Gauss Hog nerf needed but this is a disgrace

Games Other Halo
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I have over 5300 Wheelman medals.

I have driven 7 different/random Gunners to Unfriggenbievables.

At the very least I drive Gunners to a killing frenzy.

On average I drive Gunners to 25 or more kills.

As my stats above show, my driving skill is OK.

My driving techniques have not changed.

Sure, even I thought the Gauss Hog could use a nerf. It was to OP.

What have I found since the TU?

I have been using the Gauss Hog since the TU and…

I have not been able to drive one Gunner to even a killing spree! Seriously, a nerf is fine but one that takes an average from 25 kills down to less than 5 kills is horribly wrong.

343i, I don’t want the old Gauss Hog back pre TU but the one that now exists is a load of rubbish. I like driving peeps around butif things don’t improve, I’m handing in my Wheelman license…seriously!

I feel utter embarrassment since the TU…people must think I’m an idiot driver.

Heck,I’ve even jumped on the back of teh Hog to test for myself what the Gauss Gun is now like. I have had many a Rampage on the Gauss Hog…I’ve had serious multi-kills and, you might have guessed it, I couldn’t even land a killing spree,even from a stationery Gauss Hog set up in the right spot with hoards of enemies coming at me!

The nerf is OP. Please consider a more appropriate balance of the Gauss Hog gun. I think someone was meant to turn the dial once,perhaps twice but it seems like they actually turned teh knob ten times!

What has other drivers experiences been so far?

Gunners?

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Maybe get people that can aim? I haven’t tried the Gauss hog since TU. I don’t play much BTB anymore since H4 has come out. But the Gauss hog even in Reach had ridicules bullet magnetism and aim assist.

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They now have the ability to re-balance the sandbox without a TU. If they did go too far, they -will- hear about it, and they can re-tune to find a sweet spot.

That said, I’m yet to use it and find out how drastically it’s changed.

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> Maybe get people that can aim? I haven’t tried the Gauss hog since TU. I don’t play much BTB anymore since H4 has come out. But the Gauss hog even in Reach had <mark>ridicules bullet magnetism and aim assist.</mark>

It’s the not that people can not aim.

It didn’t matter if it was a new SR1 who jumped on the back of the Gauss Hog…I’d drive them to something special most times. It didn’t matter if it was a seasoned SR130…the same.

The highlight part above is more correct. That’s why I supported a Gauss Hog nerf it was was going to happen. It was needed!

My experience since the TU both as a driver with the experience I have now being unable to even get a Gunner to a killing spree or, my experience as a Gunner, not getting a killing spree, demonstrates how bad the nerf is.

bullet magnetism and aim assist

It is almost as if the above has been almost dialed into non existence. I have almost 7000 vehicle kills. I am flat out landing a shot now. Yes, I have an idea what I need to do, as a gunner,to be able to squeak out even a killing frenzy but, without having a very good driver, it will be hard. And, as a driver, nothing I can do will improve my Gunners chances of doing well unless and until there is a better balancing of the Gauss Gun.

If, over the next days things improve then perhaps the nerf might turn out to be fine and I’ll happily admit so, but thus far, it is not good at all.

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> They now have the ability to re-balance the sandbox without a TU. If they did go too far, they -will- hear about it, and they can re-tune to find a sweet spot.
>
> That said, <mark>I’m yet to use it and find out how drastically it’s changed</mark>.

I look forward to your experiences when you have!

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something needed to be done about the gausshog. Even homer simpson could take blue team to an unfair advantage with it.

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I wasnt happy with the nerf. I agreed that the magnatisim and auto aim should of been adjusted, but the damage should of stayed the same.

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As fate would have it, I didn’t realsize the Gunner I drove to five kills…yes, five…until he messaged me after the game, was one I had driven to an Unfriggenbievable a couple months back.

He wrote:

“sry bout the -Yoink- shotting. not used to the lack of auto sensor on the gauss.”

As I have said, I’ve used the Gauss as a Gunner post TU and there is none at all!

The Gun is crap!

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OR

Maybe you all got so used to the High Bullet magnetism that now you find it hard to shot normally.

