Not sure if anyone has addressed this. But in the GI article it has a picture of CTF.
And Spartans are still carrying it in one hand, with a pistol in another. I don’t know the full mechanics of this game yet, but if it’s how I think it is, why are they keeping this? CTF in H4 was so bad. I really hope that you can drop it, and I really really hope it’s not automatic pick up. Or it’ll just be another thing to be disappointed in.