Back on Tuesday, 343 released the Squad Battle playlist - an 8v8 playlist reminiscent of BTB modes from past Halo games, with Forge remakes of Valhalla, Rat’s Nest, and Zanzibar/Last Resort.
Personally this playlist is the most fun I’ve had playing Infinite since release. The three maps are very well-made and faithful to the originals, while still implementing features for Infinite’s unique sandbox and characteristics that make the maps work.
All the reactions I’ve seen to the playlist have been largely positive and it seems to have the quickest queue times/highest population out of all the current playlists over the past week. I sincerely hope that 343 makes this a permanent playlist, while continuing to add new maps or modes to it.
I wanted to ask what everyone’s opinion was on the playlist, maps, and modes for Squad Battle! What do you love about it? Is there anything you’d want changed? Should it stay as a permanent playlist?
I love it. Love the maps and how forge maps are added to matchmaking even though you can tell they are not dev maid. They seem like everthing I love about btb with out the downsides (idk the downsides lmao)
Agreed! I’m hoping the playlist stays and more Forge maps get added. There’s some great remakes out there like for High Ground, Waterworks, or even Exile from Halo 4 that would suit the playlist very well.
Yep it’s great - Everyone liked that status.
It should stay around and they should turn the speed up as much as possible to populate it with more maps.
They have most of the things they need to relaunch the game IMO and they don’t need to spend COD money on marketing to bring the population back to a long-term sustainable level.
Bring the customs browser to the main menu Release forge AI & firefight and spotlight in event Rotate all events since launch 1/Month for relaunch Weekends are double XP. Period. Curate forge maps and populate playlists with bests Time it all with a book release and an HCS tournament Add in real, amazing rewards to career progression Make this a community first game and constantly spotlight community maps and modes and new missions
There’s your relaunch and path for the next year of 10k players/day which is a realistic goal
I’m baffled by how good of a recreation the Valhalla map is
I haven’t had as much time to play it as I’d like, but every match has been a blast. My only complaint is the Wasp sometimes appearing in place of the banshees on the Valhalla remake.
I’ve played a bunch of it, and have to agree on that gripe. I find the Wasp over-tuned on any of the maps, but it’s especially jarring on Valhalla. At least there’s no cliffs for it to hide behind like on other maps, but I still think Valhalla should be Banshees and Wraiths only. The Scorpion is also unfortunately out of place in Valhalla.
It should absolutely stay as a permanent playlist. Lots of other community-made classic maps are in good shape and ready for prime time. Most fun I’ve had in Infinite.
