IDK if customs are still broken or not. But if you want to practice whatever, normally id suggest to set up a customs lobby and play with the 4-8 people who have made a gentleman’s agreement with each other.
If you think that a random person has broken some agreement to play by the rules you have made up in your head without a discussion about those rules, than you are not a Gentleman.
Dope! It’s on the map to be used.
I love how people think every player in ranked knows about this made up rule. I stumbled across the GA in a YT video popping up in my feed, otherwise I would have never heard of it. Though I have to say I drop the sword an recharge on purpose whenever I have the chance to because it annoys me getting killed by it… xD
So your saying using a weapon that you have to pickup and it is only powerful at close range is OP. But the weapon you spawn in with that can literally kill you from across the map, has no bloom while every other gun does, puts out more damage then most weapons in the game, is literally OP in every Halo game except H5, and it basically has Unlimited Ammo because everyone spawns with one isn’t OP
mmm sorry but no. 
that’s just crazy bro 
you don’t seem to understand what the GA is even about
The Sword in Infinite is extremely OP, for a few reasons. The one that is most egregious is that you can’t trade with it at all, the sword just wins. Couple that with all the mobility in this game and that “only powerful at close range” is a moot point.
In the last few halos you were able to clash with it if you timed your melee right, and could at least trade with the sword if they were low enough health and you meleed at the same time.
So I’m guessing your talking about that stupid Sword function in Reach where you could deny a weapon that is literally uses Electric Hardlight for killing you.
Halo is already super inconsistent and it doesn’t make a bit of since as is, and you want it to be worse then it already is.
Like I said before, you crazy bro. 
No. I’ve been right on the money.
Source:https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/a-gentlemans-agreement
People in matchmaking have not promised to follow on any informal agreements. They have only agreed to playing the game the way it is meant to be played. Nobody in MM is breaking a GA, unless they promised everyone in the match to play by the informal rules you limit yourself to.
Saying people in MM are breaking a GA is like saying they broke a contract they did not sign. Got a divorce without being married. Climbed a mountain without going outside. Swam in the ocean without getting wet. It’s impossible.
I always pick up the Sniper Rifle.
Not because I’m going to get any kills with it. But at least it stops the enemy using it against me.
I have to admit my stance on this changed after playing doubles on Catalyst or Recharge. When you can potentially have both members on a team both have grapple and sword, the game really doesn’t work very well. Catalyst is basically fiesta in doubles haha, everyone’s got swords or skewer or OS.
Of course, GA isn’t really the solution, you can’t expect everyone to agree to it let alone know it exists. You really should be able to melee trade sword, I don’t see other way to consistently balance it. Maybe spawn more repulsors not right next to the sword.
The GA is about making the game more fun by making it more balanced.
If your definition of fun is being overpowered then that’s fine, but it doesn’t belong in ranked where the goal is utilizing skill to beat evenly matched opponents.
When you turn this into a complaint about random people not following made up rules, that they never heard of, you’re just being an elitist. Nothing more. It does not matter if you think GA makes the game “more fun.” Because that is an opinion, not fact.
Part of skill in Halo is map control and resource control. If you let the enemy players grab the better weapons and equipment on the map, that’s on you and your team. Just because you think X,Y, or Z does not belong in ranked, does not make it true. Over powered weapons have been in ranked since Halo 2. They are still in ranked MCC Halo 2 & 3 along with the Noob Combo present in all ranked Halos.
People who are picking up and using the weapons on the map are playing the right way. No ifs, ands, or buts about it.
Don’t hate the player, hate the game. If you want a bare boned playlist, request 343i to make a playlist for you guys or move over to customs.
Had to look up what GA even means. But honestly, GA has no grounds what so ever outside of competitive level play. If it’s in the game, it’s fair to use. No one has to abide by made up rules in order to play matches in either ranked or social at all. If you stoop as low to attack someone over it, your the problem here, not them.
Personally, I could careless how people play if it’s in the game. I’d much prefer to learn how to deal with the situation. It’s only really a problem for me in levels that are cramped, since that’s the situation were Sword users have the real upper hand. Any levels with a little bit a space for players to move around in means the sword user is at a severe disadvantage.
It does sound crazy because people are playing the right way. The made up elitist limitations you choose to follow don’t change that. If you can’t have fun playing the game the way it is meant to be played than you should be the one going over to customs, not them. Or request to have a bareboned playlist, something like the MLG playlist from Halo 3/Reach.
I’ll repeat.
At the bare minimum know what a GA is (definition provided in previous comment) before insisting that someone is breaking it.
There is no right way to play. Don’t be such a snot-nosed snob.
Managing the utilities on the field is literally part of the game.
If a team fails to manage power resources and spaces thats their failure.
Team shot a sword user.
If you aren’t aware of someones secondary pre encounter or are rushing tight spaces and corners thats failure to prepare.
This GA in matchmaking is both hilarious implausible.
Ahahaha, that’s good.
With every reply this thread sounds more and more like a kid on the playground that is upset when the other kids won’t play by their own custom rules.
How about you take the “right way” of play and shove it up your -Yoink!- instead?
If it’s in the game, it’s fair to use, end of story lol. No one has to abide by your made up rules.
If you want a specific weapon removed, either request a seperate game mode without it from 343i or create it in customs.
Hahaha, I find it so amusing when people resort to retroactively reacting to posts in responce to someone expressing their honest opinion.
It looks quite petty to take the eye for an eye approach post a person reacting, they must be quite effect by the criticisms.
Hope no1 is offended.
Its just a game thread.
Sword has limited utility.
A coordinated team can take it out mid grapple.
This fear of power weapons already ruined the shotty.
GAs on the mangler made the sword a greater threat.
GAs lower sandbox diversity remove skill checks that promote growth.
The issue you have is entirely due to your perceived of futility against the “crutch”.
Resource management and engagement altering mechanics is the root of the fun for many.
Your opinion is not gospel.
And to expect matchmaking to be aware of or respect some arbitrary GA is hilarious.
This issue has nothing to do with needing the sword to wim amd everything to do with your fear of dealing with it.
Fail to mapanage and coordinate and the enemy will capitalise on the tools provided to take an advantage.
You are right the neutering of the sandbox is an issue though.
The goal of homogeneity is antithetical to interesting plays imo.
The only one who made any demand was you.
Anyone who is ok with sword isnt just in favour of using it.
They acknowledged it can be used against them 2.
By your logic they are more skilled as they are willing to go toe to toe with the blade and confident in their ability to outplay the sword.
While you demand the variable be removed due to a perception of it being cheap to use yet too powerful for you counter honourable, pretty farcical situation curated here all in all haha.
Maybe dont resort to ad hominem when faced with differing opinions when your logic is easily dismantled.
Accept people don’t always share your opinion and you cannot enforce a largely unknown and arbitrary rule in an open public server setting.
I don’t give a 
if it’s ranked or not, you do not tell other people how they can or cannot play, END OF STORY.
There are elements of your perspective that fall within the majority. That’s about it.
The sword itself isn’t the problem, the way it works is the problem.
There’s still is no right or wrong way to play. In any setting outside of those with established rules. You can’t break a GA if you didn’t agree to it. Your message, falls on deaf ears because it’s muddled by your own perception and misplaced elitism.