So your saying 343i should pretty much rerelease Halo 3, but in a slightly revamped form? I'm sure the closest thing you'll get to this is either Halo 3, or modded game types in Reach or 4. Maybe an actual Anniversary edition, which I doubt will happen.
In my honest opinion I don't think 343 needs to downgrade back to Halo 3 or any previous game to succeed. They can learn from the previous games to see what formula made them successful, and work off that, but I think most of the Community just wants something fresh and new: as in some form of innovation for the series.
Finally I know that was just opinion, but to me Halo 4 feels nothing like CoD. I can easily see differences between the two. I'd like to know what you see besides just the Loadouts, since there's more to both than that one comparison.
And for the record just because CoD has loadouts doesn't mean it's reserved specifically for CoD, and that they solely came up with that feature. Halo 4 may have loadouts, but I see nothing wrong with their implementation. If anything I see it as an upgrade.
Sorry if I came off as irritable or something. I respect your opinion, and appreciate you making your statement without mindless ranting.