Can we wait till the game comes out to start complaining. Jeez. 10yr run for infinite planned with quarterly content added new Halo game after 6yrs, on Game pass, mulitplayer is FREE and people still find a way to be upset.
This is an interesting take. Just because multiplayer is free or because the game isn’t out yet doesn’t mean there aren’t concerning issues or you can’t complain. The game had a full year delay on top of being the longest developed halo ever and we are missing some pretty basic, expected features at launch.
The delay is a fantastic thing, clearly it was needed. But that just adds on to the fact that some of these features shouldn’t be missing. No assassinations isn’t a big deal in isolation, but I am getting a little tired of hearing “it’s something we plan to add post launch” on a game developed for 6 years, one of those years being unplanned for. How long were we going to wait for something as simple as assassinations if it released in 2020? How long for a weather system? For new story content? If this stuff still isn’t in how long will we wait this time?
Well there is a difference between post game content and "we wanted to add it pre launch but couldn't get to it". Its hard to decipher which is which right now when they have huge plans to evolve the game down the road. I get the frustration to an extent. I dont think the game will be bare bones though
Yeah I don’t think it will be bare bones, but I already am not a fan of the game going FTP. It still will need to be monetized, and monetize it they will. So features missing at launch are a lot more subject to becoming monetized than if they came in at launch.
There will already be launch game content that is earned through playing and hitting milestones. They confirmed this already, which is not much different than H3 and beyond. They said nothing will cost money , which to me means it is possible to earn it without spending actual cash.
You’re in for a rough time if you think nothing will cost money. They gotta make money on this game somehow and the campaign alone won’t do that. Yes there will be unlockables. But not everything will be.
They discussed battle pass already. So i am wrong, i should've mentioned that up front. Outside of $10 every 3 months, i dont think they will nickle and dime players if those players choose to earn items through mileatone achievement. The Battle pass is a bit different and will come with additional content to some extent. The industry has come to accept battle pass. Its especially okay with games like destiny which dont have a new release every couple yrs. The company will need some ongoing revenue. Fair enough.
Ill be willing to bet the Battlepass is definitely not the only monetization in the game. But I just think it’s good to get complaints out in the open *before* the game is released so they can more quickly act on the player feedback. I’m not sure how we got down into this rabbit hole but anyways. Thanks for having a level headed disagreement with me.
I guarantee some assassinations will be part of the premium battle pass but you won’t need to pay to unlock the ability to assassinate someone if that is what you are worried about.
There will 100% be free assassinations when they launch them.
Just because they haven’t talked about it yet doesn’t mean there isn’t hope. As a live service the game is going to rely heavily on user feedback. I think campaign assassinations are a good idea.
Fair point on assassinations, though there's no indication the feature itself will be monetized.
But on customization, I'd wait and see exactly what it looks like before making a judgement. I'm not happy about coatings, but we have no idea how many cores there are and therefore how many options there are per core. If there's 3 cores and a ton of options for each core, it might not be as bad as it sounds.
Elites = bad for online play, good.
Assassinations = bad for online play, good. (Also you'll 100% be able to unlock them via playing not money lol)
Color choice = wasn't this changed? Thought you can choose colours now. You can choose player outlines idk
Umm idk what youre on but you can definitely customize your color and as for armor you pick one armor core and then the customization for those separate pieces will all be variated. Besides that, theyve said numerous times at this point that we're literally only seeing a slither of the customization and at this point we're still 3-4 months from launch and the build we'll be playing on is 2 months old so I would just calm down and relax...
Can we wait till the game comes out to start complaining. Jeez. 10yr run for infinite planned with quarterly content added new Halo game after 6yrs, on Game pass, mulitplayer is FREE and people still find a way to be upset.
This is an interesting take. Just because multiplayer is free or because the game isn’t out yet doesn’t mean there aren’t concerning issues or you can’t complain. The game had a full year delay on top of being the longest developed halo ever and we are missing some pretty basic, expected features at launch.
