I'm sick of this.

Games Other Halo
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Before you read this please note, yes I am aware it will probably be locked, yes I am aware that you probably don’t agree with me, and yes I am aware that I am not the greatest Halo Player in the world.

I’m sorry forum but I am so annoyed at the Xbox Community right now. Why does Reach have no kind of “This player sucks, match him up with other players who suck so they can get better off each other” DON’T JUMBLE THE DAMN PLAYERS UP.

I know I’m not great, but -Yoink!- I know I am a hell of a lot better than most people out there. I know how to use the weapons I know how to outwit my enemy. But WHY, WHY FOR THE GRACE OF GOD, do I NEVER get paired up with players who know how to do the same?!

Out of TEN of my last games I counted, I had three games with teammates who weren’t totally incompetent. I don’t care what people say about quitting, if I see a bad game with bad players I am out. I don’t care if I get banned for that. I don’t care about my K/D at all. I would just like to win a couple of games. Is that too much to ask!? Why for the life of me is 95% of Reach’s population total idiots?

“Hurr durr, I have a Sniper Imma go stand up to a Wraith, don’t worry! I’ll live!”
NO YOU WON’T

“ROFL, look at me with my rockets that I fire a mile away from the enemy!”
WHAT THE HELL

“I’m so MLG PRO because I can kill people with the Sniper, Sniper takes skill”
YES, BUT YOU SUCK WITH EVERYTHING ELSE

I literally find myself pulling at my hair because these people are so downright stupid. I’m relatively a friendly guy but I get angry just like any other person on this Earth, and WHY…WHY DO PEOPLE PLAY WITH GUESTS AND THEN QUIT OUT RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GAME!? I don’t understand this!?

I know some people would say, Guests are allowed to play the game too you jerk! That’s correct, I agree, but there’s something wrong with that statement…

THE GUEST AND PLAYER HAVE ALREADY QUIT OUT.

I NEVER had this trouble in Halo 3. I was NEVER paired up with someone who couldn’t tell their grenades from their balls. So why am I getting it on Reach?

Oh yeah! Reach is broken. 343 I love you to death, I will defend you in any way possible but there is nothing…NOTHING that you can do to fix this game, just continue with Halo 4 and leave this abomonation behind because it isn’t worth the dog mess on my shoe.

I fully expect to be banned for this, and you know what…I don’t mind. I feel much better now. I have vented my anger and told you all what I really think. Not that you care :stuck_out_tongue:
But still…you must agree, it is good to vent your anger.

AND THAT’S ANOTHER THING! No…wait…no I’m done.

False Alarm.

Urgh…

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Breathe in… breathe out…

I think he’s got it all out.

Hehe, just had to say that but yes, I agree so very much with you, it seems some people are plain and simply incompetent to play Reach while understanding what to do, I understand that Reach is a game for casuals but how they can enjoy playing it, day in, day out, just running around shooting a gun at a wall.

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You have no idea how much I agree.
It seems every time I play a game of Reach, a team mate either quits out right away, or they just suck at the game.
It’s ridiculous.

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I am not sure why you would post something that you think would get locked. There are plenty of ways to complain without breaking the rules.(I don’t think this post broke the rules just sayin’ )

Anyway On-Topic, I just think they need to tighten the MM criteria. I am not sure if this is feasible or not. Sometimes you just have good Halo nights and bad Halo nights. It’s just one of those things.

Edit. Not locked just moved. :wink:

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This man speaks the truth.

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> This man speaks the truth.

Can I get an amen?

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AMEN!

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This is the main problem without a real ranking system within Reach. Arena just doesn’t live up to previous ranking systems and something must be changed. Guests belong in Social playlists and most the more competitive playlists need to be ranked somehow.

It does get quite annoying when you have to play your heart out just to make due for your slacking team who doesn’t care to win or immediately quits making games 2v4 or 1v4 pointless games.
Idk how many times I have to hold my own against a team of 4 with no chance whatsoever.

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Nice! Felt good to get this off ur chest rite. Well if ur a Gold rank and ur not 12 u can play with me and my friends sometime dude. U just need a team to play with dude. After I got to running 4’s 5’s or 8’s Ive found that I can win about 88% of my matches. Its alot nicer then going in by ur self, trust me.

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Agreed. Although Halo 3’s ranking system wasn’t perfect, at least it paired you up with people who were around your skill level (most of the time).

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I agree with you op. I have been in the same situations quite a few times and it starts to get tiresome.

