A New Update For Halo 5 - Battle Of Shadow & Light

On the 11/18/2015, Halo has released a new update for Halo 5 called Battle of Shadow and Light and it is available for free the next time you log in to the game.

The new update includes the following:

·         Added 48 new REQs, including new armors, helmets, weapon skins, weapon and vehicle variants, a new visor and assassination, and new emblems. See below for a breakdown of what’s included.

·         Added Big Team Battle playlist to Arena matchmaking

·         Added BTB (Big Team Battle) Capture the Flag, Strongholds, and Slayer to matchmaking and custom games. The mode details are as follows:

·         For all BTB game types, the Motion Tracker is the same size as Warzone at 25m (larger than the Arena Motion Tracker), and match length is 16 minutes.

o   BTB CTF – Score to win: 3 Captures

o   BTB Strongholds – Score to win: 150 points

o   BTB Slayer – Score to win: 100 points

Added 4 new BTB maps, also available in both matchmaking and custom games:

·         Basin by the 343 Multiplayer team

·         Deadlock by Nokyard & the 343 Multiplayer Team

·         Guillotine by The Psycho Duck & the 343 Multiplayer Team

·         Recurve by The Fated Fire & the 343 Multiplayer Team

·         Fixed an aiming issue that could occur due to variance in controller hardware. Head here (Halo 5 Aiming & Controllers) for more details.

·         Made a variety of tuning tweaks to Warzone Assault, including the below. Head here (Warzone Assault Tuning Changes) for more details.

·         Faster REQ leveling

·         Decreased base capture time from 20 seconds to 16 seconds

·         Reduced starting grenade count to 1

·         Disabled Friendly Fire in SWAT

·         Increased respawn time from 1 second to 3 seconds in SWAT

·         Added the “deliver” nav point for vehicle drivers who have a friendly flag carrier as a passenger.

·         Fixed an issue where players were able to use the driver and gunner seats while holding the flag. Now, the flag carrier can only sit in the passenger seat.

·         Improved Post-Game-Carnage-Report consistency.

(ALMOST) ALL REQS

The following new REQs are included with the Battle of Shadow and Light update – as a note, it may take some time for these REQs to populate through the REQ System, as they’ll be rolling out over time.