I think all the AA’s are pretty balanced and weak in this game, but some just seem very uncompetitive. I’m talking about hardlight shield.
It’s downright useless. It’s armor lock that’s been nerfed to the point of being totally useless.
It only blocks from one side, it’s weak to any AOE and/or other players.
You can move… barely at all.
It has no EMP
You can’t regenerate shields while using it.
It doesn’t stop splatters.
Compared to armor lock, this ability is horribly situational and downright useless even when it’s used.
I’ve seen a few people using it today… I killed them all. I tried using it in team play once, then I was raped with grenades. Never again.
2 things could make this AA MUCH better.
Allow shields to regenerate, like armor lock. (to make it useful?)
Melee shield bash, with a face basher medal!(5 points) That’d be pretty cool, yeah?
In case your wondering, that’s normal melee damage, not like an insta kill or anything.
I pretty much never used armor lock in Reach and I think this AA is much more balanced… but it’s so weak that there’s no point. Really pointless to have more than a few AAs if they’re not useful at all. Woe to anyone who uses the hardlight shield.
Not entirely, at range you can use it as a last minute escape back into cover when you get outplayed. I believe this is it’s main usage besides protection against frontal explosions.
It’s annoying but unlike Armor Lock, you don’t get cheap EMP melee kills or protect against splatters. It has drawbacks for that added protection and if AAs are going to stay, that’s what they need.
You wont see HS in high level play. So talking about HS is rather pointless.
> Umm no. It works well in btb battle when you keep getting shot by dmr’s a mile away.
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> <mark>Also shield regen would make it so annoying i would rage quit.</mark>
Can’t argue with that. There should still be some risk element attached to using the shield. It’s that big warning sign that you should be aware that you are still weak and that you better make sure you don’t get flanked.
What extra protection are you talking about? It was ME who benefit from my opponents HS in BTB! ME!
My shields regenerated while he stayed shieldless and I just headshot him afterwards. He couldn’t move to cover because the map was open.
HS completely pauses shield regen, so you have to wait even longer afterwards for your shields to come back. If it’s so useless just take it out of the game and put something cooler in.
People want to nerf the DMR so there are more weapon choices. If choice is such a big issue, then I’d assume people want more AA choices too. Don’t you see my logic?
I had to sign in to reply cause this is just pushing it. People will complain about anything. Hard light shield is an amazing AA and its greatly balanced. In fact its a tad OP. I have it on all but one of my load outs and find it amazing. When you’re close to death, put it up and call you’re team. It has saved me literally HUNDREDS of times.
But of course deflecting every weapon shot including direct TANK rounds isn’t enough as well as surviving long range engagements against DMR and the second killing shot of a sniper rifle.
> I had to sign in to reply cause this is just pushing it. People will complain about anything. Hard light shield is an amazing AA and its greatly balanced. In fact its a tad OP. I have it on all but one of my load outs and find it amazing. When you’re close to death, put it up and call you’re team. It has saved me literally HUNDREDS of times.
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> But of course deflecting every weapon shot including direct TANK rounds isn’t enough as well as surviving long range engagements against DMR and the second killing shot of a sniper rifle.
It also counters Boltshot noobs too. I love when they try to ambush from the corners only to have their easy kill be replaced by a swift death thanks to HS. It’s hilarious to be honest.
Oh, 2nd killing shot of a sniper, I see how it’s useful now! Thanks for posting something useful. I guess the moral is… Don’t leave cover if you intend to use HS to it’s fullest. Because if you can’t get to cover, the sniper will gut you afterwards anyway.
Well thank you for your opinions, people. I’ll see you on the virtual battlefield. And punish you for using HS. Hehe, sorry
> Oh, 2nd killing shot of a sniper, I see how it’s useful now! Thanks for posting something useful. I guess the moral is… Don’t leave cover if you intend to use HS to it’s fullest. Because if you can’t get to cover, the sniper will gut you afterwards anyway.
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> Well thank you for your opinions, people. I’ll see you on the virtual battlefield. And punish you for using HS. Hehe, sorry
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Maybe you should take some advice to get better at the game, judging by your stats and K/D you need it. Maybe then you won’t complain about an AA that you clearly have no experience with. The AA has its limits and guessing from you’re reply, youre just an Armor lock loving fine gentleman.
Says my win rate is 57.6% and my K/D is… 1.16? Strange, it was over 1.2 when I started playing. As long as I’m positive I’m sure that means I’m a good player.
And FYI it’s hard to get kills when you unload an entire DMR clip and can’t get headshots. Or when you lag so bad your punches have a 3 sec delay. Or what about when I slam into people with vehicles and they’re just pushed foward instead of splattered? Or what about the fact that I’m proficient in every weapon EXCEPT the Sniper? I’ve been working on learning to use that thing. As it turns out, all snipers do is snapshot and point at turrets. Did I mention about half of my deaths are from sniper rifles? Oh yeah, I hate them. It’s hard for me to use them during laggy matches, all the while my enemies are nailing every headshot with the magnetism. You can’t judge me by my K/D in this game, because frankly it’s one of the most unfair games I’ve ever played. When I did pick up the sniper though, I started getting lots of kills with almost no deaths. Just shows that it doesn’t mean much. BTW shatter sucks for dominion, it’s just a sniper fest.
Today a guy fired a SAW at me… but he killed me in not 3, but 0.5 seconds. It was because an explosion randomly appeared in front of me for no reason. My friend was right, you DO randomly explode in this game
i think its fine, its a great tool for being a distraction get in a fire fight, shoot some guys, throw it up, have your team ambush, profit from your assists.
and in response to playing chess without a queen. if your chess strategy relies on having a queen it probably isn’t good chess strategy, but i get the analogy.
On the lag we can agree. It gets terrible. I just want to make clear that HLS is best used when communicating with a team to be saved. It really increases survivability.
Also if you want the get a good laugh out of a really effed up glitch that happened to me during matchmaking, check my file share for “hard light shield glitch”. It might suit you’re needs to make it a powerful AA lol
Edit: Not sure if uploaded it but in short, the game went black screen while I had the shield up and when it started again I was getting shot by snipers, DMR and the shots were just bouncing off of thin air and I could shoot back lol Turns out that I couldn’t see it in 1st person but I had an infinite,hard light shield that I could shoot through!
Ah yeah I took that bit out, thought they might not get it. I haven’t played chess in ages and forgot my opening, but once I found a nice one I started owning everyone lol. I just stick my rook (defended by queen) in the back row and take their powerful pieces one by one If that doesn’t work (usually doesn’t) Then it’s time to improvise!
However, you cannot improvise in Halo when your only cause of death is lag.
On your post: Well, most people don’t play with communications so you’re lucky to have that. I only ever play with a few friends and prefer tricking people with Holograms for assasinations The key is to NOT let them see the Hologram, only to notice it on radar. If used properly, you can trick the enemy as to your movements and gain great advantage. IMO, anyways.
Recently been trying out the jetpack. I always avoided it in Reach because I thought it would be harder to aim in the air, but I’m actually finding it extremely useful for assulting snipers. Revenge never tasted so sweet.
I use it almost exclusively in BTB, it’s very good for long range battles. When you’re losing a particular battle you can bail and live to fight another day.
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Darchers you are just a bad player who thinks if something doesn’t work for him then it must be useless. Well guess what the world doesn’t revolve around you so get used to it!
