Poll: Halo and stealing vehicles in midair-Yay or Nay?

[Dandark]

Also, I know you said "weakest" in quotes, so you probably don't mean it literally, but wasn't a charged plasma pistol deadly, even before Halo 3? When the enemy player is dual wielding a plasma pistol and...any other weapon really you better watch out. Or, at least I assume you should. I never played much multiplayer due to never having Xbox Live nor that many friends who played Halo to locally game with, so maybe it's not as deadly as I've seen in singleplayer and seen in my limited multiplayer experience with limited (limited by availability to come over and limited in how few friends I have who play the series) Halo playing friends.

The plasma pistol's deadliness depends on the game. In Halo 3 it's normal shots were extremely impressive in how little damage they did, it was absolutely uselss.
However the charge blast was what made it a weapon. As well as stunning vehicles it would instantly strip away shields. A deadly tactic was to use the homing charge blast to instantly strip away an enemy players shields and then switch to the BR and one shot them with a headshot.

OT: I've always loved the vehicles hijacking in the Halo series and skyjacking is no different, it adds a nice sense of vulnerability to the vehicles when dealing with infantry.

Although as cool as skyjacking was it was still really nice to dodge a banshee as it tried to splatter you and stick it with a plasma grenade as it passed. Seeing it fly off while part of it glows blue before the inevitable explosion was always so satisfying.

 

[jamail77]

In Halo 3 it's normal shots were extremely impressive in how little damage they did, it was absolutely uselss.
However the charge blast was what made it a weapon. As well as stunning vehicles it would instantly strip away shields. A deadly tactic was to use the homing charge blast to instantly strip away an enemy players shields and then switch to the BR and one shot them with a headshot.

Well, I've never played Halo 3 and when Guitarmasterx7 said "weakest" I interpreted that as overall. If he just meant normal shots then that would make sense. Taking advantage of the charged blast as part of a deadly tactic is exactly why I took issue with him saying it was "weak".

Although as cool as skyjacking was it was still really nice to dodge a banshee as it tried to splatter you and stick it with a plasma grenade as it passed. Seeing it fly off while part of it glows blue before the inevitable explosion was always so satisfying.

Ehhh. Yeah, that was satisfying, but that is an inherent part of the game, something you can do a lot. Skyjacking isn't as inherent in a sense because like jump cancelling in Devil May Cry: It's available to you, but the game doesn't familiarize you with it. You probably don't find out about it until you accidentally discover it or try a risky tactic or somebody tells you the mechanic exists. So, honestly, I prefer skyjacking because sticking plasma grenades gets old. Skyjacking is harder to discover and harder to do, making you feel good when you manage to do it (midair skyjacking, not ground skyjacking by the way) after so many falls to your death, and gives you a brand new vehicle as a reward versus...you know, blowing it up.