Halogeek99

The best thing is actually to ditch ranks and skill based matchups altogether. Perfect matchups means players stick on a 1.0 kd/win ratio real soon, playing all matches in near frustration against very similarly skilled opponents. A no skill based matchup system will have good and bad players mixed randomly within lobbies, and render ups and downs. Like in pre Bo2 CODs. Better really if you think of it. If anything, the matchup system should stick to sort/even the players between teams based on previously played match(s) results (given the majority stays). That's all. So bin the "skill based matchup system" as for the rest and do pairing entirely based on connects.There you go; perfection. Where do I apply for a designers job?

Game needs CASUALS to get things like that going. Online is filled with too many tryhards & overstressed players. Also the game doesn't encourage talking, since overall game plays too chaotic (spawntimes, sprint, Br/Dmr in every players hands at all times = people have no TIME!) and since callouts for weapons is useless because of drops. Thank awesome designers for that! People came onto the boards day one and nailed all these things 343i didn't discover in like 12 months testing. The irony.

Majestic map pack is better than Crimson, but this game isn't saved by map packs 2k users buy. It needs map packs 200k buy/get for free.

343 OK only needs to do ONE thing to get this franchise going; get more casuals into matchmaking! They won't turn anything by now without doing some real rad stuff. Like giving away all map packs for instance. This would bring back some 100-200k and get matchmaking going again. Such a move would also be a kick in the teeth for COD/Activision. Including be an investment in the franchise for the next release on the 720. Make it happen 343.

Noob friendly? Oh that's the reason online is deserted for most and the lobbies of COD are full? Because COD is the non-noob game, right?? Let me me set u straight; if anything this game >>>SCARE<<< casuals away.

If anything this game lacks a population. And specificly an CASUAL population. So go ahead. Nerf the AR. Get the pop down to less than a k. Not. The worst examples of camping in Halo4 mm is done by Br/Dmr freaks equipped with wall hack.

Um no. 343 made the mode in an attempt to even things out (people tend to chase guy with marker you know, which coincidentally often happens to be amongst the more skilled ones in the lobby too)and to put some fluke into it giving a ****load of points for killing a king.

Because the only players you'll see online these days in Halo 4 matchmaking is unemployed bald men in their 30s still living home at mum playing Halo all day. That's why.

Lag fest. That's all. Next.

Black Ops 2 is the ********* COD ever made. Just saying. Worst lag handling ever. ********* Zombies ever. Complete ripoff made by ******* noobs. I can tell you for sure that game figures are down the toilet too. Wont even last spring out. I can't believe I wasted money on that game. That franchise has got the last dime from me. Forever. Halo 4 is still a joke though. Pity really.

10k is comical. 2007-2008 you had like 5 mil XBox 360s sold. If even that. Now you have 30. So yeah 10k is a huuuuuge success indeed.

Op, this is actually a side effect of skill based matchmaking You almost exclusively meet people as good as yourself. This is not fun. At all. And this is also the very precise reason only a fragment of the Halo 3 pop spent their time in the ranked playlists back in those days. People don't realize it as they're all screaming for a new skill system and even more refined frustration, but you know... people are idiots. Cod mix folks of all skill levels in matches, works better. You have your glory and your grief. More fun in the end.

Halo 3 had a current player counter first two+ years. I remember that counter at 700k 2008/9 ..... That puts the epic fail of H4 into proportion

Darth Vader in a *** wedding

Wtf are you on about? Read my playlist suggestions and implement everything and u have your population back. I'm not bull****ting.

Ideally, instaspawns would be gone too. As for AR starts, what's the problem? If you want a BR or DMR I'm sure theres one to be found instantly or soon enough. Thing is battle rifle starts makes for a completely different gameplay that especially throws casuals off. Why not have Halo a both casual and pro heaven when you can!? I'm certain all these variants of battle rifle slayer and starts puts a ****load of people off. As for nades, what's the problem? Halo was always about well tossed nades. Having one or two at your disposal at all times is good and fun. Have all you people forgot that "all out" mix of long distance engagements combined with CQB that made Halo3 so fun?

They should ditch load outs and drops completely. AR/pistol/two nades starts - rest from the maps. Shotties, snipers, battle rifles, rockets, laser, sword is picked up from maps. Nades/ammo are scavenged as default. Overshield, extra damage, regenerator are only items in, and is picked up from map. Set up a pure slayer playlist, no slayer pro, no slayer dmr/br crap (have those starts in a special playlist). Just pure slayer. There you have it. All WIN for casuals and pros & good times back again.

I agree with you.

The figures forHako 4 is a joke. There same or more players on Reach right now as I'm writing this. Halo 4 is a giant failure. All the damage control of the world can't change that fact.

30k is a bloody JOKE. Theres 30/k online in Reach right now. Any AAA title should easily rack up a mil players these days. There's like 25 mil consoles sold ffs.

Last time I checked 30k was on. No one cares. Period.

Caboose. Nobody CARES. Games STONE DEAD. 343i and Microsoft should focus on next platform. If anything they could give away all map packs for free for all Halo games just to keep interest up in the franchise. I'm not sure it even has life at next level at current state to be honest. They could put a little more effort caring about the playlists (and players coming in because of the free maps) aswell. That's all. Any FakeSkill system coming up won't change a thing. Remember who said it.

Microsoft is busy trying to dish out bleek copies of surf pads and useless smart phones to the end consumer market instead of focusing on core it infrastructure services at the corporate level, so don't worry, they're handling their doom pretty well I'd say. Oh. We were talking about Halo. Yah Don't forget the XBox is also dead now man. That affects a release like Halo quite a lot. Bo2 doing **** now too. Everything is.

You forget there's a war going on. We can only stare at the broken motion sensor this much, or his teammate got us a week ago, get it? Its not Halo. Is there something else you want to know?

Like i didn't know.... Still not Halo. Standing like a turd for someone to pass. Before Reach, things like that was unheard of. Camo sniping is almost worse. In Halo3 you had to face the music once you shoot. Back then was crouch-camping, but at least the crouching put the turd player at some disadvantage.