Having the BR as a starting weapon on smaller maps is problematic. The same rationale that prevents them from having BR-only starts in the BTB playlist applies here: it is difficult to move around on Aquarius or Catalyst when your opponents can be team-shooting you from across the map.
Additionally, the Slayer BR variant now comprises 58% (7 of 12) out of the possible game type/map combinations in the Team Slayer playlist, but the Season 2 change that “nerfed” the melee damage overall was only mitigated for the BR in Ranked playlists. As a result, the Ranked Arena participants can still use a BR that has a 2-burst/melee kill, while that won’t work for people in Team Slayer (as well as the other Social playlists).
With all due respect to the 343i crew, making Slayer BR the predominant variant in this playlist with radar enabled while the melee damage remains constrained is a huge disservice to the Team Slayer fan base.
Then you’re playing against bad players if nobody is picking up non power weapons.
Basically every pickup in the game is worth just as much with BR starts. The mangler plus BR is still so strong that people are GAing it in ranked still.
There are fundamental issues to map and weapon balance when BR starts are thrown into the mix. It’s very frustrating. I wish they would just roll out a match composer like they did in MCC. Let people pick the kind of modes that work for them instead of funneling people into a hodgepodge of loosely related gametypes.
Maaaaan aint no one team shooting from across the map on Aquarius, unless they passed the middle of the map over into your section while you’re on left or right and they, the opposite. Then it’s your fault for standing in the open unless you’re being flanked.
that’s the community’s fault. not 343. they are just listening to what is being demanded. which sucks because they don’t know what they are talking about
They tried that many years ago, and the end result was a classic example of “Be careful what you wish for.” The consensus opinion was that the community hated it.
I’m sorry, but as much as I admire the 343i team for their receptiveness regarding suggestions, they need to stop catering to the BR zealots. Team Slayer was already very popular exactly the way that it was. Making most of the map/game type variants Slayer BR was a ridiculous decision, especially since the BR melee damage does not work the same way in Social playlists!
Its a double edged sword. I actually have grown to enjoy Infinite’s AR starts and will probably never queue for Team Slayer again as long as BR starts are so heavily weighted.
That is a faulty cause-and-effect supposition. The waning popularity of Halo Infinite has definitely not been contingent upon a lack of BR-only game types. A very simple scan through the most popular topic subject lines within this sub-section of the forums provides plenty of proof in that department.
If people like BR-only starts, there isn’t anything inherently wrong with that. However, the majority of the community is not “competitive” like that. As I said before, Team Slayer was already very popular exactly the way that it was! You never saw anyone complaining about AR/Sidekick starts.
Conversely, the only Ranked playlist in Halo Infinite is a BR-only playlist. That obviously supersedes everything else in importance. Leave the most popular Social playlist alone, instead of making it a pseudo-HCS event.
this is not being rude “Get Good” I say that because when Halo Infinite first came out, I hated the BR I never understood why all the Rank players and Pro players loved that weapon so much. I wouldn’t play rank because of it, heck I would get play 4 Rank games as a challenge and would challenge swap it because of the BR.
I decided to get good and now I have always considered myself a mediocre player not great never have been, but I went through Weapon drills, I went through Bot Academy, and I practiced with the BR using bots and now I love the Br and understand why so many people love the BR. I was ranked at a low Silver when I completed my 10 match Ranks but when they reset Rank and I was better with the BR I rank middle Gold (Gold 4) right now I am 2 games away from receiving my new Rank for season 2 and actually excited and nervous to see where I land since I have had 6 amazing games all positive KDA one terrible game and one so so game.
Point is take some time and practice with the Bots I’m telling you it is a game changer in how well you play.
I think your definition of “very popular” is a bit different than mine. Also, I’m not sure why you think it is any less popular now that it has BR starts mixed in.
