Halo 5 is competitive for Infection
in other words. . .
INFECTION WONT WORK, NOR WILL IT FIT INTO THE GAME.
Key word for Halo 5,
" BALANCE "
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To me and based on the facts that 343 has given us, Its why they have chosen to rule out so many game types, there just not competitive, they don’t fit Halo 5’s standards and balancing system.
Halo 5 is the most competitive game out of the Halo’s.
It is THE MOST competitive game i have actually played, Ive played some pretty competitive games, but 343 and Halo 5 take the cake, Competitive and GRADE A, 98 PERCENT PERFECTLY BALANCED.
343 has made this clear to the fans before the Halo 5 beta dropped.
That Halo 5 will be an esports game / competitive game. as a big Halo fan,( Obviously. . . ) Infection wouldn’t work, sorry not sorry, but Halo 5 doesnt need it and it certainly doesnt fit into the game mechanics.
Its simple, Your asking 343 pretty much to add in elites back into the game, when before a majority of the Halo population / community made complaints that playable elites were to easy to kill due to the hit box’s. Why they didn’t add playable elites in Halo 5 and Halo 4?
Balancing issues. . .
The elites would need to have mechanics that were equal to the spartan abilities.
Back to infection, wouldn’t work. You can argue and complain all you want, but Halo 5 is to competitive and because of this, they have and probably already ruled out so many game types that were fan favorites that bungie had.
Difference between them and how I see why people prefer the past Halo games over 343’s Halo games, Is that bungie doesn’t take there job as serious as 343 does. Im certainly not a die hard fan boy of any of them, But 343 is beating Bungie when it comes to making the Halo games and Money.
Bungie cared about Halo, " Multiplayer wise, like all companies, duh. . . But to me, Bungie seemed to focus on the player to have fun, all gaming companies want this, duh again. . . But it didn’t feel balanced and if you look at Destiny, ’ not comparing Halo to destiny either ’ but Bungie is having a hard time Balancing the game and ways to make profit from the game.
343 on the other hand gives the player the option of micro transactions, YOU HAVE AN OPTION TO BUY THEM, YOUR NOT REQUIRED TO BUY THEM, UNLIKE OTHER GAMES AND THERE COMPANIES. ( Thats not a shot towards Bungie, Its a shot to all companies who are using micro transactions. They unlike 343, force the player to spend there cash on there game for a lot of things that should of been in the game from day one.
( Every 343 hater / complainer ) - " Infection and other game types / game modes should of been there since day one, Halo 5 is unfinished. . . "
Yeeeeaaaaahhhhhh, No. 343 made it pretty clear a head of time, before the Halo 5 beta, They told us ahead of time what was going to be a lunch with halo 5, what to expect, They made a plan with a ton of back up plans along with facts to put down anyone who didn’t want to believe it.
They want the game to be balanced, with this comes sacrifice, Your a super soldier, you have this armor, you need to feel super. I believe the great Bonnie ross said that. < correct me if I’m wrong. . .
So, is infection really needed? or is it just people feeling like 343 is abandoning them and fan favorites?
Let me know!
Now me on the other hand, Im not saying Halo 5 is perfect, It is in the state it is currently in and when it was released, I’m happy with how it turned out and how the story was executed, but my biggest complaint would be the Ranking system, Yes i said that the game is competitive, but that doesn’t mean i don’t want a social playlist, Yes there are a few now, but there is a date on them before they are removed. I personally would like it if they had versions of the ranked game types in a unranked game type ( Social ) and it stays. For casual players, Im not one of them, I’m more of the in it to win it, need my team to help out and not have to carrie them my self, with the ranked game type / playlist, If your team " Sucks " , You are punished, de - ranked and possibly could lead to a timed banned, due to you probably quitting to much or lashing out on your team for not putting in effort or working with you.
" Balance "
Now i know some of you will use my K / D against me, Go for it, I don’t care about it, You win some, you lose some, Balanced!
Remember. . .
Without Bungie, there wouldn’t be Halo and without 343 Industries. . . Well there still wouldn’t be Halo.
So be grateful!
Game on!
UNSC BlueTeam
Halo 5 isn’t even the most competitive Halo, and competitive gaming isn’t the reason we’re missing gametypes like Infection. No one in the competitive community ever demanded the removal of social gamemodes.
Halo 5 does need Infection. It’s always been a popular gametype.
> 343 on the other hand gives the player the option of micro transactions, YOU HAVE AN OPTION TO BUY THEM, YOUR NOT REQUIRED TO BUY THEM, UNLIKE OTHER GAMES AND THERE COMPANIES.
The option is an illusion, and I don’t give a damn if “other companies are worse”, it’s still a bad practice in itself.
Other gametypes are needed much more than infection, but it should be added. The fact that there are still so few gametypes is embarrassing
Halo can be competitive with social playlists. I usually play ranked, and prefer to see how I am doing. I don’t get the sense of duplicate playlists, like a social slayer, but game modes like infection or grifball involve a lot of luck as opposed to skill due to the sheer chaos involved in those game types means that they can’t be ranked. If you are an infected one round, you are automatically at a disadvantage in the game type. The person who is going to win the match will likely be a human every round. Thats the way it works, and you can’t compensate for that in ranking. That doesn’t mean Halo 5 shouldn’t have infection. It totally should. Many of my favorite Halo memories are from infection on Reach, before they edited the maps to remove the camping spots. It is a great game type, which does not preclude Halo from being a competitive shooter in the other modes, which will always be more popular. I recommend having one or two social playlists at a time, which rotate every week or so. One can be one of the more popular social playlists, like Grifball, or infection, while the other is less so, like oddball or king of the hill. The majority of the game types should be ranked, but this does not preclude those game types that can’t be ranked.
Halo 5 needs social playlists other than BTB. 343 made a huge mistake adding in team snipers for the other one. And not including all the other casual playlists from previous halos. what was 343 thinking?
Ranked is competitive as -Yoink- when you reach diamond/onyx rank
OP balance is…
I pay them good money for the latest Halo game…
And they give me what I expect, ie competitive slayer modes, as well as all the social modes we have had and enjoyed for over 10 years now. That means infection. That means oddball. That means KOTH. That means Juggernaut. That means Territories. That means Grifball.
And, guess what? People want to at least have them for custom games! Shall i just go -Yoink- off now and forge some Warzone assault? Oh, wait-
No one ever expected this level of…no choices. Ultimately, Warzone, breakout and BTB are all simply slayer variants, with Warzone assault, CTF and Strongholds being the alternatives. And you can’t choose to play them other then Warzone assault on a predictable basis.
I think the new balances and mechanics would make for an interesting infection game, that’s for sure!