Permanent Gametypes ASAP!!

Games Halo 5: Guardians
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Hey 343,

I have some good news and some bad news (more bad news). First, the good news is that the Infinity’s Armory is looking really good and I’m looking forward to getting the real Classic Battle Rifle, the new maps and the Mark V Armor. It is awesome. Good on that.

Now, the really bad news, is that Halo 5 needs more permanent gametypes URGENTLY because the community is getting really tired of waiting for more gametypes and honestly, they are right, you gotta give us more gametypes (at least the same amount of gametypes that Halo 4 has right now) ASAP! I highly suggest that in the February update or in a few days, instead of giving us new REQs and Armors, replace that with PERMANENT GAMETYPES (I repeat, PERMANENT GAMETYPES, not time limited gametypes, PERMANENT GAMETYPES).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Mei_1-crKE

https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/6e35355aecdf4fd0acdaee3cc4156fd4/topics/no-infection-really/6ff5072f-e064-4fcf-9dbb-cd9714b278f9/posts

Now, the most requested gametypes on the community are Infection, Doubles, Snipers, Oddball, King of the Hill, and Grifball. These are the most requested gametypes among the community and the links up there will tell you that the people WANT the permanent gametypes ASAP (especially Infection, that’s the one they want the most) and if by February you don’t add at least 2 or 3 of those 6 permanent gametypes (minimum Infection and Grifball), the community will leave Halo 5 and they will not come back and you will fail them. I’m telling you this because it is the truth, they have started leaving Halo 5 and the people that are still playing will leave soon if you don’t give us those gametypes.

So, for the February update (or in a few days if possible), work hard on giving us those permanent gametypes, ignore the new REQs and Armors, just focus on the new permanent gametypes (and some maps for the new gametypes). Focus on the permanent gametypes, remember, the community wants Infection, Doubles, Snipers, Oddball, King of the Hill and Grifball, they want those gametypes on Halo 5 ASAP. So when you deliver the January update, start working on those permanent gametypes and we will be waiting for the February update containing the new permanent gametypes. Remember, PERMANENT GAMETYPES, not time limited gametypes, PERMANENT GAMETYPES, ok?

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> 2535409871392025;1:
> Hey 343,
>
> I have some good news and some bad news (more bad news). First, the good news is that the Infinity’s Armory is looking really good and I’m looking forward to getting the real Classic Battle Rifle, the new maps and the Mark V Armor. It is awesome. Good on that.
>
> Now, the really bad news, is that Halo 5 needs more permanent gametypes URGENTLY because the community is getting really tired of waiting for more gametypes and honestly, they are right, you gotta give us more gametypes (at least the same amount of gametypes that Halo 4 has right now) ASAP! I highly suggest that in the February update or in a few days, instead of giving us new REQs and Armors, replace that with PERMANENT GAMETYPES (I repeat, PERMANENT GAMETYPES, not time limited gametypes, PERMANENT GAMETYPES).
>
> Hey 343 Industries: BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME (Halo 5 Guardians) - YouTube
>
> https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/6e35355aecdf4fd0acdaee3cc4156fd4/topics/no-infection-really/6ff5072f-e064-4fcf-9dbb-cd9714b278f9/posts
>
> Now, the most requested gametypes on the community are Infection, Doubles, Snipers, Oddball, King of the Hill, and Grifball. These are the most requested gametypes among the community and the links up there will tell you that the people WANT the permanent gametypes ASAP (especially Infection, that’s the one they want the most) and if by February you don’t add at least 2 or 3 of those 6 permanent gametypes (minimum Infection and Grifball), the community will leave Halo 5 and they will not come back and you will fail them. I’m telling you this because it is the truth, they have started leaving Halo 5 and the people that are still playing will leave soon if you don’t give us those gametypes.
>
> So, for the February update (or in a few days if possible), work hard on giving us those permanent gametypes, ignore the new REQs and Armors, just focus on the new permanent gametypes (and some maps for the new gametypes). Focus on the permanent gametypes, remember, the community wants Infection, Doubles, Snipers, Oddball, King of the Hill and Grifball, they want those gametypes on Halo 5 ASAP. So when you deliver the January update, start working on those permanent gametypes and we will be waiting for the February update containing the new permanent gametypes. Remember, PERMANENT GAMETYPES, not time limited gametypes, PERMANENT GAMETYPES, ok?

