Hey,
So im having an issue. Ive been creating a party with 3 other people, on another xbox, in a different state in Halo 3. We always played Social slayer because it was 4 vs 4. <--- with 4 vs 4 we would always get matched up really fast and would always be on the same team, which is what we wanted.
However, somehow - somewhere, someone decided it would be cool to do 5 vs 5. Since then, we absolutely NEVER ever play social slayer. This is because we wait through at least 5 reset cycles before we get matched, and if we do we have a 10% chance of being on the same team. Also, when players join, it would be a total of 9 or 8 - then waits for the remaining 2 to be found, but doesnt, and resets......The reason for this is A: There rarely is 1 player floating around in social slayer without any guests and or party member playing with them, so it cant fill that one slot on your team, without splitting up your or other people's guests or parties. This is so frustrating, that its not worth playing social slayer because we wait FOR-FRICKEN-EVER. And quite frankly im sick of playing Action Sack or the new map list playlist because we keep getting the same maps AND the same game scenarios. One time we had to plant the bomb like 4 times in a row, and when we veto'd it was the same thing on a different map.
Please do not tell me im crazy or wrong in my accusations, because I am not wrong. In fact, I only have 8 xbox 360 games, 4 of which are Halo games and Halo 3 has been sitting in my xbox for the past year and a half. It is a game that I play with my family when we get together, and we always encounter these problems, and its because, I believe - wrong decisions were made. Or - decisions were made without understanding other factors.
Also, please do not tell me that I have a slow connection speed and or bad router, closed router, etc - because I am running 30Mbs, as is my family back home. This is a very frustrating issue, and im sure others have come across this as well. Hopefully - someone at Bungie will become aware of this thread, as I have posted it in the past, only to have been replied to by people trying to tell me that I am crazy, wrong, or stupid - when they themselves cannot spell properly. So please, anyone who replies, please be respectful and informative in your responses, as I am not some little kid off the street.
Also, Ive had discussions with many people (especially in my studio) about concerns of whether maps in Halo 3 would be brought over to Halo Reach. Whenever I play Halo 3 with family or friends, we sometimes talk about how cool some of the previous maps were in Halo 2, even some that weren't re-created for Halo 3. I would really like to see most of the Halo 3 maps come back for Halo Reach. It would add a better variety of maps to play in certain playlists - which will also benefit in prevention from replaying the same map over and over. Even if you have 4 to choose from when your squad gets situated in Reach - most likely you would have played those maps already at some time.
Just a thought ^ I think that would make ALOT of players happy.
Bungie: I hope you're listening. Thanks.