The matchmaking system kills this game. Here are my last 3 games, just now. You can check my service record. Reach does a horrible job at matching games.
It is not fun for me to lose do to bad no abysmal players.
Not so beasty brad
Should change GT to “free kill”
In Halo 3 I could get competitive games even in social. Not in this game. With them (attempting) bringing back one of the most competitive shooters ever (CE), all will be at a loss if they don’t fix this Garbage MM system.
There’ simply needs to be a 1-50 rank playlist…that would easily fix this and at least you’d know what ur up against…personally i just think Bungie didn’t want you to notice losing to a lvl 20 when ur a 50 lol
Because then the lack of a skill gap would be even more noticable.
> There’ simply needs to be a 1-50 rank playlist…that would easily fix this and at least you’d know what ur up against…personally i just think Bungie didn’t want you to notice losing to a lvl 20 when ur a 50 lol
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> Because then the lack of a skill gap would be even more noticable.
So true… What a scandal. They neutered the ranking system to hide the lack of skill gap. lol
Or just make it ranked.
> Or just make it ranked.
I don’t care how it is done, you know that. I am just tired of the lopsided games and teams. I end up trash talking my team when it is not their fault, they obviously don’t belong and I am sure they don’t like dying 24/7.
CE was a very fast paced, competitive game, without a good MM system(ranked or tighter restrictions) games will be even more lopsided and boring.
It uses the exact same trueskill system as Halo 3, it just doesn’t give a number to -Yoink!- over.
> It uses the exact same trueskill system as Halo 3, it just doesn’t give a number to -Yoink!- over.
Did you even look at the games? Do you even play Halo reach? Are you trying to tell me my teamates are around the same level as me??? lol!!!
> > It uses the exact same trueskill system as Halo 3, it just doesn’t give a number to -Yoink!- over.
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> Did you even look at the games? Do you even play Halo reach? Are you trying to tell me my teamates are around the same level as me??? lol!!!
It does use the same trueskill system but what Mrain neglected to include was that the search restrictions in everything except the arena are extremely loose compared to how they were in H3, making for very lopsided and unfair games.
I for one will not buy anniversary until 343 addresses this issue…
> I for one will not buy anniversary until 343 addresses this issue…
Lol I don’t know if I would take it to that extreme. But since I play by myself a lot it will definitely be frustrating and I might play less. I just don’t get why they have not addressed this. Who doesn’t want more competitive game’s? Who likes having terribad teammates or getting destroyed by a team of four?
> I for one will not buy anniversary until 343 addresses this issue…
343 are addressing the issues that Bungie screwed up but it’s only been a couple of months since they took the reigns. Surely buying the game and posting on these forums your feedback is the quickest way to get 343 to listen. Plus I agree there should have been a better ranking system like in Halo 3.
I know exactly how you feel. Probably the only way I win games are if I actually playing with some friends and have a team or if I get paired up with some decent people.
Question, are Arena based playlists designed for Win/Loss instead of Kills/Death now? If so, and if it is technically unable to integrate a new ranking system(one similar to h2 not h3), Arena ranking would be better than anything at this point, at least marginally tightening the skill gap.
> Question, are Arena based playlists designed for Win/Loss instead of Kills/Death now? If so, and if it is technically unable to integrate a new ranking system(one similar to h2 not h3), Arena ranking would be better than anything at this point, at least marginally tightening the skill gap.
I personally would prefer an arena CE playlist to social.
Nerfing AL (completely) and bring back the Beta Magnum would go a long ways to increase the skill gap IMO.
> Nerfing AL (completely) and bring back the Beta Magnum would go a long ways to increase the skill gap IMO.
I agree. But I was talking about the matchmaking system and how it creates games.
Currently it works like this.(in computer voice)
Good player found…searching for bad teammates for good player to carry…game found.
or if a TO4. (in computer voice)
Awesome To4 searching…looking for three randoms without mics…looking for single good player with mic to be miserable with 3 bad mic less randoms…game found
I had a game where I went +20 on 38 kills (TS), and we still lost 45 / 50.
I know what you mean!
> I had a game where I went +20 on 38 kills (TS), and we still lost 45 / 50.
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> I know what you mean!
It is really frustrating to do that well and lose isn’t it? We should have teammates at the same level as us and play against people at the same level. I like how Arena matches games(after day 5 lol) but it takes to long to get a game.
I miss ranked. I don’t care about the number I just miss getting a competitive game with good teammates every time I searched on my 50.
> Currently it works like this.(in computer voice)
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> Good player found…searching for bad teammates for good player to carry…game found.
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> or if a TO4. (in computer voice)
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> Awesome To4 searching…looking for three randoms without mics…looking for single good player with mic to be miserable with 3 bad mic less randoms…game found
You’re giving the system and set parameters too much credit.
Bascially there are so few players in Arena compounded by the fact there are even less that would result in playable latency that the game casts a huge net in an effort to find people.
Arena’s ranking system is terrible for people who play infrequently and rarely results in competitive matches, Halo 2’s 1-50 was the best in my opinion.
> > Currently it works like this.(in computer voice)
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> > Good player found…searching for bad teammates for good player to carry…game found.
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> > or if a TO4. (in computer voice)
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> > Awesome To4 searching…looking for three randoms without mics…looking for single good player with mic to be miserable with 3 bad mic less randoms…game found
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> You’re giving the system and set parameters too much credit.
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> Bascially there are so few players in Arena compounded by the fact there are even less that would result in playable latency that the game casts a huge net in an effort to find people.
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> Arena’s ranking system is terrible for people who play infrequently and rarely results in competitive matches, Halo 2’s 1-50 was the best in my opinion.
Halo 2’s ranking system was the best.