Earlier today I was excited to see that changes were already being made to smooth out the progression for the Battle Pass. I believed it was a step in the right direction. Unfortunately I feel like progression has become even slower, almost to the point of wondering how in the world this kind of stuff gets passed.
As an example, I’m currently Level 3 on the Battle Pass. To get to Level 4 I need 1,000 xp. If I didn’t complete any other challenges along the way I would need to complete 20 MATCHES to passively gain a level. That’s insane and very unrewarding, especially considering we don’t have the same kind of leveling / rank system in previous Halo titles.
At a minimum the xp per match gain should be 250 xp. Bump the xp per match to 250 and increase the amount of xp needed in the last quarter of the Battle Pass if you need to. Four matches passively to earn a level of the Battle Pass feels MUCH more rewarding than 20.
If they included the system where the rewards increase over time that would be pretty good. So first 3 games you get 50, then next 3 you get 100, then 150 and so on and so forth.
I don’t think xp per match needs to be more than 100 but we need other ways to earn xp outside of challenges. Reward us for playing the game as intended. Infinite already has a points system tied to each match, you gain points by getting kills and completing in game objectives like a flag capture etc. Tie that to how much xp we earn per match.
You usually, if playing well, earn at least 2000 points per game, if every 100 points gave us 5-10 xp, then we can reward players who play well and incentivise people to perform well and complete the game objectives. You’re then looking at 200xp for a well played game. This is a simple system which rewards good gameplay, decreases the grind exponentially and is not so huge that 343 isn’t getting their money from players who want to buy their boosts etc.
I’d be comfortable with a 100 XP per match. Especially since a lot of BTB matches sometimes go into overtime/sudden death and they go on for nearly a half hr. Should get more xp than 50 for sure.
I agree with you. It would be a great passive way to earn xp that you are already picking up in-game without flying through the Battle Pass at a rate that would feel too hasty.
Cause it is worse. In other threads they have done the math. You actually get less xp overall. You have to play over 25 games in a day, before you equal out or make more xp then the old system.
What they did is trick you visually.
They made it where you complete a challenge every game, giving you the idea that your working on progress. You get the visual que that you completed a challenge and got the xp reward. But in reality since the xp is lower it’s actually worse then before.
Example:
12 games on old model gave you 750xp.
12 games now gives you 600 xp.
I didn’t do the math, you can find it in other threads. Goes more in-depth as well. Thanks to those who did the math.
Bumping the xp to 150-250 per match would probably make you finish the battlepass months before its done.
If i finished the gamepass in january and had to wait all the way to mai to get a new one, i would say that that is way more unrewarding, if you have no other way to feel progression or aquire sick loot.
But i totally agree that the progression on the Battle pass as it is now, also feel very unrewarding.
Since you also just can progress on 4 weekly challenges at a time, and if you encounter 2-3 oddly specific challenges that you can’t find the perfect moment to do.
More games need battle passes like Call of Duty. Almost every other video game you have to go out of your way to complete not fun challenges. Call of Duty you just play and it levels up no matter what youre doing
I think that 100 XP plus 50 XP for a win would be a great temporary measure while a more robust and rewarding system is implemented.
Before we knew the change was going live, I was begging people for a source on where they saw it would be 100 XP a game in the new system. I knew 50 XP would be the same/worse. And then yesterday we got the update… 50 XP a game. I couldn’t believe it.
Players who previously got 300 XP in 3 games now get 150 XP.
100 XP should be the minimum. That’s 1000 games (without weekly challenges) to complete the Battle Pass and seems more reasonable to me.
Unfortunately I haven’t seen any indication from 343i after yesterday’s update that they are interested in pursuing a better system in the future… I hope I’m wrong.