Halo Infinite: 343 Industries Details New Changes Coming To The Fracture: Tenrai Event In January

The first event for Halo Infinite’s multiplayer, Fracture: Tenrai, wrapped up a couple of weeks ago and while it brought some new armor and game modes to the game, it was met with criticism largely surrounding the event-specific battle pass and its associated progression, store cosmetics, and more. 

It seems 343 Industries listened to feedback because yesterday, during a Halo Holiday 2021 livestream, the studio’s head of design, Jeff Hook, detailed various changes coming to Fracture: Tenrai when the event returns in January, as reported by Eurogamer. 

Hook said during the livestream that the battle pass won’t have as many XP boosts and challenge swaps in it, as much of them will be removed and replaced with cosmetics. This fixes a major criticism of Fracture: Tenrai’s battle pass, which some felt had too many XP and challenge boosts. There were also not enough cosmetic unlocks. 

Hook also explained that cosmetic items will only be sold in the shop. This means players can only pay real money for cosmetics like armor kits and weapon skins. The event pass is only valid during the Tenrai event, so you won’t be able find them elsewhere. Hook also commented on the free-to-play aspect of Halo Infinite’s multiplayer. 

“One of the biggest challenges we knew we would have and no mater what we did we would have this…which is changing Halo [from] 20 years of box product models to a free-to-play model is not something that is going to be inherently satisfying for most of our players.”

Hook continued and said 343 Industries is continuing to work on this model, further balancing it so that players don’t feel unfairly compelled to purchase in-game items while also still feeling like what’s available for purchase is still something attractive to players. 

This comment comes just days after Slayer playlists and other modes were made available on Halo Infinite. As we wait for Fracture: 10rai to resume in January, read our thoughts about the game. Game Informer’s Halo Infinite review and then check out these wild things players are doing in Halo Infinite’s multiplayer after that. 

[Source: Eurogamer]

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