We are not getting more than Griffball and the spiritual successor to assault if we are being realistic…

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> 2535439780801708;2:
> > 2535409871392025;1:
> > Hey 343,
> >
> > I have some good news and some bad news (more bad news). First, the good news is that the Infinity’s Armory is looking really good and I’m looking forward to getting the real Classic Battle Rifle, the new maps and the Mark V Armor. It is awesome. Good on that.
> >
> > Now, the really bad news, is that Halo 5 needs more permanent gametypes URGENTLY because the community is getting really tired of waiting for more gametypes and honestly, they are right, you gotta give us more gametypes (at least the same amount of gametypes that Halo 4 has right now) ASAP! I highly suggest that in the February update or in a few days, instead of giving us new REQs and Armors, replace that with PERMANENT GAMETYPES (I repeat, PERMANENT GAMETYPES, not time limited gametypes, PERMANENT GAMETYPES).
> >
> > Hey 343 Industries: BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME (Halo 5 Guardians) - YouTube
> >
> > https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/6e35355aecdf4fd0acdaee3cc4156fd4/topics/no-infection-really/6ff5072f-e064-4fcf-9dbb-cd9714b278f9/posts
> >
> > Now, the most requested gametypes on the community are Infection, Doubles, Snipers, Oddball, King of the Hill, and Grifball. These are the most requested gametypes among the community and the links up there will tell you that the people WANT the permanent gametypes ASAP (especially Infection, that’s the one they want the most) and if by February you don’t add at least 2 or 3 of those 6 permanent gametypes (minimum Infection and Grifball), the community will leave Halo 5 and they will not come back and you will fail them. I’m telling you this because it is the truth, they have started leaving Halo 5 and the people that are still playing will leave soon if you don’t give us those gametypes.
> >
> > So, for the February update (or in a few days if possible), work hard on giving us those permanent gametypes, ignore the new REQs and Armors, just focus on the new permanent gametypes (and some maps for the new gametypes). Focus on the permanent gametypes, remember, the community wants Infection, Doubles, Snipers, Oddball, King of the Hill and Grifball, they want those gametypes on Halo 5 ASAP. So when you deliver the January update, start working on those permanent gametypes and we will be waiting for the February update containing the new permanent gametypes. Remember, PERMANENT GAMETYPES, not time limited gametypes, PERMANENT GAMETYPES, ok?
>
>
> We are not getting more than Griffball and the spiritual successor to assault if we are being realistic…

Well, at least those are two gametypes, so we are getting something. But, I hope they at least add Doubles and Snipers later, those are not hard to add, they can put them.

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It’s funny that Assault and Grifball are being added in NOW, like they’re being treating as “extra” content.

This shouldn’t be extra content. This is basic stuff. Generally, my standard for multiplayer games is at least 8 gametypes. We only have 3 real gametypes in Arena (not excluding variants), Slayer, Capture the Flag, and Strongholds.

And I’m not sure if I can even count Grifball as a “main” gametype, It always used to be classified as an Assault variant, and that’s what it really is. So when we’re getting this new version of Assault, in addition to Grifball, I’m only counting that as one core mode, as they’re different versions of the same thing.

So we have Slayer, CTF, Strongholds, and Assault as our only core modes? That’s pretty…barebones 343.

Here’s what I feel should be added

  • Oddball (+ball throwing) - King of the Hill - Flood (w/ updated customization) - Headhunter - All in addition to Assault/GrifballAny objections? Or would you prefer anything else in place of these modes?
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For the love of all that is Halo… PLEASE GIVE US DOUBLES BACK :frowning:

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I just want infection and Multi Team back.

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> 2535461821732932;4:
> It’s funny that Assault and Grifball are being added in NOW, like they’re being treating as “extra” content.
>
> This shouldn’t be extra content. This is basic stuff. Generally, my standard for multiplayer games is at least 8 gametypes. We only have 3 real gametypes in Arena (not excluding variants), Slayer, Capture the Flag, and Strongholds.
>
> And I’m not sure if I can even count Grifball as a “main” gametype, It always used to be classified as an Assault variant, and that’s what it really is. So when we’re getting this new version of Assault, in addition to Grifball, I’m only counting that as one core mode, as they’re different versions of the same thing.
>
> So we have Slayer, CTF, Strongholds, and Assault as our only core modes? That’s pretty…barebones 343.
>
> Here’s what I feel should be added
>
> - Oddball (+ball throwing)
> - King of the Hill
> - Flood (w/ updated customization)
> - Headhunter
> - All in addition to Assault/Grifball
> Any objections? Or would you prefer anything else in place of these modes?

I guess I would also like Doubles and Snipers in there besides those 5 that you said and while yes, it was barebones at launch and it might still be right now, I hardly consider the game inferior to another 2015 shooter called Star Wars Battlefront (EA). If you thought Halo 5 was barebones, check Battlefront (EA), it is more barebones than any other shooter released in 2015, for real and not only on the multiplayer modes but in overall content in general. -Yoink- EA!

