I’ve played probably over 60 btb matches {i have 80 total matches played) and each time i touch btb i realize that it just simply feels off. You play AR start in social arena and it feels ok (id still rather have br starts) but it feels like the gameplay is meant for that in smaller modes while btb doesn’t.
It gets extremely frustrating rushing off spawn to get a ranged weapon that isn’t there half the time. It also gets annoying when the enemy team rushes your base with all ranged weapons and you simply can’t do anything to stop them. It also gets annoying that when you move around the map without a ranged weapon you’re constantly getting hit by br, commando, stalker rifle, shock rifle or sniper without much you can do to fight back. There are so many ranged weapons that if you don’t have one it feels like you’re at such a disadvantage.
The main way to get these ranged weapons is it to either wait at the base or to kill someone. BTB is my favorite playlist in halo and always has been but the AR/Pistol starts just do not feel good at all. You get stuck in this repetitive cycle of worrying about your starting weapon instead of the gameplay.
I’d highly suggest adding either the commando or the battle rifle as the starting weapon. I think the commando would be more interesting since it’s not as easy to use but i think it would be cool.
I know this is a controversial topic but it just doesn’t feel right as is. I really like being able to defend against vehicles and rushing teams off spawn and it really doesn’t allow that. Id test the range on the BR and make sure its not to effective which i don’t think it is. I’d also reduce the range of the AR, add vertical drift while shooting the AR and add less accuracy (bloom) while spamming.
I just think BTB feels like a ghost of itself and i’ll probably make another threads with my likes and dislikes of the mode. Thanks for reading and please give some constructive feedback.
