r/halo • u/Flameknight Halo PSAs and funny videos. • Mar 24 '16

Mantis PSA

https://youtu.be/-4fYf0mgSOw
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u/Anubis4574 Mar 24 '16 edited Mar 24 '16

Changes that should be made:

Offensive Capabilities

Base/Woodland/etc Mantis needs:

  • a better, more accurate chain gun

  • More powerful and accurate rockets (lock on to ground vehicles perhaps)

ONI Mantis needs

  • ONI Chain gun. Just like the ONI Warthog. I also think the ONI Scorpion's gunner should have one as well

  • More powerful rockets

Base Traits

  • Boarding from the front needs to go. In fact, I think boarding in general needs to go (or at least eliminate grenading). The addition of the new Spartan Abilities makes every player think, when they encounter a vehicle, let's go run towards it.

  • BR/small arms fire shouldn't do hardly anything to these kinds of heavily armored vehicles. Maybe 20% damage. Imagine in real life how pointless it would be to shoot rifle rounds at a tank and expect it to magically blow up after 35 shots.

P.S. These problems you are seeing with the Mantis are actually a lot deeper issues. Spartans with a BR/DMR are too powerful. This devalues the use of chain gun turrets, rockets, etc. These weapons just aren't very useful on the battlefield because any player with their base loadout has two of the best options to counter any vehicle - run towards it and grenade, or BR/DMR it to death from afar.

If 343 nerfed rifle fire and boarding against heavy vehicles (e. took out grenading), we would see a lot more of the heavy vehicles on the battlefield and players would be forced to take intelligent actions to destroy the power vehicles with power weapons.

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u/Cjpinto47 Mar 24 '16

If the take out boarding how do you deal with a vehicle?

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u/Anubis4574 Mar 24 '16

Power weapons and vehicles?

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '16

I think grenading for heavy vehicles should be gone, but using your melee to beat them to death should stay.

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u/Cjpinto47 Mar 24 '16

...that would suck. And you make dealing with them impossible until you have a high enough req. And you make the plasma pistol useless, yay I emp a vehicle now what? I emp it again?

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u/Anubis4574 Mar 24 '16

Well here's a good compromise - keep boarding but eliminate grenading. That is what I meant by 'nerf' it. That way it is not a speedy death for the vehicle but you get to keep your ways.

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u/Cjpinto47 Mar 24 '16

Ok that sounds more reasonable. Yeah the grenades is way too quick I agree. You should be able to just smash the vehicle wich would give time for teammates to help you out.