I don’t necessarily mind the idea of catch-all rotating playlists with many game types, it’s not like it’s a new idea for Halo, but the lack of options to pick a playlist of a single mode is really disappointing. It feels extremely barren to only have 3 selections when going into matchmaking, with decidedly less control over what you’ll play than past systems. Also bring back SWAT pls
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I’m assuming more playlists will be added at launch on December 8th right now it’s still in beta I’m hoping swat gets added at launch aswell
The beta launch news post points out that all Day 1 maps and modes are active for the beta, so I wouldn’t expect anything like that to be added
While you may experience some bumps and bugs during this beta period, it does mark the official start of Halo Infinite Season 1, with all day-one maps and modes enabled as well as the full Season 1 Battle Pass.
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Oh that sucks I didn’t see that, thank you for posting that
Really ironic that this Halo has more players than ever before, yet less modes than Halo 2. 343 really dropped the ball hard here and this is gonna get boring quick.
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This is so sad. I cannot believe there is not a social slayer playlist, or a way in custom games to set up random weapon starts. I love Husky Raid, it’s one of my all time favorite playlists. Is that ever coming back? What about super fiesta? That is so much fun and helps less skilled casual payers have fun and use a lot of power weapons. What about Swat? Why does it say in custom the maps can handle 28 players but I can only create games with 16?
Why is my fire team being separated and put on the other team when we are in a party together?
At the very least, I’d like to see them split Quick Play up into Team Slayer / Team Objective playlists. I’d love to see that split for all the modes, plus the return of things like Fiesta and SWAT, but I don’t get why there’s so few to begin with. Maybe 343 really wants to keep a consolidated playerbase? I don’t think that’s necessary
Everything I’ve seen so far is what we have now is Everything this game has to offer at launch on the 8th with plans to add more way later in the seasons. I only hope they add Everything sooner than later.
Agreed. Sick of going into a match of oddball with little kids who have no idea how to play the objective and think it’s Slayer.
I’m really curious as to why Slayer wasn’t added as a playlist at launch, feels like they stacked every mode into a few playlists at the last minute without much of a plan.
After reading the blog again it does look like they will change up playlist types and update maps with different playlist. Doesn’t seem like new maps are coming anytime soon just different playlist.
Our approach to Halo Infinite’s launch playlists was fairly simple – start with a focused offering to ensure healthy matchmaking and be prepared to adjust as needed. It is truly a live game, so we will be monitoring all playlists, including event playlists, to see which ones are performing well and which ones aren’t. Using that data, combined with player feedback, we will be able to identify opportunities to add or remove playlists (or even certain map and mode pairings within a playlist), to ensure a quality experience when playing Halo Infinite matchmaking. Launch is just the beginning - Halo Infinite’s online multiplayer experience will grow and evolve over time!
I agree why they just didn’t have slayer as an option but maybe it is true that they are just gathering more data. I would assume they have to add the normal playlist soon…Doubles , Slayer , FFA , hopefully snipers 