I’ve been reading some of the topics in these forums, and one of the most common complaints is matchmaking and all it’s faults. After playing 3 months of matchmaking I can see some things that annoy the living crap out of me. First up, servers. Yes it’s great that we have dedicated servers but the fact that 99% of all global games are played on US servers is kind of annoying for non US gamers. Why 343 can you not give players the choice to play on local dedicated servers instead of forcing them on to unfair servers which give non US players a massive disadvantage. Second, Map Rotation. 343’s decision to drop players out of matchmaking to find new players leads to maps being constantly repeated. This happens in both Warzone and Arena. Easy fix, leave players connected to the server and rotate maps, this would be great in Warzone and I’m sure it could be made to work in Arena. Lastly the way matchmaking is set up, this is the only online multiplayer game that prioritises fast matchmaking over good connections, it chooses players before servers!!! This I believe is one of the major causes for contention that annoys the global community.
343 may need to completely overhaul the matchmaking system but in the long run I believe it would provide a much better experience to all players, not just those lucky few who live in the US.