We should atleast have Infection, Invasion, VIP, Oddball, Grifball, Race, etc in Forge
First, I say 343i should replace Team Arena with a 4v4 Ranked Skirmish Playlist that meshes CTF, Strongholds, Ricochet, and 1-Site Extraction together; plus, all of matchmaking should have the Halo 3 (style) veto option to help reduce the chances of playing the same mode/map in back-to-back games.
Secondly, 343i should have made the Holiday playlists (Ranked Doubles & 5v5 Meshed Social) permanent “core” ARENA offerings; though, I’d like to see some additional modes added to the social playlist. I think the 5v5 Social Arena playlist should be a meshing of a wide variety of modes: Slayer, SWAT, Regicide, Snipers, Arena Breakout, CTF, Neutral Bomb, KotH, and Oddball.
Thirdly, the weekend social playlist options should revolve around 6 main varieties which get cycled in their rotation: 5v5 Action Sack game-types, 4v4 Sniper game-types, Multi-Team game-types (2v2v2v2, 2v2v2v2v2v2, or 3v3v3v3), 1v12 Infection game-types, 1v7 Rumble Pit game-types, and Community game-types including Grifball, Race, etc. I’d like to see these playlists in particular not have any fireteam restrictions (something all the other ARENA playlists should have) and IMO there’s no excuse for not having a social weekend playlist over a weekend.
Between the conversion of the Ranked Team Arena into the Ranked Skirmish playlist I laid out, making Ranked Doubles and a meshed 5v5 Social playlist permanent ARENA offerings; plus, having a more specific plan for the Weekend Social offerings I believe 343i would provide us with enough variety and options without harming the matchmaking system by over-fragmenting the player-base.
Lastly. it would also be nice to see the basic Warzone’s AI boss point reward system revisited with consideration of changing it to** this**.