Ground pound useless imho.

Games Halo 5: Guardians
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Hi,
So, finished the campaign and only used ground pound a hand full of times, mostly on floors and grates… never really in combat.
Why? Because it is to slow! Got all exited in the opening scene for Osiris but it just takes too long to charge up, i find it faster to just throw a grenade, punch, shoulder bash or plainly shoot the the enemies. Again, in the opening scene the spartans didn’t need to charge it up so why? Why should i have to wait, floating in the air with enemies shooting at me, till this circle on the ground is full? I even can chose to float there for a bit longer to pound harder “gigedy” wich is nice but yea, it takes all flow out of the combat.

That circle on the ground filling up should be the power bar instead of the ready-up bar.

2

It has to be charged up since it a 1 hit kill in multiplayer and it would be unfair if you could just instantly kill someone. Also if it was a charge up for power it would make it in my opinion too quick for people to get away.

3

I have used it several times in combat and I agree the charge time takes out the power dealt by it.

You are more likely to have been killed before making contact with enemy.

4

I have gotten more than a few kills with it in MP, and it’s really more so about catching them off guard or finishing off a weak opponent, at least in my opinion. I never try to use it when the enemy knows where I’m at because I’m usually just a sitting duck. Obviously this goes without saying but having a height advantage helps tremendously with using ground pound. Just my opinion.

5

I’ll agree that it’s not super practical, but man is it fun. Although i can pretty much only use in on spire…

6

You may think that Shoulder Charge and Slide are instantaneous abilities BUT you have to charge your “sprint” to use those abilities… Same with Ground Pound. It would be to abrupt and disconnected in gunplay if every ability was usable like Thruster.

You want to get a reward for something? Put some risk out there/make sure you are safe to use that move. If not… It’s not useless, it’s not usable at that moment.

7

Meh, its for the kids to have fun with. I enjoy the easy kills of people charging up in the air.

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> 2533274958263084;1:
> Hi,
> So, finished the campaign and only used ground pound a hand full of times, mostly on floors and grates… never really in combat.
> Why? Because it is to slow! Got all exited in the opening scene for Osiris but it just takes too long to charge up, i find it faster to just throw a grenade, punch, shoulder bash or plainly shoot the the enemies. Again, in the opening scene the spartans didn’t need to charge it up so why? Why should i have to wait, floating in the air with enemies shooting at me, till this circle on the ground is full? I even can chose to float there for a bit longer to pound harder “gigedy” wich is nice but yea, it takes all flow out of the combat.
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> That circle on the ground filling up should be the power bar instead of the ready-up bar.

I agree but you arent required to use it so theres no reason to get ultra mad. I use it in MP because when enemies havent noticed you and their camping, sometimes you can come from aboe and obliterate them

9

I’ve been using it frequently! MP aswell find that it’s a great tool :slight_smile:

10

Its fun. Me and my friend were bored so we tried for who could get a ground pound kill first in warzone. 5 minutes later I won.

11

I’m almost always finding situations where it’s useful, sometimes even a life or death thing. It’s anything but useless.