Thruster Pack weakest AA?

Games Other Halo
1

I was so excited to use the thruster pack when I saw the gameplay from E3 and PAX, honestly thought they should have kept it in first person (I like full immersion), but upon release I find that the thruster pack is very, very underwhelming. You cannot shoot while thrusting, and it gets almost no distance that you can’t cover without it (if less than strafing). By no means would I want the Flood version in other MM gametypes with AA, but I think the one from campaign might do better. Thoughts?

Off Topic: Does anyone notice how you slow down when getting shot running AWAY from fire? Why is that there and how does that even make sense? Not a fan of it if you couldn’t tell.

2

The downside I find irritating is the fact it throws you into 3rd person and its just too disorientating to be effective in a firefight.

3

I find Auto Sentry to be the weakest. If I had to rank them I’d go:

Regeneration Field
Promethean Vision
Active Camouflage
Hard Light Shield
Jet Pack
Hologram
Thruster Pack
Auto Sentry

4

If you use a thruster pack while in midair from the man-canon, it actually slows you down and many times not reach the landing and fall to your death.
try it. It’s stupid.

5

> The downside I find irritating is the fact it throws you into 3rd person and its just too disorientating to be effective in a firefight.

I’d be fine with this if the ability itself were actually more than marginally more effective than just strafing.

6

I think Autosentry is the least useful AA. Only because the Autosentry doesn’t really do anything more often then not. More then once I’ve summoned it and an enemy stood directly in front of where it was facing and nothing happened.

Honestly I don’t mind TOO much. I think if the Sentry is going to be so weak they really ought to speed up its summon time. Of all the AA abilities it is probably the LEAST useful in combat.

7

In one of the earlier builds it was in first person, idk why they changed it.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGAJ5967KSI

8

IMO I wish they had kept Evade, and perhaps they could have reduced the number of rolls to one instead of two, and make it have a bit of a larger recharge time. Thruster was more than likely to replace it, but from what I have experienced it does a poor job at being competitive with the other AA’s (unless it’s Flood). I am sure there will be those who will defend it, and perhaps may even through in a “you’re doin’ it wrong”, but I do agree it seems underpowered a bit.

Edit: Oh yeah forgot about Auto Sentry! Yeah it too is pretty lame.

9

Maybe T-Pack isn’t for everyone, but I’ve been using just that for 26 levels and I’ve gotten REALLY good at using it. When you’re really used to it, you can do some impressive tricks without even thinking about it. I’ve ninja’d so many people, survived so many grenades, escaped so many firefights I was losing, and done some crazy things on Solace.

I recommend it for smaller games, not on any maps bigger than Complex. It’s epic on Solace and Abandon.