- RagnarokDB77
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If you asked me on day one I would've said yes. But now I'd say no.
Matchmaking for Firefight would to create an imbalanced risk for people dropping out mid game. Better to firefight with folks from your Friends List.
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I understand your position but you're talking about a minority issue. Yes there is quitting, yes there is betraying, and yes there is the annoying kid who rambos into the battle and gets pwned like the noob he is and hurts the team. WE KNOW THIS BUT THAT IS NOT THE POINT! If these issues really hurt you then you should stop playing online games in general and stay with single player games. The majority of matches or survival modes are not bad. It's a hell of a lot better then not having it at all. If you don't like it fine...you don't have to use it. The point is.
WHY ALIENATE 90% OF THE USERS WHO WOULD USE THIS TO CATER TO THE 10% THAT DON'T USE IT BUT DON'T GIVE A -blam!- ABOUT IT IN THE FIRST PLACE.
My friend's list is different. They all have the game but I never get a chance due to time zone differences or they are busy with other games (COD). Since I have no one to play with this means that I won't enjoy the full experience of firefight because the developers were being lazy. Admit it Bungie is being lazy.
1.They don't have matchmaking for custom games
2.They don't have matchmaking for Online Coop
3.They don't have it for Firefight.
Epic games has no problem putting matchmaking into their games.
Infinity ward has no problem putting matchmaking into their games.
Hell -blam!- Treyarch can do it. TREYARCH!
You mean to tell me after eight years of developing this franchise they couldn't put a feature that is now a standard. Bungie created a new standard for FPSs eight years ago and now they are falling behind. ODSTs Single player is a masterpiece and I am glad they packaged the complete Halo 3 multiplayer experience (even if I have all the content). But Firefight is unplayable unless you have 3 to 4 players and with new releases around the corner nobody is playing it as much as it could have if it did. It's legs were chopped off without this feature.
Bungie -blam!- up big time, they have done it with custom games (I use to play this a lot in Halo 2 but now I never play it. Hell I only have 50 games in customs since it came out) but unlike Halo 2 there is stiff competition from Gears of War and Call of Duty. Everyone played Halo 2 back then and that is it. Bungie needs to step up to the plate if it wants to stay on top but seeing their track record (Custom games, online coop, and now firefight) I doubt Bungie will implement these features because they are stubborn. I love Halo but as a gamer as features become standard my expectations in a developer is higher. If Bungie doesn't fix it then I have lost my respect to them. Four major games and still exclude an important feature isn't technical issues, it's -blam!- laziness.
TLDR: Bungie is lazy
[Edited on 11.14.2009 8:05 PM PST]