WE NEED A CLASSIC CAPTURE THE FLAG MODE!!! Not this random flag placement BS like in BTB:CTF You Need to grab the flag at the base and return the flag at the same spot where it was taken. None of this grab the flag and one spot and cap the flag at another location crap. 
In the original and traditional way in Halo has always been the flag MUST be at your base before you can cap the flag! 
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Agreed.
The flag placement changes each capture are annoying. Itâs just like the same thing with the variable weapon spawns.
I wouldnât mind if the flag location changed EACH GAME, but not Each round.
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The best is when you drive the flag carrier back to your base so they can deliver the flagâŚ
âŚAnd then they run off to your flag location to attempt to deliver it there.
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The flag isnât placed randomly. It follows the same rotation each time. Play that twice and you know where it will be next. I find it better on Deadlock (where it is in different buildings) than on Highpower where it just skips around the one base (wouldnât mind them keeping it in one place there). It makes for a more interesting game as itâs not just a team getting encroached in one position for the whole match.
You play that two to three times and youâll know where it will go at which cap. Otherwise youâre just leaving large parts of the map unutilized. I donât see the advantage in that.
As for people running to the wrong place with the flag. I once brought the flag to our base in 4v4 and dropped it while waiting for my team to return our flag while I defended it. One of the guys on my team took it and tried to deliver it back (I think he really was confused about which side of the map we were on). People not yet knowing how to play a mode isnât really something that shows it needs to be different. It happens in bog standard CTF as well.
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100% agree and it needs its own playlist too. Having to to play through or quit out of countless garbage total control and stockpile games just to play one CTF match is unacceptable. Why does everything about Infinite have to be asymmetrical, weapon spawns, vehicle spawns/drops, and objectives!? Its like the devs intentionally want to piss the players off.
As someone whose been grinding CTF big team almost constantly from blood gulch basement LAN parties until now, I have to respectfully disagree. (So far) Iâve enjoyed the flag moving after each capture.
Both flags start in the same place, which checks the âequal startsâ box for me. I also think the flag moving causes different parts of the map to see use over the course of the round, which adds some gameplay variety.
That being said, I would love if we had some variants to BTB game types.
- CTF classic - this is for you OP, and those like you
- BTB âSlayer Proâ - BR starts with radar, no secondary. Each team gets the same wall weapons and vehicles
I have a ton of other ideas, but I donât want to go crazy 
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Ill agree because we were about to capture the enemys flag and i already knew where it was going to spawn next grabbed a guy and a mongoose and waited by the flag spot captured then immediately after we captured the flag we grabbed the next flag and were half way to the base felt very dirty they couldnât even adapt fast enough
Well most Halo CTF maps I have ever played since Halo Combat Evolved. You flag must me at home to cap the flag. Also capping the flag has always been at the base where to stole it. That is the Traditional way 99% of the people have always played CTF games in Halo. I am a âHalo Traditionalist and always will beâ.
In all my CTF maps I have eaither modded and or created the flag is at the base at and your flag must be at your base in order to cap the flag PERIOD!!!
What sucks is when you have people that have been playân Halo Capture The Flag the way I have stated you have people running around trying to figure out where the sam hell to go to cap the flag. THATâS BS!!!
As soon as I get Forge I will change âALL THE CTF STOCK MAPS!!!â to the to the Traditional way of playing Halo Capture The Flag that has always been played âGUARRANTEED!!!â So we donât have to play CTF maps the lame way 343i has set it up!! PERIOD!!!
Side Note: Sorry I donât play Slayer and never will.
Get on mic or chat or use your markers to show them the correct direction. Itâs never explained when you first start the game and if youâve spent your previous ctfâs doing defense instead, it can get confusing. Iâve done this before with a couple people guiding someone to the correct location and it just made the capture even better.
That said I would prefer a 4v4 CTF playlist because I could just not play the CTF playlist at all and instead play other things without the dread of pulling a CTF match 
Agreed.
I have tried the mic trick but they donât listen or they donât have a mic. 
So like I said I will remove all the spawns, flag and flag stands in BTB CTF Maps and put them where they were in a Classic CTF Maps!
PS. I will also put a crap load of Good Weapons, Better Starting Weapons and Vehicles at BASEâS Only!!! as soon as I get Forge! 
This is a good assessment of how things work. I think one big improvement would be ANY kind of tutorial or actually worthwhile loading screen tips (that apply to the next match).
I personally like it. It changes things up instead of taking the same few routes to the same flag over and over and fighting the same campers in the same spots all game
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I hope 343i will give us an option to Carry The Flag âIN ANY VEHICLEâ like I was able to do in Halo MCC Custom Games!! 
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I donât understand. The flag isnât random. Did you get flamed for trying to return the flag to your flag when it was still in the first position?
Originally I didnât really care much about the flag being in a different area, until teammates kept taking the enemy flag⌠to our flag⌠instead of the base⌠Boy did that get so annoying to watch. People really are used to bringing the flag to the flag, and I fully understand that it should have never changed.
Also, WHO PUT THE FLAG UNDER THE BASE IN FRAGMENTATION? Thatâs the WORST spot. That little room is such a hassle to get into, and when you do, itâs packed with half the team waiting for you behind the walls with shotguns.
The whole BTB system is disrespectful to the classic BTB formula. Flags AT BASE. Heavy weapons AT BASE. Heavy vehicles AT BASE. Plenty of room to DRIVE AND FLY.
They just massacred my favorite mode. Itâs a betrayal to fans.
Lol, itâs supposed to make it progressively harder for those who have scored already, and then also easier to defend. I get what they were trying to do, but the classical way is much better.
Also, Hey Com~, I know youâre cyberstalking me. <3
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Loved being able to solo carry the flag and drive a ghost or whatever in CE. Hate how Infinite encourages people to not play the objective, by distracting them with free 50 XP win or lose, and annoying challenges. Makes CTF super painful to solo capture. Putting cores and flags in the Razorback is neat, but it keeps making me JUMP IN THE BACK SEAT. Very hard to position it while being shot at
Depends on if itâs BTB, Ranked, or Arena honestly. And if your teammates have the smarts to defend, attack, etc. But I have been able to run the flag a lot solo on Arena, and even Ranked.
Also, Hey Com~, I know youâre cyberstalking me. <3
I usually solo capture in Arena, because the maps are stupidly small and linear. Only takes like 10 flag tosses. With no issues, I can triple capture in a couple minutes. Grapple, slide, and Repulsor make it even faster.