BROTELHO

T-Bagging to me just seems like a played-out joke that some people actually still find funny. Regardless, I don't really care.

I feel you on the achievement tip. Can't be the last survivor in Living Dead on a Defiant map if I never get the opportunity to play on the map.

I completely agree. I'm just hoping that in the future they at least put something like Heavies in it's own playlist for the first month it's out. As for the DLC, let's hope that they utilize it better than what they're doing now. They have the resources in the game as is to add more variety to BTB and they should use them. Take the second last level on campaign, The Package, at the end where you fight off waves of enemies, it's a firefight map but it's perfect for BTB. Imagine CTF on that map with BTB... Epic.

yea, but this Heavies deserves it's own playlist, at least for now while it's new. It's definitely refreshing to play something different, especially when a week before they introduced it I said to myself that BTB needs more volume to it. It's nice to play but it's almost completely different compared to the classic BTB. Just because it has more players on the map doesn't mean that it should be categorized under the same thing. Why not have more game types that revolve around 8v8? They focus so much on team slayer so they have more options for you. If all 4v4 games were categorized under the same category, how would most people feel? Swat, Snipers, Team objectives; what if they were all under one category? and not to digress away from the DLC topic, I think they should AT THE VERY LEAST have a BTB DLC playlist for the very few BTB maps that the DLC's have (like the Squad DLC playlist) along with some firefight maps as BTB maps in that playlist, I think they would have more people downloading the DLC's for that reason alone. Give people a reason to buy the DLC's. If I knew I wouldn't be able to play the DLC's because of "bad luck", I wouldn't have bought them at all. Why have huge maps in a DLC that are perfect for BTB but getting 16 people on a random search that have the DLC's is nearly impossible. If Halo 4's Map Packs are treated in this same way, I will not be buying any of them and be one of the a-holes that stop others from using their paid-for map packs. Not out of spite, but by this experience. I will not pay for something I rarely use. Another option they could explore is maybe allowing players to create their own games in which people could join. Like the old days of gaming.

One more thing, a question for you: With the kind of luck you've had with the DLC, have you ever been able to play a game of BTB on one of those maps? I would love to experience that.

I understand about search dilution, but Heavies is not just another run of the mill game type. It changes everything about the format, from weapons to level design. You can't say that capture the flag is like heavies. The two should be separate. You could also have those game-types on Heavies such as capture the flag and objectives rather than just BTB Slayer with more vehicles and power weapons. Wouldn't that be nice? You must be playing with a few friends who also have the packs to be getting that type of luck. I never said everything should be free, but as an anniversary pack it should be free IMO. It's not like it's a full game, it's only a DLC. All I'm saying is that matchmaking needs some organization, is all. BTB Heavies is the reason I don't play BTB that much any more, it's not that I don't like it, I just don't want to play it almost all the time. It's too much of a mix-up and if I leave the game I'm the bad guy. I don't like to leave games, but when you're dealing with a 15 minute game (sometimes less, I know) it's hard for me to want to play Heavies four or more times in a row.

I remember that time OP, but not as a Halo fan because I just became one in January of this year. I remember a time, somewhere in the early PS2 era, when online gaming really started to pick up on gaming consoles. A time when you were happy to have a 128KB DSL connection and never complained about a video "loading too slow". A time when you got online for the first time and people taught you how to play the game instead of just lashing out at you and telling you to leave. I miss those days when I used to play Socom II online and we played as a team. A time where everybody used their headsets, got along, worked as a team, supported one another, and WON THE GAME because of it. Before it was about gloating about how many headshots, wins, and K/D ratio you have on your record. People played for fun and became friends. You went online and you knew who most people were in the game, not because of status but because you fought beside them in many games. No factions, no competition, just an extremely fun experience. I miss those days...

Dear 343 Industries, I have some suggestions for your Matchmaking system. Why have you created a new category called "Super Slayer" yet Big Team Battle "Heavies" is a voting option? It is my belief that regular BTB should be separate from "Heavies". Heavies should also have it's own category. I understand that you want the search to be quick and seamless as possible, but it's not fair to mash up such a dramatic change to the BTB format with the voting system. It should be it's own entity. Also, isn't it possible to use a few Firefight maps in BTB as well? They have the potential, so why not? Another point I want to bring up, more important then the above comment, is the DLC that some of us have not been able to use. I, like many others, spent $20 on DLC (Noble pack and Defiant pack) that we RARELY use. Why does the anniversary pack have it's own category but for the other 2 DLC packages we have to HOPE AND PRAY for other users to have the same DLC packs. It's not fair at all. I bought the DLC packs a month ago and have only been on ONE map in ONE game since then. What gives? I feel robbed... One more point, why the hell does the Anniversary Pack have a cost? If it's suppose to be an Anniversary edition, shouldn't it be free? I mean, shouldn't it be like a thanks to us Halo fans for giving Bungie the success it has had and therefore made the company that is 343 Industries? Where's our thanks? where's our DLC? Where's our choice? BROTELHO