Seriously everything you guys were doing was great and then you had to throw in weapon sets for literally no reason. Not sure if you guys have seen the gameplay. But at the start of the game you can choose between an smg, plasma rifle, or magnum. That is not even starts. Its stupid, please just make Halo 2 without all this new age crap. Completely ruined my day.
UPDATE: I’m reading a lot of people in the comments saying we are overeacting, so I thought I’d post why its important this does not make the final game.
First of all here are just some of the problems that can happen.
The smg, PR combo become far too common due to the increase in those weapons.
Spawning with plasma grenades breaks Vehicle combat, and also just shouldn’t be allowed period.
It just is NOT equal starts, anyway you slice it. Even though it isn’t as dramatic as Halo 4 does not mean its good.
The reason this is a big deal is almost less about the actual impact on the game, and more about 343’s refusal to let go of unequal starts. The community has begged them for equal starts and the fact that they would thrown weapon sets in to Halo 2 of all games is like a smack to the face of its fans.
We DO NOT want them. The game needs to be Smg, pistol spawns and then have plasma rifles on the map to pick up. Seriously it just makes sense. Why should I have to choose between a pistol and an smg when the game should give me both to begin with. And the plasma rifle is a powerful pick up when dualiwelded. Does no one understand the Large impact on gameplay even this small change has?
Halo fans please understand the bigger picture. We can not give them even an INCH on this. If we act like we are ok with weapon sets, then they will never ever be completely removed. We need to put our foot down and stamp this broken concept out for good. Halo is better without it.
P.S. this post had nothing to do with hit markers or grenade indicators. It’s just about uneven starts.
343i have returned weapon sets by popular demand and remember that the gameplay shown is probably pre-alpha therefore, very unfinished. There is also a chance 343 were playing a “small-arms” game.
Hmmm looks like most of my time will be on classic halo 2. I thought the majority of people wanted same weapon starts? Guess this is what halo has become.
I logged on to post about this but you beat me to it. I’m praying it’s just an alpha thing and that they’ll take it out when the actual game comes out, but that seems unlikely Can someone get a confirmation from 343?
If its those 3 choices I don’t mind it much. Remember players can play as Spartans or Elites, it would make sense if the Elites had a choice to start with a plasma rifle instead of an SMG or AR just saying.
> 343i have returned weapon sets by popular demand and remember that the gameplay shown is probably pre-alpha therefore, very unfinished. There is also a chance 343 were playing a “small-arms” game.
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> Edit: Here you go Spartan link
Sorry to bump but can you give me a source/link? Seems very unlikely they would bring back such a widely hated feature.
Because H2A is not supposed to be a carbon copy of H2. That’s what the H2 in the MCC is already. You want to play that? Go nuts! H2A was always going to have some tweaks, that was expected. Not sure why it’s a surprise?
> Because H2A is not supposed to be a carbon copy of H2. That’s what the H2 in the MCC is already. You want to play that? Go nuts! H2A was always going to have some tweaks, that was expected. Not sure why it’s a surprise?
Reason why it’s such a suprise is, I thought (or at least hoped) 343 was done with the loadout crap and was going to stick to ‘fair spawns’, especially after how bad the H4 multiplayer was compared to previous titles. If they’re putting this into H2A, it’s probably gonna be in H5 and beyond, which will kill the franchise for me and many other (multiplayer wise, which is by far my favorite part). At least I have all 4 campaigns and original MPs.
> > Because H2A is not supposed to be a carbon copy of H2. That’s what the H2 in the MCC is already. You want to play that? Go nuts! H2A was always going to have some tweaks, that was expected. Not sure why it’s a surprise?
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> Reason why it’s such a suprise is, I thought (or at least hoped) 343 was done with the loadout crap and was going to stick to ‘fair spawns’, especially after how bad the H4 multiplayer was compared to previous titles. If they’re putting this into H2A, it’s probably gonna be in H5 and beyond, which will kill the franchise for me and many other (multiplayer wise, which is by far my favorite part). At least I have all 4 campaigns and original MPs.
> .@Halo 5: Guardians Beta = equal starts with maps tailored for 4v4 Arena combat. Best team wins. No excuses.
Can someone get a confirmation from 343?