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This is a reblog from HaloWaypoint:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

BY\u00a0B IS FOR BRAVO<\/p>\n

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Greetings! Since the last community update, we\u2019ve released the Ghosts of Meridian, had two livestreams, released the Warzone Firefight Beta, and kept a very close eye on feedback, including the many fantastic threads on Warzone Firefight rounds, objectives, and difficulty, your thoughts on Tyrant and Skirmish at Darkstar, recent sandbox updates, and more. We\u2019re tracking down issues with custom games traits, Grifball betrayal thresholds, CSR only moving one point at a time (we pushed out an update to resolve this earlier today), and more. We\u2019ve also noticed that you\u2019ve been using the Spartan Laser a bit more since the buff, and using it well. Here are some stats from the data scientists:<\/p>\n

SPARTAN LASER KILLS – INCREASE AFTER PATCH<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Laser Variant<\/strong><\/div>\n
Spartan Kills Per Use<\/strong><\/div>\n
Damage Per Use<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/header>\n
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Spartan Laser<\/div>\n
+ 26.2%<\/div>\n
+ 10.5%<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Endgame<\/div>\n
+ 58.3%<\/div>\n
+ 14.4%<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Selene’s Lance<\/div>\n
+ 69.8%<\/div>\n
+ 36.8%<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

While there is no direct correlation just yet, we also observed that overall Splatter kills in Warzone have reduced 37.5%.<\/p>\n

HFFL:<\/strong> Man, I am HAPPY about the changes to the Splaser! That is the last weapon I need for UNSC weapons commendations. In fact, it’s the last of all the weapons (not including the Spnkr Rockets) I need to complete for commendations.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition, teams across the studio are hard at work on a variety of updates, including many that come straight from feedback you\u2019ve given us. Modes and playlists like Infection, matchmaking preference options, more Forge goodness, UI updates and post-game medals, Campaign balance updates (more on that in just a bit), and lots more that I can\u2019t talk about just yet is in the works. Many of these will be landing with Memories of Reach, which is currently slated for an early May release.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s dig in, starting with Halo 5\u2019s newest experience: The Warzone Firefight Beta.<\/p>\n

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WARZONE FIREFIGHT<\/h2>\n

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If you\u2019re reading this, you\u2019ve likely already survived a few enemy onslaughts in Warzone Firefight. For those of you who haven\u2019t yet jumped in, we\u2019ve extended the Beta an extra day to thank you for your patience as we added more server capacity yesterday morning. On Thursday alone, you played\u00a0287,086 hours of Warzone Firefight<\/strong>, and we\u2019re also learning things about the wayyou\u2019re playing and where you\u2019re succeeding (or not). For example, data has shown us that almost 50% of you who ran into the \u201cDefend the Garage\u201d objective in round 3 met defeat<\/strong> yesterday. The data on your experiences as well as your feedback will be crucial to the Warzone team as they continue to work on the full mode. Once you hop in and play, be sure to leave your feedback in the\u00a0dedicated thread<\/a>, which the Warzone team is constantly refreshing. We\u2019ll see you online in the playlist this weekend.<\/p>\n

HFFL:<\/strong> I highly suggest posting in that thread folks if you want to see specific changes made to Firefight. Oh, and never mind those folks on Waypoint who might troll you, saying this like “that was already posted”. Just post as you want. It’s 343 that needs to read the replies, not the persons who like to troll…<\/span><\/p>\n

INFECTION<\/h2>\n

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As we announced last week, Infection is indeed on the way. Just like Warzone Firefight, you\u2019ve politely asked that we build the game type for Halo 5, and the Multiplayer and Art teams (to name just a few) at the studio have been hard at work bringing it to life. Daily playtests ensure that the mode and maps are buttoned up for all out 12-player survival madness<\/strong><\/span>, and also that I get my fair share of shrieks and screams in for the day. We\u2019re currently playtesting Infection on both Infected developer-made maps as well as community-created maps. Here\u2019s an idea of what I mean:<\/p>\n

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An infected Riptide variant<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Crypt – a custom-built Infection map from\u00a0WyvernZu<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

FORGE ???<\/h2>\n

On Monday of this week, I walked over to the Forge team and asked if they were working on anything cool, even though I totally knew they were. They sent this over, without comment, for today\u2019s blog.<\/p>\n

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HFFL: Hmm, we can place skeletons now? COOL! And that whispy effect is awesome! I’m diggin’ that brick wall too!<\/p>\n

ARENA REFRESH UPDATE<\/h2>\n

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Over the past few weeks, the Multiplayer team has been testing out refreshed Arena weapon layouts based on your feedback on Waypoint with the goal of updating these map variants in real-time based on continued input.<\/p>\n

In this spirit, the team has already pushed an update to several of these maps earlier today, including the Coliseum, Fathom, and Empire variants. Here\u2019s a quick list of the most recent updates:<\/p>\n

COLISEUM<\/strong><\/p>\n