From what I’ve seen the sticky detonator looks somewhat useless. I never saw anyone score a kill with it in the E3 footage, it only ever got them killed. The only way I can imagine getting a kill with it is to stick one around a corner then bait someone into it while it beaps loudly saying “don’t come over here, you’ll die!” or use it on an easy to hit target like a warthog or tank.
Midair detonation is the only way I can think of to make it usefull. It doesn’t even need an emp like the grenade launcher had, as it is you have to predict where your opponent is going to walk and stick the ground in front of them, and most people short of being an idiot aren’t going to fall for it. If someone strafes it just let me be able to get a chance of timing it right and having it blow up by their head. It’s a power weapon ffs.
I would agree with you. I found that it would be better that they kept the grenade launcher instead of the sticky detonator. It would be a good weapon with mid-air detonation.
Now that I think about it, if that is actually the only functionality of the Sticky Detonator, then it is completely useless. I’m not sure why you would ever use it over a normal sticky grenade if it only kills when you stick something.
Stick it to a wall, either it gets you a kill or it keeps the enemy at bay. If a player is at a position of power, stick it to that and you force them from there or to die.
> From what I’ve seen the sticky detonator looks somewhat useless. I never saw anyone score a kill with it in the E3 footage, it only ever got them killed. The only way I can imagine getting a kill with it is to stick one around a corner then bait someone into it while it beaps loudly saying “don’t come over here, you’ll die!” or use it on an easy to hit target like a warthog or tank.
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> Midair detonation is the only way I can think of to make it usefull. It doesn’t even need an emp like the grenade launcher had, as it is you have to predict where your opponent is going to walk and stick the ground in front of them, and most people short of being an idiot aren’t going to fall for it. If someone strafes it just let me be able to get a chance of timing it right and having it blow up by their head. It’s a power weapon ffs.
Very true. In it’s current state the gun was useless, no one got kills with it and I can’t see it being used a lot. Why use a weapon that takes so long to get kills with when you can just use frags to the same effect? Hell, frags or stickies both looked more effective than the sticky detonator. As long as the grenade launcher from Reach is in I’m fine, if not, the sticky detonator should operate exactly the same way the nade launcher does.
Still, hoping the nade launcher is in, I loved shooting bounceshots, I actually go onto Halowaypoint’s clips because I got an amazing shot with it, so I really do want it in.