So in the info for the new build for Halo 4, it is said that when you use the thruster pack, you go into third person because it “balances” it. How exactly? Can someone explain this to me, please?
I didn’t get it either, hopefully some lovely person here on these forums will explain how it wasn’t balanced to begin with.
I have no idea OP, it seemed pretty balanced to me in the first place to be honest.
> I didn’t get it either, hopefully some lovely person here on these forums will explain how it wasn’t balanced to begin with.
I agree. It was basically a nerfed evade. How is that not balanced? You were also temporarily blinded when you use it as well.
so you cant shoot when using it
> so you cant shoot when using it
Why would you shoot when using it anyway? It is a tool to avoid danger, not for going on the offensive.
> > so you cant shoot when using it
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> Why would you shoot when using it anyway? It is a tool to avoid danger, not for going on the offensive.
You can use it offensive you know.
> So in the info for the new build for Halo 4, it is said that when you use the thruster pack, you go into third person because it “balances” it. How exactly? Can someone explain this to me, please?
It was because when jumping forward it seemed too sudden and it felt like you were moving farther than you actually were, causing misjudgements in distance and minor confusion on where you actually were on the map.
I think that was what it was, anyway.
> so you cant shoot when using it
seriously? that was the best thing about it if you ask me, imagine all the awesome montages you could make with such a thing.
and besides the amount of skill it would require for such a thing is pretty high so I doubt its something you would see often.
> > > so you cant shoot when using it
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> > Why would you shoot when using it anyway? It is a tool to avoid danger, not for going on the offensive.
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> You can use it offensive you know.
I can’t imagine it being very effective though.
Person A shoots at Person B.
Person B thruster packs towards Person A, meleeing him.
Person A melees back, killing weakened Person B.
Perhaps the data indicated that players were too easily making precision shots after thrusting whilst being harder to shoot themselves, and maybe going into third person is intended to remove some of that precision.
I don’t know, but no1 answered how going into 1st person makes it balanced or not. I quite frankly think it doesn’t matter either way. Therefore, I don’t see any reason to pursue the answer to that question. I just left it be.
I honestly never thought evade would need to be balanced. Thruster Pack has half the distance of Evade. Its pretty much ruined.
> I can’t imagine it being very effective though.
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> Person A shoots at Person B.
> Person B thruster packs towards Person A, meleeing him.
> Person A melees back, killing weakened Person B.
Skip to 0:48 you’ll see that the Thruster Pack can be used effectively offensive.
> I honestly never thought evade would need to be balanced. Thruster Pack has half the distance of Evade. Its pretty much ruined.
Evade protects your head and does extreme insta rolls. I think it’s because the hit box is just overall smaller when you use it. Something along those lines.
> > I honestly never thought evade would need to be balanced. Thruster Pack has half the distance of Evade. Its pretty much ruined.
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> Evade protects your head and does extreme insta rolls. I think it’s because the hit box is just overall smaller when you use it. Something along those lines.
thats why MLG players hated it so much, it became a nuisance in ways.
> > I honestly never thought evade would need to be balanced. Thruster Pack has half the distance of Evade. Its pretty much ruined.
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> Evade protects your head and does extreme insta rolls. I think it’s because the hit box is just overall smaller when you use it. Something along those lines.
Isn’t that the point of it though? To Evade danger? Sure the hit box is reduced, but that’s cause you’re freakin’ rolling out the way!
In all my time playing Reach, I have never once raged at Evade and thought it broken/OP. There are far worse AA’s out there.
Sorry, rant over 
> > > > so you cant shoot when using it
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> > > Why would you shoot when using it anyway? It is a tool to avoid danger, not for going on the offensive.
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> > You can use it offensive you know.
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> I can’t imagine it being very effective though.
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> Person A shoots at Person B.
> Person B thruster packs towards Person A, meleeing him.
> Person A melees back, killing weakened Person B.
I swear I heard someone say that bleed through is back. So, if you’re in a firefight, you put a few shots on your target, take them by surprise by quickly thrusting TOWARDS them and take them out with a melee. OR if you’re chasing someone but just can’t close that gap, thrust towards them for an epic assassination.
It can be used just as effectively offensively as it can defensively. At least, if the user knows what he’s doing.
> > > > > so you cant shoot when using it
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> > > > Why would you shoot when using it anyway? It is a tool to avoid danger, not for going on the offensive.
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> > > You can use it offensive you know.
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> > I can’t imagine it being very effective though.
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> > Person A shoots at Person B.
> > Person B thruster packs towards Person A, meleeing him.
> > Person A melees back, killing weakened Person B.
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> I swear I heard someone say that bleed through is back. So, if you’re in a firefight, you put a few shots on your target, take them by surprise by quickly thrusting TOWARDS them and take them out with a melee. OR if you’re chasing someone but just can’t close that gap, thrust towards them for an epic assassination.
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> It can be used just as effectively offensively as it can defensively. At least, if the user knows what he’s doing.
I suppose 343 doesn’t want any offensive tactics to be used by thruster packers what so ever. What a shame.
> I have no idea OP, it seemed pretty balanced to me in the first place to be honest.
This … it seems very odd that we will be pulled out of first person view for literally 1 second then pulled back in =\ it seems like a headache to be honest.