Let me start by saying I am a nobody, I am not a youtuber with over 100,000 subscribers, I am not a Twitch streamer with tons of followers, I am not a pro or even a Rank player and I am not a lore -Yoink!- who can tell you about very character in or out of game. I am a casual gamer who bought my O.G. Xbox 6 months upon release and played and loved Halo from day one. 343 claims to listen to the community but in all fairness, they listen to the youtubers, the Twitch streamers and famous rank players and not Casual gamers but I am praying that 343 takes time to hear my voice about the State of Halo Infinite.
If you read any of my other post, I have stuck up for 343 when Youtubers and even people here on Waypoint complain about the game saying it needs more content I disagreed but now I finally understand what most people are saying but are not being clear about. Everyone has an opinion on what Halo infinite needs to be a better game and full disclosure this is not my opinion because my honest opinion is I love this game, I enjoy playing this game and it is the best shooter out today, so this is not my personal opinion this is from researching listening to every youtuber, Twitch streamer reading all of the negativity and toxicity coming from Halo Waypoint.
343 This is what I found
Big team battle
I have noticed there are two type of gamers, the Rank and Pro gamers who are all about getting that Onyx who will on occasion go over to Casual arena but they mainly play in Rank and than you have the casual gamer who do not care for rank who are not the best of players but truly love and enjoy the game, they might do some rank matches because of a challenges or just curiosity but mainly stick with arena
There is one place where Rank and Casual comes together and that is BTB, I feel BTB is the bread and butter of Halo the most popular mode in the game and like every Youtuber and Twitch streamers have been saying it is truly lacking content.
Arena 4v4 came out in Season 1 with 7 maps I am sorry that is a lot of maps and plus one in season 2 making it 8 maps. Arena also gave you 10 game modes in Season 1
BTB only came out with 3 maps and 4 game modes to play with for 6 months and when season 2 was announced they announced one new map making it 4 maps and the announce 11 new game modes and game variants but not one was for BTB. Right now BTB only has 4 maps and 4 game modes and that is in fact lacking content. In a perfect world if 343 can promise us 4 new game modes and 4 new maps that would be heaven for most Halo gamers but that won’t happen but if we could be promised 2 new game modes and 2 new maps in Season 2 in BTB not Arena I feel it would go a long way not perfect but much better.
In one of my post I mentioned 3 game mode ideas for BTB now full disclosure A.I. Confirm is not my idea it is not an original idea from my not so creative mind it is a game mode that is already out in the FPS genre that so many people enjoy, I know I do heck I enjoy the denying part more than confirming a kill and I feel all of the mechanics to make the game is already in Halo Infinite. Instead of dropping dog tags you drop your A.I. Bubble instead of running pass the A.I. bubble to pick it up you press X for a fast 2 second pick up or deny already in the game. The second game mode I mention actually comes from an old school O.G. Xbox game that was so much fun it actually would pull me away from Halo and it can be implemented in Halo Infinite.
One flag for BTB could that work I feel it would and how about Neutral flag these are 2 more game modes for BTB plus the other two I wrote about, and I feel with more maps and game modes in BTB more and more people would come back for the game and at least there are more content being added.
Battlepass
Here is the biggest issue with the battlepass and that is to convince 343 to fix it correctly
The battlepass is another complaint now as far as what’s in the battlepass that is personal preference but the biggest complaint is people not wanting to have to complete challenges to progress in the battlepass well they are correct but they are also incorrect let me explain
First time playing Halo for the day it goes 1st game 300 points 2nd, 3rd game 200 points 4th, 5th, 6th game 100 points meaning you only have to play 6 games to go up one level in the battlepass (or 3 double XP) which is actually a low number after researching other popular games in the FPS genre it is generally between 7 and 8 games. The problem is after your 6th game it drops to 50 points a game meaning you now have to play 20 more games (10 double XP) to achieve the next level. 343 here is alot of gamers mentality Screw it I will wait and play again tomorrow. The fix is easy the hard part is convincing 343 it is the right thing to do and that is reset the points after your 6th game making it where you level up every 6th game (3 Double XP) This is the wat battlepasses should work because now you will have more people playing more games per day. The other part that makes it every 6th game levels you up through out the day is the Challenges and it’s points becomes bonus points toward your battlepass if you hate the challenges you can still progress through the battlepass without them and have one more reason to continue to play throughout the day.
Challenges:
I feel that the challenges are not impossible and should be challenging but the problem is the game related challenges. I had the challenge “Kill one spartan while defending the zone” only needed 1 time but 5 games later in Quickplay still no Stronghold game 6 finally Stronghold, it’s not that I hate oddball or capture the flag heck One flag is my favorite but to have to play 3 to 6 other games to get to the game I need only to not get enough points and have re do the whole thing over again 3 to 5 more other games. ANNOYING, 343 do not need to get rid of those challenges but instead add a edit option in the game list section. 343 can make it you can uncheck all game modes and then just check the ones you want to cycle through even make it you must pick at least 2, now for players this will make it take a little bit longer to find a game but that is on you not 343. If I have a stronghold challenge but only cycling through just Stronghold and slayer it is not as annoying and much better.
Something I noticed I can complete the weekly challenge by Thursday meaning after all of my challenges are complete and I play a game and when it is over it feels empty afterwards so this is why Prestige needs to be added in Casual play you can call it Spartan Rank or something, your Spartan rank should be tied to Medals because after the game I look at my medals I realize the medals means nothing. If you attach medals to the spartan rank it gives you a reason to keep playing. Each medal can be worth certain points the easier medals can be worth 50 the medium easy 100 points and so on.
Another option that Vanguard does that will give people a reason to keep playing are seasonal challenges and rewards you have two types, type 1. Example double kills you have three levels level 1 50 double kills give you the vehicle coatings level 2 100 kills gives you weapon coatings level 3 200 kills give you the armor coating and it is a seasonal deal giving you in a 3months season 3 months to finish it.
Option 2. The grind challenges you get 300 kills with the BR and you receive a cool BR attachment like the eagle attachment maybe a wolf attachment. Sidekick you need 400 kills to receive a sidekick weapon attachment. These numbers might sound high but they are actually not if you are playing the game you will be surprised how many kills you have with these weapons after 3 months. It’s a grind but a grind that can last for a whole season. Overkill is harder to get so you make it 10 first level 20 second level 30 3rd level. Remember they carry over so for 20 overkills to complete level 2 you actually only need 10 overkills because you already have 10 from level one.
I know the chances of 343 actually reading this is small very small and actually listening to a casual player with no followers means nothing but I truly hope if someone who do have a following or audience base that read this and agree would pass it along plus I already expect to get the toxic trolls attacking me because they have nothing else to do in their life but to cyber-attack someone well for them it’s fine I am use to being physically attack so cyber attacking me with word heh I just want to hug you not argue with you because those people needs a hug not retaliation.
I originally wrote this before the rumor of classic maps coming to Halo if this does happen make more classic BTB maps
last the maps and game modes for BTB cannot be for season 3 this needs to happen during season 2 Heck I feel A.I. Confirm could be ready by July including adding one flag to the BTB maps Announcing 2 new game modes for July in BTB and at least one new map would catch so many people’s attention, and then 1 more map and 1 or 2 more games modes for BTB in September would make people excited we are past the surprise us stage and waiting to tell us something great Halo Infinite is at the stage the sooner we know what we are getting the better.
so Haters start hating lol and for those who took time to read even if you disagree with me thank you