Quote Originally Posted by Fhajad034 View Post
Real use for new recon?

The changes to reach addressed in the IGN article seem good so far, though I wasn't really worried about the melee vs armor lock thing - its easy enough to know NOT to hit the invincible, EMP charged guy.
Except it's a major issue when someone can AL right when you melee. You get emped and pummeled when you did nothing wrong.

Quote Originally Posted by JonnyOThan (Bungie Employee)
One of my biggest frustrations when fighting someone with armor lock actually comes from networking. If I'm off-host, then I may throw a melee at someone who is armor locked on the host, but I don't know about it yet. I'm going to have my shields taken down and there was no way for me to avoid it (other than not meleeing anyone).

The EMP effect when coming OUT of armor lock is still there, as long as you're locked for some minimum (short!) time. So in the sword situation, use the lock to deflect the sword hit, then pop out while he's still close and melee him while he's still recovering. You can still accomplish many of the same things you could in the beta, it just requires skillful timing instead of AL just being an "i win" button.