Hello, this post is about my matchmaking experience with the Xbox One Halo games. I have been a huge Halo fan for many years and have spent countless hours playing with my friends. I have never had a problem with matchmaking except for with 343’s games. I was in boot camp and tech school during the release of the Xbox One and MCC so I wasn’t able to play until several months ago. I bought the new Xbox specifically to play Halo, but unfortunately MCC’s connection isn’t the best just as everyone knows. This is something I can get over, but not when I get long bans for disconnecting from the game. Honestly I have quit a few games, but who hasn’t? But now when I search for a game and I disconnect back to the dashboard I literally get a 4-5 hour ban immediately. This is the same story every day. After so many times searching in matchmaking it’s bound to happen that I am sent to the dashboard, therefore super long bans are unavoidable. I have always had excellent internet connection and have never had a problem with any other game(including Halo 5). I have enjoyed Halo online for almost a decade but it seems I can’t do this anymore. As much as I hate to say this I am very close to never playing again. I am hoping someone at 343i can help me out because posting this thread is my last resort. This is my first post on Halo Waypoint and I hope it’s a successful one. I love Halo MCC and Halo 5, but I cannot enjoy MCC and I believe I am being wrongfully banned for an extensive amount of time. I hope that 343i will be able to help me out in any way possible. Thank you.
The banhammer for quitting matches is completely stupid, but 343 is sticking to their “we know better than you” approach and are not doing a single thing to address it.
The best way to fix the banhammer is to reduce the punishments, unless you quit 2-3 matches in a row. Also, joining a session in progress should be available for all modes. In case you haven’t noticed, harsher punishments won’t help a handicapped team when the person already quits.
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> The banhammer for quitting matches is completely stupid, but 343 is sticking to their “we know better than you” approach and not doing a single thing against it.
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> The best way to fix the banhammer is to reduce the punishments, unless you quit 2-3 matches in a row. Also, joining a session in progress should be available for all modes. In case you haven’t noticed, harsher punishments won’t help a handicapped team when the person already quits.
Some of us disagree. If you don’t quit you won’t have any issues.
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> > The banhammer for quitting matches is completely stupid, but 343 is sticking to their “we know better than you” approach and not doing a single thing against it.
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> > The best way to fix the banhammer is to reduce the punishments, unless you quit 2-3 matches in a row. Also, joining a session in progress should be available for all modes. In case you haven’t noticed, harsher punishments won’t help a handicapped team when the person already quits.
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> Some of us disagree. If you don’t quit you won’t have any issues.
In theory you are correct. However, in reality you are wrong. Many people run into ban issues when they lose connection to a lobby. Better yet you can get banned after you finish a match and lose connection while waiting for the carnage report to load. This is broken.
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> > The banhammer for quitting matches is completely stupid, but 343 is sticking to their “we know better than you” approach and not doing a single thing against it.
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> > The best way to fix the banhammer is to reduce the punishments, unless you quit 2-3 matches in a row. Also, joining a session in progress should be available for all modes. In case you haven’t noticed, harsher punishments won’t help a handicapped team when the person already quits.
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> Some of us disagree. If you don’t quit you won’t have any issues.
And how has the ban hammer curbed quitting? It hasn’t so to keep is just stupid when its not doing a thing.
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> > > The banhammer for quitting matches is completely stupid, but 343 is sticking to their “we know better than you” approach and not doing a single thing against it.
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> > > The best way to fix the banhammer is to reduce the punishments, unless you quit 2-3 matches in a row. Also, joining a session in progress should be available for all modes. In case you haven’t noticed, harsher punishments won’t help a handicapped team when the person already quits.
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> > Some of us disagree. If you don’t quit you won’t have any issues.
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> In theory you are correct. However, in reality you are wrong. Many people run into ban issues when they lose connection to a lobby. Better yet you can get banned after you finish a match and lose connection while waiting for the carnage report to load. This is broken.
This is due in large part to the fact that people will intentionally disconnect to avoid a penalty and there is no way for 343 to tell the difference. The net is wide, because it has to be.
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> > The banhammer for quitting matches is completely stupid, but 343 is sticking to their “we know better than you” approach and not doing a single thing against it.
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> > The best way to fix the banhammer is to reduce the punishments, unless you quit 2-3 matches in a row. Also, joining a session in progress should be available for all modes. In case you haven’t noticed, harsher punishments won’t help a handicapped team when the person already quits.
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> Some of us disagree. If you don’t quit you won’t have any issues.
You’re right. I don’t have issues because I don’t quit. I DO have issues with others who quit, thus leaving our team handicapped. THAT needs to be fixed.
Why not have probation period. If you quit enough matches your put on probation for a while. If you quit while on probation your banned.
Don’t shoot the messenger but this will probly be locked eventually, there is a permanent sticky at the top of the page that is all things Ban related. It’s so we don’t have a million of these threads.
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> Don’t shoot the messenger but this will probly be locked eventually, there is a permanent sticky at the top of the page that is all things Ban related. It’s so we don’t have a million of these threads.
Nevermind, there was a sticky thread for it but I don’t see it up there anymore.
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> > Don’t shoot the messenger but this will probly be locked eventually, there is a permanent sticky at the top of the page that is all things Ban related. It’s so we don’t have a million of these threads.
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They moved it to support, my post contained a link to it.
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> > > Don’t shoot the messenger but this will probly be locked eventually, there is a permanent sticky at the top of the page that is all things Ban related. It’s so we don’t have a million of these threads.
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Ahh, that makes sense
Wrong forum.
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> Hello, this post is about my matchmaking experience with the Xbox One Halo games. I have been a huge Halo fan for many years and have spent countless hours playing with my friends. I have never had a problem with matchmaking except for with 343’s games. I was in boot camp and tech school during the release of the Xbox One and MCC so I wasn’t able to play until several months ago. I bought the new Xbox specifically to play Halo, but unfortunately MCC’s connection isn’t the best just as everyone knows. This is something I can get over, but not when I get long bans for disconnecting from the game. Honestly I have quit a few games, but who hasn’t?
And on that note, I rest my case.
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> > Don’t shoot the messenger but this will probly be locked eventually, there is a permanent sticky at the top of the page that is all things Ban related. It’s so we don’t have a million of these threads.
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> Nevermind, there was a sticky thread for it but I don’t see it up there anymore.
Ban thread was moved to support 
https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/e0d9938206f04a598ce84f2c8cadce02/topics/the-official-halo-5-why-was-i-banned-thread/19fa6556-e0b1-4248-b817-b3a99d0af5bf/posts