Competetive Multiplayer
In this post I will only cover multiplayer aspects to make it as short as possible
In my opinion Halo 5 should get a more competetive multiplayer. this means that there should at least be some competetice ranked playlists. With no loadouts and no random and requested weapon Drops. Because Halo's Arena style competetive multiplayer should be all about Map Control and pure Player Skill.
In general I don't mind the concept of customizable loadouts, but they cause a huge Problem. In order to maintain weapon balancing loadout weapons became very similar in use and function. The Assault Rifle the Storm Rifle and the Surpressor were basically the same weapon just with a few changes. They all took about the same time to kill and had no Special use. Same goes for Battle Rifle, Designated Marksman Rifle, Covernant Carbine and Light Rifle. Moreover the Halo 4 Plasma Pistol has not enough Ammo and is compared to other Halos to weak. The Boltshot on the other Hand is basically a oneshot weapon you can spawn with. One more concern I have is that Dual Wielding can't work out with loadouts (in a competetive gaming Environment). Now if there were no loadouts in all competetive playlists (and if there were no ordonance drops) we could have a broad range of different weapons that were all worth to fight over on the maps. (just like it was the case in older Halos)
let me give you an example: You start a match with a BR which is very similar to the halo 3 BR. It kills with 4 Bursts but it's hard to hit every bullet(unlike in Halo4) especially at Long range. You want to take out enemies at long range so you hunt for a DMR which is much better than the BR. This was in Halo 4 not possible because both weapons were loadout weapons which meant that they both have to be equal. If there are no loudouts you can make some weapons stronger and others weaker. And you can add very special weapons. And yes, I'd like the return of dual wields BUT only if 343 manages to Balance them properly. In order to have dual wields you have to have weapons that do less damage. (like the Plasma rifle in Halo3 or the SMG) Of course sidearms like the Halo4 Magnum would be to strong. which means that there either has to be a second kind of weaker pistols or the Magnum has to be weakend. I would rather like to see more new weapons and weapons from older games than Halo4 weapons made weaker just to make them dual wields but that's just my opinion. Thank you for reading. If you have any Suggestion just contact me.
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Everyone check out Nak3d Eli on youtube. He has made many awesome vids about Halo5 and I share 99% his opinion.