Field of Mangos

Everyone plays the game differently. People complaining about teammates has been going on since Halo 2 was online. Personally, I'm a guy who goes for kills in Objective because I take a defense-first approach. What I've found typically helps with randoms is to just get on a mic and try to rally the troops. If a team truly cares about winning, they will usually attempt to stick to a general gameplan if no one else is speaking up.

It never was. Elitists just got butthurt that they couldn't get a kill they thought they were entitled to. Basically if they shot first, they thought the opponent should just hurry up and die because they were gods gift to Halo. Armor Lock worked exactly as intended, it was never anything more or less than what it should have been. That, and the haters hilarious claimed to be good players and that Armor Lock was for noobs, but if they were as good as they said they were, they'd be playing against other high skilled players who clearly chose to use Armor Lock, not making it a noob armor ability.

What I don't like is the butthurt BK's who still think this is 2007. Bungie's mantra was to never make the same game twice, and all people seem to expect is for 343 to essentially remake Halo 3 and call it Halo 4.

Skill rank coming, more maps coming, if you die too fast, get better, most in-depth service record in-game in a Halo game ever, Slayer Pro to eliminate ordinance and get fixed weapon spawns, delay in pulling up after sprinting is good for the game.

1.) DLC maps are coming; you can't fault players for voting on what they want. I'd prefer the Halo 3 voting system, but players have made it abundantly clear that what matters most to them is they want mulitple options to pick from so they can get what they want all the time. I don't like it, but the majority does. 2.) Specialty playlists are always on rotation. Nothing new. 3.) I think you are confusing EXP ban with EXP cap. Statistics have shown that only ~1-2% of the H4 population is hitting the cap. You are the 1%. 4.) There has never been a system to boot AFK in any console game I can think of other than Left 4 Dead. 5.) This is true. 6.) DMR will likely be "balanced out" or something of the like during the first TU. Lastly, it makes absolutely no sense to claim that 343 is "starving" gamers for more maps to boost sales. If you can't make a product that people enjoy, they aren't going to be compelled to spend more money on it. It's an asinine statement to make. It's been 2 weeks since H4 came out. It took Halo 3 SIX MONTHS for its first title update and 343 is trying to roll theirs out with a ranking system in TWO. Cut them some slack.

I find it hard to believe that you're telling the truth about one of these two statements and as such, I can't take your post seriously.

With the number of people complaining about Blops2, I assume an equal number are coming over to Halo 4. I really don't know if I'm reading some hidden news source, but are you aware that 343 is going to be continually updating Matchmaking? They've already added SWAT, Snipers is coming on Monday, and I'm quite certain that BTB Objective, Multi-Team, Assualt, etc, will all find their way back. This is the trial run. The ranking system is coming, more maps are coming, more playlists are coming. This is all a very good litmus test for 343. They can collect data to see what's working. Remember, this is 343's FIRST full game handling Matchmaking. Why not ease into it, instead of just loading up an extra 10-15 playlists and diluting out the playing population. It will improve. We'll likely have a Title Update, new maps and a ranking system within two months. It took Halo 3 almost 6 MONTHS for their first TU.

I agree on the point about BR vs. DMR. Actually, I'm an almost exclusive BR guy, and I've really not encountered too many issues against the DMR, except that I think it's way OP at long range. On a map like Ragnarok, I can be getting shot at long range like it's no issue for the other player. The bloom really needs to increase on the DMR.

Trying to get a coherent sense of what the community would like to see here. If modifications were made to multiplayer like: - Traditional 1-50 ranking system - Slayer Pro (with radar) - DMR nerf - Grenade buff - Removal of Mantis from ranked matches Would this be enough to praise the H4 MM? I feel like 343 is really close to getting this right, but obviously are trying different things out to A.) put their own spin on things and B.) to see what does/does not work. I can't help but think that there are a lot of people who just don't have the attention span to wait a month or two for a ranking system, but I feel like a lot of people would be quick to call Halo #1 again if it just had that. I feel that the suggestions listed above bring this game closer to H2/3 which was Halo's Golden Age. Please share your thoughts.

I was about to write a post along the lines of "Really? You people still want more armor?". Then I saw your comment and was like "WTF....yea I definitely want that." That helmet is still on my H3 service record.

I want to see Sandtrap, Rat Race, Blackout and High Ground.

One thing I learned a long time ago in college athletics from my coach, "Play the game for the result (win/loss), not the number (stats)".

Actually, I'd say Battlefield has the most quitters. Games are a lot longer and teams are bigger. With so many people playing and large map size, people dropping in/out usually go unnoticed.

Bring 1 Flag CTF back. It was the bomb. Speaking of bomb, get Assault back in here, it rocked as well.

Less time having to find players to start a matchExperience points for completing a match that you only partially participated in Going into a game with balanced teams Less time waiting for everyone to vote on a map, load said map, and establish a connection to start the match. Not saying I like "join in", but those would be some obvious pros.