I’m trying to love this game. I’ve always loved Halo, and i don’t wanna feel like I’ve given up on a Halo game. Sometimes I feel like I’m literally forcing myself to keep playing this game
Why is the radar so short ranged? This is literally my biggest complaint of the entire game (excluding campaign complaints). I feel like it really does lower the amount of fun I can have by a lot. I can’t count how many times I’ve had an enemy coming to me, I’ve engaged them, and then before I know it the whole team is on top of me, or how many times I’ve accidentally walked into the whole team when only one person was on radar. The radar was always important in Halo, but now we may as well not even have it. It ruins certain maps (Fathom and The Rig probably being the biggest two) and makes certain mechanics unfair (Charge, especially). This alone has made me want to stop playing and it desperately needs fixing
Why do enemies with active camo not appear on radar? The radar is already useless enough, but this just makes it even worse. Enemies have always appeared on radar when they have active camo but not anymore. So many times, I’ve been killed by a player who came up behind me with camo and they weren’t on radar, so I had no way to do anything about them. I’ve also accidentally ran right into enemies with camo because they weren’t on radar and either died or narrowly escaped. This needs to be fixed badly, as it gives the player with camo too much of an advantage. They’re already invisible, what more do they need?
Why are the spawns so bad? My second biggest complaint of the game. I’ve been spawn killed so many times that it literally feels like half my deaths were right after spawning. I’ve spawned across the map from my team and inside the enemy team countless times, and I don’t always make it out alive. And I’ve heard the spawn literally ruin SWAT. This needs to be fixed ASAP
Why does the AR feel so underpowered? I realize that tossing away starting weapons whenever you can makes sense and I often do that, but it doesn’t mean the starting weapons should be worthless. I’ve gotten more used to the AR and what it can do, but a lot of times, I’m getting outgunned up close while using the AR, no matter what I do. I feel like the AR needs to be buffed just a bit, so that it has more of a fighting chance up close
Why does Spartan Charge exist? This is one of my least favorite Halo mechanics ever. It’s so cheap, especially with the garbage radar. It’s so easy to sprint to an enemy and charge them before they even know what hit them due to the low radar range. I know how to counter it when I actually see the enemy coming, which isn’t often. An example of why this mechanic is a mistake can be found on the map Fathom. Inside the Tree Houses, there is literally no time to react to an enemy who is sprinting in and plans to charge you. I’ve died many times due to this, and I’m just fed up with this ability
Why does ground pound exist? I’ve had enough of this ability as well. It’s kinda ridiculous how far you can ground pound away from your position and how far it knocks enemies away. It also should not hurt teammates. Earlier I was playing Strongholds on Empire. I was capturing the middle objective, the Pit, and a teammate was going to ground pound an enemy in there while I was in there. The enemy died before my teammate came down and I was weak. When he came down, I was killed from it. That’s hardly fair. In another game I had earlier, I wasn’t even fighting an enemy or anything, so it’s not like there was an enemy near me. A teammate who was above me charged up his ground pound and landed on me and somehow instakilled me. I know it was him because it said so in the kill feed. How is that fair at all that someone can do that? And of all the room to come down, you land on me??? I hate this ability in every way
Why are grenades so floaty? Grenades in this game feel like they are too lightweight. Wherever they land, they bounce a million miles away from that spot, definitely further than in any other Halo game. They also have way too much splash radius. I’d love to see this touched up on some
Why doesn’t the ranking system work properly? No one can convince me it does. I’m Diamond 3 in Slayer. Why am I still getting Golds on my team and the other team? Why am I getting games with players who clearly don’t know what they’re doing and walk around in the spawn the whole game? The idea for the ranking system is good but it’s very flawed. Either 343 should make it where you can drop down to a different division or they should have made it where everyone starts at rank 1 and works their way up like in Halo 2 and 3. Until social playlists are added, this would really help with my enjoyment of the game
Why doesn’t this game have social playlists? Maybe I don’t feel like trying super hard this next match. Maybe I just wanna play some Team Slayer without worrying about my rank dropping or having a bad game and bringing the team down. When my friends are offline, I avoid the Slayer playlist because I care about my rank in that, and there’s no other Team Slayer playlist. I’m hoping they will eventually add a Social Slayer playlist in, as well as Social Skirmish, Rumble Pit, and more
Why does my Spartan disappear in the pre-game lobby? This isn’t really that big of a deal, but it’s an issue I thought I’d point out that I haven’t seen anyone mention. When I’m searching for a match and I find players and the map begins to load, I can no longer see my Spartan in the menu or the roster. I don’t really honestly care if this gets fixed or not, but like I said, might as well point it out while I’m talking about issues
These are just a few things I can think of right now that I don’t like more than anything about the multiplayer. I want to love this game, I really do, because it’s Halo. As it stands right now, I feel like I’m having to force myself to keep playing, and that’s not fun. If 343 will AT LEAST fix the radar, the spawns, the invisible enemy not appearing on radar, and the damage of the AR, I will be satisfied with this game and I will enjoy it way more. For now, I’m close to leaving the game, but I’m trying to hang in there until the game is updated