@343i Beta Feedback and Impressions

I would like to start by saying I enjoyed the halo 5 beta and I believe that 343 is doing a very good job with halo 5 as well has vastly improved since halo 4. I wanted to give all my feedback from the beta but mainly the things I felt needed worked on, it might seem like a lot but I wanted to get my feedback out there and that is what a beta is for anyway. Be sure to post your feedback here as well… 343 is watching.

Feedback:

  • automatic weapons are more effective when zoomed and ranged weapons are not, that should be switched so automatic weapons are less effective zoomed and ranged weapons more effective

  • magnum smart scope has too much clutter and it’s hard to aim and hit target (make a simpler sight when ADS)

  • remove “ping” for every shot on target

  • sniper needs to have a clearer and simpler scope when ADS instead of the blueish sight

  • remove “wind effects” when sprinting so they only last a few seconds and aren’t present throughout an entire sprint

  • need to somehow fix when sprinting and going to melee someone you bash past them maybe making bash activated by pressing thruster forward at maximum sprint

  • brighter menus

  • return digital ammo display to dmr as like it was in reach or halo 4

  • reduce the repetitive announcements for power weapons

  • menu bug that causes Spartan to be pink and when equipping new armour pieces they become blurry

  • add the ability to view other players Spartan characters while in lobby (perhaps like halo 3)

  • prophets bane is too bright and causes player to not be able to see surroundings well

  • remove or have the option to turn off kill cams

  • in my opinion Spartans are better as silent Heros who don’t say much, I would like to see a return to that rather than the “bro” Spartans we are seeing (I do enjoy the call outs that the Spartans make but for campaign I would like to see Spartans as silent badasses)

  • On Truth make it so the prophets bane only spawns only once the other has been used so their is only one on the map at a time.

  • AR smart scope needs to be made to look more like an actual ADS of the AR rather than a holo projection to the side of the gun

  • remove sprint reticle

  • music after every death gets repetitive and annoying

  • remove “kill” metal

  • Reduce range of AR while in smartscope current range of hip fire is fine

  • make sniper sound louder and stand out more so player can know if he is being shot at by sniper or get an idea where fire is coming from

  • spawn system on Eden causes you to spawn in the crosshairs of the enemy

  • issue when searching for a game with 2 people only one person finds a game and the other is sent back to search for players yet it still says the other player is in your fireteam

  • on Eden you can get picked off from random locations way to easily

  • reduce rate of fire on BR

  • reduce grenade blast radius

  • Eden is way to open does not work well with BR starts

  • don’t like how screen blacks out immediately after death, allow it so we can see if we killed our opponent after tossing a grenade just before death etc.

  • BR starts take away from the gameplay as you no longer have to hunt for a BR or DMR when playing.

  • return original rocket launcher design

  • rocket has too much of a delay after reloading

  • in strongholds the capture timer needs to be bigger and more noticeable it’s hard to tell how close you are to capturing when it is so small

  • should not lose CSR points if your team leaves you match

  • bring back some simpler armour designs such as in reach an halo 3, Athlon is a step in the right direction in my opinion

  • allow for players to return to menu after searching for a game

  • lighting on the forge maps sometimes make ammo count on the BR to be invisible

  • please allow us to forge destroyed vehicles as an asthetic map feature

  • snipers don’t work on empire in my opinion

  • maybe allow us to customize Spartan voice?

  • not a huge fan of sniper design but I can live with it but please please please bring back original rocket design

  • found shoulder charge pointless, would prefer just a melee

  • silence the smg and return mag to side of the gun (maybe a beefed up version of ODST smg)

  • instead of the announcers whole speech for slayer maybe simply make him say “slayer, destroy the enemy team” or something along those lines.

overall I feel like 343 has done a great job with the beta and has brought about needed changes and I can’t wait for final release.