I, for one, am very happy that 343i records the data/facts on their big 'ol computer server data base whatever…
I know, from looking at the ‘Carnage Report’ after each match for the last few thousand games, that 343i’s data (aka facts) will show the following:
DMR:
What I have observed is that the DMR is not the over used power weapon some would have us believe.
The fact is, and I’m sure that 343i’s data base will confirm this, that for game types other than SWAT and perhaps Regicide on occasion, the DMR, when one checks each players primary ‘Tool of Destruction’ stats, is the lest used weapon. It is a myth to state that everyone or almost everyone is using it and that everyone or almost everyone is racking up kills with it on any given map and destroying the ‘fun’ and ‘game play’- it simply is not true but 100 per cent myth. Thus, i, for one, will be smiling when all those myth spreaders find that the DMR will not be changed.
Ordnance Drops:
Second, it is another myth that the Ordnance Drops have somehow ruined things.
Again, what I have observed in the 'Carnage Reports’, when I look at kills with various weapons, find that the vast majority of gamers who get a power weapon from an Ordnance Drop, might only get one or two kills with any particular ordnance drop weapon, which means that just because the so-called causals or lessor players (according to the complainers) are getting power weapons, they are somehow becoming super players and getting massive kills they do not deserve because they didn’t somehow earn the power weapon and fight for the said power weapon as one would have to in Halo 3 or Halo Reach.
The facts seem to bearing out that Ordnance Drops don’t give most players any distinct advantage unless they are actually skilled at using the weapon, and it would seem from the data that most actually stuff up using the weapons they get from Ordnance Drops (including me on occasions). The only gamers who seem to actually be getting any benefit from Ordnance Drops the majority of the time are skilled competitive players(although a small number of casual players now and again do OK). Thus,if the data 343i has matches what I have observed in post game ‘Carnage Reports’, no changes to Ordnance Drops will be made as they seem to only benefit better players and not the reverse.
You all know it is true too. Just start viewing the ‘Carnage Reports’ and *‘Tool of Destruction’*data after each match and you will find that it really was just a myth about the DMR and Ordnance Drops.
So, if anything, the DMR would make the competitive players more dominate over causals with the higher degree of skill, not with standing all the complaints about the mechanics of the DMR. Even with the the various concerns about the DMR’s mechanics, it doesn’t change the fact that it is not the overused weapon in each match you claim to play in.
And, the above applies to Ordnance Drops too. These would benefit the skilled competitive player over the causal player. If the Ordnance Drops were having the impact the myth creators claim, everyone would be getting almost maximum kills with the power weapons they receive. The facts are, though, this is simple not the case.
in summary, I expect that the DMR and Ordnance Drops to remain as are, as they are performing as always intended by 343i. The facts/data, do not support any changes being required.
