Halo Reach: October Playlist Updates

 Here’s the breakdown of all the expected changes, coming to Matchmaking on Tuesday, October 19th:

Playlists

New Playlist: Team Snipers

New Playlist: Living Dead

Rumble Pit

• Lineup rebalanced to offer more kill, less frill.
• Removed Infection, Safe Havens, Race, Rally, Headhunter Pro
• Removed “Classic” gametypes

Team Slayer

• Removed all Snipers gametypes

Team SWAT

• Added SWAT Magnums gametype

Team Objective

• Removed 1 Flag Classic
• Removed Headhunter Pro
• Removed the following gametypes from Hemorrhage due to the size of the map with only 8 players:

1.  Multiflag Classic
2.  1 Flag CTF
3.  1 Flag Pro
4.  1 Bomb Assault

• Removed Oddball and Hot Potato from Boardwalk

Multi Team

• Removed SWAT
• Removed Classic gametypes
• Removed The Cage
• Changed weighting for Rocket Race so it does not have a 100% chance to appear in Slot 3

Big Team Battle

• Removed Multiflag from Boneyard and Spire

Invasion

• This playlist now offers 3 voting options

Firefight

• Updated Firefight playlist gametypes to be a full set instead of 1 round. Adjusted skull progression.
• Removed Friendly Fire

Score Attack

• Removed Crash Site
• Added Mythic Score Attack
• You can no longer pickup other weapons in Sniper Attack

Maps

Zealot/Arena Zealot

• Arena Zealot is now used for all Slayer gametypes
• Players can no longer stand on the edge of the generators in space and crouch to shoot below the shield

Asylum

• Softkill zones added to the tops of the Sniper buildings

Boneyard

• Modified respawn zones for Slayer gametypes

Hemorrhage

• Modified respawn zones for both bases
• Respawn timers for all Warthogs on Hemorrhage should now be 120 seconds

Gametypes

CTF

• All CTF gametypes should now have a player respawn of 10 seconds
• All Classic CTF gametypes now feature Flag At Home To Score and Touch Return
• Flag At Home To Score disabled for all non-Classic CTF gametypes
• Modified Flag Return and Flag Reset times:
• 1 Flag on Small maps use 10 second return and 30 second reset
• All other CTF gametypes use 30 second return and 45 second reset

Assault

• Assault gametypes now have a player respawn time of 10 or 15 seconds depending on the map