I mean you can even think about it as a new change in tactics, if you wanted to try a new AA out or support package. without having to worry about your stats would be great.
> > > There are quite a few underhanded players that would go into such a playlist despite being completely up-to-date at Halo, just to farm kills off of weaker players and boost their own K/Ds. :
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> > OP said kills wouldn’t contribute to kill stats
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> OH, right. I must’ve missed that.
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> Even so, I can still see skilled players ducking into the playlist just to grief newbies. :\
Perhaps if you get over a certain rank, you can no longer play it.
Bring back Snowbound 4 player FFA!
Well technically War games is spartan school cuz it’s combat simulation
> Even so, I can still see skilled players ducking into the playlist just to grief newbies. :\
That happens in every playlist due to broken True skill, if True skill would work and Halo sometime could move away from crappy p2p, this wouldn’t be an issue. Since Halo 4 is p2p we all know what to expect, but we can at least hope True skill works somewhat decently, preventing such things.
You can learn the basics of the game as well as standard gametypes, try new tactics or even new weapons/perks/combinations if a forgiving environment. Winning might be fun, but if you get no stats and can’t brag, people won’t stay for long anyhow. For those new to FPS, or even just Halo, it could be good to give them a “warm up” before you throw them into MM where the experienced players know every corner to camp, ever power weapon spawn and every exploit.
> Well technically War games is spartan school cuz it’s combat simulation
But that’s only against AIs and only with a given mission objectives, nothing like ordinary multiplayer but more Firefight with objective. Campaign is more a “learn how to play” thing, but still it’s just scripted evenents, corridors and no change unlike multiplayer.
> > > There are quite a few underhanded players that would go into such a playlist despite being completely up-to-date at Halo, just to farm kills off of weaker players and boost their own K/Ds. :
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> > OP said kills wouldn’t contribute to kill stats
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> OH, right. I must’ve missed that.
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> Even so, I can still see skilled players ducking into the playlist just to grief newbies. :\
Easy solution. Just get Spartan School TrueSkill to match your highest skill from the other playlists.
I approve OP!
Better name - The Shooting Range.
Basically, no other weapons but your precision weapons and some snipers. No PODs, no AAs. You just go in there to warm up your strafe and your aim. No stat tracking, no win conditions. Freely able to drop in and out.
Do it 343. Do it. Officially sanctioned “Octagon” = brilliant idea.
> Better name - The Shooting Range.
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> Basically, no other weapons but your precision weapons and some snipers. No PODs, no AAs. You just go in there to warm up your strafe and your aim. No stat tracking, no win conditions. Freely able to drop in and out.
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> Do it 343. Do it. Officially sanctioned “Octagon” = brilliant idea.
Customs.
Why create a non-persistent training/testing/playing around playlist such as Spartan School and then severely limit the appeal to only a certain minority of the player population?
> > Better name - The Shooting Range.
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> > Basically, no other weapons but your precision weapons and some snipers. No PODs, no AAs. You just go in there to warm up your strafe and your aim. No stat tracking, no win conditions. Freely able to drop in and out.
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> > Do it 343. Do it. Officially sanctioned “Octagon” = brilliant idea.
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> Customs.
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> Why create a non-persistent training/testing/playing around playlist such as Spartan School and then severely limit the appeal to only a certain minority of the player population?
Everyone should ultimately aim to have a strong (whatever the precision weapon is) and a good strafe. That’s just part of Halo.
If people want to just run around and shoot other players without any regards to getting better, they can just jump straight into Slayer. Orienting the playlist towards players who already have matchmaking means to achieve what they want is a waste of resources. An official octagon would at least serve a purpose and would possibly be a fun playlist for people who just want to focus on just BR battles.
> > > Better name - The Shooting Range.
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> > > Basically, no other weapons but your precision weapons and some snipers. No PODs, no AAs. You just go in there to warm up your strafe and your aim. No stat tracking, no win conditions. Freely able to drop in and out.
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> > > Do it 343. Do it. Officially sanctioned “Octagon” = brilliant idea.
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> > Customs.
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> > Why create a non-persistent training/testing/playing around playlist such as Spartan School and then severely limit the appeal to only a certain minority of the player population?
