Just finished the campaign *Halo 5 Spoilers* (Destiny)

by Claude Errera , Monday, November 02, 2015, 20:33 (3404 days ago) @ cheapLEY

The more I think about it, the more I think that if Spartan Ops had Halo 5's squad mechanics, I'd be there.

I saw your post at HBO; you seem to really like the squad mechanics. Care to enlighten me?

Maybe I'm missing something, but I didn't see anything in those mechanics that is particularly noteworthy. I don't recall actually using them much, other than calling for revives which may or may not happen (I somehow usually find myself on some ledge or something that the AI has a hard time getting to). I didn't tell them to shoot anything more than a handful of times. I'm not saying they're bad (or that you're wrong) by any means.

I mean, they seem more competent than the normal Halo ally AI, I just feel like maybe I'm missing something from the way you talk about it.

Yeah, I'm with you on this; I used them only once, really - the battle against the three wardens on the second-to-last level. After beating my head against the wall of those wardens, I went back and scavenged larger weapons (Binary Rifles and Incineration Cannons) from the previous room, and armed them properly - then set them up against a wall where they could help me take the wardens down one at a time.

It was STILL frustrating (I think this would ALL be easier in coop), but it worked. ;)

Otherwise, though, they were just revive suppliers. :)