Online, when a sword comes at you or any other thing that might kill you, if you use the thruster pack, then dodge, well… you still end up dead, because the other guy killed you client-side on his screen.
It really needs a fix.
It needs more range too. Not quite as far as the Halo: Reach Evade maneuver, but maybe 50% more distance to it. As it is now you can barely evade anything. Perhaps a bit faster too. I feel like I’m barely going the speed of a sprint when I use it. Grenades, swords, and needles still get me too often. It’s one of the most under-used AAs in H4 and those that use it typically have terrible k/d ratios.
Haha thats not all thats wrong with it im afraid.The problems i see with it is a few things but ill just start with its main issue.
The fact that you go into 3rd person view makes it completely unusable since by the time you go back into 1st person view, whatever you dodged is allready attacking you again before you can aim at them.the fix for this is take this horrible part out and let you stay in 1st person view.
Its thrust is too low and too short.It should boost you by another 5 feet or so to escape grenades and get out of melee range.
The reason why you died was not because of just connection but the undeniable fact it has a half second delay to where it actually starts to “thrust” you in the direction of your choosing.It was a neat idea to do, but going into 3rd person in a 1st person shooter in just inconceivable and pointless.How useful do you think the jetpack would be if it put you into 3rd person and disable your ability to shoot and aim, gives a good perspective on what im talking about huh.
Broken doesnt even begin to describe whats wrong with it.Heres another example, imagine if the DMR had the accuracy of a shotgun with no bullet-magnetism and shot 80% slower.Would never get used correct?Iknow i rambled on about this but it is by far the most broken thing in this game, since it literally is useless.I laugh at people who use it in MM.They move 3 feet and end up wondering why they couldnt dodge my grenade and BR shots.
I like how you can use to dodge a ghost/whatever, watch it drive by since you are completely clear, and then fall over dead for no reason as if the ghost still hit you. Useful.
Just jump over a ghost, i cant believe people even try to hit players with it.Since anyone who is aware of it will easily avoid getting hit.
> Just jump over a ghost, i cant believe people even try to hit players with it.Since anyone who is aware of it will easily avoid getting hit.
I jump over it, it passes under me, and I still die. You cannot dodge them, it simply does not work. You see yourself clear by quite some distance, but the person driving still sees you standing there because of lag, so you die anyway. If I jump or thruster out of the way, and see myself clear, the game should make it so that I survive. Otherwise, what’s the point of a dodge button if it doesn’t actually do anything?
It only needs a 5 to 10% speed/distance increase but the 3rd person view is the real killer.
I have jumped over them many times, its all about that split second timing.Jump when they are about 4-5 feet away.That will ensure that the game recognizes your at maximum jump height and therefore jump over a ghost.Too soon and splat, too late and …well splat.
> > Just jump over a ghost, i cant believe people even try to hit players with it.Since anyone who is aware of it will easily avoid getting hit.
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> I jump over it, it passes under me, and I still die. You cannot dodge them, it simply does not work. You see yourself clear by quite some distance, but the person driving still sees you standing there because of lag, so you die anyway. If I jump or thruster out of the way, and see myself clear, the game should make it so that I survive. Otherwise, what’s the point of a dodge button if it doesn’t actually do anything?
Keep practicing. Yes you can jump over them.
> > > Just jump over a ghost, i cant believe people even try to hit players with it.Since anyone who is aware of it will easily avoid getting hit.
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> > I jump over it, it passes under me, and I still die. You cannot dodge them, it simply does not work. You see yourself clear by quite some distance, but the person driving still sees you standing there because of lag, so you die anyway. If I jump or thruster out of the way, and see myself clear, the game should make it so that I survive. Otherwise, what’s the point of a dodge button if it doesn’t actually do anything?
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> Keep practicing. Yes you can jump over them.
I use it for all of my load outs, and after having experience with it, I must disagree. I think its effectiveness, range, and recharge rate balance out very nicely.
I just don’t understand why 343i decided to screw up the loadouts in Flood. Thrusters are the only useful AA for the Flood. AC and PV are useless for them. Why not remove those two and keep Thrusters since that’s the only AA that gives the Flood a fighting chance?