Halo Infinite’s second season is underway, but the changes to Lone Wolves weren’t all that great. Speedrunners were unhappy with the removal of certain glitches, and changes to the Battle Pass made certain challenges more difficult for some players to complete. As we just found out, some of those issues will be fixed with the next game update.
There are no proper patch notes for the upcoming update, but Senior Community Manager John Junyszek gave us a rundown on the Halo Waypoint forums. A fix has been a long time coming: “Gun Lock”, which interferes with the rate of fire of semi-automatic weapons, has been plaguing the community for a while. “We have been able to identify the root cause of the problem,” says Junyszek. Jamming should stop interfering with campaign missions and multiplayer matches with the next update.
That’s not the only change coming to multiplayer. Aquarius, Bazaar, Live Fire, and Streets once had skill jumps, advanced techniques that skilled players could use to quickly move up parts of the map. Some of these were controversially removed from all four maps, but will be restored in the update. While balancing these skill breaks is important for 343, it also encourages the community to find even more of them as they play. Perhaps the new Season 2 maps have some routes to discover.
Finally (and most importantly for many players), Junyszek’s post promises the restoration of the Scorpion Gun glitch, a solid speed strategy that many regretted losing in a previous patch. It wasn’t the only speed glitch that was removed, but many of them “are much harder” to recover from. The team “will continue to explore [its] options” regardless.
The future update will also include some stability and balance fixes. It doesn’t have a release date set at this time, but 343 “will share more about the timing of the release in the coming days.”