14 DAY TRIAL // Halo 4 developer 343 Industries has just confirmed the different changes that will be made to the game's multiplayer matchmaking system via a special update next week, as the studio wants to overhaul the Regicide playlist while changing the settings of the Grifball one to the parameters of the community version.
Halo 4's multiplayer has received a lot of new content, in the form of the Crimson, Majestic, and Castle DLCs, but also plenty of updates, with the 343 team constantly tweaking many of the different playlists and modes.
Now, for the next update that arrives on Monday, April 22, the studio is overhauling the Regicide playlist into a new, much more dynamic experience, instead of simply incorporating it into the Rumble Pit playlist.
"Regicide is a playlist that is long overdue for an update," the developer admits on the Halo Waypoint.
"While we know many of you have suggested that it be consolidated into the recently added Rumble Pit playlist, we have chosen not to do so at the moment for a few reasons. For one, not all Rumble Pit players want to play Regicide, as it is a very different game mode from Infinity Rumble and Rumble Pro."
"Secondly, being that it does have added scoring modifiers, we’ve decided to add additional game modes to make the playlist more fun and varied (and even a bit more chaotic), as well as change the way the scoring works a bit."
What's more, the Regicide map rotation will see Complex removed, while Landfall, Dispatch, Simplex, and Scythe will be added.
Besides tweaking Regicide, 343 has also confirmed that it's updating the Grifball playlist to the current community settings, which should provide better overall gameplay.
Last but not least, in the Multi-Team Slayer game types, the score limit will be increased from 300 to 500.
The new Halo 4 matchmaking update is set to appear next week.