In spite of Halo Infinite debuted in decent form (our Ed called it “The most stable FPS I’ve played all year“). speed up progress, but clearly that wasn’t enough, and now they’re circling around looking for another pass at the pass. As of today, they plan to offer bonus XP for the first six matches you play daily.
Halo Community Manager John Junyszek Reveals Next Steps on Twitter overnight. He notes that when they made those initial changes, “we promised that we would monitor the data and make additional changes if needed. Now, it’s time to track that down.” .”
He went on to explain, “After looking at how to earn XP with those changes, we’ve noticed that players start their sessions with payouts slower than we’d like. To work around this, we will increase the XP payout for the first 6 matches of the day.” So the rewards in effect today are:
First game = 300XP
2nd game = 200XP
3rd game = 200XP
4th game = 100XP
5th game = 100XP
6th game = 100XP
7th game += 50XPWe believe this increase will help settle those slower initial payments while also benefiting those you jump in every day.
– John Junyszek (@Unyshek) November 30, 2021
He to add that they “commit” to “even bigger changes,” but “those changes will take time.”
Junyszek also addresses another common complaint, cheaters. With cheats easier and more common on PC, some Xbox players want the option opt out of cross-platform matchmaking.
Grandfather speak last night. “It’s never going to go away completely, but we’re prepared and committed to releasing consistent improvements to our game system and taking action against the bad guys.”
He later clarify that “the word ‘improved the game’s system’ includes not only our anti-cheat feature, but also the rest of the game.” “It got word of mouth this way because we weren’t using a ‘single feature’ approach, but a game-wide approach to combat cheating,” he explains.
He didn’t detail any corporate plans but you know, that’s what they know. The arms race between cheats and anti-cheats is endless.
