I will most likely (not) do an extended YouTube video I may link below in the future (Don’t hold your breath). So, let’s just get into this. I started in the realm of Sandbox - Forge me my friend and I everyday after school would rush home, load up Sandbox and delete every block (We didn’t know how to save a new map yet) we would create bases, we would race around, we would create racetracks, we would create golf ball machines (YEARS LATER FINDING OUT PEOPLE ALSO DID THAT) at the time, I was so closed off from the WHOLE Halo community it was just Halo 3 Forge Sandbox & Campaign for a LONG TIME. Beautiful it was. Then came Halo Reach, my GAME, see I didn’t own Halo 3 right from day one, but Halo Reach I knew… I was so naive, I didn’t know about CE until Reach CE: Anniversary, backstep here a sad moment, my Halo 3 Forge buddy moved onto COD, but my love maintained with the Spartans. I met my next core group, to which we still game today, a Canadian, 2 New Yorkers, an Aussie, and a fellow from West Virginia. We used to play, since Infinite, despite a pandemic we just never find the time for all of us to play like we used too. So today, after many years of learning about new Halo Games, we talk about this new one, Infinite… I have spent some time with it, I have had wishes for it since the announcement & I would just like to mention all this just for conversation starting, and maybe linking some Casual Halo Players together… Let’s Begin…
As someone who classifies them-self a VERY casual player, I am always looking to have the most fun, where it does not feel bad to lose because my time spent in the game created enough moments, enough hype and did not lack excitement. I keep a keen eye on the competitive as that’s what funds a game I love to play, so this will come from like this the main dish is Casual, the side that compliments it is Competitive, then your glass of water is Campaign.
UI - What the actual hell is this. Does it look good, yes. Does it function well, sometimes but not really… Is there so much extra yet so much little missing details to talk about, yes. 1. I’m looking at my armour, why is it when I am viewing a chest-plate I can’t see how the helmet, or the knee pads compliment it. When I modify a car, I don’t paint one door and be like “yeah for sure, most defiantly going to be the best choice for me makes the tailgate look nice.” You have room for so much customization, but I need to see a better view of my spartan when I am editing or changing the armour. Sure the setup is great, but why showcase three armour sets but when editing pieces you cant see the full spartan, sure maybe it starts on the chest given you’re scrolling chest plates, but let me zoom out, let me rotate my spartan. PLEASE
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As a competitive player, I can’t imagine scrolling through that list let alone having 2 boxes for one player in the friends list. What we need to have is a system that’s linked to the persons friends, if you have favourites, perfect. They show first, don’t show me every single one of the players that are offline, I don’t care about them (THERE OFFLINE), Poor UberNick and UltimateHalo have 3000+ friends, Have the favourites *THAT ARE PLAYING HALO & ONLINE show-up first, then you have everyone else, one box = one name, one emblem & one nameplate. Worried cause pro players go offline? Add a search gamertag option. Boom, now get rid of the 700 people on my list.
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The fact that some of the display images either don’t load or are like a Halo MCC Infection images is … sad. Such a minor fix.
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I think the End Game Medals/Menu could be better, but I’m not upset with it, but if I was a comp - I would like a little more love added to it, Message Pixel-Flare.
Game Modes - Tactical Slayer is SWAT. Who you fooling?
The Bot Playlist - perfect, don't touch it.
**Quick Play - Slayer/Objective = Ranked**
Social - Fiesta/OBJ/Slayer/SWAT/Griffball/Snipers/Race* = Un-ranked
**Ranked - Slayer / Objective = Ranked**
Lone Wolves - Slayer/ Objective = Un-ranked
Big Team Battle - Slayer / Objective / Heavies
**Free For All - Slayer/ Objective = Ranked **
** SWAT = Ranked [just for the Swat kids]**
(ROTATIONAL WEEKLY) - Multi-Team - Regicide OR Juggernaut - Team Rockets - Race* + more Community
going to go nuts when Forge is out.
King of The Hill, Headhunter, Juggernaut, (Swords ONLY or HAMMERS only could be in Fiesta) - remember the game-types? implement them, make them come back, make them apart of the choices, and not taken away every week. Lot of this is custom settings, which makes me wonder what stopped you from implementing a KOTH or a Juggernaut, is it testing.
RACE was starred because I don’t believe it should be in social, but it could be, not to mention I hold it near and dear, and I know I gotta help Ducain advocate for it. Rotational Race playlist would be sick though.
When it comes to game-types, in Halo 3 we didn’t have fancy maps, or weapons that bounce off the wall… except maybe the Fuel Rod… so we messed with what we could, made you focus on just swords or just hammers. Simple, yet fun and it helps the player learn the weapon for better combat in the future.
Slayer = Slayer
Objective = Oddball, Attrition, Strongholds, CTF
Fix the Playlist and return some old classics before a Battle Royal or I swear to god.
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Armour Linked to Achievements…?
Commendations to work towards - 100 Shock Rifle Kills … ?
A visual of all the medals (maybe a special effect or skin for when you get 1 of each) and or previous things we have completed or lifetime achievements 1000 Perfects unlocks a Perfect Medal Emblem for your gun… ohhh how simple yet how cool would be to pick up a random Shotgun and see the Zombie Slayer medal on the side realizing your buddy killed 1000 Zombies to be able to showcase that, like you added stickers for weapons … ?
A weekly item for free in the store – Master Chief Armour Key-chain … ?
ELITES… seriously, you have a SAMURAI but no ELITES… ??? No one was like “There gonna NOTICE, at the Office?”
MK VI vs MK VIII or whatever… Okay cool, why too separate entity’s though, why not be like “Spartan Generation - Option 1 or Option 2” …?
ASSASSINATIONS - CAN WE HAVE THEM NOW?
THE STORE … I won’t say much about the store, as sooo much as been said already, a free item, maybe not selling skins for 300-400 or key-chains for 700, if it’s armour set, add like a custom weapon skin. Make it feel worth it, 25$ for armour because being unemployed in a pandemic is hard.
Maybe … CONCEPT - Publicity for Credit - " Creative Tab add a social tab where they add there social links, Upload a Clip, a Message or a Post about playing Halo Infinite get 200 Credits a day. Do fun giveaways that day, like maybe a "Like this Halo Forums post & win 2000 Credits at the end of the month. “Win the Store” event where for a week do a challenge & win everything in the store.
Ranked System - I heard it sucks, I don’t doubt it, but I want to see an accurate, and simple Win Ratio(High) + KDA (UP) = Rank (UP) … I wont say much, I am casual, talk to them about it… ohhh another thing Add Anti-Cheat, like just do it for the Community
I think that’s where I am going to leave it though, I feel like some of it is constructive, some is just coming off as rude and I LOVE HALO, I love the e-Sports around it, the Org involvement, the community, the Content Creators, like I am trying to get my Halo Self noticed too, I want to be around, I wanna go to my first Halo event, 10 years, never been Welcome to the East Coast of Canada … What I am saying is take this all with the reminder that this game is meant for 10 YEARS. I hope to come back to this post in 2- maybe even 5 years & see the game with all of this & sooooo MUCH MORE. My wrist hurts, and it’s time to play some Halo. GG See ya in the Social’s Playlist.
- Zqcharia on Xbox.