I have been playing halo since 2001. I have over 120 matches played in infinite. Back in the day of halo 1, 2, 3 and 4 I played professionally and have won roughly $18,000 as a kid. Love halo. Love infinite. But here are the things that I don’t like about the beta so far. Again, LOVE infinite, but here is how to make it more enjoyable.
(Not in any order. Not looking for a debate. I just want to post my thoughts. Ideas are from a group of ~15 life long halo players)
More weapons. Where are all the legendary halo weapons?! Is this just an issue for the beta or do you plan on adding weapons after launch? Is the a dlc plan?
More equipment. Bring back hologram, promethean vision, armor lock, jet pack! Swap out or buff the drop shield, I would rather see the bubble shield return.
Friendly fire and collision! Why would you take these out? I’ve been in a fire fight where I’m killing an enemy and his teammate will face through him to save his life and I now I’m getting shot by two players in one body. Alternatively I’ve also had it to where my teammate steps in front of me and I kill myself at the rocket. These circumstances are incredibly annoying.
Increase or improve the radar system. I love what you guys did with the AR but now it’s just too easy to get kills and or die we need something to combat the new meta. I think a 24m radar would do it.
Xp system does not reward good players or those who play the objective. Instead you can literally go afk or 0 and 12 and still get the same progression as the mvp. Ridiculous.
Need more xp for challenges and there needs to be more challenges! Or how about a medal count? Xp for earning in game medals. Objective based medals give out the most xp. The more medals you’ll earn a multiplier.
Need a way to earn credits too! Nearly all games have this now and it makes the game feel less like a cash grab.
Custom game browser
Leveling system outside of the battle pass and ranked.
Better matchmaking with players within your skill set.
Please review the Aim assist on PC compared to Console!!! Pretty sure this is a bug but the sim assist on pc feels wayyyyy strong when using a controller!
Assassinations! Very sad. Oh so sad missing feature. Let people toggle them off like in 5! There are literally lobbies dedicated to assassinations only! And you thought to remove them completely?
Forge. I know it’s coming but it needs to be now.
Duel wielding. Please bring back a duel wielding function. If your Intel suggests pros don’t want to use it then keep them out of ranked. Your fans want this back.
Battle pass XP. Need to increase the amount of xp given out per match if you’re mot going to implement a skill based system or additional ways to earn xp.
Battle pass challenges. Remove challenges or make them worth less! Making it the primary way to level your battle pass is a huge mistake… I’m tired of playing a game where your team refuses to help do anything because they are trying to run over someone with a mongoose. This was a terrible design choice. You need a way to get people to work together and not just do their own thing. “sorry I have one kill I’m trying to get kills with the mangler” sorry I can’t grab the flag I need to splatter someone.” It’s not fun to constantly lose with teammates who do not work together. The only way to have fun and halo infinite still have a full team of people you know.
New mode or classic invasion. We need a large scale unique gameplay experience. Ring back invasion! Or add Warzone, you know the game that saved halo 5… I also think a spartan ops or firefight what do the game well. Even if the flood or Promethean’s are not in the campaign you should add them to halo infinite eventually for forge scripting or just a fun gamemode.
Helmets. Take a good look at the helmet designs in the battlepass. Not so much the design themselves but the fit. They make the spartan look like they have no head or chin! Compared to halo reach or 5 the helmet to neck proportions look off.
Warthogs need a buff! The warthog turret is perfect but the vehicle itself is just way too weak.
Remove the daily xp cap or add a cap to those who pay. Bs that you punish the actual players of the game but not the kids with big wallets.
Bonus. Gamemode idea. Halo 5 inspired. Spawn with a thruster and have unlimited thrust. Also, ODST SLAYER PLEASE.
Additional info I find interesting and am asked a lot about. How are people level 100 already. Well they paid.
Doing all the challenges for the week will get you to level 10,000 xp. That’s level 10. Each match give you 50xp. There are 100 levels each at 1,000 xp. So from level 10, you’ll still need 90,000 xp. 90,000/50 per match=1,800 matches. Each match lasts roughly 10 mins. That’s 18,000 minutes. aka 12.5 days of non stop halo. Since the game hasn’t been out that long I’d say yeah, they paid for it. Not to mention there is also a daily cap on how much XP you can earn. Not sure exactly how much but playing 24/7 getting XP is NOT possible further proving they paid for their gear.
