I have been playing this game for 20 years and there has never been more to do. Here are some things I have noticed since the MP release.
Aim:
In no other Halo have I had so much trouble finding settings that I personally get along with. I’ve been playing now since release and nothing feels like I’m comfortable with myself. It’s not like Halo 3 - Halo 5 where I had my settings on 4 and the issue was over. Since day 1 I’m doing around here and can’t find anything! It almost feels wrong. Here there must be but the possibility to fall back on settings it pleasant gestallten to find the right for themselves. Here are too many settings in my opinion and as they say so fondly: sometimes less is more!
Server:
I play on console and steadily I end up on servers that are certainly not sitting in Europe. To 90% I end up in ranked matches on a NA server or even one in Australia. It is more than depressing to see already at the start of the match that there is a 110 ping, tends to be more! I would rather search for 2-5 minutes than play with such a ping. It’s just depressing to get the short end of the stick here. Here must be integrated as in the MCC a server selection!
Deaths:
Especially the BR is quite noticeable here. Regardless of the previously mentioned problem of the servers, I noticed that the BR usually still catches you, although it is quite obvious that you are out of the field of view or already stood around the corner. How many times have I run around a corner and suddenly I fall over because the bullets feel like they’re hitting through walls? Either the structures on the maps are not implemented correctly or the bullets literally fly around the corner! This clearly needs an overhaul - because partly I’m at a loss for words here how incredibly bad the implementation is.
Freezes:
On Bazaar I already had more than one freez, strangely enough always when I died on an elbow. Each time the same scenario. Fight on elbow, I jump or move and get the Lastshot and die - a few seconds later the game or the image freezes (Gamesound as background sounds of the map continue to run). Maybe this is a hardware error (play on Xbox One X), but still a nogo!
Content: This now refers to BP and game lists. The BP is audacious - there is less content offered than in any other Battlepass I know.
The game lists complement that completely by not having any more. It was the same with Halo 5 and I have no understanding for it anymore. I don’t want to offend anyone here, but after the performance of the last two games I clearly had more expectation here!
Ranked:
I play mainly ranked. the system for the ranks is remarkable. i rarely get points for wins, but I lose all the more when I lose, mostly more than someone who left the match. I had a winning streak of 7 matches in the 1600-1700 range. finally i got from 1638 to 1655 in these 7 games. after that I got a lose and ended up on 1634 points. another loss threw me to 1622. here i am completely stumped as to how the whole thing is handled?! you give it your all and get punished more than someone who leaves the game - i can’t think of more than “wow”!
It is a free2play, no question - but what wanted 343 please publish a year ago? The multiplayer is under all very bad - we should pay for armor 20€ / $? You can also finally drive the people away themselves. I am a big fan of the series. As I said, I’ve been playing it for 20 years, but the multiplayer and the settings are the biggest impudence you can offer. There is certainly a lot of frustration in this post, but when your favorite game goes like this it has to come out sometime.
how are you with it? do you have similar problems?
on a related note - the story and implementation are a dream. kind of the complete opposite of what we’ve been given in terms of multiplayer.
so if 343 procrastinates too long here and doesn’t change a lot soon, i don’t see much future for multiplayer - and that hurts me a lot.
once again, i apologize if i’ve been too hard on some things. as i mentioned, i care a lot about this game and there’s a lot of pent-up frustration here. please save the multiplayer before it’s too late.