Going off your title…
343 killed the concept of Halo for the sake of a worthless “live service game” that only benefits them financially. The truth here is, Halo fans got screwed over because 343/Microsoft took your money but added barley anything to this beta other then a hamster wheel and a shop.
Halo is no more and never will be with this new model. You can’t have the Halo experience with a company flying the game into the ground, it just doesn’t work.
I like the ranked playlist…keeps things fresh. All the game modes are good.
Ah, “Ranked Doubles”, Event incoming in Season 4 2023
Halo is back and this is it till Halo is dead saddly. Think about it, Halo Infinite is going to be around for ten years if not less the way it is now and my parents are going to pass away till then.
I imagine that there are very few people out there who actively don’t want more playlists, ranked or not. But are mor ranked playlists really a top priority right now?
I would think that desync issues and the social MMR fiasco are the top of most people’s request boards though. Like I would love ranked slayer to be added, but I definitely don’t want it more than I want technical optimization and desync issues corrected
If there are sperate teams then there shouldn’t be a priority issue.
There is nothing to work for in this game. I don’t like challenges or progressing the battle pass. All that’s left is ranked. I don’t come to Halo to play causally
Preach this louder please! We need multiple ranked playlists. Why is this still not a thing? 343 catered directly to HCS and not the game specifically. It’s been a struggle to this point. We the players need variety.
You come to sweat and tryhard! I love it! I’m right there with you fellow Spartan.
I am a Halo Traditionalist!! PERIOD! IMHO All the Halo Franchise needed was a FACE LIFT!! in all of the games. Why Everything else WORKED!!! We had Sparkedit that was used for Halo Combat Evolved as that our version of Forge. It was a pane in the butt but it worked! There are thousands and thousands of maps for Halo Combat Evolved, Halo CE, Reach, Halo 1- 4 etc etc.
Are there any Halo Traditionalist that even work at 343i? I mean how many developers of the Halo Franchise are still around since Halo Combat Evolved? I really like to know! If so I sure don’t see it in the way Halo Infinite is being developed. I don’t see any of the Traditional map that made Halo very popular! Example Of Maps: Bloodgulch, Sidewinder, Danger Canyon , Coagulation Last Resort, Valhalla just a few for starters!
Ranked Slayer please.
Halo 3 would have been boring AF if MLG would have been the only ranked playlist.
I don’t really care about all the “technical” issues. I really just want to team up with a buddy, jump into a ranked playlist like team doubles or team slayer and watch my lame -Yoink!- move from silver to onyx…
I’m pretty basic as a person but that is classic halo… This is COD mixed with Fortnite… Behemoth is a great example of a failed 4v4 map.
Man team doubles would be amazing. I always run in a pair with my friend. It would be perfect for us
Must :
Team slayer
Team swat
Team objective
FFA
Would be cool
Team sniper
Team double
…
Ranked playlist is a must. Its crazy the only ranked is mlg.
not likely gonna happen, theres already 3 playlists to split the playerbase up.
You’re right. With the dwindling player base, they’re unlikely to add more playlists.
Yeah I want my $60 back. Definitely did NOT get my money’s worth
Yeah they are going to add more playlists but they’ll be adding it as content like what they did with Halo 5 even though they said they weren’t going to pull another Halo 5.
But the question is when they add the gamemodes as content will they be permanent or are they going to be around for a week or 2 and then be removed. Like what they did with the first tenrai fiesta and attrition.
Same with MCC they keep rotating gamemodes in and out of ranked and socials every week. Its annoying sometimes I hop on to mcc and I want to play grifball but realize that its not the grifball week.
The gamemodes they keep rotating in and out of mcc should just be permanent. They’re permanent in the 360 halos I don’t understand why they’re not in MCC other than escalation slayer because that was new, but that gamemode should be permanent too.
They added in new playlists and it didn’t really affect retention all that much from the metrics that we’ve seen. I don’t think playlists are the main cause for players dropping out. For example: I just looked up your profile and you’re still actively playing Halo Infinite, despite there not being Ranked Doubles/Ranked Slayer. Despite not having a playlist catering to your preferences, you’re still playing the game.
I think their biggest issues right now that affect retention:
-Progression System: Players complete the battle pass, then they leave until there’s an event or a weekly, then they play until they get what they need, then they leave again.
-Desync/Technical Issues: The technical issues that interrupt gameplay are too frequent. Simple as that.
-Challenge System: The current implementation of challenges makes acquiring the weekly such a chore. It’s not balanced well and I think they need to rethink their weekly ultimate system.
Oh I do play halo just not as much as I use to… My friends have disengaged from playing so I play by myself while they play Fortnite… it’s unfortunate but I feel their pain when it comes to not wanting to play halo.
Halo ain’t coming back till Bungie comes back