HMCC partying up issues and in game roster/friend list problems

[HotCheetoMuffin]

Hello everyone!

 

Just like all of you I recently bought HMCC hoping to play Halo 2 matchmaking again and to relive those happy days I had as a younger self.  Unfortunately there are numerous issues with this and that is a bummer; however, there is still CUSTOM GAMES, right?

 

WRONG!!!!!

 

Everyone is so concerned with matchmaking that some of the most annoying problems are being temporarily overlooked. We must have the ability to party up and stay together otherwise what's the point of fixing matchmaking if we can't play with friends.Below are a list of issues me and my friends are having while trying to play HMCC custom games:

 

1) The in game roster doesn't load or doesn't allow joining a friend where 'join player' is grayed-out

 

2) If you finally get everyone into a game the team switching is bugged and teams are completely different on other players' screens

 

3) When the teams are finally even and the game finally starts HERE COMES THE LAG! Teleporting, dropping frames, jumpy killcams, and so much more.  These seem more prevalent if someone disconnects while in the middle of the game

 

4) After that frustrating game ends your party may or may not be broken up and be forced to re-join.

 

5) Ok, here is the most frustrating thing in the universe besides the holocaust.  When trying to re-join a friend there is some cache data bug that is telling the person who is joining's xbox that he/she is already in that session. The only way we've found to work around this is by letting EVERY SINGLE PARTY MEMBER restart his/her game completely to allow re-joining.

 

And the viscous cycle of frustration continues  until everyone just gives up. I'm posting this because I haven't seen any talk about it and would like to know if it is just a second priority or if we are the only ones this is happening to.  PLEASE comment and tell me if any of you are having these problems.  These issues seem just as bad as the matchmaking ones to me and should be fixed first in my opinion.

 

Thanks for listening to my rant!