Let me start by saying that I have been playing Halo since the original Combat Evolved on the first Xbox. I have been playing competitively since the mid season of Halo 3. I must say that coming from my own personal standpoint Halo 5 has some work to do.
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Grenades.
Fix them. The damage is ridiculous and the physics are awful. the frag grenades act like bouncy balls with the blast radius of a nuclear war head. Also the fact that they boost you into high into the air if one so happens to catch you jumping is really annoying. -
Blue Team Camo.
I think you should change the color scheme of either the blue team to make them a lighter shade of blue or not put so many blue areas in your maps. They blend in to many areas on multiple maps (Regret, Eden, and Truth mainly) and sometimes tends to be a bit unfair. -
The Auto Weapons.
Please take the damage down a notch. I was pleasantly surprised that the AR could actually kill something when the Beta first released and that quickly turned into disappointment when I found out that The AR could out duel the BR. In my opinion that should never happen. And the SMG is a shield shredding nightmare. I like that they are useful and I know why they are in the game. A quick adjustment to the damage is all that is required, or maybe up the kill time a little bit. -
Ground Pound.
I. Hate. This. Feature. Not that it is not interesting or that its OP (it hasn’t killed me yet so I’m not just salty) I do not like it simply because it takes away one of the fundamental Halo mechanics, the Crouch Jump. Over the years I learned to jump and crouch at the same time, even in battle (the Ghandi Hop) and in the beta i find my old habits getting me killed sometimes because i hover in the air a brief moment before I remember that the ground pound is a thing. Perhaps just remap it to another button or control? -
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Leave it the way it is. For the love of god if I get shot please make me de-scope. The no de-scope feature in Halo 4 was a really bad idea in my opinion, I find myself liking the Beta (minus the aforementioned grievances) and I think that Halo will loose a lot of what makes the game more competitive if you allow people to scope through being shot.
That is really the only things I would say need a change. As far as the rest of the beta goes i really enjoy it so far. The thrust, slide , and clamber are nice additions and really makes the game a little more fast paced (not used to it but I can learn to catch on) I like the majority of the maps and think Halo 5 is going to be a really solid game. I just really hope someone at 343 does read this and takes this into consideration. Thanks