bevardimus

I too miss one flag. That's my favorite objective gametype!

Carbine takes 6 shots to take down a shield, compared to the DMR's 4. But, like others have said, you can fire it MUCH faster than the DMR. I have been owned once or twice by truly skilled carbine users, while I was using DMR. If you can fire it lightning fast and retain your accuracy, I think this weapon may be the DMR killer everyone seems to be looking for.

Halo 4 does, indeed, use the host system. I'm no expert in the benefits of hosting versus using dedicated servers, but the host system does kind of blow from my experience. And yes, I've seen erroneous ordnance drops, too. As well as other little glitches that I'm sure would have been cleared up already if they had released a beta for the game as they should have.