It seems to me most of the issues anyone has can easily be fixed with an update.
Right?
First of all:
What’s with all the ranking hatred? Duh, they add playlist hoppers all the time. Do you really want to be ranked on day 1? Trueskill won’t work because its day one so matchmaking is going to be trying to figure out how good you are for days…weeks…months even. Who knows since its probably going to depend on how many people are playing, what playlists you’ve spent your time in, and god only knows what else.
Maybe they’ll add some kind of rank based system after matchmaking has had time to sort out skill levels. Even if they don’t waypoint gives us a BPR rating between 1 and 100 to let us know how we compare against our friends. If you wanna see how you stack up against other people join gamebattles or any of the other sites that track aggregate halo statistics. I just can’t believe how obsessed some people are with their rank. That is EXACTLY the mentality that causes problems when people stop playing just for fun.
Secondly:
Halo vs. COD. Halo 2 set the standard for online gameplay over Xbox Live. It dosent matter if you played competitively or casually; Halo always had something to offer.
Who cares if Halo is using some ideas that COD implemented first. COD dosen’t even have matchmaking. COD is so unbalanced the MLG dosen’t support it anymore. COD is set in, duh, the real world. I think kill-cams, AA, and all the other stuff people say make Halo more like COD are GOOD ideas. Besides, they still have PRO playlists on day one so its not like we’re losing anything. It’s called INNOVATION people. If you don’t want to play something new buy an atari. Arguing about Halo and COD is a classic case of apples vs. oranges. They’re both fruit…they’re both shooters…and thats about all I can think of they have in common.
Lastly:
CTF and other gameplay changes are just that. Changes. If it dosen’t work out who’s to say they won’t just change it back? Why wouldn’t you just TRY it? 343 and Bungie have always been one of the most committed developers when it comes to community support and feedback.
Don’t believe me? Go ahead and ask IW or Tryearch to put CTF in COD because you hate what 343 has done to your favorite gametype. Or, you could play Halo 4 the way it was meant to be played, stop griping, and maybe give a little positive and constructive feedback.
I guess you could always cancell you’re pre-order, and boycott the studio in the hopes that they’ll go bankrupt, and be forced to let you drop the flag. I wouldn’t hold my breath though.