Ya - i am still super bummed. I didn’t start playing Halo Infinite until Tactical Slayer was added.
I’ve now stopped until they add a filter or change the game mode back. It is literally the only game mode I play.
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I enjoyed the other weapons more than BR, but the fact that the other weapons still remain in the standard Tactical Ops playlist is kind of insane. I seriously don’t understand what 343 was thinking. The worst part for me is that it’s one more series of 100% luck based challenges. Get x kills with Mangler in Tactical Ops? It’s like get x kills with the ball in Oddball and praying for that game type in Wuick Play!
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Problem with the Sidekick is its fire rate.
You can Team wipe an entire team in less than a second if you lined up all your shots.
Or are cheating
Magnum couldn’t be spammed, the shots were deliberately paced.
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Yes, SWAT/Tactical is ruined until they put it back. Having to change gears game to game is annoying.
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During the event people were begging for the new variants to stay, can’t please everyone.
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I never saw anyone begging for these variants to stay.
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There definitely were, maybe not on Waypoint I don’t frequent here.
So a relatively small number of people on Reddit or Twitter then? Either way, these online forums aren’t exactly a representation of what thousands of players want or don’t want.
I think the kicker is that they didn’t announce the weapons would stay like they did when they kept fiesta around and added SWAT in the first place.
As far as I’m concerned, they left them in by mistake and will remove them. At least I hope.
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I’d argue that the community on Waypoint is the relatively small demographic.
But you’re right, forum communities are small portion of a game’s population. But after the way people got upset about them taking out attrition I’m not surprised they left these new variations in.
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I like how we bitched about modes being only available in a playlist (most still are) and they finally pulled some out to be stand alone, and now SWAT went from BR’s to a random playlist, like bruh, they don’t actually think or pay attention at all.
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I agree that we need a magnum pistol. It just doesn’t feel like halo when you’re firing puny 10mm rounds at enemies. Even the M6C would be preferable to the sidekick.
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it infurates me because so many games involve the stalker rifle or the mangler. i just want normal tactical slayer- or even just a way to opt out of the other weapons! ;_;
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Bloom is VERY annoying when you are trying to play at the top your game and you’re shots are going all over but the target. That random outcome when I shoot first 3 shots into the target before he can put 1 into me, and then he’s able to pop my shields anyway because my bullets are randomly flying off somewhere into space on the last shots I need. That’s random, and it’s srsly has no place in an arena shooter, and there’s no recoil I can even control to compensate. Awful. If it’s going to be there for balance and so you can’t snipe with the pistol increase the range atleast slightly where the shots don’t fly off like that. It needs to be different than what it is right now, cuz I can be quite close and miss shots when I’m staying on target.
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I submitted a support ticket and asked if it was an accident and had to be because the majority of player dont like them and I got this F.U. response
Hi elkinswillkill,
Thanks for your ticket. The various weapons added during Tactical Ops Event game modes were left intentionally and are now part of the Tactical Slayer playlist rotation. We do thank you for keeping an eye on this and if you ever find other in-game issues, or simply have inquiries, please do submit a new ticket at https://aka.ms/halosupport.
MAYBE EVERYONE SHOULD SUBMIT A SUPPORT TICKET AND GET SOME ATTENTION
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Well, that’s disappointing.
Guess I’ll have to log a ticket.
It wouldn’t be so bothersome if it was br most of the time but I literally play anything other than br 90% of the time and that just isn’t what swat is
As someone that played swat for many years, this is an abomination and should’ve been temporary or had its own separate playlist. Should’ve been br’s and sidekicks for main swat at most, I still do pretty well with the stalker and commando, usually average close to 20 or 20+ and do ok with the mauler, but they aren’t swat weapons. You have people quitting at the loading screen bc of these things (which I always do with the mauler), and having to sit a ban instead of playing the game mode they love. The fact that 343 has found a way to ruin this game mode smh
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Exactly this. The decisions that 343i are making and forcing upon us actually negatively impact the gaming experience for a lot of players…combine that with RNG style challenges that require a specific game type in an RNG playlist makes players quit the game so they can roll the dice again to get the game type they need to complete challenges. I honestly don’t understand how 343i can continue to be so incompetent and blind not to see how this would work and pan out. It’s ridiculously amateurish.
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Just played six rounds - three mangler, two commando and one stalker.
I also have a challenge to get 5 kills with a BR so that probably doesn’t help.
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