So far I have put 4 hours into playing slayer, and my competitive rank is Silver 3, and I am (was) about to rank up to Gold 1. However, I’m now running into the same ranking issues that I have run into since even Halo 3. Granted, the system largely does it’s job in matching me up against players of equal or better skill, but it fails in matching me with teammates who can aid me and compliment my own skill. I have played just three slayer games today and had to stop after the third because of the rage inducing margin of loss. I am on teams losing 50-30, with teammates either going extremely negative or quitting all together. I do not understand why it is that I am teamed with players who are new to the beta and are obviously not qualified to play in these matches, and each time against teams who have reached gold or onyx ranks and have put up to 6, 14, or even more hours into play testing the game.
As I mentioned, this was an issue I have encountered even back in Halo 3, which is what drove me to not enjoy playing the game as competitively as I wanted to, and it has persisted throughout all other titles. And apparently still persists into this one. Now is this just simply bad luck, or is the ranking system really suffering the same flaws from past games?