Halo 5 had a lack of game modes at launch and this cannot happen again. Ideally, these are the game modes that should be there at launch.
Campaign
Arena
Social
Ranked
BTB
Firefight (classic)
Forge
Custom game browser
I would say this would be a perfect launch. So far we have not seen forge at all but we do know it is being worked on. We have not heard a single word about firefight.
Do you all think this should be standard. If something has to give way for launch, what will it be? Or, what is enough to be considered a good lunch for game modes.
I haven’t heard anything about FIrefight, but seeing as how it was heavily demanded in both MCC and H5 i’m sure they either have it in already or will add it soon after launch as part of Season 2.
I hope we get classic and a larger Firefight.
Firefight Raid? 10 rounds, 8 players and shared lives with pelican and delta drops on BTB sized Firefight maps?
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> I haven’t heard anything about FIrefight, but seeing as how it was heavily demanded in both MCC and H5 i’m sure they either have it in already or will add it soon after launch as part of Season 2.
> I hope we get classic and a larger Firefight.
> Firefight Raid? 10 rounds, 8 players and shared lives with pelican and delta drops on BTB sized Firefight maps?
I’m not sure about the raid it seems like something that could lose player population if there are a lot of game modes, but I would like to try it. I defiantly want to see the return of classic firefight that can have all the customizations of REACH.
On a side note, I hope they bring regicide back as well.
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> > I haven’t heard anything about FIrefight, but seeing as how it was heavily demanded in both MCC and H5 i’m sure they either have it in already or will add it soon after launch as part of Season 2.
> > I hope we get classic and a larger Firefight.
> > Firefight Raid? 10 rounds, 8 players and shared lives with pelican and delta drops on BTB sized Firefight maps?
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> I’m not sure about the raid it seems like something that could lose player population if there are a lot of game modes, but I would like to try it. I defiantly want to see the return of classic firefight that can have all the customizations of REACH.
> On a side note, I hope they bring regicide back as well.
Aw bro I LOVED regicide back on 360. One of my favorite modes next to Headhunter and KOTH
I think it will be fair to expect both social and ranked playlists at launch. BTB will definitely be there as well since they featured it pretty extensively in both the trailer and overview. Forge we haven’t heard about too much yet but it should hopefully be there right at launch. If not I imagine it will arrive at most maybe a month or two after launch, which is not ideal but at least it’ll be there. From the rumors I’ve seen forge should be pretty crazy and in depth. It’s being developed by the same people who made Halo 5’s forge so it should be pretty good. I’m thinking that firefight may not be there at launch because they’ve said nothing about it. That could be because they don’t consider it multiplayer like the other 4v4 or BTB modes so they didn’t feature it during E3. I’m hoping that they will have firefight at launch but I wouldn’t personally mind waiting for it a little. If they have a spartan ops mode of some kind that just let you explore Zeta Halo more that would be so cool.
343 have had this weird problem where the have too many playlists from splitting 1 experience into 2 or 3 different things and split the userbase, but also don’t deliver on the essential playlists.
I think ranked should have specific playlists and social should be like MCC where you tick all the playlists you’re ok searching with.
On launch I believe the competitive 4v4 mode, Doubles, 6 or 8 man FFA and possibly a 1v1 should be the main ranked modes. I want a ranked BTB but we’ll have to see what happens, I could also see SWAT and Snipers being ranked also.
For social SWAT, Snipers, Infection, Grifball, Multi-team, BTB, Slayer, Objective, Rumble pit, Doubles and Action sack should be there. Maybe not action sack if there’s a robust custom games search.
If they can create a new playlist that adds a new experience to the game then have at it but otherwise no point re-inventing the wheel, best to just make the playlists fun, the matchmaking smooth and the ranked work.
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> Halo 5 had a lack of game modes at launch and this cannot happen again. Ideally, these are the game modes that should be there at launch.
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> Campaign
> Arena
> - Social
> - Ranked
> BTB
> Firefight (classic)
> Forge
> Custom game browser
I’d say some kind of seasonal/rotational playlist in addition to these would make a solid, typical start.
Ranked ffa and doubles and maybe social ffa with objective would be cool to see at launch. I always wished h5 had a social ffa with objective and snipers gametypes.
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> Ranked ffa and doubles and maybe social ffa with objective would be cool to see at launch. I always wished h5 had a social ffa with objective and snipers gametypes.
We need ranked Snipers. It is criminal not to have them.