I know this thread is mostly a joke thread, but it makes a valid point, even if its not the one the OP meant.
I have seen a hundred complaint threads about this game.
I have seen just as many “343 is doing nothing and has ruined Halo.” threads.
On the deluded Forum goers.
These forums are maybe 2% of the population of halo. The fact is the majority of Halo players (there are always exceptions) don’t have any problems with the game, and people mostly only come here to complain. They are playing it rather than griping about it online, which is what the web is for. The worst thing 343 could do to ruin this game is listen to every complaint. It is because they truly love halo that they aren’t changing every little thing to appease this vocal minority. The TU for Reach is a great example. They jumped up to “fix” that and it was the least played playlist, because most people didn’t care, or even like the changes. You can say what you will about skill and true halo and all your opinions but here is a fact. Halo is a flagship AAA title. It needs population. If it doesn’t have that, it is not successful. If more people are playing one thing, they will continue it. The forums at most are a secondary or third concern for 343. What they look at are in game stats. I think before they Nerf or Change anything they should make a mandatory multiple choice survey on the Halo 4 loadup screen to get a REAL idea of what player want, not just the players who take the time to come here and complain because they lose a battle to a DMR.
On the DMR and blance
The worst case of imbalance in this game is the DMR and even that is closer to balance than ANY OTHER HALO has ever been. We are talking about a fraction of a second quicker kill time and everyone seems to bash it. I can’t remember another Halo where 1 week in it wasn’t established that one gun ruled them all. The DMR is far from that, I still only see about 1/3 of people using it over all. Sure on Ragnarok its closer to 3/4 but that is a distance map and it is the best distance weapon (short of the true sniper rifles) so it makes sense. This is a game where we have several fully auto weapons, where for the first time in Halo history, they are viable weapons. We have two pistols that serve entirely different roles and can still compete with each other. We have a SKILL driven DMR that is powerful and unforgiving, we have a BR that is slightly weaker but much more forgiving, and the crazy fast carbine that when used correctly is a force to be reckoned with. I do not think the DMR is OP, I think that because it is such a skill based weapon, this is an opinion mind you, that the skill factor is the reason it seems so OP. Because it is so unforgiving, unlike the BR where you can spray, that its hit or miss, that the ones who tend to use it most are the better players, because they can. And when a good player gets a good tool, that punishes sloppy play and rewards spot on accuracy, it will seem OP, but then again what won’t in the right hands? Can’t deal with the DMR? Learn to Dance.
On AA’s
Honestly I think the AA in this game are top notch. I never minded the JP and it seems its been nerfed perfectly, it is still used, but never abused. I would prefer a bubble shield/drop shield to the regeneration field, but that is because I found it cooler in general. The idea of deplorable cover was cool, but that preference. The Regen field serves the same purpose but allows action to continue so I can see why it was chosen. The hologram is what it should have been in Reach. People fall for it, but as I have seen before, it’s mostly the gungho I dont care kill kill kill booooom people that do the most. It is great as it is. Even the Auto turret rocks. It is an early warning system and can give you that 1 shot advantage you need on someone who is getting the drop on you but it wont by any means let you take down a pack of people.
On Regicide
It is not FFA. It is a objective based FFA. I think the people who are saying it should be replaced with lone wolves are just as dumb as the ones sayings its better. It’s different, we will have both playlists soon, and thats the way it should be.
to 343
You guys have done a great job OVERALL. I can find several things in the game I don’t like and a million I do. Even the best games have flaws, and for your first go, at such a cherished title as Halo, with a clearly ravenous core fanbase, I think you couldn’t have done much better. Their will always be complainers. You are onto something. Thank you for not giving me the same game I already have on my shelf. This isn’t Madden. It isn’t CoD. When you read this forums take them with a grain of salt and please, please, don’t change to much, you have a wonderfully balanced game over all.
The nature of "the patch"
Todays game market is different, with patches everyone expects a game to be fixes and changes to suit their tastes. When Halo 1 came out that didn’t exist on console and you dealt with what you had. The game set down the rules and you adapted, it is the way gaming has always been until recently. I don’t remember growing up and thinking something was unfair in a game and expecting it to change. That is so ridiculous. I would adapt, get better, and beat it, and feel better for doing so.
CoD comparisons.
The game industry evolves. CoD owes a large portion of its success directly to Halo, who made the 1st person console shooter a viable option. Sure ordinance, kill cams, scoring, and loadouts might seem very CoDish, but they are small factors over all. Lets consider this. Do you remember the CoD before halo. You couldn’t use a grenade or gun at the same time without cycling through your weapons, never mind the melee. This is a CORE STAPLE concept in every FPS on consoles today. If CoD didn’t take this idea, they would never have made it. It would be equally stupid for Halo not to borrow back a few ideas that work. At least we don’t have choppers flying in and getting half your kills for you.
Plus the two games are very slimier but vary different. One is a military shooter, the other is a sci-fi shooter. More so, one is a extremely fast kill time pot shot fest, and the other is more gladiatorial combat.
tl;dr, I know. But manly I don’t want 343 changing to much because a few people complain about the same things day in day out. Look at the population playing the game 343, go ask them directly, not the web griefers.