The rotational playlists are a good idea. As the population of the game gets smaller, the number of playlists needs to shrink to retain high enough populations in each playlist. Playlists such as king of the hill which would not get high enough numbers if they were permanent, but, when rotated in and out, can all be present without dilluting the population by adding new playlists. The problem, however, is that each rotational playlist just seems like an extension of Action Sack and there are good playlists we don’t see often enough, such as:
DLC
KotH
Dominion
Extraction
Ricochet
New Forge Maps
Instead of rotating these playlists that do not all fit at the same time but are still good playlists, instead 343 gives us playlists like Flag Grab Bag, which is just CTF where in each game every player spawns with the same weapon (Shotgun, Rocket Launcher, etc.) and we don’t even know which weapon until the game starts (Can someone please tell me what the purpose of this is?). We already have an Action Sack playlist which is practically the same thing (except the hidden gametypes).
> The rotational playlists are a good idea. As the population of the game gets smaller, the number of playlists needs to shrink to retain high enough populations in each playlist. Playlists such as king of the hill which would not get high enough numbers if they were permanent, but, when rotated in and out, can all be present without dilluting the population by adding new playlists. The problem, however, is that each rotational playlist just seems like an extension of Action Sack and there are good playlists we don’t see often enough, such as:
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> DLC
> KotH
> Dominion
> Extraction
> Ricochet
> New Forge Maps
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> Instead of rotating these playlists that do not all fit at the same time but are still good playlists, instead 343 gives us playlists like Flag Grab Bag, which is just CTF where in each game every player spawns with the same weapon (Shotgun, Rocket Launcher, etc.) and we don’t even know which weapon until the game starts (Can someone please tell me what the purpose of this is?). We already have an Action Sack playlist which is practically the same thing (except the hidden gametypes).
These newer playlists are just for testing and to see if players like it, if it goes well, they keep it permanent or rotate it again. If not, then it doesn’t usually come back. I do agree with you about DLC playlist though, even the Flag Grab Bag has them, achievements and etc. are almost unobtainable due to lack of abilities, certain vehicles and more. I’d love to see a Castle playlist or something come again~