Why did they get rid of it I love that playlist type!
Dominion is now part of the rotational playlist and will likely return for another two week stint sometime in the future.
When? Only Bravo’s hairdresser knows.
Blame Josh.
Have to say I miss Dominion quite a bit. It’s a great idea and if they can expand upon it more in the next Halo installment it can be an even bigger and better staple in the Halo diet.
Extraction is pretty fun too. I’d probably play more if Dominion was its own playlist again. 
My opinion is that all gametypes with tied commendations SHOULD be permanent, other wise 343 are preventing people who like earning the commendations from doing so.
> My opinion is that all gametypes with tied commendations SHOULD be permanent, other wise 343 are preventing people who like earning the commendations from doing so.
Agreed, especially seeing as how rare the Scorpion and Wraith tanks are featured in Halo 4’s Matchmaking. Some of the Commendations are absolutely ridiculous. The number required to complete should be at least stripped down.
In addition to what you said, DLC achievements should become easier to unlock as well, probably by integrating DLC maps better into the next Halo.
In my opinion, Dominion should be made a permanent playlist. My friends and I always have a blast playing it, and we were all sad to see it go.
We’d all be playing Halo 4 a lot more had the playlist not been removed and put on a rotation.
I dont think they know how to make it permanent…
… just sayin. It needs to happen.
I actually am completely against the way they handle playlists.
If I want to play Dominion with only 200 other people, let me. If the people playing “Playlist X” want to do it with only 5 other people, let them.
You shouldn’t punish one group of players by taking away their playlist, just to get them into the other playlists for the other players.
If only 200 people like a playlist, you don’t punish the rest of the community by removing playlists in an effort to increase the people in the 200 one.I
Let people play what the want to play, don’t punish others for my sake, and don’t punish me for the sake of others.
I enjoyed BTB perfectly fine when it was PURE slayer. As a matter of fact I LOVED having an 8v8 PURE SLAYER playlist.
I roll solo A LOT, and when I’m with 7 others randoms vs a party of 8, I’m good enough that we still have a decent chance at winning.
When I run solo with 7 other players and we go against a party of 8 (Who forces the vote to objective so they can spawn kill and pad their KDs), the chances of winning are very slim.
Random teams are at a significant disadvantage in objective gametypes, more so than the good people at 343 may realize.
All that aside, if you’re going to put in commendations, the playlists for those commendations should remain in rotation. That is just common courtesy.
I would love to see dominion back in the playlists, perhaps take out team throwdown and make dominion permanent?
> I would love to see dominion back in the playlists, perhaps take out team throwdown and make dominion permanent?
This Dominion has way more population
Thanks all for the replies im really happy that you all think the same way as me!
It is hands down my most favorite game type in Halo 4. The mix of Objective and Slayer play made it a worthy successor to Invasion (though I miss that one, too).
There’s a newer Dominion variant, I forget what it’s called, but it was a pure joy to play. The concept is Dominion with only Bravo-base, so the action is fast and focused. There were limited power weapons and powerups on the map, IIRC, so it was mostly just pure loadout weapon carnage.
^ I believe it was called Lock Down - where there was only one territory to conquer. That was badass.
Didn’t like Lockdown that much cuz everyone was rushing to this one little spot in the whole map that was kinda annoying… but i loved extraction, what a pity they removed it
I want Dominion back as a permanent playlist. Although, I’m not a fan of Lockdown. It just turns in to a giant mosh pit and then you get booted because a teammate decided to walk over your grenade and get blown up because you can’t tell what’s going on half the time. 
I thought Lockdown was awesome for that very reason. It was very chaotic and constantly killing people… and or dying alot in my case. But I still thought it was fun. It should be adjusted so that you cant kill your teammate though - that would make more sense.
But so badly do I want Dominion’s grand return to the playlist - in permanent fashion ofcourse 
Lockdown is atrocious. I missed the old Dominion, I actually enjoyed it and it had strategy to it like flanking and stealth capping where you could outsmart and outmaneuver your enemy. Lockdown is just camping the same spot all game.
What was lockdown now again was it the one with one capture point ?
^yep