First of all I love the game! My point in the title is that the multiplayer really does feel like a beta for a number of reasons which I will discuss. I honestly feel like the game wasn’t quite ready for release. I love the game, and have been playing a ton! I just think there are too many issues currently. I’m just gonna list the issues that I’m personally having with multiplayer. I’m sure people have already said all this, but I’m just putting in my 2 cents.
The obvious one, Server load issues. This happened with the Halo 3 Beta, and the Halo Reach Beta, but was pretty well fixed by launch for those titles. It’s frustrating to have a service that is not consistent at all. These issues are also not fixed over night.
Kill cams. The feature seems like it is about a month away from being finished. Every Kill cam seems off. I honestly feel like this feature should have either been cut from the game entirely, or at least delayed until it worked as intended.
In theory joining a game that has already started is great, but that service has some flaws. It has happened to me twice now where I get put into a game, and the game ends in defeat before I even spawn at all. This ruins stats, and makes the player feel disappointed, which greatly increases their chance of quitting the game for the day. I have also had games start with two people, and end as a win right after it loads, which is pointless too. The game should just wait until the lobby is completely full until the map selection screen comes up, and if someone leaves after that the countdown should not start until that person is replaced. Also, once a game is 3 minutes in, no one should be able to join. I also wasted a double experience on a game that I entered half way through already losing, which was extremely frustrating.
Stats that reset. I have played most of the campaign, and I found 5 terminals, but my stats say that i have found 0/7, even though about two days ago it said 5/7, and I cannot watch the videos. This is a really annoying bug. Solution: The videos should have been in-game, not streamed over the internet. In fact I should never at any point be required to use internet to experience the entire campaign. This just feels like Microsoft is trying to promote their new SmartGlass Apps.
Instant Respawn. This feels really broken. At no point should I be able to kill the person that just killed me before their shields even start recharge. Enough Said.
Other than those things I love everything else, and I’m really looking forward to SWAT on Monday! BR vs DMR will really be put to the test. 343, PLEASE DISABLE KILL CAM FOR SWAT. AND PLEASE MAKE SWAT HAVE A 5 SECOND RESPAWN! I’m fairly certain it will only piss people off to see themselves not getting hit in the head but dying instantly anyways, and instant respawns would be complete mayhem in SWAT. Thanks guys.
> I don’t have an issue with the instant respawn; I haven’t yet come back close enough to the person who killed me, to get a kill off him.
On some maps this is possible, an open map like Solace I’d say is the easiest to do it on. I also find that I feel like I NEED to smash X constantly right after I die to get back in the battle as fast as possible. I kinda liked having a short pause, sip my drink, get focused.
As for Killcams, I agree they do help a bit, but I only watch them now if I have no idea how I got killed, because it can be frustrating to watch them sometimes.
> > I don’t have an issue with the instant respawn; I haven’t yet come back close enough to the person who killed me, to get a kill off him.
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> On some maps this is possible, and open map like Solace I’d say is the easiest to do it on. I also find that I feel like I NEED to smash X constantly right after I die to get back in the battle as fast as possible. I kinda liked having a short pause, sip my drink, get focused.
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> As for Killcams, I agree they do help a bit, but I only watch them now if I have no idea how I got killed, because it can be frustrating to watch them sometimes.
You could always wait to respawn… I do that sometimes. Though solace has a lot of cover.
This is one of the best posts I have seen on here for a while. You are correct sir, 343 are using this as their beta to fix the crap they should have months ago. It’s a shame that by the time they do, they will have lost players which undoubtedly would have stayed should the game have launched without these huge problems.
Whats more frustrating is the fact that the games multiplayer has been on show since E3 nearly ever 2nd week at an event across America and across the globe. Yet, the huge problems with the game currently and matchmaking system is beyond words.
Put it simply, the game was easily a few months behind schedule and is is showing big time.
> HOLY EXPLETIVE! A CONSTRUCTIVE THREAD!
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> I don’t think you belong on these forums, sir!
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> Let me dig up that report, I’m not sure if it said anything about instant respawn.
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> I’m fairly certain though that both SWAT and TS (When it’s eventually added) will both have a wait time, if not… lord.
SWAT SETTINGS FROM BULLETIN: Mode: SWAT Teams: 4v4 Score to Win: 600 [60 Kills] Loadout 1: DMR, Magnum Loadout 2: BR, Magnum Grenades: Disabled Shields: Disabled Damage Resistance: .8 – Headshot = Instant kill Motion Tracker: Off Infinite Ammo: On Shield HUD: Disabled Ordnance: Disabled
They haven’t told us anything about respawns or Kill Cams yet. The 60 kills to win scares me, because I think the main reason that they made the game 60 kills is because of the instant spawns. Also, 3 shots to the body seems a bit to easy, I swear it used to be more. Makes me think people will be just spamming pistol.
