343 made the flood play list but they took out one of the most competitive game typ… invasion. It seems 343 is making halo a non-competitive game. why does 343 have slayer pro? why don’t they have invasion? they are messing around with the playlist so why not add invasion??? Also, on another note I would like to see new ranks, just new ranks and invasion that’s all we the competitive players are asking for.
I’m a competitive player. I don’t want invasion. I want a skill gap.
Well, there are no Elites in multiplayer, and Dominion is actually kind of close to Invasion. . .
Also, I am not sure if Halo 4 maps would support Invasion very well. They don’t seem like they are suitable or designed for it.
Because Infection has always been one of the most popular playlists. Flood isn’t nearly as good, though.
Anyways, they took out Invasion because there are no Elites, and that was a big part of it. Also, Invasion was definitely not the most competitive gametype. If anything was, it was MLG.
> Because Infection has always been one of the most popular playlists. Flood isn’t nearly as good, though.
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> Anyways, they took out Invasion because there are no Elites, and that was a big part of it. Also, Invasion was definitely not the most competitive gametype. If anything was, it was MLG.
Yep! What my fellow friend, Sensory said!
MLG had to be removed because Halo 4 is not even part of MLG, but we’ve got Team Throwdown and Slayer Pro modes (two very competitive playlist/modes) to ac compensate for the loss!
dominion is better then invasion
a. Invasion was not a very competitive playlist, what with the Phase 1 spawnkilling and the Phase 3 camping.
b. It appears that 343i had to rebuild most of the gametypes from scratch after making modifications to the game engine.
c. It wasn’t a gametype that was easy to sustain. Even the community wasn’t able to produce as much content for it, relative to other gametypes.
I don’t have any official information, but 343i probably judged that Invasion was not worth their time. It’s a complex gametype that would require a lot of scripting and testing – probably more so than any other gametype in Halo 4 – and wouldn’t have generated much in the way of community-made content.
Perhaps they thought Flood would attract something close to the population it had before when it was called Infection. 343 just forgot to make the game play like the other one and in doing so turned their back on a huge portion of the previous population.
At this point though, I have to agree, Flood should go into action sack its population is so small, it does not deserve its own playlist.
> Perhaps they thought Flood would attract something close to the population it had before when it was called Infection. 343 just forgot to make the game play like the other one and in doing so turned their back on a huge portion of the previous population.
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> At this point though, I have to agree, Flood should go into action sack its population is so small, it does not deserve its own playlist.
Can’t have FFA & Team gametypes in one playlist 
> > Perhaps they thought Flood would attract something close to the population it had before when it was called Infection. 343 just forgot to make the game play like the other one and in doing so turned their back on a huge portion of the previous population.
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> > At this point though, I have to agree, Flood should go into action sack its population is so small, it does not deserve its own playlist.
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> Can’t have FFA & Team gametypes in one playlist
Flood is FFA. If they gave us our -Yoinking!- colors back people wouldn’t make that mistake.
> Well, there are no Elites in multiplayer, and Dominion is actually kind of close to Invasion. . .
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> Also, I am not sure if Halo 4 maps would support Invasion very well. They don’t seem like they are suitable or designed for it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzS4uDSgdek that pretty much was dominion. I used to love Invasion and the battle plans and strategies a team would have to employ, the rage quitters and the vehicle combat… Dominion took out all satisfaction of winning. No thank you, can’t accept dominion as a replacement for Invasion.
Memory lane time! Playing invasion talking about halo 4 and how it might be… Teammates mad at me because I had a Kmart brand Internet, enemies not even putting up a fight so we just chilled out almost not even calling out positions… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DHneTLn8ok - just a nice lazy game with a some friends chatting, eating, singing and shooting stuff. None of that “last stand” stuff to protect people’s feelings.
> > > Perhaps they thought Flood would attract something close to the population it had before when it was called Infection. 343 just forgot to make the game play like the other one and in doing so turned their back on a huge portion of the previous population.
