Hey guys, I have followed H4’s progress since it was first announced alongside CEA. At first I was very skeptical after how utterly disappointed I was with reach but after watching almost every available video of H4 I am convinced 343 did a good job. And I want to speak to my fellow old timers here who have a bit of doubt about H4.
First who I am
1)When I was 14 I got CE a few months after launch after I heard it was like Goldeneye, BUT BETTER
2)Played 2 and 3 Online, 37 in H2 and 50 in H3 TS, all achievements in ODST and went highest 25% onyx then dropped to 80% in Reach
3)Read all novels
Why H4 will satisfy those who loved the trilogy (quick note I will refer to the “magnum” from CE as the pistol since anyone who played alot at that time called it pistol mmmk)
**1)**No bloom
**2)**Bleedthrough is BACK!!!
**3)**NO MORE AR/SMG STARTS! EVER
4) Essentially the return of CE Pistol, AKA the bloomless DMR where its tiny “bloom” is more of like a controllable spread on the CE pistol when fired max ROF semi auto. No more BS of the H3 br spread, the super autoaim of the H2 BR, or the just plain idiotic HR DMR bloom. Looks like it will be the most challenging/loyal to CE precision weapon to date
**5)**Counters to sprint sword now available - just spawn with stickies and use your skill
6) AAs while still disappointing to see in for most of us, are HIGHLY nerfed. Jetpack is essentially now a reusable H3 grav lift, regen takes forever to recover and last very shortly
7) Spawn counters to power weapons now highly available. A big thing in CE was that teams that had set up had an advantage but that newly spawned players could easily dethrone players who had aquired better weapons via the pistol
8) Sprint while disappointing to see to most vets, since a high base movement speed accomplishes all without any of the problem, has been nerfed so that players slow down when shot, plus there is what seems like H2 base movement and jump so sprint is a small boost, not the rocket of lolescaperunnaway it was in reach.
**9)**H2 movement makes a return! Not the sluggish movement of reach or to a lesser degree H3
10) (CE+H2)/2 kill times seem to be in. Promethian shotgun looks a lot like the CE shotty. Rockets look like they move at CE rocket speed, AR is still what it was in CE good for beginners and at best a good club (for those who could do button combos), and the SAW really reminds me of the lethalness of the CE PR but with freeze replaced for power.
11) H3 style grenades! no more reach mini non bouncing NUKES. plus now we can choose
12) Perks while disappointing will be balanced and eventually there will be ONE dominant loadout. There pretty much always is, just look at cod and all that FAMAS +slight of hand shenanigans. So either way odds are in competitive matches between skilled players, most if not all will have even starts.
13) No more AL or fairy power Jetpack where you can loiter forever in the sky.
14) The addition of the H2 prototype BR, AKA the light rifle!!!
15) A new and unique grenade that isnt as useless poor sticky clone of the H3 spike or absent H3 incendiary
CONCERNS
As an old timer, ranking system is important to me. But seeing as 343 has yet to spill the beans about the rank system in its entirety and that COD is adding a visible skill based ranking system that has been compared with H3’s 1-50 with BO2, I doubt highly that 343 will not at least add something along the lines of arena. Arena once jetpack was removed actually worked not so bad and the matches are very competitive compared to normal Reach playlists where the skilled steamroll over the masses.
So while concerned, I dont think 343 will forget about