It’s been hard to find a match in social or ranked this is why I wish there was a population counter for each game type! The only matches i can honestly find in halo 5 is in heroic firefight! Although on the MCC I can honestly say that matches are fairly quick!
I don’t have issues, but i play after 8pm central time
Its not a true number (cause lots of people still just solo que), but looking at the LFG posts on xbox is a good way of telling how “Alive” an online game is (not just Halo but any game). For Halo 5, numbers have been pretty low but still active. For example right now as a type this comment their is only 28 LFG posts for Halo 5.
Most players are in the featured or (double XP) playlist right now. Try in those playlist. Infection is double XP all month.
Infection and Firefight are the only 2 I’ve been attempting to play these days. Seem fastest to match.
I play almost daily in a solo que. It only takes a while to launch the first game and then every game after is pretty quick.
I haven’t had any issues trying to find a match. Though I generally stick to the fiesta gametypes.
I found in social slayer right now
I’ve also had trouble as listed in other threads however Ive been playing infection lately and not had problems
In all honesty it’s even noticeable via reduced forum activity on Waypoint…
It’s REALLY tough to find matches in the morning. I have no issues after 4pm EST.
No issue finding warzone or arena matches…
shrugs
Closing this off as there is already an active topic on the same subject
https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/forums/6e35355aecdf4fd0acdaee3cc4156fd4/topics/what-happened-to-the-population/ca10bdf5-9e44-44da-bfc6-1ce7524f853c/posts