Official statement from Ske7ch

Even before the flights they even mentioned it was going to take skill to unlock most of the things ingame :rofl:

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Thanks for posting this @Ken_CTF. I think the devs deserve some praise and only constructive feedback, if anything. I can only imagine how rough this must be on them, and their families, to have worked so hard for so long only to hear nothing but hate. I mean, seriously; can you imagine having to read some of this stuff about something you worked your heart out on for 5 or more years? I worry about how that might affect these people’s mental health, honestly. I hope you’re all doing well, @343, and please take all this backlash as feedback and nothing more.

Don’t get me wrong; some poor choices were made. But they clearly realize that, and I think it’s important to praise the wonderful and innovative things they did too. Thank you for your time and hard work 343i.

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This was a good read and much appreciated communication.

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:rofl:
The lack of foresight at 343 continues to amaze me.

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Plain crocodile tears

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They had flight tests, and this is supposed to be a beta (I know it’s the release build) but they can’t change or fix anything? What exactly is the point of the flights or beta then?
Feasibility of slayer?
I saw today that they gutted the Reach battlepass, so they could parcel it off, and this dude expects me to believe that the monetization isn’t supposed to be predatory, and random playlists and challenge swaps weren’t stuffed into every corner of the MP to pressure people into paying? The UI for playlists restricts adding playlists?!
I don’t want to even imagine what the game would look like if it was released last year.

Fellow thread goers, the devs, they have betrayed us. They are not worthy of the mantle of responsibility.

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I am going to gamepass the campaign. After completion I will cancel gamepass.
Voting with my wallet and not spending a dime on this.
The only hope is that the campaign is heavenly. I have my doubts.

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That’s nice. Fix your game.

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In situations like this, good communication is the most important thing.

Because of that, I really think the Team of 343 could benefit from adding a public Roadmap to Halo Waypoint.

It’s just a good way to show ā€œWe heard your feedback, added it to the list and are working on itā€. And if the same posts still come up over and over again, you can refer people to this list and tell them ā€œyea, they already knowā€.

It doesn’t even have to have specific dates. Perhaps it’s more like a To-Do list in the end, I don’t care :smiley: But it’s also a good way to show which changes can be expected sooner and which will take longer.

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They can’t. They have already blown the road map. That’s just more negative press. CoOp in season 2, Forge in season 3. Every month we get a featured Tenrai event. That’s all they have for a road map and they pushed those out like another 9 months pr something like that.

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This is one humongous gaslight. I’m tired of the same runaround. They’re like a grown adult who refuses to accept responsibility.

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And i mean at the end of the day it is just a game.

This pretty much sums up what Infinite’s MP is all about. Instead of just making players buy the full product to make your money back, you want to chop it up into pieces and sell us bit by bit. And that’s not even the real crime here, the real issue is you’re selling some of those ā€˜bits’ that were given for free in previous games. And because Halo Infinite is Free to Play, we can pretty much guarantee there isn’t going to be any DLC that will be Campaign related. The only thing we can guarantee is there will be Pineapple cosmetics for sale in the store because 343 has to keep the servers running.

I don’t have much hope for the MP anymore, it’s entirely revolved around premium cosmetics.

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Yeah honestly, I wish I could see the team’s DevOps board and see what they’re actually working on lol. never gonna happen of course but it’d be fun

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Let’s not also forget that with COD, Warzone is the only FTP portion of the release. Standard MP is still included with the campaign and zombies, or horde or whatever the PvE addition is. That’s the whole reason the COD model works so well. The FTP portion is a separate entity from the main MP. The MP just allows compatible unlocks for Warzone. That’s why they get away with limited playlists.

Halo just gutted the MP without having a backup mode ready.

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It came from a reddit response post. You can look up his reddit profile to find it.

Yes. This feedback has been given over the last year lol.

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Good on him for sending out a comment. People were asking for acknowledgement and they sure got it.

Anyways, looking at the total chaos which is ensuing in the Halo community, I am choosing now to leave you guys for the next couple months. Good day, Merry Christmas, chat next year!

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No negativity means nothing will change. And future games will be even worse in all aspects.

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I’m talking about a different kind of Roadmap.

The one you mean is more like…a Content or Season Roadmap.

I’m thinking more about all those diverse fixes and changes. Or like @Blizzarus calles it, a DevOps Board.

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