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Dear 343... This topic is just a fan opinion which only suggests ideas to improve the Halo multiplayer specially the multiplayer of the next Halo game. If you don´t agree with these ideas, just close the video and don´t post ****** because you only make destructive sugestions and not constructive. If you want to share your opinion you´re welcome, but remember, post something constructive and good. If you agree with these ideas, vote yes in the poll, every yes will count as a signature... Also as native spanish speaker I will post this in spanish as a second language (English first of course) to those who doesn´t speak english very well and for Mexico and south america Este video contiene sugerencias y opiniones de un fan para mejorar el multijugador de Halo, en especial el multijugador de la próxima entrega. Si tu no estas de acuerdo con estas ideas, cierra el video y no comentes mierda puesto que solo haces sugerencias destructivas en lugar de hacer algo constructivo. Si quieres compartir tus ideas, eres bienvenido. Si estas de acuerdo con estas ideas, entonces vota "yes" en la encuesta, cada "yes" contara como una firma --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear 343i, I want to congratulate you for the amazing and brand new campaign you brought to Halo 4, I really enjoyed playing the SP and Spartan Ops it was really fun, but I feel ashamed about how you destroyed the multiplayer and I don´t want to be offensive. Querido 343i Quiero felicitarlos especialmente por el increible trabajo y la nueva campaña que trajeron a Halo 4, en realidad disfrute jugar la campaña y Spartan Ops, era muy divertido, pero me siento avergonzado de como ustedes destruyeron el multijugador y no quiero ser ofensivo. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 343 You and Us know the big failure the multiplayer was and I am here to share you some ideas that I´ve wanted to see in Halo Games and I am sure many will agree, and these ideas are just to improve the multiplayer and give life back to the Halo multiplayer. 343 tanto ustedes como nosotros, saben el gran fracaso que el multijugador fue y estoy aquí para compartir algunas ideas que he querido ver en los juegos de Halo, y estoy seguro que muchos estarán de acuerdo conmigo, ye stas ideas son solo para mejorar el multijugador y resucitar el multijugador de Halo. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ REMOVE CUSTOM LOADOUTS! Custom Loadouts destroy the gameplay easily, and this is a 100% COD feature. Letting players choose plasma grenades, boltshot, camo and other noob features only destroy the gameplay making Halo not a game of skill but a game of survival... Halo Reach loadouts were better because the game only gave you an AR and magnum or a DMR and a magnum, but if you want grenades and more weapons you have to find them in the map. It would be better if loadouts get removed completely from the game. Los loadouts destruyen el gameplay por completo facilmente y esta es una novedad 100% de COD. Dejar a los jugadores entre escojer granadas de plasma, boltshot, camo y otras novedades noobs solo destruyen el gameplay y Halo no se vuelve un juego de estrategia se vuelve un juego de sobrevivencia. Los loadouts de Halo reach fueron mejor por que el juego solo te daba un RA y una magnum o un DMR y una amgnum, pero si querias más granadas o más armas tu debías encontrarlas en el mapa. IMPROVE THE SPARTANS ARMOUR The designs are not bad, they´re quite good but Spartans doesn´t look like spartans, they look like Power rangers. Los diseños no son malos, son bastante buenos pero los spartans ya no parecen spartans, parecen Power Rangers. BRING BACK ELITES, PLAYABLE BRUTES AND ODSTS... These would be great specially for machinima making, also bringing more playable characters as brutes would be awesome and more fun and of course making the characters equal in multiplayer or may be... Brutes are slower but have a deadly melee attack, or ODST are weaker but they´re faster when sprinting and reloading but I think this may sound ridiculous so I think it is better to make character´s damage, speed equal. Esto sería grandioso especialmente para la creación de machinimas, tambien traer más personajes como brutes sería increible y más divertido y por supuesto hacer a los personajes equitativos en el multijugador o quizas.... Los brutes sean más lentos pero con un golpe mortal o los ODSTs mas debiles pero rapidos al esprintar y recarga pero creo que esto suena un poco ridiculo así que creo que lo mejor sería dejar a todos los personajes equitativos. BRING BACK INVASION Invasion was fun in Reach, now that 343 introduced the prometheans, it would be awesome to make Invasion gametypes of Humans vs Forerunner, Covenant vs Forerunner, Human vs covenant and of course bringing prometheans as playable characters would be great but I don´t know if this is a good idea. Invasión fue muy divertido en each, ahora que 343 introdujo a los prometeos, sería genial hacer juegos de invasión humanos vs forerunner, covenant vs forerunner, humanos vs covenant y claro traer a los prometeos como personajes jugables y eso sería genial pero no se si sea buena idea. REMOVE ARMOUR HABILITIES... ¿Am i the only one here that thinks, sprint and evade should be the only armour abilities? Acaso soy el único aquí que piensa que esprintar y evadir deberian ser las unicas habilidades de