Apologies if this has been asked before.
How is 343i balancing the banshee when compared to say, Halo Reach? In Halo Reach with a good pilot the banshee absolutely wrecked with the fuel rod shot.
Will snipers be able to take it down in a few hits?
Is the plasma pistol able to catch it in the air?
Can the banshee still fly fast and do flips to evade a lot of things?
I appreciate Waypoint taking the time to answer my questios. Any more comments towards this question are welcome 
My guess is tweaking the blast radius and reducing the speed of every flip you do with the Banshee.
I hope the Sniper doesn’t take down Banshee’s within a few shots like it did on Reach.
If the Banshee is close enough for the player to get a lock on with the PP, then yes.
It can still do flips etc. But not as fast as Halo: Reach’s Banshee.
> Apologies if this has been asked before.
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> How is 343i balancing the banshee when compared to say, Halo Reach? In Halo Reach with a good pilot the banshee absolutely wrecked with the fuel rod shot.
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> Will snipers be able to take it down in a few hits?
> Is the plasma pistol able to catch it in the air?
> Can the banshee still fly fast and do flips to evade a lot of things?
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> I appreciate Waypoint taking the time to answer my questios. Any more comments towards this question are welcome
The flips and rolls are much slower this time around and i believe they take away from the boost gauge. The Banshee’s previously weak (in Reach) plasma cannons have been buffed to do more damage in Halo 4.
I am uncertain about the Banshee bomb, someone else might know the tweaks to that.
Weapons like the Sniper and DMR no longer wreck vehicles like they used to. If you want to take em out, you have to use vehicles of your own or power weapons like the FRG, Laser, Rockets etc.
Banshees have more health, snipers won’t take em out as easily.
Plasma pistol can take them out of air
Yes, not as much as reach thought
Sniper and DMR’s won’t have the same destructive power on vehicles like they did in Reach, that has been confirmed. OPP’s still effect all vehicles as before.
The Reach Banshee sucked, 2 shots with the sniper destroyed it along with well anything.
> My guess is tweaking the blast radius and reducing the speed of every flip you do with the Banshee.
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> <mark>I hope the Sniper doesn’t take down Banshee’s within a few shots like it did on Reach.</mark>
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> If the Banshee is close enough for the player to get a lock on with the PP, then yes.
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> It can still do flips etc. But not as fast as Halo: Reach’s Banshee.
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In the 9 min Ragnork vid a guy shoots 4 sniper shots into an already damaged enemy banshee and it barely effects it. Yay!
Banshee bomb radius was nerfed, plasma canons buffed, flips are slower and “bigger” and drain the boost meter.
> Banshee bomb radius was nerfed, plasma canons buffed, flips are slower and “bigger” and drain the boost meter.
Aww I liked the quick swoosh
> > My guess is tweaking the blast radius and reducing the speed of every flip you do with the Banshee.
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> > <mark>I hope the Sniper doesn’t take down Banshee’s within a few shots like it did on Reach.</mark>
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> > If the Banshee is close enough for the player to get a lock on with the PP, then yes.
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> > It can still do flips etc. But not as fast as Halo: Reach’s Banshee.
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> In the 9 min Ragnork vid a guy shoots 4 sniper shots into an already damaged enemy banshee and it barely effects it. Yay!
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEY!!!
After using it at PAX, I dont see it as big an issue. In Reach, one could just “bomb-backflip, bomb-backflip”. The bomb isnt as powerful and the flip is much slower. Plus on the flip, it “scoops” down a bit first. If your too close to the ground and backflip, you’ll hit the ground and damage yourself. So it shouldn’t be as deadly as it used to be.
Thanks everyone for the feedback. I appreciate it!
Can anyone tell me , how do you maneuver a " BACKFLIP " on the banshee on HALO 4?
thanks ahead.
I try to fly low personally