Yeah, I forgot to add the link when I posted this. I’ve since updated the post and cleared the cache, so it should be OK now. But, in case it isn’t, here’s the link.

Please could you point me in the right direction?

Many Thanks, Cadders

The people who used to form their officer corps have largely abandoned that. The quality of what still comes in would be, at best, speculative.

Says a friend of mine from Brit Intel (retired):

“Their conscription system has fallen apart, the middle and upper classes have abandoned it and hence there are no reserve officers below the age of around 40 or so, the national infrastructure is in the toilet and, while some of their kit is superb – notably in the fires, ISTAR and air defence domains – their on-hand stocks and their CS and CSS generally are miserable. I’d be amazed if they could actually mobilise and equip, absent national mobilisation (which, in order to be effective and supported, would require an aggressive, inbound threat), more than, say, four or five divisional equivalents and probably less than 200 or so serviceable air frames. Significant, certainly, but war-winning? Don’t think so.”

That said, Germany barely exists militarily. We cannot support a force in the Ukraine because nobody in NATO is

It’s also one of the most beautiful games since Crysis, in my opinion. There are times where I’ll stop in my tracks and just marvel at the scenery. At one point I climbed a mountain with the grappleshot (protip: upgrade it twice ASAP) and just sat up there and watched the sun set. Playing it at 4K and 60FPS on a Series X certainly helps.

There’s a story, and it’s thankfully MUCH better than 5’s, but you can completely ignore it if you want and still have a great time. You also don’t need to be read in on every single EU project to know what the hell is going on, and if you are interested in the backstory, there are plenty of audio logs to be found.

I’m a solo Legendary player, and so far the game feels quite a bit easier to me because all of the guns have gotten a massive power boost. I barely even need the n00b combo anymore because pretty much any other gun, including ballistic ones, will reliably pop shields. Since Brutes are back to being their Halo 2/Reach bullet-spongy selves instead of the fat Elites that they were in Halo 3, it doesn’t always make sense to keep a plasma pistol like in every other game.

Also, not gonna lie, I HATED the boss fights at first, especially on Legendary where one false move sends you to the grave. The first one against Tremonius is honestly the worst. I banged my head against that brick wall for like an hour before I finally figured out how to take him down. I’m not going so far as to say I LIKE the boss fights, but there is definitely a feeling of massive accomplishment when you take one of those tough bastards down, which I definitely DO like. They can be cheap at times, but they never feel unfair.

One thing I’d love to know is what in the Didact’s name would ever motivate an Elite to join a faction run by Brutes. I’m well aware that the Banished had nothing to do with the Great Schism, but if I were an Elite I’d still be pretty salty over the attempted genocide.