- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
The flood are the way they are, IMO, to provide a balance to the game. The covies are content to wait and turn the game into a pistol sniping fest. The flood aren't interested in waiting. They make for a much more fast-paced game where you have to shoot fast, keep track of how many rounds are left in the clip, run, keep track of multiple targets, and still not be pushed into a corner. Sure, anyone can kill a single combat form with a shotgun more easily then they can pistol whip a grunt to death, but when there's more than 10 of them who won't stop coming for you until either you or they are dead, and some of them have RLs and shotguns, then you get to see who's good in an intense firefight. You just don't get that with the Covenant. And there are people who prefer both methods of FPS playing.
If you think the flood are easy to survive, you probably haven't played enough Library or Two Betrayals on legendary. Or too much, I dunno.