I have been a fan of the Halo series since the beginning, I remember setting up LAN parties, dragging around old CRT tv’s and hooking up the good old fashioned xbox. I even jump on Halo CE on the pc once in a while, remarkably there are still servers up and running.
Halo 4, in my opinion has quite a while to go before becoming what it should be. I understand 343 is on it, with the the apology and the TU’s in the near future. This could have all been avoided with a beta, but that’s besides the point. So I’ll list a few suggestions I have, anyone is free to chime in, but lets try to keep it civil.
1.) I can see how 343 is trying to build the franchise for the future, copying a certain game with loadouts and supply drops. It is nice to see a change, the problem is that their are some loadout weapons which are too powerful, ie DMR, boltshot etc. These weapons in the past, have been map spawns, now that anyone can use them from the start, its ruining the gameplay. So either fix the weapons, or put them back to spawning on the map.
2.) As it stands now, the DMR in my mind is as powerful as the pistol in Halo, but with greater range. I would suggest either lowering its range/power or even make it only available as a map spawn. The same thing stands for the boltshot, similar to the mauler, it is a ridiculous weapon to spawn with.
3.) The current playlist is somewhat of a joke. There is no variety, and Halo 4 has turned into a major grindfest, playing the same 4 maps on every gametype. In the past.
4.) In the past we have had social and competitive playlists, bring them back, cantering to the social player, and those that want to rank up.
5.) Custom games at the moment seems to be a disaster, haven’t played much myself but other posts are stating the lack of options and customizability.
6.) The leveling system is inadequate. Once you reach 70, from there its too easy to level up. Instead of each level getting progressively harder, you repeat the same cycle every 10 levels ex: 61=500, 62=700, 63=900… then 71=500 goes back down to 500 again. Plus, once reaching 130, players are no where near completing 100% commendations, more like 40%. I think upon reaching max level, you should be close to 95-100% completion of commendations.
7.) The bullet magnetism is this game is ridiculous. Halo has turned into a spray and pray, no need for accuracy. Now, I’m not saying I haven’t benefited from this, but I would rather get a kill knowing that I out shot a player, then knowing I came “close”. So many kill cams of people shooting no where near a player and still getting the kill.
8.) I personally don’t like when you hover an enemy after a bit their nametag shows up in bright red. If that had not happened, I would never have seen the player in the first place. This is especially annoying in Swat.
Those are few things I wanted to get the communities opinion on, and once again lets try and be civil here folks.