armadura? CAMOUFLAGE LIKE A HALO 3 POWERUP Since Halo Reach it was ridiculous to choose camo as an armour hability and now letting this feature in Halo 4 makes it worse, camouflage should be like in Halo 3, picking up that shiny blue ball in the map every 2 minutes. Desde Halo Reach, fue ridiculo en escojer el camo como una habilidad de armadura y ahora dejar en esta opción en Halo 4 lo hace peor, el camuflaje deberia ser como en Halo 3, cojiendo esa bola azul en el mapa y esperar a que aparesca cada 2 segundos. ADD CUSTOM MAPS IN ALL PLAYLISTS IN MATCHMAKING Playing the same defaults and bad-made forge maps everytime makes the game boring, Halo 3 used to have some great maps in all playlists. Jugar los mismos mapas predeterminados y mal hechos en forge todo el tiempo hace el juego aburrido, Halo 3 solia tener muy buenos mapas en todas las listas de juego. STOP ADDING THE SAME AND BORING OBJECTS FROM FORGE... Since Halo reach, the forge was good but the problems were the structures, structures with the same textures is not good and fun, it would be great to place an object and choose a different texture in the forge editor, to make the map different. Halo 4 has the same forge objects from reach but only with "human" textures, which that´s not cool. Desde Halo Reach, el forge fue bueno pero los problemas eran las estructuras, estructuras con la misma textura no es bueno y divertido, seria genial colocar un objeto y escojer una textura diferente en el editor de forge para hacer al mapa diferente. Halo 4 tiene los mismos objetos de forge de reach pero solamente con texturas "humanas" y eso no es bueno. BRING BACK SANDBOX AND FOUNDRY FROM HALO 3... Many good memories and awesome maps were born in these maps, it would be great to bringing them back with better graphics and gameplay, and also many forgers used to create great art and sculptures in these maps. Muchos buenos momentos y mapas nacieron en estos mapas, sería genial traerlos de vuelta con mejores gráficos y gameplay y tanbien los forgers solian crear gran arte y sculturas en estos mapas. ADD AN OPTION TO BOOT PLAYERS WITH THE TEAM´S CHOOSE... Left 4 dead 2 has a system where the team can boot a player if his behaviour is bad or stressing, I don´t know but In halo reach I´ve seen many players commiting suicide until they reach -15 in the score table, and the worst part is that theres nothing you can do agains him. Halo 4 still having those damn jumpers only to rank up and let their team do all the work. L4D2 tiene un sistema para expulsar a un jugador en caso de tener comportamiento inadecuado o estresante, No se pero en reach he visto a muchisimos jugadores cometer suicidio hasta llegar a -15 en puntos y lo peor de todo es que no puedes hacer nada contra el, Halo 4 todavia tiene a esos malditos jumpers solo para subir de nivel y dejar al equipo hacer todo el trabajo. LET US PLAY UNDERWATER... I know this sounds ridiculous but hey! ¿Who doesn´t like water in games? ¿Who doesn´t want to add water to their maps? Halo Reach have cool water and underwater maps but now in Halo 4 you can´t even touch the water. Se que suena ridiculo pero hey! ¿A quien no le gusta el agua en los juegos? ¿Quien no quisiera añadir agua en sus mapas? Halo reach tiene mapas de agua y bajo el agua muy buenos, pero ahora en Halo 4 ni siquiera puedes tocar el agua. BRING BACK THE OLD SNIPER... The firs time I invited my friends to play Halo 4 and when I picked up the sniper they just laughed.... ¿WTF with the sniper? I mean it looks like an old car radio with a rifle below it... The Halo reach sniper was awesome and 343 Im sure you can make a more badass sniper than reach. Oh and also the sounds... Halo 4 sniper sounds *** compared to the older ones. Even a plasma pistol sounds powerful than the sniper La primera vez que invite a mis amigos a jugar Halo 4 y cuando coji el sniper ellos se rieron.... ¿Que carajo con el sniper? Parece un radio de un auto viejo y un rifle abajo de el, el sniper de reach era increible y estoy seguro de tu 343i puedes hacer un rifle más "chingon" que el de reach. Ah y tambien los sonidos, el sniper de Halo 4 suena *** comparado a los viejos. Incluso una pistola de plasma suena más poderosa que el sniper. ADD CUSTOM MAPS TO LIVING DEAD... Im not a noob, and I must admit that Halo 3´s living dead was awesome and really fun, specially for those custom and fun maps. But it started to suck when in Reach Living dead was only on default maps. No soy un noob, pero debo de admitir que Living dead en halo 3 fue increible y muy divertido, especialmente por esos mapas personalizados. Pero comenzó a apestar cuando en reach, living dead solo era en mapas predeterminados. BRING BACK EVADE... Evade was simply awesome, I must admit that the Halo 4 "evade" completely sucks, evade from reach used to make the spartans more "pro" Evadir fue simplemente increible, debo de admitir que el evadir de halo 4 (mochila propulsora) apesta completamente, evadir de Halo reach hacia que los spartans se vieran más pros. ADD RANKING SYSTEMS IN PLAYER CARDS... Halo 3 have the rank level in every player tag. Specially bring back the 1-50 rank systems Halo 3 tiene el nivel de cada jugador en su etiqueta de jugador, en especial traigan de regreso el sistema de 1-50 ADD HALO 3´S RANKING SYSTEM... If you lose, you don´t rank up, if you win, you rank up... simple. Since reach I hated when noobs can reach to inheritor, but they were forerunners not because they were good because they used to play all day Halo reach. Si pierdes, no subes, si ganas, subes... simple. Desde Halo reach odie cuando los noobs podian llegar a ser herederos pero eran herederos no por ser buenos, sino por que jugaban todo el tiempo Halo reach. REMOVE TACTICAL PACKAGE AND SUPPORT UPGRADE Seriously WTF was that? 100% COD features and useless in Halo, this was a bad idea 343. En serio que carajos? 