1/40 games Humans survive
39/40 games Flood win
The Flood are extreemly over powered it should be more balanced.
The Humans should be able to hold out for longer at least. The Flood
need to be nerfed by taking out thruster pack.
It should be:
15/40 games Humans survive
25/40 games Flood win
A Thruster Pack nerf is worth considering, but would only be viable if the entire playlist’s map rotation is replaced with community-made, Flood-oriented maps that are well-balanced.
As it stands, maps like Complex will become completely unplayable for the Flood if Thruster Pack is removed, and even maps like Haven will start to exhibit problem spots if Pack is lost.
Part of me agrees, and part of me thinks that without the thruster pack, being the flood wouldn’t be enjoyable anymore. I’m not sure… maybe make it so the thruster pack only shows up as an option when there is a minute left or something. It would make that last little bit more intense.
> Part of me agrees, and part of me thinks that without the thruster pack, being the flood wouldn’t be enjoyable anymore. I’m not sure… maybe make it so the thruster pack only shows up as an option when there is a minute left or something. It would make that last little bit more intense.
Yeah, but when your the last man standing, it’s already hard enough with waves of Flood coming at you, you have to aim and fire for each individual one jumping up and down. And to make it even harder, now that they have thruster packs in Halo 4 they can now Zoom above your head and hit you from behind, far too fast for you to turn anround and stop them, not to mention your already pre ocupied with the attacking flood infront of you.
we could fix flood mode by taking away the shields so the pistol would actually be worth something and fixing the thruster pack glitch where you can still attack while lunging.
> we could fix flood mode by taking away the shields so the pistol would actually be worth something
It is an easy kill if you are shooting from long range.
> and fixing the thruster pack glitch where you can still attack while lunging.
That’s not a glitch.
> A Thruster Pack nerf is worth considering, but would only be viable if the entire playlist’s map rotation is replaced with community-made, Flood-oriented maps that are well-balanced.
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> As it stands, maps like Complex will become completely unplayable for the Flood if Thruster Pack is removed, and even maps like Haven will start to exhibit problem spots if Pack is lost.
I think a better change would be a reduction in the shielding the Flood carry. Currently it takes four bullets to kill a Flood, giving the Pistol about 5 kills (if you could even empty your clip quickly enough to make a difference). The Shotgun is still a OHK from close range so it shouldn’t affect the outcomes of those sorts of matchups, but its useless if the Flood is more than 2m away. The problem really comes in that with the Shielding you’re virtually guaranteed that the Flood is going to have to be within feet for the Shottie to do its job and the Pistol is nearly useless in circumstances of less than 100ft of distance (as you need time to get a kill with the Pistol). Shield reduction allows Spartans a chance of landing kills while still giving Flood the ability to try to get to the Spartan before being killed. I think a reduction of Shielding so that it takes two bullets from the pistol and a slight increase in radius of the Shotgun blast would even things out so that Spartans at least have a shot of being able to survive.
> A Thruster Pack nerf is worth considering, but would only be viable if the entire playlist’s map rotation is replaced with community-made, Flood-oriented maps that are well-balanced.
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> As it stands, maps like Complex will become completely unplayable for the Flood if Thruster Pack is removed, and even maps like Haven will start to exhibit problem spots if Pack is lost.
Oh, and Mr.Moderator,
I recall in Reach and Halo 3, the last man standing would receive oversheilds, I really think that in Halo 4’s flood mode the last man standing should receive oversheilds as well. It would help him stand a chance with the dozens of flood zooming at him with thruster packs/
thoughts anyone? somthing should be done 
I dislike it and would like removed
But that’s just me…
Flood Mode Thruster Pack is the only good Thruster Pack though.
> Flood Mode Thruster Pack is the only good Thruster Pack though.
If you know how to use the regular thruster pack, it’s extremely useful. It can save you when you accidentaly jump off the map or get you to a bottom level you couldn’t get to otherwise, get you out of the line of fire at the last second, and get you some wicked and embarrassing assassinations.