Wow. This is really bad. I can’t wait to get my hands on Halo 4 but the playlist lineup that is currently planned is so utterly awful. I feel like they couldn’t have made a worse lineup if they tried.
Populations in Oddball and KOTH are going to be low to start and painfully low after a week.
Regicide and CTF will likely both find themselves in the same boat.
But more importantly, where in the world is FFA and 2v2? These have been Halo Staples since… well, since Halo went online almost a decade ago!
I’m really upset about this - and the lack of a ranking system at launch - but it’s so bad that I know they’ll fix it up quick. They just opened up the anger floodgates of the H4 population. They’ll have to change the playlists up right quick.
Yea. I do remember 2v2 actually being added post in Halo 2.
But FFA??? Thats not just a standard in Halo, thats almost a standard in ANY fps. I can literally not believe that we won’t have FFA slayer from the get-go. And don’t get me started on Regicide. That game type even sounds stupid on paper…
myyy doubles!!! :’[
Myyyy RANKS!?!??!!
FFA!? ohhh im starting to give up
lol
343 will fix this im sure…
well i really hope 
> myyy doubles!!! :’[
> Myyyy RANKS!?!??!!
> FFA!? ohhh im starting to give up
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> 343 will fix this im sure…
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> well i really hope
Pretty much, but the problem is I doubt 343i will fix it.
We will probably see FFA at some point. I highly doubt doubles will make a return.
As for Ranks, I don’t even think they understand the meaning of ranks, On the bulletin they said…
“We are tracking all player skill data and while it will not be exposed in the game UI at launch, we have some ideas about how to give players access to that information, in a useful way, in the not-so-distant future.”
Rank isn’t personal information they decide to show us like K/D ratio and how many kills I got with a DMR. It’s a ladder system and thats what I think a lot of people don’t understand.
I hope 343i Understand that FFA slayer and 2v2 competitive playlists will thrive if they implement a visible 1 to whatever ladder type ranking system. A lack of that type of system is directly responsible for the utter failure of the Arena playlists in Reach. If the ladder system is still running in the background please make it visible, as this feature is a potential benefit to the strength of entire community, and really don’t see a downside to catering to those people who are asking for it.
I play Reach regularly with a group of about 12 individuals and every single one of them miss the lack of this feature. I also know a ranked playlist brings out the worst in some people, but the other side of that coin can bring out the best of what Halo has to offer. nothing is more frustrating than being matched with a team that has no real interest in winning matches or exceptional game play, and yet nothing can give me more satisfaction than playing with like minded player’s who are vested in winning a close match. Obviously this is a major point of contention in the community, I’m hoping these requests don’t fall on deaf ears, and if possible 343i can add this feature in a playlist update close to launch before much of the competitive community has unfortunately for us all moved on.
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