- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: paraleagle
I'm really glad that the cheats were addressed in this latest fix. It was getting ridiculous having to waste my time quitting out of games where the opponents were obviously cheating, and having to use my good playing time to leave bad feedback (the only cheating I see now is by players whom I presume expect to be banned soon, using their accounts to betray teammates in matchmaking.)
However, I thought that flying around with the sword was an integral part of "mastering the energy sword" (to quote official Halo 2 documentation). In the hundreds of games I've played, only once was I ever able to actually kill someone using that maneuver (not a cheat) in a real competative game, and I consider myself rather skilled in the technique. It's just too difficult (in most maps, most of the time), risky, and impractical to have the rocket and sword at the same time or be waiting for an enemy to approach you in the passenger seat of a warthog, and not lose focus of the objective. I've never ever heard anyone complain in postgame carnarge report lobbies about someone using the Anakin move. Did anyone question Anakin Skywalker's ability to use the force in order to fly to the rescue of Obi Wan Kenobe in Star Wars Episode II?. To the contrary, he was commended by his opponent-Count Dooku if you recall. I would say that the vast majority of players who use the technique wouldn't want to rely on it in real matchmade games. Why not at least enable it in custom games?
I can understand Bungie's desire to be consistent physically and geometrically (fixing ghosting, wall pass-throughs, etc.). But if you're going to domesticate a cool weapon like the energy sword in such a way, then you might as well do away with the Guardians, skulls, the remaining 5 rings, and all the other mysteries of Halo. The mystique of a great covenant weapon will indeed be lost.
In the absence of the imminent introduction of some other form of personal flight device (like a rocket pack) Bungie should seriously consider reactivating the power of the energy sword, and not fool around too much with Covenant providence.
Get over it, it was a glitch, not a godsend. Kudos for creativity though.