As the championship bundle is out on Tuesday and it comes with new support upgrades and a tactical package does this mean we have to rank up to get them meaning the SR ranks will go up to SR160 i think or will 343 just give us them on day one?
i hope we have to rank up to get them kinda fed up being SR130.
it should have been raised along time ago i got my 130 around christmas
The armour mods will be unlocked by default to all players, regardless of your SR level. They haven’t announced any plans to raise the level cap on Tuesday.
Hopefully 343 increase the ranks.
um… maybe if they increase the level… reset the number or perhaps change the color then that will make a nice change? who knows.
I highly doubt it. T
If they raised the cap to 300 tomorrow I’d likely have surpassed it assuming you count all the games played since reaching 130.
The whole setup is flawed, so it’s not like raising the # will accomplish anything.
The Credits (or is it XP?), Spartan Points, CSR, and Spartan Ranks were all poorly thought out, as were commendations + armory tie-ins.
I sincerely hope 343 nails it in Halo 5, 'cuz this iteration was a let down.
> The whole setup is flawed…
>
> The Credits (or is it XP?), Spartan Points, CSR, and Spartan Ranks were all poorly thought out, as were commendations + armory tie-ins.
>
> I sincerely hope 343 nails it in Halo 5, 'cuz this iteration was a let down.
I agree that there was some flaws in-regards to some of the thinking, but I don’t think it was all poorly thought out.
The method of earning Spartan Points in-game and in turn player XP was fine IMO, but the manner in which Spartan Ranks was made an addition to the game was pretty stupid. Publicly visible Spartan Ranks are quite inconsequential in Halo 4, but they’ve ultimately become the de facto method for indicating one’s time and dedication toward the game on top of being a simple visual aid which relates a player’s progression through the character specializations; the specialization progression is pretty much useless information publicly. I thought Halo: Reach’s experience rankings were a million times better and definitely much more accurate for indicating a player’s total experience and dedication toward the game, plus for giving purpose and relevance to the daily, weekly, and monthly challenges. To be honest, I hope that an experience ranking system like Reach’s returns in future titles to be paired with a playlist skill ranking system (CSR). Now as far as I’m concerned 343i can keep the specialization progression if they wish, but just hide it from being publicly visible since it only serves to indicate a player’s personal progression through the character specializations which again means very little to other players.
IMO, the Playlist Competitive Skill Rankings (CSR) is important; though, there are certainly some things that I’d like to see done differently with them going forward. Firstly and most importantly, a CSR system needs to be ready at release, not implemented months later; secondly, it should act as a fluid utilitarian diagnostic tool rather than being a blend of accumulated playlist experience in a progression manner combined with a skill indicating metric which together unfortunately influences and mucks with the MMing search process (these were problems w/ the competitive skill ranks of H2, H3, and H4). To be honest, Microsoft’s TrueSkill system already provides a very ideal metric for the MMing search system so there’s no need to have CSRs factor into the search process; instead simply give players an option to prioritize their search parameters based on their preferences for closer skill pairings (per Microsoft’s TrueSkill ranks), a better connection, or quick searches (default)… similar to Reach.
Also, as for whether or not to make CSR visible in-game – I’d personally like to see it introduced in-game but in a heavily restricted manner. I think a player should have access to all of their own playlist skill rankings through their combat records, but only them and the only time I think a player’s ranks should be visible to other players in-game is after a match is completed. I believe the post game statistics menu/report system is the ideal time to publicly display player CSRs in-game and only for that particular playlist. This way the negative aspects of making CSRs visible in-game are curbed drastically while still providing the positive aspects. Plus, if someone was curious to research a player’s full spectrum of skill ranks, including their highest rank, the Waypoint remains a proper destination to do so which hopefully will work with the smartglass technology for Halo 4 and the future titles.
Finally, completely do away with using credits or tokens to purchase/unlock the combat related stuff in-game; it’s incredibly annoying and it obviously creates a disadvantage toward newer players in an unfair manner. Simply put, anything that’s combat related should be available for everyone right from the start, while simply unlocking customization options that are decorative only, and maybe even additional custom class slots, should be tied into a player’s lifetime accommodation progressions and overall experience progressions. IMO, this is where Halo 4 does get some of the customization unlocking partially right while also getting some of it as completely wrong as they could have.
As for Halo 4, since it’s too late to make any dramatic changes in accord to what I typed out above I guess extending the specialization ranks (SR) is one way to make the daily, weekly, and monthly challenges at least a bit more relevant and to give a little extra purpose to some players who enjoy having something to work on.
> …
Well put, I agree on all points. The potential for awesomeness is there but I feel they just didn’t give it enough time to percolate.
You hit the nail on the head, experience should earn you certain things, none of which should impede your play or put you at a disadvantage. Reach had a good commendation/challenge/experience system; they should totally bring it back.
COD has prestiges
BF has the ability to get to Colonel 100
Halo 3 went forever
Halo Reach had Inheritor
Halo 4 was too short and while CSR has helped I would greatly appreciate a progression system that includes playlist ranks (like Halo 3) and an accumulation system that just keeps going.
> Well put, I agree on all points. The potential for awesomeness is there but I feel they just didn’t give it enough time to percolate.
>
> You hit the nail on the head, experience should earn you certain things, none of which should impede your play or put you at a disadvantage. Reach had a good commendation/challenge/experience system; they should totally bring it back.
The potential certainly keeps me extremely intrigued for Halo 5, which will likely be the reason I will eventually get an Xbox One over a PS4.
I hope so. I wonder if I still have double XP tokens, since I hit 130 before I finished using them.