Halo Infinite Season 2 Updates Outlined - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 02 April 2022 / 4,405 Views

Halo Infinite launched without two major modes, Campaign Co-Op and Forge, that before release were delayed to Season 2 and Season 3, respectively. Campaign Co-Op was delayed once again to sometime after the start of Season 2.

Season 2 will start in just over a month on May 3 and 343 Industries in a new post on Halo Waypoint has outlined the changes, updates, and improvements coming in Season 2.

Halo Infinite Season 2 Updates Outlined

Read the Season 2 updates below:

Season 2

AUDIO

The ability to hear an opponent’s shield recharge sound will be reduced to prevent providing too much information about a player’s location
The volume of the Grunt Birthday Party sound effect will be increased in Campaign

MULTIPLAYER

Arena

Catalyst (new Arena map) will be added to multiple playlists on day one
King of the Hill will be added to multiple playlists
Attrition will be added to multiple playlists
In Attrition, a revived player will be able to move immediately after spawning back in
Motion Tracker (Radar) will have its outer edge detection enabled for shooting and sprinting in social playlists

Big Team Battle

Breaker (new BTB map) will be added to matchmaking on day one
Jeff Steitzer’s voice is returning to call out player-earned medals
Issue causing asymmetrical Weapon Rack spawns has been addressed

Matchmaking

Rather than track a player’s entire session, the CSR progression bar will now reflect the progress made from their most recent match

Custom Games & Forge

Addressing some Custom Game bugs, with more coming down the road

Personal AI & Spartan Chatter

Balance adjustments were made to emphasize what’s most important for players

PC

Noticeable stability improvements; the team has resolved dozens of PC crashes

SANDBOX

Networking

Melee fights should be more consistent, with opponents “phasing” through each other less and “whiffing” less when a melee should’ve connected

Weapons

A global melee damage decrease of 10% on all weapons will require the Mangler to land two shots and a beatdown for a kill.
The Ravager’s base (non-charged) shot will see a damage increase

Friend or Foe (IFF) Recognition (Player Outlines)

This system will now have options allowing players to modify the opacity and thickness based on their preferences

Equipment

Drop Wall will see slight performance increases
Overshield will provide slightly more shielding

Vehicles

Chopper collision (splatter) damage will be increased to its vehicle-splattering glory
Banshee’s agility and damage output will be increased to improve its role as a strike fighter
Warthog & Razorback should be more resistant to flipping and bouncing

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6 Comments

smroadkill15 (on 02 April 2022)

If this was coming off a typical 3-month season, I would be okay with it. But after season 1 really dragging on, I wish it had 1 or 2 more maps.

VAMatt smroadkill15 (on 02 April 2022)

Right. Two maps per season, along with a new mode or something, is fine. But, the first season is really the equivalent of two. So, we need more.

Also, the lack of co-op for Halo is simply unacceptable. Delaying it even further is even more unacceptable.

VAMatt (on 02 April 2022)

They need a couple more maps and/or some sort of PvE content. 2 maps just isn't enough after six months.

If this is the best they can do, it tells me that the game should have been delayed another 6-12 months.

It is a real shame. There a great game in there, but the rate of content drops has killed their momentum.

Shiken VAMatt (on 02 April 2022)

This game will get a second wind when Forge and the next campaign expansion drops with co op, especially if they heavily market it. But yeah at least the multiplayer portion of it could have used a delay till they had more content ready. Solid game, multiplayer is being mismanaged though.

If it were me, I would have still launched the campaign as that was still a quality SP experience and would still serve to develop hype with the show right around the corner. I also would have tried to add co op for it as well since the multiplayer would be delayed, so they could have shifted focus a bit for that. Delay the multiplayer part till June when more content would be ready to drop and try to have Forge mode ready by then. And drop a campaign expansion this holiday alongside a new MP season and Forge Mode of they could not get it ready before June. Even if that was still delayed, I think the extra time to complete the multiplayer and the June release would help with the pacing of content and it would seem like it was missing for so long.