Hey. I wanted to give some feedback on my experience and after a quick search its suggested that posting in the forums is the best way to do this.
I’m 28 years old with a full time career so don’t get as much time to play as I used to, but my friends and I regularly catch up on xbox and play everything halo. I’ve been a fan for as long as I can remember and love playing co op campaign, ranked swat, and big team battle - before infinite most of my time was spent on between MCC and Halo 5.
I’m definitely a casual player - despite years of halo practice I still surprise myself with just how terrible I am sometimes but always enjoy my time playing halo. Despite not being very skilled, I’ve enjoyed the progression that comes with playing casually and have no issues with the current season ob pass on mcc or even the REQs on halo 5.
I played infinite MP last night with friends and it feels absolutely amazing to play a new halo again. The maps are all incredible, the gameplay feels awesome, and I love that it’s F2P because all the new players has been nice for my K/D haha.
Being totally honest, and I seem to read this a lot online, the method of unlocking new armours etc. Isn’t the best experience for a player like me. I do appreciate that it’s not only players like me the game is designed for, but it would be great to have at least a small amount of options to customise for casual players who don’t play much.
I bought the premium battle pass and it was pretty daunting. I played for about 4 hours last night and whilst it was so much fun I think I only got to level 1 on the pass and not even sure I unlocked any new helmets etc.
I looked at the challenges and decided to try and do them for some xp, but my honest thoughts are that it meant I was trying to play halo in a way I didn’t want to and it almost felt punishing to play ‘normally’. I ended up running around with the sidekick trying to get kills when really I should have been mowing down enemies with my AR or capturing a flag.
It would be great to maybe have a way for casual players who don’t get on much to be able to play the way they want to play but also make some progress at the same time. Halo 5 did this well and even as a casual player my friends and I always enjoyed getting a new rare armour in a gold pack etc.
I am a big fan of doing the campaigns as well and back in the day I remember certain armour being unlocked through the vid master achievements. It would be awesome to have certain armours locked behind things like that - like if you got something by completing the campaign on legendary Co op etc.
Anyway - a big thanks for a new awesome halo game from a lifelong fan. I can’t wait to spend the next few years playing and I’m really excited for swat when it’s finally released. I just wanted to spend the time to give some genuine feedback on my limited experience so far in the hopes that it helps you make tweaks going forward.
Cheers!