So they needed extra data to see how players would react to not having the most basic mode since Halo CE on launch day ?
I mean I guess so lol, if that’s what we’re going with lol. Atleast we know it’s coming soon.
Maybe they wanted to test some new stuff first, it is always more complicated from a development and business standpoint, than from our POV. Some stuff can be much more complicated to figure out than we think. It is the reason why I’m always trying to be understanding for the devs and giving feedbacks.
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I honestly don’t buy that data excuse but that’s why you’re the more rational and mature one out of the 2 of us. 
I can be totally wrong too and it is the business side that messed with the development side, but to me it is all part of a learning curve and listening to players to get better and better.
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Yep, they’re communicating and that’s all you can really ask for at this point.
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I ****ing love the Skewer SO MUCH.
It’s the raw stratification of using that S.O.B and just one shotting somebody across the map and that beautiful voice going “Skewer”
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Glad to hear the update. While other games are still working to make it playable or even become version 1.00, we at least still get these updates to make the game even better. I sort of called it with Staten confirming the idea of playlist in beta stage to be a test of some sort. It’s a double edge sword scenario. I heard Hazard mode in BF2042 has low count of players. True, a different mode altogether but you want to know how fans see and what problem can they address.
If they bring in social slayer but not ranked slayer I’ll be flabbergasted. They made a great game but seams like they are trying to shoot them self’s in the foot.
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What tends to constitute a social slayer?
I thought one of the tweets social/casual slayer would be after the holidays?
Unranked match with radar and same starting weapons for everyone. Might be Battle Rifles and Pistol start.
Whenever you get Slayer in quick play, that’s the social Slayer. Ranked would just remove radar, have BR starts and turn on friendly fire.
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Jeez no ranked slayer till god know when. Social slayer after the holidays. They want to loose players it seams like.
They will loose players from this honestly. Hopefully they come back. I’m sorry but strongholds is terrible. Most people want to play slayer only. There’s a reason team objective was always a dead playlist. It’s not very popular.
Edit- also so over cross play. As a mid high onyx cheaters are everywhere. And since I play with friends I have no choice but to keep playing them.
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Ok but imagine the hype the inevitable DOOM Slayer armor would generate
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I mean I said this would be their reasoning earlier in this thread. You put a straight slayer mode and nobody is gonna queue for objectives.
I agree though if the player base is big enough and you incentivize people to play other playlists it wouldn’t be a big deal. They also should just let people play what they want anyways.
PS: I’ve said my piece on this, but as soon as they started to charge the “beta” tag goes out the window for me.
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When did they start to charge?
The store was open day 1? So people could spend cash on the battle pass and other items from day 1 of the “beta”. Might have been bad wording on my part as obviously the game itself is F2P.
I don’t really agree with that to be honest, the things you bought were always going to carry over and you knew what you were buying so it’s not like they misled people. I’m not saying that it’s 100% a beta but I do think just because you can purchase something during the beta that it doesn’t mean it’s a beta.
Now having the beta tags for 3-4 years like Fortnite is just stupid lol.
It allowed them to push out updates every other week without needing cert from the platforms, big brain move.
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