Jerry

The plasma pistol in it self isnt as effective (if you cant use it properly) as a, for example AR. But why people is saying its OP is because of the PP and Headshot weapon combo, which might sometimes be frustrating. But that doesn't prevent it for being good as a killing weapon, not only for taking down shields but to actually kill your enemy. In halo reach i think it was good, if you really tapped the trigger and hit with every shot you could win a player with a DMR, (which would take more skill to use than any other weapon), as for in halo 3 it was ridiculously unpowered, 36 shots to kill is a bit too excessively, and almost impossible to kill with in MM. So in my opinion, 343 wouldnt have to nerf the PPs effect on the killtime just maybe, to satisfy people, make it to take a longer time to switch weapons from PP to a other weapon just about 0.2 seconds delay, from what it is now, would be enough.

Same thing just happened to me a few minutes ago, i tried to prove my buddy wrong on a disscussion we had about halo 4. So when i googled the question we argued on, some youtube videos popped up with a headline which pretty much spoiled the biggest part of the story. So i came here to ask, maybe to just rise up my confident that what i read is bull****, but also to ask, that haven't microsoft deleted most of the spoiling stuff, specially videos, that are spoiling halo 4? or so i have heard, ofcourse there are some still out there.

yes thats exactly what i meant i see that many of you dont really care about this feature, maybe because it was more of a "problem" in halo 3, atleast imo.

if you can do that, then maybe you can finally make a big loop for race gametypes

or that yes... but i was just thinking for those who want the name visible.

When i have played halo and tried to hide in a bush or something, I wouldnt be spotted if it were not for my visible name. And also the other way around, i have spotted many players trough trees and other obstacles just by seeing their name. (yes i know if you use active camo its not visible.) Even if this is halo and you maybe arent supposed to be hiding so much, this have for some reason annoyed me a bit. So i came up with a compromise for those who agree with me and those who wants the name visible. When you get hit your name will be visible until your shield is fully recharged. So what do you think? this is a very little detail in the game but could make the game better for people who likes to sneak.

A dark forest (if you can forge trees) where there is caves, stones etc... and also a little house somewhere hidden where you can find ammo and supplys.

Use needler if you are annoyed by jetpack players

if they brought the dual wielding back again, the weapons that you can dual wield with will be useless if you dont have 2 of them, thats maybe one of the reasons why they removed that option in reach. Though in my opinion this problem could maybe be fixed if the accuracy would be very much reduced if you used dual wielding. I liked the SMG, but in halo 2 it was a replacement for the AR, so i dont think it will be back...And also as sykowolf said, it would be kinda useless when there are so many other weapons which would dominate the SMG, so it would be liike a spiker or plasma rifle in reach, which is hard to get kills with...

Noo is the storm rifle a replacement for plasma rifle? the Plasma rifle has been in halo since the beginning.... Storm rifle looks awsome though but still the plasma rifle should be in the game, just to be there...There is not so many weapons left that have been through all halos :/

Woow, This would be AWSOME! i love halo and i love paintaball, and i would love to be a part of this. Though i am pretty sure this isnt in finland... right?

well i only see this as a problem in smaller maps, though not that big of a problem. Because poeple often use their granades so much that when you have killed them, you wont get any nades. But then again if you cant pick new nades up people will proplably use the nades more careful...so I dont really know if i like this or not, we'll see when the games come out. If this is true then i think it would be good, though in small maps, people will die alot and spawn instantly with new grenades, then this would maybe be a problem....

mussolini

If the brutes make a return, i would hope, like adamj004 and ryu said, that they are like they were in halo 2. When they started the berserker "mode" so easily they were so stupid and fun to kill thouhgh i dont know why they would be in halo 4... like reach... I agree with the hunters that they must be in halo 4, but drones... no. i dont really have argument why they should stay out I just didnt like them

Remember this if you read this comment, this is my opinion about the BR you may have the opposite. I think its good that the BR is now a 5 shot kill. Why? well look at halo 3. The BR is good at any ranges, from cqb to long range, because it is a 4 shot kill and doesnt really have any spread. And thats why people use it so much in halo 3. And its also really easy to find, you either spawn with it or you find it just around the corner. So i can see why many people likes it. But those who use it constantly, have you ever tried using a other weapon against a BR player, like plasma rifles or spikers, for example? Well if you really measure with these weapons against the BR they will ofcourse win, but in battle you almost always loose. So this is why i think its good that the BR is now a 5 shot weapon. And for those who thinks it should be a 4 shot rifle, then 343 should have to make every other weapon more powerful too, this is called balancing weapons, which halo 3 wasnt so good at... Yes i have posted a similar comment on the other BR topic, I am sorry about that.

