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XB1 Halo: Master Chief Collection

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I'm on my cell phone now, and my coverage is a little spotty, so I'll post the link later. But I was listening to one of the Podcasts from the actual Microsoft people. This group worked for Microsoft but was not 343 studios. They talk to these guys behind-the-scenes all the time and one of the major things they discussed was the ranking system. It would seem that they are really trying hard to put in a 1-50 ranking system but exactly how it will work across all four games is the big question. Do you make a ranking system that unites all four games and reflects overall skill? Or do you make a separate ranking system that shows the skill in a particular game not necessarily your combined skill/rank of all four different games? So, they were suggesting and thinking that you might see a 1–50 rank system for each of the games although they are now on a United start menu and playlist. What this means for you and me is that you may get a 50 in one of the games but only be a 35 in another and that'll actually be reflected on your spartan.

Example: your Combat evolved top rank may be 48, your top rank for 3 and 4 show as 50, but your halo 2 rank may only be 32.

They were hoping that this might create a longer playable game because it'll give the people the incentive to get a 50 in each individual game and each individual playlist.

I really hope this is true!
 
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EasternBuck said:
I'm on my cell phone now, and my coverage is a little spotty, so I'll post the link later. But I was listening to one of the Podcasts from the actual Microsoft people. This group worked for Microsoft but was not 343 studios. They talk to these guys behind-the-scenes all the time and one of the major things they discussed was the ranking system. It would seem that they are really trying hard to put in a 1-50 ranking system but exactly how it will work across all four games is the big question. Do you make a ranking system that unites all four games and reflects overall skill? Or do you make a separate ranking system that shows the skill in a particular game not necessarily your combined skill/rank of all four different games? So, they were suggesting and thinking that you might see a 1–50 rank system for each of the games although they are now on a United start menu and playlist. What this means for you and me is that you may get a 50 in one of the games but only be a 35 in another and that'll actually be reflected on your spartan.

Example: your Combat evolved top rank may be 48, your top rank for 3 and 4 show as 50, but your halo 2 rank may only be 32.

They were hoping that this might create a longer playable game because it'll give the people the incentive to get a 50 in each individual game and each individual playlist.

I really hope this is true!
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Here is the link to the stuff I was referring to in the above post. Lots, and lots of info. Some of it is pure speculation but others parts come directly from talks they have had with team members from 343i. I am happy to hear about all the work and input from Bravo and other Pro/MLG players. This podcast is from the 11th, but it still has very reliable info, again because it comes from Microsoft people.
Engine details for how things works at 10:00 minutes
Ranking details, 1-50 system, etc.... Around the 10:50 minute mark, they talk about this for a while.
http://www.podtacular.com/media/podtacular-427/
 
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I love hearing about all the Pro/MLG guys being involved or that are coming back to the game, streaming, tournaments, etc

Pros in Development in the MC Collection: Bravo and Neighbor for sure, others Maybe

Other Pros talking about competative plays outing or showing interest: Ogre 2, Naded, Optic, Snakebite. I'm hoping for a return of Str8 Rippen with Snip3down and the rest.

Sundance, the CEO of MLG, has stated they are recieving 1,024 copies of the MC Collection. Doesn't clearly state they are getting back into Halo but that sure sounds like a great first step.

 
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i enjoyed watching some of those MLG tournaments..it's been so long, i can't even remember who my fav was or what team he was on

but outside of that, that tells me this MP will be fun again (well should since original engine), MLG playlist was always my favorite to play in H3
 
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https://blogs.halowaypoint.com/en-us/blogs/headlines/posts/the-halo-bulletin-6-19-14

This is a really nice Q-and-A from Halo Waypoint. Bravo is the one actually answering the questions but it's really nice to have some of these questions answered from 343i themselves. Hard to get better info than that.

Below is HaloFollower's news video about the same Waypoint Bulletin from above. So you "audio learners" don't feel left out.

 
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This video will likely be taken down soon. It was put up a few days ago and was reposted several times by various "halo/gaming news" outlets. Microsoft quickly pushed Youtube to remove all videos containing anything with the leaked footage. ****If this does get taken down feel free to delete Moderators.*****

Leaked footage of a private demo of the game. See below.
You will likely hate the video quality, but.... If you listen you will hear a few interesting things. Nothing too ground breaking though.

 
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