Capture the Flag has a major issue! Why can you score when your flag has been taken? In what game ever have you been able to score without your flag being at YOUR base? It makes the game way too easy and removes the strategy from the game. All you have to do is get 5 captures faster than the other team. no need to leave someone behind to guard your flag, or have someone harassing the center of the map, just gang up and run through the map as fast as you can. It really takes away from the intended fun of CTF.
I agree, I didn’t know what was happening the first few games I played. I also think adding a few more player would help as it seems it is either all attack or all defend at the moment.
You aren’t going to win without decent defense…
In regards to CTF, the icon constantly showing the enemy flag holder should be taken out and flag at home to score should be added. The icon just takes away from being sneaky. No icons in previous games made the game more engaging for both teams, whether its being sneaky on how to run the flag or having to pay more attention to find your flag. The icon truly is just for the lazy. while not requiring flag at home, like you said, just makes it a race of trading caps.
I’ve been playing CTF since halo 2. It’s always been my favorite gametype.
Flag at home has always been a map-specific setting. Usually only smaller maps with instant flag return have had flag-at-home requirements.
But larger maps usually did not have this setting, and also had a longer flag return time.
I agree on smaller maps, flag at home with instant return can be really intense.
But on larger maps, the flag at home requirement could lead to some really long, drawn out, scoreless games. Defenders advantage is too huge on a larger map to make it work.
Flag at home is in the gametype settings, but most matchmaking variants I’ve ever played have not required it. Mostly, because the tactics it takes to hold your flag and grab the other is not very fun for some of the players on XBL. Get a good team together, custom game it up!
I agree. Defense is pretty much pointless in CTF. No more having to play smart thanks to the extremely low spawn times.
What are you talking about? In 3 and Reach, I could still capture the flag even if my flag was away. And you still have to have defense to make sure that they don’t take the flag at all.
surprizing another problem with the game obviously this game that wont be fixed for weeks why dont you save yourself some troble and just return it like i did complaining wont help you here a moderator will just shut your thread down like they did to mine. the days of game companys taking responsibility and apologizing are over once they get your money thats all they care about 343 is not concerned about fixing halo 4 they are concerned about how much money they can scam people for in halo 5 where master chief has to make it back to earth for his daughters sweet 16 birthday party and the unicorn alein race is attempting to stop him sorry halo fans for spoiling halo 5
that explains why my team mates started killing me when I was holding the enemy flag at base waiting for ours to be returned.
I agree, no flag caps unless your flag is home.
They should just give us the options we need to suite the game to how we want to play it in Custom Games. They can do what they want with match making, but people who have played Halo for the last 11 years are used to options, just fork em over already.