100% novedad de COD e inutil en Halo, esto fue una mala idea 343. BRING A NEW FORGE WORLD... Flat islands were something awful in my opinion, I know many players wanted a flat map to forge easily but you should bring a huge map like forge world and with few flat zones, to make the ambient have more variety of resources and stuff, also as said before bringing forge objects with different textures. Flat islands fue algo vergonzoso en mi opinion, se que muchos jugadores querian un mapa plana para hacer forge facil pero deberian traer un mapa gigante como forge world y con algunas zonas planas, para hacer que el ambiente tenga más variedad y recursos y cosas, además de traer objetos con diferentes texturas. RELEASE A PUBLIC BETA This was your main mistake 343i, the idea of not releasing a Beta, if you really care about the Halo fans and what to do the best possible for the fans and Halo Universe, then listen to them and release a public beta for your next AAA halo game. At the beginning of Halo 4, the multiplayer was lacking a lot of playlists, weapons were unbalanced, etc. Este fue tu problema principal 343i, la idea de no lanzar un Beta, si en realidad te preocupas por los fans de Halo y hacer lo mejor posible para los fans y el universo de Halo, entonces escuchalos y lanza una beta publica para tu proximo titulo AAA de Halo. Al principio de Halo 4, el multijugador carecia de muchas listas de juego, armas sin balance, etc. REMOVE ORDNANCE PROPS Another thing that ruins the multiplayer completely, also overshields should be as a Halo 3 powerup, that Red ball in the map to pick up and wait for 2-3 minutes to be respawned. Otra cosa que arruina el multijugador por completo, tambien los sobreescudos deberian ser como en Halo 3, esa bola roja en el mapa que cojias y esperabas entre 2 a 3 minutos para que apareciera. IMPROVE AUTOAIM AND WEAPON MAGNETISM Halo 4 is too damn easy when shooting somebody, the auto aim and weapon magnetism is just huge, every noob can give easy headshots in the game. Now Im back to Halo 3 and Halo 3 is now too hard to play, aiming is hard because of Halo Reach and 4 aim systems. The aim system should be like Halo 3 where it takes full skill to shoot in the head. Halo 4 is muy facil al dispararle a alguien, el auto aim y el magnetismo de las armas es muy grande, cualqueir noob puede dar headshots en el juego. Ahora que estoy de regreso en Halo 3, es muy dificil de jugarlo, apuntar es dificil por el sistema que me acostumbre en Reach y 4. El sistema de mira deberia ser como en Halo 3, donde toma habilidad completa para hacer headshots. BRING BACK SOCIAL PLAYLISTS One of the biggest mistakes since reach it was to mix veterans with newbies, the social and clasificatories playlists in Halo 3 are better because if you want to have fun or a good time and if you weren´t good at the game, then social playlists are for you. If you are a veteran or good player who wants to rank up, then go to the other playlists. Uno de los errores más grandes desde reach fue mezclar veteranos con novatos, las listas sociales y clasificatorias en Halo 3 son mejores porque si querias tener un buen rato o divertirte y si no eras bueno en el juego, entonces las listas sociales son para ti. Si eres un jugador veterano o bueno que quiere subir de rango, entonces ve a las clasificatorias. REMOVE KILL CAMS A plagiarism from COD, I mean... Kill cams are not bad, but they never worked in Halo, all the time the kill cam show me the player shooting to the wall or anywhere but not me. If you are going to keep them, then you should improve them. Un plagio completo de COD, me refiero a que... Las kill cams no son malas pero nunca funcionaron en Halo, todo el tiempo la camara me mostraba al jugador disparando a una pared o a otra parte pero nunca a mi. Si van a mantenerlas, al menos deberian mejorarlas. IMPROVE THE INTERFACES The new Halo 4´s interface was awful, didn´t look great, I really miss the old interfaces specially the one in reach where at the left you could see the player tag and his spartan when you selected him. La nueva Interfaz de halo 4 es horrible, no se ve bien. Extraño mucho las viejas interfaces especialmente la de reach donde a la izquierda podias ver la etiqueta del jugador y su espertan al seleccionarlo. I know everygame has to evolve, but halo is one of those game who can´t change or can´t have a huge change. Thank you for reading these ideas and hope you like them. In a short summary it will be awesome to bring back a Halo 3 multiplayer experience with sprint and evade, with new gen graphics. With love, a Fan... and a Newbie Game Developer. Se que todo juego debe evolucionar, pero halo es de esos juegos que no pueden cambiar o al menos tener un cambio tan drástico. Gracias por leer estas ideas y espero que les gusten. En resumen corto, sería genial tener de vuelta la experiencia del multijugador de Halo 3 con esprintar, evadir y gráficos de nueva generacion. Con amor, un fan... y un novato en el desarrollo de videojuegos.

