I’m going to put my two cents in here to.
Sorry for a list. Also this is fully my opinion and I am trying not to speak like I am the great mind of the people of Halo. Also it is kind of a long read but it’s probably worth reading.
Remove:
Ground Pound: This is a straight gimmick, I have yet to see it truly utilized as it is slow and stops the pace and flow of combat. Nothing is worse than in a mobility type game to suddenly stop MID AIR mind you and float. Also Spartans aren’t superheros! They are soldiers, last I checked soldiers don’t jump up in the air float then smash the ground below them. Simply ground pound is too situational and slows or stops your momentum. Also no I haven’t died to it so I am not angry with it, it’s hard to die to something that is rarely used ever.
Spartan Bros: This should be obvious. The intro and outro of these idiots is piss poor and hurts the reasons why people like Spartans. People like Spartans because they are supposed to be bad -Yoink- soldiers in bad -Yoink- armor with extreme awesomeness. These bro displays are pointless. It also increases the time between actually playing the game. I get it my team lost/won can I please go to the next match? No? I have to watch this pointless outro. Also unless I’ve missed it, everyone has joked about it or said what I’ve said on it. It’s a poor taste.
Weapon way points/weapon timers:This is hand holding, let me say one thing that I think nearly everyone can agree on. WE AREN"T IDIOTS, GAMERS LARGELY AREN"T IDIOTS. We know how to play a damn game, being told the location of a weapon and how soon it respawns, you might as well over our controller and directly guide us to the power weapons. 343 you have said multiple times that you want this Halo to be about map knowledge. Well knowledge of weapons especially power weapons is part of map knowledge.
Changes/overhauls:
Smart Scope: HEAR ME OUT please. I’m not saying remove it completely I am saying it needs to changed for very specific cases. Firstly anything automatic should not be helped too much by smart scope. The reason behind the AR being strong is largely the cause of smart scope. SMG is in a similar position. If you are using an automatic gun with smart scope there needs to be recoil (not a lot these are Spartans so their advanced strength and armor should minimize recoil) but for the sake of balance as well as it is an automatic weapon there needs to be an negative affect with the smart scope. The pistol smart scope is fine, the pistol seems to have a strong enough recoil that smart scope is super useful. That is done correctly, the AR and SMG need to do something similar.
Battle Rifle: No I’m not mad I killed by it nor am I particularity bad with it well before this beta any way. The sight is ugly. The weapon is fine but ascetically it hurts my eyes. How do we go from an acog sight in two games, to a square (acog?) sight in the 4th game then into a red dot/reflex sight? Call me stuck in the past if you want to but I feel like the Battle Rifle needs its older sight back badly. Making change for the sake of change is bad. The Battle Rifle has (I think it is safe to say) been iconic with the acog and even the square scope. Simple gun sight designs are far better than over the top techy designs. Practicality is better than ascetics.
Spartan speech: Needless to say the Spartans need deeper voices. I know the idea of Halo 5 is to make it competitive. But Spartans are still Spartans and should like soldiers who have seen some Blam! Deeper more mature sounding ones would be much better. I can’t say anything for the female version. I haven’t heard it yet.
What works:
Thruster pack: I was worried at first that the thruster pack would be dumb and wouldn’t work. Mainly because of the past experiences from Halo 4. But it is nice and feels good to use. I do wish there was indicator to tell me when it was back up so I could use it again however.
There are other things I could talk about but this has gone on long enough, and its a beta so I think I should only truly talk about what needs to be changed. Its a fun beta but it is missing something that the other Halo’s had the soul or something really philosophical is missing.