This game is probably the longest halo game to have a decent population, meaning I could go in the playlists now and always find a game. Whereas halo 3 takes a long time to find games, or you can only do so in popular playlists.
But even so I don’t see how population should exclude members from having access to a premium service. Us dlc owners haven’t had the chance to play what we feel are great maps for a long time, and the anniversary playlists don’t do justice for this. Bring back the anniversary btb, and noble + defiant playlists.
Gears of war 3 has a low population now, there are only like, 100-500 players on the dlc playlist at any time of the week, but epic still supports having dlc service to those players who paid for them.