IDK why i felt compelled to make a topic but after months of playing i thought i’d share
1st off this is the 1st halo i’ve played since the original, so i have no previous comparison on where it ranks amongst halo games. its also the only FPS i’ve played online in a long long time. I play 3rd person shooters online, co-op games online, AC3 (wherever that falls in) so its a different experience totally playing this game. I will say I do have lots of fun overall.
1st I pretty much only play a few game modes with swat being my favorite followed by grifball (a relaxing change of pace) so i’m gonna focus mainly on swat
The reason i like swat is its a level playing field. same weapons, no grenade spam, no shield to run and re-gen and 1 headshot kills. but i do have gripes
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Maps - Complex and shutout are terrible. especially complex, its a map where games take forever because everyone wants to camp corners and bushes or camp the top middle tower and try to snipe people. everyone to scared to move around. the map is way too big and too open IMO, 2nd worse is shutout where there are too many level with LOS everywhere again encouraging people camping. the 4 i like are solace,haven, abandon, and adrift. i think all are good and campers get flushed out easily. also every vote always has complex and shutout so i have a 66% chance to get a map i hate. they need to mix it up more or take the last 2 maps played off the voting board every time so you don’t get stuck on complex 8 games in a row
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campers - I don’t understand why people think “swat” means “camp” i mean why do people care so much bout K/D that they’ll sit in 1 spot the entier game waiting for somebody to pass them by. it just drags out the game and doesn’t show any skill anyway
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“the 2 second advantage” - call it what you want, lag compensation, netcode, lag etc but its beyond stupid. i hate getting matched with people in countries with bad internet. they shouldn’t connect them to people with good internet unless there is no other choice. i have a 32 down 10 up internet plan and at my xbox i get 14-17 down and 3-5 up with a 20-40 ms ping. I got it for smooth online play, but in PvP games like this it cause nothing but frustration because watching kill cams i see people having 2 second extra time on me. the way the game is made is horrible for people with good internet. like watching their body drop and 2 seconds later his gun fires and kills me and i drop dead. or i round a corner and tis instant death but on their cam they were watching me line up a shot even though i hadn’t reached that spot yet.
I wish they cold fix these things 