Before you read these are just my opinions and not everyone is going to agree.
Obviously we all know about the current cheating problem so there is no point me talking about it. 343i is most likely aware and dealing with it after Christmas. I hope they add Eazy or Vanguard as these company’s are dedicated to stopping cheaters and it will save 343i the hassle in combating it there self.
I wanna talk about this confusing armor customization. I would imagine this stupid armor core system is gonna be there to stay. Well the armor cores ain’t the problem. Its that only specific colors and peace’s only work with those armor cores. 343i had done such a great job with MCC and now they thrown it all out the window. There is so much about progression and customization ideas you could have taken from MCC but instead there is this all new system that after several games I still don’t have a clue, The worst part is this is all done for the company’s to make more money and not for the consumers. Having specific items work with specific means more items to sell in the game. Please I hope this gets simplified in future as its really deterring and I can’t see myself spending anymore money on this game as it really doesn’t feel like I am getting value for money out of the battlepass. I have heard that season 2 is going to be allot different so I can’t wait to see what’s in store for us.
Next up is the progression. Having XP dedicated to challenges only is a terrible idea. Also having the battlepass as the only form of progression is boring. There is no way to show someone how much you have played. When there is several different seasons no one will be able to tell what your total level is. Again going back to MCC you have a great leveling system and it all went out the window. Why?
I have noticed you have daily challenges for completing matches. Not terrible but now I am getting into games where people AFK because you don’t award match XP for how well you performed. And also these daily challenges the XP starts to drop. I think match XP would be so much better. Then you get more XP for how well your over all performance was. Then for daily challenges instead of just complete a match you could have complete a match of “insert game type here”
I feel like after I have done all my challenges I am not gonna wanna play anymore until new challenges come out. Plus you are deliberately limiting how fast people can progress over a certain period of time. After playing this game its like almost every single thing a developer shouldn’t do to grab more cash from there customers is in this game. Next season I wouldn’t be surprised if we had a return of loot boxes. Then we would have the full pack. I knew when Microsoft offered a game for free it was gonna be bad with MTX but this was beyond my expectations. I really wanted to love this game but its hard to like something that feels like a complete scam. I have played free mobile games then haven’t tried to rob me as much as this. And that’s saying something. You got it perfect with MCC so take some inspiration from your previous creation and implement it into this game.
I hope to see huge improvements over the next year or I can’t see me playing this game much longer.
Overall if you put the cheaters, the sometimes bad hit registration and the overpowered controller aim assist to 1 side you can have good fun with this game as it feels mostly a solid gaming experience. But like anything new these days it needs polishing up to make it a perfect gaming experience.
p.s.
I completed the Campaign on Heroic and it says I only done it on normal. Could you fix that please. Thank you bye byeeee!