It was terribad as it is now. One thing 343 did wrong was a beta, or lack of.
Don't hate this idea;
Amount of points affecting ordnance.
100 points= Needler, grenades, powerups, loadout weapons
200 points= Sticky dets, Shotgun, Railgun, Scattershot, all of the above, Swords, SAW
300=Sniper, Rocket, Incin, Binary, beam rifle
500+ = Obe-time-use target locator, MAC blast capacitors at the ready!
However, if you guy a drop at the start, you reset.(buy the Needler at start, you have to get an additional 200 for next tier. Get 200 without buying gets you a better tier.) this encourages people to save up for weapons rather than use it then. Once they cancel a drop, they cannot get it back.
You know what, I just want Carpet Bombs, MAC blasts and Cryo Bomvs implemented in the game. They are so much fun in Halo Waes and I always wanted to know what it would be like to see a Shortswird bomb the crap out of my/enemy team!