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Subject: On line needs help big time!
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Everyday I talk to people on halo 2 online and they all say the same thing. We want control of opi-match options. This random opi match sucks. BIG TIME. Feed this thread so bungie will listen

  • 11.21.2004 12:23 PM PDT
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i think most ppl just want to play slayer .? =S i dont know wat is the complaint?
i do find that its -blam!-e to not select yor match =)..wahey ..

  • 11.21.2004 12:42 PM PDT
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Ok, first of all, so many people have been complaining about the random optimatch. It's really not that bad at all. The only problem I had with it was that you couldn't do a rematch. However, now that they fixed the optimatch searching time, it doesn't matter to me at all. Yes, there are a couple of game types that lots of people dislike and groan when it says "Rapid Assult in Burial Mounds". However, if you read the weekly update, bungie said that they will soon be cutting out some of the more disliked game types. Also mentioned in that update, was the suggestion that VERY SOON bungie would be releasing an update that will make optimatch more flexible and will likely include a Team Slayer choice. These changes are great, but the only problem I personally ever had with optimatch was the long waiting times and the occasional disliked game type. I think optimatch provided us a great way to learn some new favorite maps and gametypes. In Halo 1, my friends and I would play only Sidewinder and Blood Gulch for the first year. We eventually started playing other levels, but it took a long time. With Halo 2, my friends and I have started playing all the maps frequently and playing Crazy King and Team Ball just as much as we play CTF Classic. Finally, optimatch does keep people's stats fair. It's much harder to play unfairly when every map and gametype is random. If optimatch wasn't there and you wanted to play something like Crazy King in Assension, you'd have a very laggy game with very few people because 99% of people would be playing CTF in Coagulation.

However, if I still haven't convinced you that optimatch is a very good thing, what you can do is invite almost all the people in the recent players list after a few games to be your friend. After a little while, you'll have a friends list of 40 or so people. Now, you can play coustom games with whatever rules/maps you'd like. I used this for about 3-4 days when optimatch took forever.

  • 11.21.2004 1:10 PM PDT
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I posted this on a forum earlier today...

"Yes matchmaking makes it faster and makes you a more of a variety player...but the way they set it up on PC was great! It didn't take but a few seconds for me to hop into a game...Just curious why they didn't keep that setup...don't be rude about the reply on that...I was already a very well rounded player before i even touched halo 2...so why do I need the continued practice? I mean I am not a newbie...so why play newbies? For christ sake...and i really get sick of having to back out if i played a really good game and have to try and locate all the players I just played...for spending 3 years on this game...it doesn't show...They really slacked off on this game and I'm highly disappointed in Bungie and Microsoft...you could of done 20x better boys and girls...you could have and YOU KNOW IT!
as for this idiotic matchmaking it's nice and i get why they did it...but if it's an unranked game...why can't i pick a game type myself...I.E: slayer, CTF, assault...and what map i want to play at!?!? They did for PC...and it only took them 8 months to edit and create the interfaces for PC...so my dedication to Halo died with HALO 2...
Okay I'm done ranting...anyone that replies to my message and actually wants me to see it...email me it...eulogy4aangel@hotmail.com"

And I stick with it...we waited 3 yrs for a half assed interface and an extremely sketchy ending....BUNGIE!!! wtf are you doing? this isn't myth! We need MORE!!!!

I am highly disappointed...HIGHLY!...3 yrs! 3 freaking yrs...and we get this...THANKS! I guess the 10 million copies sold wasn't enough to show you...that you needed to be dedicated to giving us something better, newer, different....the game i looked forward too is now my last resort if i have nothing else to do....instead of trying to play it I avoid playing it....THAT IS SAD...and i am a high end gamer!

If you would just change the online interface back to the PC version...I would love it again...but that won't happen and you don't care...you are owned by BILL -blam!- GATES...so nothing will change no matter how many voices cry out...but if you can hear mine....CHANGE SOMETHING PLEASE!!!!!!!

  • 11.21.2004 1:48 PM PDT