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Posted by: PeerlessWarrior
Great post, I absolutely agree with you. The bullet registration issue is probably more complex than we give Bungie credit for, you are dealing with a bunch of morons on XBL who can't figure out how to port forward or have their connection being shared while they are playing, plus multiple network settings, etc. However, a few things can easily be done:
1. Allow someone to make their 360 a dedicated host - Far Cry on Xbox 1 did this (although the netcode on that game was horrendous). This allows people who are serious about a good online experience set something up. Also, let custom lobbies see who host is and let host be manually changeable, i dunno by vote or something. But god its retarded that people make custom gametypes to see who host it.
2. Make host selection more reliable, I'm tired of experiencing horrible shot registration because some jackazz has host with full firewall on. The whole host decision making process is frustrating. I'm not even sure that getting a better connection will be worth it because it will only be a marginal improvement, who knows what my host record is, and I hear from ppl. on T1 who can't pull host, which is insane. The best connection should have host.
3. IMO Halo 2 netcode was better than Halo 3, whatever happened wasn't an upgrade, i'm sorry but this is a pretty consistent feeling in the competitive community.
Ok, now a few more little things, items like shield drainers, etc, are horrible and cowardly, and totally detract from a skilled game experience. I just hate them, a lot of ppl. do. THE BR was gimped way too much, and I have no idea why, its a great gun. Make it the base start weapon for EVERY game. The AR is good for about 3 feet (exaggerating). People are insecure about getting "out BR'ed" so a lot of people hate it, but if it was the default weapon, everyone would be practiced with its use.
I totally agree with the customization idea, that will allow for everyone to be happy, and Reach can sell 2.3 billion copies and raise the real GDP of the US by a half percentage point. So do your part Bungie, or you are not American.
Great response, LOL at the last sentence.