the Mantle back from Humanity, seeing as though the Precursors said that Humanity was destined for the Mantle, and in humanity's new state, the Didact could easily wipe them out and assume control of the Mantle (as he strongly believes in Forerunner control of it).[/quote] Interesting, but I doubt you can take the mantle back when humanity themselves haven't earned it. [/quote] Well, he could want to take it before humanity gains it... I don't know. It's just a thought that I had.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Haloroach [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Quantam The initial reaction is probably defense, but I have a feeling what ONI+UNSC are doing in Thursday War is a large part of it...[/quote] One far fetched theory I had was that it is the Didact wanting to tke the Mantle back from Humanity, seeing as though the Precursors said that Humanity was destined for the Mantle, and in humanity's new state, the Didact could easily wipe them out and assume control of the Mantle (as he strongly believes in Forerunner control of it).[/quote] Interesting, but I doubt you can take the mantle back when humanity themselves haven't earned it.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Quantam The initial reaction is probably defense, but I have a feeling what ONI+UNSC are doing in Thursday War is a large part of it...[/quote] One far fetched theory I had was that it is the Didact wanting to tke the Mantle back from Humanity, seeing as though the Precursors said that Humanity was destined for the Mantle, and in humanity's new state, the Didact could easily wipe them out and assume control of the Mantle (as he strongly believes in Forerunner control of it).
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] theHurtfulTurkey [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Quantam [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] theHurtfulTurkey [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Statefarm98 The black text....[b]ITS TOO TEMPTING[/b]. Must...resist. Yeah, no more campaign stuff for me. If there's a forge video or something I'll watch it though.[/quote] It doesn't reveal any specific campaign spoilers. Regarding why the Prometheans appear robotic, I wonder if maybe the Didact was able to use the AI in the Forerunner combat skins to animate and control the corpses of the Forerunner soldiers (or just animate the suits themselves). [/quote] The current theory is that they are the minds of Forerunner infected soldiers who still wish to serve.[/quote] Oh, that makes sense. It doesn't explain why they're so hostile, though.[/quote] SPOILERS (not from the blacked out text) The Composer is a device that harvests "souls" and converts them into AIs. The Composer is also in the game, according to the achievements list. It would seem likely to me that the Prometheans are the remnants of the all Forerunners, who converted themselves into AI to become truly immortal (and uninfectable). So like what he was saying, but extended to the whole race. They Didact also doesn't particuarly like us. We killed his entire family, and indirectly killed his wife. But then there is also the possibility that the Precursors are involved. [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Xd00999 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] ROBERTO jh [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Quantam [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Plain Ben [quote]Knight Battlewagon - Rare but incredibly dangerous, huge frames draped in heavy armor and hardlight shielding, can deploy Autosentries, will wield Scattershot if you get too close[/quote]Do we know if [url=http://i.imgur.com/oUaq8.jpg]these are the Battlewagons[/url]? Or just abolished concepts?[/quote] That was the old concept of a Promethean. -blam!- that was awesome.[/quote] That's not a concept art, that's in-game.[/quote] HuD and motion tracker are both different, along with AR holding 23 bullets.[/quote] I know, but it is still rendered in-game. It may be an early version of the Battlewagon, but it's not concept art. [Edited on 09.07.2012 4:46 PM PDT]
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Dont like them using the name Knights, just seems abit unoriginal.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] ROBERTO jh [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Quantam [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Plain Ben [quote]Knight Battlewagon - Rare but incredibly dangerous, huge frames draped in heavy armor and hardlight shielding, can deploy Autosentries, will wield Scattershot if you get too close[/quote]Do we know if [url=http://i.imgur.com/oUaq8.jpg]these are the Battlewagons[/url]? Or just abolished concepts?[/quote] That was the old concept of a Promethean. -blam!- that was awesome.[/quote] That's not a concept art, that's in-game.[/quote] Concept != Concept Art
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Quantam [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Plain Ben [quote]Knight Battlewagon - Rare but incredibly dangerous, huge frames draped in heavy armor and hardlight shielding, can deploy Autosentries, will wield Scattershot if you get too close[/quote]Do we know if [url=http://i.imgur.com/oUaq8.jpg]these are the Battlewagons[/url]? Or just abolished concepts?[/quote] That was the old concept of a Promethean. -blam!- that was awesome.[/quote] That's not a concept art, that's in-game.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] theHurtfulTurkey It doesn't reveal any specific campaign spoilers. Regarding why the Prometheans appear robotic, I wonder if maybe the Didact was able to use the AI in the Forerunner combat skins to animate and control the corpses of the Forerunner soldiers (or just animate the suits themselves). [/quote] The current theory is that they are the minds of Forerunner infected soldiers who still wish to serve.[/quote] Oh, that makes sense. It doesn't explain why they're so hostile, though.[/quote] The initial reaction is probably defense, but I have a feeling what ONI+UNSC are doing in Thursday War is a large part of it...[/quote] I haven't gotten around to reading those novels yet, can you provide a summary of what's happened leading up to Thursday War?[/quote] Big thread in the Universe forum. Basically, ONI has been instigating a civil war with the Elites, and are being dicks at the same time. Also, they did something quite hypocritical in the Thursday War, the universe forum has the thread if you want to know what it is.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Quantam [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] theHurtfulTurkey [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Quantam [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] theHurtfulTurkey It doesn't reveal any specific campaign spoilers. Regarding why the Prometheans appear robotic, I wonder if maybe the Didact was able to use the AI in the Forerunner combat skins to animate and control the corpses of the Forerunner soldiers (or just animate the suits themselves). [/quote] The current theory is that they are the minds of Forerunner infected soldiers who still wish to serve.[/quote] Oh, that makes sense. It doesn't explain why they're so hostile, though.[/quote] The initial reaction is probably defense, but I have a feeling what ONI+UNSC are doing in Thursday War is a large part of it...[/quote] I haven't gotten around to reading those novels yet, can you provide a summary of what's happened leading up to Thursday War?
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] theHurtfulTurkey [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Quantam [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] theHurtfulTurkey [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Statefarm98 The black text....[b]ITS TOO TEMPTING[/b]. Must...resist. Yeah, no more campaign stuff for me. If there's a forge video or something I'll watch it though.[/quote] It doesn't reveal any specific campaign spoilers. Regarding why the Prometheans appear robotic, I wonder if maybe the Didact was able to use the AI in the Forerunner combat skins to animate and control the corpses of the Forerunner soldiers (or just animate the suits themselves). [/quote] The current theory is that they are the minds of Forerunner infected soldiers who still wish to serve.[/quote] Oh, that makes sense. It doesn't explain why they're so hostile, though.[/quote] The initial reaction is probably defense, but I have a feeling what ONI+UNSC are doing in Thursday War is a large part of it...
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Quantam [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Todge16801 And with this, i think its time i go dark before the campaign is spoiled for me.[/quote] Yeah, the information is coming out very quickly now.[/quote]
