Is it just me, or does the warthog almost seem useless now? The turret isn’t like Halo 3, it’s like Reach. It overheats, and doesn’t shoot in a straight line unless you’r looking at a target, even then it tends to spray a little. The warthog itself is also like Reach’s. Too easy to flip, almost like it doesn’t weigh a ton. Sure wish it was like Halo 3, you could shoot at people across the map and actually kill them. It wasn’t too hard to flip but a grenade could do the job. The Gauss hog atleast kills in one shot, but is really slow at firing. Plus the reticule is oddly shaped to where you may miss. Think 343 could make the warthogs like Halo 3’s in a future update?
I agree totally. I always loved to jump in the Warthog with my friend and I still do, but this time around it seems rather useless as we struggle to kill even one spartan in an open field with the turret. I sure hope it gets a damage boost or less recoil in the future.
I would say that all vehicles are UP now, they are just too weak to be called “vehicles”…
Yeah, I notice almost every Big Team Battle starts off with everyone going for the mantis/banshee and power weapons with the warthogs left empty. The only exception is the gauss hog but I’d much rather prefer people to be using the normal warthog but the simple truth is that it’s too underpowered in the environments its given.
Agreed. Flips too easy, not much heft, but with a ton of acceleration with not much space to move, almost like a race car. Turret overheats WAY too fast.
The God of maneuverability is no more.
Power sliding is made redundant since it already does that with it’s turning (afaik). The Hog has a heavy look but it does not have a sturdy feel.
Let us reminiscence on it’s prime (CE Hog):
-maneuverable, stable
-splatter was reliable, controllable (honestly, it’s not that hard to avoid getting splattered by it by accident. Try the Halo 2 Spectre or Banshee which flip a lot and tend to splatter you when being flipped)
-fast exit and entry
-had tricking potential (launching, surviving huge falls, 360 spins in mid-air, pushing Shades around)
-had strategic applications (clipping, pushing marines through walls and up surfaces, collecting marines, blockades, cover)
-marine gunners did an unique animation when the Hog got sufficient air
-had stunting potential
-you could get out of a fast moving Hog and get in it’s gunner seat
-bumpy physics. Hog wars. Flipping Wraiths
-remote controlled Hogs
-first person passenger seats
-passenger health on the HUD