I’m pretty sure I’m not the only person who misses the old Halo games. I personally am not a huge fan of all the new things such as armor abilities, perks, ordinance, sprinting, etc. and I would like to see a new “classic” playlist similar to the one reach had. This playlist would consist of smaller maps which would most likely be forged re-made versions of Halo 1/2/3 maps and would play out pretty much just like the good ole Halos used to. This playlist would also have no loadouts or DMRs. It would only be BR starts and possibly assault rifle secondary. Now along with this playlist I would love another similar one but with a few key differences. Call it Hardcore instead of Classic and basically replicate the Hardcore playlist from Halo 2 and the MLG playlist from Halo 3. There would be no radars, only BR starts, and only certain weapons on each map. This would be a great addition to what Halo 4 already is because I feel it would bring back a lot of gamers that stopped playing the Halo series solely because it just doesn’t feel the same anymore. Supposedly 343 is adding a 1-50 ranking system back in around January and if they could create at least the Hardcore playlist with this system I feel it would allow for an extremely fun competitive play that Halo has surly been lacking for some time now. Maybe they could even add a whole separate category for setting such as these like the way Halo 3 had it. You would click on matchmaking and a list of ranked and a list of social gametypes would appear but now instead of just those there would be another titled classic and it would contain multiple playlists that run off of these core settings so people aren’t forced to play with all the new things that I listed earlier. These are just a few thoughts I’ve been having and I’m sorry if this is tedious to read for some because I’m typing it at 6am. But please post your thoughts as to what you think of this. I mean it couldn’t hurt the game… Right?
Personally I don’t mind the way Halo 4 is now, but I would very much like to play a classic playlist every now and then, and I can understand why this is needed.
I can see this happening in the future, not sure when, but I think 343 would be brainless if they didn’t put this in.
Halo 4’s fast paced action often makes it play out completely differently from previous Halo’s.
The best we have to that experience is Slayer Pro, but a Classic Playlist for both Slayer and Objective would keep the playing populous somewhat happier.
Should there be both BR and Carbine, AR, no Sprint and AAs and no ordnance drops, I’d play it. Not saying it would be the only playlist I’d play, but I’d play it.
All we need added to Slayer Pro is the removal of ordinance completely, and fixed weapon spawns. And maybe radar.
i forgot to mention no sprint for the hardcore playlist too and yes i wouldn’t mind carbine at all. i just can’t stand what halo is turning into. it literally sickens me. after reach i was sure the game designers would learn from their mistakes and at first i had high hopes for h4 because even though h3 felt close to perfect for me, i wanted to play a new great game and maybe this one would take the extra step towards that perfection. but i would barely call h4 a drastic improvement from reach. at least reach felt somewhat like halo… after getting my sr70 in h4 i started playing more customs and that’s when one of my friends was testing H3 MLG setting for H4 and it was basically just like H3 MLG. it was only br starts, 110% damage so the br 4shots, no loadouts at all, no ordinance, none of the extra stuff that has been implemented into this game and lastly we were playing on some pretty decent forged h3 map remakes. now i can honestly say playing those settings was the most fun i’ve had playing this game so far… BY A LONG SHOT. if that can be made into a ranked playlist for the community i feel it will definitely keep a lot of people from thinking of selling the game. ← me included
i love halo but what it’s becoming is repulsive in my eyes. make a playlist and go back to the basics for the communitys sake.
sorry i need to go to sleep… once i start typing it’s hard for me to stop until i get all my ranting thoughts out. it’s good to see the poll i set up is doing what i hoped. the halo community hasn’t died yet 
Everyone should start with AR + Magnum, BR and carbine should be weapon spawns on map.
Radar
No sprint, No AA, No Ordinance drops
Resupply perk for everyone
Be able to dual wield magnum…or not
that’s fine for a gametype in the classic playlist. i wouldn’t mind seeing 2 of those and a br start choice on the vote screen when getting a game. or maybe vise versa and 2 br start ones on 2 different maps and then the ar pistol start as the other choice. i just hope this happens soon lol i’m already sick of the game and the same maps over and over -_- i’d play h3 if there were more people searching…