First off im having a blast. Highest learning curve in a halo by far.
*pros
-High learning curve, difficult
-equal starts
-more balanced sandbox. Love that i can actually use an automatic weapon and have fun
-maps. Although im not a huge fan of these 2 they are already better than halo 4s.
-ground pound is extremely difficult but really fun so i think it should stay
-Thruster is fun and balanced.
-Sprint- perfectly balanced. have no problem with it at all if somebody runs away they die from my teammates due to smaller maps. People will always hate sprint but i think it works fine in this game with the shield nerf.
-Like the way grenades bounce
-Spartan call outs help when you have yoink teammates. Still needs option on/off
-Sound.most people disagree here but I love the sound production. Besides the guns those need a little more ooomph
*cons
-Controls- Sure ill get used to them, but please allow for a custom option.
-Empire- Not a sniping map at all. Put a shotgun and rockets or something. definitely not 2 snipers
-Power weapons- respawn time on sniper too fast. Also, lower the ammount of callouts for the power weapons. Most of the time im just standing over it with my team mate waiting for it to spawn. Do a 30 second warning and then a power weaopons are up. No need for 6 in 30 seconds lol
-Dbag poses- They arnt going to leave most likely so at least make them customizeable and put peoples gamertags under their spartan.
-smartscope (make it instant instead of animation, all is better) Especially for sniper
-killcam, make it optional. Every halo player wants it on their dead body for tbags. Dont take away something everybody loves for something as dumb as a killcam that everyone is just button smashing to skip. Really.
-flinch- wicked annoying. No point, wont help bring any new players so just drop it
-Clamber- some clamber jumps have an area where the edge overhangs so then you hit your head on it and cant grab the ledge. Polish those up.
Kill times- too short, walk into a room with 2 people and you dont even have time to thruster out. Either nerf autos or slight shield boost.
-Sniper. I hate it. I cant see anything through it and i feel like its impossible to move fast when zoomed in.
-prophets bane- hilariously fun, might get nerfed but i love it.
Biggest points in fixing this game. Gameplay is awesome just needs a few changes
-Absolutely needs longer kill times, Whether that is from a nerf on autos or a shield boost whatever just make me live longer keep autos relevant but not as strong,
-keep the little things that make it halo. No teabagging? that does nothing but piss fans off even COD players skip kill cams honestly im pissed they would remove that. Same with post game lobbies. Just all that good halo stuff.
-Ranked and social playlists, Whole community has wanted it since reach EASIEST way to keep a lasting population and they refuse to do it I dont understand.
Last thing keep this game unique. Please dont make in generic. Make it fun to play. Bungie knew how to make the game funny along with good gameplay. Teabagging, hilarious death noises, occasionally launching a dead body across a map. Make awesome custom games. Make awesome forge options. Get involved with the community. 343 weekly ffavorites? all that good stuff that makes halo halo. Honestly. Theyre focussing so much on gameplay and competitive play and they ignroe things that the halo community loves. Like friendly fire. why remove it its been in every halo. Sometimes 343 fix the parts that arent broken and remove the parts we love, frustrating!! But assuming 343 can make the changes the commmunity wants I can see halo 5 being a great game. What do you guys want?