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Would like to see doubles, shotty snipes, snipers maybe some slayer variants like team BRs or dmrs, King of the hill would be good too. I deffinetly agree though if they don’t add these I’ll be majorly disappointed, the community is there for the gametypes but it won’t be for long if they don’t seize it.

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> 2533274884069142;6:
> I just want infection and Multi Team back.

They just confirmed infection :slight_smile:

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Multi-team would definitely be money

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Josh Holmes just confirmed that Infection will be coming after they’re done with the “Ball-Based” Game modes like griff ball, fiesta and so on…

Link

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the real question is why do they keep teasing us with weekend or holiday playlists? even having a playlist for a couple of weeks is not enough and should be unacceptable. if they had left even half of the weekend playlists around we wouldn’t be having this conversation. we obviously have playlists ready to go for rockets, snipers, doubles, social (holiday social), shotty snipes, and probably more I’m not remembering. why do they think its ok to mess with us like that and take away good playlists i want to keep playing?

The fact is we have already had doubles, but their only explanation for taking it away is they want to “review the data” from those featured playlists to see what people are playing. that is a vague bureaucratic answer if I’ve ever heard one.

there is no good reason they can’t just give us back doubles, snipers, and a social playlist right away. that would really help with the variety of team arena at least. as it stands theres 5 ranked and 1 “social” playlist in btb. as we all know that is sad. why the heck can’t they just give us a few more playlists for now. i understand if grifball, infection or KOTH isn’t ready yet, thats fine. give us game types we can play. not one new map and an assault map we should’ve had a month ago. (not to mention they never really clarified at the time that Battle of Noctus was warzone only, and countless people spent days trying to get the new map on warzone assault assuming it would be there too)

weekend playlists are one of the worst thing 343 has done with halo 5. seems like people forgot how hey managed playlists in the MCC. they also had temporary playlists. every update they cycled them through. i expected the same for halo 5. when they finally came out with holiday social i figured they would just replace the holiday social with a permanent social (or at least temporary like the MCC). I should not have assumed. It makes absolutely no sense to have a playlist for such a short period of time, especially just a weekend playlist. Rockets was nice because it finally gave us a really weird and ridiculous game type that was purely for enjoyment purposes. then they take it away expecting us to thank them for such a fun weekend. we ask for social playlists so they give us one, then take it away. what were left with is BTB that still has hidden ranks and people with high ranks not finding games because of it. if they had left the ranked BTB and added a social BTB playlist then it would make sense. but just taking away ranks on BTB does not satisfy people need for social playlists. Give us back the social playlists while you get other social game types ready like infection. this game is so barebones that many i know don’t want to play it anymore, or never bought it to begin with. i don’t have many friends left to play with and soon i won’t play it either because its only really fun with friends.

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> 2535409871392025;1:
> Hey 343,
>
> I have some good news and some bad news (more bad news). First, the good news is that the Infinity’s Armory is looking really good and I’m looking forward to getting the real Classic Battle Rifle, the new maps and the Mark V Armor. It is awesome. Good on that.
>
> Now, the really bad news, is that Halo 5 needs more permanent gametypes URGENTLY because the community is getting really tired of waiting for more gametypes and honestly, they are right, you gotta give us more gametypes (at least the same amount of gametypes that Halo 4 has right now) ASAP! I highly suggest that in the February update or in a few days, instead of giving us new REQs and Armors, replace that with PERMANENT GAMETYPES (I repeat, PERMANENT GAMETYPES, not time limited gametypes, PERMANENT GAMETYPES).
>
> Hey 343 Industries: BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME (Halo 5 Guardians) - YouTube
>
> https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/6e35355aecdf4fd0acdaee3cc4156fd4/topics/no-infection-really/6ff5072f-e064-4fcf-9dbb-cd9714b278f9/posts
>
> Now, the most requested gametypes on the community are Infection, Doubles, Snipers, Oddball, King of the Hill, and Grifball. These are the most requested gametypes among the community and the links up there will tell you that the people WANT the permanent gametypes ASAP (especially Infection, that’s the one they want the most) and if by February you don’t add at least 2 or 3 of those 6 permanent gametypes (minimum Infection and Grifball), the community will leave Halo 5 and they will not come back and you will fail them. I’m telling you this because it is the truth, they have started leaving Halo 5 and the people that are still playing will leave soon if you don’t give us those gametypes.
>
> So, for the February update (or in a few days if possible), work hard on giving us those permanent gametypes, ignore the new REQs and Armors, just focus on the new permanent gametypes (and some maps for the new gametypes). Focus on the permanent gametypes, remember, the community wants Infection, Doubles, Snipers, Oddball, King of the Hill and Grifball, they want those gametypes on Halo 5 ASAP. So when you deliver the January update, start working on those permanent gametypes and we will be waiting for the February update containing the new permanent gametypes. Remember, PERMANENT GAMETYPES, not time limited gametypes, PERMANENT GAMETYPES, ok?

