It’s hard getting higher than Plat 5 on team slayer playing as a lone wolf.
Partied fire-teams everywhere.
Happy 2017 Spartans!
Not only partied teams, but teams of Onyx and Diamonds running with an alt account player who blew all his matches to get ranked Bronze. Smh, why do they do that really?
Oh well I am stuck at Plat 4 and I will just keep plugging away because there are more matches without team than not.
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> It’s hard getting higher than Plat 5 on team slayer playing as a lone wolf.
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> Partied fire-teams everywhere.
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> Happy 2017 Spartans!
Your last few games weren’t that bad. 
What I find more difficult is that fact that you can now drop ranks.
You can now drop from Diamond 1 to Plat.6. Before 343 changed it, you wouldn’t be able to do that.
I’d love a mercenary type play list.
I’d play more FFA but I don’t think it has much of a population these days, I can’t seem to find any games. Boo-urns.
343i should add a solo queue playlists on Team based playlists so solos don’t have to deal with fireteams in both competitive and social.
Said it before and will say it again, if you don’t want random results don’t play with random players. If you want to rank up and win you have to be with a real team.
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> Said it before and will say it again, if you don’t want random results don’t play with random players. If you want to rank up and win you have to be with a real team.
I agree - I was merely pointing out a fact, hence the “captain obvious”
But it would be nice if partied teams were preferentially matched against partied players, this doesn’t seem to be the case.
The real shame that is there isn’t a play list with sufficient popluation to support solo players.
Yeah, salty start to 2017.
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> Said it before and will say it again, if you don’t want random results don’t play with random players. If you want to rank up and win you have to be with a real team.
Yeah I agree 
Never had much issues once I started partying up for matches
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> > Said it before and will say it again, if you don’t want random results don’t play with random players. If you want to rank up and win you have to be with a real team.
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> I agree - I was merely pointing out a fact, hence the “captain obvious”
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> But it would be nice if partied teams were preferentially matched against partied players, this doesn’t seem to be the case.
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> The real shame that is there isn’t a play list with sufficient popluation to support solo players.
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> Yeah, salty start to 2017.
In arena I stick mostly to FFA. I have no problem finding games.
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> Said it before and will say it again, if you don’t want random results don’t play with random players. If you want to rank up and win you have to be with a real team.
you have to realise some people don’t have that option,none of my friends play halo and I’m in a different timezone then most of my company and I just prefer playing solo, so I cant just find people to play with
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> > Said it before and will say it again, if you don’t want random results don’t play with random players. If you want to rank up and win you have to be with a real team.
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> you have to realise some people don’t have that option,none of my friends play halo and I’m in a different timezone then most of my company and I just prefer playing solo, so I cant just find people to play with
Send invites to players that did well in a match you were in. Players can team/party up that aren’t necessarily “friends”.
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> > > Said it before and will say it again, if you don’t want random results don’t play with random players. If you want to rank up and win you have to be with a real team.
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> > you have to realise some people don’t have that option,none of my friends play halo and I’m in a different timezone then most of my company and I just prefer playing solo, so I cant just find people to play with
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> Send invites to players that did well in a match you were in. Players can team/party up that aren’t necessarily “friends”.
true, and I have done this a few times, but I don’t really like doing it
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> > > Said it before and will say it again, if you don’t want random results don’t play with random players. If you want to rank up and win you have to be with a real team.
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> > I agree - I was merely pointing out a fact, hence the “captain obvious”
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> > But it would be nice if partied teams were preferentially matched against partied players, this doesn’t seem to be the case.
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> > The real shame that is there isn’t a play list with sufficient popluation to support solo players.
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> > Yeah, salty start to 2017.
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> In arena I stick mostly to FFA. I have no problem finding games.
May I ask what region you are in?
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> > > > Said it before and will say it again, if you don’t want random results don’t play with random players. If you want to rank up and win you have to be with a real team.
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> > > I agree - I was merely pointing out a fact, hence the “captain obvious”
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> > > But it would be nice if partied teams were preferentially matched against partied players, this doesn’t seem to be the case.
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> > > The real shame that is there isn’t a play list with sufficient popluation to support solo players.
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> > > Yeah, salty start to 2017.
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> > In arena I stick mostly to FFA. I have no problem finding games.
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> May I ask what region you are in?
The best region, North America, east coast of America.
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> > > > > Said it before and will say it again, if you don’t want random results don’t play with random players. If you want to rank up and win you have to be with a real team.
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> > > > I agree - I was merely pointing out a fact, hence the “captain obvious”
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> > > > But it would be nice if partied teams were preferentially matched against partied players, this doesn’t seem to be the case.
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> > > > The real shame that is there isn’t a play list with sufficient popluation to support solo players.
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> > > > Yeah, salty start to 2017.
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> > > In arena I stick mostly to FFA. I have no problem finding games.
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> > May I ask what region you are in?
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> The best region, North America, east coast of America.
So blessed with a high number of active players then, I couldn’t find a single game on FFS this afternoon. Most EU players have abandoned this game it seems.
