I have been playing the multiplayer alot on halo 4 since release and enjoying it but there are some things that have really been annoying me lately which is being able to spawn with one shot weapons such as the boltshot, plasma greanades and plasma pistol. I think this breaks the game when I think my spawn weapon is stronger than most power weapons I walk past Like Halo reach when the magnum was a 3 shot kill for a time. I would like to see these weapons either nerfed or altered in some way and here is why I think this.
The plasma pistol not really a one shot weapon but will strip your shields in one charge shot that can follow you or you can use it to get cheap beatdowns. I don’t think it’s homing should be that good on spartans but im fine with how it homes in on vehicles. Once I strafed fully to the left and jumped at the last second to try dodge one and I still got hit due to its homing abilty then I got one shot in the head. I did not mind this in previous halo’s because it was a pick up that only one maybe two people could use at any one time unless your playing Reach’s elite slayer or invasion mode.
The bolt shot is a campers best friend as you can one shot people with an oversheild on and even beat a shotgun user if you charge it at the right time. It has some stupid range and even its normal shots are decent damage the only bad thing about this weapon is it can run out of ammo quick but if you use nothing but the charge shots you should get at least six kills in one life.
The plasma grenades im sick of being beaten by people because they get lucky sticks or just charge in try melee that fails and throw a plasma as a last resort and get the kill. I often see people spam these if either the plasma pistol or the boltshot fail to connect. They also do a really good job against vehicles which I don’t understand how one man with a plasma pistol and some plasma grenades kill a two or three man warhog team with ease. There is also the lag sticks and the people who you did not even see them throw there grenades but still got the kill I at least respect somone for getting a kill from the grave with a frag.
I think these weapons need to be nerfed, count as primary weapons or be easy pick up weapons I like all the other weapons you can spawn with except these three. I stopped playing gears of war 3 because it introduced a weapon that you could easily get a one shot kill with and just lead to camping and people winning battles that they should not have won. Halo on it’s standard gametypes has never been a game where you can start a match and one shot people without the use of a power weapon and I think it should stay that way I prefer skill over gear anyday.
I like the new game modes and abilities and want to enjoy them but these problems are stopping me from enjoying it. I refuse to play Team slayer pro all the time just so people can’t abuse the OP weapons and I won’t play the classic mode much beacause I don’t see the point in playing a mode where I might as well be playing halo 3 instead I want somthing new but still balanced.