Hi all Halo fans,
I was wandering what everyone thinks about the addition of Shields to Breakout? I personally thought it was better without it, it’s what made it stand out from other game types. People are saying it was too hard without shields and/or a bad gametype. It took skill yes, but it made you quick on the trigger, work as squad to take out the enemy, I think personally it’s people like that who are ruining the franchise, not 343… So, what does everyone think?
I think the shields and radar kind of remove alot of tactics and challenge from the game type…today me and my crew played close to 26 games in the new breakout and got nowhere in ranking due to the vast changes…if feels like we have to completely relearn a game type we were all very comfortable with
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> I think the shields and radar kind of remove alot of tactics and challenge from the game type…today me and my crew played close to 26 games in the new breakout and got nowhere in ranking due to the vast changes…if feels like we have to completely relearn a game type we were all very comfortable with
Yes it was fine as is there was no need to change it they should have just made a different playlist and made it Arena Breakout which is already a thing in Team Arena…
Was better the original breakout
I’ll admit now that I play zero arena, but from watching it it looks like by adding shields and radar that its like they just added the breakout maps to slayer. Breakout seemed cool to me because it was like a blend of CTF, Slayer and swat and was so damn fast paced. Dunno why 343 would make this decision, unless the community begged for it to be changed.
I personally don’t like the new breakout with shields. I also don’t think it was a good idea to spawn with a shotgun. It makes everyone overpowered and causes players to hide around corners. Makes the game feel more like slayer with only shotguns and one life. The only thing I like about the new breakout is the updated maps.
I prefer the new breakout
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> I prefer the new breakout
i assume all you play is slayer correct?
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> Hi all Halo fans,
> I was wandering what everyone thinks about the addition of Shields to Breakout? I personally thought it was better without it, it’s what made it stand out from other game types. People are saying it was too hard without shields and/or a bad gametype. It took skill yes, but it made you quick on the trigger, work as squad to take out the enemy, I think personally it’s people like that who are ruining the franchise, not 343… So, what does everyone think?
Idk why everyone says there was no sheilds there was always sheilds in breakout you had 50% the sheild bar was just hidden that’s why a headshot would not kill you instantly
This kinda reminds me of the big discussion back in the Halo 3 days when everyone was debating whether Snowbound is better with or without shield doors
3 shot headshots with a BR and Magnum. Mind you, legitimate headshots. Made it more feasible in a match where your 1v3. Now you not only have the 3 players, but youve got thier shields and shotguns to worry about. And the shotguns alone are an issue. They’re inconsistent. I get killed from distances that when I shoot from the same, I barely rake thier shields. Rename the current game -Yoink!- and bring Breakout back. Oh, invis being a distraction, so its removed, and a flag back to your own base? Crap’s not breakout. Nothing about breakout is still here. Just change it to CTF. A lot of people are upset by it unfortunately.
I would direct you to the overwhelming negative feedback on the ‘Breakout Refresh Feedback Thread’ -
There are a lot of people that didn’t enjoy Breakout, but enjoyed Slayer. That is okay. There were some people that liked Breakout and didn’t really like 343’s take on Slayer (such as myself). Also okay. Breakout was less popular, but historically, the more difficult to win gametypes (like MLG back in the day) are the least played. This is because highly skilled players are a minority, which is true of any given player base. So, you’ve got your Breakout players, and your non-Breakout players. Both played whichever gametypes they enjoyed, and NO ONE ASKED FOR BREAKOUT TO BE SHUT DOWN AND REPLACED WITH AN ACTION SACK GAMETYPE.
Seriously, there was a big chunk of the player base on Breakout, some that played Breakout exclusively, and they were completely disregarded for what? To give people that weren’t into Breakout more Slayer? And what of the Breakout fans? Well -Yoink!- us, huh?
Here is where I stop typing before emotion clouds reason and I stop adding anything constructive to the conversation. Just . . . Imagine the Slayer gametypes were the reason you played Halo 5, and then one day, without any requests from the community actually playing the games, all of the Slayer gametypes were gone and replaced with CTF Swat Rockets.
That’s how it feels.