Welcome All To The 13th 343i Weekly Community Poll! Last week I asked you all what your favorite armor ability was, or the lack thereof... Well all of you voted and we have our answer: This week's question is right from the core of Halo. (Literally it's why the Halo rings were built) It's the Galaxy's most hated species...The Flood! Here's this week's question: "Which Flood Form Do You Hate The Most?" -Gravemind -Proto-Gravemind -Prophet Form -Pure Form -Stalker Form -Ranged Form -Tank Form -Combat Form -Human Combat Form -Sangheili Combat Form -Jiralhanae Combat Form -Kig-yar Combat Form -Unggoy Combat Form -Active Camouflage Combat Form -Carrier Form -Infection Form Don't forget to vote before 10:00 a.m. EST, November 25! Thank you all for participating and see ya next week! Have a question, idea, or complaint pertaining to the Poll? Feel free to message me

Welcome All To The 12th 343i Weekly Community Poll! Last week I asked you all if you thought Halo 4 was a success. Well all of you voted and we have our answer: This week's question is about Armor Abilities! (And for those of you who dislike AA's there's a voting option for you as well) Now I know there are a lot of armor abilities and you probably love all of them right? Just remember, make your vote very clear with your vote also limit yourself to just one. Oh right the poll question! Here it is: "What is your favorite Armor Ability?" -Armor Lock -Jetpack -Active Camo -Hardlight Shield -Evade -Thruster Pack -Auto Sentry -Promethean Vision -Regeneration Field -Drop Shield -Hologram -None Don't forget to vote before 10:00 a.m. EST, November 18! Thank you all for participating and see ya next week! Have a question, idea, or complaint pertaining to the Poll? Feel free to message me

