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Yep, I usually play with my buddy when I play Team Slayer. I absolutely prefer the smaller teams/maps than to BTB, but if I decide that I want to listen to an episode of SModcast and eat some food, then BTB it is.

Actually I totally agree with this analysis. I find myself wanting to sit back in BTB rather than rush forward for this exact reason. I used to run around with plasma grenades and a plasma pistol in order to destroy vehicles, but there are seldom any vehicles for me to destroy sometimes. On the other hand, some games are all vehicles, at least from my point of view. I'd rather have BTB be a nice mix between long range battles, up close shotgun/assault rifle battles, and vehicle play. Right now it's more favoring the long range than anything else. As far as the maps go, I like Complex for SWAT and all but it does get very hard to actually finish your kills of if you are playing straight up Slayer. I hate Vortex. I. Hate. It. I can't move anywhere it seems, and people tend to just sit around the outsides of the map and pick you off, which is all well and good, but it shouldn't be the whole team, all the time. And I don't know why I like Ragnarok (Valhalla) but I just do. It's a weird sort of fondness I have. I couldn't point out specific things, but I think it plays relatively well and I love the Mantis battles that happen. They get pretty epic sometimes.

I've seldom had hackers in my games. I wouldn't base your accusations off of one kill cam, as it can still be a bit buggy. If you see the same guy doing it over and over and it still looks the same, then yeah, you've probably got a hacker. But I would be hesitant to report someone just by one killcam because, like I said, it still needs some tweaking. Also, welcome to the forums!

It was, but Reach wasn't very well regarded (at least as far as Matchmaking is concerned) because the systems were getting slightly archaic and the game needed to adapt. Which it did. It's a testament to how well 343 did that they can implement these systems and still make Halo feel like Halo.

Agreed, I would love the chopper, but it would just not make any sense as far as the story goes considering there aren't any brutes in the game

I love the music, but you're right, an audio control system should be in place. It does get pretty tedious after a while...

None of these arguments stand up. You do realize that Call of Duty wasn't the first to implement these things? Also, almost every game is now implementing these systems. Could you imagine if the Halo franchise just stayed on the same path? It would become obsolete so fast that it would make your head spin. Starting game uneven is a part of the JIP system which is how every game should be. Bungie tried to eliminate the quitting mid game but it didn't work one bit. As far as default sprinting, almost everyone used sprint in Reach and 343 saw this and decided that, hey, maybe we should just give it to everyone. And there IS a skill ranking system in Halo 4. Ultimately, Halo still plays like Halo, and that's the best part.

It's weird, I know people complain of just playing Exile or just Ragnarok, but I guess I've been pretty lucky as of now because I've had a nice smattering of every map as of now.

Yep that stuff happens with the level cap on unfortunately. It's annoying but the cap is a good thing for the community. You sound like a good enough player though, you should be able to wreck some people

Just use generous grenades and they'll move for sure.

Best is probably Promethean Vision, but I personally love the regen field.

That's really awesome Thanks for this!

I know, right? I mean I'm flattered, but still... Also to the OP, I'll see if I can help you out. A couple of my roommates got codes but I'm not sure if they will use them quite yet.

I am frustrated that there aren't lots of maps, but I will say that the ones in this game are absolutely fantastic. They look pretty, they play well, and the balance is solid.

It takes more effort than just clicking a button that says "make all da playlists permanent". They need to know which ones are the real deal and which ones would just be a waste of time.

I absolutely love snipers too! I'm glad they had it in the rotation for a little while, but it'll be back and I'm sure that the demand is so high that it will become permanent. 343 has to do things by the numbers for now, so just give it a little bit of time and I'm sure in a week or two it will be back and be permanent.

Awesome post Syko. Unfortunately, I'm in this weird limbo state of not getting my email because my email tied to my account is different... oh well, I suppose I'll get things worked out. In the mean time, this is a big help to lots of people. Nice

Then don't post just for the post count. Also, to the OP, did you install the game on your hard drive? Or did you get disconnected in one or more of the campaign missions? It could also just be that the Halo 4 servers are down in your area. Generally all the problems that you are describing happen when the servers go down, so if the problem persists in a couple of days you might have an actual problem, otherwise it's just the Halo 4 servers and you will be good to go soon!

Congrats Zelda!

Exactly. I'm always open to playing with members of the community, especially if I can make their experience that much better.

Yep, you've just gotta try and tune people out. Oh well, I'm glad you're having a great gaming experience

If it's work or your kids, you should probably not be worried about Halo in the first place...

I submit that we have a group of troll-killers who just patrol the current shoutbox and we have a separate one also

Just did

I agree with your point on CTF. It's always been fun to throw the flag off of a building so that your buddy can catch it I love every type of SWAT game. And I totally agree with the Oddball point you make. I still do drop the ball of the edge so that it spawns, but unfortunately that could spawn right next to the enemy team... Also, I can guarantee that the MLG playlist will be coming very soon, as soon as the MLG staff get all of the maps and gametypes tweaked to perfection. I think one of the only things that I disagree with is the KD ratio. I feel like if you made it an obvious public display, people would worry about just getting that KD up tenfold from what they are right now. I love objective gametypes, but it's almost impossible to play with random people nowadays because they all treat it like Slayer just to get that precious KD up. Also, IF they were to implement a KD ratio aspect, there needs to be some way to display the assists very prominently, because I feel like assists are just as important as kills are. Awesome ideas though! And welcome to the forums