Halo 5 developer 343 Industries continues to upgrade and polish Halo 5: Guardians, which is (believe it or not) two years old in October, and this now includes some major changes to the Warzone game mode, including Req Leveling. We'll let 343 lead multiplayer designer Lawrence Metten explain himself (via Halo Waypoint):
"Over time, the Warzone battlefield has changed as players have become more and more skilled at the game mode. However, not all of these changes have benefited all parties - since launch, we've slowly seen the Warzone "blowout rate" (how often matches end in lopsided or blowout scores) continue to rise. The Warzone team is experimenting with some significant changes to the way REQ Leveling works to facilitate more balanced Warzone matches."
"These changes adjust the REQ Level awarded for match actions and add a REQ Level "drip" that slowly increases everyone's REQ Level over the course of each match. In our internal playtesting, these changes have resulted in more back-and-forth Warzone matches with considerably fewer players stuck at low REQ Levels over the course of each game."
These changes won't affect Warzone Firefight or Warzone Assault, though, but they're due to arrive next week, with Metten encouraging fans to submit feedback on the changes. Are these changes good, do you think?