It really needs to be 6 players. Having 8 players in ranked ffa is so messy and chaotic. Constant third partying, terrible spawns, no room to breathe, etc. With 6 players its more controlled and actually feels more competitive.
Also can we get some new maps into FFA? Empyrean would be nice (as long as the spawns work properly). Maybe get some forge maps in there too? For example the map Nemesis:
https://www.halowaypoint.com/halo-infinite/ugc/maps/807bfbc5-c7b5-4f2e-92a1-92ec929fac3f
At least you can get to play it… I’ve managed to get into six games over the two rotations so far. The estimated time is always 3mins+ even at peak times.
But yes when I did get to play six players would be better than 8, ( I said this after the last rotation, although ‘the pit’ would suit 8 players being a bigger field than most of the other maps - it worked well in H3 with 8 players.
Oh I know what you mean Iv only been able to play 2 matches since it came back into rotation last week. And it was about the same last time it was in rotation too. Hopefully changing it to 6 players could also help find more games, since that would be 2 less people needed to start a match and people might be more tempted to play it if it plays better. Adding some new maps would definitely help (including Forge maps and remakes).
Definitely - new maps - less players needed and it being permanent would make it much more viable…
with it being rotational it cannot keep a steady fanbase.