you see a sniper getting killed
you see the sniper rifle dropping on the floor
you run towards that sniper
…
10secondslater
…
poof, the sniper is gone.
…
half a second after that
…
you arrive
How often does that happen to you?
Never. Despawn time is 20 seconds.
I feel this problem is being overlooked. This happens alot.
Almost always. The weapons need to stay around longer after they’re dropped.
All the bloody time. Unless you spawn basically on top of where you died, and there’s no enemies between you and there, you have NO CHANCE of getting back to it.
Then again, with how many power weapons are constantly in play, that’s probably a good thing.
> Almost always. The weapons need to stay around longer after they’re dropped.
agreed
I play a lot of big team slayer and this happens every single game. I think 20 seconds is a lot more time than what I usually get. It’s been instant on several occasions when I was standing next to the guy who got killed.
I don’t mind it really. It sucks to be sure, but I remember in Reach getting betrayed for my weapons and that just doesn’t happen anymore. I kinda like the idea that those same guys are still trying to betray me and if they succeed (cause I’m in/near a vehicle 343) my weapons despawn.
Its pretty interesting compared to past halo games. I remember back in halo 3 if I killed someone with a power weapon I would always grab it so they couldnt get it back. Now if I kill someone with a sniper and I dont feel like sniping I can just leave it there because I know they wont get back to it in time. Its kind of convenient to not feel obligated to pick it up but kind of annoying if you do want to grab it.
Get this: The dead bodies have a longer despawn time than the weapons.
How’s that for 'ya? Get it together 343!
I’ve definitely noticed this in the Spartan Ops missions, but not in war games.
I kinda die too fast for that to be a factor in my day to day.
I think the main reason despawn times are so short is to keep the amount of power weapons on the map to a minimum because with the new ordnance system there can be tons of people with power weapons.
or even worse. i was killed by my own rocket (killed the other guy too). i spawned very close to my body and rockets. close enough to hit my body wit a grenade. by the time i spawned, (smashin the X button for quick spawn) the rockets were gone. not even my teammate who was closer…could get the weapon i dropped.
This is quite stupid they really need to increase the time for weapons to despawn.
Weapons can’t stay around for too long because of the graphics, so the frame rate would suffer.
A good way to combat this, as AegisVertigo257 mentioned, would be to make the dead bodies despawn faster.
> you see a sniper getting killed
> you see the sniper rifle dropping on the floor
> you run towards that sniper
> …
> 10secondslater
> …
> poof, the sniper is gone.
> …
> half a second after that
> …
> you arrive
>
> How often does that happen to you?
This is actually a HUGE problem that I’ve kicked around with other people.
To take it a step further, I have dropped my DMR to grab a fuel rod cannon with 3 rounds in it, rapid fired them at a hunter, then looked down and my DMR had poofed.
One of the developers said that weapons on the ground were supposed to vanish after 12 seconds, but honestly its bunk. Because when weapons disappear ALL of them disappear off the map whether they have been laying there for 12 seconds or 2 seconds. Numerous times in the campaign I dove into a pile of covie bodies scratching for a weapon because both mine were dry. A pile of dead bodies in a good kill zone, would have wept with joy to find even a plasma pistol, but alas… no joy.
Whoever claims to have been the developer on this game needs to be nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for their attempt to introduce a shooting game that forces you to try and negotiate with enemies because after your first fire fight your left standing with empty weapons and no fresh weapons to pull ammo off of.
Or, on the occasion I die with an IC, for example.
I run back as fast as I can, and it’s gone.
I totally agree. I’ve heard the despawn time is 12 seconds if nobody is near it or looking at it. Usually, by the time I get to where my weapon was, it’s gone.
Despawn time on weapons is 12 second, and this happens to me ALL the time. I’m lucky if I can pick up my weapon again even if I have unlimited sprint and make a B-line straight for it on respawning.
It is just so annoying.