Plasma Grenades, Boltshots, DMRs, Power Weapons delivered to your doorstep for doing absolutely nothing, useless sticky-magnet vehicles, Plasma Pistols, couild this game get any more noob-friendly?
I’m sorry, but I’m having a hard time believing that 343i put more than 10 minutes into making sure the loadout weapons were balanced.
This game seems to be more frustrating, than actual fun. Y’know, I turn round a corner and there’s some idiot crouching with his Boltshot. If not that, another idiot with his Plasma Grenades. Awful. Awful awful awful.
Then there’s the all-purpose DMR. Like standing in the background like T-Dog? DMR. Like spamming that right trigger at mid range and rendering weapons like the Battle Rifle, Covenant Carbine and Light Rifle? DMR. Like being bad? DMR.
It was supposed to be like this:
DMR: Long range
Battle Rifle: Mid range
Covenant Carbine: Suppressive fire
Light Rifle: Cross between DMR and Battle Rifle.
Instead, it’s more like this:
DMR: Mid range, long range, close range, suppressive fire, vehicle shredder, easier to use than my toaster
Battle Rifle: Redundant
Covenant Carbine: So underpowered it’s not even funny
Light Rifle: Heavily underused
For god’s sake 343i, how many times do we have to say ‘We don’t like vehicles made out of paper mache’ for you to actually listen? They are absolutely useless in this game thanks to the DMR, Plasma Pistol and Plasma Grenade spammers. The whole point of vehicles is that they are meant to be powerful, fast and something you want to avoid. Now, someone sees a Warthog and thinks ‘Oh look an easy double kill, lemme get my bad kid Plasma Pistol and Plasma Grenades out and spam it’.
You people are thanking 343i for responding to you. But what have they actually fixed that has been worthwhile? Hmm? A few ordnance labels. The fileshare is still non-existent even after two months, the weapons are heavily unbalanced, the vehicles are practically asking to be destroyed, the Forge is mediocre, the Custom Game options are extremely limited compared to previous titles, the vicious amount of lag is unbearable, and there is an incredible lack of actual game types.
I’m not going to thank them until they actually address some of these issues. Y’know, the ones that matter.
How the game is at launch affects everything, 343i. Everything. And right now, it’s garbage.
It feels like you pushed forward the release date without actually thinking about how it would affect the overall performance of the game. It feels… unfinished.
And the maps are horribly built. Not layout-wise, but overall performance-wise. As you all have noticed, you can literally walk inside some of the rocks and walls in this game. Heck, there’s even a hole in the Seastack where you can climb in. That’s a FORGE OBJECT. How your ‘Brilliant team of testers and designers working around the clock’ missed these is beyond me.
We turn to bs angel’s twitter and all we get are cat tweets. As much as I love cats, I think we all know what is a bit more important.
Okay, I’m done. If anyone has a spare flamesuit for when the 343i defense squad come knocking, I’d reward you kindly.
And for all the TL;DRers, please head back to the front page and read Frank O’connor’s heart-wrenching statement in the bulletin.
Cheers