Hines117

Then its not a tournament and no prizes lol. Trust me, if Halo 4 adopted this idea it would be a huuuge hit. I was addicted to FIFA 12 Ultimate team for this reason, it was so satisfying to win tournaments and earn money to buy new players. And I think this would be a replacment for a lot of players out there that rely on gamebattles. Dont get me wrong gb is great, but its too much hassle with little reward.

I understand that the ranking system alone doesnt make the game competitive. But, in Halo 2 and 3 players worked together to win the game because thats what ranked you up. In Reach, people are just running around and chasing trying to get the most kills for an impressive file share. I think Halo 4 isnt competive for other reasons. Just to name a few: -Instant respawns - forerunner vision -Loadouts with perks -weapon drops -kill streaks.... - maps aren't symetrical, not competitve. In halo 2 and 3 everyone spawns with the same guns, and is postioned equally on opposite sides of the map. In order to gain the edge your team needs map control, and obtain power weapons. When everyone has the choice to spawn with a DMR,BR,Covenant assault rifle this makes it uneven. And the armour abilities and perks completley ruin this as well. This is what ruined Halo Reach. Before Halo reach the playing field was completely even, aside from player skill. Everyone one had an eqaul opportunity to get to each power weapon and was given no unfair advantage over another player. This is what made Halo 2 and 3 great, such a great MLG game, and what seperated the Halo franchise from any other game. The ranking system made halo 2 and 3 competitive, you can not tell me that if you went into a team slayer match as a 49 in halo 3 that you would treat it like a game in halo reach. The skill rankings made the games matter far more, therefor made them more competitve. I understand why you dislike my previous comment, the game hasnt came out so i cant no for sure. But, I know for fact that all competive players would agree with every statment I have said. I watched interviews from MLG pros Walshy, Elamite and Neighbor and they were all trashing Halo 4. They said "This game is fun, but I dont beleive this game is going to be competitive."

OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 343 you suck, quit trying to re invent Halo it was fine the way it was. "Variable zoom" loadout, hmm sound familiar. "ordinance drops" hmm sounds familiar.. load outs? hmm sounds familiar.... Sprint? hmm sounds familiar... retarted ranking system based on time played? hmmm sounds familar... In game join in progress? hmm... Sounds ******* familiar!!!!!! why dont you just team up with infinity ward you unoriginal ****** bags. **** Kiki wolfkill

Hmmm... 1. The ranking system is going to blow ass, idc if its "hybrid" it wont be competitive. 343 is trying to make everyone happy, so it can be noob friendly and competitve. But, its rated M for mature... still doesnt seem to stop them from satisfying the 8 year old kids out there, who feel like winners because they can finish every game with 5 kills and still unlock their stupid armor and feel special. I do not care about CRT or unlocking this dumb crap, I want a skill level. That way whenever I play ill actually feel like im trying to win, and my team wont run around aimlessly trying to get the most kills =REACH... The ranking system is what ruined reach, and 343 still doesn't get it, bring back Halo 2 ranking system. you know, when you were badass if you were a level 35 and a modder at 50. 2. For the rest, i really cant complain until I play it. BUT, I know I am going to hate it... -Forerunner vision -That *** shield thing -Thruster pack... wtf?! -THE WORST: being able to connect to a match in the middle of the game, 343 seriously... are you trying to ruin Halo? -All the retarted guns ive seen latley in the multiplayer footage. - You know when I saw "The Making of Halo 4" Documentary a few months ago, i had really high hopes for this game. I thought you guys would out do bungie, wow was I wrong.

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This is a great idea, but i dont think it would work as well this way. There are a few games out there that have single elimination tourneys thru matchmaking. For example, in FIFA 12 Ultimate team they have single elimination online tourneys with 4 rounds, hypothetically there are 16 teams but its basically normal matchmaking. In order for this to work you would need to have a set clan, like in Halo 2. Meaning that only the people who are in your clan will be allowed to enter the matchmaking tournament. For the first game of the tournament you would be in ROUND 1, meaning you would only be paired up with other clans in ROUND 1. If you win you will advance to round two, where you will only be paired up with teams in matchmaking who were in round 2 as well, this cycle continues all the way to the final championship match unless your defeated and then you will be reset to round one. NOW, I think this would work best if there is a set prize before entering the tournament so all teams will know what they are competing for, say... 25,000 CRT. Of course, it would be a good idea for 343 to have a set cap on how many championships a clan may earn in a month. They could also reduce the ammount of CRT for teams that have been winning more frequently than others. Personally, I think this would be much more competitive if it added a skill level like Halo 3, and stats for your clan... Wouldnt that be nice to have your clan in your service record with WIN/LOSS and Championships. And 343 could also incorporate "double xp" weekends and add more CRT to the championship match or feature items such as specialized armor, emblems etc. as prizes. The diagram below give you a basic idea, but remember upon entering matchmaking you wont know who is in your tournament. Its basically just a simple matchmaking playlist that tracks wins and matches you up with other clans who are in the same round as you. This Diagram could be shown on the in the background of the CLAN PLAYLIST to help keep track of where you are in the tournament plus it gives it more of a tourney feel and a sense of accomplishment. w -------- you w -------- you -------- w -------- you -------- w -------- -------- you w L -------- -------- YOU vs. ? 4th round finalist SAME ON THIS SIDE -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- 1st 2nd 3rd Semi FINAL round round round Finals round It would also be a neat feature if clans were customizable ex: logos, matching armor, clan tags ect. This would be just like the unlockable system in normal matchmaking, except exclusively for the clan playlist. And im tired of the set amount of emblems we are allowed to use in Halo, what would really be cool to have is something like the emblem editor in Call of Duty: Black Ops. I really hope this idea gets to 343 because I think it would become extremely popular, spread the word.