The Battle of Shadow and Light Content Update, our first drop of free content goodness for Halo 5: Guardians, is now available. The next time you log in, you will be prompted to download this update.
The following are included:
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Added 48 new REQs, including new armors, helmets, weapon skins, weapon and vehicle variants, a new visor and assassination, and new emblems. See below for a breakdown of what’s included. - Added Big Team Battle playlist to Arena matchmaking - Added BTB (Big Team Battle) Capture the Flag, Strongholds, and Slayer to matchmaking and custom games. The mode details are as follows: For all BTB game types, the Motion Tracker is the same size as Warzone at 25m (larger than the Arena Motion Tracker), and match length is 16 minutes.
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BTB CTF – Score to win: 3 Captures - BTB Strongholds – Score to win: 150 points - BTB Slayer – Score to win: 100 points
Added 4 new BTB maps, also available in both matchmaking and custom games: -
Basin by the 343 Multiplayer team - Deadlock by Nokyard & the 343 Multiplayer Team - Guillotine by The Psycho Duck & the 343 Multiplayer Team - Recurve by The Fated Fire & the 343 Multiplayer Team - Fixed an aiming issue that could occur due to variance in controller hardware. Head here (Halo 5 Aiming & Controllers) for more details.
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Made a variety of tuning tweaks to Warzone Assault, including the below. Head here (Warzone Assault Tuning Changes) for more details.
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Faster REQ leveling - Decreased base capture time from 20 seconds to 16 seconds - Reduced starting grenade count to 1
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Added the “deliver” nav point for vehicle drivers who have a friendly flag carrier as a passenger. - Fixed an issue where players were able to use the driver and gunner seats while holding the flag. Now, the flag carrier can only sit in the passenger seat. - Improved Post-Game-Carnage-Report consistency.
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