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OMG I know EVIL SNOWSTORM. It's funny how people talk about H3 being more balanced but H2 gave a way better chance for the person getting shot at to fight back.
IMO the 1.1 patch is where it all started going wrong. Melee upgrade fixed running around in circles but along with stronger nads, duals were a lot weaker (and it didnt help that the magnum was downgraded as well). Now the BR went from middle of the road upgrade weapon to power weapon, which by itself wasn't too bad...
"SMG Starts! Okay, we admit it. It was a bad idea." WORST QUOTE EVER. The maps were almost all designed around close quarter combat. The easiest map to see this effect is Ivory Tower. You had a bunch of close quarter combat hotspots, in the hallway next to the sniper, at the flag, where the flag gets captured, at OS, at shotty, etc. And if you were fighting up top at sniper then with a close range weapon you can fight interfere (besides nads) with fights in the middle near rocket ammo.
... The community kept on whining for BR starts (and i was one of them) but we didnt understand that SMG starts kept the 'balance.' BR starts completely changed gameplay. Dual weapons were were even worse now, half the hotspots were obliterated, ex. lockout became a huge shooting range from sniper tower and big tower or lift.
Then with Halo 3 bungie basically designed a game (and maps) around the BR and shooting range combat. It's exactly what 'we' wished for right? BR combat (and the AR is basically a crappy BR) and duals that are useless.
The most ironic thing is the people who complained that the SMG was too weak made H2 focused around the BR. Then they went 180 and complained that the BR was too powerful so now Bungie is scraping it all together. Like they say be-careful what you wish for.
P.S. BR starts were better on some maps, like Coag and Containment but they ruined gameplay on most. ex. Headlong, Defenders have a huge advantage inside the base but offense has an advantage if they can get the flag into open middle ground but that advantage is gone if the hogs and turret are destroyed
[Edited on 04.18.2010 4:02 AM PDT]