TRF BaDInTentZs

Both, btw, a nice red dot on the tv screen helps with those moving head shots lol

This may be something I take an interest in myself. Played 3 or 4 seasons in the leagues, both GGL as well as AGLA, but my connection is a little tricky sometimes so it can get frustrating. I play all positions well but as stated, the connection has a lot to do with the outcome of me personally. That being said, I'm an old vet who knows how to figure out what is and isn't working and can work around it.

I know rhetoric BKs like you exist on all forums, please do me a favor and don't reply to my posts. Sorry there, having a bit of a bad moment when I posted that. Troll away!! LMAO!!

OK look, IF a person can SPAM headshots, that means that player has spent some time honing their skill with maintaining their aim. I'm on of those folks. If you want to "outshoot" me with an AR, you better be close and frankly, you still need luck with that. The BR has a slightly higher rate of fire as well. Bottom line. The DMR doesn't need nerfing, your game needs improvement if you're getting outstrafed. Own up to it and work on it. I did, the other folks who have a good strafe did. Hell, I still get outstrafed, I don't blame it on the game or the weapons, there's just a few folks that strafe better than I do and that's the way it is.

Please jump in on this thread at Waypoint. Here is what I posted, the link will be below. Here's the short list of issues with H4: 1) No dedicated servers ...... truly effing stupid on an epic level, tired of unbalanced games. 2) Invis as a load out .... really? If you wanna do that then go with overshield, speed boost and damage boost as load outs as well. If not, get invis back where it needs to be in the random drop. These were always map powerups and that's what they were meant to be so put them in play as such with the random drops. 3) Using a BRAND NEW, un tried server system for MM. Is it any wonder that you spend half the game looking for connections with the host jumping all over the place? BTW, that new system they are INSISTING on using is rated for about 5% of the traffic that's happening. Good way to commit MM hari kari 343, thanx for that. 4) Get someone who actually knows what they are doing with map creations. I've played all the maps that I know of and there are exactly 2 that are symmetrical and balanced, well, 1 really but the other will suffice. In order, they are Ragnarok and Haven. The rest of the maps look like poorly designed and even more poorly executed 4th grade science projects. If I may suggest you get your H3 designer back to work, the current designer is on crack. 5) Putting a quit ban in place on a MM system that is undeniably broken .... have you lost your mind ..... nevermind, you have to first possess something before you can lose it. 6) Last but not least, a skill ranking system that isn't due out until next year!! Really!! Idiots!! That was a complaint for the ENTIRE duration of Reach that there wasn't one in place and you STILL put off putting one in place!! Outrageous!! Folks, you have a good game, quit messing it up. Put the proper fixes in place and put them on dedicated servers. The halo fans are sick and tired of being treated as 3rd rate citizens. Remember one simple fact, without us, you don't have a job. https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm1829830_I-already-had-enough-of-this-crap.aspx#post1829830

It's designated as a short range weapon. Derp

I suspect IGN did the test in a static situation ie:same console, and yes, they are equal weapons at short and mid range, it is at long range that the DMR leaps ahead and frankly, it's supposed to. Here's the reality. The DMR's damage is done with one projectile while it takes 3 for the BR to achieve the same damage. That brings network fluctuation into play. Here's a little FYI. The DMR in Reach was proven REPEATEDLY to bloom BEFORE the 1st shot was fired UNLESS you have host. That's prolly the same issue you're looking at with your BR. It happens to me from time to time and my BR strafe is absolutely lethal. The good thing is you can simply quit out of the game and go find a game where you have a better connection to the host; I do that as opposed to getting frustrated. Not taking a hit on my k/d due to network issues lol. Screw it. You've only got a few choices really. Quit the match if the connection is crappy, deal with it, or work on your nades to set your opponents up for easier kills. This video will help with that. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtMnP8rpkkA&feature=g-user-u Fortunately, 343 has a track record with listening to the players. Unfortunately, they also have a history of making things worse than before. Taking uncaged out of the swat list instead of fixing the spawns, taking squad slayer out of the lists, unbalancing formerly symmetrical maps .... the list goes on. I say that to say this. The obvious fix is to put the game on dedicated servers. Will they do this? Who knows? I suspect you're going to be left with the afore mentioned options as the last few years all reek of micromanagement from Microsoft. If you'll notice, none of the protocols have been followed that had accompanied the pre release of the former Halo games. I can assure you this was not 343's idea as several members of 343 were original members of the Bungie staff. Just my thoughts BaD PS: That dang AR needs to be nerfed, slower rate of fire or something. PSS: You also may want to consider adding thruster pack to your load out to duck around corners quickly or add a little range against the AR.

