First off, I am very pleased with how 343 has responded to the recent criticism. I, for one, was very unhappy with how the mp launched on both a content and monetization standard. However, this most recent psych and the stream with ske7ch have shown me that they are listening and the changes made, so far, are great. Now, I do have a few things I’d like to point out from my perspective for Gameplay improvements. They aren’t huge, but they do affect how enjoyable the game is (for me at least) to play. Side note, is love to hear if anyone else feels the same.
Firstly, the radar needs to be expanded in radius a bit. Right now, to me, it is still all but useless unless you are crouching in a corner. If you are playing with any sense of movement there is hardly any time to react between when a player is on your radar and when they are able to melee you. I am not saying that half the map should be on the radar, but just a 5m bump would be nice.
Weapon balancing. Some weapons, as in sure you know, are completely useless or useless in the scope of arena play. There needs to be a bit of tuning done on several weapons (like the plasma carbine, the stalker, the AR’s effective range, a shotgun 1 hit lol range, etc…).
Once ranked playlists are added remove trueskill from social. I know that with the limited content you don’t want a first time player to match Snipedown and get scraped, then never play again. But, once you have ranked versions of playlists so there is a place to play against your skill level, remove it from social entirely. Right now, for me, I hate playing by myself, even in FFA (my favorite playlist) because every match is a sweatfest. Social should be just that, social. One game I could match a new group of people and take it easy, the next I could match FaZe players and get worked out. But even those games, I get to match a variety of players, see things I’ve never seen, and maybe improve. I hate going in alone right now because there is no playlist where I can just play for fun, I always need to be on my game or I’m going to get destroyed. That’s no fun. Plus, look at MCC. The most popular Gameloft us always social slayer, same was true in H3, Reach, etc…
Post that, for me, keep up the good work, looking forward to the next campaign dlc and the next mp map drop. You absolutely nailed the campaign btw. Cheers all.