4 out of every 5 games I’ve played lately I end up playing by my self or a man or two down. The last couple Arena games I played I spent half the game alone and hiding or being spawn killed. What kind of person plays arena just to quit? Quitting should come with some kind of harsher punishment or spots should be able to be filled in game. I love getting into a game only to realize I’m the only one still there and spend the rest of the game having my K/D destroyed because it’s 4 on 1 and your damn radar blip flashed bright yellow for 2 full seconds when you spawn making it all but certain that the opposing team will find you no matter what.
Yeah, I hope 343 implements a join in progress matchmaking system for future games. It’s really needs to be done. Eight on three Big Team Battle games aren’t that much fun.
So quit yourself if it gets to that.
I’m not ashamed to admit that I do my fair share of quitting, when I search randoms. I rarely rage-quit mid-game though, usually my quitting comes from dashboarding when the 11 year olds in my lobby decide they want to force me into a 4th straight ARs game on Campdown or Failsylum, instead of DMRs on Powerhouse or Zealot. Call me immature, call me selfish, but I cannot stand either of those maps and regularly dashboard if either is voted for.
The lesson? Voting lobbies are a joke. They should be axed completely, but at the very least every individual lobby should feature the same map with different gametype options.
Well this weekend, Arena is full of quitters. Lots of noobs are searching in Arena for the jackpot, and when they get matched up with enemies that are too good for them, they quit.
sometimes people dont like the map + gametype they are playing. i quit every time it loads territories on hemorrhage.
Since there is no incentive to winin REACH people quit all the time. I used to even stay in red bar games in halo 3 just to try and get the XP. Now if its red bar i quit without thinking twice.
Along with the credit system to show an overall rank I think 343 should add the XP per playlist system in reach. It would give a bit more motive to finish games and play other play lists with something of a rank to achieve overall in a play list.
I have been seeing that all this past week. 4 on 3 and even 4 on 2… There should be some big payout for hanging in the game, when half your team bailed and you can barely spawn. I even had one fight where someone wandered around, randomly punching the wall before finally quitting. Why are these people even playing? (On the other hand, I friended the guy who stayed with me 4 on 2, 'cuz we smoked 'em good!)
Yes, I have had connection problems, or had to quit to deal with the kids, but this is rampant.
I will often get “stuck” on a FF map or weapons combo that is not going to help my daily challenge, but I will help out around the edges and make sure the team makes it to the bonus round, so I don’t understand this mess at all.
/rant
So today’s challenege is Firefight, and the first two times, I have someone quit AND somone hiding/AFK. Got good scores, but it is frustrating.
Quitting is often a problem in games where anti-competitive and unskillful tactics are dominant.