The covenant leaders and their powers ruined matchmaking.
Over 90% of the covenant players I played with would rush me with their leader then teleport back or run away when their leader’s health became low. After that, every single time when I would get matched with a covenant player in 1vs1, I would leave immediately. Who wants to play against one OP strategy over and over?
The game was called ‘Halo Wars’, not ‘RPG with your covenant leader’. I call it an “RPG” because players would spend most of their time leveling up their covenant leader during a game.
If Halo Wars 2 is made and covenant leaders / powers return, the game will be about as useful as a frisbee to me.
You should try to just look up some anti-leader rush strategies. Or just suck it up and play as your favorite Covy leader lol. PoR owns, really they all do.
Early Flame Throwers plus Turrets works. You can micro 'hogs against them as well and Ramming does high damage in the early game to Leaders. Early Hornets works wonders against Chieftan, PoR.
Heres a good thread on the old HW forums talking about anti-leader situations and stratetgies. Halo - Official Site (en)
