Let’s face it. Majority of the Halo: Reach matchmaking playlists are outdated. Some way too much.
With the title update & and more importantly; Halo Anniversary on the works we must understand that the developement team is most likely knee-deep in work and routine mornings, currently unavailable to do major overhaul for the multiplayer. Still, when CEA & TU rock on, the next thing to go for are the playlists.
Now how about we make ourselves a nice, cozy thread about what we want fixed and what aint broken? Give the honchos some pointers about what the ladie- …community likes.
Post & discuss your own opinions, challenge mine or someone else’s if you like. I will try and collect all the most popular suggestions right here for an overview to help.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but Team Snipers has stayed pretty much unchanged since launch. There’s nothing wrong with the gameplay, rather in the selection. The main problem is that it only seems to run five maps:
Uncaged (which was very sloppily done)
Asylum (Replaceable with Sanctuary for better framerate & gameplay - this has already been done in MLG)
Hemorrhage
Powerhouse
Atom (why is it still there?)
Where’s Zealot? Where are all the community maps at? There are dozens of perfectly fit Forged maps that would fit like a sniper fits Jun. Why haven’t we seen the likes of Element or Nexus? Even better, call those Forge Gurus together for TS-dedicated maps (wishful thinking?)
Second problem in the selection are the gametypes. People play Team Snipers because they want to use snipers. Not magnums. Not grenades. Currently Snipers to Snipers Pro ratio in voting is ~70/30. This is all my personal preference, but I’d rather see it at 50/50.
Team SWAT
Same problem as with Team Snipers. Too few maps. Six maps rotating over & over: Countdown, Reflection, Sword Base, Pinnacle, Asylum and Uncaged. Zealot sometimes pops up.
As for gametypes, where did SWAT Potato & SWATpile go? No love from the players or just 1/10000 appearance in voting?
When CEA hits and TU goes full-scale: cough zero bloom cough
Invasion
While I understand that the whole point of Invasion-playlist is to… play Invasion, the playlist repeats itself.
There’s nothing wrong with Invasion: Spire or Invasion: Boneyard… as long as it’s not either three times in a row… which it unfortunately usually is. When players get CEA, assuming the MP-disc comes with all DLC, we will see more Breakpoint which is good, but what I’d really like to see more is Invasion Skirmish and Invasion Slayer.
Voting options where there are only Skirmish & Slayer
Small modifications to the Tier 2/3 loadouts
Put those power weapons inside the spawning rooms in Boneyard - for both teams.
Nothing is more “fun” than a dinosaur “Buck Wilding” on the spawn.