to be honest, i really could live without the DMR, it doesn't really bother me with ZB,
desperate for a ranking system, halo was built around that basically, the aspect of winning for levels, not just winning for "lol, Credits."
the rest i can't seem to agree with, Reach is still pretty popular with a lot of people, the reason it isn't as popular as it should be however is because of 2 reasons.
1. People can't adapt to change, so they give up instantly
2. Games like BF3 and MW3 have come out, so obviously more people are going to play them, what would you rather a play? a game that came out 2 days ago? or a game that came out a year ago? the answer seems pretty obvious.
i think there will be a huge slump if they keep the non ranking system and keep bloom, bloom seemed to be the killer, however, i trust in 343industries and their ability, and if they have frankie, they can't really go wrong.