The Boltshot is “OP” It beats the Scattershot…really! It also has a long range thats puts players no shield. Players just run around with the Boltshot all day! Please fix this gun its to powerful to be a ONE SHOT KILL weapon as a secondary!
Reduce range, damage and make it use the full clip.
Then it’d be perfect.
Reduce range of the 1sk, and make the overcharge use 1 full clip, balanced. They should have to be close enough to melee to 1 shot me imo.
If they made the charge exactly like the Spartan Laser and made it so it uses the whole magazine, then I’m pretty sure it’d be better.
boltshot seems fine to me people only use it when someone is going to come around a corner wich is why its so loud when it charges up all you need to do is jump or sent in a hologram…sooo many people get fooled by holograms on h4 than reah makes me laugh.
Change the poll so one says to leave it -.- You’re completely biased and not allowing other people to have their views and opinions.
Honestly, the boltshot is fine, the only thing that needs to be changed is make it so the 1SK takes up the entire clip rather than half. For it to be a 1SK, you need to be in melee range and by the time it takes to charge up, the enemy, if smart enough, can kill them before it’s even half way charged.
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I just want Closer range for a 1SK/ an for it to be either full clip or half its fine
Not saying if it’s overpowered or not, but the past couple of halo 4 sessions I’ve seen a consistent pattern of…
1)Run up to you or corner camp with a boltshot
2)If they fail to kill you, they throw both their plasma grenades at you
Is this happening to anyone else?
All I see here are people complaining about a weapon that they get killed by the most. Like if you don’t rush campers all day then you won’t have a problem with it.
The way I see it is that the Promethean weapons act as two in one weapon just like they said in the video
Here is the video name = Making Halo 4 Return of the Forerunners
Here is the video link = Making Halo 4 Return of the Forerunners
What your looking for is between = 6:45-8:15
1)Magnum = Shoots fast and deadly. This weapon can even scope in to kill people mid range combat.
2)Plasma Pistol = Shoots fast but takes forever to kill them. But if you charge it up and shoot it at someone it act as a EMP towards vehicles and takes a player shields down.
3)Boltshot = Shoots fast but a little bit more powerful then the Plasma Pistol. But if you charge it up like the Plasma Pistol it shoots like a pocket shotgun that you can only use 6x with it. So basically the Boltshot is the Magnum and Plasma Pistol but instead of EMP it a mini Shotgun.
It’s just like the Light Rifle that shoots 3 shots unzoomed and 1 shot zoomed in which = the BR and DMR.
It’s really easy to hear someone’s bolt shot charge up, and it’s pretty easy to stay far enough away to not be 1 shot.
I don’t get why people are complaining so much, the bolt shot can be easily countered. You should adjust your play style or keep letting yourself walk into melee range so you can be 1 shot.
Although I concur that the Boltshot is fairly overpowered, it is rather easy to avoid being killed by it.
Simple counter solutions:
-Stay away from big camping spots (I.e.: Middle cave in Exile)
-Keep an eye on your radar
-Check corners, switch to AR which dominates CQC if you keep getting beat
-Plasma grenades can save lives or take them. 'Nuff said.
And if all that doesn’t work (assuming you’re a decent player, one of them will)…Use the Boltshot.
Seriously? Boltshot is not that bad. You can hear charging from a mile away. Also you can tell when a player is using the Boltshot because their hands glow a bright orange/red color. Promethean Vision and Thruster Pack is your friend when trying to counter that thing and it is in no way better than the scatter shot.
The boltshot is fine. You need to step back from your biased opinions. Your reasoning would be like me saying,
“Nerf the BR and DMR!!! It can beat the scattershot WHICH IS A POWERWEAPON!!!”
The boltshot is the counter to rushing melees and scattershots/shotguns. I would take a scattershot/shotgun over a boltshot any day, even though the boltshot can beat it in close range. If people are working as a team, I may be able to take down one idiot among them with the boltshot - with the shotgun, it will be like 3 - 4.
Again, it’s a counter. Rock Paper Scissors. The game isn’t about getting a single weapon and owning everyone anymore. The DMR can fight the sniper, the Boltshot can fight the shotgun/scattershot, but it’s not nearly as good when you look at firing speed, number of kills you can get before ammo runs dry, the noise the boltshot takes, the timing you need, etc.
If your excuse is that the weapon is too strong for it to be a loadout weapon, well, you can melee someone from behind and kill them in one hit. Everyone get’s that as well. Is that too powerful? Does that need to be removed?
In short: you’re wrong.
Why people die from Boltshots: They are bad players.
Seriously, instead of charging headfirst into battle, understand how useless the Boltshot is, and how to identify it. Charging sounds can be heard from miles away. Oh, and if he’s sitting behind a corner with shields, chances are he has a 1 shot weapon.
So fool him.
Oh, and the Scattershot? It easily beats the boltshot. ROF is fast, range is large. The only reason you feel like the Boltshot beats it is because you use it while charging stupidly into battle against a person who is expecting you to do it, and is ready to jump out, mess up your aim while having a charged secondary.
The Boltshot is no different than the PP, other than it doesn’t need a punch at close range and can’t remove shields at medium range.
> Why people die from Boltshots: They are bad players.
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> Seriously, instead of charging headfirst into battle, understand how useless the Boltshot is, and how to identify it. Charging sounds can be heard from miles away. Oh, and if he’s sitting behind a corner with shields, chances are he has a 1 shot weapon.
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> So fool him.
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> Oh, and the Scattershot? It easily beats the boltshot. ROF is fast, range is large. The only reason you feel like the Boltshot beats it is because you use it while charging stupidly into battle against a person who is expecting you to do it, and is ready to jump out, mess up your aim while having a charged secondary.
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> The Boltshot is no different than the PP, other than it doesn’t need a punch at close range and can’t remove shields at medium range.
Correctomundo! I actually started using the plasma pistol over the boltshot lately. Kind of like it more.
> Why people die from Boltshots: They are bad players.
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> Seriously, instead of charging headfirst into battle, understand how useless the Boltshot is, and how to identify it. Charging sounds can be heard from miles away. Oh, and if he’s sitting behind a corner with shields, chances are he has a 1 shot weapon.
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> So fool him.
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> Oh, and the Scattershot? It easily beats the boltshot. ROF is fast, range is large. The only reason you feel like the Boltshot beats it is because you use it while charging stupidly into battle against a person who is expecting you to do it, and is ready to jump out, mess up your aim while having a charged secondary.
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> The Boltshot is no different than the PP, other than it doesn’t need a punch at close range and can’t remove shields at medium range.
This guy is right, improve your play… boltshot is fine. If it’s OP, go into a game using only the boltshot and see how you come out.
Boltshot should be treated like the Mauler from Halo 3 … 2SK
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> Reduce range, damage and make it use the full clip.
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> Then it’d be perfect.
Well It would be pointless if the damage was nerfed. The gun would go from being the best to being the worst instantaneously. However, they do need to reduce the range and rate of fire… maybe even make the charge take a bit longer.
why fix something that is not broken
Play me and i will prove you wrong! No im not BAD im a very competitive player, im speaking of what i seen of this BS. ¡Fix The Boltshot!