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  1. Halo Reach started this down spiral (the reduce in populations, massive changes to the game, 1-50 ranking system removal, etc.) and 343 has done a decent job of trying to bring things back. I actually enjoy playing Halo 4 matchmaking.

     

    MLG peaked in the Halo 2/3 days and they didn't bother to pick up Halo Reach.

     

    If Halo returns to the foundation that Halo 2 and 3 established (1-50 ranking system, split the playlists for ranked and social, keep a long-term XP system, etc.) then there will be plenty of people willing to try out Halo and will stick with it for a long time. Until then I'm content with Halo 4.

  2. Despite how people claim that Halo 3's system was broken (I never saw a broken system out of thousands of games and long hours spent), Halo 3 had the right idea with the ranking system and playlist.

     

    Have an XP rank for the player's career, and a 1-50 system on playlist ranks. Separate the playlists into social and ranked. Problem solved.

  3. Good point, but I don't like it because of almost no skilled required, and the numbers. The numbers don't seem creative and I don't feel like I've accomplished something when I go up by one number. When I'm promoted to a military rank higher with a new emblem, I feel like I achieved it. It's also far more realistic in my opinion. That's one of the reasons why I liked Halo 3's and Halo Reach's ranks more.

     

    Agreed. Halo 2 did the best job with this in the 1-50 system. A new color for every set of 3 numbers and after level 43, the symbols came into play (crescent moon was 44, all the way up to 50, the Halo itself). Definitely made the ranking system more interesting.

     

    Halo 3 and Reach had the right idea with the XP system, as you mentioned.

  4. You know what would get even more gamers to return...Title Update. That's right, a Title Update. I can bet that if 343 did some hefty maintenance to Halo 3's Matchmaking, a lot more people would return.

     

    I like this idea. Everyone needs to experience the joy of Halo 3. It's definitely still enjoyable but a revamping certainly wouldn't hurt.

     

     

     

     

  5. I first got into Xbox when Halo 2 came out. I basically bought the console solely for Halo 2. Me and my buddies used to have LAN parties of 8-10 people all the time. I was the first out of the group to get Xbox Live and enjoy one of the greatest multiplayer games of all time, which still holds true to this day. Good times.

  6. It just all comes down to the settings of the weapons. 2 power weapons is just right. It's just their spawn time that would affect a game.

     

    Faster weapon spawns definitely affect the game, as mentioned before. I enjoy the battle when one power weapon is spawned in the middle of the map between two teams. It really gets the action going when two teams are gunning it out over one weapon.

     

    My solution to all of this would be to drop one power weapon in between the teams maybe 2 or 3 times per game and let the battling commence.

  7. Bottom line, I think several people are still butt hurt about the DRM policies and want to "stick it to the man." Me personally, I just want to have the best system and I'm not going to let something like that get in the way of my video game experience. Overall, the game selection from Microsoft is unmatched.

     

    PS4 has Microsoft beat on the backward compatibility issue, I'll give them that. Hopefully Microsoft will do something about that.

     

    As far as pricing goes, yes if I lived in a different country where the Xbox One was $600 and the PS4 was $400, I may go with the PS4. But since I live in the US, a $100 price difference really doesn't mean much for $400 vs $500. Plus, you're getting the Kinect (regardless of how much you plan to use it) included in that price. To the person who claims the Kinect "can and will be hacked," I would like to see some factual basis behind that statement because right now I can't see that being any more than one man's opinion, along with the opinion of the Xbox One design being "hideous." I, and others, don't think the new Xbox looks bad at all.

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