Halo 4 - War Games First Impressions.

So, I just played like, 4 games of Halo 4. And, while I’m not going to say 'Wub wub I’m super pro mlgeeee", I’ll admit that yes, I am a good player. In most of the games I’ve played, I carry my team around. (Got like, 31 kills and 3 deaths last game. Wonder what happens to my k/d.)

Anyways, I want to give my first impressions for discussion.

First of all, the biggest issue I had was when I JIP’d a game where blue team was getting spawn-killed on Ragnarok. We did eventually even out the game a bit, but it was still a bit annoying. While JIP is still good, Spawn killing will eventually be addressed. Just not now.

Next, guns.

AR is beast. Seriously, give it a try. Game 1, I used that, and it was amazing. Burst fire, and at med-long range I killed someone in about 2 seconds. Close range, it’s a monster.

SAW is just a beefed up version of the AR; It’s amazing, + some more.

On to the issue of the BR being weaker - At first, I was one of the guys slightly annoyed that the BR was statistically weaker than the DMR. That opinion has now changed; IMO, DMR is worse. The BR fires in bursts; This accounts for it all. Both are VERY even; With both guns, I have just about NEVER lost a gunfight.

Spartan Laser: Slower charge time. I blew up a banshee, a wall, and a tree. It was great.

Mantis: Easily countered with a team. Of maybe 3.

Ordnance Drops: A bit…too easy for me. What is it, 5 kills? 50 points? I get around 5-6 each game.

I really have NOTHING to complain about right now. It’s a beauty of a game, balanced, and the thing I was most worried about - It isn’t slow paced.

Even getting spawn-killed was fast; So was fighting back.

Big team and Dominion, I dominated, Normal Infiity Slayer I got murdered, I did only play one of each though so it’s not much to go by, I love the DMR personally.

> So, I just played like, 4 games of Halo 4. And, while I’m not going to say 'Wub wub I’m super pro mlgeeee", I’ll admit that yes, I am a good player. In most of the games I’ve played, I carry my team around. (Got like, 31 kills and 3 deaths last game. Wonder what happens to my k/d.)
>
> Anyways, I want to give my first impressions for discussion.
>
> First of all, the biggest issue I had was when I JIP’d a game where blue team was getting spawn-killed on Ragnarok. We did eventually even out the game a bit, but it was still a bit annoying. While JIP is still good, Spawn killing will eventually be addressed. Just not now.
>
> Next, guns.
>
> AR is beast. Seriously, give it a try. Game 1, I used that, and it was amazing. Burst fire, and at med-long range I killed someone in about 2 seconds. Close range, it’s a monster.
>
> SAW is just a beefed up version of the AR; It’s amazing, + some more.
>
> On to the issue of the BR being weaker - At first, I was one of the guys slightly annoyed that the BR was statistically weaker than the DMR. That opinion has now changed; IMO, DMR is worse. The BR fires in bursts; This accounts for it all. Both are VERY even; With both guns, I have just about NEVER lost a gunfight.
>
> Spartan Laser: Slower charge time. I blew up a banshee, a wall, and a tree. It was great.
>
> Mantis: Easily countered with a team. Of maybe 3.
>
> Ordnance Drops: A bit…too easy for me. What is it, 5 kills? 50 points? I get around 5-6 each game.
>
>
>
> I really have NOTHING to complain about right now. It’s a beauty of a game, balanced, and the thing I was most worried about - It isn’t slow paced.
>
> Even getting spawn-killed was fast; So was fighting back.

another positive and well written post, at least some people around here do more then complain about pointless crap. this is the kind of stuff we should be seeing here on waypoint.

> So, I just played like, 4 games of Halo 4. And, while I’m not going to say 'Wub wub I’m super pro mlgeeee", I’ll admit that yes, I am a good player. In most of the games I’ve played, I carry my team around. (Got like, 31 kills and 3 deaths last game. Wonder what happens to my k/d.)
>
> Anyways, I want to give my first impressions for discussion.
>
> First of all, the biggest issue I had was when I JIP’d a game where blue team was getting spawn-killed on Ragnarok. We did eventually even out the game a bit, but it was still a bit annoying. While JIP is still good, Spawn killing will eventually be addressed. Just not now.
>
> Next, guns.
>
> AR is beast. Seriously, give it a try. Game 1, I used that, and it was amazing. Burst fire, and at med-long range I killed someone in about 2 seconds. Close range, it’s a monster.
>
> SAW is just a beefed up version of the AR; It’s amazing, + some more.
>
> On to the issue of the BR being weaker - At first, I was one of the guys slightly annoyed that the BR was statistically weaker than the DMR. That opinion has now changed; IMO, DMR is worse. The BR fires in bursts; This accounts for it all. Both are VERY even; With both guns, I have just about NEVER lost a gunfight.
>
> Spartan Laser: Slower charge time. I blew up a banshee, a wall, and a tree. It was great.
>
> Mantis: Easily countered with a team. Of maybe 3.
>
> Ordnance Drops: A bit…too easy for me. What is it, 5 kills? 50 points? I get around 5-6 each game.
>
>
>
> I really have NOTHING to complain about right now. It’s a beauty of a game, balanced, and the thing I was most worried about - It isn’t slow paced.
>
> Even getting spawn-killed was fast; So was fighting back.

Great impressions - I believe you can turn off Join In Progress if you like, somewhere in the settings?