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> Fair enough. That’s a con for most people, but opinions differ.
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> No it doesn’t. Objectively, holding your stick forward is easier than holding your stick forward and pressing a button, if ever so slightly. With BMS you also don’t have to counter the increased turn radius.
> You could argue that it makes the maps faster to traverse, but that again is made moot by the fact that maps have been scaled for sprint speed. You’re not actually getting faster from one end of the map to the other than before.
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> First of all, “push button to not die” is not a tactic. It’s a reflex reaction.
> Second of all, the same argument could be made from the other point of view: “Not having sprint forces players to become more versatile at devising escape tactics. If you don’t want to get pwned, gotta learn not to give your opponent the opportunity.”
> Sprint shifts the advantage from the winning player to the losing player by handing out an escape button. Something I personally think is awful, but once more, opinions might differ.
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> > 5: Have to learn when to learn when to use sprint because when sprinting your gun is lowered. This opens you up to attackers. This also makes it easier to kill another player if they dont know how to use sprint.
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> I fail to see what’s there to learn about it.
> If you’re close to death, press button. (Add thrust if neccessary.)
> Outside of battle, always sprint, then drop out of sprint when you see somebody on your radar. Melee if you accidentally run into somebody. (Spartan Charge/Double Melee will take care of the rest.)
> If you get shot while sprinting, stopping to fight back is suicidal. Instead, keep on sprinting until you’re not getting shot anymore, then hide in a corner to let your shields recharge.
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> Am I missing something here? Are there any “advanced tactics” that I don’t know about?
I can understand what you’re saying. And in truth, without it defensive players would have to learn new ways to defeat offensive players. I respect that. I think for newer people having the extra options can be nice though. I also have to wonder of 343 is trying to lure some if the CoD and Battlefield players with the sprint ability.
For closing distance, scaling does make sense against a fortified position, and you’re right, it won’t help there. However I’m thinking on a scenario where you’re closing distance around corners. There’s been more than once where the explosive sprint movement around a corner has caught my opponent off guard and allowed me to get the first hit in, thus allowing me to get a kill.
As for advanced tactics, there’s not a whole lot. I play pretty instinctively and intentionally try to unbalance my opponents. That could be considered advanced I suppose, but I wouldn’t classify it as such.
I also cannot say how many times I have seen sprint escape attempts fail. More often than not I am easily able to gun down an opponent who tries to sprint away. I also tend to use my BR, DMR, and Magnum a lot, so range isn’t really a factor. Perhaps weapon choice could play in?
