It’s faster and can jump now?
Certainly seems faster and yes I saw it jump, though the player didn’t really utilize it so I can’t gauge usefulness.
I also think it has a more accurate turret and the rockets are more powerful lol. It’s pretty badass.
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> I also think it has a more accurate turret and the rockets are more powerful lol. It’s pretty badass.
Yes, god, that machine gun seriously needed a tighter spread.
The shield is significantly decreased though and oddly enough the banshee and phaeton both have minor shields.
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> The shield is significantly decreased though and oddly enough the banshee and phaeton both have minor shields.
I’m not too disappointed about that. The air vehicles wreck way to much I do think they need just a little buff considering there are 12 players on the enemy team
And its still ugly 
, ah!
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> The shield is significantly decreased though and oddly enough the banshee and phaeton both have minor shields.
You know, I found it hard to tell, as it seems like your shield and health bar at the top doesn’t correlate 100% to your vehicle’s condition…
This might be because I was watching the gameplays of the Mantis, but it felt like every step the Mantis took sounded so loud and was a bit annoying after a while.
This is not a big deal for me and I’ll probably forget about it when I am playing, just wanted to point that out.
Well its starting to act like an actual Mantis. Fast and quick.
Yeah, it looked pretty seriously buffed vs. the H4 mantis. Great (he said sarcastically).
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> > The shield is significantly decreased though and oddly enough the banshee and phaeton both have minor shields.
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Yea I notice that too until I paid attention to the shield flares of the vehicles. Yellow for mantis, blue hexagons for banshee, orange vapor for phaeton. TBH I would 100% love a vehicle health/shield side bar on my HUD to know for certain.
Looks like it can move faster than in Halo 4 and it can jump? That is something to look forward to.
Vehicles should all be getting buffs due to spartan abilities.
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> Vehicles should all be getting buffs due to spartan abilities.
That’s what I was thinking. I think they increased the speed because of sprint/thruster.
Looks pretty much exactly like the h4 mantis…other than that nothing stood out on the ‘new’ mantis IMO
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> Looks pretty much exactly like the h4 mantis…other than that nothing stood out on the ‘new’ mantis IMO
Weaker shields, faster base movement, 5 rocket burst easier over single rocket burst. Jumping? And of course, a lovely showcase introduction when you obtain one in warzone.
- Shields recharge just as fast as a Spartans.
- Rockets no longer charge. Fire all five off that bad. Can still track air vehicles.
- Can jump.
- Chain Gun still overheats.
- Can still stomp.
And of course, it looks BA because Mantis.
I think I’m really in the minority here, but I hate the Mantis. For a plethora of reasons.
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Ah come on, that’s the last thing the mantis needed nerfed.