So there were talks about bringing an HCS FFA playlist to Ranked. Whether it it would be a hybrid or just completely replace the current FFA playlist was unclear. I was hoping this was going to happen next season, but there was not mention of this in the Community Update that was released yesterday. I really dislike being kept in the dark, especially about things that I’m interested in. Does anyone know if this is actually going to happen or if it was all talk?
I hope it replaces it. I’d probably actually play FFA again as I wouldn’t be getting crouched on by kids with SMGs/StormRifles/ARs.
You’d probably get a decent answer if you asked Menke in his feedback threads.
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> You’d probably get a decent answer if you asked Menke in his feedback threads.
What if I tag Menke?
I hope it gets it’s own playlist. If it replaces FFA odds are I will stop playing FFA. Sad to see people wanting Halo to be a one gun game again and that is what HCS essentially is… Nothing but pistol. If they replace the current FFA with HCS FFA all it will do is send FFA population even lower.
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> I hope it replaces it. I’d probably actually play FFA again as I wouldn’t be getting crouched on by kids with SMGs/StormRifles/ARs.
You can camp just as easy, if not easier with a pistol. Removing weapons doesn’t stop “camping”.
My hope is that they make the ranked free-for-all playlist HCS style, and then move the current style FFA over to social.
FFA is fine AS IS… The only thing wrong now is they made it even harder to rank up in. They should relax the ranking a bit. There was even only like five people on the FFA leader boards.
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> What if I tag Menke?
It might work as well, but you’ll probably have a greater chance of getting it answered in his thread since he usually responds. Up to you.
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> My hope is that they make the ranked free-for-all playlist HCS style, and then move the current style FFA over to social.
That would be pretty lame. Why not just have an HCS playlist section that has the team playlist and a FFA playlist and leave the rest alone.
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> I hope it gets it’s own playlist. If it replaces FFA odds are I will stop playing FFA. Sad to see people wanting Halo to be a one gun game again and that is what HCS essentially is… Nothing but pistol. If they replace the current FFA with HCS FFA all it will do is send FFA population even lower.
That’s why their either going to do a hybrid FFA playlist or completely replace it and rotate it every other season.
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> > I hope it replaces it. I’d probably actually play FFA again as I wouldn’t be getting crouched on by kids with SMGs/StormRifles/ARs.
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> You can camp just as easy, if not easier with a pistol. Removing weapons doesn’t stop “camping”.
It’s different if you camp with a pistol, though. Your survival rate increases and have more of a chance to reverse the situation.
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> > I hope it gets it’s own playlist. If it replaces FFA odds are I will stop playing FFA. Sad to see people wanting Halo to be a one gun game again and that is what HCS essentially is… Nothing but pistol. If they replace the current FFA with HCS FFA all it will do is send FFA population even lower.
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> That’s why their either going to do a hybrid FFA playlist or completely replace it and rotate it every other season.
Lame… They just need an HCS playlist and leave FFA as is. FFA shouldn’t be treated as a rotational playlist.
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> My hope is that they make the ranked free-for-all playlist HCS style, and then move the current style FFA over to social.
This would be nice. They had two FFA playlists in Halo 3. I don’t see why they can’t do the same here.
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> > > I hope it replaces it. I’d probably actually play FFA again as I wouldn’t be getting crouched on by kids with SMGs/StormRifles/ARs.
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> It’s different if you camp with a pistol, though. Your survival rate increases and have more of a chance to reverse the situation.
Camping is camping. Makes no difference. I play quite a bit of FFA and don’t encounter all that much camping really. It’s Halo and a fps… there will always be campers. Its not hard to counter.
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> FFA is fine AS IS… The only thing wrong now is they made it even harder to rank up in. They should relax the ranking a bit. There was even only like five people on the FFA leader boards.
I don’t disagree with you, but there also needs to be an HCS playlist.
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> > > I hope it gets it’s own playlist. If it replaces FFA odds are I will stop playing FFA. Sad to see people wanting Halo to be a one gun game again and that is what HCS essentially is… Nothing but pistol. If they replace the current FFA with HCS FFA all it will do is send FFA population even lower.
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> > That’s why their either going to do a hybrid FFA playlist or completely replace it and rotate it every other season.
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> Lame… They just need an HCS playlist and leave FFA as is. FFA shouldn’t be treated as a rotational playlist.
I think this should also happen, but 343 is basically scared because the FFA population might get divided and don’t have the numbers to support and execute this population division.
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> > > > I hope it replaces it. I’d probably actually play FFA again as I wouldn’t be getting crouched on by kids with SMGs/StormRifles/ARs.
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> Camping is camping. Makes no difference. I play quite a bit of FFA and don’t encounter all that much camping really. It’s Halo and a fps… there will always be campers. Its not hard to counter.
It is. It’s not hard to trade, though. Kill for kill. Death for death.
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> > > > I hope it gets it’s own playlist. If it replaces FFA odds are I will stop playing FFA. Sad to see people wanting Halo to be a one gun game again and that is what HCS essentially is… Nothing but pistol. If they replace the current FFA with HCS FFA all it will do is send FFA population even lower.
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> > > That’s why their either going to do a hybrid FFA playlist or completely replace it and rotate it every other season.
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> > Lame… They just need an HCS playlist and leave FFA as is. FFA shouldn’t be treated as a rotational playlist.
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> I think this should also happen, but 343 is basically scared because the FFA population might get divided and don’t have the numbers to support and execute this population division.
True but I don’t think it will even divide. I think a small percentage would go to the HCS playlist. If they only realized had they had a lot to offer when they launched and had stable servers there would be a good population of players to support more playlist.
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> > > > > I hope it gets it’s own playlist. If it replaces FFA odds are I will stop playing FFA. Sad to see people wanting Halo to be a one gun game again and that is what HCS essentially is… Nothing but pistol. If they replace the current FFA with HCS FFA all it will do is send FFA population even lower.
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> > > > That’s why their either going to do a hybrid FFA playlist or completely replace it and rotate it every other season.
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> > > Lame… They just need an HCS playlist and leave FFA as is. FFA shouldn’t be treated as a rotational playlist.
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> > I think this should also happen, but 343 is basically scared because the FFA population might get divided and don’t have the numbers to support and execute this population division.
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> True but I don’t think it will even divide. I think a small percentage would go to the HCS playlist. If they only realized had they had a lot to offer when they launched and had stable servers there would be a good population of players to support more playlist.
Well, there’s only one way to find out.