The title says it all
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It’s a shame really. We went from all the proper ranked playlists in halo 5 for 6 years to literally nothing but arena to play. It’s like 343 forgets that not all of us come to play causally
I like to think that im a pretty competitive player when it comes to halo. With that being said, i do feel the need to actually have fun while playing to compete at my utmost potential. With the way arena is now, i just dont have fun playing so i cant really get into the game as hard. Strong holds is a game mode thats ok but it turns to be pretty frustrating at times. Oddball is something ive NEVER enjoyed in any halos for the last 15 years. So having this mix bag thrown into one singular ranked playlist makes my competitive spirit dwindle because its just not enjoyable. CTF/One Flag is awesome, and slayer is the staple of halo. The seperate playlists for ranked is needed. Feel like ill never get to onyx because i just dont have fun anymore.
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Breakout was a great way to play comepetively without playing the same type of modes like Arena has.
And FFA ranked was also a different way to play. I didn’t play the other ranked modes as much
Either way there is only one competitive experience in halo infnite. Halo is an arena game. It’s competitive in nature. Is supposed to be mostly ranked and causal secondary. Modes like infection, grifball, and action sack should’ve been in the game day 1 to give a true casual experience
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I can agree with you that strongholds is brutal if you do not have an organized team. It also comes up like 50% of the time so you essentially HAVE to 4 stack once you get to a certain rank to play ranked without getting ran.
Strongholds requires a very high level of understanding of the game to know when to cap and when to rotate, when to take C vs going back and defending A and where the other teams spawning. Hell, it took me a few weeks to figure out how to play it properly. Because of this, if I dont have 4, 1 random teammate almost always will push a zone hes not supposed to, break our set up and flip spawns. This leads to us getting SMACKED at high onyx ranks against organized teams if I do not have 3 other players on. I understand Team Arena is basically HCs practice so you’re supposed to have an organized team but back to my original point, WE HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE BECAUSE ITS THE ONLY PLAYLIST.
In other words I basically cannot play unless I have 4 or am running solo duo(playing in silence is not fun). They should just bring back KoTH but more importantly give us other ranked playlists with radar and normal settings so it will be possible to actually play ranked at a high level without 3 teammates giving callouts.
Disclaimer: I love HCs settings (no radar/br starts) when my whole team is on. We just need something else for when theres only 2 or 3 of us on (ranked doubles, ranked slayer).
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A ranked slayer in some form would be a great compromise. At least you get a chance to single-handedly carry a team. Cant really do that in strongholds. Gamemodes like that, your team is only as good as the one on the bottom of the scoreboard.