Yea I've heard of the January update. I'm only a 66 and don't have a lot of time for playing during the week anyways. If I do level out to 70, it wouldn't be for very long. So I'm just going to be patient and hold out for this update I've been hearing about.
Microsoft did send me to this forum with no guarantee I would get a reply. Microsoft owns 343, but doesn't run their operation obviously. They're just throwing money at it... which I'm not complaining about because this is definitely the peak of Halo in my opinion.