Regarding the latest news on Match XP progression and Playlist Schedule (which I’d link to if the forum allowed it)
For someone with limited access to both time and Halo (crappy home internet means I can’t play unless I go to friend house), reducing challenge total to 10 will make them possible for the first time in MONTHS for me. I wonder how the challenges will work for event weeks when those are adjusted in the future. 10 extra challenges? 5 event/5 normal? 10 event/0 normal? A separate list of challenges you can choose to play or not play? So interesting to think about.
It’s also really neat that we’ll see some of the weekly ultimates show up in the Winter event. Like the one Tenrai ultimate challenge that required multiple Killjoys… If I remember right that reward was the only way to get the Whispered Sky BR customization that matched the pistol/AR color set that came with Fracture: Tenrai event pass. I remember somehow winning nearly every match that week with a major KD ratio, thinking to myself how many other people I’m giving the Killjoy medal. (I wish I could win that consistently any other week.) I spent many games donating my body to the enemy team specifically so they could get easy Killing Sprees just so I could get a Killjoy in return.
Challenges being do-able in any playlist is going to be amazing. Due to limited time for gaming, I rarely ever engaged in playlists such as Big Team because I always needed wins in Team Slayer or something. And because Team Slayer challenges /= Social Slayer, I rarely played there either. Not to mention how I only ever play with friends, making FFA anything a total drag.
The rotational playlists, especially ranked rotational, sounds like a fun idea to keep things interesting.
I’m glad for the actual information distribution! Even a Winter roadmap so soon after the overall roadmap. I like to have something to look forward to!