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The 1.1 patch... I'm very glad it removed glitches and exploiting... Well that just came back around as mods in the new map... Idiotic. However, what I hated most about the patch was the weapon changes... Primarily the SMG and Magnum... SMG... It was already bad enough that it was a weapon that was overpowered by every other weapon even dual weilding it with something, but they had to lower it's damage? Apperently 2/3 your SMG clip is two kill efficiant... As a sniper rifle it only takes 1/4 of your clip... And the whole melee damage increased... And it's not like duel weild SMGs were all that powerful either considering dual weilding your weapon accuracy is lessened... So you pretty much dump the same to kill with. Only way you benifit dual weilding is if they're completely or almost completely in your reticule. I actually like to use magnum as a backup arm, because I could actually solo a magnum and take players out... Well not anymore.

I don't feel like they actually took the time to balance it out, I feel as though they just hit some button "Turn all melee damage to value x." Every weapon is two hit kills... Excect for heavy weapons and objectives that you jump melee and hit with full contact it's an instant kill.

Rockets... They lessened the cooldown duration after firing a rocket, meaning you can pump two rockets faster, as if it wasn't newb enough... Like I always say, it's the one weapon that anyone on this blue planet can get a killtacular. If anything they should have penalized rockets... Here's the only denewbification method to rockets, make it so you have to hold still for a bit to fire them. Still doesn't de-newbify it, but it helps hell of a lot... Besides their sole purpose is anti vehicular, not anti-infantry, anyways.


Who else hates the idioitic weapon changes they made?

I dont like how melee attacks are all that powerful.

I was playing once on live and there was this one dude who would get all pissy when he got beat down, he'd be like "Omfg, melee attacks are for noobs. This game is about shooting people with guns, not punching people."

I've never played with the update(no Live access, and don't have the bonus disk), but I think I'll actualy like the increased melee damage.
I find myself using melees a lot less in multiplayer than I did in the original, and I always found it satisfying to kill my brother by bashing his face in with my fist.


Not nearly enough to make pairing useless or even close.

Faster firing rockets? Well, that's stupid.
Luckily for me, my brother and I have agreed on not using Rocket Launchers because I like the small maps, and in 1v1 they're far too powerful.

Mmm... I wish they gave the Plasma Pistol a stun effect like Plasma Rifles in original or something like that.

Bah that's another thing... You shouldn't get beat down awards for using the sword... Why would you be rewarded for something that has range to it's melee... Besides you're not "beating" the enemy with the sword... It's a fricken sword... You're cutting through them... That's why it's instant kill. That's like making a rocket kill award... No wait there is one for rocket... It's called killtacular.

I hope you're joking.

Wait, what is h2?

Yesh, indubitably it ish halo 2.