Also, on another note, if we were to meet in a game - on US servers (im UK based) would you say you had an advantage?
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> > > > > > Said it before and will say it again, if you don’t want random results don’t play with random players. If you want to rank up and win you have to be with a real team.
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> > > > > I agree - I was merely pointing out a fact, hence the “captain obvious”
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> > > > > But it would be nice if partied teams were preferentially matched against partied players, this doesn’t seem to be the case.
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> > > > > The real shame that is there isn’t a play list with sufficient popluation to support solo players.
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> > > > > Yeah, salty start to 2017.
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> > > > In arena I stick mostly to FFA. I have no problem finding games.
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> > > May I ask what region you are in?
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> > The best region, North America, east coast of America.
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> So blessed with a high number of active players then, I couldn’t find a single game on FFS this afternoon. Most EU players have abandoned this game it seems.
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> Also, on another note, if we were to meet in a game - on US servers (im UK based) would you say you had an advantage?
He likely would have the advantage for two reasons. One is im sure you would end up connecting to the server he is on. Secondly he likely is very close to a server already. If you are a UK player im sure your gaming experience playing across the pond wouldn’t be very memorable if you know what I mean. Ping is King with this game…
Zippy.
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> > > > > > I agree - I was merely pointing out a fact, hence the “captain obvious”
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> > > > > > But it would be nice if partied teams were preferentially matched against partied players, this doesn’t seem to be the case.
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> > > > > > The real shame that is there isn’t a play list with sufficient popluation to support solo players.
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> > > > > > Yeah, salty start to 2017.
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> > > > > In arena I stick mostly to FFA. I have no problem finding games.
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> > > > May I ask what region you are in?
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> > > The best region, North America, east coast of America.
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> > So blessed with a high number of active players then, I couldn’t find a single game on FFS this afternoon. Most EU players have abandoned this game it seems.
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> > Also, on another note, if we were to meet in a game - on US servers (im UK based) would you say you had an advantage?
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> He likely would have the advantage for two reasons. One is im sure you would end up connecting to the server he is on. Secondly he likely is very close to a server already. If you are a UK player im sure your gaming experience playing across the pond wouldn’t be very memorable if you know what I mean. Ping is King with this game…
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> Zippy.
I agree Zippy - I was just interested to see if North American players were aware of the issues other spartans from around the globe were having - the worst thing is, UK and EU players are 9 times out of 10 forced on US servers, even with focused.
Imagine having to compensate for this ping discrepancy against a partied US fireteam - god i’m salty tonight. 
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> > > > > > > > Said it before and will say it again, if you don’t want random results don’t play with random players. If you want to rank up and win you have to be with a real team.
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> > > > > > > I agree - I was merely pointing out a fact, hence the “captain obvious”
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> > > > > > > But it would be nice if partied teams were preferentially matched against partied players, this doesn’t seem to be the case.
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> > > > > > > The real shame that is there isn’t a play list with sufficient popluation to support solo players.
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> > > > > > > Yeah, salty start to 2017.
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> > > > > > In arena I stick mostly to FFA. I have no problem finding games.
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> > > > > May I ask what region you are in?
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> > > > The best region, North America, east coast of America.
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> > > So blessed with a high number of active players then, I couldn’t find a single game on FFS this afternoon. Most EU players have abandoned this game it seems.
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> > > Also, on another note, if we were to meet in a game - on US servers (im UK based) would you say you had an advantage?
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> > He likely would have the advantage for two reasons. One is im sure you would end up connecting to the server he is on. Secondly he likely is very close to a server already. If you are a UK player im sure your gaming experience playing across the pond wouldn’t be very memorable if you know what I mean. Ping is King with this game…
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> > Zippy.
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> I agree Zippy - I was just interested to see if North American players were aware of the issues other spartans from around the globe were having - the worst thing is, UK and EU players are 9 times out of 10 forced on US servers, even with focused.
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> Imagine having to compensate for this ping discrepancy against a partied US fireteam - god i’m salty tonight.
Im aware of other players issues they are having around the globe such as yourself. And trust me… I want the game to play fair for everyone… Even here in the US if your not close to a server this game falls apart quickly… I really think those search preferences are broken… The biggest problem with them is they tied rank and connection together. Still what this game needs is server selection based on ping… Then you can have the search preferences search by rank only… The way the system is now is a mystery… I feel your pain and I give you credit playing a game where most of your matches are on US servers. Theres no way I could or would put up with that! Hope you can find a few matches on your side! Good luck Spartan!
Zippy.
Happy 2017 as well!
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> Not only partied teams, but teams of Onyx and Diamonds running with an alt account player who blew all his matches to get ranked Bronze. Smh, why do they do that really?
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> Oh well I am stuck at Plat 4 and I will just keep plugging away because there are more matches without team than not.
Yeah it’s sucks the life out of halo. My son and my brother both walked away from halo 5. Something needs to be done about unlimited accounts for free. Nothing like going against a level 8 that went 40 and 1… in bronze 4.