What pushed me to post this is getting auto kicked and banned for accidentally betraying in a Halo 1 lobby of all friends. No option for them to kick me, the game decides. The last patch notes were disappointing. Shader/Texture updates to campaign? Really? The game still doesn’t fill lobbies even. The Halo 1 pistol is absolutely broken. Halo 3 bullet lead is still broken. The list goes on. But the devs think texture updates are a priority.
Since joining games (especially lately) is so inconsistent), shotgun banning players isn’t the solution. I can’t control when your netcode is broken. Players should have two options:
- Rejoin the game they left - Wait out their banPlayers get banned for betrayals and quitting, but what about team shooting? I recently had a Halo 2 game where a player, for no reason, was dropping all teammates shields to nothing (but not actually betraying them). You’re telling me you’re unable to track a stat like that?
The idle system is still broken. The only way to not be idle is to stay in the main screen. You can’t navigate anywhere else. Yet, in-game idle system doesn’t work. I have been, and seen others, idle for minutes (to the entire game) and yet they’re still in-game. I recall patch notes from a year or so ago saying changes to the idle system was “pending further discussion”. What is there to discuss? Disable it as it’s broken and fix it.
This game was released over 6 years ago and it’s still rough (in comparison to any Halo Bungie released). What’s more ridiculous is the game is a port. You didn’t have to develop anything new, yet it’s worse. Stop releasing new skins, and fix the game.