Joining games mid-progress - Simple solution

Games Other Halo
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Very simply, in non-competitive gametypes, players should be able to join a game mid-progress if there is a slot free in the game and only through the friends menu.

Problems this solves:
• People hate searching for a game and being put into one which is already half over.
• People would hate it if a random irritating kid kept joining their games if there was a space.
• People want to be able to join games of friends mid-progress.
• In a competitive playlist, joining a much lower-ranked friend could upset the balance of the game.

If anyone has any issues with this I would love to know, as I can’t think of any off the top of my head.

Additionally, there could be an option when matchmaking to be able to be put into games that are already mid-progress.

2

What if none of my “friends” are on? :slight_smile:

3

Well, the main problem this fixes is that people have to wait in order to join friends who are playing games already.

Albeit it’s a very small fix, though I see no reason why this shouldn’t be implemented.

Alternatively, there could be an option to ‘Join any game, regardless of progress’

4

This could work. It’d be easier not to implement the system at all though.

5

I’ve ALWAYS been for this.

I want to join my friends ‘in game’ all the time, this is how it was in CE, it was completely cool cause when someone quit, a replacement was plopped right in, whalla…

Not in ranked though, if there is a ranked anymore, LOL.

6

Yeah i totally agree, it would throw the game off balance.

also if they implement ranks, they should derank u for quitting games to prevent quitting just like in halo 3(but that’s just me)

7

> This could work. It’d be easier not to implement the system at all though.

Well, if you saw the latest suggestion I put in the OP, you could see that this would be a very important change to the game which I believe would improve it drastically.