I hope I can settle some of your thoughts.
No mlg... What the Hell... Halo revolves around its Arena game play, and then you don't give an MLG list, then you put out "Training Ground" a complete ****ty ripoff of MLG, with the same maps and radar...
Mlg are no longer with Halo and have moved onto stuff like Cod so it may have been a lawsuit issue or 343 just wants to get away from the name Mlg. This does not mean Halo will not be comptive it just means comptive Halo is no longer called Mlg The worst map control, and terrible maps. Map control is hardly rewarded in any playlist, because the spawns are so ****ty, they won't spawn in their base, they will spawn in yours, ruining this entire part of the game.
If you think this is bad play Halo Reach, Halo 4s were much better than Reach, but the spawn system fro H4 is a bit iffy at time but overall is okay Flinching, this again promotes the first person to shoot wins idea, when you get shot it makes it harder to shoot back, ******* stupid.
But the first person to shoot should be the winner of the battle most of the time ? Shoot first ask questions later.