: CE's sandbox has always been novel in the series because it's the only game
: where you definitively outrange the Covenant. It lowers the potential
: difficulty a bit, but I always thought it offered a lot of fun and
: flexibility, and this setup shows how.

: Also, the setup is interesting that they force you to retreat... you're
: usually always assaulting positions in the games, I can't think of a game
: besides ODST where they have you continually pressured and need to fall
: back.

It's just so delicious being well out of covie range and picking them off with the sniper rifle. But when they're also coming after you in numbers, that adds a potentially challenging pressure/time element. Covies coming after you and pressuring has been a key feature of most of the megabattles actually.