Real Talk

If everyone starts with a gun that does the same thing as the other then it should not be an uneven match. If we both have the options between a carbine and a BR then its an even match.

You are telling me you cant beat someone because you don know the exact gun they have? That is really just sad. Added to the fact that you can zoom in and see the actual gun they are carrying. Its not as if its invisible. Matchmaking part of time is not fair no matter how you put it it any game. People will always have off days and off matches. I am not saying there have/are matches where people of equal skill get matched up, I am saying it does not happen everytime. People starting with different guns and such does mess with starting balance a bit but not to the point where you cant beat someone else. You unlock most guns at a low level so EVERYONE has the option to pick what they best like, after that its your fault if you cant kill someone with the gun you CHOOSE. Teamwork in this game means you and your buddies using your DMR's to kill someone across the map.

Plenty fall for CoD's bs every year. Halo 4 is not a big failure. Hopefully 343 will make sure to see the legitimate issues and make sure Halo 5 does not have the same.

In objective you do not need to kill enemies the point is to score not kill. However the game revolves around you trying to complete the objective and the enemy team usually is trying to stop you so you try to kill them to complete the objective. You can just grab the flag in CTF and just score five times without firing a single shot and you win. Is that easy and does it happen? No. The enemy team can easily sit around the map killing your team mates (who for some reason dont shoot back just run to cap the flag) and you win going -100. It is possible but that will NEVER happen.

Whats to nerf for the Boltshot? Make charging longer? As it stands the range is fine imo. They should just make it a weapon you can pick up on the map if people really find it that annoying. Big problem this game has is the large bloody maps. As someone said its just to easy to sit anywhere on the map with a DMR and snipe anyone who comes into your field of vision.

Cant tell if you are being sarcastic or not

Why would you not buy H4 just because SO is only online? Quite silly. Although SO is a way to get more money its not a bad idea, pay extra MP for extended campaign personally better than FF which is just the same thing over and over. I do agree though that they should have allowed offline people to play it once it has been downloaded to your hard drive. Sadly this is not how it works.

Halo's core has stuck with it. The only reason its not number one played is because there are more popular FPS to play. And sticking with the formula for so long will only get you so far.

I agree with your TS system, Doubles Playlist and specialization (I dont know why they would think its fair to give some people a specialization that others cant get). However taking JIP would just make the game take an entire step backwards not forward. Its not perfect but it can be made better. I dont want to go back to the days where 2 players leave before the game even starts and I am stuck playing an unbalanced game all the way through. If you leave a game in JIP the simple penalty could be you dont get any EXP for the game you left or the next one. It does not really need to be more harsh than that.

Plasma Pistol since it serves an extra purpose than the Magnum or Bolt Shot. Dropping shields + Disabling Vehicles is good to have if your the type thats always on the run. Boltshot is only good when your close to someone other than that its useless. Magnum is a good pistol to kill someone with. Quite the powerful weapon.

If they had sprinting on Guardian that would be something ! Gameplay could be so fast it would make your head spin haha. Sprinting would be quite limited though with the tight corriders on small maps. And they could always disable sprinting on small maps if they ever made a map that small (which I doubt).

I think the biggest issue is the big maps. Big maps are fun and all but as you said balloons (although quite exagerrated) they can easily be turned into a camp fest. (Personally I give the credit for that to the DMR). The DMR + No weapon spawn + Big Map = Encouraging camping. 343 needs to bring in some close range maps, I want Guardian brought into Halo 4 or at least a map or two around its size. Sorry to say 343 but big maps are not exactly your thing (Vortex anybody?).

When people have issues with anything they find places to complain. The reason people who actually like the game are not on here in troves is because they are playing the game and not complaining about how the new features are from other games. Honestly if you cant see that any game tries to appeal to the biggest audience they can than you are just plain ignorant. If you REALLY cared about the game then you would offer suggestions to how the game can be improved and moved forward. Not just list things that you can find in any FPS shooter. If you have enough time to complain then you have enough time to make suggestions.

JIP as someone said before can be good and bad. The AR is fine for the range it has. If there is any gun in the game that is OP its the DMR. How is throwing the oddball bad? Its a nice addition that makes sense. Keeps the flow of oddball going. Ragnarok is just an updated Valhalla so they really didnt make it. But they diffinently more maps, and smaller to.

I expected it to be a greater experience for me, but it wasnt. Dont get me wrong Campaign was fine, just like MM (although there are needed improvements) it was a pretty good game for 343's first. I expect a lot better from 5 though mainly in the way they handle it. Personally H3 and H2 I had a better experience with.

I just hope they dont keep using recycled environments over and over. The cinematics are great though.

Good vid TE and like you I really wanted some smaller maps.

I disagree with the Ragnarok flow of battle. In my games the flow goes people take control of center cliff or they rush through the turret side of the map. Either way people go forward in my games to the other side, granted there are plenty of people that find a spot to camp with their DMR throughout the whole game -.- . As for Vortex.....its just not good.

Like Liquid said if you are getting killed the same way in every killcam then you got a problem. But if you are just are seeing yourself killed in weird way in general on the killcam (Person shooting wall, nothing etc) then its just how bad the killcam is.

How is the DMR not easy to use when people just sit at long range and shoot at anybody who runs across a short distance? I find it hard to believe anyone misses with the DMR. The maximum the reticle gets when you continuously fire is about the size of someone head (mid-long range). I always thought the BR's burst (3 bullets) was equal to DMR's one bullet, so missing one of those BR bullets could mean the end if you aim to far to one side of the persons head (meaning you have to try to center it to your opponents head).

You have to sign into waypoint. Might be the issue.

Its a good map imo. And it tends to happen when they only release so few maps on launch...

They pair you up based on their ranking system (that is not shown) not on the EXP system. Its as if in Halo 3 they had their matchmaking without showing the ranks. And CoD will eventually die out when the next fast paced shooter comes out that implements better and funner things. People nowadays want things quickly. One of the reasons Sprint was added to Halo to speed gameplay. They dont want to slowly trot to where the action is they want to run there and get into the fight.

As much as I hate that its on waypoint it still serves its purpose and it has from day one.

I can think of more than 16 different way all FPS's are the same. OMG that must mean they all copied CoD! My detective skills are superb eh? CoD was not the first to implement all of its things so your "Halo copied CoD" does not really fit. A lot of things added as said in above post ^ were things people wanted.