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> Everyone should ultimately aim to have a strong (whatever the precision weapon is) and a good strafe. That’s just part of Halo.
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> If people want to just run around and shoot other players without any regards to getting better, they can just jump straight into Slayer. Orienting the playlist towards players who already have matchmaking means to achieve what they want is a waste of resources. An official octagon would at least serve a purpose and would possibly be a fun playlist for people who just want to focus on just BR battles.
to be honest i find that slayer is a legitimate source of proving you own skill it shows that you can be versatile and can use any amount of weapons AA’s the game has at its disposal. it lacks skill when you have one weapon one match type.
Halo is about this type of combat not always about precision that “professional” gamers have strived for. in a way they take the fun out of the experience. by limiting their equipment to the easiest kill methods.
That would turn into the “montage-clip” playlist… there would have to be a low level maximum cap so it is in fact noobs playing noobs
> That would turn into the “montage-clip” playlist… there would have to be a low level maximum cap so it is in fact noobs playing noobs
Playlists are being streamlined. I don’t see why 343 would create a playlist that was intended to be phased out. New players can go there and practice shooting and experienced players could warm up their aim. It would keep the playlist relevant.
I support this, i play PC and Xbox from time to time so sometimes i dont aim as good on xbox as i used to do.
Halo 3 had this for players under a certain level. Basic Training or something, I can’t remember the name. Second accounts could go into that playlist, and as long as you didn’t leave the search, you could stay in that playlist no matter what your rank was. You could’ve won 10 straight games, and still stayed in the playlist (I think max level for it was Private or something). You could rank up to Sergeant in that playlist and keep playing.
I like the idea of it being a drop-in/drop-out kinda thing with no way to win, just a practice grounds. Could have different variations of it too.
> I like the idea of it being a drop-in/drop-out kinda thing with no way to win, just a practice grounds. Could have different variations of it too.
Yeah. This guy knows what I’m talking about. Basically turn the thing into a playground.
> There are quite a few underhanded players that would go into such a playlist despite being completely up-to-date at Halo, just to farm kills off of weaker players and boost their own K/Ds. :\
Make it only appear if you’re under a certain # of games like the basic training playlist in Hallo 3, or if they’ve been away for two weeks or more.
OP, there’s a lot of dangers which can go with that kind of system and in the end, there’s many different playlists to learn from, but the biggest negative I see is people thinking their should be one for each playlist like one for snipers, one for swat, one for 5v5, 6v6, or 8v8. I like the idea and I think it should return for the first few months, but beyond that, I think the playlist is far too easy to boost…
this is a good idea for new players to train. but even though whatever you do in “Spartan School” wont affect your stats, really skilled players who do not care if it affects there stats or not can still play and just easily murder every new player trying to learn and practice with other new players not letting them get a chance to actually train/practice. so basically im saying is that skilled players can sabotage their training. so what i think is that in order to play in “Spartan School” you have to be at a certain rank and your K/D has to be a number or less. the higher rank you are, the lower your K/D has to be in order to play in “Spartan School”.
for example, if your a recruit (barely started playing the game) your K/D must be 1 or less (if you are starting then it will obviously be 0 which is less than 1) and lets say your a coporal, your K/D must be 0.65 or less. if your a major, then your K/D must be 0.25 or less.
anyone understand what im saying?
do you agree with me?
feel free to comment or argue with me.
> this is a good idea for new players to train. but even though whatever you do in “Spartan School” wont affect your stats, really skilled players who do not care if it affects there stats or not can still play and just easily murder every new player trying to learn and practice with other new players not letting them get a chance to actually train/practice. so basically im saying is that skilled players can sabotage their training. so what i think is that in order to play in “Spartan School” you have to be at a certain rank and your K/D has to be a number or less. the higher rank you are, the lower your K/D has to be in order to play in “Spartan School”.
> for example, if your a recruit (barely started playing the game) your K/D must be 1 or less (if you are starting then it will obviously be 0 which is less than 1) and lets say your a coporal, your K/D must be 0.65 or less. if your a major, then your K/D must be 0.25 or less.
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> anyone understand what im saying?
> do you agree with me?
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> feel free to comment or argue with me.
good idea