- WhackyGordon
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- Noble Heroic Member
Welcome to the internet. Joy dies here.
I think it's pretty much the fact that you spawn with stickies and useless weapons on most of the loadouts. That means your grenades are your most effective weapon, and that leads to games of dodge-ball instead of slayer. Elite Slayer Pro would be pretty cool though. The NR is useful enough to put the focus on shooting over tossing. That said, I think 1-frag spawns would work a lot better than the 1-sticky spawns Elite Slayer currently sports.
I think Elite Slayer would be more popular as an actual playlist. As a gametype it interrupts the continuity of the playlists it comes up in. Separately it would have it's own feel, and a variety of Elite gametypes would make it a lot more palatable. I imagine Elite SWAT would probably be pretty popular, and Elite Snipers with Focus Rifles and boosted damage would be pretty sweet too. Dino Blasters, on the other hand, needs to go die. Revenant Race would be a nifty alternative to Rocket Hog Race, provided the passenger is armed with Fuel Rod Gun/Concussion Rifle.
tl;dr - Nobody likes ES because it's not consistent with the gameplay in the rest of the gametypes the various playlists that offer it support. It should be a separate playlist option.