I just wanted to jot down my two cents from a 38 year old veteran. I am no hardcore gamer and don’t claim to be some kind of know it all about the game. I have been playing since Halo 2 and went a long stretch of years where Halo was the only reason I even owned an Xbox. I always pre-ordered any new game. I just wanted to highlight a very short list of my long time favorite things that have come and gone, and sometimes returned.
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One of my all time favorite things was standing at the top of the chute in Sword Base and talking smack in social slayer to the team at the bottom, daring them to come up. Stupid, I know, but the hilarity that would ensue afterwards was always priceless.
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Please bring back the thruster pack/dash from Halo 5. That should be an ability everyone has, not something you pick up. You might as well bring back the Spartan Charge as well. Ground Pound always made me laugh, but I could live without it.
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Starting a BTB map that is 50 acres and you spawn with a pistol and AR is a little bit absurd. You can either sit at the base and fight your team to camp for the single BR that spawns, or go hop in the single Warthog that spawns. Otherwise, you’re running around with a pea shooter shooting at people 100 miles away.
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We need a slayer playlist immediately. I think of the 10+ hours I’ve played so far, I’ve had maybe 4 slayer games. I am not exaggerating.
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I will probably lose all credibility with this, but BTB needs betraying enabled. Also hilarious in some instances. If you want to disable friendly fire, do it in ranked, but I am pro leaving betrayals a thing as they always have been.
I know we are only in beta, but the ranking system makes no sense whatsoever. This needs major improvement. You also get no ban hammer for quitting early which makes keeping your teammates around nearly impossible if you lose the lead.
Looking forward to the actual release!
-Old Man River