thanks for the reply. I am new to the boards but have been playing HALO since the first one. It just seems to me like HALO didn't have these problems before or if they did it wasnt this bad. I mean there are some games I can't even play. I can't go from getting 30 kills in one game to 6 kills the next. It takes all the fun out of playing when its not an even playing field. We all bought the game expecting one thing and were given another. I guess you are right I either accept it or just quit playing and I'm very close to just stopping playing. Just wondering what the official word from 343 is. I notice that no mods ever answer these post.