Strange, they said they were balancing arena sandbox and maps and playlists for this update aaaaand… they didn’t 
Literally the only thing I was excited for in this update. Massive bummer.
I really don’t get why they said they were doing that if they weren’t.
The said “Arena & Warzone changes” that’s it. the sandbox was referring to weapon and spawn tuning. WHICH THEY DID.
I dont think they said they were doing it this update, they said it would be an on going thing. So I would expect to see things changed around in the coming week/weeks and experimented with. Just like how the fuel rod cannon was randomly taken out of riptide (which was a good thing)
I’m glad they didn’t. The Arena sandbox is solid and I hate when games start mindlessly tweaking every incremental piece of the sandbox (glares at Destiny). All I’d care to see are some changes to power weapons (type and timers) on some maps, that’s about it.
What exactly is wrong with the Arena weapons that needs fixing?
They started a forum where we could request weapon and powerup changes for Arena. Non of that was in the patch notes. They also spoke about playlist and other weapon balancing (IE reducing storm riffles or increasing their spawn rate).
I was expecting a lot more balancing of Team Arena in preparation for Halo Pro League, but I guess we are still waiting.
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> What exactly is wrong with the Arena weapons that needs fixing?
Some people think there are too many auto’s that spawn too frequently. And other think that some power weapons spawn with too much ammo (fuel rod).Those are just a couple examples.
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> I dont think they said they were doing it this update, they said it would be an on going thing. So I would expect to see things changed around in the coming week/weeks and experimented with. Just like how the fuel rod cannon was randomly taken out of riptide (which was a good thing)
Yes they did. But I think you’re right. They will make changes as they go on with this season.
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> The said “Arena & Warzone changes” that’s it. the sandbox was referring to weapon and spawn tuning. WHICH THEY DID.
Show patch notes about Arena weapons and spawn tuning please.
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> What exactly is wrong with the Arena weapons that needs fixing?
You mean other than the ridiculous SMG/Storm Rifle situation? Other than the fact that the Magnum is simply the weakest, hardest precision weapon that you swap for the objectively easier, better versions of it that are the on-map precision rifles? You know, problems that turn 1v1 battles into rock-paper-scissors instead of an actual contest of player skill? And that’s not addressing major problems with weapon placement that exacerbate this.
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> You mean other than the ridiculous SMG/Storm Rifle situation? Other than the fact that the Magnum is simply the weakest, hardest precision weapon that you swap for the objectively easier, better versions of it that are the on-map precision rifles? You know, problems that turn 1v1 battles into rock-paper-scissors instead of an actual contest of player skill? And that’s not addressing major problems with weapon placement that exacerbate this.
Yeah, still not seeing problems here. Your arguments aren’t as convincing as you think.