This game has been out for a year and a half now and it seems to me that smurfing is getting worse. I am only a diamond 4 and tonight I played against 4 different Champion and high Onyx players, and one game where it was one Champ and 3 unranked low level players… yeah, right. Why is it so hard to build in a code that says if you are playing with a Champ/high onxy and have either no rank or a silver/gold (obviously smurfing) that you will only get put up against other players who are also in a fireteam with the same high level player you have in your fireteam. I don’t even think its fair when I get put up against gold or plat players that obviously aren’t ready. With all the “Fixes” that are coming out recently one would have thought that 343 would have put one out to fix this problem as it is one of the oldest issues in all Halo’s. At least when its in social, who cares, you gotta warm up somewhere. Thats what social is supposed to be for, or so 343 has said anyway. I guess we will see if 343 is really listening to the community (who have had plenty of issues with this topic) and gives us a fix for these insecure idiots who get off on smurfing, which really should be ALOT easier than figuring out and fixing heavy aim. 343 please fix your @#$%.
Have a read over the matchmaking feedback archives in the matchmaking forums, Dr. Menke has posted about 343’s efforts to combat smurfing and plans for future matchmaking updates