Custom Games matchmaking needs to be implemented.

Games Halo 5: Guardians
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A custom games matchmaking would make almost every player of Halo 5: Guardians overjoyed. When you look at Halo 3, custom games was played just as much as matchmaking, if not more. You had stuff like Fat Kid, Duck Hunt, Trash Compactor, and so much more. With Halo Reach, Forge had a bunch of new features that you’d think custom games would be more popular then ever. It was played, albeit on a lower level than Halo 3’s custom games. Here comes Halo 4, and custom games became pretty uncommon to come across. Finally we have our current Halo game, the Master Chief Collection, and custom games is pretty dame extinct.

For some reason, custom games is slowly fading from existence and if Halo 5: Guardians doesn’t do anything to bring it back, it’s forever doomed. So we, as the fans, need to make sure this beloved game mode doesn’t have this fate.

But in order to prevent this from happening, we need to see what caused this in the first place.

> 1. Low Popularity
> Halo 3 was undoubtably the most played Halo game in the franchise, from this game forward more and more players have been leaving the series. This, while currently an issue, shouldn’t be a problem with Halo 5: Guardians because it appears to be the next Halo 3 in terms of fun, bringing in more players.
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> 2. Loners
> When I say loners, these are the people who don’t have many friends on their list, if any at all, including me. This was a huge part of getting a successful custom game lobby however some like to be very cautious with having friends, while this isn’t a problem on Xbox Live, it does have it’s drawbacks.

While there are other, minor issues I don’t mention, these two are the main reasons.

So with this in mind, how do we make custom games better than it’s ever been before? Enter the custom games matchmaking.

> 1. Dedicated Servers
> In previous games, your connection to the game all depended on how good the host’s internet connection was, in Halo 5: Guardians, while you’re in a game, everyone, including the host, will be connected to dedicated servers to prevent lag, disconnection, and other things related to it.
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> 2. Moderation System
> This gets rid of the idea of a host completely. When a lobby reaches max players, 3 moderators are randomly chosen to protect the lobby. The only thing they’ll have that other players won’t have is the ability is to keep the game in check if the chance is needed. This includes the ability to kick a bad sport once all 3 allow it, and if players don’t like the game, moderators have the choice end the game early. Both features require all three moderators to decide in order to prevent abuse.
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> 3. Voting System
> Once a lobby is filled, 10 maps + game types are bundled together and be submitted by the player. Players must vote which game will be allowed to make it to the final voting. 5 games will go to the final vote, whichever has the majority vote, will be the game the lobby plays for 10 rounds. All players are required to vote. There will also be a feature to veto to pick new games.
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> 4. Join Current Session
> You have the option to either join a lobby, or a game currently in session. All current sessions and lobbies will be hid to ensure a balance between the two.

Post your suggestions. We can make custom games return to its former glory.

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No, it doesn’t NEED to be. Just like the other umpteen threads where I said the same thing.

  1. The rules will not be able to be conveyed very well.
  2. There could be no way of telling if people hid a special power weapon somewhere no one else knows about.
  3. Hidden ANYTHING instantly creates an uneven playing field, due to just the knowledge alone being enough to sway the entire game.
  4. How would you even be able to have a voting system when as previously stated, no way of conveying the rules well enough, or the map itself, OR the hidden weapons, the weapons that are not even hidden, etc.

Not. A. Good. Idea.

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I want this so much.

Unfortunately I have the sinking feeling that Custom Games is low on 343’s priority list for Halo 5. It wouldn’t surprise me if we only get to customize Warzone and Arena - maybe we won’t get Custom Games at all.

It also wouldn’t surprise me if Forge was barely in the game (I know they confirmed Forge would at least be in the game). 343 isn’t talking about these features like they did before Halo 4’s release, so I’m getting scared.

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Yeah, that sounds okay but way too complex, I’m sure something would go wrong either on the players’ end or on 343’s when making it.

I dunno, I think if they were to do something like this it should have its own “server” browser. You start up an Open Custom Game and it goes “live” (added to a list of available Custom Games). Players who search can then select what lobby they want to join individually or get queued up for a random game. Each join option allows search filters for map, gametype, player count, rating, etc. and you can search based on region and whatnot.

Its whatever though, I doubt they’ll add something like Custom Matchmaking anytime soon. :confused:

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> 2533274938678576;2:
> No, it doesn’t NEED to be. Just like the other umpteen threads where I said the same thing.
> 1. The rules will not be able to be conveyed very well.
> 2. There could be no way of telling if people hid a special power weapon somewhere no one else knows about.
> 3. Hidden ANYTHING instantly creates an uneven playing field, due to just the knowledge alone being enough to sway the entire game.
> 4. How would you even be able to have a voting system when as previously stated, no way of conveying the rules well enough, or the map itself, OR the hidden weapons, the weapons that are not even hidden, etc.
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> Not. A. Good. Idea.

I want to post about how this is actually a GREAT idea.

The reason it is great idea is because it can work with a separating dev tool. You have a system of “strict” MM style rules for matches like TS, Obj, etc and “unstrict” rules for matches like paintball, race, etc. That’s the thing about it. It doesn’t break it into two separate lobbies. It’s still in the custom game lobby browser. That’s what a filter system would be used for.

Tell me what you think.