Halo

First games with my new custom Master Chief faceplate. My buddy Nate crushed it https://www.redbubble.com/people/nathanxfriend/shop

Two rotational playlist slots were updated, and two other playlist changes were made via a backend update today:

• Arena rotational: Community Arena replaced Social Objectives. This iteration of Community Arena features all of the maps from the recent Tenrai III event and a new Forge map: Goliath.

• Big Team Battle rotational: Big Team Heavies has replaced Big Team Social.

• Ranked Arena staple playlist: the map Dredge has been added to the playlist with the Capture the Flag (3 captures) and Slayer gametypes. 

• Team Slayer staple playlist: Dredge is now weighted equally with the other maps in this playlist.

via https://x.com/halosupport/status/1709274699954614531?s=46&t=VGqOdxWDtLsShLYLikeioQ

Been on vacation the last week so not been able to play, what's the difference between it and the old version and is it any better?

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DR. CATHERINE HALSEY, RESEARCH NOTES – 2544

Operation: GREY VEIL was a success, but cost the life of Cal-141, who died from head trauma sustained from a Jiralhanae gravity hammer. We have thus far sustained only a few Spartan casualties as this war with the Covenant approaches its second decade, but strategically each one feels akin to losing an entire world.

The ODST squad that accompanied SPARTAN-141 did, however, return something fascinating. Surveying the ruins on Heian, they discovered evidence of an ancient civilization with architectural designs that I can only describe as unmistakably human—a strange mixture of Greco-Roman and East Asian elements... yet even the most cursory analysis tells us that these ruins far predate those periods in our history, and they were certainly not built with simple stone to have been preserved for so long.

We came to the stars and wondered about alien life, yet these ruins force us to consider whether there might be improbable things about our own past that lie beyond our knowledge. Alas, no further research on Heian is possible due to the Covenant’s presence, and with Miridem under attack it’s not likely that we’ll get to look any deeper into this.

Was proud of how this worked out! Felt incredibly lucky they didn't notice me at first

I’ve always liked the heretic waves in Reach firefight, I think a skull that gave covenant enemies human weapons, or even went a step further and also gave humans covenant weapons, would be a blast.

All cores except Hazmat are available to unlock now, Hazmat will be available when the finals start later today.

Mostly community remakes of Halo classics here. The write-ups leave a lot to be desired, though. Looks like you'll have to try for yourself in order to find out whether or not the gate works on the new High Ground.

This came out in 2020, but it still makes me laugh

Summary of playlist changes:

• Arena: Social Slayer replaced Team Survivors.

• Free-For-All: FFA Slayer replaced Rumble Pit.

• Doubles: Community Doubles replaced Team Doubles.

• Bot Bootcamp has returned as a staple playlist!

• The development team has updated how Career Rank progression is applied in Bot Bootcamp and Big Team Battle. BTB has received a score multiplier increase while Bot Bootcamp has had its score multiplier reduced.

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Husky History

First introduced to Halo matchmaking in Halo 4, Husky Raid quickly became a fan favorite. The concept was simple: there’s a narrow corridor, everyone has random weapons and limited cover, and you’ve got to get the enemy’s flag. The chaotic and fervent push to get to the opposite side to merely pull the flag proved to be half the battle… followed by the fight back down the corridor of doom and the push to bring the flag home to score.

In short, it’s CTF with the intensity and chaos turned up to eleven—weapons are random, attrition is high, and the battle for the flags is fierce.

Husky Raid returned in Halo 5 with a plethora of incredible community-made maps and a slew of REQ weapon variants to make the corridors go boom, which solidified its place as one of the all-time great Halo modes—something that, much like Infection in Halo 2, was born from the sheer creative might of the community. And now, Husky Raid has made its way to Halo Infinite.

Map Flythrough Trailer

I dropped Halo Infinite a while ago because I didn't feel like there was enough to keep myself engaded, and the monetization just bothers me whenever I see it, but I tired it out again for Infection and ended up sticking around this time.

I still don't like certain aspects of the game, like the moniatiation or the fact that there are just alot of precision weapons that all do the BR's job but worse in most situations, but overall I feel like Infinite has shaped up quite well these days. Having custom games, especially with infection, really helps bring about diversity in gameplay that Infintie was sorely missing at around launch.

One aspect I like if the cutscenes for the multiplayer seasons, Dihn is just a cool character and really makes the Spartan IV's feel alot more cool then before, even if we aren't going to get new cutscenes or the fact that the game makes it hard for players to naturally discover these cutscenes. And Iratus is just a fun antagonist.

What's you're thoughts on Halo Infinte so far?

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I just finished Outcasts yesterday, it was very good. Lots of solid characters Kinda made me sad at the end one part (not gonna spoil anything).

My favorite Halo book is probably Broken Circle by John Shirley, I love the story of the Ussans. It's pretty cool how we get to see the perspective of Covenant characters and there are some pretty savage moments. After that, probably Oblivion and Outcasts. Denning is pretty consistently good. My favorite alien race are the sangheili obviously. XD

What's everyone else's top picks?