Which console do you prefer? PS3? or Xbox 360?

Welcome all to the 11th 343i Weekly Community Poll! Last week I asked you who your favorite member of Noble Team was. Well, you all voted and we have our winner! Ahem. Drum roll please! This week's question is in honor of this week's being the one year anniversary of Halo 4! So I'd really like everyone to reply to with a very thorough and well-thought out explanation. Here it is: "Was Halo 4 a success?" Please vote before 11-11-13 @ 10:00AM EST, if you want your vote to be counted. Thank you all for participating and see ya next week! Have a question, idea, or complaint pertaining to the poll? Then Message me

Welcome to the 10th 343i Weekly Community Poll! Wow, we've already hit the big 10, anyways let's get right to it. Last week we had the Elites locked in against Grunts, winner takes the crown. It was neck and neck, but ultimately the winner was: Our first ever tie breaker thread can be found here This week's poll is a question I've wanted to ask for a while but just never got around to it. So here ya go: "Who's your favorite member of Noble Team?" -Carter -Kat -Emile -Jorge -Jun -Thom So those are the members of Noble Team I've chosen for this poll (If you're wondering, noble six from Halo:Reach wasn't included because he was more you than anyone else and the other member of Noble Six was only a temporary replacement.) IF YOU WANT YOUR VOTE TO COUNT, PLEASE VOTE BEFORE 10:00AM EST 10-28-13 Well that's all for this week, please take part in the poll and see ya next week! Also if you have any questions, comments, or suggestions pertaining to the poll, feel free to message me

Welcome All to the very first 343i Tie-Breaker Poll! Well it seems as though we had a tie last week on who your favorite member of the Covenant was. With the Elites and Grunts locked against each other, I couldn't just leave them like that, this the point of this thread. So here we are, "Who do you favor, The Elites or The Grunts?" Vote below and then we shall crown our Champion!

Welcome to the 9th 343i Weekly Community Poll! Last week's question asked where each of you would like to live in the Halo Universe. The planet where the majority of 343i would be in the Halo universe was: Now there were a lot of great answers last week but the one I felt was most thought out was. Moving on to this week's question. This week's question is one that popped into my my head while playing Halo 2, and to be honest, I'm not all that familiar with all of these species but I've researched them just for this poll. Anyways here's the question, "Who is your favorite member of the Covenant?" Now you can choose your favorite species in the Covenant or you can single out a single person in that species, it's really up to you. Here are the species of the covenant and some info about them if you'd like to research this subject more. Click on the image above to learn about the Covenant Empire -San 'Shyuum (The Prophets) -Sangheili (The Elites) -Jiralhanae (The Brutes) -Huragok (The Engineers) - Yanme'e (The Drones) -Kig-Yar (The Jackals) -Unggoy (The Grunts) -Mgalekgolo (The Hunters) IF YOU WANT YOUR VOTE TO COUNT, PLEASE VOTE BEFORE 10:00AM EST 10-14-13 Thank you for taking part in this poll, and see ya next week! Have a question, suggestion, or complaint pertaining to the Community Poll? Message me

