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kiefer23 on 07 May 2010
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themanwithnoname said:

Other thoughts:

Why can't the elites start with a needle rifle? The spartans can start with a DMR and have free target practice at them coming up for the first objective.

What on earth is up with the banshee? It won't get high enough to fly over the building and I end up destroying half of it before I get to where I can use it.

Why is the range of the scorpion tank so much larger than that of the wraith? The elites have absolutely nothing to combat it with.

Why do the spartan's vehicles start off blocked off by shields, but elite's vehicles are open for the taking by anybody?

Spartans spawning with a grenade launcher is a little cheap imo, especially considering they can also spawn right beside a rocket launcher if they want to.

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Don't get me wrong, it is a fun mode, but it's so far skewed in favor of the spartans it's ridiculous. I feel like I have absolutely no shot at all as an elite unless the other team is really terrible. Any competent team of spartans should win easily.

On the other hand, I played invasion slayer once, and it seemed to be just fine to me, a lot of fun too.

1. There is a couple of Needle Rifle's stacked against the debree between you and the Spartans.
2. Banshee sucks I agree. Looks mighty sexy but it sucks and the controls feel worse then Halo 3.
3. I personally destroyed about 5 scorpion tanks just by rolling behind it and ramming a plasma grenade down it's engine bay. Easy as pie. I've seen plenty of other Elites shoot it with the Spartan Lasers and Rocket Launchers turning it into scrap metal.
4. If Spartans vehicles weren't blocked of by shields it would give the Spartans an even bigger advantage and a early spawn kill fest.
5. Not really, Elites having Active Camo/Jetpack and the Needler/Energy Sword is just as cheap and it's a damn well lot harder to actually hit an enemy with the Grenade Launcher. The Elite's can also easily loot the Human armory during the second wave (Just above the data core). My friend used to nab the sniper and camp in the corner of the map sniping Spartans.

From the 20 or so games I've played it's been about a 1:1 win ratio for each team.

I love sprinting of the side of the docked ship at the start of the game and taking out a good 5+ Elites with the DMR solo style. The only thing that kills me is the damn Needler homing . I should probably stop firing and sprint sideways untill he has to reload. Side stepping is not quick enough.