No behemoth just needs to go period. It’s not good for comp. It’ll be stalemate heaven even in slayer. Strongholds funnily enough could work. Each point should be the towers, and the middle port can be top mid
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This is just straight-up a lie. I figured it was, but I double-checked old videos, Halo 3 ranked was all BR starts except for Lone Wolves. To find some old videos as proof, search “halo 3 slayer 50 before:2012” on youtube, every single one is a BR start.
Not really sure why he lied about this. If you want to defend the game, defend it on its own merits, don’t make stuff up to make it look better.
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I would not touch ranked if it started with a pistol an AR. For one it’s supposed to be the playlist that represents your skill and two using those guns are not fun. Anyone saying people don’t “pick up other weapons” if they have a BR don’t play this game. Period.
It should be AR BR starts. And yes both of those take skill.
Your out of you mind AR takes 0 skill BR starts are a staple of halo ranked play if they do away with this id rather go play anything else
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This is gonna sound so controversial… but hear me out…
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Ranked should be Red vs Blue.
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Ranked could be sidekick start and be okay (I’d prefer H5 magnum), but no AR. AR absolutely lowers the skill ceiling and makes the game super boring.
Does it have to be? In Halo 3 everything pretty much had a ranked version. I’m fine with a BR start ranked playlist, because I like the BR. But I’d also like an AR start ranked, because sometimes I want to use more of the sandbox, and I don’t feel that need to be for unranked exclusively.
Why not have more than one ranked playlist? No need to remove BR starts to add other ranked variants.
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We need FAR MORE BR starts in Infinite, God forbid less as its my favorite BR since Halo 2 for real!
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I second this we need ranked team sniper ranked mlg ranked swat ECT.
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I think they should made a playlist in ranked call : halo competitive.
Like i would do
Ranked:
Team slayer ( start with AR and BR)
Team swat
Free for all
Objective playlist
Team sniper
Halo competitive team slayer playlist ( with br start)
Halo competitive objective playlist
So he would have some ranked slayer and some ranked competitive slayer.
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But it does take skill. Staying on target, bursting the trigger vs just spraying, using cover to avoid the mutual kill. And it takes skill to defend too. Having ranked only cater to one play style is boring.
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AR does not lower the skill ceiling. And it means ranked has more than one play style in it. Just BR is not as fun.
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They tried AR in H5 and ended up removing it
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How is that a major complaint. It shouldn’t be in ranked
Exactly. What we need is the Halo 5agnum back
omg no , don’t kill halo infinite like they do with halo 5 magnum… halo infinte is so much better without boring magnum
All I want is a 4v4 and BTB to have starters with the BR and or AR
Halo 5 had one mode that guaranteed you a BR starter and it was BTB 
As long as theirs a mode for every gun starter then i’m good 
I think they put BR starter in infinite’s ranked to promote ranked since BR isn’t a starter anywhere else. Just like ranked challenges I think were to promote ranked.
I used to never play ranked in halo, I love it now 
Aiming any gun in multiplayer takes some skill. The AR takes the lowest amount of skill of any of the main guns, it’s a bullet hose with a huge reticle. The ability to burst fire the AR is a trivial skill, how many levels of skill are there burst firing the AR?
This is a generalisation but I feel an accurate one, players that enjoy AR starts are always average to bad players. I would bet if you have played ranked you’re <diamond 1. The reason ARs are hated by the competitive community is precisely due to the lack of skill. The difference between a diamond player with an AR and an onyx player with an AR isn’t big enough to separate them. Aside from good movement and your “burst firing” good players simply don’t miss with such an easy weapon.
The BR on the other hand is very punishing and the skill ceiling is much higher. The Reticle is much smaller and a single missed burst in the top tiers is often the difference between winning and losing a fight. The BR is pure skill expression and if we’re in a playlist to judge skill it should always be BR starts.
But hey, I get it you like AR pistol, that’s fine. Not everyone enjoys sweating with the same gun with limited pickups. Maybe there is room for an AR ranked playlist but let’s not pretend the AR is skilful