It seems like the days of -Yoink- players shooting good players in the back and the good player turning around and wasting them are gone. It’s pretty much guaranteed victory for whoever shoots in the back first unless the aggressor is really…really bad.
Which is a shame, because what made halo better than other shooters was the second chance mechanic allowing most gunfights to turn into a chess match or a dance where the superior player had ample chance to kill an inferior player due to the extended kill time.
But if that’s the way the Devs want to take it, that’s fine I guess. It’s just the same as every other shooter with slightly longer kill times and a nicer aesthetic.