Welcome to the 8th 343i Weekly Community Poll! To start this week off let's see what the ship of choice was in last week's community poll. This week's question has a TON of answers so, while I won't be listing them, please stay within the realm of Halo. Because we want your vote to count, we really do. Ok, here it is this week's question is, If you could live on any planet in the Halo Universe, where would you choose to live? If you click on the image above it'll take you to a list of some of the many planets in the Halo Universe. Thanks for being a part of this week's community poll! Deadline for voting is 10/14/13 at 10:00 a.m. Est. Have a question, suggestion, or complaint pertaining to the Community Poll? Message me

Welcome to the 6th 343i Weekly Community Poll! Last week's poll question asked you if Cortana died or if Cortana lived and the result of all your votes is: I really enjoyed reading all of your answers, and I think SturnuS really covered the general opinion about Cortana in his post Anyways it's time for this week's poll This week's poll will be a familiar subject to those of you who regular Halo Waypoint (or just go to check for Halo news, like myself) here it is: What does the fox say? JK For real here it is though: Who is your favorite member of Majestic Team? -DeMarco -Grant -Hoya -Madsen -Thorne Don't forget to Vote below and let us know who your favorite Majestic Team member is and why. Enjoy your week, and see ya next time If you have any questions, complaints, suggestions, or just a comment pertaining to the Poll, message me. EDIT: Sorry about the way the OP looked at first, had a problem with the BBCode

Mine, personally, would be Castle (I like vehicle maps). What's yours?

Welcome to the second 343i weekly poll, lets get right to it. Last week's winner was Now for this week's question: Who will prove to be a greater challenge for Master Chief, the Forerunners or the Covenant? Please list your thoughts and ideas below. Also what type of question would you like to see next week? Would you like the questions to stay with Halo or branch out a bit? List your thoughts on this below. See you next week

Welcome to the very first 343industries community forum weekly Poll! So this is an idea that came to me after reading an inspiring post by Total Mayh3m, about bringing the community closer. And that's just what I hope to do as you take part in these polls with us. I hope you'll find these fun and look forward to them every week. All right, to kick this thing off here's the first poll question: What is your favorite Halo game? Halo Wars Halo Reach Halo: Combat Evolved Halo 2 Halo 3 Halo 3:ODST Halo 4 Vote and don't forget to tell us the reasoning behind this below.

I was wondering if anyone shared the same views as I, in the field that we should have at least a minor say in the creation/management of future titles in the Reclaimer Trilogy, since we as an xbox community told Microsoft what we didn't want with the Xbox One and they changed it, regardless that is was mainly shaped by money. This led me to think if MS would listen then certainly 343 would, anyway vote and discuss.

There is a poll on Halo Waypoint now that I made to see how many people want a classic playlist. Already got 34 votes but that is NOT enough! If you want a classic playlist in Halo 4 your help is needed! Think positive and make sure you vote! This is maybe one of our last chances to get a Classic Playlist in Halo 4 and that is something a lot of people want so please vote! This is the link: https://forums.halowaypoint.com/yaf_postst208108_Classic-Playlist-poll--please-vote-and-reply.aspx There is a image of the poll as a attached file

