First off, this is no rant I’m legitimately concerned about why this is happening so frequently. The map titled “Fracture” is SEVERELY flawed. On Fracture, when playing Big Team Slayer, if either team’s overall skill outmatches the other (95% of games I play this is the case), it becomes a race to dominate one side of the map. I just played in a game where the score was 50-1… 50-1! The only way I avoided being totally massacred every 2 seconds was by taking a ghost and driving around the other side of the map which was barren. Needless to say I did not stay in that game because well, what is the -Yoinking!- point of that. Similar problems happen on Altar as well. Secondly, I often request “focused” before selecting a game type. This “focused” is also quite flawed because the majority of the recent btb games that I have entered my team is getting wrecked while I am struggling to keep them in it. Normally this happens every so few games but it is every game now. This is really disturbing my experience. You can say, “Oh well you’re not individually skilled enough…” yes individual skill makes a difference, but when it is 8 on 8 and you are the only player who is actually maintaining or trying to maintain a decent k/d yet your team is collapsing around you and you keep spawning within the sights of snipers or in enemy territory, individual skill ain’t gonna help much. After losing in a major one sided game I check the credentials of my team-mates, and lately they are all low SR rank like majority below 50. I am 135 with a decent k/d, how are you gonna tell me these low rank noobs are being matched with my skill. This is troubling me because I very much enjoy BTB and do not want to stop playing but game after game of immediate defeat is near ruining the competition for me. I hope there will be fixes to this dilemma. Thanks 343.
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> First off, this is no rant I’m legitimately concerned about why this is happening so frequently. The map titled “Fracture” is SEVERELY flawed. On Fracture, when playing Big Team Slayer, if either team’s overall skill outmatches the other (95% of games I play this is the case), it becomes a race to dominate one side of the map. I just played in a game where the score was 50-1… 50-1!
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> The only way I avoided being totally massacred every 2 seconds was by taking a ghost and driving around the other side of the map which was barren. Needless to say I did not stay in that game, because well, what is the -Yoinking!- point of that. Similar problems happen on Altar as well.
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> Secondly, I often request “focused” before selecting a game type. This “focused” is also quite flawed because the majority of the recent btb games that I have entered my team is getting wrecked while I am struggling to keep them in it. Normally this happens every so few games but it is every game now. This is really disturbing my experience.
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> You can say, “Oh well you’re not individually skilled enough…” yes individual skill makes a difference, but when it is 8 on 8 and you are the only player who is actually maintaining or trying to maintain a decent k/d. Yet your team is collapsing around you and you keep spawning within the sights of snipers or in enemy territory. Individual skill ain’t gonna help much.
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> After losing in a major one sided game I check the credentials of my team-mates, and lately they are all low SR rank like majority below 50. I am 135 with a decent k/d, how are you gonna tell me these low rank noobs are being matched with my skill. This is troubling me because I very much enjoy BTB and do not want to stop playing but game after game of immediate defeat is near ruining the competition for me. I hope there will be fixes to this dilemma. Thanks 343.
I had to change your post up a little. Paragraphs make for an easier read.
Anyway, there will be posts telling you that SR has nothing to do with skill, and that is absolutely true. SR is simply a depiction of how long individual has played. However, I do agree that the matching system leaves something to be desired. I have been playing mostly in the ranked playlists, and I search focused as well, and very often I am matched with very low SR players and it is obvious they are brand new to the game. So, in that sense, why would the system match me up with them?
Unfortunately, it is probably a combination of low population as well as the fact that I am an average Gold to Platinum player so I more than likely will be matched with low experienced players. I hope that if I ever push into the higher ranks that that does not continue to be an issue.
I stopped playing BTB recently. I just enjoy the ranked playlists a little more. There is more opportunity to play with and against players of equal skill. Plus I really like seeing my rank go up. Hang in the man. Don’t let those games push you off of Halo. Try a different playlist. There are many things to enjoy with Halo.
You make a great point. I appreciate your response, thanks!