No patch this week: 343 waving the white flag?

So last week’s patch had a note that this week’s patch would address uneven teams.

"Please note that while this update will improve team balance issues, we do not expect it to fully resolve uneven teams,". "Our next content update, targeted for early next week, will address team balance."

We haven’t even gotten word of this patch since last week. The playlist update isn’t a patch by the way. Is the patch in cert? Did it fail cert? Did they even deliver one to cert this week? What on earth is going on? Not a peep from 343.

So, if we don’t get another random unannounced patch tonight, we go another week with a broken game and no light at the end of the tunnel. Also would be the first week since launch with no patch. No mention of dedis. This game must be truly and thoroughly screwed.

This is Halo. What are they doing? Have they given up?

Eventually they will have to.
At some point they will have to look at MCC and come to the inevitable conclusion: We can’t fix this mess, every time we try to patch it, it either makes something worse or breaks something else (legacy controls anyone?)

If they don’t want H5 to end up like MCC, they will need to stop work on the MCC and focus on H5…
these are just the facts

are you on drugs ??? the last patch came out allready for the un even teams and the next patch is out next week

They announced a new update for early next week in their latest bullet-in.

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> are you on drugs ??? the last patch came out allready for the un even teams and the next patch is out next week

Yeah? And how has that worked out so far?

If I can ever actually find a game 9/10 of them end up in a 5v4 or 6v3 scenario and 8/10 times I get put on the team with the least amount of players

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> They announced a new update for early next week in their latest bullet-in.

So they lied about the patch for this week in the last patch notes. The last patch was over a week ago.

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> So they lied about the patch for this week in the last patch notes. The last patch was over a week ago.

How have they lied? I find even matches if you mean that, the only problem I have with the game are all the quitters and AFKs.

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> are you on drugs ??? the last patch came out allready for the un even teams and the next patch is out next week

Yeah, no it didn’t. The last patch has a comment that uneven teams would be addressed this week in a new patch. Never happened.

Now some bulletin said next week? What are they doing? Did the bulletin talk about uneven team fixes?

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> So they lied about the patch for this week in the last patch notes. The last patch was over a week ago.

The last patch was also 3 or 4 days early, when you consider all previous patches had been released on a Wednesday or Thursday. So it could still be 3 days til the next patch.

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> How have they lied? I find even matches if you mean that, the only problem I have with the game are all the quitters and AFKs.

Read the last patch notes.

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its worked out fine. 99% of games are even for me and even if i dont get even teams i just take it as a challenge and get my backpack out lol

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Yes? Everything they announced worked for me, I got my “Monopolized” and “Devastating” achievement. Like I said I find even teams and so on. So, they did patch something. The last update was released exaclty a week ago. I expect the next one on Monday or Tuesday if not even tonight.

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> its worked out fine. 99% of games are even for me and even if i dont get even teams i just take it as a challenge and get my backpack out lol

That’s great man, I mean, honestly, I am really happy that the game works for you, really I am.
However, there are a lot…and I mean a lot of us that it hasn’t worked for as I just pointed out since sadly I am one of them

Must you always be so negative and naive

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> > are you on drugs ??? the last patch came out allready for the un even teams and the next patch is out next week
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> Yeah, no it didn’t. The last patch has a comment that uneven teams would be addressed this week in a new patch. Never happened.
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> Now some bulletin said next week? What are they doing? Did the bulletin talk about uneven team fixes?

can you not read???, the 7th dec update addressed un even teams

It’s that time of the year when vacations and so forth have been planned. I’d imagine they already made people change plans around Thanksgiving, don’t expect too much done the next 2-3 weeks. People do have lives and in the end gaming will come second for most people at this point. You have a game that is at least playable and uneven times doesn’t happen that often anymore.
I lose a party member to make teams even more than having uneven teams.

Hopefully they get permanent vacations after this mess.

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> can you not read???, the 7th dec update addressed un even teams

Hence all the uneven teams we still experience.

343 needs to add in the option to bring party when the party leader backs out of a match search.

"Please note that while this update will improve team balance issues, we do not expect it to fully resolve uneven teams,". "Our next content update, targeted for early next week, will address team balance.

Yeah, this comment. From the last patch blog notes.

Targeted for early next week no less. As in this past week. Never happened. We got a playlist update.

I’ve added the comment to the OP so there will be no more confusion or doubts.