Disclaimer: I am by no means discrediting what 343 has done, "crying", or stating "THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE OR I QUIT" I am only trying to add a suggestion and I put time and thought into this post so please, have the same courtesy when replying, voting, or giving your suggestions. Hello Community, I created a similar topic, in the general thread but feel that this thread for matchmaking is the better thread for a topic like this, seeing as this heavily involves the matchmaking system, etc. I want to first start out by saying that the lag compensation in the game right now is kind of game breaking. At times you feel like a boss out DMR-ing people, etc. and at other times you get the "WTF" just happened moment when the person out DMRs you and in the kill cam he is looking at the wall. I have an immense amount of experience in First Person Shooter games ranging from the (arguably most competititve) CounterStrike to the fun but still awesome BF3. I have been a fan of Halo for years and played at high levels in H2 (level 46 slayer legit) , H3 (multiple level 50s) and Reach (Onyx ranks). (The only reason I stated this was to give a foundation so that I do not get laughed out of the forum for being "bad" or "you just cannot aim", etc. Right now, we have something called lag compensation in the Halo 4 matchmaking system. This is a good mechanic. It needs to be in any modern game, it has been in games for years now and even other competititve shooters, such as, Counterstrike have come to develop the lag compensation system. Games that have succeeded in the implementation of this system allow for the user to "Damper" the lag compensation to meet the connection strength of the user. Games that have utterly failed in the lag compensation system are games, such as, MW3 that did not do this. A simple change is needed, and it would cost 343 next to nothing to implement. A damper system should be put in place for lag compensation. Why? It would give people who have good connections the ability to turn down the compensation and people with not so good internet connections the ability to turn it up. A system such as this would work: In the options menu, 343 could add something that deals with connection (duh). The menu would have three options: 1) Low (for higher connections) 2) Medium (For mid-grade connections) 3) High (for connection speeds that are considerably slower) Now I do not have numbers in front of me on connection speeds that would fit each category but for the purposes of this suggestion we could assume connections with a: 1) Low (connections with a rating of A to B ) 2) Medium (connections with a rating of C) 3 High (connections with a rating of D to F) These ratings could be obtained from speedtest.net and would allow 343 to implement a system that could suggest a damper for the user to select based on the following ratings or speeds. This would create a highly competitive and FAIR environment. The current lag compensation is not good, plain and simple. It catters to connections with lower connection speeds while punishing higher connection speeds. I am not the one to brag, but I have a B+ grade connection and I am lagging horribly during BR / DMR fights and this needs to stop. I have had instances where I get shot once, then the guy appears on my screen (well, lets do the math 1 second makes a difference in competitive play. You get one or two shotted before you can react you lose). I have read several posts that pertained to the kill cam showing people getting shot when they are not even being aimed at (this pertains to lag compensation). Community, let us vote on the ADDITION of a damper/buff system for lag compensation which would establish a fair and consistent environment for online competititve play. 343 has done many things right, and I feel that this is the big one they need to NAIL. Please keep the negative comments to the minimum and vote. We also do not need people crying out imbalances, flaming, or acting like a troll. Read this and understand this before you post to avoid negativity. We are all in this in the long run and 343 has had an extensive track record for listening to the community (i.e. Halo Anni. and Reach). If you think there could be a better way to add something like this to the game, please share your insight. Thank you community and happy gaming! -UnSeEnz EDIT: I forgot to add something, completely removing the lag compensation system is a NO. It needs to be in multiplayer gaming now to create more fair environments and having none is just... no. Plus it would be like reworking the ENTIRE network code and that is A)costly and like creating a whole new game. SO before you suggest "Remove l4g c0mpens4tion GRR" remember this. Plus, adding a dedicative server list is expensive, this is a less expensive awesome addition. EDIT EDIT: I just realized how innovative Halo online play actually is comparably to most games, would it not be absolutely electrifying if they were to develop a system for lag compensation settings for consoles? I shiver at how awesome this could be. The best way to get 343 to listen is to vote and keep this thread alive.

As you may have heard, the CSR (Competitive Skill Ranking) System is set to drop early 2013. But 343 is undecided about weather or not to give you a fresh start and start at skill level 1, or put skill ranks in based on what you already have done. 343 says they are tracking your skill rank right now, but just haven't implemented the skill system in yet so you can't see it. Personally, I think keeping the skill ranks instead of resetting it is a terrible idea. First off we don't know what playlists are competitive and which are social. Next, all playlists have Join in Progress. If the Skill system if based off if you win or lose (which it better be) than having people joining and quiting your match could completely mess up your skill rank. And last of all, the game is defiantly not developed enough to start tracking skill. As the game stands now, there are many problems that could interfere with your wins and loses. None of this would really matter, except your skill can get very hard to change if you get incosietant with your wins and loses. Let's say you win a few here, the lose a few there, and overall are just unpredictable winning/losing games. If that has happened then the skill rank can seem to be really hard to move up or down in either direction. A more explained look at the system can be found here: http://www.bungie.net/forums/posts.aspx?postid=14414600 In short, it basically states that inconsistansy = slow rank movement up and down, and vise versa. And since I'm sure most off you had been playing with randoms you probably have already been very inconsistent, and a fresh start would be a much better option for you in that. I'm not for sure saying that's how the CSR system will work, but they are sticking to something very similiar to the old trueskill system. Other concearns I have that we should tell 343 to do is tell them that they shouldn't make your skill rank only visible on Halo Waypoint, which is currently what they plan on doing. They should also keep it win/lose based and not personal stat based system. This is because Halo is a very team based game, and personal stats can't detect your callouts, teamwork, etc. I made this thread so we can make sure 343 makes a great system, because honestly the fate of the Halo series depends on it.

