Alright FIRST of all, to all of the “sprint decreases skill” dudes out there, if you are a skilled player you can just SPRINT after the dude and 4 shot him with a BR. I mean, shields DON’t recharge when people sprint, so it’s not like people can simply run away from their mistakes. Of course, you will still complain, but come on guys, Halo still takes much more skill than COD, so if you give up on Halo, what other console shooters HONESTLY stack up against Halo’s skill gap.
Let’s compare to Halo Reach real quick. Lets say, that I am on reflection, or as it is known in Halo 2, Ivory Tower. If I choose the loadout with a jet-pack and I am in one of the top halls, there is a possibility that a guy with a sword, and SPRINT, will be crouching, and when I get cloase enough to the corner, sprint around and nail me with the sword. The dude would have had an advantage that was NOT based on skill. In Halo 5, ALL of us have thruster packs and sprint, so it is more balanced. If I were to die in Halo 5, it would be because the other person outplayed me, instead of having an unfair adavantage.
On to my main points- I believe that Halo 5, is actually the most skill-based Halo game since Halo 3. First of all, there are NO load outs, so JUST LIKE good ol classic Halo games, we get a 32 round MA5D assault rifle, which works best as mid-close range. In Halo 5, you guys certainly could complain about the smart scope on the assault rifle *BUT, Halo 5 has descoping, so it’s not like COD where people can just sit there aiming down thye sights, even while getting shot. So if there is an AR user using the smart scope on an AR, just like always, a skilled player can dominate him with a BR, which will easily descope them. As far as the BR aiming is concerned ALL of the Halo 5 gameplay I have seen, has made me almost forget about the changes to the BR aiming. Why? Because most of Halo 5’s maps are more arena style, so half the time people just get 4 shot hip fire kills.
Here’s a big one to some of you; the fact that the spartan’s announce the power weapon spawns. Okay, I get it, "Bruh Halo is all about dat power weapon control, bruh. Only da true MLG playas have the super adavnced Halo skeelz to memories the weapon spawns. Well, first of all, memorizing weapon spawns isn’t skillful in my eyes. I mean, how hard is it to look at the clock and say, “oh, the rocket launcher is going to spawn soon”. If anything, instead of the NOOBS who CAN’T 4 shot with a BR always sneaking a rocket launcher, Halo 5’s weapon callout creates a new dynamic. It’s up to the team to use tactics to go and claim the weapon, since there is the posibility that other team mates are headed there.