They’re total beasts.
They are challenging, agreed. Problem is that they are not very aggressive until you get to point blank range. And it’s insta-death if you get close to them because they attack faster than you can react. They also sit in one spot, so you can’t do much to attack them when you’re playing solo. “Just play with a friend!” Well, what about campaign? Halo’s always been fun solo or in co-op and I don’t think 343i’s Hunters are fun to fight. They are harder, yes, and that is important. I am a big supporter of making things as lore accurate as possible, but I think they went a bit too far in trying to make Hunters fit their reputation in lore and forgot that gameplay is more important. Make Hunters a bit more mobile and slow down their attack speed a tad and you have a tank enemy that is fun to fight and incredibly tough to defeat.