Posted by: Hylebos
Gauss Warthog is a wee bit broken with regards to multiplayer. A great campaign vehicle, but an unbalanced multiplayer vehicle.
Why? Its a shotgun sniper combination with unlimited ammo. Its purpous is to destroy vehicles, especially heavy ones, yet it kills infantry better than the normal warthog. That screams "I'm broken!"
A rocket warthog would be much better. It fires rockets slowly and the rockets travel slowly and do not home and have a splash radius in between a missle pod missle and a rocket launcher rocket. This way, it accomplishes it's goal as an anti-heavy vehicle weapon because heavy vehicles can't manuver fast enough out of the way, but it does not overlap with the normal Warthog's role because infantry will be able to see and dodge the rockets in time.
It's just that the rocket hog isn't really that realistic. If Bungie wants to make a different hog with a simple firing plan the gauss is the way to go. Honestly, where are you gonna store all those rockets and how are they going to fit into that little stand up into the main firing chamber...
I know what you mean though, the Gauss is overpowered, and from a balance side of the issue, a Rocket 'Hog is the best replacement.
~Hunter