currently halo, as many of you well know, is in a precarious position. life and death (lol) loom in the not so distant future. will our newly restored halo franchise see overwhelming success, or will it be lackluster and mediocre like halo reach is for many players?
many halo fans are worried, and with good reason too.
343 seems to want to improve halo, but as far as getting done what the community deems important, they seem to be lacking. now, reach isnt exactly the best game to instil hope into players, as a lot of halo fans straight up DONT EVEN PLAY REACH AT ALL because its so trashy, or only play it because even though its terrible in their opinions, its still the best game out there, so they basically settle for mediocre.
i’d like to see some SERIOUS change in how 343 works with the community. saying ‘were listening’ is all fine and dandy, but what if 343 are only ‘listening’, and not hearing? listening is one thing, but if 343 isnt actually taking from the intelligent, thoughtful, straight forward, and logical posts on the forums in favor of the nigh infinite typical RDF ‘REACH IS FINE. ADAPT’ posts, im afraid we’ll see another Reach repeat.
ideally i’d like to see the following things happen moving forward:
1.) 343 acknowledges that reach was lackluster, and that they learned from the mistakes of reach.
2.) 343 acknowledges that reach was specifically catered to the casual player, <mark>completely alienating the competitive-minded-powergamers in the process.</mark>
3.) 343 acknowledges that <mark>RANDOM and INCONSISTENT mechanics are the bane of halo.</mark> they always have been, and they always will be until they are EXPUNGED from our series and treated like the PLAGUE that they are. they help no one, they serve no purpose, and they have no place in halo. this is everything from random bloom (letting someone who mashes his R trigger win against someone pacing AKA playing as intended even 1% of the time is 1% of the time the game FAILS BOTH PLAYERS), to bullet spread (making people who aim on target miss sometimes, and making people who miss get hits sometimes), and everything in between.
4.) 343 acknowledges that pairing like-skilled players is IMPORTANT. i could give a YOINK! less what kind of ‘ranking’ system 343 uses to pair like-skilled players, so long as it ACTUALLY HAPPENS. ‘trueskill’ in reach is closer to a MYTH than ‘fact’. you can present all the ‘official statements’ you want on the issue, but IN ACTUALLY PLAYING THE GAME for an extended period of time, its pretty BLATANTLY OBVIOUS the trueskill in reach flat out doesnt work.
these are 4 pretty reasonable requests for things that 343 could acknowledge. who agrees?