Posted by: Loser n00b
Posted by: NinjaB51
Posted by: DiatomicMaster
That's not entirely true, at least not in the case of Halo's lifespan. Reach is a more mainstreamed game, which is a funny thought when you consider Halo used to dominate Xbox Live. But much of the changes put into Reach, ones that simultaneously strengthen and weaken power weapons, were done to make the game more accessible to everybody. Like a Call of Duty game, really.
Power weapon and vehicles had a better equality to them in older Halos. Warthogs were a danger, but there were several power weapon counter measures. Now a banshee can decimate an enemy team, but it has to keep twirling around in the air like mad in order to avoid some lethal DMR fire. If that's balance, it's awful balance. It's like a solution a ten year old would come up with.
So if you're mad over power weapons playing such a prevalent role in Reach, it's only because it's not as fun to battle opponents with your starting rifle anymore, because it's a piece of garbage. And it was never fun to spray and pray with the AR, because if it's not a "he shot first" deal, it's an armor lock last resort panic. People want to have fun when they play, and the options for that just aren't as plentiful with Reach, so everybody betrays for the sniper.
Well no one ever said that I was mad about it. Most people who have no skill use them. That is PROBABLY why MLG has either no power weapons or fewer power weapons than the original map.
People with skill use them too, you know...You'd have to be stupid to not use them, so of course there are also lower skilled people that use them.
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So because I don't want to use a power weapon makes me stupid. Well you see I don't need to use power weapons to win.