Weapons with question marks can fit in multiple categories.
> Perhaps there would be separate gametypes for loadouts such as:
>
> -Team slayer percision start
> -Team slayer automatic start
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> and the pistol would just be secondary for both.
I honestly don’t think custom loadouts will be like this I mean why would I ever take a plasma rifle, needler, or AR ( if it’s not the Halo CE version) when I can have a BR. I don’t think custom loadouts is weapons
I really doubt in a Slayer game you will ever start with power weapons.
Now frankie confirmed that there will be forerunner weapons in the game, the pistol was confirmed in the ViDoc, and Frankie also confirmed a 1-shot gun to make an appearence, but didnt state if it was a human or alien type gun. So the DMR could possibly make a return, or it could be a forerunner equivalent to a DMR, and it could make its first appearance (or both, but i doubt it).
If i had to put money on it, i would say the custom loadouts would just be to choose your primary and secondary gun before the game starts, or after you die each time.
For example:
AR and pistol / AR and forerunner equivalent to the pistol
BR and pistol / BR and FR= to the pistol
FR 1 shot (or DMR) and pistol / FR 1 shot (or DMR) and FR= to pistol
etc etc etc
now of course nothing is confirmed yet, but if i had to guess, id say its basically something like this, which is something i dont really have a problem with. That also means that 343 would be able to place more of a variety of guns on a single map.
If custom loadout’s are indeed like that i really dont see them being useful, to be honest after a week the most popular custom loadout (if used in general matchmaking) would be the BR and AR (or equivalent’s) not including the below possibility for the reasons explained.
Plasma pistol with a precision weapon combo will be an overpowered loadout.