I played a game of CTF today, but today was unusually odd. I saw 4 people on the other team using a Boltshot and DMR combo. It doesn’t really bother me, considering that I haven’t been Boltshot killed before, and a TU is arriving. Then I started playlist jumping and landed on BTB. Had fun, but a lot more people were using the combo, mainly those around the 10-90 SR levels. I’ve never seen so many people use the combo in the game, but I have to laugh.
Enjoy your high scores while they last, for the nerf is coming. 343 is trying to make a fresh, new, CoD-like Halo experience balanced. Nice!
Anyone noticed the surge of people using the combo in these game types?
They should have reduced the range to 5m.
I played yesterday and didn’t notice any more boltshot -Yoinks!- than usual but I’ve always ran into them in regicide.
No more than usual for me too.
One dude or chick…who knows…actually got 17 kills in the one game with the BS (BTB).
I never use the BS. I did twice on launch day but not since.
While the BS is being nerfed, I have long predicted that the DMR will not be.If it is, it will be so minor that it won’t matter.
I use the DMR and boltshot combo. Yeah, I’m a noob and I sure am proud to be one.
I have seen a slight increase but nothing major.
Me I would try the boltshot and dmr combo but I’m not really good at both. Boltshot I always miss and don’t get how people can always get a hit and Dmr I can’t kill anyone zoomed in, well I have but not a whole lot, I mostly get all my kills with a dmr zoomed out, but with a battle rifle I can kill while zoomed in. So find the Br better.
Those quitters in Throwdown sound much more tolerable already.I don’t feel like playing slayer modes until they nerf that infernal DMR to extinction and only see the occasional skilled player using it well.Boltshot is whatever but at least there are way to avoid it.The DMR kills just as happily at AR range as it does at sniper range, which is a considerable problem.I don’t Halo to turn into COD where a SMG can outsnipe a sniper across the map.How would you like if the suppressor was just as lethal at long range as it is at very short range, i bet you would be raging then now wouldn’t you.
That’t the DMR’s current issue, its consistently lethal in a niche it doesn’t belong, that is not Halo.What’s worse is that nearly anyone can use it too easily.
Isn’t a gun meant to kill you in a video game? So they found one that’s good at it. All you’re doing is angering the people who like the weapon. They aren’t going to suddenly like the weapon you want them to. But whatever keep driving out nerfs till they nerf the servers.
DMR actually not that good at close range. Almost every close range, primary weapon can defeat the DMR. The only reason a person with a DMR can win in a close range, is either 2 shots and melee, or herpa-derp.
> Isn’t a gun meant to kill you in a video game? So they found one that’s good at it. All you’re doing is angering the people who like the weapon. They aren’t going to suddenly like the weapon you want them to. But whatever keep driving out nerfs till they nerf the servers.
I get they’re going with the best gun, that’s only logical. I have a DMR in one of my loadouts, but I don’t use it, because that encourages quitters. I just want to play a smooth game without people spawning with a weapon they prefer and gets them quick kills.
using the boltshot in place of the plasma pistol in most btb maps is a stupid decision as it’s effective range is arm’s length from your target. anyone getting killed constantly by the boltshot in BTB is playing wrong… and bad in general. i’d love to see the gameplay of this person who managed 17 BS kills in one BTB match, though. haha
defending the center base on longbow is the only time i use boltshot in btb. (and no, i don’t mean crouched behind a door with active camo.) the rest of the time, the plasma pistol’s use for taking down enemy vehicles is entirely more preferable.
as for the dmr, why not choose a weapon that’s going to be effective on most any target you come across? that seems the logical decision to me. i’m not saying that it isn’t a bit too effective, discouraging the use of the other rifles, but that’s a different story.
> I played a game of CTF today, but today was unusually odd. I saw 4 people on the other team using a Boltshot and DMR combo. It doesn’t really bother me, considering that I haven’t been Boltshot killed before, and a TU is arriving. Then I started playlist jumping and landed on BTB. Had fun, but a lot more people were using the combo, mainly those around the 10-90 SR levels. I’ve never seen so many people use the combo in the game, but I have to laugh.
> Enjoy your high scores while they last, for the nerf is coming. 343 is trying to make a fresh, new, CoD-like Halo experience balanced. Nice!
> Anyone noticed the surge of people using the combo in these game types?
I started using the Boltshot alone not a combo, and I already new it was OP but might as well start using it and have the TU roll on through just to see the difference if anyone can understand what I mean.
Just want to see if this update actually reduces the range of it’s OSK range by a good amount. I do not agree with the weapon though but what ever.
Glad I’m not the only one who noticed, haha.
Yeah, people have been just abusing that thing lately. I lost a few games just minutes ago, because of that damn thing. I took some joy in letting them know that the nerf was coming.
I cant wait, man. I hate how I’m forced to use it right now.