Yep. I hate how every hammer after 3 is a shadow of its former self.
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two bursts to the head with the carbine is a kill. So the first one must be pretty devastating
Most physics based interactions are still catching up to Halo 3. Game was so far ahead of its time it still blows me away.
The hammer is decent, and feels more outright powerful than past hammers due to the range, but it will be hard to tell until we get into PVP.
It's an issue with join in progress. Doesn't happen if you're in at the beginning of a match.
The gravity hammer needs more, well, "gravity" though. Super disappointing to hit a dude with it for them to only fall over from like a heart attack rather than being launched into orbit
thats not what im saying. I actually prefer this cone damage version. If it had hammer jumps then its perfect (for me anyway)
Actually blows my mind that it doesn't do damage around us at 360° and that it hits farther han before.
It's funny, I'm so used to a weapon that I expect it to work a certain way, and when it doesn't I don't even take time to understand what has changed. It's more clear now, and I get what they did. It's going to take some time to get used to it but I'm ok with it.
That was weird. I was playing on PC and decided to get off to play on Xbox Series X. When I went to boot it up it gave me the message that I can only play in one place at once. So I had to end my previous session despite already having exited the game a few moments ago.
my take with the infinite hammer is it's take out time and length to smash doesn't make it a viable back pocket gun. Has probably less 1 hit kill range than the sword.
it's so slow that I'd you get the enemy to one shot in the first swing, all they need to do is put a couple bullets into you and melee. In a higher level pvp area I just don't see it worth picking up
Then they should get rid of slide altogether and make the crouch boost off of ramps like it was in Halo 3.
lol that's what I meant. I grappled the rockets right out of his fingertips.
The bots have like 98% head accuracy with certain weapons, especially the pistol, so much to "our bots are like real and don't cheat" haha, sure.
I'm cool with the outlines tbh… I just think they need to improve the "popped shield" effect. Really make it look like the suit is malfunctioning - an explosion of colored light, followed by the colored sparks conspicuously floating around.
overall, I'm happy with how readable the HUD is.
overall, I'm happy with how readable the HUD is.
I 100% agree with you. BUT, to 343 credit, it seems it's a matter of how you hit them.
For example, on this video you can clearly see the second spartan just flying away.
From what I heard the Halo 3 gravity hammer physics was a glitch. I agree that it was the best iteration in that regard though.
Maybe New Mombasans really care about Sangheli accessibility
Surprised you didn't notice before, bots replace players who leave.BOT in my team. o.O
As an OG halo fan it's so nice to see the AR in its current state. I loved the BR when it was first shown but I've always had the soft spot for the AR.
Hell, the sidekick is one of the best pistols I've used but damn that AR is so good now, I can't put it down.
It's absolutely incredible to me that sprint has been so toned down and perfected and people are still not happy. Getting rid of sprint would be stupid especially since the way radar has been reworked. 343 nailed it
do rainbow six seige, call of duty, battlefield and counter strike all "hope it works"? or does it just work?
it's not like only marking teammates is some wild new idea that remains to be tested. it's been around for decades.
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I'm interested to see this as well. my guess is most people will feel inclined to drop the AR, then realize it's easier to win 1v1s with the AR than the sidekick , thanks to all the aim assist.
Outside of one or two people here I haven't seen anyone unhappy with the implementation?
yeah there will always be complaints for any decision but to me it seems like the majority is pretty content with this implementation
By toning it down, All 343 did is further prove how pointless it is and always has been.
Nah, base movement as is + grappleshot, boost, and other well balanced movement related gadgets will be perfect.
I mean. Gravity goes down, so I think they got that right :p. There's still orbital launches every once in a while, but often just from normal melees haha. Probably an angle thing - that's the curse of ragdoll is it not? Sometimes, it works exactly as it should, which is often boring :p
I couldn't disagree more. You just need to slink around with sliding and crouching to evade fire while you're closing the gap, then a single smash will obliterate anyone in a ten foot radius.
I feel like the hammer has more start up which I didn't like initially, but I noticed that the kill range is bigger so I can live with it
I'm doing the same, by reflex, but later on, as soon as I see dropped AR I pick it up. AR TTK is better than the Sidekick even mid-range, at long range, the pistol is basically not that effective almost useless, too many hits needed to kill even an enemy with a broken shield, so I really think that meta will change with this halo, or practically stays the same as in Halo 5 high tier ranks.
They changed it since Halo 5, where you could use a pistol across the whole map with almost the same effectiveness.
I just noticed that people wearing active camo leave footprints behind so you can track them. The fucking details in this game, y'all…
This is as close to consensus as it's ever going to get. Not a single Halo has ever launched and just had the entire community go "Yup, that's Halo as I interpret it and everything is right in the world."
It's just further proof that many of the criticisms aimed at Halo have been about theory/principal rather than the actual gameplay.
Managed to get home in time to play and boy do I love it. As a huge fan of Halo 5 MP this seems like an almost perfect marriage of that and Halo 3.
I still need to get the hang of it, but my first four matches were a blast.
The sound design in particular is a standout. HOLY SHIT does this game sound incredible.
I still need to get the hang of it, but my first four matches were a blast.
The sound design in particular is a standout. HOLY SHIT does this game sound incredible.
ya, i think a lot of players are like that. It actually plays a lot like one of the hammer variants in h5 (sent out shock waves much like this one though was a bit stronger). I think they saw how much people enjoyed that functionality and iterated on it so that it was more viable as an arena-based version.