I was extremely excited to play this playlist, but was ultimately let down.
Only 3 gametypes? you listed 4 in the bulletin
what the hell, 343? Bring back dodgeball and plasma punchout at least. add some variety.
I enjoy the game types, but I can only take so many games of Binary Slayer in a row.
Lightning CTF? Yeah, I haven’t seen that come up either. But I do agree, some additional variety would keep things from getting stale. I’m hoping Team Sumo makes a return.
Let the community think of new creative gametypes. This is a new playlist and it will have more gametypes added as it goes along (hopefully).
What about Fiesta? It’s the most straightforward game mode you can make:
FFA, Random Primary, Random Secondary, stupid maps. I mean, 343 even managed to mess that up.
343, you have to understand something: Your greatest ‘innovation’ to the series (ordnance drops) didn’t work, ditch it and deal with it.
I love the fiesta settings. I find it fun with random ordinance every time you spawn or get a kill.
> What about Fiesta? It’s the most straightforward game mode you can make:
> FFA, Random Primary, Random Secondary, stupid maps. I mean, 343 even managed to mess that up.
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> 343, you have to understand something: Your greatest ‘innovation’ to the series (ordnance drops) didn’t work, ditch it and deal with it.
This is a good way of putting it. You tried an innovation, it failed. It happens. There is no shame in scrapping it, at least not in my eyes.
I honestly dont mind them trying things. If they can admit when it doesnt work.
That being said, AS is still fun even if its not perfect.
> Lightning CTF? Yeah, I haven’t seen that come up either. But I do agree, some additional variety would keep things from getting stale. I’m hoping Team Sumo makes a return.
What a great gametype…
I was really excited for action sack as well. It’s ok, but unfortunately, I’m finding it more useful for ordnance commendations than anything.
Just rename Fiesta to Ordnance Fiesta, add the original Fiesta gametype, and add at least three more original AS gametypes. Maybe even something like Flood Fiesta or Scatterswat or something.
Ditto, finished off my binary rifle yesterday and will get sword today… still gotta work on fuel rod and my action sack days will be over…
> While we haven’t locked down what the playlist will launch with, here are some of the game modes you can expect in the near future
Lightning CTF wasn’t promised to be there at launch, none of the gametypes were, only that it is planned to be added to Action Sack in the future.
I do wish they would have held the release off until they had at least six gametypes in there, it got a little stale yesterday when I played.
LOVING the new playlist while recognizing it will only get better from here.
R&R is good UNSC concussive fun and a worthy successor to Dino Blasters.
Binary is insanely enjoyable. Swords, Binary rifles and unlimited thrust makes for some of the most fun engagements I’ve ever had in a halo game.
I don’t mind the ordinance in Fiesta. It’s like the random starts of Halo 3/Reach except you have some choice. Anyway, you can pick up your weapon of choice off the floor. If you don’t enjoy facing off against an incineration cannon with the scattershot then you’re missing the fun in Fiesta 
My suggestions for additional game types:
-Team Sumo
-Run For Cover
-Halo Ball
-Dodgeball
-Pit of Lies
-Rocket Race
-whatever other awesome stuff the community can think of!
Speed halo
get rid of the traction though and make flood have weapons free dlc code change
I find it funny how these gametypes are potentially more balanced than infinity slayer is.
Having the Jetpack to allow height advantage and having the Railgun to punish flyers at the same time is a cool concept, but I miss just plain old rockets only.
Binary Slayer is good but the energy sword/thrusterpack spam can get annoying at times.
> I find it funny how these gametypes are potentially more balanced than infinity slayer is.
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> Having the Jetpack to allow height advantage and having the Railgun to punish flyers at the same time is a cool concept, but I miss just plain old rockets only.
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> Binary Slayer is good but the energy sword/thrusterpack spam can get annoying at times.
^This!
I didn’t even get to play fiesta once. granted i only played about 5 games, but 4 of them were Binary Slayer. Which, by the way, probably shouldn’t be on small maps. BS on Haven just turns into thruster pack/sword wars.
There are plenty of great off the wall gametypes already made by the community. 343 made it sound like they are hard at work making new gametypes(in the last bulletin). Just seems unnecessary. Isn’t that the purpose of forge/game options/fileshare?
To be honest, Team Fiesta is the easiest thing not to screw up… And they managed it.
My god…
WHO THE HELL THOUGHT UP THE IDEA OF HAVING ORDNANCE IN FIESTA, IN THE FIRST PLACE?
Ok I already can’t stand Fiesta, but not for the same reasons as everyone else.
Everyone just jetpacks up to the skybox with their infinite ammo incineration cannons. You are -Yoinked!- unless you use a jetpack yourself.
At this point it just becomes Team Rockets except there’s a chance you don’t get any sort of explosive weapon. I’d rather just play Team Rockets if that’s the case.
There is ordnance in fiesta? why?
> Let the community think of new creative gametypes. This is a new playlist and it will have more gametypes added as it goes along (hopefully).
Rocket race?
Yiazmat? why are you a Spartan instead of a superintendent?
Rocket Race is in there right?
I wouldn’t mind rocket race to have its own playlist. I feel like its so popular that it would take over the action sack playlist similar to what happened to multi-team in Halo reach.