"I don't mean to sound bitter, cold or cruel, but I am, so that's how it comes out"
- Bill Hicks
Posted by: A 3 Legged Goat
I think people who gave their feedback continued to play it for a year for several reasons:
1. They 'held on', remaining optimistic and hoping for a change to someday come. This means adapting to the gameplay despite not liking it (for example, using equipment/AR rush in Halo 3 even if you thought they were bad additions to the game)
2. They had nothing else to play (some gamers are exclusive Halo fans, so to have their core experience altered in such a way was unsettling)
3. They actually liked it and only came here to kill time while playing
Some people fit all of the above. I just wanted to see the game changed, and I guess my -blam!- ing paid off. No more of that though--I just waiting for CEA to come out and using B.net to kill time.
Which all leads us back to my original point that Reach, with all things considered, is doing pretty well :)
@ Cookies - I've played barely over 700 MM games since Reach came out and played a total of ~12-15,000 H3 games, across multiple accounts, over its lifespan.....