[quote name='csalzman']Whoa, back it up buddy. The Sniper Rifle is waaaay harder to use than in Halo 2. There is very little auto aim (no magnatism this time!), it doesn't rapid fire, and there is a kick back. Maybe you are confused with the Halo 2 sniper rifle, which sucked balls. And really, who gives a shit if the reticle turns red? The only problem with the sniper rifle is the hit detiction doesn't always register head shots - that is pretty lame.
The sword is nerfed to high hell compared to Halo 2 (are you sure thats not what you're playing?). It can't be power whiped out of no where, so if you see someone coming at you with the sword like an idiot, start backpedaling - it also helps to have a battlerifle and aim at is head (that whole skill thing you were talking about). Oh, and the sword actually runs out of ammo this time.
Melee's overpowered? Are you kidding me? One melee will not kill a fullyshielded opponent, and there is a long delay between them, so they are only effective as a FINISHER - say you unload some ammo in him, then melee. You know, combat strategy. Maybe in low level games its an AR and melee spray fest, but when players actually start picking up other weapons the game is fantastic. You should try it sometime.
Nades arn't as powerful as in previous Halo games. A direct hit won't kill a fully shielded opponent unless you stick them, requiring some finishing work.
In summary...wtf are you smoking? You don't like the game - fine. But don't call it "shallow" and say "everyone is average" when you obviously don't even have a grasp on the fundamentals of the game.[/quote]
Yeah of course...back to the age old internet.."DUR...You must not have deh skillz to bes goods at deh game" argument.
God I love how we have youtube so I can crush stupid ass comments easier.
The fact that the sniper rifle is harder to use has no bearing what so ever. Its still easy as

to kill any number of people with it. It does have rapid fire...as in there is less than a 1 second gap in between firing sniper bullets. As seen here.
[media]http://youtube.com/watch?v=JT8JfRx0s6M[/MEDIA]
Now I admit..that guy is very skilled with the sniper rifle. I am merely using this to show that you can indeed shot many shots with a sniper rifle in a short amount of time. Thus increasing how many people can get kills from it.
Here is another video. I think this guy is worse than the first video posted but he gets just as many kills due to the easy sniper.
[media]http://youtube.com/watch?v=yBwl5D-v_Vg[/media]
What the

are you even talking about when you try to defend the sword. Here is a video.
[media]http://youtube.com/watch?v=EH9-tqKKT60[/media]
Guy does nothing but chase after people and press the R trigger. This also shows him magically cover 3ft of ground between him and his targets many times. Your back pedal logic is flawed as all hell because you run faster straight than you do when you back pedal. The greatest thing about this video is that is shows two of my points. During it some guy who can clearly see that he has the sword rushes towards him so he can melee him instead of shooting at him. Typically Halo logic. (I also thing is funny how he died by a nade instead of getting shot.)
[media]http://youtube.com/watch?v=YIT9TTPrcO8[/media]
Would you look at that. A melee that makes the guy fly forward 5 yards instantly and takes away his shield in one hit...one more hit would have killed him.
Here is another one just for good measure. [media]http://youtube.com/watch?v=WU0q2g_PV5A&feature=related[/media]
What were you saying again?