I’ve been having goo fun with the flights so far and I’m still looking forward to release for now, but if they don’t change things I don’t think it’s gonna last. I’m by no means a Halo pro but I started playing in Reach and have put time into every other Halo game as well, so I’ve got some skills, but I still can’t seem to get a handle on the sidekick. The bloom is huge, and between me & the enemy strafing and the bloom sometimes more than half my clip will miss even in CQC with decent tracking since chances are at least one small area of my reticule is off the spartan at any given time. You can’t even mitigate this by timing your shots since that puts you at an even worst advantage against the already arguably better AR.
TLDR:Sidekick feels like garbage to use since the bloom increases by over 50% after one shot meaning unless your tracking is PERFECT there is always an rng chance your bullets will miss because of bloom, and timing shots to mitigate this is impossible since the AR is so strong right now.