So I was examining footage, and I was particularly interested in the melee. We don’t see the whole fight through, but it seems like when the spartan gets hit, his shields don’t immediately go down. They seem to linger for a few frames, and they certainly don’t burst immediately like we’ve seen in Reach and Halo 3.
This might be going back to Halo 1’s system, where a melee alone does not take down the shields.
Pic: http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/4932/halo4melee.jpg
That was taken at the last possible frame from that clip.
i wouldnt mind if the melee didnt break shields, i think melee is already overpowered. it should lower the shields, but not break them.
I think the melee system needs a tweak anyway. Not only does it deal too much damage, but I don’t necessarily like the lunge… Granted, there wasn’t quite as much of a lunge in Halo Reach, but it’s still there and still noticeable. I think that the lunge should be minimal, where you practically have to be in handshaking distance in order to hit them.
> I think the melee system needs a tweak anyway. Not only does it deal too much damage, but I don’t necessarily like the lunge… Granted, there wasn’t quite as much of a <mark>lunch</mark> in Halo Reach, but it’s still there and still noticeable. I think that the lunge should be minimal, where you practically have to be in handshaking distance in order to hit them.
i dont remember having lunch once in reach. 
sorry, saw that and had to say something.
Melee should kill an un-shielded enemy, but not bring down shields of a fully shielded opponent.
> > I think the melee system needs a tweak anyway. Not only does it deal too much damage, but I don’t necessarily like the lunge… Granted, there wasn’t quite as much of a <mark>lunch</mark> in Halo Reach, but it’s still there and still noticeable. I think that the lunge should be minimal, where you practically have to be in handshaking distance in order to hit them.
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> i dont remember having lunch once in reach. sorry, saw that and had to say something.
Oh it’s okay… You wanna know something funny? I actually saw that mistake and thought I fixed it… I guess my brain is running a little slow today lol.
In case anyone didn’t know, I meant lunge. Maybe I’ll just go back and edit it hah.
