I remember when I first noticed that 343 was going to use a new scoring system on some game variants in Halo 4 but, I had no idea that the orignal ‘1(10) Point(s) per kill’ Halo scoring system was not going to be used at all. I understand that giving a team extra point for specialty kills and assist helps get more players to feel like they contributed even if they did get a lot of kills and rewards you for the degree of difficulty of each kill and thats fine. The issue I have is that there is no game varient where you can play the original Slayer with the orignal scoring system. Even in Team Slayer Pro game varient uses the new scoring system. Halo Matchmaking always gave players may options of game types to play. So far this isn’t true with Halo 4 although, I strongly believe and hope that 343 is working hard to fix that.
I’m was wondering if there was any word on weather or not there would be any game variants that use the orignal scoring system or a similar scoring system that gives 10 points of every kill instead of 1 but, not rewarding any extra points. Slayer has always been just about the kills any thats something I loved about Halo Matchmaking. It was simple and to the point: More kills means you win. Period. Now that 343 has decided to experiment with new scoring options I think they need to remember that changing something does not mean that you must remove what came before it. One of the best things about Halo matchmaking was choice. Bungie never force fans that liked the way that things where on previous installment to play game variants that heavily relied on new features. You could vote/choose to play a “Classic” or “Pro” slayer varient with no Armor Abilities. Now that some other things have been changed. I think we still need to have the choice to play Halo like we have loyally for years.
TL:DR Version:
• Will the old 1(10) point per kill scoring system with no extra 5 points being rewarded for assist or specialty kills ever return?
• New scoring system doesn’t have to replace old scoring system. Both can be used as different game variants.
• Team Slayer Pro uses the new scoring system.
• Bungie always kept old game types in the game. 343 should do the same.