STOP blaming the game for something it hasn’t done yet.
Give it a month. Get used to how it is now and if people are still having issues, than state you complaints in a civil manner.

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Excellent. Maybe now Gauss Mules might actually have to earn their Wheelman Sprees.

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> OR
>
> Maybe you all got so used to the High Bullet magnetism that now you find it hard to shot normally.
>
> STOP blaming the game for something it hasn’t done yet.
> Give it a month. Get used to how it is now and if people are still having issues, than state you complaints in a civil manner.

How is stating something a disgrace not civil…it is honest…I was civil in stating I supported a nerf etc…and I am giving my initial review.

I also acknowledged that I’d update my review over time and honestly report if my experience had changed.

I also acknowledged that some techniques might have to change to squeak out even a half decent use of the gauss Hog…

Blaming the game for something it hasn’t done yet? Please explain! And, for your information, its not the game but the human being(s) that did the nerf. I love Halo 4…I love what 343i have done overall…yet,when I make one genuine complaint on these foruns…you tell me to be civil!

You want civil?

Sure, thank you for your considered post…all posts accepted and no matter what view point, are valid!

I did not demand that a re balance must to be done…I was civil and asked if it could be done.

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Okay, this is really irrelevant to the topic, but holy -Yoink-, I have never noticed that the gauss hog was OP. I mean, I used to play BTB almost exclusively and I’ve almost never noticed the gauss hog. This is all news to me.

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> Excellent. Maybe now Gauss Mules might actually have to earn their Wheelman Sprees.

LMAO…I’ll adapt if I have too…and, I’ll make sure I never drive you to one kill…thanks for your support though.

Yours sincerely,

A True Wheelman

BTW:

Here is a video where I drove someone to sixty-one human kills plus six vehicle kills for a total of sixty-seven kills:

wheelman x61 Gunners view

Please, if you have the time, watch it and tell me honestly whether I’m the “Gauss Mule” that didn’t earn my Wheelman medals or I’m actually a True WHeelman…

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Gauss is only OP, because a tea, spawns with it. 343 solution, nerf the crap out of it. Just remove it from Exile; do not punish the Gauss for your terrible map makingdecisions.

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true, lol

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> Okay, this is really irrelevant to the topic, but holy Yoink!, I have never noticed that the gauss hog was OP. I mean, I used to play BTB almost exclusively and I’ve almost never noticed the gauss hog. This is all news to me.

Your excused Your Hilliness…you have had more lofty and Sacrosanct things to deal with of late…by the way, congrats on becoming Pope.

Father, I have sinned.

I get great pleasure out of driving Gunners to massive kills. Yes, Father,I know it’s wrong but, surely, just a few kills would be OK?

Father, could you please have a word with God (343i) :slight_smile:

Your obedient driver:

WolfBlade XIII

PS:

Father, do you Iike the Hail Mary medal, or, was that a bit wrong?

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I havnt used it yet post-tu but I’m so happy it got nerfed. now I can happily vote for exile and not worry about getting annihilated by it.

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> Gauss is only OP, because a tea, spawns with it. 343 solution, nerf the crap out of it. Just remove it from Exile; do not punish the Gauss for your terrible map makingdecisions.

As much as I love driving the Gauss Hog, it was too OP…it would have been OP even if both sides had one. Even if both had a Gauss Hog, I would have supported a nerf! But the nerf done to it was too much.

The balance issue regarding Exile, whether correct or not, I have dealt with in other posts and will not rehash that here.

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sounds like youve been getting the short end of the stick. I personally have not had a chance to get anything substantial as a gunner of the gauss hog (unfortunately for my K/D and medals). So yeah I’m a little jealous of those that got unfrigginbelivables but I am also SO glad this nerf happened, not only because it seems like I spawn always on the red team but because exile is actually fair now.

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> I havnt used it yet post-tu but I’m so happy it got nerfed. now I can happily vote for exile and not worry about getting annihilated by it.

Don’t get me wrong, I wanted it nerfed too.

Some of the diving I’ve done and the kills my Gunners have gotten was, IMO, far too high.

Having said that though, I’ve never had a problem spawning Red team. But, I’m not going to rehash that here.

I’m happy that you will venture back onto Exile:)

Have fun!