If you’re like me the moment you got Halo 5 you warmed up with the campaign missions (or not I don’t tell you how to live your life) and then hopped right into multiplayer to top the leaderboards and hate that one professional banshee flier who wrecks you everytime. I did just that in big team battle but after a while was rudely interrupted by a betrayal and it happened quite often (considering it shouldn’t happen at all). Whether it’s the surplus on a scorpion shot splash damage or some moron in a ghost. It happens a lot. Problem is a lot of the time I don’t know whether or not it’s a complete accident or someone completely disregarding teammates. I think the addition of a betrayal cam (essentially a killcam from his/her point of view) would help prevent people from booting players out who really did just mess up their scorpion shot that badly and to help get rid of a-holes. Would like to hear your thoughts on this, who knows maybe it’ll be a thing soon.
Why I do understand your concern let me just pick a few of your points.
1.) Betrayal has always been a common thing in Halo, it’s annoying and pathetic. Whether it’s because you picked up a power weapon, and they wanted it. Or whether you’re just walking, you’re in the way to them and they don’t really care. Or it’s because they think it’s funny, and that they’re an OG troll.
2.) Scorpion splash damage? Highly unlikely, if they get the betrayal they intended to kill you. Halo 5’s splash damage is terrible and the Scorpion’s AOE is no larger than 5m in diameter. If you were fighting someone, most Scorpions will usually wait to see if you can pull through or carry on, because why stay still? The only reason I can see it happening on accident is if they’re being shot and you just walk past the guy, or there’s a large group near by and you yourself accidentally jump into it (Even then, the kill system would’ve been an assisted homicide towards the enemy team, so highly unlikely.) Other than that, most of the time it’s betrayal, because “I’m in a Scorpion, and I can just make up the score.”
Scorpion’s are one of the only vehicles I don’t really see being a betrayal factor as it’s one of the most unusable vehicles in BTB because of map size and cover, you’d pretty much get 2-3 kills before you’re hijacked.
3.) I do not believe there should be a cam, after seeing how Halo 4’s kill cam system went, 343 should definitely not attempt at all or ever consider it again. It just makes everything look intentional, and seeing as how Halo 5 already has enough issues. It’d be a better idea to just not do it at all, or consider it. I can see a “Play of the Game” or a “Final Kill” cams as that’s easier to render since it plays for all players in the match, whereas the other one would be harder on the server just to show you someone elses POV. (Would really lag your internet connection too.) So sorry, I don’t think it should happen.
On your controller, double tap the power button, and then choose x. I have not experience too many betrayals in thousands of games played. If I feel I was betrayed, I record it and go back to the footage. If after viewing the tape, I feel it was a true betrayal, I report the GT.