I’ve been playing a fair bit of Halo 5 recently, after having stopped playing online games for a couple years.
I’m enjoying it, but one thing I’ve noticed is that Truth is a waaaaay overdone map.
I play FFA or Team Slayer and some days I will wind up playing on Truth three or four times in a row. (Last week, it was five times!)
What gives? Why does this (IMO, pretty boring) map seem to be in such high rotatation?
It’s especially frustrating in FFA as the HCS rules get boring fast.
You are lucky, For me to have truth in my rotation it takes a while, and to me is one of the maps that plays well.
So I would love to see it more.
Consider yourself lucky. 
Truth and Regret are the two main maps you will et in FFA. Occaisionally you have those OTHER maps like The Rig, Coliseum, and I don’t even know the name of the other one. You have to keep in mind that not all maps are good FFA maps.
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> I’ve been playing a fair bit of Halo 5 recently, after having stopped playing online games for a couple years.
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> I’m enjoying it, but one thing I’ve noticed is that Truth is a waaaaay overdone map.
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> I play FFA or Team Slayer and some days I will wind up playing on Truth three or four times in a row. (Last week, it was five times!)
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> What gives? Why does this (IMO, pretty boring) map seem to be in such high rotatation?
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> It’s especially frustrating in FFA as the HCS rules get boring fast.
Truth is considered one of the better maps in the H5 map pool so it is included in almost all playlists. Additionally in FFA it is the staple map so it comes up pretty often.
However after a game if you are backing out and then restarting the search you are resetting your map hopper which could cause you to get the same maps in a row. If you aren’t restarting the search and letting the 25 seconds count down then you are getting unlucky/lucky depending on how you feel about the map.
What people have mentioned above is true. Also, I believe Truth (and Regret) is in the FFA rotation as standard FFA game type and the FFA HCS game type, so you’re getting a double dose of it. Someone correct me if I’m wrong about that.
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> If you aren’t restarting the search and letting the 25 seconds count down then you are getting unlucky/lucky depending on how you feel about the map.
I’m too lazy to quit matches and search again, especially on FFA which can take awhile to find a match anyway. 
I wanted some stats to back up my feelings, so I looked at my last 25 matches:
Coliseum
Truth
Alpine
Coliseum
Regret
Eden
Stasis
Alpine
Regret
Alpine
Fathom
Truth
Truth
Truth
The Rig
Empire
Truth
Regret
Mercy
Regret
Eden
The Rig
Regret
The Rig
Note this mixes Team Slayer and FFA, so it’s not exactly representative. But 5 / 25 (or 20%) of matches were played on Truth. If we wound back the clock to include last week, that would shoot up again.
I miss the voting system! Even if everyone does love Truth, it would make me feel better to be able to vote against it. It’s got such a terrible lack of weapon variety, especially on HCS.
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> > If you aren’t restarting the search and letting the 25 seconds count down then you are getting unlucky/lucky depending on how you feel about the map.
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> I’m too lazy to quit matches and search again, especially on FFA which can take awhile to find a match anyway.
>
> I wanted some stats to back up my feelings, so I looked at my last 25 matches:
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> Coliseum
> Truth
> Alpine
> Coliseum
> Regret
> Eden
> Stasis
> Alpine
> Regret
> Alpine
> Fathom
> Truth
> Truth
> Truth
> The Rig
> Empire
> Truth
> Regret
> Mercy
> Regret
> Eden
> The Rig
> Regret
> The Rig
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> Note this mixes Team Slayer and FFA, so it’s not exactly representative. But 5 / 25 (or 20%) of matches were played on Truth. If we wound back the clock to include last week, that would shoot up again.
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> I miss the voting system! Even if everyone does love Truth, it would make me feel better to be able to vote against it. It’s got such a terrible lack of weapon variety, especially on HCS.
I mean that’s still just you getting unlucky. You need a much larger data set to tell if it is weighted heavier.
Also truth FFA HCS is like that since it promotes more skillful play.
Sucks you got it 3 times in a row.
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> > If you aren’t restarting the search and letting the 25 seconds count down then you are getting unlucky/lucky depending on how you feel about the map.
>
> I’m too lazy to quit matches and search again, especially on FFA which can take awhile to find a match anyway.
>
> I wanted some stats to back up my feelings, so I looked at my last 25 matches:
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> Coliseum
> Truth
> Alpine
> Coliseum
> Regret
> Eden
> Stasis
> Alpine
> Regret
> Alpine
> Fathom
> Truth
> Truth
> Truth
> The Rig
> Empire
> Truth
> Regret
> Mercy
> Regret
> Eden
> The Rig
> Regret
> The Rig
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> Note this mixes Team Slayer and FFA, so it’s not exactly representative. But 5 / 25 (or 20%) of matches were played on Truth. If we wound back the clock to include last week, that would shoot up again.
>
> I miss the voting system! Even if everyone does love Truth, it would make me feel better to be able to vote against it. It’s got such a terrible lack of weapon variety, especially on HCS.
I like that it doesn’t have much weapon variety. That means everyone has the same weapons and those who are better will come out on top.
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> > I miss the voting system! Even if everyone does love Truth, it would make me feel better to be able to vote against it. It’s got such a terrible lack of weapon variety, especially on HCS.
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> I like that it doesn’t have much weapon variety. That means everyone has the same weapons and those who are better will come out on top.
For me, one of the most fun aspects of Halo multiplayer is the rock-paper-scissors aspect of choosing which weapons to counter your opponents. The occasional pistols-only game is fun, but not when you’re more likely to play that variant than any other.
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> > > I miss the voting system! Even if everyone does love Truth, it would make me feel better to be able to vote against it. It’s got such a terrible lack of weapon variety, especially on HCS.
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> > I like that it doesn’t have much weapon variety. That means everyone has the same weapons and those who are better will come out on top.
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> For me, one of the most fun aspects of Halo multiplayer is the rock-paper-scissors aspect of choosing which weapons to counter your opponents. The occasional pistols-only game is fun, but not when you’re more likely to play that variant than any other.
I like that too except when it comes to FFA
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> > If you aren’t restarting the search and letting the 25 seconds count down then you are getting unlucky/lucky depending on how you feel about the map.
>
> I’m too lazy to quit matches and search again, especially on FFA which can take awhile to find a match anyway.
>
> I wanted some stats to back up my feelings, so I looked at my last 25 matches:
>
> Coliseum
> Truth
> Alpine
> Coliseum
> Regret
> Eden
> Stasis
> Alpine
> Regret
> Alpine
> Fathom
> Truth
> Truth
> Truth
> The Rig
> Empire
> Truth
> Regret
> Mercy
> Regret
> Eden
> The Rig
> Regret
> The Rig
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> Note this mixes Team Slayer and FFA, so it’s not exactly representative. But 5 / 25 (or 20%) of matches were played on Truth. If we wound back the clock to include last week, that would shoot up again.
>
> I miss the voting system! Even if everyone does love Truth, it would make me feel better to be able to vote against it. It’s got such a terrible lack of weapon variety, especially on HCS.
Does look like a lot of truth, thought not exclusively that.
I like Truth and all, especially going back to H2, but it does seem to appear more then other maps. But with that said, it doesnt matter what playlist Im in, only 4/5 maps typically get played and it gets pretty stale. If the majority of said maps are not your favorite it makes for a bad night.