The Search for Matchmaking

Hi everyone,
Having only picked up The Master Chief Collection a few days ago, I am already noticing a rather tedious ‘grind’ in order to find a match in online play.
I’ve attempted multiple ranked playlists and find no matches in any. Is this normal? Is the matchmaking population very minute and do people congregate in a particular playlist?
I’d love to have these questions answered so hopefully I can enjoy this game’s multiplayer aspect.
Thank you all in advance for your attention!

Welcome to the zoo, friend. It’s an uphill climb. Read around on these forums. You’ll see, it’s still affecting most players.

I’m from Michigan and me and my buddy play all the time we play all kinds of playlist and we don’t have much trouble finding games

Also did you check your Nat type?

Make sure your nat is set OPEN in you console settings.
Game works for me NOW, haven’t had much problems since they finally got it working…

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> Welcome to the zoo, friend. It’s an uphill climb. Read around on these forums. You’ll see, it’s still affecting most players.

At the age of 18 I started to search for a BTB match, I found one, only problem is I am now 47…

I play H4 & BTB once in a while, but never have any real trouble finding games.

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> At the age of 18 I started to search for a BTB match, I found one, only problem is I am now 47…

Restarting search

Things to try…

  • Press the ‘menu’ (3 lines) button then select ‘quit game’. Restart your game. (should give you a fresh signal or something science-y sounding?)(this should be done after playing each day for consistency)

  • Unplug your console from the wall, wait 1-2 min., plug back in. (power cycles your unit)

  • Go to your console settings page, look to right side of screen, find ‘saved data’, select ‘delete’ (this clears temporary files & campaign progress)(this will restart your console)

  • Unplug your modem & router, wait 1-2 min. plug modem in and allow to fully power on and connect then plug in router. (power cycles your modem)