Okay, so after a recent ban from the forums, I sat back and read throught he Halo Bulletin of 1.23.13.
‘‘More Details:
• You will have a unique CSR visible per playlist.
• Your highest CSR across all playlists will be promoted in the player profile on Halo Waypoint.
• CSR uses familiar 1-50 scale.
• When CSR launches, everyone will start with a fresh rating.’’
Now to me, this says TWO things.
Your highest acquired CSR will of course be promoted to Waypoint. Thats what statement two seems to be saying from where Im sitting. Statement one however, seems to me, like your CSR’s per playlist will be visible in game. AKA, EVEN IF YOU HAVE A 50 IN TEAM DOUBLES (which will be the rank on your WAYPOINT), if you were to sit and/or search in the Capture the Flag playlist; for example; your Capture the Flag CSR would be visible for the rest of your team and room to see, EVEN IF ITS NOT 50.
Think back to Halo 3, The way your highest was on the Service Record, and your per-playlist Highest Skill was next to your Gamertag when sitting in a playlist.
I really dont see the point to make two statements if they essentially mean the same thing and could easily have put them both into one long statement. Whats the point? There must be something different. Which is why from where Im sitting, that statement made in the Bulletin on 1/23/13 means your highest CSR will be visible on WayPoint for everyone to see, and when in-game, on a playlist-by-playlist basis when searching for a game, your CSR thats TIED to that playlist, regardless of what playlist your highest CSR is in, will be visible to see, so you can view your progression as you level up/down.
But by all means, if this really seems so wrong, show me why.
Sources please.
Bs angel made a post that cleared everything up and said that CSR will not be in game. However, i am still skeptical too. I think that everyone should just wait and see.
I think you might be confused. Let’s say you’re a 50 in Team Doubles and a 25 in Capture the Flag. On Waypoint, people will be able to see that you’re a 50 since it’s your highest rank. The ranks for other playlists— like CTF— will be invisible since they aren’t your highest, but they’ll still exist and you’ll still face other level 25s in that playlist.
Now, I’m not 100% sure that’s how it will be, and I’m guessing that it’s subject to change, but that’s what I understand after having read the bulletin.
In my opinion, I think it would be best to make everyone’s ranks visible both in game and on Waypoint.
The way you described it is exactly what Im saying, but as the first statement states, ona playlist-by-playlist basis the ranks will be visible.
Aka, yes, your highest will be on Waypoint, but on a playlist by plailst basis when in the Lobby you should see each CSR obtained when in a Playlist Lobby even if its not your highest.
I really dont see why two seperate statements would be made in the Bulletin, if essentially they could have been rolled into one if they mean the same thing. So surely, the difference is, highest will be on waypoint (statement 2 of the bulletin source) and on a playlist-by-plsylist basis you will see the CSR earned in each Playlist as you play in them (statement 1 of the bulletin source).
Can you actually see where Im coming from?
Or have I explained it poorly.
Edit: ALSO, how could you understand them to be invisible when the Bulletin clearly states ‘‘you will have a unique CSR visible per playlist’’ ??? See why it seems like Statement 1 and 2 are telling us TWO completely different things?
Hmm, yeah you’re right.
So we’ll probably be able to see our ranks for each playlist, but our best will be “featured” on our profile. Like, next to our spartan or something. That might be what they mean by “Your highest CSR across all playlists will be promoted in the player profile on Halo Waypoint.”
In Halo 3, in the pregame lobby, you could choose a playlist and see your rank for it. You could also open your Service Record and see your highest rank achieved. I think this new Waypoint feature will be almost the same, just, well, limited to Waypoint.
Yeah thats what I read from the Bulletin and thats definitely what Im hoping for.
SURE it’d be nice to have easy access to your highest rank, but I’ll definitely be content with being to see just your playlist rank as your change playlists in game.
~That’d be awesome.
> Yeah thats what I read from the Bulletin and thats definitely what Im hoping for.
> SURE it’d be nice to have easy access to your highest rank, but I’ll definitely be content with being to see just your playlist rank as your change playlists in game.
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> ~That’d be awesome.
like i said already man. She made a post right after the news a said that CSR WILL NOT BE IN GAME.
https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postsm2206312_NEWS--The-Halo-Bulletin--1-23-13.aspx#post2206312
You gotta have hope.
As it seems like there has been indecision from the Dev’s in making that mistake initially in the Bulletin perhaps, we can only HOPE they are undecided definitely on whether to add a version of it in game too.
HOPE.