When we talk Halo Infinite, I always like to use analogies. I have, in the last three days come up with a new analogy. A masterpiece of an analogy by the way. The state of Halo Infinite is like creating a beautiful car, with the most insane engine, peak handling, jaw dropping style, but the mechanics have not a fucking clue on how to connect the power to the wheels. 343 has released "The Lone Wolves" Season 2 update. WE MUST be clear for the casual Halo player, this update was probably good. You got new customization options, two new maps, a few new game modes and playlists. However, for the more hardcore players, this shit is broken. With this update a handful of things changed. Mangler got "nerfed" still insanely strong. It's not really where I think we wanted it, but ok, goodish start. Overshield has been buffed out of nowhere and it shook me to my fatty, and fluffy core. When I played my first ranked game and came face to face with my first white Power Ranger, I mean Spartan with OS, my beatdown did almost nothing to him. From my research they added an an extra HALF shield to OS and yes that's a unit of measure. Twitter does not seem to like this change; I don't think it's too crazy I always felt like it was kind of cheesy that a singular beatdown almost negated a full OS. I think this is a change that in time people will actually be ok with. What we can't be OK with is removing aspects of the game that show off someone's skill and dedication to a craft like skill jumping. Yet, here we are. 343 removed basically all skill jumps on every map. Pizza to Top Commando....GONE. Key Door jump to Sandbags...GONE. The list goes on. This move feels like a sweaty level designer got his/her ego hurt when they saw us nerds just stomping and bouncing around their beautiful maps finding unintended routes. If these jumps were easy and somehow caused "competitive integrity issues" I would be OK with the adjustment, but let me tell you, THIS SHIT IS HARD. Every one of these jumps that were found is like trying to blindly find a magic pixel that has collision to allow you to jump off of. I am a blessed gamer, and I can't do these jumps. NEVER COULD. Bring the jumps back you savages! For the cherry on top of this update....SHOOTING YOUR BR HAS BEEN REMOVED! I'm being a bit dramatic, but this has been the most frustrated I have ever been in Halo. Let me set the stage. I'm about to get the jump on some nerd bottom mid on Streets. This will be a battle for the fresh Rockets that are about to spawn. First burst...crispy, Second burst....silence, confusions rings through my brain, but composure triumphs. Third Burst....back to crispy, Fourth Shot....nothing and now I'm jump strafing with no gun that works. I get killed and now I'm getting bagged to oblivion. The warranty I bought for my controller is at this point glowing as I shove my controller down my sinks garbage disposal. It's so bad, a shooter where shooting your gun is a gamble...what a premise. Game breaking. I have stopped my Halo sessions early because my BR is taking a fucking vacation on me while I'm getting shot at. If you play BTB, Swat, Team Slayer, those "for fun" Halo players this update is the update for you...have fun. Sometimes, I yearn for such obliviousness that those style of Halo players have. 343 deals them shit and they don't know it because that shit is dipped in their favorite flavor, competitive players get the shit with no dip, no flavoring, and forced down our throats.
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