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Simple thread, given the success of the LEGO video games, would you play a Mega Bloks Halo themed game. We've probably got a long wait between 4 and 5 so is it out of the question to assume there will be some spin-off game released between them. Would you play a Mega Bloks Halo Video Game ?

It's a cruel thing to release Halo 4 on election day. For one it's still over a month away and two I just know the election is going to eat into my gaming time. Even though this will be the first presidential election I can vote in, Halo 4 is by far more important to me. With the awareness that this poll will be biased I ask you: Which is more important/anticipated to you, Halo 4 or the election and why.

Hey everyone! I wanted to ask you all which Halo 4 Weapons Trailer is your favorite. Go ahead and vote in the poll above and explain why it's your favorite below My favorite was the UNSC weapons trailer. All the footage is just awesome and I love the syncing in it. If you need to refresh your memory, the trailers are below. (The Limit is two media links so the Promethean Weapons Trailer will be in another post.) Halo 4 UNSC Weapons Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s76uMzaQ120 Halo 4 Covenant Weapons Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4NLJpTXOtU

Hello there! You may know that console gaming never has and will never cover some of the amazing aspects covered by PC gaming. That's why I'm proposing a department dedicated to get members on "Steam", a free software which is like Skype, you can chat, voice or typing with a bunch of people; you can shop for PC games at a low price, it's like a hub for PC users. Of course, people who thought buying an Apple computer was a good idea can download the Apple version. PC Games can be sold for a beautifully low price, the new "Dawnguard" was reduced to £11.50 at release, that'll cost £40 on console; why not PC game? There's a wide variety of PC games that we would like this community to connect; from Steam games to non-Steam games. New to PC gaming? Want to try it? PC gaming offers a mature community; people who PC game use teamwork that's extremely rare to find in console games; PC games have loads of fun games that never get tedious, unlike some console games. There's Arma II, if you want an actual realistic war game that requires teamwork to win; it's a lot more fun than a standard console game where you all run out in a disorganised fashion, fighting free for all in team games. Here's a clip of a bunch of PC gamers playing Arma II. There's still plenty of joking around, lots of fun instead of constant cursing you'll find on console games. ** Warning, contains infrequent innapropiate language ** Of course, if you're not interested in PC gaming in itself, you can still use Steam to communicate via PC. This is just a petition for you to vote on wherever you think it's something that members should be able to enjoy; there's plenty to enjoy, no saying you have to use Steam at all.

Hey everyone, so I posted this just to see your opinions on the maps we've seen so far. As far as we know there is one more War Games map that comes with the game, and it has yet to be released. However I wanted to do this poll and discussion thread anyway, seeing as I'd love to know you guys' opinions on the maps c: You can vote for any of the ten above maps, including '???' but if you pick that for fun I suggest you post your real answer below xD It is possible to vote for every map since it's multiple choice, but I only suggest doing that if you love every map equally, which is possible but I highly doubt a majority of you will feel this way.

Pick one of each Class. Example, I like both UNSC and Covenant therefore I'll answer both UNSC and Covenant, so I'll pick my favorite leaders. Captain Cutter and The Arbiter. For my favorite UNSC units I'll put 3 answers. 1 for infantry, 1 for vehicles, and 1 for aircraft. Favorite infantry is spartan of course. Favorite vehicle is elephant. And favorite aircraft is vulture. For covenant same thing. One for each class. Favorite infantry is elite honor guard. Favorite vehicle is locust. Favorite aircraft is vampire.

Alright, check what applies. That's pretty much it. This info will determine how the upcoming Staff vs Members Playdate will occur. It will most likely occur the Saturday after the Spectral Playdate, so keep your eyes open.