Before I go into “the little things” I want to say that I’m not saying Halo 4 ruined the franchise, or that I’m never going to play it again, etc. I love Halo 4. It’s my second favorite Halo game so far. But their are some things that 343i could have (and obviously still should) fix. Some of these are my opinion, others are plain fact.
Plasma Grenades & Plasma Pistol in BTB Loadouts-I think we can all agree that stunning, and then sticking a ghost/hog/whatever else is extremely fun. But it sucks for the drivers. I love driving my hog around and now it has become a lot more difficult to keep it alive for long periods of time. They shouldn’t be there, one or the other maybe, but not both.
Weapon Despawning Time-I haven’t counted it out yet to see just how long it takes for a weapon that you dropped after death to despawn, but it is annoying as all heck when you get killed and then (say your in CTF) can’t get back to the weapon before it despawns. And no, it isn’t just other people picking them up; I’ve watched some dissapear just as I’m sprinting up to it.
Boltshot-By god it is the most annoying gun in the game. It should NOT be a loudout weapon. If your going to give people boltshots might as well give them SAWs and Energy Swords as well.
Oddball-This one isn’t two big. I just think that 343i should either take oddball off of Haven or slow down the ball carriers speed. I’ve only played three or four oddball games, but every single one of them consists of chasing the ball carier around Haven for 150 seconds. On another note, the oddball throw is extremely weak. I thought I would be able to bomb it to other teamates, but while it does role far, I can’t throw it through the air, which is sometimes necesary.
Random Ordnance-This one really pisses me off. As a video game veteran I know very well that nothing is more important in a game than knowledge of the map. If someone takes the time to learn the map they deserve the guns that come along with that knowledge. Now there are markers on the screen that lead every noob to the power weapons and every time, the ammo gets wasted.
5v5 maps-Ragnarok (idk if I spelled that right) should not be in CTF or KOTH. Just bring back Big Team Battle.
Complex-In my opinion, terrible map. But I think that just because I like fast gameplay. However, it does have some actual flaws. It isn’t made for oddball, thats for certain. Nor should it be on the KOTH playlist considering it takes about 15 seconds to get across the map.
Specializations-So I got my first specialization a while back when I found out that no, it isn’t in its own section where you get to pick out which one you want. You have to pick between your specialization, tactical package, or support upgrade (depending on the specialization). If I’m spending the time to get the specialization shouldn’t I be able to use it without loosing my Ammo, or Dexterity.
Gametypes-Really 343? Really?? You didn’t put in a friggen race gametype? Really??? I don’t have any idea what they were thinking with that one.
Custom Games-Custom games are just sad. 343 said this would be the most customizable Halo but they don’t even let us change the CTF settings? Or certain things in Flood. There is a multitude of customizability options that are pretty important that they left out in the supposed “most customizable Halo ever”.
Killcams-Killcams are broken. They don’t work and they just slow down the game. I know you can skip them, but the option to watch them is their and it slows down the games processing capabilities. If they were actually accurate, they might be worth it. But they aren’t. Either they need to be fixed, or gotten rid of completely.
Sword Lunge-Maybe this is just me but I have a lot of problems with the sword. Getting the reticule red isn’t enough, it has to be centered on the opponents body for the lunge to actually work (or so it seems).
No Betrayels-Good idea! In 4v4. In BTB it is horrible. I have gotten trolled so many times where I beat a teammate to a vehicle and they immediately stick it, just because they don’t have to worry about reprecussions.
Forge Object Zoom-It’s all fine and dandy with the smaller things. But it’s a lot harder to deal with with things like wall colliseums and brace larges.
No Precision Movement-Self Explanatory. Why don’t we have it?
Can’t scope in forge ball. This isn’t anything major but it was something that Reach offered (I don’t know about 3) that I really enjoyed.
Ramp Bridges-I’m a picky forger and can’t even use these anymore because they are no longer two blocks wide. Rather, the walking space itself is, resulting in the railings going way farther out than they should.
Playlist Select Glitch-This is really small, but also really annoying. Whenever I start searching a playlist, then back out, in the playlist select menu it drops my “selector” down one. I figure I will get used to it but it is a pretty simple mistake.
I figure I’m going to get some sarcastic idiot saying "Oh go play CoD or “Just keep crying” or whatever. Please Halo community, be more mature than that. This thread isn’t a troll one and I’m looking for legitimate discussion. Thank you.