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New to HALO and the forums,
Bit late, but I just got the game.

So, I just had enough already for today, didn’t play much!,
I am on a 1.00 K/D atm, 500 kills or so, I enjoyed lots,
But got annoyed by the following:

I like the DMR or the BR,
I feel one should be rewarded for good aim,
So I wonder what you guys think about the Assault Rifle?

The Melee, I just fled from GOWJ where the biggest issue is the melee,
Why in gods name do some people want an OP Melee in a SHOOTER,
Same thing for HALO, all you get @ CQC is Melee, has it always been like this?

Dedicated servers.
Visuals suffer greatly due to poor hosts, game play can also.
GOW has 10-30% of HALO’s population, yet we have dedicated servers,
I don’t get it.

Matchmaking, I heard a lot about HALO’s matchmaking system,
I mean we all over @ GOW forums compare HALO’s system,
But why am I being matched up with 130s,
If my K/D is only 1.00 and im on level 18?

lastly,
Sound imo is tinny, thin and messy @ mid range on both my setups.

Don’t mean to come down on HALO or sound harsh,
I did buy the game new, not used, so I should be allowed to vent here.

Lots I do like about the game,
But no need to stroke their egos any further as they already have my money.

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About the DMR and BR, there is a weapon tuning that comes in 3 days that will balance the weapons. I do not have a link right now, but I am sure somebody will post one soon.

Moving to the melee. Halo has always being about melee in CQC. That or blow away somebody’s face with a shotgun!

About the lag in games… That really annoys me. It is a major issue. People asked for dedicated’s, but there appeared to be no possibilities, so a request started to get them in the next Halo game.

About the ranks. SR does not mean anything serious. It is just to show how much you have played, but we have CSR. The competitive ranking. You can check yours in Halo Waypoint app in mobiles, PC or the console. CSR system tries (and yes, it only tires so far) to get even matches for you.

And, I really have no clue about what you were saying about the sounds…

AND… welcome to Halo, Waypoint, and I like Gears as well.

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> Dedicated servers.
> Visuals suffer greatly due to poor hosts, game play can also.
> GOW has 10-30% of HALO’s population, yet we have dedicated servers,
> I don’t get it.
>
> Matchmaking, I heard a lot about HALO’s matchmaking system,
> I mean we all over @ GOW forums compare HALO’s system,
> But why am I being matched up with 130s,
> If my K/D is only 1.00 and im on level 18?

Dedicated servers would be nice! I think Halo really needs them.

The matchmaking system is… interesting. You’re only SR-18, but that doesn’t actually mean anything. You’re getting matched against 130’s because it’s only a progression rank. You rank up based on how much you play. It doesn’t mean you’re good. There is CSR, which is only visible here on Waypoint, and that’s how you’re supposed to get matched. It’s supposed to show you what your skill is on a 1-50 scale and match you based on that. It doesn’t do it very well, though, because I’ve seen people with a 1 get matched against others with a 50.

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Here you go: http://blogs.halowaypoint.com/Headlines/post/2013/05/29/The-Halo-Bulletin-52913.aspx

This is the details of weapon tuning

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> New to HALO and the forums,
> Bit late, but I just got the game.
>
> So, I just had enough already for today, didn’t play much!,
> I am on a 1.00 K/D atm, 500 kills or so, I enjoyed lots,
> But got annoyed by the following:
>
> 1)I like the DMR or the BR,
> I feel one should be rewarded for good aim,
> So I wonder what you guys think about the Assault Rifle?
>
> 2)The Melee, I just fled from GOWJ where the biggest issue is the melee,
> Why in gods name do some people want an OP Melee in a SHOOTER,
> Same thing for HALO, all you get @ CQC is Melee, has it always been like this?
>
> 3)Dedicated servers.
> Visuals suffer greatly due to poor hosts, game play can also.
> GOW has 10-30% of HALO’s population, yet we have dedicated servers,
> I don’t get it.
>
> 4)Matchmaking, I heard a lot about HALO’s matchmaking system,
> I mean we all over @ GOW forums compare HALO’s system,
> But why am I being matched up with 130s,
> If my K/D is only 1.00 and im on level 18?
>
> 5)lastly,
> Sound imo is tinny, thin and messy @ mid range on both my setups.
>
> Don’t mean to come down on HALO or sound harsh,
> I did buy the game new, not used, so I should be allowed to vent here.
>
> Lots I do like about the game,
> But no need to stroke their egos any further as they already have my money.

Well lets begin I have numbered them to help.

  1. Since the game was released these have been the 2 most used weapons and unfortunately one was a bit OP in this case that weapon was the DMR. On June 3rd their will be a weapons update where 343i have tweaked bothe of these to fit their roles in the battlefield the DMR being a long distance weapon and the BR being a close-midrange weapon. The DMR will have a slight RedReticleRange decrease and the BR will be getting a damage buff. At the moment both of them take 5 shots to kil(5 trigger pulls) in the update the BR will be a 4 shot kill weapon(4 trigger pulls).
    As for the Assult Rifle its will also be getting a tweak. The damage will be buffed and the aim assist will be decreased.
    I like the AR and BR not a huge fan of the DMR. Call me old school but I never like the feel of the DMR.

2)Halo had always had melee and it was always as strong as it is now. In most CQC situation it will end up being a melee fight no matter what.

3)We have been asking for them for a very long time. We are still asking for them.

4)The SR130 only means he/she has unlocked all the specializations which you will begin to unlock when you hit SR50. In Halo 4, 343i has introduced CSR(competitive skill rank) which can be viewed on your Xbox Halo Waypoint app or here in the website. Depending on your skill it will rank you between 1-50 and the matchmaking system will try to match you up with similar ranked player. Unfortunately due to the low populations in most playlist this system has hard time doing so and you might teamed up or put up against players below or above your CSR.

5)This is more of a personal opinion. I like the sound in this game although some weapons do sound weak when compared to their past iterations(BR, Magnum and Sniper Rifle).

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> I like the DMR or the BR,
> I feel one should be rewarded for good aim,

I like the way you think.

> So I wonder what you guys think about the Assault Rifle?

It used to be a complete piece of crap in the previous games (and it should be), and it rewards players that don’t know how to aim, uses an intense amount of aim assist/bullet magnetism, and promotes the idea of bum-rushing like a thumbless idiot.

> The Melee, I just fled from GOWJ where the biggest issue is the melee,
> Why in gods name do some people want an OP Melee in a SHOOTER,
> Same thing for HALO, all you get @ CQC is Melee, has it always been like this?

I will admit that it is a bit annoying when players just run at each other and double-pummel, but it’d be awkward to watch players spin around each other and shoot because they’re both well aware that melee won’t do them much good.

> Matchmaking, I heard a lot about HALO’s matchmaking system,
> I mean we all over @ GOW forums compare HALO’s system,
> But why am I being matched up with 130s,
> If my K/D is only 1.00 and im on level 18?

It’s based off of a trueskill value that is determined by how good the players actually are, not the numerical rank that reflects no part of the player’s actual abilities.

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Thanks for the welcome guys, appreciated.

Nice to know this community does not bash, noobs at least :wink:

Thanks ever so much for all the info and clarification guys,
Not sure why I didn’t get notified by email, I would have replied sooner!

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> It used to be a complete piece of crap in the previous games (and it should be), and it rewards players that don’t know how to aim, uses an intense amount of aim assist/bullet magnetism, and promotes the idea of bum-rushing like a thumbless idiot.

It takes less aiming skill, for more strategic skill. Most of the time rushing in with an AR gets you a negetive K/D. (I would know, I’ve done it before.)