As promised, Bungie has released the first Halo: Reach post launch playlist update on Xbox Live, addressing a variety of issues and tweaking some of the existing core gametypes, betrayal system and playlists of the long awaited shooter.

Patch notes:

PLAYLISTS

Rumble Pit

• Added Crazy King
• Added Juggernaut
• Removed Oddball on Asylum

Team Slayer

• Removed SWAT
• Removed Classic
• Weights adjusted based on voting data

Team SWAT (New!)

• Based on existing Team Slayer SWAT offering
• Removed Hemorrhage
• Replaced Zealot with Arena Zealot map variant

Team Objective

• Added Crazy King
• Added several gametypes on Powerhouse (CTF, Assault, Stockpile, Crazy King, 3 Plots)
• Removed heavy vehicles from all 4v4 Team Objective gametypes

Multi Team

• Added Rocket Race

Big Team Battle

• Added Crazy King
• Removed SWAT
• Removed Snipers from Boneyard
• Weights adjusted based on voting data

Doubles Arena

• Removed Slayer Pro for Season 2
• Removed Boardwalk
• Replaced Zealot with Arena Zealot map variant

Team Arena

• Removed Slayer Pro for Season 2
• Replaced Zealot with Arena Zealot map variant

MAPS

Arena Zealot (New!)

• Added a softkill zone to the space area
• Modified initial spawns so enemies cannot see each other

Zealot

• Objects can no longer be dropped into the boot_base

Asylum

• Removed multiple duplicate Headhunter score zones

Boneyard

• Changed the base object for territories from a hill marker to a flag stand
• Objects can no longer come to rest on the out of bounds cliff behind the scaffolding where the Invasion core is captured
• Players can no longer sit in the out of bounds area under the ship scaffolding

Pinnacle

• Health Packs should not respawn after 15 seconds

Hemorrhage

• Landmine removed from Red team's west cliff
• Respawn time for all Mongoose vehicles is now 45 seconds
• Scorpions replaced with Wraiths (4 minute respawn)

Paradiso

• Respawn timer for Concussion Rifle at Red base is now 30 seconds to match Concussion Rifle at Blue base

Reflection

• Changed the base object for territories from a hill marker to a flag stand

Boardwalk

• Changed the base object for territories from a hill marker to a flag stand

Powerhouse

• Respawn timer for all Needler weapons is now 45 seconds

GAMETYPES

Global Changes

• Slayer DMR now has motion tracker enabled
• Evade has replaced Hologram for all gametypes in which players can hold objects (CTF, Assault, Stockpile, Oddball)
• Evade has replaced Dropshield for gametypes which create concentrated gameplay in specific areas (Crazy King, Territories, Oddball)
• All Classic gametypes should now include Sprint as default equipment

King of the Hill

• Teams are now always able to correctly score points
• Players standing in the hill no longer receive extra points upon returning from a host migration

Rocket Race

• Players now attached to vehicles after being on foot for 10 seconds
• Flipped vehicles will be detected to prevent players from attaching to a non-upright vehicle
• Added functionality for tracking and reporting rotations
• Fountain of Mongeese should no longer be possible (don't ask)
• Players are no longer able to jack another teams Mongoose
• Players are no longer forced into a specific role of driver or gunner
• All players start with a Rocket Launcher
• Players move at 50% speed, do significantly reduced damage and are marked with a nav icon
• Players on foot are now able to score points in Rocket Race

Juggernaut

• The Juggernaut no longer sees other players as allies upon returning from a host migration
• New clients after a host migration will no longer lose their Juggernaut status

Territories

• All teams now have separate capture timers for each territory
• Locked territories will no longer prevent players from using equipment
• The flag in the territory is now attached if the territory is a flag stand object
• Added a HUD_Widget to display contested status to players inside a territory
• The progress bar for a territory will now show as full when that territory is being contested (capture progress is saved and will appear again once the territory is no longer contested)
• Random flag clothes will no longer disappear after a round transition

Oddball

• Bombs in Hot Potato now properly report carry time
• Multiple hot potato bombs will no longer spawn in the same location
• The carry time reported stat will now always be correct after a host migration has occurred
• Players carrying the oddball during a host migration will no longer receive extra points

Stockpile

• All stockpile flags are now attached to their spawn location if it is a flag stand

Invasion

• The game score is now set per frame tick based off of the current phase
• A failsafe game end timer has been added to catch any possible bad cases of Invasion games not ending properly

Invasion: Boneyard

• The core will now reset whenever it is thrown through a shield door into a spawning location in Phase 3

Invasion (Assault) and Assault

• Added sudden death to Invasion (Assault) and Assault gametypes

Race

• Players who die before the first checkpoint will no longer spawn in a random location on the map

Via [Bungie]

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