Thing is, i used to be able to play Halo 4 and not get angry at myself for not playing well. Now, unless i’m with a party of people I am becoming angry to the point that it’s unhealthy over, stupid things when it comes down to it!
I’m not too sure what to do about it to be honest, I have reached my personal limit of skill on Halo, that isn’t ever going to get better. And I never have anybody on my friends list who is regularly playing Halo 4, it’s just depressing to play Halo multiplayer by myself.
If i’m on my own and get my butt kicked, I flip out, swear, shout ect.
If i’m with my friends and get my butt kicked, i will probably laugh at how much we’re getting beaten.
To be honest, you’re not the only one who feels this way. I and many others on these forums (or not on the forums) have experienced this feeling, in fact, I would say it is actually quite common.
Provided your description, I’d say the best way to get the optimal experience from Halo 4 is to play with friends. Since you don’t have very many who do play the game, I suggest you head into the “Recruiting” section of the Waypoint forums to find people to play with. There are always people who are looking for others to play Halo with them. You also have a YouTube channel so you could play with your viewers.
I personally add random people who I previously enjoyed playing with online to my friends list so that I can repeat some of those great experiences. Next, I would say I am quite active in the Halo Waypoint community and Twitter so I always get the occasional friend request (or I send it out) and play with those people, and I have a lot of fun. I would also recommend participating in Halo game nights, which you can usually find in the General Discussion forum.
Yo “o Wangtim3 o” i’m usually playing Halo 4 and Halo Reach all the time… Hit me up if you want, i’m mostly just trolling people and not playing competitively, my GT is “Slap The Jewels”
Either matchmaking can’t match me with players who are my skill or there really just aren’t that many smart Halo players left, so if I lose a game or go negative in K/D spread, it’s usually because I can’t take on the entire other team by myself.
I think that the smarter Halo players just left, and now most of who’s left are the incompetent and unknowledgeable.
I would suggest Forging a map or creating a wacky gametype. It gives you something to be proud of and though the process can be boring, it is worth it in the end. A lot of Waypoint members would definitely hit you up with a custom game request if you asked
I dont even play if I dont have friends. I CANT play by myself. The ridiculously bad randoms I get every game is beyond annoying. I mean the everyone goes -15 randoms while you go +6 or something.
I’m in the exact same boat that you’re in these days.
Most of my friends have “outgrown” the Xbox and are all playing PC nowadays. And even if they are on the Xbox, it’s being used as a Netflix machine. I eventually came to playing with my little brother and his friends and putting up with their wacky and annoying gametypes to experience the social aspect of Halo 4 now.
I fear going into matchmaking, because I feel I have to get better at the game just to continue playing a playlist I enjoy, and I just can’t take dying or losing as easily as I was able to back in Reach when all my friends played with me.
Some of my friends seem to say this too. They say when they aren’t with other friends the games are really frustrating. I play alone most of the time and don’t seem to get bothered by it. Sure a lot of games when you play with randoms are lopsided but as long as I personally do well I don’t care.
I dont play nearly as much as I used to do. I prefer to play with friends. Might have something to do with me getting older. Back in the days, when halo was new it was a lot of fun, its still fun but its not the same. It hink this goes for everything in life.
> Some of my friends seem to say this too. They say when they aren’t with other friends the games are really frustrating. I play alone most of the time and don’t seem to get bothered by it. Sure a lot of games when you play with randoms are lopsided but as long as I personally do well I don’t care.
same i barely have any friends to play with and all i do is rage to the point i just really need to quit the game. i know its a game and that i shouldnt take it so seriously but i love halo and its really disappointing when i get screwed. anyway anyone who needs friends to play halo with all you guys are more than welcomed to add me. i play pretty supportive and i like to play strategical.
Agreed. Part of the issue is that all my early Halo experience was with friends at weekly LAN parties. First Halo CE, then Halo 2, then Halo 3. I didn’t buy a 360 immediately so once I did and got XBL I was first exposed to how competitive it is online, previously I never worried about K/D or any of that, I had just wanted to have fun. After that I started worrying if I was playing “well enough” not by my own standards but arbitrary standards set by the community.
Granted, didn’t bother me much in Halo 3 as Halo 3 was my favorite multiplayer. Then comes Reach, multiplayer wasn’t as good, maps were terrible, and I became involved in the Bungie forums. Then I really see how competitive it is and it kind of robbed the fun from it. Mainly stuck to Firefight in Reach unless I could play with friends.
Now Halo 4 is out, it’s different. I like the Infinity style gametype actually, it is a neat innovation, but I definitely long for that old arena style and I don’t think it’s possible Halo 4 can emulate that. And I have started to worry about my stats even more. After every match I have to hit back and make sure I at least went positive. I have to have at least been in the top third of players. That has really robbed the fun from the game now, it feels more like a chore.
When I’m with friends and have a bad game at least they understand “oh it was a bad game” playing with a random person they’re just going to think I’m a -Yoink- player. It’s even worse when the team I’m on loses. Did we lose because of me? Friends just say “let’s try again”. Then the fact that there are so few players in Halo 4 just exacerbates the problem. It’s tough to get matched with people equal to where I’m at. Either they are too easy and the match gets boring and they are probably feeling the same thing that they are terrible, or I’m matched with more skilled players and they destroy me. I freely admit I’m not the best Halo player, but at least I want to be on par with my team, and it’s much easier to do that with friends.
> When I’m with friends and have a bad game at least they understand “oh it was a bad game” playing with a random person they’re just going to think I’m a Yoink! player.
I completely agree. The original Halo community was made up of a bunch of people getting together for LAN parties. People are a lot nicer in person than they are online. As Halo made the transition to online matchmaking in Halo 2 and Halo 3, a lot of those people and their attitudes carried over, but were soon overtaken by the myriads of players screaming at and insulting each other. It sucks that so few people use mics to communicate these days, and the ones who do have mics use them to insult others rather than call out.
In the early days of Halo 3 matchmaking, I remember partying up with other players and having so much fun. It’s fun to be able to count on teammates, and even moreso to be make mistakes and everything be okay, and laugh about the game afterwards. I wish there was a way to separate the sportsmanlike from the unsportsmanlike in games.
ive 100% been through the same thing. I went for some very angry causing commendation to fill that void and now im just venturing to other games. Also, no one uses mics anymore. I don’t even wear mine anymore cause no one uses them and those who are, are in personal chats.