Yeah if you look at the wasted resources used for remaking CE, creating 2 websites both horribly done, and making a mini series, dedicated servers would be a drop in the bucket compared to the cost of those foul ups.

75k .... that's horrible, that's onlya couple of levels daily in the upper 40s ......

You ever been in charge of a team going through theater playback? It's nice to have everyone able to view the same thing at the same time. The theater host is determined by who has the highest download speed and it's very easy to use.

Just an FYI, theater is still BK, only 1 person at a time. Stupid ....

They absolutely should do nothing to the DMR. Both it and the BR are 5 shot weapons but meant for different differences. If you don't like getting 5 shotted with the DMR, and no one does, there are several things you need to work on with the most principal among those being situational awareness as well as your own strafe and juke. Quit downing the DMR because it's powerful, it's meant to be a mid to long range weapon so it has to be. Long range weapons don't have bloom, get past it although, it does have a 95% bloom so yes, there is some there if you're a spammer. Try using Firepower so you can load out BR and DMR or do what one of the other guys suggested and getting closer so you can spray and pray with the AR. Jeez, learn to develop tactics instead of crying so much.

No. That's like paying for a car with no motor or transmission, would you do that? When the game launches it's expected to be complete.

Yeah, it's really bad. I really enjoy emptying a full DMR, or SAW or AR or any weapon you choose into someone and their shields not so much as blinking. Way to go 343. Thanx for putting a "franchise" game on a server base meant to handle about 5 percent of the current traffic. I know that's what I'd do. (sarcasm) Here's an idea. PUT THE FREAKIN' GAME ON DEDICATED SERVERS IDIOTS!!

Bah, either learn how to use it better or learn how to be more situationally aware. Sounds like a combination of both is needed. The DMR's description is as a "mid to long range weapon". PS: Might wanna work on your juke as well.

I understand your grief lol. It is in fact one of the reasons I've decided to step away from MM for a while. The biggest problem is the map selection is crap. I absolutely don't understand how in 3 years, the map selection is so poor, decided incompetence on 343's part. Have, fortunately enough, is one of the very few that is symmetrical .... mostly anyways so I'd say just enjoy the time on the map and develop new strategies for playing the map. Do I think your methodology is workable? Absolutely. Do I think 343 will listen .... IDK man. It's been my experience that when they do listen they somehow muck things up and do brilliant things like take out the top 3 played lists or when someone suggests tweaking the spawns on a map, they get rid of the map instead of taking the 5 minutes needed to fix it. They decidedly are NOT Bungie who fully understood that without the fan base, they cease to exist. I've tried suggesting things in Waypoint's forums and been banned repeatedly for suggesting that their stuff wasn't up to the mark. Roll the dice, all I can tell ya.

Caps are tard, if they want folks to stop boosting then they need to have mods running in the lists that have the ability to hand out bans, not penalize the folks who aren't boosting.

5v5 CTF shouldn't be played on Ragnarok to begin with lol. I had no idea. I'd definitely agree with removing the Mantis and in fact all vehicles except the mongooses. The other vehicles are entirely too slayer based and defy the purpose of the game.

Mostly what folks wanted, including myself, were dedicated servers and well thought out maps .... we got neither.

The only thing unbalanced about the map is only 1 laser spawning. Outside of that, it is 100% symmetrical. Should be 2 lasers spawning or none.

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WOW, when and why did they get rid of the banshee? How stupid.

Why quit if the playing field can be leveled? Also, sounds like someone's used to having host.

Get rid of this as a starting trait. On all the good Halo games, ie: everything except Reach, this was on the maps as a power up. It needs to be treated the same as overshield, speed boost, and kill boost. Tired of running into camping BKs with no skill but damn if they can't ambush you crouched invis.

Great post, this is something I have mentioned for years now.