Plasma Nades, CTF, and Aspirin

Ok so this is going to be a more serious rant / post. In light of more recent games in Halo 3, I would like to go over some precise issues and comments about some aspects of Halo 3 gameplay.

Plasma and Spike(Stick) Nades:

First off lets talk about plasma and spike grenades. A plasma grenade is alot like a regular grenade, except a plasma grenade has a plasma charge that will enable it to stick to almost anything, people, vehicles, weapons, etc. A plasma grenade will not stick to walls. Thats where a spike grenade comes in. Like plasma nades spike or stick grenades will stick to people, vehicles and weapons, but also will stick to walls, ceilings and so on. The benefit to this is the ability to throw a stick grenade into a hallway or up into a room and have it explode shooting little spikes everywhere. The real trick is getting it placed where and when you want it.

This can lead to alot of hilarious moments and laughs, but as well as alot of headaches and staring at the floor wondering how your buddy just pulled off that crazy luck-toss from across map and managed to place it directly on your hand as you passed through some small hall or past a window.

CTF:

Ok, now everyone pretty much knows what CTF is. Capture the Flag is a generic and well known gametypes in alot of games. Now the fun in Halo 3 CTF is the ability to make the flag carrier run faster and all kinds of tweaks to make matches more interesting. What I want to discuss is the annoying flag return and flag reset time. Your running along with the enemies flag and you run into a enemy. Naturally you drop their flag to exchange fire, in the confusion you might move some distance from the flag or even die. When you manage to get back to it, it resets right as you go to grab it. I spent countless hours chasing the enemy flag carrier, dropping, and running back to the flag. Now you could bash the person, but trying to bash vs. being shot or having nades tossed at you is just asking for it. This does add a different aspect to the CTF style of play, but also could be changed a bit to make it more logical or tactical. You can tweak the reset and return times, but the default settings will prob no doubt be the required settings for competition.

After all this I need an Aspirin to make my massive headache go away. Goodluck and have fun.

Urban (Jimmy)