Lets start off at why halo 2 and halo 3's ranking system were good. For me and a lot of others i assume... when we used to play halo 2 and halo 3 online, getting to that 50 rank was on our minds. Once you got a 50 in one playlist you would move to another. Everyone on halo 2 and halo 3 seemed to work together and did not act like jackasses compared to people on halo reach. The reason for that is, halo 2 and 3 has the 1-50 ranking and people loved to work toward that. There used to be competition and an incentive to win. Now we get to dress our spartan up like a barbie.
Even if you did not like your team mates, you guys would work together because you were all in it to rank up..... BETRAYING FOR WEAPONS. Another reason why real ranks need to come back. Rarely did people betray for weapons on halo 2 and 3 because who cared who got the sniper as long as our team had it! I have played a lot of halo and i know when a halo game is not fun to play and does not work well. Halo reach is that halo game. To put it simply, halo reach is for babies who could never get a 50 on halo 3 or could not use a br to save their life. OH and one more thing, in halo reach you get rewarded for losing haha. The whole cr thing is just stupid to me. I say keep halo 4 ranking system simple.