After seeing the new teaser for the Halo 5 multiplayer beta a lot of people are getting worried when it say “new spartan abilities” because straight away they think of all the different random Armor abilities you can spawn with. I think that these are not armor abilities, but instead a new core mechanic in Halo 5 that could potentially replace sprint which is the Booster pack. The booster pack has always been on our spartan’s backs, but we have never even got to use them. The first real time we saw them being used was in the Halo 4 teaser where Master Chief is trying to escape the FUD.
The new booster pack would work similarly to the thruster pack, but you can be more directional with it so for example if you jump while running forwards instead of just thrusting straight in mid air like the thruster pack, you would thrust in the direction of where you jump acting almost like a mini double jump. The reverse of this could be if you were falling and used the booster pack you would thrust downwards creating a mini ground pound shock-wave (as seen in the teaser). Seeing as everyone would spawn with this I think it would make a fine addition into Halo and wouldn’t change to many mechanics unlike sprint, it would also be more competitive than sprint but could still let you be more agile.
What does everyone think of this idea? Would you even like this Idea? Please post your feedback.
New Spartan mechanics may just be what we need to evolve the arena aspect.
We’ve had jump and melee for how long? I welcome thruster pack across the board and other mechanics. Hopefully everyone has them, and there are no classes to use specific feature.
I’m down for equal player based traits. We don’t even need sprint at this point if we get thruster, quick movement speed, and a subtle dodge maneuver.
> New Spartan mechanics may just be what we need to evolve the arena aspect.
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> We’ve had jump and melee for how long? I welcome thruster pack across the board and other mechanics. Hopefully everyone has them, and there are no classes to use specific feature.
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> I’m down for equal player based traits. We don’t even need sprint at this point if we get thruster, quick movement speed, and a subtle dodge maneuver.
In the Beta trailer It seemed that Thruster Pack will be returning, though it won’t be an armor ability. I also welcome it, maybe it’ll be assigned to where sprint is.
