So I’ve been playing Halo5 for quite some time now, and with me it mostly comes to be a completionist (in this case, just getting all achievements and unlocks) but duing the progress of completing the plasma caster and hydra, I feel like they’re literally so bad to even use. i mean, i will say the plasma caster can be great but thats only in 1/10 chance of occurring (unless you’re like the biggest pro with those sort of weapons) and that the Hydra is useless at far & close quaters.
no matter what i do when i get my hands on these weapons, they’re so easily avoidable. if a caster user is nearby, all you gotta do is move to the left and you’d be out of the area of explosion, and with the hydra, all you have to do is hide behind a wall and you’re safe & as the fact the hydra takes ages to reload it’s really not that great.
I feel like the 2 can do with a little buff of some sort, like make the caster’s explosion radius a little bigger, or make the grenades stickable without full charge.
and with the hydra they could make the lock on last alot longer or make it stronger as it has an advantage.
Yeah they’re both pretty garbo. Most games they don’t even get picked up. And really your best way to get a kill with either of them is only when you catch someone off guard who isn’t paying attention to you
Honestly, I feel like they’re Halo 5 counterparts to the Reach Grenade Launcher. At first, they seem pretty useless. But once you start learning how to use them properly, they’re pretty darn effective weapons. You can’t just run in and shoot wildly and expect to get some kills, you need to be strategic.
Of course, the charged shot on the Plasma Caster is bad, but the primary fire can be fantastic.
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> Honestly, I feel like they’re Halo 5 counterparts to the Reach Grenade Launcher. At first, they seem pretty useless. But once you start learning how to use them properly, they’re pretty darn effective weapons. You can’t just run in and shoot wildly and expect to get some kills, you need to be strategic.
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> Of course, the charged shot on the Plasma Caster is bad, but the primary fire can be fantastic.
Yeah, uncharged is a 2 shot! Great for tight corridors. And charging it is good for CQC(slight tracking in close range)
Personally I love the Hydra Launcher… do those of you who don’t like it realise that you have to lock on to people for it to be effective? As for the Plasma Caster, it’s not great but I don’t mind using it.
Nope, they are not bad. They’re just different. In terms of the hydra, it is a myth it cannot be used at close range. If you aim at the feet of your target and predict their movement well it is at least functional at shorter ranges. If memory serves it only takes 2 hits to kill a player (and it can do decent damage to vehicles in WZ). The most common error with the hydra is to spam it rather than pace your shots. Furthermore, it is important to be aware of the positioning of your targets because the best counter to the weapon is to simply move behind cover before the rockets hit.
The plasma caster is still a mystery to me. I’m terrible with that gun… But I have seen other players tear things up with it.
Here is the thing with the Hydra. You need to shot twice and hit twice and they die. It is very good for turns. I get kills with it all the time. Just takes practice. The plasma caster is good for groups, if you’re going to take an armory in warzone you use it to kill them all. Also, you don’t always need to charge fully. If the enemy is right on you, you can either go behind a wall and charge or just shot them without charging and it basically shots a plasma grenade.
I only use them for anti vehicular use. If the enemy has a scorpion or wraith that’s completely wreckin your team, use the castor or hydra and it’s really effective. I took out a wraith once with 1 charged castor shot, I have no idea how much health it had but nevertheless it was owning us.