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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Deployable cover is often used as an area to jump off of, as it is easier to use than the [[grenade jump]] for some players. One of this tactic's best uses is to get the Famine Skull in Halo 3. | *Deployable cover is often used as an area to jump off of, as it is easier to use than the [[grenade jump]] for some players. One of this tactic's best uses is to get the Famine Skull in [[Halo 3]]. | ||
*Some people use it as wall to impede doorways in order to slow down the enemy and regroup with their team. | *Some people use it as wall to impede doorways in order to slow down the enemy and regroup with their team. | ||
*It takes three [[melee]]s to the shield itself to take it down. | *It takes three [[melee]]s to the shield itself to take it down. | ||
*There is a [[glitch]] that allows the player to become stuck, and have the Deployable Cover spawn through them. | *There is a [[glitch]] that allows the player to become stuck, and have the Deployable Cover spawn through them. | ||
*Deployable covers were seen in [[Halo:CE]] and [[Halo 2]] in Campaign sometimes used by [[Elites]], but these were immovable and while they could be deactivated, they couldn't be destroyed. | *Deployable covers were seen in [[Halo:CE]] and [[Halo 2]] in Campaign sometimes used by [[Elites]], but these were immovable and while they could be deactivated, they couldn't be destroyed. | ||
*The only map the Deployable Cover isn't available in Forge mode is [[Sandtrap (Level)|Sandtrap]]. | *The only map the Deployable Cover isn't available in [[Forge mode]] is [[Sandtrap (Level)|Sandtrap]]. | ||
*In Campaign mode, the Deployable Cover is completely immune to the projectiles fired by [[Flood]] [[Pure Form|Ranged Forms]] making it very useful on the eighth level of Halo 3, [[Cortana (level)|Cortana]]. | *In Campaign mode, the Deployable Cover is completely immune to the projectiles fired by [[Flood]] [[Pure Form|Ranged Forms]] making it very useful on the eighth level of [[Halo 3]], [[Cortana (level)|Cortana]]. | ||
* The other main problem is that if you stand to close to a portable shield then you still take damage (although not as much) and can be severely damaged when the shield is destroyed. | * The other main problem is that if you stand to close to a portable shield then you still take damage (although not as much) and can be severely damaged when the shield is destroyed. | ||
*The Deployable Cover seems almost immune to ballistics but can be depleted rapidly by energy weapons such as the [[Plasma Rifle]] and a [[Plasma Pistol]] overshot. | *The Deployable Cover seems almost immune to ballistics but can be depleted rapidly by energy weapons such as the [[Plasma Rifle]] and a [[Plasma Pistol]] overshot. | ||
