Uploaded January 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In 2010, Bungie tried to implement a new system to fix the imbalance in the Halo weapon sandbox. It was a disaster. Here's why.

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The Halo weapon sandbox has had a strong meta for a long time. What is the Halo weapon meta? Precision Weapons are the meta. In order to confront the meta they had created, Bungie created weapon bloom, and in-turn bloom in Halo Reach only created it's own problems. The system became about gambling for your final shots and much more.

I explain why weapon bloom from Halo Reach failed and why it should never return in Halo Infinite. I explain the Halo reach bloom gamble.

0:00 Intro
0:42 Topic Preface
1:16 Issue 1 Player Expectation
2:58 Issue 2 The Gamble You Love
4:46 Issue 3 Inconsistency Doesn't Equal Skill
5:56 Executive Summary
6:30 Big Picture
7:22 One Minute Halo Example!

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