Okay, hear me out.
My Idea
Later in development, but not too late 343 need to draft in select members from the community to play-test different aspects of the game.
Understandably 343 would need to get the correct range of players so they’d have to look at EU & Aussi users as well as the American market. They should fly out lets say 100 - 200 forum users from here, Bungie.net and the MLG forums to come in and have their say, Therefor by including multiple community hubs they would be getting a range of opinions.
One important thing 343 must do is draft in dirt randoms like myself none of these “forum celebrity’s” and “internet sensations” just the dirt average Halo fans.
Justification
So why would this be different from a public or private beta. Well simply we can sit with the developers face to face and share our opinions and be able to physically show them what we are talking about.
This is actually widely practiced now and I think its the way forward for improvement.
Dude why?
I personally have a lot of driving passion to do my part in making Halo the best I can be and I know there are others who feel the same, However there is a definite gap between the community and 343. That gap needs to be shrunk.! However I cannot go without saying 343 are “better” at listening to the community that Bungie were over the last two years.
Show your support
If anyone can also support this by bringing it to the attention of 343 staff please do so, (Please don’t spam they get enough mail as it is.)
So with that said I say lets start another petition.
…by signing the following petition I state that I wish 343 to draft in average members of the community to playtest Halo 4 later in it’s development and to be given the chance to directly discuss our concerns with the developers themselves, and express interest into doing so and making Halo a better game.
Signed:
BlazingStar
…and as usual please comment and show your support.