Months ago when 343 released Multiplayer info about ordnance they constantly claimed it was going to be random and balanced to remove “map control.” When they said this, I was pretty cool with it (if it was for certain playlists) and it would be like Firefight where weapons would randomly drop so anyone can have a chance to grab the weapon. However, with the new gameplay videos it shows you actually call down the weapons which will spawn right next to you and you can get them by filling an Ordance Meter from the medals you earn. It kinda seems they changed their stories, do you guys feel the same or did I just misinterpret?
Good point. Might just be different gametypes.
> Months ago when 343 released Multiplayer info about ordnance they constantly claimed it was going to be random and balanced to remove “map control.” When they said this, I was pretty cool with it (if it was for certain playlists) and it would be like Firefight where weapons would randomly drop so anyone can have a chance to grab the weapon. However, with the new gameplay videos it shows you actually call down the weapons which will spawn right next to you and you can get them by filling an Ordance Meter from the medals you earn. It kinda seems they changed their stories, do you guys feel the same or did I just misinterpret?
That gametype where you call in your own ordinance is called Infinity Slayer. I think this doesn’t apply for the other game modes.
That game type is infinity slayer, not slayer.
it was originally random, then they changed the concept slightly and got the ordnance drops we’ve seen recently.
or at least, that’s what I’ve come to believe.
They don’t always drop right next to you, they drop to certain points on the map, if your smart you’ll be close to one. Everyone gets the incoming notification, so if your not close by your -Yoink- won’t go like you planned
its exclusive for the infinity slayer playlist in all the other playlists its not personal ordnance
As long as ordnance drops and random weapon spawns are kept out of competitive playlists, I’ll be happy. I wouldn’t want to see that in something like MLG if it were to return. MLG is all about map control.
It is random in regular slayer. In infinity slayer you get to choose.
Ordinance drops you call will be in a gametype called infinity slayer. The other gametypes will have roaming power weapon spawns that arent random but are predictable making it so you have to try to control multiple parts of the map and not just one.
That’s only Infinity Slayer. This is what the website says about Infinity Slayer on the Gametypes page.
> A new twist on the traditional Slayer experience that now allows Spartans to earn points during the course of a match which can eventually be leveraged to call in ordnance from overhead.