Why are people whining so much about the bloom? I have yet to get any issue with it preventing me from making a kill. My DMR shots always land where I want them, I fire off about two rounds every second, and the bloom hardly goes anywhere. I just loathe this melee lunge which, upon more games played, I have realised is still in the game. It needs to be gone. Period. Remove it, and it becomes less of a UFC-type slam fest and more gunplay...kinda like how Halo 1 is.

Also, Bungie tells is health is back. Well, in my opinion it's only "sort of" back. Over 90% of the time you either have full health or three bars. The health is so weak that you can die in one punch once your shields pop. I was under the impression that our Spartan-III super soldiers were wearing high-tech armour, surely they can take at least two, right (and don't tell me "hurf durf it's a game derp", because this affects gameplay)? As it stands, health is just a lip service. It's almost like Bungie would prefer we go back to the regenerating health because as it stands, it might as well be. I say make health more resilient, leave shields alone, and make all the guns just a hair stronger while leaving melée damage around the same.