I have just finished my ranked games and reached onyx again. I have played against players of up to 2000sr. After really focusing on my aim and really trying against controller players i have to say that the game feels much more fair now. With the addition of the slight aim assist on mnk i feel like i am not a burden for my team. I still get slapped when im playing against controller players but this time its not every single engagement like it was in the past. Whenever i get killed now instead of thinking oh nice aim assist you got there the situations feel more like ¨i shouldnt have possitioned myself here¨ or ¨maybe i should ve backed off and waited for my team to teamshoot with me¨. Controller still has the advantage no doubt but there is space for mnk players to provide for the team without being a complete liability and going negative every single game because of the innability to win a single duel against controller. I dont feel like the buff to mnk is extreme or that we will ever see an mnk player dominate in the pro scene but what i believe the changes did was to make mnk not a joke in halo and make the game more fair and more enjoyable for both inputs. Controller players get to keep a very strong aim assist without it being significantly nerfed thus making the game accessible to casuals and the mnk is not as bad as it once was thus being more enjoyable to use both in casual and competitive environments. I believe if 343 checks their statistics after enough time has passed they will confirm what i am saying. The mnk buffs in no way shape or form break the game or cause unbalance between the inputs but instead bring the game closer than its ever been in terms of input balance. Mnk was always severely underpowered in all halos especially in Mcc. When people say infinite has the lowest amount of aim assist in all halos to me that just shows how severily unbalanced the inputs where in those games. But i dont blame those games. I grew up on them and they never were meant to be a crossinput games. Halo infinite now is by far the most fair halo game on pc where players from both inputs can enjoy the game. I am fine that controller still has the advantage but at least mnk is not a joke in halo anymore and the buffs to mnk accidental or not were 100% justified and needed. For forming an oppinion i strongly suggest to the controller communty to play ranked games and not social/casual matches. Complaining that mnk is too strong when going against someone that is much higher rank than you will result in wrong conclusions. Your conclusions must not be taken from unbalanced matches but from matches that are as fair and close as possible. Feel free to use mnk on whatever rank you have now with controller and see if the game is too easy for you. I have never been able to enjoy a halo game so much eversince h5 got released and that was when i moved to pc shortly after that. Pc mnk players are part of the xbox ecosystem and i am happy my favourite gaming franchise allows them to enjoy the game now.
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