There seems to be a bar under the shield meter. It goes down after the guy uses his thruster pack. I would assume this is a bar for Spartan Abilities, yet it doesn't deplete when it someone is sprinting. What do you guys think?

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Quote from: Tackelberry on November 09, 2014, 05:02:44 PM

Quote from: BritishLemön on November 09, 2014, 05:00:17 PM

Because sprint isn't a Spartan Ability.

Why not? According to 343, it's something every Spartan can do like high-jacking. Sprint should be counted as a Spartan ability I think.

Because sprinting is something everyone can do.
Plus it wasn't an ability in Halo 4.

Spartan Abilities =/= Armor Abilities

They seem to be something everyone spawns with and can use on demand. My guess now is that this this is meter is just for Thruster Pack. Since according to 343, Master Chief has always has a built in Thruster Pack since Halo 1, but never used it, it could make sense for them to count it as a Spartan Ability. Everyone will spawn with it.

They seem to be something everyone spawns with and can use on demand. 

in other words, A FUCKING ARMOUR ABILITY!

Quote from: Tackelberry on November 09, 2014, 06:46:48 PM

They seem to be something everyone spawns with and can use on demand. 

in other words, A FUCKING ARMOUR ABILITY!

Spartan Abilities are things every player can do, like dual weildind or hijacking, so no, they're not AAs.

If only they would do away with abilities and sprint all together. . .

One can only dream. . .

as long as there are no loadouts/classes it'll be fine (unless the abilities are retardedly poorly balanced.)

i just really, really hope they mean what they're saying about h5 being an arena fps game. i don't want another arena/class hybrid like reach.

Quote from: Tyger on November 09, 2014, 07:41:54 PM

Quote from: BritishLemön on November 09, 2014, 07:40:06 PM

Quote from: Mega Sceptile on November 09, 2014, 07:33:15 PM

Quote from: Tackelberry on November 09, 2014, 06:46:48 PM

They seem to be something everyone spawns with and can use on demand. 

in other words, A FUCKING ARMOUR ABILITY!

Spartan Abilities are things every player can do, like dual weildind or hijacking, so no, they're not AAs.

Inb4 343i reveals armor lock as a spartan ability

No.

I would die laughing. I personally don't think they ever should have used the term "Spartan abilities"

They should have just called them new game mechanics and been done with it

Quote from: Azumarill on November 09, 2014, 07:41:58 PM

Quote from: DemonicChronic on November 09, 2014, 07:36:48 PM

If only they would do away with abilities and sprint all together. . .

One can only dream. . .

as long as there are no loadouts/classes it'll be fine (unless the abilities are retardedly poorly balanced.)

i just really, really hope they mean what they're saying about h5 being an arena fps game. i don't want another arena/class hybrid like reach.

Sprint=not fine. Not fine at all.

sprint was implemented poorly in reach and h4. the devs (especially bungie in reach) had no idea how to balance the maps around sprint. sprint isnt necessarily a bad thing as long as the maps are designed to flow well with the increased movement speed. that being said, i would much rather we remove all "abilities" and keep it h1-3 style- but, if we have to have sprint, it isn't the end of the world.

sprint was implemented poorly in reach and h4. the devs (especially bungie in reach) had no idea how to balance the maps around sprint. sprint isnt necessarily a bad thing as long as the maps are designed to flow well with the increased movement speed. that being said, i would much rather we remove all "abilities" and keep it h1-3 style- but, if we have to have sprint, it isn't the end of the world.

Please no. Halo is a different ball game with it comes to shooters that have utilized sprint well.
It's basically a 'get out of jail free' card for players who make bad decisions. You shouldn't be able to just easily run away from a battle you're losing. The kill times in halo are too long for sprint and I don't think it works well at all for arena style gameplay.

Quote from: DemonicChronic on November 09, 2014, 08:09:11 PM

You shouldn't be able to just easily run away from a battle you're losing.

I've never been able to do this against good players. Using this as an argument makes no sense. If you truly encounter your target fleeing from you with sprint a majority of the time, then maybe you just can't aim correctly.

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