DLC - The proverbial "Armor Lock" of Halo 4

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OK, seriously, I think I just need to point this out here, and I doubt this will stem the tide of DLC topics (hell, I’m contributing to them by MAKING this topic), but… seriously now. DLC is the “Armor Lock” of Halo 4. It’s that one hot button topic that everyone seems to have a problem with in some capacity, and with the very (very) few defenders of the practice, basically everyone on the forums wants something done with it. Every forum page that’s Halo 4-related in some capacity has at least one DLC map topic on it, all with the same complaints.

So… really, 343i. You could at least issue an official statement saying why you can’t just make a DLC-map exclusive playlist for all the people that want to play their damn DLC. Otherwise, if it’s completely possible and wouldn’t be too much of an issue, then just make the playlist and stem the flow of people that have an issue with this technicality. Hell, it’s, in some respects, even WORSE than the Armor Lock debacle of Reach, since it’s:

  1. Not a gameplay issue, so it’s not like this needs to be patched.

  2. Simply restricting a playlist to all DLCs. Given how you rotate playlists quite a bit and already turned one playlist into a DLC-only playlist for a limited time (Team Majestic Slayer, anyone?), you can’t exactly have a very solid excuse for why we don’t have a damn DLC-exclusive playlist yet.

  3. An issue due to people PAYING for the maps and not getting to PLAY the damn maps they paid. At least people didn’t pay for Armor Lock past the original $60 for Reach. Reach simply had a bad mechanic, but the DLC issue borders on flat-out ripping off the consumer.

So really, 343i. Just… put in the DLC-exclusive playlist already.

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Armor lock, a DEBACLE?! I don’t know what to think of that statement, I always thought armor lock was a highly useful armor ability and am still confused as to why its gone.

but yea I too wish I could play the DLC more often.

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> It would be nice if they rotated DLC around e.g. DLC Dominion, DLC Big Team, etc

I like this idea. Have at least one playlist require ALL DLC but change which one it is each week. That way we can get decent use out of all of them. Bigger maps like Shatter and Wreckage would see good use in Big Team, while smaller maps like Skyline and Monolith would see good use in Team Slayer, KOTH, and Oddball.

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> > It would be nice if they rotated DLC around e.g. DLC Dominion, DLC Big Team, etc
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> I like this idea. Have at least one playlist require ALL DLC but change which one it is each week. That way we can get decent use out of all of them. Bigger maps like Shatter and Wreckage would see good use in Big Team, while smaller maps like Skyline and Monolith would see good use in Team Slayer, KOTH, and Oddball.

Agree that this is a pretty great idea.