I haven’t played much Halo MCC since “launch” but I’ve been trying to make the time to play it the last couple weeks and my god the lack of variety is getting boring. Over 100 maps and I literally think I’ve played on a half dozen or so(I play mostly big team). This is seriously sad, since the whole reason I got this game was to play on all these different maps, not just the same five or six over and over again every day.
I know others have called for this before but can we please ditch this voting system and go back to vetoing? It was vast, simple and gave us a wide range of maps and game types. Take popularity out of the equation, pick a random map/gametype and if it gets vetoed by a majority another random map/game type is selected.
A lot of proponents of the voting system are going to respond with how a majority rule is the fairest… except that it’s really not. First off it is very rare to actually have the majority vote for the selected map. Usually half the people don’t even vote and the map is chosen based off the preferences of 4 or 5 guys( sounds like real life, doesn’t it).
However even if the majority of people did agree on one map, you still have a large number of people who dont like to play the same map all day getting screwed repeatedly. So you have a system where part of the population always gets what they want(yay for them) and part of the population almost never getting what they want. Doesn’t sound all that fair. On the other hand when it’s random everyone gets what they want, not always, but at least part of the time. Fair.
This incredibly limited multiplayer is a large part of what drove me away from Halo 4(one of many reason, but probably the single biggest), I just got burnt out on Exile and Haven after a while. And its even more painful in a game with every map ever made right there, and never getting to play them. What man?
So much this. I HATE the voting system, I’m always joking with friends online when people select the same map every single game.
Team slayer should be ranked, and no votes just purely random slayer from all four games. That would be awesome. But theres too many ‘fans’ who dont like variety and just want H2 BRS every match… EVEN in a playlist that involves all games. its not 343’s fault, its the partys of four who only wanna play one game in a playlist they shouldnt be in…
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> Team slayer should be ranked, and no votes just purely random slayer from all four games. That would be awesome. But theres too many ‘fans’ who dont like variety and just want H2 BRS every match… EVEN in a playlist that involves all games. its not 343’s fault, its the partys of four who only wanna play one game in a playlist they shouldnt be in…
Smg and AR starts lead to miserable miserable games of spawn killing and trapping with no way out for the other team… BRs solve this problem and balance all gametypes
also do you not like fair gameplay?
I agree OP, sounds like a beautiful beautiful system.
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> > Team slayer should be ranked, and no votes just purely random slayer from all four games. That would be awesome. But theres too many ‘fans’ who dont like variety and just want H2 BRS every match… EVEN in a playlist that involves all games. its not 343’s fault, its the partys of four who only wanna play one game in a playlist they shouldnt be in…
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> Smg and AR starts lead to miserable miserable games of spawn killing and trapping with no way out for the other team… BRs solve this problem and balance all gametypes
> also do you not like fair gameplay?
What, are you saying you cannot be spawn trapped if you have a BR? Not sure how you took what Milki Tea said by not liking fair gameplay, since I am pretty certain variety is the issue here.
Halo 3 used the veto system and it was great. Had great variety. I agree with your post, and would love to see it implemented.
While I wouldn’t mind the veto system if you want a variety of maps you need to play a variety of games not just btb.
This is why the game needs smarter starts, some thought needs to be given to not only what weapons you start with for a game but how those starts will work with the weapons already on the map. ARs only lead to miserable, miserable games as you put it when one team gets their hands on all the BRs on a large map rendering the other teams weapons basically useless. So simply remove all AR starts on large maps with default BR spawns. You should seriously never start with an AR in big team either, that’s pure idiocy on the developers part.
AR and SMG starts can be a lot of fun on smaller maps, provided there aren’t a bunch of BRs on the map to throw off balance. Anyone remember team duels in Halo 2? So much fun. They also provide, and this is the more important part, variety. Starting with an AR or SMG is a totally different experience than starting with a BR. AR/SMG starts don’t work on all maps, yes, but on some maps they are preferred in my opinion.
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> This is why the game needs smarter starts, some thought needs to be given to not only what weapons you start with for a game but how those starts will work with the weapons already on the map. ARs only lead to miserable, miserable games as you put it when one team gets their hands on all the BRs on a large map rendering the other teams weapons basically useless. So simply remove all AR starts on large maps with default BR spawns. You should seriously never start with an AR in big team either, that’s pure idiocy on the developers part.
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> AR and SMG starts can be a lot of fun on smaller maps, provided there aren’t a bunch of BRs on the map to throw off balance. Anyone remember team duels in Halo 2? So much fun. They also provide, and this is the more important part, variety. Starting with an AR or SMG is a totally different experience than starting with a BR. AR/SMG starts don’t work on all maps, yes, but on some maps they are preferred in my opinion.
I agree they should have a dual wields gametype…I love BR’s but I miss the variety…and when a BR is in the map it usually leads to imbalance.
I have never played an online match on Blood Gulch. Not once. The one time it appeared, it was up against Stonetown and some Halo 3 map that always wins.
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> Team slayer should be ranked, and no votes just purely random slayer from all four games. That would be awesome. But theres too many ‘fans’ who dont like variety and just want H2 BRS every match… EVEN in a playlist that involves all games. its not 343’s fault, its the partys of four who only wanna play one game in a playlist they shouldnt be in…
don’t know why “fans” was put in quotation marks like that. i am a huge halo fan and I, like so many other people purchased not only this game but the xbox one to play H2 on live again. H1 was never on live so people were never craving it as much and H3/H4 are still playable on live to this day so it’s understandable that H2 would be a popular choice.
also, maybe you weren’t around when the game was first announced but Halo 2’s multiplayer was the highlight of the show and one of the biggest selling points of the game. so i don’t think it’s a huge stretch to think a lot of people playing want H2 and BR starts are the most balanced way to play in most circumstances.
that being said, i have nothing against variety ha. and everything that happens in this game is 343’s fault.
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> Veto system all day!!!
This.