Coming from H4 I used to do pretty well at that game. Halo 5 was a big learning curve for me. I got ranked Gold initially and am now mid Diamond ranked.
My problem is now my KD is slowly starting to fall. In gold and platinum I held a 1.08 KD. Now im in higher tier Diamond, I either go slightly positive, even or really badly negative. Of course you know KD doesn’t mean -Yoink- BUT going really negative means I let the team down. Today I went 3-12.
It’s the really bad negative games are killing me and making me loose. If im playing solo and match against an Onyx team I get destroyed. Plus I cant play with my mates all the time, as they only play every now and again (I play daily).
What can I do so maintain a positive KD and not loose so badly? Ive got friends that go positive EVERY game even if it’s against a full Onyx team. I really want to get to Onyx and feel if I can work this out I will.
I play all wired, with headset and a monitor before you ask. But i do live in Australia, so FFA you can only get ‘some’ games, maybe on the weekends.
Im not getting caught up on KD but it can be the difference between a win and loss as I mostly play Slayer. As i said i really HATE letting my mates down, also a reason i like to play more solo.
Many thanks and happy new year!
I’m not sure if I’m qualified to help seeing as I am a lower rank. But a few things I have done to rank up and keep a high KD are, use team work. This could be the obvious “Play with friends”, or call out if your team mates have mics. But if they don’t you can still use team work, look at the indicators above their heads, or listen to the spartan chatter (I know the call outs they use are not as good, but they still help).
The other thing I can say is, focus on trying not to die, over getting a lot of kills. So maybe playing more defensive and not challenging while one-shot.
And the last thing I do is try and warm up before I go into a ranked playlist. Like play some Warzone, BTB, Holiday Social, or 1v1 a friend (that’s what I like to do).
I hope this helps!
Thanks man, all opinions are good regardless of rank 
I feel like if i spend the whole time trying not to die im not supporting my team, but running away from a fight when my team mate needs, just so i can live.
In Australia, BTB and Holiday Social only work on weekends 
Warzone takes too long and just isnt the same ya know! Really wish they had bots (AI) like in CoD and you could warm up solo with the AI skill set on Hardcore (its actually pretty difficult to beat them in CoD on their hardest setting).
Surely there are more higher ranked players know a thing or two?
I see some people in Onyx with really high win percentage and a 1.5 KD. HOW? lol
well you know you can have an extremely good KD and still only be a silver ran. its all do to the team you are playing with in that match if your entire team looses that match then your medal ranking goes down and you can suck horribly and your team wins that match and your medal ranking will go up. as far as k/d kill and dont be killed = a positive KD
I had a REALLY good KD when i was Ranked Gold on release. Platinum was pretty easy even diamond is ok. Its just the Onyx teams when im playing solo… Is it better to just accept defeat, not back up my team and go positive? I can run around, hide, assist with a few kills and go positive… But the team will suffer.