Popular Post SatanicBagels Posted November 25, 2012 Popular Post Report Share Posted November 25, 2012 Alright I'm going to do a little math and throw some numbers and approximations around to try and prove my point. I'll be using the Spartan Ops level Shootout in the Valhalla and BTB as bases. At around level 36 you get 5950 XP for completing Shootout w/ 4 people over Xbox Live. It takes about 15 minutes. In my experience I get on average about 2350 XP per match of BTB on any map (which I'll roughly estimate takes 10 minutes). Not including challenges and commendations for either. 5950 / 15 = 397 XP per minute -------- SPARTAN OPS 2350 / 10 = 235 XP per minute -------- WAR GAMES Why is there such a big difference between the two game-types. If anything I believe that Spartan Ops should give slightly less than that gained from War Games. With these current numbers it benefits people who play Spartan Ops instead of multiplayer in the same way that it did in Firefight for Halo Reach. However since the levels gained from increased XP are used to unlock items that are considerably more beneficial when versing the skilled players of Multiplayer Matchmaking... Playing War Games should at least be equally helpful in leveling up and being able to access these newer and greater items. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Spartan Ops is really more about the storytelling to me and I find that the increased XP gained makes it more or less an XP farming lobby now. Perhaps they should alter the way they do Spartan Ops XP so that people would continue to play it and enjoy it's story in all it's wonderful greatness... still get a more than adequate amount of XP... and not unfairly hinder the people who prefer to play War Games as opposed to Spartan Ops. To do this I suggest that they should increase the XP output for the first time you play a specific Spartan Ops mission by 75% and decrease the XP each additional time by 50% That way it would attract people to play it that one initial time and then it gives a lower XP output than War Games. That would be 10412 XP for the initial match and then 2975 XP per each additional play-through. Here would be the math on the additional play-throughs compared to a standard War Games BTB match. Once again I will assume that the standard time to complete a BTB match is 10 minutes and the standard for Shootout in the Valhalla is 15 minutes. (approximations) 2975 / 15 = 199 XP ---------------- SPARTAN OPS 2350 / 10 = 235 XP ---------------- WAR GAMES So with this setup it would draw people into the Spartan Ops storyline without causing them to stay to farm the XP and give them an advantage over people who only play War Games. It would allow Spartan Ops to function as a unique and powerful storytelling device while not causing it to become an XP farming technique. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arising Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 You should try Spartan Ops (Shoot-Out) with double xp, you get 11,900xp per game. In matchmaking with double xp, you get around 5,800xp per game.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatanicBagels Posted November 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 You should try Spartan Ops (Shoot-Out) with double xp, you get 11,900xp per game. In matchmaking with double xp, you get around 5,800xp per game.. I have it is insane. I should have figured double XP into my original math. Of course the other option would be to increase XP output for your standard War Games match. If you were to do that, however, leveling up might go too quickly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vehicle Destroyer Posted November 27, 2012 Report Share Posted November 27, 2012 Keep exp where its at, lower the EXP in Spartan ops.. and then in Spartan ops itself base it off how well you do, I hate how people will just kill, afk it, kill and then mooch off my work.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AN JUSTICE4 ALL Posted November 29, 2012 Report Share Posted November 29, 2012 old mac Donald had a : FARM on Spartan Ops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harbinger Posted January 12, 2013 Report Share Posted January 12, 2013 Personally I think it should give you way less exp. I normally don't do it.....but its so tempting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caboose The Ace Posted January 12, 2013 Report Share Posted January 12, 2013 i thinking if that happens some of the already low sparten ops poupltion would go becase war games gives more but thats my option Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatanicBagels Posted January 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2013 i thinking if that happens some of the already low sparten ops poupltion would go becase war games gives more but thats my option Yup... And Hopefully they would move on over to War Games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barack Obama Posted January 12, 2013 Report Share Posted January 12, 2013 Why wouldn't you want more XP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caboose The Ace Posted January 12, 2013 Report Share Posted January 12, 2013 sweaty bageles how is less sparten ops players a good think we have a decent amount of war game players Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatanicBagels Posted January 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2013 sweaty bageles how is less sparten ops players a good think we have a decent amount of war game players A large population isn't necessary in either Spartan Ops or War Games. In fact population is only considered important in the way that it can signify which playlists are loved and whether a game is doing well or not. My reasoning is completely based upon the idea that Spartan Ops should not be a more plentiful source of XP in the long run. The plan I have laid out would convince people to play Spartan Ops Episodes at least once for maximum XP output... yet not result to people playing them over and over again constantly and getting more XP than in War Games, which I consider to be the main thunder of the game. All opinions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-38 Boss Posted January 13, 2013 Report Share Posted January 13, 2013 I don't mind it. I enjoy spartan ops and if i get that much XP i'm not gonna complain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OompaMyLoompaa Posted January 14, 2013 Report Share Posted January 14, 2013 Used most of my Double XP on Spartan Ops and I'm now at SR 130. I still had about 50 games of Double XP left over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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