And that missing thing is commendations!
Commendations for hammer kills! grifball commendations! assault commendations! (could be fused with grifball too, I suppose)
These keeps players playing them at least a little while to get the emblems and EXPs out of them.
Currently gravity hammer counts as energy sword kill which makes me rise an eyebrow.
And before you say they are not necessary or I am being silly, they did give SPKR its own commendation to complete even though there already is a rocket launcher in game already. So why not the good ol’ hammer? Also, seeing emblems with gravity hammers would be awesome.
But overall rating for the grifball update gameplay wise is near perfect! at least imo.
Playing with dedicated servers is much more fun and enjoyable since in previous Halos, it felt like that Host had the advance.
The hammer feels heavy and strong, the Spartan abilities are really fun addition to the gametype and the hockey ring map is funny!