The halo Infinite progression system over the years as we know it has changed many times, not all of them were good and I would argue that very few felt good. But halo infinite is lacking badly, when playing ranked matches sometimes the most you can get is completing a match whether you win or lose or do well in a match or not. It’s 50xp a match which is very depressing even compared to halo 5 which I actually didn’t mind very much, the req system being a bit odd but I still enjoyed it and it worked for the kind of game it ended up being instead of the halo we were hoping for. Overall tho infinites progression system is only for the battle pass, no rank unless you’re playing ranked which is separate, only can progress through challenges that are very specific, and the pass is 100 tiers long which is insane at 50xp a game
this system is literally “do challanges” which may not be possible (bugged) or probably (game style/mode) and sucks for the tiny rewards they give (up to what, 250xp?)
top it off that all the ‘free’ rewards are designed to boost xp, change challenges, or basic free stuff that really isn’t that fashionable or pretty - and you quickly see problems.
IT is a crazy grind, to go to the 90’s even when the rewards get somewhat cool looking or ‘good’ - all designed to be this way for greed. Buy the pass to go faster, buy the pass to get better rewards. Buy the premium pass to skip 25 levels - etc.
also it was worse, itis NOW 50xp a game, it used to be 50 xp for a game, then needing to play like 4 for the same reward, etc
They had it nailed in Halo Reach. Challenges and armor unlocks.
i finished all my weeklies today and kept playing just for fun afterwards. Let me say that it felt great not having that pressure to jump through any more hoops and just play how i wanted. I think the idea of “progression” is really sucking the fun factor out of games these days. I want to play the game because i enjoy it and its fun and i personally struggle with that when im hyper focused on getting the sniper and trying to get no scopes so i can get one level closer a piece of armor i like, 50 more lvls away…
gone are the old days of unlocking things via achievements. now its all just another chore to do after work.
300 Exp, 600 Exp with a one hour booster. It’s fair.