I find it very discouraging and almost insulting to not receive experience and rewards based on my match performance. When I go 34 in 4, and earn a lot of medals, I don’t see any experience or rewards for my performance. This is not right. The medals are completely meaningless as it stands right now outside of screenshot material.
To give your players the motivation and encouragement to get better, and perform well, you should earn a number of experience based on the rarity of the medals you receive in a match. Perhaps the medals could be categorized and you earn even a small amount per medal (5xp,10xp,15xp).
Additionally, you should receive xp based on your kills. Or if not for every kill, even just the number of kills you earn over the number of deaths. That way you are rewarded for doing well and you see a steady progression. I do not personally find the most recent change of giving us 50 xp per match from a standard “challenge” satisfying, nor do I think it is a solution to the problem. I don’t mind the challenges, but we should still get some value from our performance outside of them. If you want players to keep coming back for more, they need to feel like their time spent has resulted in something.
Don’t get me wrong, I am absolutely loving the game. You guys have done an excellent job of reinvigorating halo and returning to what I love most about the series as a fan since day one. I just want to see my hard work count for something as I fight to perform as best as I can at this amazing game.
Keep up the amazing work and thank you for the hard work you all have clearly done to get us here. Your efforts are not unnoticed. Wake me, when you need me.