I'm not getting the banshee in this game

On one hand I like that the plasma cannons are now necessary to break shields before using the fuel rod and I like that they’ve gone back to a slightly more Halo CE feel with it flying more like an aircraft and more forward momentum but in every case that I’ve used it I find the skybox way too low and the maps have no room for it to move. It feels like a bumbling mess to use it and not crashing into everything or just relying to splatters to get kills is really difficult. Add the fact that there’s a lot of counters to it in form of the skewer and lots of EMP weapons I’m just not getting its place in the sandbox.

Am I missing something or in the banshee just something that was balanced for the single player then shoe horned into the multiplayers limited scale? Has anyone managed to master it?

It’s really really bad right now, you’re basically flying a paper bag that dies to everything, and does no damage.