Shokyr

I liked Halo 3s system where it was based off EXP AND an actual rank - but I want a ranking system where no numbers are present. Only YOU can see the numbers. Something that would put you with people of the same or near skill level, but no visible level to anybody but yourself. This would help the player have an all-around better experience while also almost completely elimanting any account trafficking.

We. Need. This.

Small-scale: Lockout. Oversaid, for a reason. It was a great map! Large-scale: I'm feeling Relic.

Sorry, it's the first thing that came to mind. What's up everybody? I was part of the Bungie community for a while as their new games were coming out, and I decided to make an account here to join in on the action as Halo 4 approaches us. By the way, I really like the forum! I've already made a full thread with a poll, and I like it not only for its' usability features, but its' members also seem to be relatively pleasant - at least compared to some of the forums I've been on! Thanks for the warming welcome!

Appreciated.

Hey everybody. I'm new to the forum and plan on making an introductory thread right after this one, but for now - bear with me. I had an idea that some may or may not like. I, as I know many others do, usually play with a team of the same 2-3 other people just about every day. The four of us usually play quite often together, just because we're good friends or play well with each other. THE BASIC IDEA: You can have a set number of 'teams' in your armory, each 'team' composing of you and 3 other players (# of players may be changeable, depending on your selected playlist, but we'll use a four-player basis for explanatory reasons) that would be called a 'Squad'. The 'Squad Leader' could send invites to three other players, forming a full Squad. WHAT WOULD WE USE 'SQUADS' FOR?: Squads could be implemented on a variety of levels. For example, there could be a button to 'Invite Squad to Party', which would send an invite to every one of your Squadmates that were online. That way, instead of inviting every one of your friends after you all get home from school, you could simply invite your squad to your party, and you'd all be ready to play. POSSIBLE FEATURES OF SQUADS: Now, seeing a lot of Halo 4 gameplay online, it's become quite obvious to me that every team-based game has a set of 2+ teams, each of which has a name. I think it'd be cool (given that your Squad filled your team,) you could have the option to Name Your Squad. Obviously, this may or may not work, depending on how people might abuse this system. Maybe we could have a selection of team names we could pick. (Each Red/Blue team also has an emblem, I think a preferred emblem to pick from a list would be cool as well.) I also think it'd be awesome to have a 'preferred color' that your squad has chosen for it. This feature would try to get your squad (given that your squad fills the team) its' team color of preference. Allow me to explain a simple system to you: Say two teams, each of which composed of one squad, got matched up in a game of Team Slayer. This is how color-assigning might go in the match. Squad 1 - Squad 2 - Result RED--------BLUE------PREFERRED RESULTS BLUE-------RED-------PREFERRED RESULTS BLUE-------BLUE------RANDOM RED---------RED------RANDOM You guys like my homemade chart? ISN'T THIS LIKE THE CLAN SYSTEM FROM HALO 2?: In short answer, not particularly. This would be a small-team based setup that would simply make the tedious task of inviting your friends a bit easier, along with adding some customization to the game. There are no rankings among the squad, it's just a set of you and a few friends. Not 100 people who never play together. Anyway, I figured it was about time to wrap this thread up. Please let me see your guys' feedback, I really appreciate the input! I can make edits if something doesn't seem right, or if anybody has any improvements/suggestions. Thanks a lot!