As the title of the thread states, the Thruster Pack needs to be buffed in multiplayer modes on Halo 4, excluding Infection. As it stands now, the Thruster Pack is one of the most useless abilities to choose from due to the lack of mobility it offers. Personally, the Truster Pack should be on par with its campaign counterpart or comparable to Reach’s evade distance.
Agreed. Im sure they reduced its ability before launch, some of the videos made it look better than it turned out to be. It is pointless, It gets you no further ahead than someone sprinting. Cant dodge a grenade or a ghost going for the splatter. It was something i was looking forward to before launch, but was quickly disappointed. I think it would do no harm in extending the gap it boosts you or even just speeding it up.
Have you seen Thruster WITH BOOST?
That thing suddenly becomes a -Yoink!- powerhouse of movement. Thrust ability depends on your movement speed really.
> Agreed. Im sure they reduced its ability before launch, some of the videos made it look better than it turned out to be. It is pointless, It gets you no further ahead than someone sprinting. Cant dodge a grenade or a ghost going for the splatter. It was something i was looking forward to before launch, but was quickly disappointed. I think it would do no harm in extending the gap it boosts you or even just speeding it up.
My thoughts exactly. People were lauding it before launch because it helped you get out of a jam, but after a considerable amount of time playing with it now, I just don’t see how it can be effective without a buff. Even in close quarters combat it has no use, since sadly, you don’t really go anywhere, so you’re not fooling anyone.
> Have you seen Thruster WITH BOOST?
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> That thing suddenly becomes a -Yoink!- powerhouse of movement. Thrust ability depends on your movement speed really.
Yes, with Speed Boost, thruster becomes a completely new ability, but Ordinance Drops all random, luck of the draw. I drop Overshield mostly, which also needs a boost.
> Have you seen Thruster WITH BOOST?
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> That thing suddenly becomes a -Yoink!- powerhouse of movement. Thrust ability depends on your movement speed really.
Yeah, good luck controlling it though. It’s hard enough with the Flood powered variant. I still chuckle at watching Flood fling themselves off the edge of Complex because they have no control.
> > Have you seen Thruster WITH BOOST?
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> > That thing suddenly becomes a -Yoink!- powerhouse of movement. Thrust ability depends on your movement speed really.
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> Yeah, good luck controlling it though. It’s hard enough with the Flood powered variant. I still chuckle at watching Flood fling themselves off the edge of Complex because they have no control.
That made me laugh. Someone should make a montage of people flinging themselves off edges of maps due to the Infection Thruster.
Try jumping with the ability. That’s where the fun begins.
i like thruster pack the way it is =/ at most id only like to move about an extra foot away while using it, if it was as powerful as the campaign version then it would be abused
Only reason Flood Thrusters are more powerful is because Thrusters are dependent on movement speed. Higher the speed, higher power to thruster packs.
If the Thruster is dependent on Spartan movement speed, is there no way to just adjust the Thruster on its own then?
> If the Thruster is dependent on Spartan movement speed, is there no way to just adjust the Thruster on its own then?
Unfortunately not.
For fun, set up a custom game and max out player speed and jump height. You can now jump and thrust the entire length of Ragnarok lol… watch you don’t hit a rock though.
I agree. The base Thruster Pack is almost useless.
Make a thruster pack class only for Solace. Wait for the lift to start to carry you and thrust then, it will shoot you to sniper perch. Your welcome.