Hey gals and guys, I’ve got a question here pointed mainly at 343. First off, will the Anniversary playlists include BTB? And if they do, the Banshee will need serious work. All it takes is one guy with the right knowledge and the whole opposing team is boned. How about: boost for a few seconds or one maneuver, then the fuel runs out and the owness is on you to keep your plane alive until it comes back. No more flipping and jiving until everybody quits. And maybe increase the bomb reload time. Of course, I am no scientist and the hard balance is out of my hands, but these changes might work. Food for thought.
I prefer the Halo 3 Banshee as well. Personally, if you have so many players making a reputation off of that vehicle, it needs to be nerfed. Damagewise, the bomb is far too powerful; couple that with the blast radius, and infantry don’t stand a chance. I would be a proponent of a) reducing damage to where only a direct hit on a footsoldier kills, b) introducing a reload/recycle mechanic, where you get two normal shots with the bomb, but then require a 20 sec or so cooldown before the next two (sort of like a “clip”, lol. NO ONE uses the dang plasma cannons on the thing because they don’t have to. This needs to be changed, in my humble opinion.
P.S. Try using the plasma cannons in a Banshee air-to-air battle. The other guy never expects it, and freaks out trying to land his banshee bombs on you:)