Can you assassinate ball holders or flag carriers? I’ve only had the opportunity to try once on each. Both times the holder/carrier stopped it, turned around, and punched me.
“Stopped it”?
Yes, you can assassinate objective holders. I find though that the hitbox or whatever for beatdowns/assassinations can be a bit dicey at times.
Yup, it’s possible. 
Stopped…the animation started for about half a second (started panning out) and then I just let go of him. I didn’t let go of the trigger. It just stopped; no other enemies around.
Settling gingerly into the chair at his desk, Joseph slowly brought his hands to his head and released the strap on his Mark VI helmet. He removed the piece of armor and held it in his hands for a second or two, admiring the beautiful green visor. The weight of the helmet tired his weary arms, though; he set it to the side and shifted his attention to his inbox.
Sifting through a handful of unsolicited emails offering holiday savings on Pulse Grenades and Assault Rifle ammunition, Joseph sighed. He had hoped to finally receive his specialization codes today; instead, he had to read tripe about how having a longer clip on your Assault Rifle could extend your game performance by up to 30 percent. Leaning back slightly, he glanced through the window.
Joseph thought back briefly to the day he bought the place. The realtress had made a lot of grand promises about this piece of real estate: a ghost in every driveway, she had promised him. Now he watched as no less than seventy ghosts slowly made their way down the turnpike. The traffic situation was really getting out of control. Shaking his head while turning back toward his computer, Joe suddenly heard his phone ringing.
The interruption annoyed Joseph. He had just returned home from a difficult day of camping with his Boltshot, and he needed to rest his cramped legs. The UNSC paid well sometimes, though, so he trodded over to the phone and lifted it from its cradle.
“Spartan, this is UNSC central command. We have an urgent problem: the enemy has stolen your flag. We need you to track down the enemy and eliminate him with extreme prejudice. If you complete this task, we will pay you your standard rate.”
Strapping his helmet back on, Joseph confirmed to the operator that he would accept the mission. Hoping to maximize his payout (he had a certain affinity for scrambled Moa eggs, and he had to spend a lot of money to get them), the Spartan inquired about potential mission bonuses.
“UNSC central command has authorized 2 mission bonuses: killing 10 adversaries with an Assault Rifle during this mission will yield 250 credits, and obtaining a Killtrocity with an Assault Rifle will score you 1350 credits. Good luck on the virtual battlefield!” The UNSC control center ended its transmission.
Joseph looked wistfully at the Assault Rifle spam in his incomming messages folder. He could really use a longer magazine right about now. Instead, he grabbed a couple of DMR clips and stepped outside to begin chasing down the enemy flag carrier.
As he closed in on the scene of the crime, Joseph began to understand why UNSC had to summon extra help for the mission in the first place. The original flag defense team was not paying any attention to the flag; one of them was in the Mantis, and the rest of them were busy throwing sticky grenades at the Mantis. The enemy team had stolen the flag without firing a single shot. In return, Joseph decided he would complete his task without firing a single shot as well.
After assassinating the enemy flag carrier and recovering his team’s flag, Joseph returned to his base and began to berate his “teammates” for their cavalier attitude. “I joined this game in progress, and I’ve already done more than any of you!” he scolded them. “We can still win this thing!”
The other Spartans began to laugh. One of them laughed so hard that he had to lie down on the ground. Another of them laughed so hard that he got the ODST achievement somehow. Joseph didn’t see any humor in the situation, but one of his new teammates finally reined in his guffaws for long enough to explain the gravity of the situation to the new guy.
“Look at the scoreboard, man!” he chuckled. “The other team is already winning 4 - 0, and the game ends in 2 minutes!”
Joseph shook his head. The UNSC had scammed him again. He definitely didn’t have time to kill 10 enemy players with his Assault Rifle in 2 minutes of gameplay, and he considered the Killtrocity completely out of the question. Thoroughly puzzled, Joseph tried to think of a way to make this game at all productive.
In a matter of seconds, Joseph joined his teammates in throwing sticky grenades at the Mantis.
Funny, but true!
I’ve assassinated the ball holder, but not the flag carrier.
Once I assassinated a player and ‘pushed’ him into the flag at the start of the animation. This caused him to collect the flag, survive, and shoot me whilst I stood gobsmacked.
Yeah if you time it right, you can throw a bow in the assassinator’s face to stop it
I have no clue why I read that long -Yoink- post
I’m assuming it has to do with JIP
I’m so confused…
Joseph is clearly one conflicted Sparty…"(he had a certain affinity for scrambled Moa eggs, and he had to spend a lot of money to get them)". I remember one time being stuck in a Ghost jam so I leaned over to chat with the person in the Ghost next to me. That’s the first I met Joseph. What I remember most was Joseph’s reaction when the topic of grub came up and I mentioned how amazing and wonderful it was that the Infinity had a full-blown Moa cultivation center down on sub-deck 21,672,891-6a1b. Joseph broke into a inchoate tirade about the in-humaneness and inappropriateness of raising Moa on a starship simply to slaughter them for food on a regular basis…thank god the Ghost jam ended and we went in separate directions - what an earful that guy can dish out…
…and now I hear that Joseph has been lying all along about being an advocate of the downtrodden and misunderstood Moa. Secret lust for Moa eggs…jeez. I’ll bet he probably stashes some of the Moa bacon and scrapple under his armor when he’s in line at the canteen. Talk about sticky fingers - probably why he can’t throw grenades properly - his fingers are all greasy with Moa juice.
…some people - ya never know if they’re giving you the straight story
I met Joseph in a Ghost Jam the same way! Glad to hear I’m not the only one.
He’s probably the type that runs pyramid scams!