You unlock weapons at a stead rate, but you have to purchase them with points. So You and I could both unlokc the DMR at the same time, but I choose to wait for the Carbine...so it comes down to what youre own preferences are.
Armor abilities have been scaled down far more than Reach and the maps were built with them in mind this time around.
Frankie chose to wait on releasiing that info because 343i knows the majority of the community wants the 1-50 system or some type of ranked system...why not save the best info for last?
Correct, weapon drops are dynamic to an extent. The Placements of where weapons drop are set, BUT the weapons that drop their drop at random times, and are random weapons from a pre-set list of wepaons. Example: One weapon drop may contain a sniper 33%, Shotgun 33%, Rocket Launcher 33% and Binary Rifle 1%...so those weapons only drop within their percentages, while another weapon drop may contain a sniper 20%, Rocket Launcher 30%, Shotgun 30%, Needler 20%. Hope this helps.
Ordinance drops contain 1 grenade type (frag or plasma or pulse), 1 powerup (overshield, or movement, or damage boost), and 1 power weapon (needler or sniper, or shotgun etc.) The contents of the ordinance drop changes depending on the map size, and gametype, but there will always be 1 grenade, 1 powerup, and 1 power weapon. Now when i drops you have the option to choose 1 of the 3 to use, you can not take all 3 options.