it really doesn't take much skill at all to time, as I said before. and I'm talking more about when I have most of my shields still, and the other player has none. in any past halo, you would pursue him 90% of the time. I'd say I definitely deserve the kill. but now that everyone has a 1sk shotgun in their pocket, I can't pursue, and it just slows down gameplay because now I have to turn around and ignore that player for a while. it's almost like armor lock all over again
another option would be to fight fire with fire... there is no honor in war games. =P [br][/br]Edited by merge: here's a BIG something that is broken: mantis respawn times on BTB meltdown. its nearly every 45 seconds
They said that about Armor Lock... To be honest, the "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" school of game balance is my least favourite. EDIT: Cluck, yeah it is, though you'd never know it because it never gets voted for.
Boltshot is amazing because it all but removes sprint punch from the game. Fights almost never devolve into double melee either.
Mantis is only on meltdown in Dominion, and that's only when you have captured alpha or charlie base and fortified it to spawn one off the pad. I've been boltshot shotguned a few times, but generally I can nade them or I just leave them alone and they get taken out by a teammate. Pro vision is good but active camo takes you off it's scanners (you are blue and almost impossible to see) and with wetwork (which everyone will have access to soon) you appear only as a light outline. And while plasma pistol/ plasma nades is annoying at times careful driving can save you from it usually. Plasma pistol really does track poorly now. The thing I don't like is that you can get heavy weapons in personal ordinance. I'm okay with a sticky detonator, grenades, speed boosts, etc... but when there are 2 lasers on a map with no lasers in initial or random spawns I am unhappy. Infinity slayer is okay, but it's not competitive and it absolutely does not replace regular Team Slayer. I'm fine if they keep it, but there needs to be a classic playlist and it needs to be permanent. Flag return times also need to be much shorter than 45 seconds. Not everything they changed is bad such as the flagnum or small personal ordinances, but there's enough there to frustrate me in most playlists. Dominion and Extraction are awesome though, definitely my favorite game modes. And as long as they keep their promises to fix some of the problems with forge I'm totally happy with it.
They added one in the last update? Da ****? Okay, that may be rather dumb then, I'll have to check it out.
actually, didnt we play on meltdown last night together in BTB and experience it as well? unless my memory is being weird... i swear that happened lol
There is a mantis. Im sure, i just played dominion on Meltdown. The boltshot is becoming my all time favorite secondary, its so powerful. And great for breaching the base on dominion, charge, blast and capture the base. Dominion is an awesome gametype unlike gametypes like flood (Thrusta pack) and regicide. CTF is awesome too.
The Mantis is definitely on Meltdown in BTB. And is it just me or did the needler get nerfed already?
That and a majority of other weapons and vehicles. It's still pretty powerful though, hahaha. I think some are justified, but the banshee is nothing against some other vehicles at this point. Is it just me or does Ravine get darker the longer your in game?
Except you can bait a splatter out of a ghost for easy hit or lucky hit and once its EMP'd its stun locked. (or the driver will get out instantly) I would say its just as easy to hit a banshee as well, Doesn't track as well but banshee moves slower and flips slower + maps smaller and roof is smaller so banshee doesn't have anywhere to hide. And plasma grenade spawn + sprint, My fears that vehicles where gonna be useless seem to be coming true.
I don't know either. But I used it a few times yesterday and it seemed to take three times as many needles as it did a few days ago. Way to ruin a good thing 343, yet again.
so, it has been nerfed? If so, I propose we call it the Noodler. the terror of the covenant that shoots uncooked spaghetti
Maybe people are learning that its a power weapon instead of a niche automatic and are avoiding it more/better now? Just guessing, But i hope its nerfed I liked it better as a niche automatic then power weapon.
Anyone else find the flag reset time in CTF to be ridiculous, especially with the increased movement speed and flagnum already helping it get across the map faster? I mean, it's 45 seconds and get's reset to 45 seconds with every time it is picked up. That and with no personal ordnance OR respawning initial drops the only way to get power weapons in CTF, KOTH, Oddball, and Extraction after the first batch is used up are through rare random weapon drops. I hope they change that, it is kind of odd. And seriously, if there is going to be infinity slayer there also needs to be a normal slayer/ BTB slayer set of playlists. They are far too different to be considered interchangeable.
I was using it just earlier today and was raping with it...so if it was...it wasn't a noticeable nerf