Regarding John vs Locke fighting scene in Halo 5: Guardians

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My understanding of energy shielding for the MJOLNIR in the Halo universe is that the shielding system is always active. However, the scene where John fights Locke shows nothing of the energy shielding system working its magic, not even a flicker when John's visor cracked. Would this mean all physical combat scenarios whatsoever does not trigger the energy shielding of the MJOLNIR? — subtank 00:10, 30 January 2016 (EST)

I view it as just an example of Cutscene Power To The Max. In gameplay, a single punch is enough to kill a fellow Spartan (after all, this is an armor that can punch through tanks), but here John and Locke move far slower than the MJOLNIR is claimed to move the user and withstand many punches with only a flinch. There's also other cutscenes where physical impacts are depicted as hitting shields, such as Six fighting Elites in the last cutscene of Halo: Reach or the Infinity ramming a Covenant cruiser while its shields flare. So I would just chalk it up to just a cutscene inconsistency because no one wants to see Locke die from a single smack to the face.

(This is a far superior version of the cutscene. :p) Tuckerscreator^(stalk) 00:24, 30 January 2016 (EST)

That was beautiful. We need more Chips. But on a more on-topic note, I agree that it's just an inconsistency. --NightHammer^(talk)^(contribs) 00:40, 30 January 2016 (EST)

I have to admit that video made me smile a little bit. Alertfiend - Warning, my comments may appear passive aggressive. (Converse) 03:24, 30 January 2016 (EST)

Dune has an explanation - that energy shields are specifically designed to stop hypersonic weapons, and atomic or energy weapons produce catastrophic feedback, but melee weapons cut through the like a blunt knife through frozen butter, which is at least something. I don't know whether Halo would use that explanation, since they seem to work on entirely different principles, but it's an influential series. And, after all, we've seen ODSTs without Spartan-grade augmentations stab shielded Brutes, so perhaps it's not so far-fetched that a punch or a stab might not trigger the shields. -- Qura 'Morhek ^{The Autocrat} ^{of Morheka} 05:43, 30 January 2016 (EST)

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