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[[Image:Shield_gernade.jpg|right|thumb|200px|MC holding a shield grenade]] | [[Image:Shield_gernade.jpg|right|thumb|200px|MC holding a shield grenade]] | ||
[[Image:shield_grenade.jpg|thumb|right|200px| The shield | [[Image:shield_grenade.jpg|thumb|right|200px| The shield device is strong enough to withstand the blast of this [[Covenant]] [[Wraith]] mortar.]] | ||
Many fans, after viewing the [[Starry Night]] trailer, speculated that the shield bubble would somehow be activated by the X button. In a way, they were correct; the [[Halo 3 ViDoc: Is Quisnam Protero Damno!]] confirmed that the X button could activate the new deployable equipment objects, of which the Bubble Shield is only one. It is believed that with the introduction of the Spartan Laser which is a super weapon by definition, the gameplay may be one sided in multiplayer, so a super defensive option was introduced to balance the gameplay. | Many fans, after viewing the [[Starry Night]] trailer, speculated that the shield bubble would somehow be activated by the X button. In a way, they were correct; the [[Halo 3 ViDoc: Is Quisnam Protero Damno!]] confirmed that the X button could activate the new deployable equipment objects, of which the Bubble Shield is only one. It is believed that with the introduction of the Spartan Laser which is a super weapon by definition, the gameplay may be one sided in multiplayer, so a super defensive option was introduced to balance the gameplay. | ||