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Do you all recall Clan Matches and such in Halo 2? I was

hoping to hear your opinions on the entire clan system; did

you like or dislike it, have an idea why it was washed out,

and would you like to share any memories regarding it?



1) Personally, I liked it, although I may have liked it because of its inherent uniqueness to tho game. This very well is likely because of my lack of experience in utilizing the system. It was only on the last two years of Halo 2's reign where I made a clan and began using it.

2) Why it went away is beyond me. From my perspective, it was a great thing, and if anything, should have merely been improved, not cut from the other titles. For me it felt a little like bringing back the Bungie.net community you love to your favorite game, and playing with those users. Was I incorrect in my assertion at the time? (I'm sure it would be different now, however.)

3) Like I have mentioned, I started off late with this feature, and can't remember a whole heck of a lot. What I do remember is making the "Halo Heer," which was supposed to be a knock off of the German army, (not WWII,) and had only a handful of members and a few, dull matches. Bungie.net failed to record this for one reason or another, as it only says I made a clan and then did nothing, but unless I am now psychotic, that is what I can think back on.


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  • 08.07.2011 5:27 AM PDT

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I enjoyed the clan feature, I mostly just used it as a second friends list where I knew everyone would be in competitive games. I don't recall why they said it was cut.

  • 08.07.2011 8:14 AM PDT
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Yeah, I agree that it was great in knowing people who you knew would always play a match or more with you.

  • 08.15.2011 4:35 AM PDT

Clan matches were a great feature that made Halo 2 better than the others for teamplay until like the level system, was abused by boosters and network manipulation. I would like to see it return, i have fond memories of legit matches although my clan i set up before the end of LIVE never played any matches.

  • 08.15.2011 6:28 AM PDT
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halo 2 still the best game in the series. long live halo 2.

Dam, I miss the old days playing halo 2 with my old brothers in arms. Thank you my old friends for giving me this account, I shall continue our legacy.

Sadly I never experienced clan matches. One of the few things I never got to try :(.

  • 08.15.2011 9:14 AM PDT

I wish clan matches hadn't been removed. I know it was mainly due to low population, but I think Bungie could have done more to try and boost the population. Also with cheating being much less frequent these days, it seems like clan matches would be much more successful in current or future games.

  • 08.15.2011 9:52 AM PDT


Posted by: Cmj1092
I wish clan matches hadn't been removed. I know it was mainly due to low population, but I think Bungie could have done more to try and boost the population. Also with cheating being much less frequent these days, it seems like clan matches would be much more successful in current or future games.

They were removed since they were abused (boosting = manipulation of clans leaderboards). Once the clan leaderboards were removed, the competitive edge was gone, so most clans im guessing lost interest. Im assuming Bungie didn't want to chance a repeat of Halo 2 with Halo 3/Reach and that is why we didn't see the feature return.

  • 08.15.2011 6:11 PM PDT

I would love to see clans make a return, much like in halo 2, they could just make a new tab next to your friends list for a clan, even break it down by game if so desired. I think live is far enough along where it could be implemented effectively. Now a days it's pretty common to have a spot before your gamertag to put your clan tag, but....they really don't mean anything you know? No sort of group collection or stat related implementation.

  • 08.17.2011 5:25 PM PDT


Posted by: xlSamsonlx
I would love to see clans make a return, much like in halo 2, they could just make a new tab next to your friends list for a clan, even break it down by game if so desired. I think live is far enough along where it could be implemented effectively. Now a days it's pretty common to have a spot before your gamertag to put your clan tag, but....they really don't mean anything you know? No sort of group collection or stat related implementation.

The next step for XBL/PSN is to have a tab on the Dashboard for Clans and enable Clans ingame.

  • 08.17.2011 5:38 PM PDT