: I'd argue the Promethean's weird abilities in Halo 4 can sometimes exemplify
: this, too. More often than not, the fear of Watcher intervention just
: encourages people to slowly, boringly grind watchers down before engaging
: Knights. And the Prom Knight's teleporting (and associated
: invulnerability) seems to come across to many people as more random and
: annoying than a fun and exciting addition to tactics.

: (Granted, these things might all be mediated somewhat by a reduction in other
: factors that contribute to the bullet-sponge image people have of
: Prometheans... speaking of which, why are these super-unique-special
: enemies so often bullet sponges?)

Yet it's completely different on LASO. It's common to send the Watcher flying with a few rounds from the Suppressor or an automatic, leaving the Knight vulnerable to assassination.

I feel teleporting should have only been used offensively (in particular, retreating to cover above or below the player is not good). The support units should essentially be their defense IMO.

Alpha Crawlers make sense, likewise Battlewagons. It's just Watchers and Promethean turrets that don't feel right. For one thing, the Watchers have a peculiar hitbox, unless they are retreating, some bullets will go right through them. Another issue is their head, it's very small (I think this is also the case for Crawlers) so it's generally better to just spam body shots. Turrets are also unusually durable. But Watchers are far worse due to how they can be spammed en-masse and can be very fast.

I think they should add more game changers (without ruining LASO), add more support units, and give more abilities to Promethean variants. I'd also prefer if they disarmed some units, 343 seems to think every unit should carry a gun. I found Zealots and Chieftains extremely amusing compared to the grenade spamming Battlewagons. Watchers and Battlewagons in particular could use a change in weapon usage.