So last night I joined in with a friend of mine I hadn’t gamed with in a couple of weeks. He wanted to play Legendary Slayer. I hadn’t played it yet, so I was game to try it. OMG, was it AWESOME!!!!
It FEELS like classic Halo gameplay, other than Sprint. NONE of those freakin’ ordnance drops. AR starts ONLY. You must find the power weapons and they spawn at certain intervals. Now THIS is the Halo I came to LOVE.
THIS is the playlist that should have been there at launch. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, go tell your friends that might have given up on Halo to come back and play this playlist. I can’t stress enough how much FUN I had and how much it felt like HALO again!!! Sprint didn’t make a big difference in the game. What did was knowing everyone had the same starting weapons and that there were not power weapons being dropped all over the place. AND you can PICK UP GRENADES, no armor mods/tactical package needed as it’s default for the playlist!
Below is 343’s matchmaking update info on this playlist:
Legendary Slayer
Legendary Slayer premieres today (Monday) in Halo 4, offering a Slayer variant with default starting weapons, on-map weapons, and motion tracker enabled. Here are the key settings:
- 4 vs. 4 Slayer
- Default starting weapon (Assault Rifle)
- No Armor Abilities
- Motion Tracker enabled
- All weapons and grenades located on map (no initial, random or personal ordnance)
The singular loadout is:
- Starting weapon: Assault Rifle
- Secondary weapon: None
- Armor Ability: None
- Grenades: Frag x2
- Support upgrade: Explosives
- Tactical package: Resupply
We’re excited to deliver a brand-new experience to Matchmaking that will focus on even starting weapons and map control, with players fighting to gain control of all rifles, power weapons and each map’s power positions. The playlist launched on the following maps, which have been custom-created specifically for this playlist:
- Haven
- Solace
- Adrift
- Abandon
- Landfall
- Monolith
- Skyline
- Shutout
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Let me stress this again, THIS IS WHAT HALO IS! If I never play in another playlist in Halo 4, I will be happy!
-Sal