I do however think 343i is doing a better job with the TU beta and its a more popular playlist where better players are playing.

I found that I get put in more quality games in the TU then lets say team slayer in the old playlists. I think Bungie set the mood of Reach to relaxed and I dont find it as competitive as halo 3 was.

Now, Seeing how 343i improved reach by adding the TU I look forward to the future of the halo franchise.

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> You have no idea how much I agree.
> It seems every time I play a game of Reach, a team mate either quits out right away, or they just suck at the game.
> It’s ridiculous.

I agree. My team is famous for quitting on me or being AFK.

I liked how Halo 3 matched people up in the game, back in its prime.

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Gaters gonna gate,
Waiters gonna wait,
Tators gonna tate,
Skaters gonna skate,
Haters gonna segregate.

We should kill the haterz… with potaterz B-)

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reach needs to be disconnected from its server

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Reach was a game made for the derps of this universe. I feel your pain.

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I am glad to see someone say the same thing I feel. I rather play Big Team SLAYER than any other. I rather play casual, like I did on Halo 3. I honestly do a lot better on larger maps than the 4v4 kind. I’m not the sniper type, though I like to snipe from time to time.

But when it comes to 9 year olds that shoot you for it being a random act on their part, because you got a vehicle or weapon they want, or just to tick you off, I’m still surprised I only get one boot screen every 5-10 betrayals.

If I may add one thing to the OP’s rant… LARGE parties should go against LARGE parties. My room mate and I can join up together (dorm room mates) and the next thing we know, it’s a team of random people vs a 6-8 person party that should be in MLG play lists by their skill.
Proof: http://www.bungie.net/stats/reach/gamestats.aspx?gameid=834698380&player=Liger%20XT5

The only exceptions to my team is this:
I got killed 6 times, maybe more, while replying to their messages. “We are playing fair, dumas”
Cloud disconnected due to lag, and yes, I saw his game play in theater, he got splattered by a ghost that was at least 2 player lengths away.

This isn’t the first, I’ve had worse k/d ratios. But the lowest kills I have gotten against a clan was Assult on Spire, I had 6 kills, the rest of the team had less than that.

And people wonder why I don’t play halo without at least 2 other people with me. At least then I know I have people with mics, not spamming, and we can cover each others backs.

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Sub-par game bred a sub-par community.

I think you’re right about Reach being irredeemable; 343 doesn’t seem to have found a silver bullet for its gameplay, and even if they do, they can’t fire it. All the people who’ve grown used to Reach’s flaws will whine and complain about their removal, while the people who were driven away by those flaws won’t come back to a game they don’t think they’ll enjoy.

All we can do is wait for Halo 4, I guess.

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> Sub-par game bred a sub-par community.
>
> I think you’re right about Reach being irredeemable; 343 doesn’t seem to have found a silver bullet for its gameplay, and even if they do, they can’t fire it. All the people who’ve grown used to Reach’s flaws will whine and complain about their removal, while the people who were driven away by those flaws won’t come back to a game they don’t think they’ll enjoy.
>
> All we can do is wait for Halo 4, I guess.

But that’s the problem…by the time Halo 4 comes out we’ll be too used to Reach’s crappy gameplay. Meaning that we’ll probably hate Halo 4’s gameplay because it’s nothing like Reach.

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the reason? ‘trueskill’ is so un-strict its practically 100% irrelevant in halo reach matchmaking.

bungie dropped the ball with reach matchmaking, then they stomped on it, then they burned it, then they threw it away.

at the end of the day, matchmaking in reach will always be

PLAYERS? HERES OTHER PLAYERS. GO PLAY!

which is laughable, but thats what we have.

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> > Sub-par game bred a sub-par community.
> >
> > I think you’re right about Reach being irredeemable; 343 doesn’t seem to have found a silver bullet for its gameplay, and even if they do, they can’t fire it. All the people who’ve grown used to Reach’s flaws will whine and complain about their removal, while the people who were driven away by those flaws won’t come back to a game they don’t think they’ll enjoy.
> >
> > All we can do is wait for Halo 4, I guess.
>
> But that’s the problem…by the time Halo 4 comes out we’ll be too used to Reach’s crappy gameplay. Meaning that we’ll probably hate Halo 4’s gameplay because it’s nothing like Reach.

i find it hard to imagine the core game mechanics in halo 4 could be more unintuitive, illogical, contradictory, and just flat out stupid than the ones in reach are.

its impossible. you cant get more terrible than reaches core game mechanics. its against the laws of nature.