I found it super annoying fighting with teammates over the tank and hornet etc…. Could we get more of a classic setup instead of this fly in we currently have?
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This feels like something that will get tuned over time, but I wouldn’t expect anything for launch.
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I feel the same way. While the Pelicans drop off looks cool; I’d just assume they spawn in normally. But for me, it’s not just the way they spawn in, it’s the whole set up that bothers me. All vehicles should spawn in at the start and respawn after they’re destroyed like good old Halo. I understand what 343i is going for, having more powerful vehicles spawn later in the match, bit it’s more annoying than fun imo.
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I prefer the new system a lot more than the old. It makes the games less one sided.
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I’d hope we get this too, but with the current way BTB works, it makes me wonder what settings control the whole pelican drop off thing. Can Any map have the new BTB style vehicle and weapon drop offs? Can only official BTB maps? Is it something we can turn on or off in the custom game settings, or is it only limited to a 343 controlled game type? I didn’t see any options related to it in the leaked custom game options.
I suspect there will be options to turn them on/off like how firefight maps settings work in MCC that let people choose to use drop ships or not. 
With how expansive the settings seem to be? I wouldn’t be surprised if we had a “Classic” or “Legacy” BTB playlist down the line where the vehicles just spawn in. I don’t mind the new dynamic of vehicle dropoffs. However, it also ruins the Halo atmosphere for me. I’m an oldhead, though.
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I mean… you fought with people over spawns in prior games as well. Both spawning systems have that result. The main issue with this one is, at least during the last flight, the heavy stuff did not spawn until the last 5 minutes. I get their goal with this, but its just less fun
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Sadly I agree
I really am not a fan of how the vehicles drop in BTB
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Yes i know what you mean. It looks really cool but in aprox. 40-50 matches i played, i saw only 3-4 times a scorpion, that was a little bit lame tbh^^ I think at least at the start of a match, vehicles (including scorpions, banshees and so on, not only warthog and mongoose) should spawn in the particular bases.
If they have both a ranked and casual list for BTB, I’m fine with it for ranked. But in casual I want all the fun stuff right there from the get-go
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The vehicle drop is cool, but it really sucks that the tank for example after like 20 games of btb only dropped either 30 seconds before end of match or not at all, and with 24 players on map and 1 or 2 tanks it was a shambles, I managed to get into a turret once, just as match ended, never even got a banshee.
No doubt it will change somehow after launch.
Doesn’t help dropping them off in middle of map either, if they were pelican dropped at bases, and with a better frequency for scorpions etc it would be alot better
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BTB has always had vehicles from the start and that practice should continue in infinite. It makes you wonder if it’s standard UNSC practice to only bring the big guns in at the end of a battle…
Marine “Commander, the banished have broken through our outer defences”
Commander “Ok marine give the order to issue weapons to our troops”
Marine “Commander, the banished have broken through our inner defences”
Commander " Ok marine give the order to issue warthogs and mongoose to the men"
Marine “Commander, the banished are inside the base perimeter they’re out side this room!”
Commander “Those sneaky sons of guns… Unleash the scorpions… Wait, what… Ok we surrender”
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I posted the same thought in my feedback about BTB when they launched it that weekend.
Waiting for drops is dumb amd not worth my time as a Dedicated Warthog Driver and Vehicle Enthusiast.
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I actually really like the pelican drop system because it felt more balanced. Often times older BTB’s just felt like one team would get to a point where they had 8 vehicles roaming around and the other team had none and were just screwed. I love vehicles but it could get too much at times. Maybe they can tweak the drop system but overall I definitely prefer it over the spawn system.
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I’m more of the classic halo player myself I’d prefer a more classic spawn system! This whole wait for the pelican to drop off a tank is Garbo!
Vehicles should just spawn the way they always do if your team is one sided than you should either get some practice using vehicles or go play slayer!
BTB has always been built around Vehicle use this new system isn’t working please fix this with classic spawns!
Thanks 343
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I personally enjoyed the reduced and unique spawn of power vehicles. Those power vehicles seem to have a great deal more health than the mongoose and warthog counter parts. I believe it creates much more unique and balanced games rather than people just camping the ghost spawn and killing everyone from a distance and repeat splattering. Or the same with the scorpion, just sitting slightly back from the middle of the map and spamming the main gun on the objective repeatedly. It makes it a meta at that point. I’d like it to stay the way it was in the flight personally, but that’s just me.