343 did an awesome job on the campaign, as well as spartan op. i enjoyed every minute of both and cant wait for spartan op season 1 part 2 to drop.ok thats out of the way, now to the main event. im am currently an SR130 with a 2.30 k/d, so im ok @ the game. i know my way around, but there are things in the game that dont make sense to me and here are 10.
*1. the Dmr: how is it that this out of date weapon is owning the battlefield. its supposed to be a mid to long range weapon. though it has a faster fire rate than a BR and can out shoot mostly anything. this needs to be nerfed ethier slower fire rate or buff the br
*2. the Battle rifle: why is that the BR stand in the shadow or the dmr? are we using the br light or the br heavy? how is that if a dmr and a br get into a fight (at close range & assuming same skill)and the dmr can come out on top with only scatches? this weapon is screaming buff me please 4shot needed or faster fire rate.
*3. the boltshot: this weapon is the reason close range battles dont happen. you never know whats lerking around the corner. one minute your fine then bam! dead. i just dont understand how this secondary weapon is more powerful the the forerunner scattershot???
the vehicles: why do all the vehicles seem like cheap aluminum cans that dmr rips apart? i can understand a rocket launcher, sniper rifle, even a sticky detonator. but everything else should be bushed off like it never happen
*5. the thuster pak: i would like evade back, this child safty version is not for a spartan. ethier make the distance a bit longer or, give us 2 short burst. i just dont understand how some one spirting next to me is outrunning me when i have a thruster on my back???
severs/connection/host: these thing all bug me, the constant black screens the host advantages the dropped games. i know they have always been there, but in my opinion they are more frequent in halo 4.
(lol got you with that huh) 7. the covenant carbne was amazing pre launch, you guys saw this and nerf’d it like nobodies business. just bring it back i like using it but it just does do the job it needs to. i know you want balance but its not a very effective short/ mid range weapon.
the pistol: i love the pisto,l since halo ce and in halo 3 it was nerf’d bad. no zoom , no trigger finger fire, but it came back with a vengence. that being said what in the world did it take?? this creature of another realm shoots full grown bulls at people. the carbine gets laughed at by it for goodness sake. carbine 7 shots pistol 5. yeah it has bloom but to little or no affect or is effect? new word aeffect lol
bullet magnetism: now i know this has been in halo since for ever. but why have a reticle bloom if there is bullet magnetism. then reticle bloom is just a visual aid i guess. but it doesnt really bother me.
pluse gernades: you shud just give people 2, that one gernade barely ever hits and just having one leaves people at a dis advantage.
so these are ten things that just seems to be wrong / dont make sense to me. i apologize for any grammer punctuation or spelling fails. if 343 could fix atleast the “*” ones. the overall feel would be more in lack of a better word HALO. i would love to here from guys on this and your opinoin, whether agree or dis agree. oh if your wondering why i din’t put in cloaking, its beacuse i don’t find it a problem i rarely get killed by it. its easy to spot, just find the middle of the blue dots on the radar and look for a blur (skill tip)
edit: #8, the pistol is fine and the community has spoken. i have to agree to the fact placed before me, that the pistol is fine the way it is
vehicles should be significantly stronger. if i win a 1v5 out br’ing these dmr noobs for banshee i should be rewarded by gaining control of it. instead what happens is the 5 dmr noobs all respawn put 3 shots each on me and banshee dies. or some camo trash puts 3 sniper rounds on me and i die.
im glade im not the only one who thinks this game has some serious problems. the thing about halo 4 is that the game is fun offline, which shouldn’t be the case. this has to do with the severs and connections during online multi-player, which makes the game lack luster.
343 put there heart and soul into the campaign and spartan ops, but when it comes to multi-player they gave it something else. there are more complaints about halo 4’s multi-player than any other halo before. Bungie was one top dog in networking and doing things that feel right, they had some mistakes but there only human.
also i know there are currently trying to fix this, but boy the overseas connection are slow i mean really slow. the lag is rediculous, just from that you can tell the network coding is seriously flawed. i suggest (for the sake of halo 4 MP) shut down halo 4 multiplayer to rewrite the coding. i would rather have a better online service, that im paying $60 a year for and just paid 60 for halo 4. i expect to have a decent (not perfect) online expience.
this game could be great (its good) but no where near it potential. i know you guys are trying, just keep pushing for perfection and dont settle for anything less and you will have a great game.
thanks to everyone that replied, i like hearing your opinions. the boltshot is not fine, the range on it is op for a secondary. the scatter shot doesn’t even have that kill rang. remember the Mauler from halo 3, yeah that was a secondary and you had to be up in someone face to get even a kill (exaggeration but it ws pretty close though)
Quick point… I believe evade is not in because it was an Elite AA. Personally, I don’t think the DMR is too overpowered. But, it could use its shot being slowed down. BR is fine. Carbine definitely needs a boost… Used to be my favorite weapon.
> Quick point… I believe evade is not in because it was an Elite AA. Personally, I don’t think the DMR is too overpowered. But, it could use its shot being slowed down. BR is fine. Carbine definitely needs a boost… Used to be my favorite weapon.
the boltshot is a bit crazy and the scattershot i just stopped using it honeslty seems f i use that gun unless i got the jump on someone i will get owned but with the shotgun i can destroy people at some almost mid range you know should both be the same.
another thing is the hit detector unless people have hacked the game to get an advantage im really getting tired of losing to peope who seem to have an almost god mode i meleed a guy twice and shot him with my ar and he still someohow had eough time to swing around and shoot me with his br and kill me.
and sometimes the dmr takes the entire sheild off me then another shot kills me im not dmr expert but i know when i get head shots usualy takes 4 to 5 shots in the head so are some people just getting hacks or what.
Valid points, agree with the OP. Especially the Thruster Pack and Boltshot. That little poot the Truster does is practically useless except for its counterpart in Flood mode which is far superior. The Boltshot is pretty much a 1 Shot win. Seen it used to great effect in PvP (usually by people using Camo). As for vehicles, they seem fine to me, but then I usually don’t hop into a vehicle unless the loadout I’m using is the one with my Operator Perk.
As for the BR vs DMR? Hmm… Have to say they’re about even, I prefer the DMR, but a friend of mine almost exlusively uses the BR and always outshines me during BtB (he’s usually #1 on our team averaging 35-45 kills per match with the BR). It really depends on the individual using each weapon. I’ve even seen the top guy during a matchs most used weapon being the Assault Rifle (Don’t ask how, beats me). Different people are better with different weapons, I do agree that the Covvie Carbine could use a small boost though it seems underpowered in comparison to the BR and DMR.
The Pistol? Works fine for me, I actually use it mostly for snap headshots, though normally I carry a Plasma Pistol to disable vehicles/shields.
> > Quick point… I believe evade is not in because it was an Elite AA. Personally, I don’t think the DMR is too overpowered. But, it could use its shot being slowed down. BR is fine. Carbine definitely needs a boost… Used to be my favorite weapon.
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> Camo was an elite AA, and it still is?
yeah a slight fire rate reduction to the dmr or increase the br’s fire rate would level the playing field. that would make me a great number of people very happy
