Given the feedback and the thread running it’s course, I wanted to do a final summary of the collective feedback so far
I have gone through all of the responses, and have put together a collection of the feedback that I would deem constructive; allowing to be built upon
If this reignites the thread that would be great, as I feel that there is a way of bridging that gap and reigniting that love between 343 and the community; it is only a matter of how
Nothing is impossible; only when we say that it is 
Thank you to everyone that has contributed and have made this collection of feedback possible
Before presenting my data, I will quote from @Sordid_Plebeian, which I feel like says it all:
I think the community’s love for Halo is it’s greatest strength and is what has kept this franchise alive despite hard times.
How do you feel about 343 currently, and how do you think they feel about you?
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► i very much dislike this 343, i dont think they would care much for me.
► Throughout 343i’s tenure, I’ve felt they’ve taken the community for granted a lot of the times. They never listened to reasonable feedback or acted accordingly on it when they were finally responsive.
► I must disclose, I haven’t kept up with 343 too much but I currently feel conflicted, or confused. I’m sure all the workers at 343 do care about the community and tried their best to procure a good Halo game, but mismanagement seemed to take a toll on their efforts, hurting their reputation. There’s plenty of criticism on Halo 4, MCC 5, and Infinite, and I don’t want to go on a tangent, but it just hurts to see similar mistakes from previous installments being repeated.
► I feel betrayed by 343. I have very little respect left for the company.
► I would say it felt like 343 had a disdain for what Bungie did with Halo and tried to do their own thing and that really hurt Halos reputation. Now it seems they are struggling to keep Halo Infinite afloat but i do applaud their efforts and i thoroughly enjoy Infinite.
► Don’t know. And within the company I’m sure views vary. As a whole though I don’t feel like fans have been treated as much more than wallets lately.
► I think a lot of problems with this game direct back to the desire to have a major flagship title out on the Xbox Series S/X. I do think some demands of the community are ignored until they absolutely need to put something out to tone down some of the hate coming their way, like Forge.
► I’m going to try to avoid sound too negative, but I generally feel like 343 has failed the point of its existence. At their best, they’re misguided yet passionate, at their worst, they don’t care about halo other than as a money making tool.
They probably don’t care much about me at all. Then again, apparently discord sent me a message asking why I didn’t engage in their free promo if I streamed the game. So maybe they mistakenly think I’m a promoter for them.
► After 22 years of playing all of Halo all I can say is that I miss Bungie. 343i doesn’t care about us, its players. 343i is a corporation and like ALL corporations it exists to make PROFITS for its SHAREHOLDERS. End of story. The players are the product.
How do you feel about Halo currently? - Halo Infinite being at the forefront -
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► Pre Halo Infinite i had no faith that 343 could make a good Halo game. Now i have faith in them to some extent but definitely don’t think Infinite is perfect. As far as multiplayer goes its definitely the best feeling to date.
► I’m cautiously optimistic about Halo’s future as of now. This past year has been rough, as anyone will tell you, and 343i did not deliver the game Infinite needed to be to revive the franchise after a decade of decline.
► The more I look into things, the more I find problems that I would have never even noticed before. So for me, i dont have a quarrel with anyone. I like Halo infinite and enjoy the game. Im fully aware of all the problems
► With Halo Infinite I have mixed feelings. With the addition of custom games, there was an abundant amount of new and unique content. While I still prefer to play the main playlists, particularly BTB and quick play, I still enjoyed playing the custom games from time to time. However, I could care less about the progression system.
► Overall the game is lacking content that should have been there at launch, which is a fact that has been beat to death. That said, this isn’t a HALO problem - this is a gaming industry AAA title as a whole problem. As consumers we are letting many companies/developers get away with this on a consistent basis and it’s bleeding over into titles it should have never been a problem for. I’ve watched two of my favorite games become shells of what they were by spreading content thin or offering very little over long periods of time within the last year. It pushes players away and leaves a mess behind.
► Halo Infinite was supposed to be their big come back, their ‘finally getting it right’ moment. Instead, their comeback is in need of a comeback, because again they missed the mark.
How do you feel about the Halo community currently?
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► The Halo community is pretty barebones at the moment, and despite recent gains made by Infinite, I don’t think many are coming back. There isn’t a lot of excitement or faith around the game anymore, and it will take a big release/content update to really draw in a large crowd again…
► Regarding the community, I can’t say much as I haven’t been too active with it. Nonetheless, from what I do know, I think the community isn’t as volatile as before. They’re still dissatisfied with 343, but there’s nothing much they can do at the moment.
► I can’t relate to the community who are still interested in Infinite. And there isn’t really much else people are talking about atm. And the negativity surrounding the franchise affects how people interact with each other.
► From the community standpoint, which it could be related directly to the poor menu and game continuation situation, it seems like people are hostile in general and it is hard to find a good balance of the social aspect of the game.
There are many good people out there, don’t take that as a blanket statement for everyone, just the frequency of negativity is apparent.
► i think the community gives infinite too much credit.
► Most people are moving past rage and just into indifference for the game. Those who enjoy this game enjoy it, those who don’t enjoy it realize this game will probably never be enjoyable for them.
Do you feel that there is a lack of love in the Halo community - directly from 343, then it’s community - if so, why?
