- DarkJet7
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Posted by: theHurtfulTurkey
Posted by: DarkJet7
Still not sure why they took out weapons on the map in favor of loadouts and lolordinance. I used to be able to how a match would play based solely on the weapons available, now i have no clue if an enemy will have an incineration cannon, start glowing blue, or pull a mini shotgun out of his ass.
1. Weapons-on-map slowed down gameplay. The first minute or so involved finding the desirable starting weapon and then maneuvering into the position you wanted or hunting down players going for other weapons
2. The beginning of matches became almost mechanical, with people immediately going for power weapons. The first deaths weren't fluid or competitive, it was who spawned half a second closer to the energy sword or rocket launcher.
3. Weapons on map did not promote map control...map control is the suppression of key tactical locations. Weapons-on-map promote camping for weapon spawns.
4. On a personal note, I consider weapons-on-map to be a stale gameplay mechanic that slows down gameplay and interferes with actually attacking opponents.I expected points 1&2 to be fixed when 343 said they would make weapons spawn at one of several locations (and everyone -blam!-ed that it was randomness), now we don't even have weapons on the map, this isn't just not having power weapons, this is not even being able to get ammo for your pistol because no one else has a pistol in their load out.
3 I never said it did, I played a match on Ragnarok the other day and it was a fun tug of war over the middle hill, but i constantly ran out of ammo....................
4 I just want weapons on the map so i don't have to rely on someone else picking a similar loadout
And as ordinance, we've gone from 'mechanical" gameplay as you call it to "random" gameplay, as we all called reach.