Nightmare Fuel / SPV3

• In terms of the Flood, CMT seem to have made it a point to make them ten times scarier.
  • Instead of treating the victim to a slow death, Infection forms can now convert the ones they catch into Combat or Carrier Forms, depending on who the unlucky bastard was.
  • Jackal Carrier forms. They can only attack at close range and they can easily be dealt with via a single melee attack. But the sounds they make... whenever idle, there are times where they sounds like they're choking and gagging - almost as if the hosts were stuck at the edge of death. Whenever they notice and/or leap at you, they let out an unholy screech - something more potent when they attack in groups.
  • Flood pods: Large, fleshy growths of Flood Biomass attached to the walls, floor and ceiling of Flood Hives. They explode upon being shot too many times - or if you just happen to walk past one - and will release a number of Flood Forms. Whenever multiple pods are in one area, they tend to explode one-by-one at random. Have fun watching your back when navigating through these Hives.
  • Elite Combat forms (besides Runners and Stealth Elite Forms) are equipped with energy shields, although at only 75% strength due to it having to cover the additional Flood biomass. While this doesn't sound very daunting by itself, keep in mind that Honor Guard Elites can be infected into their own form, and their shields retain their immunity to ballistic weaponry. Cornered by an Honor Guard Elite form with either an Energy Sword or Plasma Grenade stuck to its whip-arm? Out of grenades yourself? No plasma or incendiary weapons on you? Have a nice death!
    • A UNSC datapad exemplifies this situation. A squad of marines stumble across an Honor Guard Elite form and are unable to do anything to it with their guns. Not only are they forced to retreat, but leave behind an unfortunate soldier to get mauled to death by the thing.