Dear 343 -
Over the years, Halo popularity has come and gone. I played halo 2 on OG xbox and xbox 360, and halo 3 from release until you couldn’t find games anymore. As it does, life took over with college and a career, as well as the the proceeding Halo’s not being my cup of tea, I thought my Halo experience was over. Then Halo: Master Chief Collection was announced and I was super excited to get back into the grind.
Ranked team doubles has easily been 90% of my playtime throughout the years. When Halo 2 was at its peak? Team Doubles. Right up to halo 2 servers being taken down and you couldn’t find a match? Team Doubles. When I started playing Halo 3? Team Doubles. At the end of Halo 3? Team Doubles. On Master Chief Collection? No difference, Team Doubles.
MCC has definitely had it’s ups and downs. From the release, inconsistent matchmaking, red rep, low population, host booters, in game dodging, and lagging out of games. Even with these issues, you know who has always been around? The team doubles community. Through the thick and thin, we have been grinding the game.
Ranked Team Doubles has been a core playlist item for years, with high population and community. Team Slayer and Team Doubles, are the bread and butter that keep this community together. Until the MCC Update. When the MCC Insider was released, and the polls were being released asking for what playlists we would like to see, I made a point to fill out team doubles. Excited for a new refresh, with good maps included and bad maps and game types weeded out, I was pumped to start Team Doubles from scratch again. But it didn’t make the cut.
Seriously, the 1 game type you could still get matches in when MCC had a population in the hundreds. Where for years, twitch MCC streams playing ranked doubles and “perfect 50 attempts” were the only thing to watch. Instead H2C arena, H2A hardcore, H2C HC, and others made the cut? Weeks after release, you can’t even find a match in these playlists and they are still there.
Yes, I know there is 2v2 HC. I’ve played it, I have a 50, but it’s not the same. 2v2 HC is like saying MLG 4s is the same as Team Slayer 4s. It’s its own animal. I would gladly trade out 2v2 HC in a second to bring back radar 2s.
So what’s the deal? Did we not get enough votes? Do we need to start a petition? Do we need to play countless hours of social doubles to show it is worth while? (I’ll never play doubles if it isn’t ranked) Also consider, people could vote for anything in that poll that “they want”. It doesn’t depict the quality of their vote. Someone who plays h2a for 3 hours a month gets the same vote weight as someone who plays 8 hours a day on H3 Double Team.
Please give us some direction.
Just to let you know, I’m still going to play MCC. If there is Halo 3, I will continue to play it. But once you get your 50 in Team Slayer, MLG, and LW, the playlists get very dull. Team Doubles will always give me, and others I know, countless hours of entertainment. Grabbing 1 other person and your favorite teammate, and playing an intense game of team doubles will always be my favorite. I hope that 343 can see that, bring it back to Xbox, and make sure to introduce it in the PC release. If not, I feel 343 is letting down one of the most loyal pockets of the community.
Please give H3 Ranked Doubles another chance.
- Thee LChedda8