Halo 5 | Scattershots Analysis

Quantitative/qualitative analysis of 'Scattershot' variants in Halo 5. Read below for details: Song: "Cairo Suite" Artist: Halo 2 OST, Martin O'Donnell **Data** *Hipfire RRR's Scattershot: 13.73 m Loathsome Thing: 13.73 m Didact’s Signet: 13.73 m Blaze of Glory: 15.45 m *Smart-Link RRR's: Scattershot: 18.13 m Loathsome Thing: 18.13 m Didact’s Signet: 18.13 m Blaze of Glory: 26.01 m *Ammo Capacity: Scattershot: 5 round magazine Loathsome Thing: 10 round magazine Didact’s Signet: 5 round magazine *Max Ammo (Mag + Reserve) Scattershot: 25 rounds Loathsome Thing: 40 rounds Didact’s Signet: 25 rounds *Rate of Fire: Scattershot: 2 rounds/s Loathsome Thing: 3 rounds/s Didact’s Signet: 2 rounds/s *Reload Times Scattershot: 1 round = 0.55 s Scattershot: full mag = 2.90 s Loathsome Thing: 1 round = 0.40 s Loathsome Thing: full mag = 4.20 s Didact’s Signet: 1 round = 0.55 s Didact’s Signet: full mag = 2.90 s *Recoil Scattershot: small Loathsome Thing: small Didact’s Signet: small *Max One-Shot Kill Range (OSKR) [Hipfire OSKR] Scattershot: 10.10 m Loathsome Thing: 10.10 m Didact’s Signet: 13.81 m Blaze of Glory: 14.0 m *Max One-Shot Kill Range [Smart-Link OSKR] Scattershot: 10.34 m Loathsome Thing: 10.34 m Didact’s Signet: 20.95 m Blaze of Glory: 16.95 m *Scattershot Projectiles Home in on infantry/vehicles after ricochet Projectiles are not ‘hit-scan’ (have travel time) *Scattershots Ricochet Home In [Ricochet off of surface/wall] Scattershot ricochet home in: moderate Loathsome Thing ricochet home in: moderate Didact’s Signet ricochet home in: strong Scattershots will home in on players with Active Camouflage Scattershots will home in on players with Prophets’ Bane Didact’s Signet has fastest projectile/strongest home in *Vehicle Damage [Destroy Standard Warthog] Scattershot: 12 shots Loathsome Thing: 11 shots Didact’s Signet: 10 shots Blaze of Glory: 10 shots *Vehicle Knockback Scattershots have abysmal vehicle knockback **Warzone *Scattershot Semi-automatic weapon Level 3 REQ *Loathsome Thing Semi-automatic weapon Level 4 REQ *Didact’s Signet Semi-automatic weapon Level 5 REQ Strong projectile home in behavior, faster projectiles --- Intro made by Aozolai at Renderforest.com https://www.renderforest.com/ Song: "Midnight In Tokyo" Artist: BlueFoxMusic Lion Emblem by: Black/White Lion version by Aozolai Original by: http://followbywhiterabbit.deviantart... Halo 5 was developed by 343 Industries/Microsoft. I claim no credit for it. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.