Lots of Halo goodness coming from this week’s bulletin.
It starts with a big article on the Majestic Map pack. Loads of info. Some we’ve already seen the past few days, and lots more to come. There is a schedule of this info at the link above. As well you can download several hi-res images from the Majestic map pack.
Next is the secretive “Section 3” portion of the bulletin where fans can try to unlock a secret code/message, etc.
From there we jump into next week’s matchmaking updates. Spartan Ops missions will be these for next week:
Spartan Ops Designer’s Choice: David Ellis and Greg Murphy
Episode 3 Mission 4 – Shootout in Valhalla
Episode 10 Mission 3 – Seize the Power
Episode 10 Mission 5 – One Last Time
Episode 4 Mission 3 – Random Transport
Episode 5 Mission 4 – The Cauldron Base
Here’s how the Majestic map pack will play into matchmaking starting Monday:
To start, here’s how these maps will be integrated into existing playlists at launch.
| Landfall | Infinity Slayer |
| SWAT | |
| Team Doubles | |
| Monolith | Infinity Slayer |
| Capture the Flag | |
| SWAT | |
| Regicide | |
| Team Doubles | |
| Skyline | Infinity Slayer |
| Capture the Flag | |
| SWAT | |
| Regicide | |
| Team Doubles |
The Majestic Map Pack will also be featured in two brand new playlists: Majestic FFA and Majestic Team DLC. Here are the game types that will be featured in each playlist:
| Majestic Team DLC | 4 vs. 4 |
| Landfall | Infinity Slayer |
| Extraction | |
| Monolith | Infinity Slayer |
| Team Regicide | |
| King of the Hill | |
| Skyline | Infinity Slayer |
| Capture the Flag | |
| SWAT |
| Majestic FFA DLC | 8 player Free-for-All |
| Landfall | Infinity Rumble |
| Rumble Pro | |
| Monolith | Infinity Rumble |
| Rumble Pro | |
| Regicide | |
| Skyline | Infinity Rumble |
| Rumble Pro | |
| Regicide |
Speaking of FFA and Rumble Pro, here are those details:
| Mode | Infinity Rumble |
| Players | 8 |
| Score to Win | 250 (25 Kills) |
| Loadouts | Custom |
| Instant Respawn | Disabled |
| Death Cam | Enabled |
| Motion Tracker | Enabled |
| Personal Ordnance | Enabled |
| Ordnance Drops | Enabled |
| Time Limit | 15 Minutes |
Rumble Pro is another brand new mode that offers an FFA experience based on the Doubles Pro settings. Here are the details below:
| Mode | Rumble Pro |
| Players | 8 |
| Score to Win | 250 (25 Kills) |
| Loadouts | Game Loadouts (see below) |
| Instant Respawn | Disabled |
| Death Cam | Disabled |
| Motion Tracker | Enabled |
| Personal Ordnance | Disabled |
| Ordnance Drops | Enabled |
| Time Limit | 12 Minutes |
Rumble Pro Game Loadouts:
| Loadout 1 | |
| Starting Weapon | DMR |
| Secondary Weapon | Magnum |
| Armor Abilities | None |
| Tactical Mod | Resupply |
| Support Mod | Explosives |
| Loadout 2 | |
| Starting Weapon | Battle Rifle |
| Secondary Weapon | Magnum |
| Armor Abilities | None |
| Tactical Mod | Resupply |
| Support Mod | Explosives |
| Loadout 3 | |
| Starting Weapon | LightRifle |
| Secondary Weapon | Magnum |
| Armor Abilities | None |
| Tactical Mod | Resupply |
| Support Mod | Explosives |
| Loadout 4 | |
| Starting Weapon | Carbine |
| Secondary Weapon | Magnum |
| Armor Abilities | None |
| Tactical Mod | Resupply |
| Support Mod | Explosives |
Now here’s the most important part of the bulletin: Title Update info!!!
Title Update… Update?
The next Halo 4 Title Update is slated to go live sometime this week. While we’d love to give you the specific date and time you’ll be prompted to download this update, unfortunately we’re only given an ambiguous window in which it will release, not a hard date. So you’ll know as soon as we know… or something like that, anyway.
While this update tackles a significant amount of bugs, glitches and issues we’re happy to soon call resolved, there’s more balancing to be done and more matters of contention to address, and we are actively working with the Halo 4 game team to investigate the feasibility of additional fixes. For now, here is a breakdown of what will be included in this particular title update.
Gameplay
• Reduced the range of the Boltshot’s damage scaling over distance. The previous effective range for 1-hit kills was around 20-25′. The range has been reduced to 15′.
• Fixed an issue where modified loadouts were not being saved correctly.
• Fixed an issue where attempting to sprint while crouching using “hold to crouch” would cause players to be unable to shoot for 1-1.5 seconds.
• Fixed an issue where some players were not able to get into matches on new map/game variants after playlist updates.
• Fixed a DLC-related Join-in-Progress issue that kicked players back to the title screen.
• Fixed various issues regarding glitched Autosentry deployment.
• Fixed an issue where one player per session was unable to stay scoped with the Flagnum.
• Fixed an issue where clients playing multi-round matches were not propelled by Man Cannons after the first round on Wreckage.
• Fixed an issue for players who had licensed content for the specialization offer, and had the free Map Pack content, but did not have the Map Pass or Map Pack license by displaying a new error message: “You have Map Pack content that requires a license. Please purchase the War Games Map Pass, purchase the Map Pack individually, or delete the Map Pack content from your console.”
Vehicles
• Fixed issues with friendly fire against vehicles. If FF is disabled, damage/EMPs from friendly sources will no longer damage vehicles that are fully controlled by your team.
• Fixed an issue with where the Wraith secondary turret became disabled when shot with a Plasma Pistol. The feature has been updated to be consistent with previous Halo titles.
• Fixed a Mantis functionality exploit that allowed pilots to survive planted grenades.
Specific Game Modes
• Friendly fire turned off in Flood to prevent exploits.
• Fixed Flood character models to allow for Warthog and Mongoose use.
• Fixed an inconsistency with King of the Hill deathcam.
• Fixed an issue where the Grifball would get stuck in geometry and never respawn.
• Fixed the issue for Extraction where players did not regain full control of their character for extended periods of time after interacting with a site.
• Fixed multiple Extraction scoring issues, including an overtime fix that ensures that a victory will not be awarded to a team who is controlling the go-ahead extraction point when the game ends.
Custom Games
• Fixed an issue that did not allow players to create respawn timers or disable instant respawn in custom games.
• Fixed an issue on Shatter where players couldn’t start a custom Dominion game.
• Fixed an issue where the Ordnance game options reset when scrolling up or down in custom games.
• Fixed an issue where custom game descriptions did not appear in the “Settings” preview screen.
• Fixed inconsistencies and bugs in the final death cam for custom games.
Spartan Ops
• Fixed an issue where the “Dedicated to Crimson” Achievement could not be unlocked.
• Fixed an issue where players in Spartan Ops Episode 6 Mission 1 were able to look around before the vignette.
Miscellaneous
• Fixed a selection of issues where theater clips were missing map-specific audio, including ambient noise and announcer voice.
• Fixed File Share preview images for films and map variants.
• Fixed issues with in-game translations.
• Fixed title screen camera clipping.
• Fixed an issue with Forge pieces and the shadows they create.
• Fixed aliasing split screen HUD issues.
• Fixed an issue where some saved films of Forge games featured no Forge lighting.
• Fixed incorrect “change description” text in File Browser.
• Fixed assorted crashes.