- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: Saor
Posted by: x Foman123 x
Posted by: Nokterne
Why isn't well written constructive criticism toward the BR spread allowed anymore?Hey, a straw man within the first two pages of the thread! w00t!
This isn't exactly a Strawman, and I'm surprised you would try to dismiss his question so easily.
You, as a mod, must realize how immature these forums are. With only one thread to talk about the BR --a thread that will almost undoubtedly be filled with the useless spam that characterize these forums, and that's not an insult towards the mods-- any well thought out argument that is completely deserving of its own topic will be limited to a single post in a long thread that nobody will read through. Kids will simply not read it, but hit reply on the first post of this thread and write something like "I <3 BUNGIE!!!!!!!!!! BR IS PERFECT, OMGZ!" or, to be fair, "OMG BR SUX! WTFF," and the post will slide into oblivion.
As my personal contribution to this thread, let me submit: I have never, in my entire gaming lifetime, seen a company as completely and blindly cling to their own vision of their "baby," while ignoring what their community wants. I understand it is a vocal minority, and that is where my argument will be attacked, I'm sure, BUT I would contend that if Bungie were to drop their "every opinion is created equal" attitude, and examine the situation as it truly is, they would realize that the competitive community really does know best. If I may include myself in that, WE play the games the most, WE play the games at their highest level, WE push the in-game limitations to their breaking point, WE have the experience to know what will work and what will not work. It is not arrogance, not hubris, it is simply a valid observation. Why not listen more to those who play the game to its competitive limits, the ones who have been evaluation what works and what doesn't work ever since Halo 1 was released?
EDIT (I decided I had more to add)
If Halo 1 were online-capable, then Bungie would have accomplished all their goals. There would be a huge skill gap, yes, but isn't that what matchmaking and level system keeps in check? And all the weapons (except the needler, ha) would be used. Despite what Bungie has claimed, that the Halo 3 "sandbox" is the most balanced (and I would take it they thought Halo 1 was the least balanced), Halo 1 was the ONLY of the trilogy in which I would use every single weapon on the map. EVERY weapon (again, just ignore the needler, it isn't a gun in 2/3 of Halo) could be used. Plasma pistol, plasma rifle, AR, pistol, sniper, rockets, shotgun, every single weapon had a purpose, and a skilled user would kill any enemy with any one of these. Have I ever picked up a Brute spiker in Halo 3? No.
In ranked Halo 3, I have less than 3% of my kills with an AR.
3 weapons own 75% of all my ranked Halo 3 kills.
In Halo 1, this would NEVER be the case, I don't care what Bungie says about balance.
The game has been released 8 months ago, count them 8. Between the time of the launch and until about 3 weeks ago, no one complain vocally about there being a problem with the BR's spread or randomness. There have been videos displaying the change in the BR's mechanics, but not so much about it being broken just different.
Until recently a post was made describing the problem related to the BR's spread and randomness, no one really took notice until that post. Now, please get off the bandwagon and stop rehashing every point that has been made over and over again concerning the BR. I will go out on a limb here, but I think its a pretty safe assumption to assume that you didn't even notice these "problems" until someone brought it to your attention. And obviously Bungie didn't take your evaluation into consideration on what works and what doesn't because then you wouldn't be complaining today.