well thats why it would just be an option to be ABLE to see in fps, like a click of a button for 3rd person view and again for fps, but then again it would be a very bumpy ride atleast with warthogs if you remember from halo CE when the passenger saw as FPS. it was sometimes almost impossible to aim. also to see from fps perspective from ALL the vehicles would take alot more work 343, which could end up that the games release date shoots up abit.Though a very fun andd cool option in my opinion.

what if they introduced another covie pistol, that wouldnt be able to EMP with? I like the PP, to get kills with and troll with. So to me it would be a shame if you wouldnt be able to spawn with it, but i aslo see your concern about the EMP. but what about if the vehicles would be harder to hit, like it wouldnt be stunned if it was hitting the armor on a vehicle but if you hit the engine the vehicle would be stunned, or as wonder wombat said, if there was a procent meter on the weapon and you had to load it more to stun bigger vehicles.

Im just gonna say straight out what it think: The BR in halo 3 were a bit over powered in my opinion, since it didnt really have any spread at all, the shots would go very far and it was a 4 shot kill, this is one reason why many people used it,another is that in some game modes you spawned with it and it could aslo be found in almost every corner in every map. And because it was so easy to find, other weapons were kinda useless, since the BR were good in every situation, from cqb to long range. Have you ever tried using a other weapon, like plasma rifles, spikers or something against a BR player? How many times have you had another TOD than BR? I stopped playing halo 3 since it was so monotonous when everybody used the BR, and thats why i think its good that 343 are going to make it a 5 shot kill, this means less players will use it and it will come more variaty in the game.

newb to online halo? noo i have been playing halo since CE. Plasma pistol is a plasma weapon so the shots doesnt go really fast, which means the BR PP combo is almost only used at CQB. And thats why i think its not really OP. But anyways, i have read all the comments here, and almost everybody see this as a problem, so i came up with a solution. The EMP shots have always followed their targets a bit, maybe if this were removed it would be harder to hit the opponent which would maybe mean less players would use this technique. (but it would still follow vehicles). But draining the pp down as they did in halo 3 wouldnt solve this problem, it was ridiculously underpowered there (36 shots to kill).

plasma pistol noobish? well thats the first time ive heard that... and have almost never seen anybody camp with a pp, so i do not see this as a problem. And this is also just i close quarters you can use the EMP melee technique, so its not really noobish right?

What if there were a specific playlist for race or rally? some people would love it i think. Though it would maybe be a too rare gametype to have its own playlist

Im just saying its hard to make a game that everybody likes, some wants the elites in MM while others thinks its unfair. and so on... 343i will make a great job, plus: they are listening to their fans, which i really like. I think everybody will like Halo 4, even if you couldnt make it rain in forge....

I cant say anything else than that i completely agree with you and im glad im not the only one thinking like this. countless times when i have played some oblective in reach theres always atleast one team that only goes for the kills, and they end up wiht 0 score and 50/2 K/D. Your ideas of preventing this were good, though players who plays the real objective are also affected, but i guess its a prise we can pay for preventing kill whores.

allright. i dont want this argument to be a fight or something, but what I meant by realistic was that if you shoot with a weapon irl. you propaply cant hold it perfectly still, neither can a super soldier from the 2500- hold it still. So thats, kinda, what i meant by realistic. If you shoot accurately you wait for the bloom to go down and you will get the kill. you said something like this: "But hardly anybody does because there's a better chance of someone shooting faster and taking their chances on getting a headshot at the end." I took it like you meant that teammates killsteals, well in halo 4 i have read that assists will be very important in halo 4 and you will be much awarded by them, so it doesnt really matter if you get the kill or not. But yes you are right about one thing though, that the game will be much more slower and tedious if people just waiting for their bloom to get down, but thats why there is other weapons on the map than dmr, right? and as people have suggested above, just the single shot weapons should have the bloom.

And thats why they invented it, so people would stop spamming shots, and start timing better which made the game more realistic.