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► I think the lack of love from the community can be explained by the points above; they don’t listen, have put out flawed and incomplete projects, have struggled understanding Halo’s identity in the past and present, and over a decade have showed barely improvement on this front. The community is tired of losing, and is growing ever more nostalgic for the Bungie era. I think there is an underserved amount of hate coming from some corners of the community, but I also don’t think love should be an expectation after how the franchise has been handled by 343i.
► Yes 100%. There is a great lack of love between fans-devs-Halo
I think a big chunk of the community are kinda “heartbroken” (for lack of a better word) and it feels like people are responding to their heartbreak by shutting away their feelings for the franchise.
A lack of love put into the franchise by the devs = lack of love from fans to devs = devs demoralised etcetc.
► Back to what I said previously players leaving and being upset at the game has made it, I don’t want to say toxic, but a more depressing community. There isn’t hype and constant content creation and in the age of social media isn’t a good thing. Plus, the inability to easily stay in matches with teammates you meet in game, mic matches aren’t common, the social aspect is weirdly a secondary thought to a game series that was hugely influential and built around the live service.
► 343 shows very little love. It feels like they have meetings where they try to figure out what pointless thing they can change to make more generic. They’ve often also talked down to people who point out issues. I’d say the love for halo the community has is directly proportional to how its been treated.
What do you love about Halo? / What are you grateful for about Halo?
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► what i love about halo is just how cool everything is, the spartans, the covenant, flood, prometheans, the weapons and vehicles, the levels, just all of it.
► If I don’t stop myself I could write a whole essay on what I love about Halo. To try to put it shortly, Halo always felt special. The story had a unique blend of drama and humor that came from a very personal relationship Bungie had with their franchise, which also extended into everything they tried to provide in their multiplayer experience. It’s a very social experience where at its peak has been a cornerstone of what has made Halo special. Also, the games are just fun. Great sandboxes with interesting enemies to fight, with a rich universe to support the stories that take place in them. It’s not because it’s competitive, it’s not because it’s some super serious and deep science fiction universe, and it’s certainly not because it keeps up with trends. Halo is all about fun and community, and that should reverberate through all facets of a proper Halo game.
► I never was really into Star Wars, but Halo stood out to me because of its militaristic essence mixed with Sci-fi. The franchise was just something that surrounded me as a kid, and it brings back a lot of good feelings.
► This question is too massive lol, sorry
► CE is my all time favorite game. The air of mystery it had has not been marched by any following game. That is mainly due to story structure because at some point you have to dig deeper and can’t keep things hidden forever.
► That said, I still enjoy the games. I may be one of the few out there that actually enjoys all of the series and hasn’t hated many of the changes. (Someone out there is snickering to this, it’s okay, I understand why people hate the changes after 3.) The latest campaign played right into one of my favorite tropes of a protective father-like character with a child/daughter and I enjoyed the game. I do find the open-world aspect to do some achievements rather boring as there’s not a lot of action to really make it less bleak, but the core campaign is actually one of my favorites since 2.
► I was primarily a campaign player. I had all the books up to halo 5, I played every campaign (save halo 5-infinite) countless times and thanks to co-op introduced numerous friends to the franchise.
I love its setting, story, and campaign gameplay. I dipped into MP here and there but when it comes to MP i’m a casual.
► I love that Halo has lasted so long and that so many people play it. I miss seeing the number of players online (Infinite). I miss players talking to their teammates while they play.
What do you love about 343? / What are you grateful for about 343?
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► what i love about 343 is they wanted halo to look and feel more futuristic more than it already was, i can appreciate that but they ended up changing alot of things.
► As I’ve said, 343i has super talented devs that despite going through a year of hell have kept their heads up and are delivering the content we’ve been wanting for a while. Their dedication and commitment should be celebrated, but not make them immune to criticism when they get things wrong. Infinite shows they can make a top tier Halo game when they trust in its core formula and pillars of game design, and I hope they continue investing in what makes Halo Halo.
► I admire how 343 keeps trying upload new content despite experiencing much adversity. From adding the sentinel beam, and halo reach grenade launcher in Halo 5, or continuing to publish content for HI despite the harsh feedback.
► I will defend Halo 4 til my dying breath, both campaign and multiplayer.
MCC is the best thing in gaming, period.
I love that 343 leaned heavily into books and other media to grow the world-lore to an enormous level.
► Okay, hot take for this, I like the multiplayer of 5 but…unlike most… I enjoyed 4&5 and the changes to the art style. I am fine with the original being more the influence of Infinite, but I had fun with the look and gameplay of the prior two games, especially 5.
► I’m glad they got MCC into a decent state. Its the only reason I gave Infinite a chance. MCC is such a consumer friendly product (once it got its act together) that it suggested they finally knew what they were doing.
Sides Notes:
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► I really want this game to succeed, but what’s ruining my enjoyment is the fact that I can’t get armor the old fashioned way cause of mtx. I don’t trust fully 343 yet until they fix the FOMO problem cause it’s still there and I’m not gonna spend another dime at all after S3. I’ll wait for mod support for xbox so that I can experience community creations.
► The problem is 343 came in and instead of making a good Halo game they said “How can we make Halo ours?”
Special Mentions
@Sordid_Plebeian @CapableClover39 @MAGICALGROGU @UrbaneRocket495
If there is anything that I have missed from anyone in particular, be sure to let me know!
Again, thank you to everyone that has contributed to this thread and made this feedback possible
Thank you, I see you, and I will continue to do what I can do help bridge the gap between 343 and the community
Much love guys, take care 