I think the hype has begun to go down, at least for people outside their community. I don’t even know what WZ2 is, and MW2 seems to have had its own share of launch problems.
Except new bugs, every new updates, new content been add to the game will make it better, the problem now is only “inefficiency”.
I’m thinking it will be great. finally, a free battle pass. 
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For those of you who will be playing Ranked Arena: going at it solo or with a fire team?
i think we will a very short lived temporary rise in player numbers, followed by a quick drop in player numbers again to around the level we are at now, bc the update doesn’t really change the core problem of the game, which is the game being designed around to sell stuff and not to be a good game
I usually ONLY see that with the BR, and I think it’s because of the burst. Since the first bullet kills and unshielded enemy the last 2 counts as misses.
If you fire 500 shots in a game and get 20 kills that would mean you’d miss 40 shots from the kills. That’s only 8%.
Getting 30% is what you’d usually see from an automatic weapon. Spray n pray!
I’m actually looking forward to this BR nerf.
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I say it will be pretty decent, it won’t bring everyone back but with Forge it’ll definitely keep people occupied & might bring in some players again
Its going to be an amazing update. Im not happy about Ranked FFA, Ranked Doubles, Big Team Social and Team Snipers being taken out but everything else seems great. This update has the potential to give this game a massive lifeline it desperately needs.
Just wish they would have kept Ranked FFA (Change it back to 6 Players) and Ranked Doubles to see how they perform with the changes. Im sure they would have felt a lot better and people would be playing them more. But apart from that things are looking good.
This update is a strong step in the right direction for where Halo Infinite should’ve been a year ago.
Being able to search and find custom games and maps via web is going to help this process and connection in the time coming.
Is ranked survivor that solo mode we had being brought back rebranded? Sorry forgot the name.
I’m looking forward to progressing the battle pass/events, and unlocking the new achievements.
(If anything is buggy it will be the achievements.)
I’m going to miss Rumble Pit. I wonder if the updated challenge system will feel the same because so many modes are gone too (Team Snipers for sniper challenges, for example).
I’m curious how the BR changes are going to feel.
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I’m happy with the challenge changes, but I’m cautiously waiting to see how many challenges are (for example) “Get 10 kills with Cindershot.”
At that point you then have to get lucky enough to get a map with it, and also the rotation of the map that has it spawning this match. Or you can try fiesta, but there’s no guarantee you’ll get the weapon you need that game.
I had someone try to help me by assuring me 343i said:
“All Challenges in regular weekly decks can be completed in any playlist”
And that therefore, A Cindershot-specific challenge can’t be completed in the Tactical Slayer playlist.
However, we’ve seen from the stream that there was an AR challenge, which while very reasonable, cannot be obtained in Tactical Slayer. So I’m not sure what to expect tomorrow for my concerns.
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And that’s fair enough.
But on the same token… you have a whole week. And only 10 challenges.
So it doesn’t matter if you have one or two that are;
a) actually challenging.
b) may take a few games to complete.
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Do you mean Last Spartan Standing?
I was wondering if it was a collection of attrition games. And I guess LSS could fit in with that? Except you wouldn’t be able to go in as a squad.
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Can’t be anything but a good update. Might not be everything everyone wants all at once, but at least it’s a big update. Just play when you’re drunk or high, game is a lot more fun when you is.
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judging on their past endeavors, will be expecting a few major bugs with the maps and forge. Perhaps even a few crashes? Just an educated guess.
Since the weekly challenges are being cut in half, I expect the remaining challenges to be more challenging.
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Yea, it’s not ideal, that’s for sure. I think messing around on dev made maps is a good way to figure out some of the control basics. Mostly I think the best intro for new forgers is to remake old Halo maps or favorite maps from other game franchises though. So I’m hoping we see matchmaking flooded with a ton of old remakes by S3 at the latest 
I think people are generally pretty over hyped over this update.
It seems like people are just trying to come up with any excuse to get peoples hopes up. For me? Well I get my helmet back which I’m happy about (Mark V) but that’s about it. Some friends are coming back to see what the update’s about, but I mean I can’t play with them due to Skill Based Matchmaking forcing them into the most sweat filled lobbies imaginable.
Planning on playing BTB with them until they all quit after a week since the games are so unfair.