Call us crazy, but 95% of what we played in Halo 5 was Ranked Slayer. And when they saw there was no Ranked Slayer mode in Halo Infinite they went back to Halo 5 in a heartbeat. I was the only one who stayed at Halo Infinite.
And the frustrating part is that Ranked Slayer is ALREADY in the game. It is just mixed with Ranked Objective. Why not add more playlists to the game that are super easy to create? Ranked Slayer is a fan favorite. Even 6,5 years after release it is pretty easy to get into a Ranked Slayer match in Halo 5.
I love that 343 is actually making NEW game modes, but wouldn’t it be super easy to just add more playlists in the game that are basically already IN the game? Ranked Slayer and Ranked Objective for example. But also Shotty + Snipers would be super easy to create. Just get Team Slayer and replace the Sidekick and AR with a Shotty and Sniper. DONE!
i have a few friends that pretty much had the same thing but with fiesta, they predominantly play halo 5 fiesta for the pure madness of it with all the maps, weapons and game modes like husky raid.
When i try to get them over to try infinite fiesta(my most hated game mode) they’re pretty much disinterested, which i don’t blame them for either, it’s literally the same maps as the normal experience with a substantially less interesting weapon sandbox all within the slayer game type.
Not exactly the same as your problem but kinda the same.
But I’ve actually really enjoyed the objective games. They are even more fun as a group because you actually have some control over the communication.
CTF as a solo player with no mics is a disaster against an organised team.
When we play Slayer everyone kind of drifts off a bit to to their thing. But objective brings the players to the same spot on the map. I’ve really enjoyed it.
Plus… S2 has King of the Hill. That is one of my all time faves!
Lol. Ranked slayer doesn’t mean anything at the end of the day. 50s in H3 slayer were like 20s in MLG.
It’ll be the same thing in ranked Slayer. Breaking up the ranked population because you refuse to learn how to play the game isn’t going to help anything. Sounds like your friends couldn’t hack it.
OP’s not alone, though. Ranked slayer was the most popular ranked playlist in H3. MLG was meant for teams and not everyone has a good team to rely on. Ranked slayer is the best show of individual skill because you have the ability to carry a team single handedly. Cant do that in random objective modes with random people who might not even have mics half the time. Its just a more enjoyable experience for a lot of people. Not everyone wants a sweatfest facing a full team in oddball when youre stuck with randoms that dont even talk.
Maybe we need a ranked FFA instead of a ranked slayer to help people who dont have teams to play with instead of a ranked team slayer? My favorite playlist in H3 was lone wolves for that exact reason. I only played with my buddies in ranked rarely so we played MLG once in a while but i was mostly playing doubles and lone wolves.
Im ok with a “ranked slayer only playlist” as long that also a “ranked objectives only playlist” is introduced.
The actual ranked playlist keeps the slayer and objectives player together in the same player pool. I play a lot of ranked matches. I prefer objectives gamemode, but i play also the ranked slayer matches.
I wouldnt join a ranked slayer playlist.
The entire point of the current ranked playlist is to rank you based on your overall skill and it’s also the settings used in HCS. Separate them then there is nowhere for people to practice for tournys.