When we all have completely different challenges we can’t play together whatsoever. Challenges weren’t random in previous games they were the same for everyone.
In general I’m sick of the challenge system dictating how I play the game. Let me earn XP by playing whatever mode I choose! C’mon man.
By the time we’re finished grinding the challenges we’re too burnt out to even play anymore.
No one is forcing you to play challenges though. You can play any team challenges with friends whenever you like can’t you?
Bad sports and people who would use parties to cheat are the reason they don’t allow people to party up in FFA matches unfortunately. They ruin the feature for everyone.
Yeah, kind of a bummer.
I’m about to jump on with my weekly halo night with some friends and expect to make almost no progress on the new pass and event because we will be locked out of last Spartan standing. I fully expect to have a good time though, as we always do.
If I don’t use the challenge system I don’t get unlocks. Since there’s no rank progression yet, unlocks are the only progression in the game.
The challenges are just bad most of the time. There shouldn’t be any playlist specific challenges as that does encourage you not playing with your friends unless all your friends happen to want to play that playlist. Back when my friends actually play this game it was pretty much "Oh you need to do challenges in tactical slayer…aka SWAT! Well I hate that game mode so I guess I will play with you later. Good luck and SWAT.
So stupid!
Yeah but fomo causes people to really want to grind the challenges.
The challenge system is the source for a significant number of problems. It’s also affected way too much by RNG. Ignoring it and playing the game for reasons unrelated to it is the superior way to play the game in my opinion. I recommend not even looking at it.
Maybe you could compromise by letting someone different in the group pick what everyone plays after each match?
Work on challenges at different times than when your friends aren’t on. 
Good Lord I swear some of you are on the 343 payroll with these answers 
It’s a really dumb move to try to bring players back to a bleeding game with an event that has missable cosmetics that you can’t work with your friends to obtain.