do i like the bolt shot? no for a few simple reasons
1. First off halo has never in its history had an instant kill weapon that you start with (excluding special game types) but typically the weapons that you start with takes a degree of skill to use. examples include the DMR, BR, AR, pistols, etc. all of which could not kill you in one shot and required a lot more skill to use.
2. Second having an instant kill weapon right off the bat makes weapons that take skill worth a lot less. I can't count the times i have been on a roll got an ordinance sniper, saw, shotgun,etc and walked around the corner to be killed by a camping noob with a bolt shot.
3. As compared to other weapons the bolt shot takes a lot less skill. on saying this i don't mean to offend anyone i'm just pointing out that when you use a bolt shot you can just hold the trigger and point and hope to kill them. If you don't get them that time you can re-spawn and try again where with another weapon, like a shotgun, you would lose your power weapon and how to work back up to get it again. this also makes it so that you can camp so much easier.
Having explained my dislike of the bolt shot i would also like to add i recognize its power. I use it in most of my load outs and have killed tons of people with it. So when i say i wish they would remove it from the initial load out, or change its power. i don't say it because i suck at using it or am annoyed by people who do i say it because i think its unfair and needs to be fixed to make the game better. So in my eyes there are two possible solutions to what i see as a problem. The first like i just said is to remove it from the initial load out and make it a drop or have it spawn on the map. The second solution is to weaken the power and only have it deplete their shields similar to a plasma pistol. This poses a new interesting skill to the game which would make the bolt shot actually take some skill. Because you could weaken them up close using the first shot to take down their shields and then finish them with the next shots assuming their accurate. In my mind this makes it a little more fair because it prevents people with bolt shots from killing someone with a shotgun in one shot giving the shotgun the upper had that it should have since its a rarer gun.
if you have any other thoughts on this i'm happy to hear them
~Sharktooth73
