I know by this point, MCC is the least of anybody’s concern but I think it would be cool to have a Hardcore option in 2v2, 4v4 and FFA searches on the Match Composer.
A lot of people don’t tend to venture into ranked modes anymore and for players who enjoy hardcore, it’s impossible to find a match. I think an option in social matches could really benefit those who do prefer a competitive setting and also introduce people who felt intimidated by the ranked playlist to give it a try.
At this point in the MCC life cycle, anybody still playing, should be considered a hardcore Halo fan. Maybe not on the same skill level, but fans of the game. Maybe it is time to combine social and ranked playlist into one cohesive Match Composer.
Yes I’ve said for quite a while they should get rid of ranked playlists and just merge worthwhile gametypes like Invasion or Hardcore into social. And have a universal performance rank/rating for each individual player, not affected by something like Grifball or customs of course.
What? I was talking about Hardcore as in the MLG variants, not hardcore Halo fans.
Invasion should never have been a ranked playlist imo. I completely overlooked Invasion, I loved the gamemode in Reach but I avoid it now in Ranked and I’m sure plenty of others do too, especially since we already have the btb options in Social.
The way I see it is, the population is too low to maintain the amount of ranked playlists the game offers. I don’t think Ranked should be removed completely but I do think some gamemodes would really benefit from being added to Social.
Maybe merge Hardcore and Invasion etc into social and make it so that each title just has a ranked FFA playlist.
I wouldn’t be against it but I can say odds are I would still never search for it. I am just not into the hardcore playlist. When I play Halo I want to be an actual Spartan and have the motion detector and more weapons on the maps and what not. So not so sure moving in to social will help all that much. But yes Invasion should be social there is no reason for it to be ranked especially since it never was ranked to begin with o believe. I have never played one game of invasion. I tried searching in it a handful of times way back when and never found a game so gave up on that playlist.
i’d love that. maybe more people would play hardcore. you can even just make the rank an overall rank for each halo, shown at the symbol of the game and only level it through hardcore games.
I only touched it just to get the Skunked achievement when Reach first came to the MCC. Took about 7 games if I remember correctly. Haven’t touched it since.
I used Invasion for Ranked wins in Seasonal objectives as I was a low rank and it was a gamemode I enjoyed. Other than that, I haven’t really played Invasion with a serious attempt of ranking up. I’d probably play it more if it was Social.
Obviously it’s not to everyone’s liking but at this point in MCC’s lifespan, I don’t think 343 has much to lose by experimenting with new options in the composer. Social is far more popular than Ranked so I think with the higher population plus search parameters that aren’t as strict as Ranked, I think it would do well. But it’s all speculation.
Invasion on the other hand needs putting in Social regardless, I don’t understand the reasoning behind making that Ranked in the first place.