Title pretty much says it all.
In previous titles, vehicles were tough. Heck, even in Reach they were formidable to fight against. You had to either co-ordinate a team effort to bring down a force of vehicles or a tank, or slowly eat away at it with your BR/DMR. Those were the good days.
But now, vehicles are almost worthless thanks to Plasma Pistol and Plasma Grenade stars. You can’t drive around anywhere without being stunned and Sticky spammed by little kids.
They deserve the right to be powerful. Even the tanks in this game are next to useless. The Wraith is awful, plus the fact that even the turret (Which is meant to help defend against sticky spammers) is disabled during the EMP.
The vehicle turret, overall damage and health buff should have made the vehicles more powerful, like they should be. But then they undo all of that by adding no-skill-required Plasma Pistol and Plasma Grenades to the loadout options. It is, in the most constructive way possible, absolutely stupid.
Vehicles deserve to be powerful. If we wanted an infantry battle, we’d play 4v4. But now BTB has been ruined. It’s just not fun to use vehicles any more.
i agree with you and removing the plasma grenades from loadouts is the only solution
So the Mantis, Gauss Hog, and Ghosts can just have free reign? Yeah, I’m going to have to disagree. People go on massive killing sprees with those things already and you want them to be better?
> So the Mantis, Gauss Hog, and Ghosts can just have free reign? Yeah, I’m going to have to disagree. People go on massive killing sprees with those things already and you want them to be better?
It encourages team play, and people working together to get that thing down.
It was the same for the bigger vehicles in past games.
Sorry I have to disagree with this post. Reaches vehicles were paper thin, two or three sniper shots and they exploded.
I have personally gone on several killing frenzies using these vehicles.
Try to use the Wheelman Tac Package it almost nullifies plasma pistols, and catches people by surprise when your vehicle starts back up right away allowing for a nice splatter.
unlike halo 3 we dont have missle pods trip mines brute shots power drains gravity hammers in the playlists.
> So the Mantis, Gauss Hog, and Ghosts can just have free reign? Yeah, I’m going to have to disagree. People go on massive killing sprees with those things already and you want them to be better?
Gauss Hog is overpowered.
Ghosts, you can’t be serious. It takes two DMR clips to destroy a ghost. In an 8v8 game that’s 3-4 shots per person. If you are getting owned by ghosts then something is wrong with you or your team, not the vehicle itself.
The Mantis is supposed to be powerful. Power weapons are on the map, and you can call power weapons to your feet. If you strategize or play well you shouldn’t have issues.
> unlike halo 3 we dont have missle pods trip mines brute shots power drains gravity hammers in the playlists.
You are correct. You are starting to see how random spawns and ordnance negatively impacts the balance of the game.
In response to the title, I’ll only agree with the standard Warthog. The Gauss and Rockethogs drive me nuts…
> So the Mantis, Gauss Hog, and Ghosts can just have free reign? Yeah, I’m going to have to disagree. People go on massive killing sprees with those things already and you want them to be better?
I’ve taken down some of these oh so powerful OP vehicles single handedly without them killing anyone, so yea I think they need a slight health boost, not the mantis though since it has shields maybe make them recharge slightly faster though. Your seriously joking though with ghosts right? Those things explode if you just look at them!
the gauss hog I find harder to aim in this game, if anything it is how crammed the maps are, and the rocket warthog is good, but what do you expect, they’re rockets.
vehicles are supposed to be as much of an element as any other thing in Halo. If you are good enough to make that vehicle last, it should last. It shouldn’t just go oh look if I spawn and throw enough stickies(like 2-4 depending) at you you’ll just die problem solved. I have seen vehicles taken down by assault rifles in this game. I mean really…come on.
I remember the Halo 3 days when I used to hear a Warthog. It was either plan accordingly or get mowed down. Now it’s just whip out your handy Plasma Pistol and two sticky grenades later, you have yourself a double or triple kill.
Vehicles need a buff one way or another.
tell me this when its a gauss in front of you 
> tell me this when its a gauss in front of you
Yes, we’ve established the Gauss is horribly imbalanced and should’ve been left out of matchmaking since Halo 3.
Doesn’t excuse the other vehicles.