I’d really like them to fix Team Arena, by at least taking Arena Breakout out of the rotation, and increasing the rate at which Strongholds/CTF comes up…

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i miss dominion it was great for communicating with your team

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> 2535409871392025;1:
> Hey 343,
>
> I have some good news and some bad news (more bad news). First, the good news is that the Infinity’s Armory is looking really good and I’m looking forward to getting the real Classic Battle Rifle, the new maps and the Mark V Armor. It is awesome. Good on that.
>
> Now, the really bad news, is that Halo 5 needs more permanent gametypes URGENTLY because the community is getting really tired of waiting for more gametypes and honestly, they are right, you gotta give us more gametypes (at least the same amount of gametypes that Halo 4 has right now) ASAP! I highly suggest that in the February update or in a few days, instead of giving us new REQs and Armors, replace that with PERMANENT GAMETYPES (I repeat, PERMANENT GAMETYPES, not time limited gametypes, PERMANENT GAMETYPES).
>
> Hey 343 Industries: BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME (Halo 5 Guardians) - YouTube
>
> https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/6e35355aecdf4fd0acdaee3cc4156fd4/topics/no-infection-really/6ff5072f-e064-4fcf-9dbb-cd9714b278f9/posts
>
> Now, the most requested gametypes on the community are Infection, Doubles, Snipers, Oddball, King of the Hill, and Grifball. These are the most requested gametypes among the community and the links up there will tell you that the people WANT the permanent gametypes ASAP (especially Infection, that’s the one they want the most) and if by February you don’t add at least 2 or 3 of those 6 permanent gametypes (minimum Infection and Grifball), the community will leave Halo 5 and they will not come back and you will fail them. I’m telling you this because it is the truth, they have started leaving Halo 5 and the people that are still playing will leave soon if you don’t give us those gametypes.
>
> So, for the February update (or in a few days if possible), work hard on giving us those permanent gametypes, ignore the new REQs and Armors, just focus on the new permanent gametypes (and some maps for the new gametypes). Focus on the permanent gametypes, remember, the community wants Infection, Doubles, Snipers, Oddball, King of the Hill and Grifball, they want those gametypes on Halo 5 ASAP. So when you deliver the January update, start working on those permanent gametypes and we will be waiting for the February update containing the new permanent gametypes. Remember, PERMANENT GAMETYPES, not time limited gametypes, PERMANENT GAMETYPES, ok?

Agree completely with all of the above!! Also some1 else mentioned fixing gametypes in arena, which is absolutely right. Decrease Breakout, increase CTF/Strongholds. As it stands, the large majority of games in arena are Slayer/Breakout which is unacceptable.

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Update: The next update, Hammer Storm includes Grifball, Assault and Fiesta Slayer with custom game options for Oddball and Ricochet along with a new Arena map and some other stuff. It seems they have listened to our feedback, that is good. We are getting more than I thought we were getting. Sure, Infection, Doubles and Snipers will be absent for a while on the online multiplayer, but at least we do have three gametypes coming with two custom gametypes for custom games. That is awesome and once this arrives, it will finally remove the last big issue with Halo 5 and will definitely jump to an 8/10 game.

So, we’ll be waiting for the update on February and on the March update, a couple more BTB and Warzone maps would come in handy and also, Infection, Doubles and Snipers and King of the Hill are the gametypes missing. Try adding them in the next monthly update on March or April, and also, a Multi Team gametype for the Big Team Maps would be excellent for some more variety on the BTB maps. Also, a few more original Big Team Battle and Warzone maps (if you are going to add Forge BTB maps, add the remakes of the classic Halo maps made by the community) would also be great, bring them on March.

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There was no reason as all to necropost this thread dude. Plus, want you want are playlists, not gametypes.

No one else post in this thread, hell if the mods could please lock it that’d be great.

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> 2533274883849234;17:
> There was no reason as all to necropost this thread dude. Plus, want you want are playlists, not gametypes.
>
> No one else post in this thread, hell if the mods could please lock it that’d be great.

Actually, me and the community want both playlists and gametypes. Thankfully, we are getting 3 new gametypes this month, awesome. I think 343 read this post and the rest of the feedback. And no, I won’t lock any posts or threads, I won’t reject any people from reading what I think of Halo and if the post does not have that many threads, it’s ok, I don’t really expect that many people to write threads on my posts, the only post that had a lot of people writing on it was my “Which one? Halo 5 or Star Wars: Battlefront (EA)?”, that one had almost 190 threads, even I could almost not believe it.