Honestly if 343 really cared about this game they would recognize that they made a mistake in releasing infinite last year. When you make a mistake trust me, the hardest thing is admitting you made a mistake and more importantly how you move forward.
If you want to say pulling the plug for a short period is an extreme notion, what would you say to releasing a game with no co op campaign, no forge on launch, then adding 2 new maps in a year? Not to mention BTB was broken on launch. If 343 really cared about infinite we would have 2 to 3 month seasons with pauses to work on bugs, issues, feedback etc. If they continue to go down this road infinite will not last 2 years yet alone 10 years.
I care about halo and the community but I have a right to voice my opinion. If we canāt honestly voice our opinions and whatās best for this game, what is the point of this forum?
I honestly hope people wise up and donāt buy the battlepass or items from the shop in S2. I bought the S1 battlepass and that was a mistake. I thought and believed that this game would be in a better shape and a state in S2 but I was wrong and Iāll own and admit that. Iām not going to make the same mistake again.
343 was fully aware that infinite was not ready, as well as Microsoft that is funding them.
When you refuse to learn from your āmistakesā you will never move forward. 343/Microsoft has had over a decade to learn, there is no mistake in what they did, it was planned as all developer do before releasing a game. But when it is as bad as infinite actually is, it becomes a childish game with the company to see what we can get away with before most of the player base catches on.
As far as expressing our opinion? You are 100% correct that it is our given right buying a product, and when any company doesnāt proved the servers they claim they will? You are damn right I will express my opinion whether anyone agrees with it or not.
Maybe after a decade 343 should actually learn to follow through with their words instead of playing their player base.
I honestly hope that more people will see this and will not buy S2. I have never wanted to route for a game to fail more than I have now and I have played halo for over 20 years. Infinite is a sham, Iām sorry. Some people will make arguments or justify what is being done here but if you canāt see what is happening here you donāt want to face reality.
The knifes have to come out and if we as a community continue to settle for less and less we have not done our parts and failed as a halo community. I honestly did enjoy the infinite multiplayer and campaign but I am not going to support a game with a developer that doesnāt have my back. 343 isnāt looking out for your or your opinion, only your money and time. The longer we wait to admit that the longer we fail as community.
The problem with players today is that companies like 343 has conditioned them to settle for less. Thatās the actual problem and as long as that problem exists, things will only get worse.
Bungie with Destiny 2 is a prime example of how bad things can get, and 343 is trying to follow that same destructive path.
We donāt always realize as a community we wield the biggest power and the biggest weapon in our arsenal: our money $. If we were to just demand a better product and to stop giving infinite our money maybe it doesnāt solve the problem overnight but maybe we would actually get the attention of msft and 343. We canāt keep settling for less and less Iām sorry but I love halo and how infinite is being rolled out and handled is wrong. Iām not going to support a game blindly and foolishly hope the ship is righted.
Yes. I mean, just the fact you get the money back after completing the pass makes it worth it. On top of that, the premium content in it looks very solid. GRD helmet looks great.
Case and point whether people like the game or not. No Manās Sky had a rude awakening, and as a result of it action was taken place to improve things.
So itās not that things canāt be improved, itās when will the player base wake the hell up to to motivate 343 to do their actual job instead of taking vacationsā¦
The whole work life balance excuse is a sham. If you are under fire and are failing, you donāt reward people and take vacations. You have to have accountability and have to be willing to walk and chew gum. Work should continue and also projects should continue when people are out. If people I managed didnāt do what they are supposed to do and if it was a prolonged period, they would be fired. You canāt keep hiding behind excuses.
Originally I wasnāt going to, but get the credits back so yeah, Iāll be buying it even though itās a 6 month season, itās looking better than season 1
Not true at all, and Bungie is a prime example on how they set up events like Dawning basing the events around the shop. Besides all that, infinite is literally still in beta mode. Do you want to show me how only realasing 2 maps āisnāt milking the playersā with only a BP/shops that is offered?
I think the real question is, how long will it take until we start seeing the first posts of āI finished the battlepass, now I have nothing to do for 6 months.ā Lol I give it about 5 days.
Iām still on the fence, but Iām a lot closer to buying S2 than I was S1. Iāll probably bite the bullet. Most of the cosmetics look pretty good, especially if we get cross-core customization.
No doubt there will be people that will grind through it and post a few days later itās finished, at least we know forge beta etc coming, and hopefully the drop pods come regularly enough.
Good thing progression system is coming, hopefully they implement it during season 2, it can make a difference
Absolutely. Assuming that there continue to be dozens of total new and unique armor pieces in the BPās, Iāll keep buying 'em. Prorated down per individual cosmetic, the cost ends up being basically nill. Actually, I guess it ends up being literally nill in the case of S3 and on, if you save the cR you earn in the pass to spend on the next one.
Buying these passes is in no way similar to paying the comparatively insulting prices of shop bundles. Supporting the battle passes is the right move.
At this phase, I donāt have any immediate plans to purchase any of the battles basses. However, I do despite this have a long term goal term goal to purchase the Premium Battle Pass Bundle for 2300 credits (~$25) when PvE option for earning xp becomes available and when some long term goals gets introduced like grind for max rank or completing commendations.