Well 343, you have done a semi good job on a few things - DMR bloom, Sword Block, Firefight,
and you have FAILED in not removing Noob Lock.
BUT YOUR BIGGEST FAILURE IS NOT SORTING OUT, OR EVEN ATTEMPTING TO SORT OUT YOUR RANKED PLAYLISTS. Many people are turned off Reach for this very reason, and yet you have made no effort to change one of the most FUNDAMENTAL changes needed to appeal to TRUE HALO fans. Arena needs fixing. MORE RANKED PLAYLISTS NEED ADDING, like FFA, Doubles (what bright spark decided to remove those two?), and Objective, at the minimum. Also needed are changes to the matching of players with ACTUAL skill similatities, and REMOVAL OF SEASONS.
343 are you trying to be as rubbish at Reach as Bungie were? The skilled community put their faith in you and you are letting us down. You have shown you are like all politicians, reduce our expectations by giving us the bare minimum and doing actually very little in the way of change.
They havent stated it, but that doesnt mean they won’t do it. 343i is like Bungie, they listen to the community, so I wouldn’t be surprised if they do it.
> Well 343, you have done a semi good job on a few things - DMR bloom, Sword Block, Firefight,
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> and you have FAILED in not removing Noob Lock.
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> BUT YOUR BIGGEST FAILURE IS NOT SORTING OUT, OR EVEN ATTEMPTING TO SORT OUT YOUR RANKED PLAYLISTS. Many people are turned off Reach for this very reason, and yet you have made no effort to change one of the most FUNDAMENTAL changes needed to appeal to TRUE HALO fans. Arena needs fixing. MORE RANKED PLAYLISTS NEED ADDING, like FFA, Doubles (what bright spark decided to remove those two?), and Objective, at the minimum. Also needed are changes to the matching of players with ACTUAL skill similatities, and REMOVAL OF SEASONS.
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> 343 are you trying to be as rubbish at Reach as Bungie were? The skilled community put their faith in you and you are letting us down. You have shown you are like all politicians, reduce our expectations by giving us the bare minimum and doing actually very little in the way of change.
They obviously do care about the skilled population, given the changes that are coming about in the TU. While I agree that Reach needs some sort of permanent ranking system, there’s no need to call 343 “rubbish” because you didn’t get what you want.
Whilst adding more ranked playlists would indeed satisfy a good number among the multi-player populace, myself included, I don’t think we should make all of the changes listed in your opening post Admiral Crispy.
In your OP you claim that there are many problems that prevent Halo Reach from reaching it’s maximum potential and whilst this may be true I don’t entirely agree with your statement that the changes listed in your OP are the wants of the “TRUE HALO FANS.”
I do agree that players with similar skill need to be matched up together in order to level the playing field and make it a more enjoyable experience for those of us who have less than perfect motor skills. However making attacks against the intelligence of earlier developers and their decisions is unwarranted and to compare 343 and/or Bungie to politicians is like comparing your grammar with that of Arthur Miller.
Same thread as always, different title. When Halo 4 comes out, Reach will have been the best Halo game ever. If Halo 5 comes out, Halo 4 will have been the best Halo game ever. It never fails.
> Same thread as always, different title. When Halo 4 comes out, Reach will have been the best Halo game ever. If Halo 5 comes out, Halo 4 will have been the best Halo game ever. It never fails.
True. And it would be funny if it wasn’t that sad.
> Same thread as always, different title. When Halo 4 comes out, Reach will have been the best Halo game ever. If Halo 5 comes out, Halo 4 will have been the best Halo game ever. It never fails.
this guy has been on since bnet 2004, just like me.
> Well 343, you have done a semi good job on a few things - DMR bloom, Sword Block, Firefight,
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> and you have FAILED in not removing Noob Lock.
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> BUT YOUR BIGGEST FAILURE IS NOT SORTING OUT, OR EVEN ATTEMPTING TO SORT OUT YOUR RANKED PLAYLISTS. Many people are turned off Reach for this very reason, and yet you have made no effort to change one of the most FUNDAMENTAL changes needed to appeal to TRUE HALO fans. Arena needs fixing. MORE RANKED PLAYLISTS NEED ADDING, like FFA, Doubles (what bright spark decided to remove those two?), and Objective, at the minimum. Also needed are changes to the matching of players with ACTUAL skill similatities, and REMOVAL OF SEASONS.
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> 343 are you trying to be as rubbish at Reach as Bungie were? The skilled community put their faith in you and you are letting us down. You have shown you are like all politicians, reduce our expectations by giving us the bare minimum and doing actually very little in the way of change.
You mad bro? you mad? why you mad bro?
No seriously, chill out, 343i is already working hard on everything they can, they’re changing the way that Armor Lock will function in the Hopper Playlist. And you better chill out; Nobody wants to hear what a Raging User has to say.
Halo CE didn’t have a ranking system. Are you telling us that was a bad game? People should care less about ranks and more about gameplay. After all, it’s a game. Games are for entertainment. I want to be entertained by playing a fun game. Not by achieving a rank that’s only used for bragging. They divide the community and cause nothing but trouble.
There are many things I’d want to see changed, but the ranking system is the last thing I care about. Things that harm the gameplay should be fixed. Right now, 343 is doing a good job at that and I hope it stays that way.
Holy cow, what’s next, I tell you someone is going to seriously post that the flag poles are over powered, hold the flags too well in CTF, and need to be nerfed.
People have to understand the 1-50 ranking system in H2+H3 and now Arena to a much lesser degree is important to the competitve community as it rewards you for beating players of similar skill and playing competitvely with a visible rank(1-50 that is). Just because you dont see the fun in skill-based ranks and trying to achieve high ranks doesnt mean that a large portion of competitve gamers dont invest alot of time and practice into achieving those ranks and see it as a very attractive feature of the game. Plus it matches you up with parties of similar skill and players of similar skill which is important if your trying to play the game in a competitve manner lol. Spawn killing in parties gets old very fast and so does running over everyone in the game except those in the community who play ranked and MLG.
I can be ignorant and say “Whats the big deal about unlocking new armor”? "Halo CE did not have a CoD credit system or ______(insert feature here) why do we need it in ___(insert Halo title here? Why do we need visible credit ranks if we cant have visible skill ranks? Its just hypocritical to say that visible credit ranks are okay and the game should be all social playlists, and then say visible 1-50 shouldnt be in the game. It just makes you look like an -Yoink- really lol. Halo needs a visible skill-based ranking system and more ranked playlists I agree OP but you should try to write a more even-tempered post next time so people dont flame you.