Boarding tanks made sense in early Halos when Spartans couldn’t sprint and the only anti-vehicle weapon was that one rocket on the map.
However now, in Halo 5, Spartans are much faster, equipped with sprint and thrust; in contrast, the scorpion has received notable nerfs in terms of speed and firepower. Not to mention that Halo 5 has arguably, the weakest tanks out of any modern FPS, being susceptible to small arms fire(pistols, rifles, snipers) and not just anti-vehicle weapons. Halo 5 has a lot more anti-vehicle weapons than ever before and that should cancel out the need of a boarding mechanic on wraiths and scorpions. When you get boarded, there is very little you can do. It should be a squad of spartans teaming up to destroy a tank, not a squad of players trying to protect a tank from 1 spartan.
Solution:
Either remove vehicle boarding on heavy vehicles
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implement some sort of countermeasure (i.e. EMP blast to knock off an enemy boarder & disables their shield)
I hate it when that happens but then again that’s why I only ever use ghosts now.
Or even at least when there heavily damaged only then can you board them.
Countermeasures would be awesome. Electric smoke like from titanfall would be legit.
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> Or even at least when there heavily damaged only then can you board them.
Yes that makes more sense. Like how you can only assassinate the Warden when it’s very low HP, so you can’t get cheap kills.
I don’t agree with those as it would make the tank overpowered. However I do propose that if someone boards your tank from the back, then you should be able to exit your vehicle. I can understand not being able to get out when someone has boarded you from the front (as they’re in the way). But the fact that you can’t get out of your vehicle simply because someone is on the back is ridiculously stupid.
Oh, and they seriously need to remove the health boost or shielding someone gets when they board you. They become immune to splash damage so its almost impossible to shoot them off.
Or you could just avoid being boarded.
Yeah, it is a little ridiculous how short you last in heavy vehicles. I normally play conservatively, and I still only last a couple of minutes before I get blown up or boarded. Some extra speed or health would be nice, or some kind of countermeasure like you said.
Ever since Reach I hated that vehicles can be destroy from small arms. They been getting worse every since. It’s a shame they don’t seem that powerful and scary anymore…
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> Or you could just avoid being boarded.
Please explain how you can simply “avoid being boarded” when the enemy is crouched behind cover, then sprints and thrusts unto your vehicle. Your vehicle can’t even hit 20km/h to get away, and you don’t even have a coaxial machine gun to shoot him off.
I think 343 should either remove boarding or add countermeasures.
This can’t be serious.
The ability to board heavy vehicles has been a part of Halo since boarding was first introduced in Halo 2. It should stay.
However, given how easy it is to board heavy vehicles in Halo 5 compared to previous titles, they need to change something. I think they should bring back the requirement to bash before planting a grenade. That extra time might give your teammates a chance to kill the boarder before he/she blows up your vehicle.
Also, for some reason boarders are surviving an incredible amount of damage. Bring back the ability to blow them off of the front of the wraith in close quarters.
I’d go a different way and increase the radar’s spread so you have a tad more time to react to Spartans sprinting at you. As it is you don’t even have time to turn the turret and shoot them. More so for the Scorpion than anything else, at least the wraiths have boost.
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> The ability to board heavy vehicles has been a part of Halo since boarding was first introduced in Halo 2. It should stay.
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> However, given how easy it is to board heavy vehicles in Halo 5 compared to previous titles, they need to change something. I think they should bring back the requirement to bash before planting a grenade. That extra time might give your teammates a chance to kill the boarder before he/she blows up your vehicle.
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> Also, for some reason boarders are surviving an incredible amount of damage. Bring back the ability to blow them off of the front of the wraith in close quarters.
Just because it was in the Halo 2 doesn’t mean it should stay in Halo 5. As I said, it made sense in early Halos, but it doesn’t anymore. Spartans have gotten faster, weapons have gotten stronger, and the tank has gotten weaker. It’s fine if it doesn’t get removed, but then it needs countermeasures.
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> I think 343 should either remove boarding or add countermeasures.
Have a mate gunning, be aware of people camping your vehicle spawn, splatter them, shoot them, keep your distance, play the game with some sense of awareness of your surroundings. Bottom line they shouldn’t change a long lived mechanic because you want to be invincible.
I wouldn’t get rid of it, but I would add more ways to eliminate potential boarders. Maybe something as simple as giving the Scorpion back the driver-controlled machine gun, or just increasing the damage of the other turret.
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> Have a mate gunning, be aware of people camping your vehicle spawn, splatter them, shoot them, keep your distance, play the game with some sense of awareness of your surroundings. Bottom line they shouldn’t change a long lived mechanic because you want to be invincible.
Maybe you haven’t noticed but the the gunner position is really vulnerable, the MG can’t even shoot behind you, and for some reason you can’t shoot off the boarder with either the main cannon or the MG. You won’t always have gunner, and the main gun isn’t for defending against infantry running up to you. You don’t even get a machine gun anymore…
The bottom line is the tank is broken, and it needs to be fixed.
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> > Have a mate gunning, be aware of people camping your vehicle spawn, splatter them, shoot them, keep your distance, play the game with some sense of awareness of your surroundings. Bottom line they shouldn’t change a long lived mechanic because you want to be invincible.
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> Maybe you haven’t noticed but the the gunner position is really vulnerable, the MG can’t even shoot behind you, and for some reason you can’t shoot off the boarder with either the main cannon or the MG. You won’t always have gunner, and the main gun isn’t for defending against infantry running up to you. You don’t even get a machine gun anymore…
> The bottom line is the tank is broken, and it needs to be fixed.
Keep telling yourself that. It isn’t you it’s the game. You didn’t get outplayed the other guy cheated.
I’d welcome its removal, especially for the mantis. Its ridiculous how they they appear on top of you, there animation is non existent and the “melee” attack is a bad joke.
The game has a lot of things that detract rather than add, another would be power ups.
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> > > > Please explain how you can simply “avoid being boarded” when the enemy is crouched behind cover, then sprints and thrusts unto your vehicle. Your vehicle can’t even hit 20km/h to get away, and you don’t even have a coaxial machine gun to shoot him off.
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> > > Have a mate gunning, be aware of people camping your vehicle spawn, splatter them, shoot them, keep your distance, play the game with some sense of awareness of your surroundings. Bottom line they shouldn’t change a long lived mechanic because you want to be invincible.
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> > Maybe you haven’t noticed but the the gunner position is really vulnerable, the MG can’t even shoot behind you, and for some reason you can’t shoot off the boarder with either the main cannon or the MG. You won’t always have gunner, and the main gun isn’t for defending against infantry running up to you. You don’t even get a machine gun anymore…
> > The bottom line is the tank is broken, and it needs to be fixed.
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> Keep telling yourself that. It isn’t you it’s the game. You didn’t get outplayed the other guy cheated.
Real mature. That doesn’t have anything to do with this convo because I’ve said nothing of the kind. I’ve pointed out all these real points yet you are still blind. For example: why shouldn’t they change a “long lived mechanic”? Your logic is down right stupid. I’ve already told you why the mechanic needs fixing. Halo 5 and Halo 2 aren’t the same game, now the mechanic is simply overpowered. Face it, the tank is broken, and it needs fixing.