Well, not sure where to put this plus it’s about several “gripes” I have with the game, so I decided to just put them all here, with hope that they’ll come to life eventually.
- Ok, to start (I know this has been addressed in some way for 343i, but just to stress it again), the radar:
- It really should be increased somewhat (even if not to the usual 25m), feels like when enemies pop up they are already on top of me;
- It should also work as it always has: people shooting, walking, jumping, doing a backflip, whatever - IT SHOWS THEM; people crouching/standing 100% still - IT DOES NOT SHOW THEM (basically the only times it doesn’t). It’s just so frustrating to have someone casually walk towards you without you having any awareness of it.
- It should also display height, like, for example, Reach did.
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Banshees and their bombs are both SO weak it pains me to even use the damn thing. Banshees get blown up by one Skewer shot? Ok, fair enough, it’s its thing. Banshee gets blown-up by a few seconds of sentinel beam? (as an example) No, that’s not ok. It’s a banshee, not a Grunt’s backpack. Everyone always used to rush to banshee, now, I just people ignoring, because how weak it is. And its bomb, how come a shot that basically engulfed the player doesn’t kill him? Even if it was 1m - 2m away from him it should. And it doesn’t.
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In the same line of reasoning, the rocket launcher also feels weak. I’ve fired shots so close to the enemy that they could smell the explosives inside the shell, and it still doesn’t kill them. The splash damage of certain explosives in this game just feel underpowered.
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Unrelated to gameplay/mechanics, please update explosion effects (vehicles, banshee bombs, wraith shots, etc.). They just feel… meh (specially the wraith shot and the banished phantom going kaboom).
Sorry for the wall of text, hope it gets read by someone, specially someone that can make a change (most of the thoughts here are shared by many for what I’ve seen, but still).
Thanks for the amazing game though, 343i. Now all there is to it is to improve some rough corners.