I estimate the average player will reach level 100 after 10 weeks of normal play. Good thing the battle pass is here until May…
That being said, I don’t think you should earn EVERYTHING in the battlepass by just paying for it. Make some items only obtainable by hard work and actually playing the game!!
I agree on the helmet sizing issue, specifically on the Mk. V(B). They suffer from what I refer to as “tiny head syndrome”. The scale just isn’t right. Also, while we’re talking about customization and scaling issues I feel like there isn’t enough variation on the body types. You have the option of a he/him, a she/her and a they/them, but other then a few subtle changes to the undersuit, there is little variation between the three. I’m not saying we need to bring back the absolute “dump trucks” of Halo Reach (though I’m not opposed ), but more variation would be good overall.
Imagine 343i releasing Halo 4 and keeping it the way it was for as long as it lasted with just closed flights.
Imagine 343i releasing MCC and continuously updating it with minimal flight testing.
Imagine 343i coming out with this “beta” which is just an early version of the game, beta I know, but is the final version of the release version and their just looking to change in game settings. Oh what a downfall. I have soo sooo many positives I want to bring to light but telling 343i about the positives isn’t going to help curb this release.
I don’t understand why they don’t just release forge now and add features to it over time as they complete them, we don’t need it to be fully featured out of the gate. A basic forge mode is a heck of a lot better than nothing at all for 6 months, especially with how few maps and modes we have available, just add a message on the lobby for it saying more features are coming. That said though i am worried that with how all the customization in the game is extremely over monetized they are holding forge back to create some sort of monetization for it and will charge for bits and pieces like locking the ability to place certain things behind paywalls or charging for block skins and if you don’t pay you just get the same bland pieces we had in halo 5 forge.
You got a ike from me just because you called it not a real beta. Most kids don’t understand that this is not a beta this is the full freaking game. And they’re getting their hopes up on December 8th that there’s going to be some magic crazy fixed all of this. Only to realize us Halo fans remember when it took 343 7 months to give us an infection playlist in Halo 5.
Great points!
I don’t see them having paywalls simply because I hope they honor their word when they said the only paid items will be cosmetics. I hope that means they will continue to release weapons, maps and vehicles from all the past halo games. But block skins?! Omg that would be so petty haha. You have a dangerous mind haha. I really hope they don’t do that and have to believe they won’t…but what gaming companies have been doing the past 5 years I wouldn’t be surprised if they did.
As for not releasing forge now, 100% agree. I imagine the mode isn’t missing features but rather it’s so ambitious it’s very buggy or broken still. I’m also wondering if they will release a few flights of the mode as it becomes more stable. I just hope they with all these new forge options they include more halo stuff. Battlefield has had a really bad start but hey look at portal, imagine if halo brought in all the legacy weapons and vehicles from the previous games. Forge/custom is the perfect place to implement that.
It certainly would be nice to see a more diverse player model. Not all the Spartans shouldn’t look identical, they aren’t clones. I imagine they are worried about the hit box but reach and 5 seamed to do just fine while still looking oh so good
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Do you have any ideas what weapons you’d like to see come back first?
As for equipement, true but we have forge for a reason. Even if the equipment doesn’t make it into ranked, games for fun should have everything halo has to offer.
Friendly fire: CSGO and Halo 5 did it right! Ban toxic behavior. If you get booted for teamkilking there should be rank or battlepass repercussions as well as a good hour long cool down. Not 5 mins but an hour. Minus the spamming grenades because there’s no care in the world, no danger, no consequences is a real problem in BTB matches. So if your torn, hopefully you’ll consider joining the FF movement with the condition they combat toxicity with a cooldown
I agree with everything here, very good list. I’ve been playing since 2007, as I was born in 2005, my earliest gaming memories were Halo, and no matter what I will play it, but it could be alot more fun.
Right?! More armor and stuff you can unlock without having to pay. Especially a way to earn credits! But yeah I like to see what peoples halo rank are not just their battle pass level. I want to know how experienced they are you know? Want to see their K/D, number of games played etc. we need an actual halo profile.
Just wanted to add that I played a game with my first hacker. Looked up some articles and videos online and even found websites where you can buy these hacks. So I’m going to add to my list we need a way to turn off crossplay so we don’t have to play with those PC hackers. I believe this is indeed going to be included in the full release on December 8th. But want to document here that it’s a must have before it spreads. There is nothing they can do to get rid of hackers. All pc games have them. Just turn off crossplay and move on fellas.
), but more variation would be good overall.
