I’m trying to be patient and hoping 343i will get their game fixed, but right now I can’t play matchmaking because it’s so horribly implemented. And I doubt anything will get fixed if nobody raises up these issues.
You want to play with friends? Maybe your best friend just got Xbox and Halo 4 and is learning the ways of the game? Well, he is up for a unpleasant surprise when matchmaking lacks SOCIAL PLAYLISTS that don’t take account the trueskill rating.
I’m fairly good, was 45 in Halo 3, had an alt that was 50, 3.00+ k/d in Reach, around 2 in Halo 4, but I am not a competitive gamer, neither are my friends, a lot of them are lot worse players than I am, why does the matchmaking only take account of the highest True Skill of the party when searching for players? Same thing with guests, play with 3 guys who just occasionally play video games and just want to have some fun, you get matched against players who just laugh their way to victory.
I can manage against highly skilled players, but my friends can’t, it’s either I play with them and we lose every game and they go all around -10-20, or I play alone. I didn’t buy this game to get rated that “Aha, you should always play players who are on your level”, especially when the TS rating is incredibly inaccurate, it can’t be a coincidence that I almost always am the MVP of my team, while our team still lost by a large margin. Does the invisible trueskill only find enemies worth your TS, and just pick random teammates?
Don’t get me wrong, I love the gameplay and have no complaints on that department, but if I honestly can’t play with my friends without them getting completely stomped, this game isn’t worth my time.
And because I don’t want only to rant, I give out a suggestion, a suggestion that hopefully gets a lot of support since I’m willing to bet I’m not the only one:
3 SIMPLE fixes.
1.Party vs Party, Randoms vs Randoms.
Either make an option to find games that don’t consist of other team being a full party, and other being randoms who quit the game because of other team totally taking control of the game, I am so tired of joining games against full party where my team is already losing and other team controls every single power weapon and vehicle on the map.
This will make the games a lot more even, and reduce the quitting.
For an example, a blue team in Exile gets control of gauss hog, banshee, rockets and sniper, and if they play their cards right, scorpion too, or at least destroy it.
2. Options for matchmaking, good connection, my language etc.
There are tons of players playing Europe, Tons playing in US, why do they mix us up? Australians are who suffer the most about the lack of options, I can’t imagine how horrible it is to play with a foreign host to them.
3.Make social playlists
Not everyone in my friendlist is on the same level at playing Halo as I am. I’m a vet, some have gotten Halo on Halo 3, others even later. When playing with friends, who’s trueskill does it take account to when searching for players? Mine.
Full party of 40-60s, against people who are still figuring out how to do flips with banshee or why you should use precision weapons over Assault/Storm Rifle. Games often end up with other team controlling all power weapons and vehicles. Needless to say, this isn’t exactly enjoyable.
I think this is a fair suggestion, isn’t changing gameplay in a single way, just making the games more even and enjoyable. I really hope this is going to happen in future Title Update, It’d be disappointing to quit a game with this much potential to be the greatest Halo game.
I’ll appreciate all opinions, bumps, support to keep this thread alive.