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> > > At this point though, I have to agree, Flood should go into action sack its population is so small, it does not deserve its own playlist.
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> > Can’t have FFA & Team gametypes in one playlist
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> Flood is FFA. If they gave us our -Yoinking!- colors back people wouldn’t make that mistake.
What?
I know Flood is an FFA gametype. He said put Flood in the TEAM Action Sack playlist, which isn’t possible.
> > > > Perhaps they thought Flood would attract something close to the population it had before when it was called Infection. 343 just forgot to make the game play like the other one and in doing so turned their back on a huge portion of the previous population.
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> > > > At this point though, I have to agree, Flood should go into action sack its population is so small, it does not deserve its own playlist.
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> > > Can’t have FFA & Team gametypes in one playlist
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> > Flood is FFA. If they gave us our -Yoinking!- colors back people wouldn’t make that mistake.
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> What?
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> I know Flood is an FFA gametype. He said put Flood in the TEAM Action Sack playlist, which isn’t possible.
My mistake. I just want my colors back. Among other things.
> a. Invasion was not a very competitive playlist, what with the Phase 1 spawnkilling and the Phase 3 camping.
Don’t forget Power Weapon stealing, heavy Power Weapon usage instagibbing vehicles and how both sides started with EMP capable weapons.
I would LOVE to see Invasion. LOVE, but I doubt it happens. I remember before Halo 4 released someone asked 343 about Invasion and they said it wasn’t happening, but our “need for objective games would be satisfied.” Well that was a LIE. Dominion isn’t as good as Invasion. They don’t compare.
> > > Perhaps they thought Flood would attract something close to the population it had before when it was called Infection. 343 just forgot to make the game play like the other one and in doing so turned their back on a huge portion of the previous population.
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> > > At this point though, I have to agree, Flood should go into action sack its population is so small, it does not deserve its own playlist.
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> > Can’t have FFA & Team gametypes in one playlist
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> Flood is FFA. If they gave us our -Yoinking!- colors back people wouldn’t make that mistake.
Flood is not free for all. It’s Team Slayer where the teams change over the course of the game.
> > > > Perhaps they thought Flood would attract something close to the population it had before when it was called Infection. 343 just forgot to make the game play like the other one and in doing so turned their back on a huge portion of the previous population.
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> > > > At this point though, I have to agree, Flood should go into action sack its population is so small, it does not deserve its own playlist.
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> > > Can’t have FFA & Team gametypes in one playlist
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> > Flood is FFA. If they gave us our -Yoinking!- colors back people wouldn’t make that mistake.
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> Flood is not free for all. It’s Team Slayer where the teams change over the course of the game.
It may seem like it, but it’s not. As far as I know, the game can not force team changes mid round or in between rounds, so FFA was used as a base and psuedo-teams were created by grouping up players.
That’s why only the top 3 players are considered “winners” and the rest are “losers”, regardless of what “team” they were on. It also explains why if you activate a Dominion turret, it will shoot at all players, including you.
The reason why you don’t have your own colors is because the now-hidden “forced color” option is set to that disgusting yellow color.
> a. Invasion was not a very competitive playlist, what with the Phase 1 spawnkilling and the Phase 3 camping.
This
Invasion on Boneyard Phase 3 with the whole human team Armour Locking and using shotguns in an enclosed space - not even funny.
> I’m a competitive player. I don’t want invasion. I want a skill gap.
I’m competitive. I want Invasion.
You’re turn.
> > Perhaps they thought Flood would attract something close to the population it had before when it was called Infection. 343 just forgot to make the game play like the other one and in doing so turned their back on a huge portion of the previous population.
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> > At this point though, I have to agree, Flood should go into action sack its population is so small, it does not deserve its own playlist.
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> Can’t have FFA & Team gametypes in one playlist
Why not? Teams and FFA are gametype specific, not playlist specific.