So we(by we I mean everyone ) stoped posting of walls of mostly irrelevant text and start going post by post getting down to the core issue and finding a solution you just "Give up" and since you where making the accusations that would mean you give up on wanting the removal of sword block because you where wrong or given up on the idea that it is the logical choice but still want it removed because of your personal hate of it. Either way I wont need to be defending sword block anymore(hopefully).
First armor lock, now sword-block. I wonder what shitty game mechanic you guys are going to argue pointlessly over next.
It means I give up on trying to explain this to you. You don't get it and it's not worth the effort. Now feel free to have the last word.
Jetpack is OK, it just needs a counter. How about 15% of the time, it makes you fly down instead of up?
im subscribed to this thread for merely reading, but i cant leave that alone so: um, what? you best be trollin.
Jetpackers move really slow. So slow even I can headshot them. Why then does it need a counter? If your serious about that just make it a 15% decrease in lift.
In response to your reply, Nut, it's not about sword blocking directly so much as it is they're spending time to address something that ranks so low on the to-do list, then they proceed to half-ass the "solution" on top of that. He's mocking the sword-block as a counter situation, by the way. He isn't serious at all.
You know those grunts with the tank on their back that explodes when you shoot it? Thats what should happen to the jetpack! Haha
...Actually, I think I'd be in favor of that. That **** would be hilarious, watching spartan corpses fly all over the place.
It might be unethical, but I'd like to express something: You. Are. Stupid. Reading your posts makes me want to stop playing halo all together, knowing that people as idiotic as you play it. Nutduster has explained explicitly why sword block is a terrible game feature and why it should be rightfully removed, and what do you do? You pull out little words from his posts, contort them with your bias and your idiocy, and come up with some sort of convoluted argument that doesn't even make sense. Can you not grasp the concepts set forth by us? Do you understand the idea of latency and randomness? He gave up because there's no use yelling at a brick wall. Not because he's admitted his wrong-doing, or because you've won, but because you're just too stubborn and stupid to see anything else beyond what you know.
I think sword block should be more consistent, not completely removed. I think on some maps like Sword Base, it is too easy to camp corners with the sword (and shotgun). I believe the sword block mechanic helps counter this. It's definitely not perfect but I would rather not have swords guarantee killing sprees like they did in Halo 2/3. The inconsistencies are very irritating though, I admit.
The abuse of the Sword and Shotgun on Swordbase has more to do with the awful map design. Especially at the yellow lift. I've never really been a big fan of the CQC power weapons anyway. They promote camping too much.
Amen brother. However, the shotgun (in my opinion and rightfully skilled hands) is an anti-camper weapon. Nothing clears a room like an 8 gauge to the chest.lol. That's why I, unlike the majority of Reach players, prefer Active Camo to any other armor ability out there. I like CQC.
That was just an example though. You can do it on any map with a sword and corners (like Zealot). I actually really enjoy Swordbase when people aren't camping. Everybody hates it but I tend to enjoy it a lot more than other maps. I enjoy the room-by-room combat because I am not the greatest at fighting a person who is using a jetpack. Anyways, I'm getting off-topic but I wanted to throw in my two cents.