Remove the sword from ranked

Games Halo Infinite
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Did 343 not learn their lesson in halo 5? The sword doesn’t belong in ranked. EVER.

NO. I don’t want to control it. When I do it proves my points even further because the game becomes super easy.

Ranked is suppose to be about skill. There shouldn’t be a weapon that gives you free kills.

There’s even some that go like " ohh the greatest counter is team work" lmao. Ur kidding right? It’s a close qauters game. No amount of teamwork is going to stop someone from waiting around a corner and lunging at another player with the sword. No amount of teamwork is going to stop a sword in an objective match.

There is no counter to it. The thruster is gone so you can’t side step it anymore. The Sprint is too slow so you can’t run away from it. AND the lunge is insane.

I rather the skewer or the cinder shot at the very least.

It’s just annoying. It doesn’t show skill. It shows wether you went to grab it. That’s it. Grabbing a power weapon shouldn’t garentee you kills.

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I see these posts keep popping up. That all have one common theme “weapon X is able to beat the BR”… Should 343 just have ranked with only the BR?

Or, hear me out here… 343 should remove the BR from ranked to prevent people from complaining about other weapons beating it?

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No, at all…

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The sword was hilarious in Halo 5, absolutely revolting bit of kit with sprint, thrust and just the general speed and lunge of the thing.

I find it fine in Halo Infinite. It’s a power weapon, it’s there to be controlled to take flow of the map. It’s on Recharge so there’s lots of open areas, different vertical options and tight hallways which make the Sword user more vulnerable. Think it would be super annoying on a map like Aquarius but it does fit nicely into Recharge.

I’ve had some social games where my teammates have been absolutely decimated by the sword, but in ranked I’ve found the players usually know how to deal with it very well. It’s not very effective in that sense although when you get caught off guard, it hurts.

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I’d actually like the br removed from the weapon start. It’s boring. Over done and slow paced.

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Never build another game like it?

Hopefully.

Maybe not in Halo 5.

But Midship and Heretic disagree.

Repulsor has been shown to be the counter on Recharge, the only ranked map to feature the Sword.

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As if you have the repluslor all the time.

Mid ship is an old map. I was talking about Halo 5 removing the sword from ranked because of all the points I stated above. Halo 5 had counters to the sword and it was still removed.

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You’re a good enough player to know not to hug hallways and doorways when the sword’s on the field. If you aren’t in open lanes when you know it’s active that’s extremely your fault OP.

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As if the enemy has sword all the time.

Yet it and its Halo 3 successor are largely regarded as premier competitive arenas.

There are ways to play around it rather than just running and trying to out kill the sword wielder.

  • Knowing when the sword is in play is paramount, as you can make predictions where the sword wielder may be at.

  • Maintaining long sight lines and avoiding close areas when the sword is active, coordinating with teammates to track the wielder’s location.

  • Utilizing and controlling equipment like grapple and repulsor to give you and your team an edge for escape or survival.

  • Utilizing plasma grenades in situations where death is inescapable, trading kills and sacrificially removing sword from play.

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The sword and all power weapons need a longer spawn timer. The sword also needs to have a bit less ammo then it currently does. But it should definitely remain in ranked.

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In Ranked, your suppose to be pushing yourself to improve and get better at the game. asking to remove something in the game because you don’t want to deal with it goes against that cause. There are more then enough ways to deal with sword wielding players…

Just about every match I see that has a sword or hammer on the map, I only see one of them going around per round… I only see more if the wielder dies and it disappears really early in the match…

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You can hold on to the sword and wait till a new one respawns. I’ve had two swords on the map at once before. Though it’s rare and requires you to not die at all. But I’m general power weapons just spawn way to quickly.

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Repulsor respawns faster than sword does. You’re more likely to pick that up than a sword.

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I agree. The sword is messed up. If you 4 shot someone with a sword. As long as they are lunging, you will die and they will live 99% of the time. Their lunge makes them invincible for a period of time. That needs to be fixed. If you get shots on someone with sword they should be taking damage, no matter if they are lunging or not.

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Yeah I agree. Never liked the weapon. A solution could be for the weapon to not have 100% charge. Or for a hit to take up a bigger percentage.

I also don’t think there should ever be invis + a sword / hammer on the same map. There is absolutely no counter to an invisible spartan with a sword.

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Exactly. I shouldn’t need a repluslor. I should be able to counter it with my BR.

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Don’t play stupidly and keep your distance and countering it with the Battle Rifle should be easy…

Keep your distance and don’t follow the person into area’s where they clearly have the upper hand…

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nothing more than a salty thread after getting ripped by the sword… boring.

I barely touch that thing because im not good enough with it^^

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I pick it and throw it off the map so no one uses it. How’s that for salty

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Thats rather stupid… maybe u would get a positive kd if youd use it^^