Despite previously being a BR enthusiast, I’ve been condoning AR starts for Halo 5 throughout the last two weeks. I, along with others sharing that viewpoint, have met intense opposition from people who prefer BR starts in Halo 5. Essentially, Waypoint has exploded into civil war over this difference preference. Threads have ignited, preexisting threads have been derailed, and one by one the front page has been completely overtaken by the exceedingly war-torn topic of weapon starts.
However.
While AR vs BR starts will always be a debate, perhaps there’s a better way of thinking about it. For me, that “better way” is not using a veto system or a voting round to decide the starting weapons of a match, but rather to make the starting weapons map-specific.
Depending on the size, scope, structure, etc, of a map, the starting weapon will be configured accordingly. Maps that become campy and frustrating as -Yoink- with BR starts (i.e. Eden, Regret, Empire) will have their proper AR starts, and maps that aren’t too kind to AR users (Pegasus is a terrific example) would start the player off with a Battle Rifle.
This is pretty trivial, honestly.
…But then again, spending twelve terabytes worth of posts arguing over what weapon each map should start with is going to be a very fun time.
Better now than later, no?