So 343 Removed Friendly Fire: Vehicles?

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This is not an argument about whether friendly fire should be on or off.

If you haven’t noticed, 343 removed friendly fire from certain gametypes. Most notably, it’s off in Infinity Slayer. Presumably, they turned it off to counter excessive intentional betrayals.

Now, we will see this kind of behavior in any game where there are limited sandbox elements on the map, such as power weapons and vehicles. If a teammate can’t have that sniper rifle you just picked up and friendly fire is on, he might fight you for it. That’s just how we gamers roll.

Point of this thread: what about vehicles? There seems to be a problem with friendly fire still affecting vehicles, and it’s most notably a problem with the Mantis. Ever race someone to a Mantis and get there first only to have him or her ping your shields down until you die? That happens.

Is this an oversight in the friendly fire setting? Is this something 343 should address in the next TU?

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I didn’t even know it was off until I came here. I’ve felt bad a few times accidentally nading a teammate who decided to rush someone around a corner. Now I guess I will do it on purpose to help them out. The vehicle thing is annoying. What I don’t get is a few times I have hopped out of a vehicle that someone else EMP’ed and THEY DIDN’T GET IN IT! They just left it there. Or destroyed it with stickys. I just don’t understand.