In a video on the Halo YouTube Channel, featuring commentator Andy Dudynsky talking with former Halo pro Sal Mohanan and Infinite lead multiplayer designer Andrew Witts, and a blog post on Halo Waypoint, 343 revealed new details about Halo Infinite’s competitive modes.

In competitive, every player starts with battle rifle and has no secondary weapons. In contrast to Halo Infinite’s social modes, there is no radar or motion tracker. The lack of a secondary weapon is meant to encourage players to find weapons on the battlefield, while the Battle Rifle ensures a viability against other players. No motion tracker enables players to more readily get the jump on each other, as well as encouraging a thorough knowledge of the map. In other foundational changes, there are no grenade hit markers. Thus, players will often be in the dark as to whether their grenades have dealt damage or not. Sandbox design lead Quinn Del Hoyo clarified in the blog post, “Removing the Grenade Hitmarkers brings some balance towards mystery and risk taking that we felt has been missing since Halo: Reach.”