343i: "We GET Halo." Not entirely true.

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They were half right.

Dat campaign… BRILLIANT.

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JIP.

What is this new devilry?

Dats not Halo.

Just sayin’.

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JiP system sucks so bad in this game. But it’s still a great game :slight_smile: MP just needs some tweaks.

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Sorry. Id been calling for JiP for YEARS now. Nothing sucks more than having a team and they dont get what they want, sniper, first strike, get mad cause they got splattered, and they quit and you end up going 2-4 or worse on BTB when you are being hammered and an entire group of friends quits and you are now 3-8

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> Sorry. Id been calling for JiP for YEARS now. Nothing sucks more than having a team and they dont get what they want, sniper, first strike, get mad cause they got splattered, and they quit

this

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Jip is the single best improvement Halo 4 brings to the franchise.

Way better than playing 2 vs 8.

Way better than being punished for quitting when you don’t want to play 2 vs 8.

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> Sorry. Id been calling for JiP for YEARS now. Nothing sucks more than having a team and they dont get what they want, sniper, first strike, get mad cause they got splattered, and they quit and you end up going 2-4 or worse on BTB when you are being hammered and an entire group of friends quits and you are now 3-8

This is true. But JiP creates more problems then it fixes.

  • A system that starts teams off uneven is unacceptable, especially in Halo where the initial rush is crucial.

  • Lack of punishment and the mind set “dont worry more will join” only encourages more quitters. A real quit punishment would have quelled this problem.

  • A lot of games are being auto-joined on to a unsalvageable losing team. This is particuarly frustrating for someone who values their win/loss ratio.

JiP should stay if they can implement a few tweaks:

  • Never start games off uneven
  • Implement a real punishment for quitting (ie losing EXP)
  • Never put players into a game that is over 40% complete
  • Never put players into a game where the score difference is more than 20% (actual figures are open to discussion)
  • Give us the option to search for matches with ‘JiP’ or not.

If these aren’t implemented, then they should just remove JiP all together.

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JIP has it’s pros and cons.

I personally wanted it, hated rage quitters ruining the experience for the rest of the team.

I do agree however that it needs a tweak, joining a game with a minute remaining is tiresome.

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The concept is good, but the execution less so.

Personally, I think bots need to be implemented as well but that’s a parallel story.

To fix JiP, they basically need to

1: Add in options to search only for pre-game lobbies.
2: Put a restriction on how and when you can be added to a game (so you’re not -Yoinked!- the moment you enter.)

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Having bots in this game would be so much fun. Gears of War and UT can do it, so can Killzone. Give Halo some too!

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There just needs to be an option not to ever JIP.

That way, everyone wins.