- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
I think they should change the battle rifle back to the way it was at E3, 3 shot bursts unzoomed and single shots when zoomed. Make it do less damaged when zoomed (duh, single shot) that way if they ever try to hit you from a distance with the -blam!- noob combo (pp/br) then they'd have to shoot you in the head 3 times before it kills you. OR a better way to fix that stupid ass combo is to lower the charged pp shot's homing ability. There are only two ways to dodge the charged pp fire right now in game.
1. Quickly run around a corner and block the shot with a wall (which you RARELY get the opportunity to do, normally you're out in the open and totaly exposed)
or
2. Execute a perfectly timed melee attack with your dual-weilded weapon (which I've actually done and people accuse me of cheating when they don't hit me with the pp shot and they get all pissed) but again, that will rarely happen because it's really hard to get the timing down perfect.
If they were to lower the homing ability maybe people would stand a better chance against that combo.
Not to be a nagging little SOB but Bungie had a bunch of things RIGHT at E3 that they realllly shouldn't have messed with...like the new mombasa level. I was waiting to play that level and hear that guy say "when I asked for reinforcment, I never thought they'd send a spartan" and for him to give me his SMG and start dual-weilding. Then I get to friggen Metropolis and it's some black guy (not racist but dude, wtf?) that sounds like his stoned out of his mind and lacking enthusiasm. Whatever, I don't care.
And for all those people that want the pistol back from Halo: Combat Evolved, get over it. It's NOT going to happen. The pistol was fun and all but christ, it'd kill this game because of dual-weilding. Halo 1 was fun. Halo 2 is competitive. Deal with it.
[Ajem]