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Subject: What happened to decent matchmaking and other MP issues?

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Is this what we're left with on Halo 3 Social Big Team? A team of 8 non-coms pitted against a team of 8 generals? My dog could create a better MP matchmaking algorithm. Plus, the network keeps resetting about every fourth match, and when it does, it goes into a resetting mode several times, even when a party of 16 is all set and ready to go. What the hell has happened to the service?

  • 01.15.2011 3:15 AM PDT
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You happened that's what.

  • 01.15.2011 3:18 AM PDT

Planning the cosmos for a healthier future.

And that would mean . . . ?

Regarding the balance issue, who the hell thinks that a match between skill 1-25 players against a team of skill 25-50 players can possibly be fun, except for the latter (who should really keep their butts out of Social unless the system can match them up with some real competition, rather than fodder to feed their low self esteem)? Hey, if they're in Ranked matches, I don't give a rip. But, gaming is intended to be fun, and social slayer matches that cause most of a team to just drop out due to grossly unbalanced teams shouldn't even be fun for the "winners." I'm talking 100-30 pt games, here.

[Edited on 01.15.2011 3:40 AM PST]

  • 01.15.2011 3:33 AM PDT
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wow... you kidding me, i was trying to be funny about it, geez.


[Edited on 01.15.2011 3:36 AM PST]

  • 01.15.2011 3:36 AM PDT

Planning the cosmos for a healthier future.

And I was just trying for clarification as I didn't catch the humor. No problem here.

The balance issue seems to have gotten a lot worse since the release of REACH and migration of most of the MP crowd to REACH. So, my original question is really seeking opinion about service issues that may portend the end of Halo 3 MP, just as it did for Halo 2.

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  • 01.15.2011 3:42 AM PDT
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Dude I'll put it like this, connection screens (a.k.a. Black Screen) is what happens when the host quits. And the continuous screen is what happens when a suitable host is trying to be selected but can't.

And you shouldn't be worried about the unfair team match ups. Halo 3 has always been like that. It's bungie's way of cutting corners in MM.

  • 01.15.2011 3:49 AM PDT


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Dude I'll put it like this, connection screens (a.k.a. Black Screen) is what happens when the host quits. And the continuous screen is what happens when a suitable host is trying to be selected but can't.

And you shouldn't be worried about the unfair team match ups. Halo 3 has always been like that. It's bungie's way of cutting corners in MM.



This ^^^ also I don't particular find it fun when i search in a team on 8 and match lower level people, it works both ways, i'd much rather match a full team, thats the only time Social is really fun now.

  • 01.15.2011 4:08 AM PDT