I never stated that the unlocked BP items/progression would be wiped. I gave an example how 343 could wipe stats add a new ranking system, and let the players keep unlocked or bought items and still technically meet the “you keep everything” statement.
I specifically stated that stats might be. The stats that there is no service record for currently, so no real reason to trust 343 that the stats will be saved, especially since this is still a “Beta” to them. Someone here decide to scream bloody murder at something that has happend many times over the francises history. Stats have been reset many times by both Bungie and 343.
On the 8th they could drop a new ranking system, claim its for the HCS or “we found a lot of cheaters in Ranked we didn’t account for, so we need to reset” and never let us see the Beta stats, or place it under a tab with an asterisk on Waypoint and not allow it to be seen in game.
Edit: I also have no faith that 343 will save our bookmarked theater saves. I will be happy if they do tho.
It’s just the variety of playlists and maps, a real ranking system like Reach not just numbers, fix BTB and return it back to it’s roots and I don’t have any complaints.
The core gameplay is fine for me, the first time they’ve got it right imo. As for the cosmetics, I’m not against them making some money, it just can’t be so heavily based on cash grabbing. It needed to copy Reach’s system completely, everything is there for them to follow and get it right, the UI, the unique ranks and the credit’s. I’m not against them having a store with some unique armour on there that we have to spend real money on, it’s a business at the end of the day but this is a bit much.
I think their approach towards the launch couldn’t have been handled worse, lets be honest they are hated by the majority and have their followers that are content creators blow smoke up their A hole to get on their good side and this is what causes this sort of damage because they listen to them and think they can do no wrong.
They need to drop the ego and come at Infinite with a more realistic standpoint by Dec 8 comes around or everyone will go back to the games they’ve been playing. We’ve gone without a new Halo game for years, I doubt it will make a massive impact to anyone if they are forced to leave due to their decisions.
If they don’t completely redo the customization system for armor/gear and give us the old style of earning armor and buying it with earned currency then yeah. I can deal with the pulse carbine not having far enough lock on range/speed or the plasma pistol (for years) not being where it should on health, that’s fairly minor gameplay stuff that not many people are going to care about much. But when you have something that Halo’s been known for being completely gutted to a worse system than 3, with a worse monetization system than Fortnite you know you screwed up.
I’ve been just playing MCC these days. Sometimes I’ll boot up Infinite, because it is fun, but then I’ll look at the bare-bones menu and “my” spartan (that isn’t really mine at all) that I can’t change, and I just get sad and turn it off. Sometimes then I find myself searching the internet to see how other people are feeling about this- it does make me feel better to know I’m definitely not alone.
I still play Infinite with friends sometimes, but the enjoyment wears thin very quickly with the limited amount of gameplay options and restrictive playlists.
i dropped it over a week ago when i got thrown into terrible ping games and my maps wouldn’t load, ill return when there is a region select and more stability. If that ever happens, if not oh well fail.
I’m playing rather casually right now. I’ll complete the Weeklies and then just take it easy with other games for the rest of the week unless I have friends or family members that are up and want to play with me.
I do love the multiplayer, but in its current state right now there definitely isn’t a reason for me to commit a lot of time and effort into it. As of now I’ll make what progression I can with the Weekly Challenges but other than that I’m waiting and seeing how things will turn out by the time of the December 8th release - whether there is indeed more stuff being held back until that time or they’ll be making appropriate changes based on feedback. And if it takes a little longer, well, I’ll have the Campaign to entertain me during that time.
It also doesn’t help that their challenges are -Yoink!- insane. Weapons completely unbalanced so the only way you can really get a kill streak is with a gravity hammer because it has the range of a damn sniper
I’m almost to that point. Not exactly sure what 343 has been doing through all the delays but it wasn’t testing the game nor adding things the long time Halo fans would like or want. It’s obvious all they care about is micro transactions.
Controls for the console are way off compared to the other halo games.
Games constantly crash, take you back to lobby, or loose connection.
Everyone grinds for challenges instead of completing objectives. Can’t say I blame them since you can’t level up without and once you complete the weekly challenges there is mo reason to play anymore. 50xp game completion is worthless.
Being forced to cross play with hackers and cheaters is ruining the game. Give us an option to turn it off. You won’t loose players by giving the option. You will loose players if you don’t.
Most weapons are not worth grabbing unless you have a challenge. Balances are also way off for both weapons and vehicles.
Team balance is WAY off too. Either on a team that dominates or you are getting dominated.
Yeah, I’m not playing Mp for the time being either.
-Weapon balance seems off, it was way better in the flights.
-The banshee and the chopper are ridiculously weak and Warthog feels floaty.
-Maps and gamemodes are lacking, it gets boring fast when you’re playing the same thing in the same maps over and over again. We need more content
-Progression system is awful, even with the changes they made. Which is wierd considering 343 made a fairly good job on MCC.
-There is no playlist in matchmaking, again, pretty weird considering they did a good job in MCC
-Battlepass is… Yeah
-The monetization is more alike of that of a freaking gacha game
-Hackers everywhere
-How come M&K players don’t get red reticle and Controllers users get no aim assist?
Yeah I went from consistently getting 20+ skills in any other Halo to getting shot thru walls, dying instantly, rockets and nades not doing proper damage… It’s gotten old quick. I love the direction it’s in but without these fixes, after the campaign I’m out. Don’t even care about BP at this point. Make the game playable for EVERYONE.
I’m at the point where I come back to do a few bot matches to take advantage of the daily challenges then go do something else. The lack of variety in this game is a killer. Had afew fun btb games since then but I only do one or two before feeling bored again.
After campaign, with the rate it’s going I’ll probably exclusively play singleplayer, then unless anything major changes probably just come back for events.
Going back to MCC is like cuddling up by a fire with your favorite snack on a cold winter night. Lots of modes, lobbies, excellent progression and customization, forge, firefight. They also have a very cool 20th anniversary event going.
There’s a 50/50 chance that a game in infinite turns into half the team leaving the other half going AFK thanks to 343s “fun” challenge/progression system, no playlists, and lack of modes.