I actually defended this game but now that I know that you can buy armor abilities and all these other perks with "Spartan Points", it has completely ruined my expectations for this game. The stupidest thing about C.O.D is that people who have played the game longer actually have combat advantages and such. Why bring this into Halo. Everyone should be able to have the ability to start out with anything. I thought this game was supposed to be "Balanced"? You call people who have played longer/higher rank with more Spartan points having an advantage "balanced"? The only thing the points should be used for is Aesthetic things like Armor Permutations and the Spartan Missions. Why are they doing this, this is exactly what I was worried about. Everyone should have Everything combat related unlocked right off the bat so nobody has an advantage. Joining Sessions in games? NO, please NO! I want a Ranked match to BE a RANKED match. Start out with a group of fresh people in a fresh match with nobody leaving or joining in the middle. If anything do it like Gears of War 3 and have 2 different types of matchmaking, Quick Match (Joinable during session, usually has computer players, matches continue without returning to lobby), Ranked Match (Like the regular Halo Matchmaking, Nobody joins in progress, you get to vote on maps, real more competitive matchmaking.) Usually one would select quick match when playing alone and not really wanted to play serious, and people would choose Ranked when they have a party of others ready to play some serious matches. I was actually very excited for this game untill I heard about the Purchasing of combat advantages and Joining session in Ranked matches. Please remove this from the game and stop turning it into COD. Of course everyone reading this is going to try to defend it but the truth of it is... people having advantages over others is NOT HALO. I guess if they don't change it I'm just going to keep playing Gears 3 and Gears Judgment (If they don't screw it up by doing above mentioned things).