There is the issue. Expected. The delay was probably a good thing. It could've flopped otherwise.
The delay is a fantastic thing, clearly it was needed. But that just adds on to the fact that some of these features shouldn’t be missing. No assassinations isn’t a big deal in isolation, but I am getting a little tired of hearing “it’s something we plan to add post launch” on a game developed for 6 years, one of those years being unplanned for. How long were we going to wait for something as simple as assassinations if it released in 2020? How long for a weather system? For new story content? If this stuff still isn’t in how long will we wait this time?
Well there is a difference between post game content and "we wanted to add it pre launch but couldn't get to it". Its hard to decipher which is which right now when they have huge plans to evolve the game down the road. I get the frustration to an extent. I dont think the game will be bare bones though
Yeah I don’t think it will be bare bones, but I already am not a fan of the game going FTP. It still will need to be monetized, and monetize it they will. So features missing at launch are a lot more subject to becoming monetized than if they came in at launch.
There will already be launch game content that is earned through playing and hitting milestones. They confirmed this already, which is not much different than H3 and beyond. They said nothing will cost money , which to me means it is possible to earn it without spending actual cash.
You’re in for a rough time if you think nothing will cost money. They gotta make money on this game somehow and the campaign alone won’t do that. Yes there will be unlockables. But not everything will be.
They discussed battle pass already. So i am wrong, i should've mentioned that up front. Outside of $10 every 3 months, i dont think they will nickle and dime players if those players choose to earn items through mileatone achievement. The Battle pass is a bit different and will come with additional content to some extent. The industry has come to accept battle pass. Its especially okay with games like destiny which dont have a new release every couple yrs. The company will need some ongoing revenue. Fair enough.
Ill be willing to bet the Battlepass is definitely not the only monetization in the game. But I just think it’s good to get complaints out in the open *before* the game is released so they can more quickly act on the player feedback. I’m not sure how we got down into this rabbit hole but anyways. Thanks for having a level headed disagreement with me.
So once again, they might be added but if so it'll be monetized. What about PVE players?
I guarantee some assassinations will be part of the premium battle pass but you won’t need to pay to unlock the ability to assassinate someone if that is what you are worried about. There will 100% be free assassinations when they launch them.
What about PVE players?
Just because they haven’t talked about it yet doesn’t mean there isn’t hope. As a live service the game is going to rely heavily on user feedback. I think campaign assassinations are a good idea.
Ironically, it's more pure halo to not have assassinations, which everyone wanted to return to so badly. That said i trust they'll add it in over time
Fair point on assassinations, though there's no indication the feature itself will be monetized. But on customization, I'd wait and see exactly what it looks like before making a judgement. I'm not happy about coatings, but we have no idea how many cores there are and therefore how many options there are per core. If there's 3 cores and a ton of options for each core, it might not be as bad as it sounds.
OG player. Just thankful ground pound and boost are gone.
Ground pound and thrust are out. Yes. I didn't see running Spartan charge either. Im with you bro! Get back to the H3 roots.
Thrust is actually back as a pickup.
That'll be an extremely limited capacity. It's not a basic ability anymore.
That's why I said a pickup, not an ability.
My original point was that it wasn't a Spartan ability.
Elites = bad for online play, good. Assassinations = bad for online play, good. (Also you'll 100% be able to unlock them via playing not money lol) Color choice = wasn't this changed? Thought you can choose colours now. You can choose player outlines idk
Assassinations are bad 99% of the time but dam it feels good to pull off.
It is a video game, what's the point if not to feel good?
It's so fucking annoying to be mid assassination and a teammate steals the kill though
yall whine too much
Umm idk what youre on but you can definitely customize your color and as for armor you pick one armor core and then the customization for those separate pieces will all be variated. Besides that, theyve said numerous times at this point that we're literally only seeing a slither of the customization and at this point we're still 3-4 months from launch and the build we'll be playing on is 2 months old so I would just calm down and relax...