I wanted to provide some feedback to 343 following their round of flights this weekend. I’m not going to touch on everything, only the things I noticed that took away from the entire experience for me, to ensure I don’t miss anything.
AI
-Sometimes there are issues with spawning, where 2 or more enemy bots will spawn in and continue to be stuck in position while doing some kind of a dance and firing at you
-Friendly bots often stop moving, sometimes pairing up with others, in a particular place, and friendly fire can sometimes get them going again
-We need more dynamic experiences with the chickens on Bazaar. I’d like them to do something more than explode whenever they’re touched. At least make it so they can carry grenades, jump, or something. :o
-It would be good to have the ability to adjust more settings in the bot training, like setting a time or score limit.
-There have been numerous issues setting the bots to a difficulty higher than Marine. If I put them on ODST or Spartan, they will frequently switch back to Marine on their own.
-The bots are too easy on some of the multiplayer objective modes. I know some kids might get wrecked, but it would be more realistic and fun if they didn’t just stand there while reloading.
Player Mechanics
-The shield appearance on Spartans is too cartoony and distracting. It was apparent in the trailers when footage was released. The designs in Reach and 4 were much better.
-Being bumped out of scope when shot at is annoying. It adds another challenge, which isn’t necessarily bad, but it was nice when this wasn’t in 4 like Reach had.
-If the range on the grappleshot was slightly increased, that would add a new level of creativity to movement
-The AR is too OP and needs to be nerfed. It appeared to be a problem on the ODST or Spartan bot difficulty in the training, but also showed up in multiplayer too. People shouldn’t be getting destroyed from the latter end of medium range.
I don’t know what has been brought up, addressed, or is in the process of being worked on, but these were some thoughts I had and I’ll probably think of more later on. Thanks for this amazing opportunity 343 and I look forward to the finished product! 