Is it just me or does the thruster pack needs more thrust? i mean, i could jump toward something i know i would normally reach, use the thruster pack and, surprisingly, fall short. I feel it could use the same range as the evade in Halo Reach, but not quite as used for transport as dodging, finding cover and closing distance.
What are your thoughts?
> Is it just me or does the thruster pack needs more thrust? i mean, i could jump toward something i know i would normally reach, use the thruster pack and, surprisingly, fall short. I feel it could use the same range as the evade in Halo Reach, but not quite as used for transport as dodging, finding cover and closing distance.
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> What are your thoughts?
Agreed. It does the E3 2011 Trailer no justice.
haven’t used it. is it really that bad?
I haven’t used it myself, but I’ve seen it.
It basically moves you 5 feet forward, but you lose all control. Absolutely pointless.
It should have the distance of the Elites’ Evade from Halo Reach.
Staying in first person like Reach would be nice too. It’s kind of disorienting to pop in and out.
> Staying in first person like Reach would be nice too. It’s kind of disorienting to pop in and out.
While I doubt this will be done, as it’d take a lot of work, I’d love to see this.
It basically moves you 5 feet in any of the 8 cardinal directions. This can make it dangerous in close combat if you jump forward to someone as though you are trying to pass over them, then boost back or left, catching them off guard.
Bad thing is that you can’t aim in a direction during the animation, so whatever direction you were facing when you boosted is still that direction.
> Is it just me or does the thruster pack needs more thrust? i mean, i could jump toward something i know i would normally reach, use the thruster pack and, surprisingly, fall short. I feel it could use the same range as the evade in Halo Reach, but not quite as used for transport as dodging, finding cover and closing distance.
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> What are your thoughts?
Thruster Pack in Halo 4 is absolutely useless. The distance is too short, it’s too disorientating to use, and you lose all control of you movement. They should have kept Evade.
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I agree it needs a buff. Not so much than in Reach though. Play level Composer, and use thruster pack, it has much more range there in campaign. And I LOVE it, when fighting with hunters <3 That’s really good. If that’s too strong then, well… just make hybrid thruster pack between current multiplayer one and campaign one. I would appreciate it. C:
I’ve noticed that too, you’ll be almost to a ledge and figure ‘thrust means boost right? So I should go faster forward?’ and yet end up falling shorter from the ledge than if you had just run and jumped. It doesn’t make much sense.
I don’t even think it needs very much of a raise in power, just a little more and it would be much better. It’s not supposed to be evade distance, but it should definitely actually boost your player speed instead of a ‘move 5 paces left’ button.
It’s really only useful if you have a sword since it’ll kill someone if you run into them while thrusting
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if you’re into trick jumping on maps as it allows for greater mobility
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if you’re being a little bad kid and camping on broken parts of Haven.
It doesn’t really have any competitive use in my opinion. You can get to where it’ll get you just as fast if you sprint.
Well, thruster pack and hard lite shield are the only abilities that help save your life in an instant, its sort of like the panic button for me.
Since you slow down to a walk when you get hit, thrust around the corner instead. You wont be able to sprint around the corner to safety after taking one shot. Jet pack has to much of a delay to be an evade/protection skill.
If they add more control to it (i.e. make curved turns instead of straight lines), then thats the only thing I would add
Thruster Pack is a terrible watered-down Evade. Such wasted potential.
The Thruster pack is the only AA I’ve used since launch, and I think it works perfect the way it’s supposed to. Boosting around corners or away from an enemy attempting to assassinate me have saved me countless times.
To make the Thruster Pack better without it getting out of control, they could make it so you can use it twice before it has to recharge. Actually, I think that would make it perfect.