It’s likely this is one of the exploits that 343 is planning to fix. Orion will be re-added at a later date once 343 has fixed the map’s issues. The close-quarters arena features hard to deal with spawn points and a raft of exploits the community has already had enough of.
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For example, one popular exploit sees the player safely ground pound their way out of the map. If you’ve nabbed the sniper rifle beforehand, well, you get the idea. Other players attempt suicide to obtain the damage boost power up.
As part of a new Halo 5: Guardians multiplayer update released today, November 6, developer 343 Industries has pulled the Orion map from all playlists. “In parallel, we’re also working on multiplayer spawns (and any exploits that arise) on existing maps as well, based on information from feedback and videos you’ve submitted as well as internal playtests”.
More importantly, however, is that we’re getting more variations of maps and game type combinations.
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First up, Shotty Snipers has won the votes and will be available from now through Monday morning across all Arena maps with increased XP.
