Through many matches and being a Halo veteran, here are a few suggestions that are from the silent majority:
(Update: 1-4 seems to have been solved with UNSC Infinity)
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Fix quitters by allowing others to join so the games don’t stay uneven for the rest of the game.
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The Quitters mainly come from the “DEMOCRATIC VOTING SYSTEM” which leaves the minority of the vote to not enjoy the game and then quit! Remember, a democracy is 2 wolves and a sheep choosing what’s for dinner!
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Get rid of the penalizing system for quitting because that makes people not even want to play the darn game!
(So far, mainly its the quitting which is destroying Reach currently, and the solution is pretty simple. Get rid of the voting and allow the choice of the game they want to play to be completely in the users )
- Custom game Matchmaking. What a waste has forge been without really sharing the maps that people created, and the search engine to find maps and game types was sloppy and really a waste of time mostly
(maybe solved)5. The DMR…Why make EVERYONE THE DESIGNATED MARKSMAN? The AR/pistol starting equipment was the sweet spot of the game, but some people complained and somewhere along the grapevine someone decided to give EVERYONE THE DMR and now all you hear when playing most games is “Pah, pah, pah, pah” and then you are respawning. It takes away from the AR and the “power weapon” the DMR really is! Make at least a AR selection in the vote for the meantime. And with Halo 4 and the BR…not sure because I haven’t played it, but all I can say is take into consideration the power weapon view compared to the AR and pistol, as well as the potential of the AR being a combative weapon.
6.Vehicles: Give the Falcon flares and an alarm for incoming missiles! Ejection seats? When someone boards the vehicle and not being able to get out is just not right. Maybe if you speed the frame of movement of the highjack/board and grenade/getting out of the vehicle to get out, it can work. But overall, from the feedback I’ve received, it is too slow getting in and out of vehicles. Rocket Hog should be replaced with the Wolverine. Bring in Locusts, Cobras, Vampires to the table. Increase the ceiling and play field. I know many people who dislike the ceilings on the maps and number of players (that may not be possible until the next system, but if not possible now, please keep in mind for the next generation. Think Battlefield/WOW/Mass Effect/StarTrek Online and maybe you might just have a serious masterpiece.)
(solved)7.Loadouts…Execellent, but just up the ante.
Updates:
Just read the Game Informer Magazine and 343 seems to be heading in the right direction. The solutions for quitters with UNSC Infinity and the multiplayer missions, with sprint not being an ability but an actual action that anyone can do, plus the addition of really customizing your abilities, weapons, and unknown modifications. I think some of you nay sayers may be surprised, but as I have seen and heard before, some of those who critique games are not productive towards improvement with statements like " halo reach loadouts sucked", or “trolling”, if you will, and feel good about complaining. Discussion and debates usually lead to that thing called brrrraaaainstorming.
So aside from my opinion of some bloggers, Halo 4 is now bringing back the Battlerifle and the DMR with a few carbines and random spawn drops. I am curious ito see how the that plays out with reference to the point 4, but then we throw your customization of starting weapon, grenades, loadouts, who knows how the crazy heartpounding gameplay will commence.
Update 8.
The last point that I did want to add in my point about the DMR. Through discussions with players who have seen E-sports ruin games, MLG gamestyle takes away what Halo is all about, since nearly its beginning. I’m sure to hear wonderful responses for this, but here is my reaons if you care to understand them with an open mind.
MLG took away the motion tracker, which that right there is the technology that is in the 26th century people, but nope, take that out and lets give everyone the power weapon so the Assault rifle and pistol become quite insignificant. The DMR is for a designated person, and MLG gametype had everyone starting with it, which infested the main gametypes for matchmaking. My main point is to keep MLG seperate and don’t let it change the original gamestyle. Let MLG get rid of the forerunnner technology and everyone be required to start off with this grenade and the Battle Rifle with sprint only!
Maybe, MLG should just try playing a competative game with the way the game was intended. I am 100% competative and am not knocking the competition MLG brings(even though I do laugh, with respect, at how people get paid to play video games while the Federal Reserve just printed at least $50,000 within the time you just read this sentence which just devalued our currency, but anyways).
Update 9.
Bringing back NO Health bar is going to be interesting. I personally thought the health measured the armor damage, rather than taking a fair guess at how close you are to death. I will opine that if they give some measurement like Gears of War blood build up to show how much damage you are taking.
I do appreciate the discussion and feedback, unless it is unproductive, like government and wastes time.
