I don't mean to come on complaining or anything, but in the beginning of Reach, Firefight was a really different style to play in and it offered awesome cooperative game play aside from the usual PvP combat. With that being said, after a lot PvP sometimes it was fun to tab over the the Firefight playlist and team up with a PUG or your friends and fight through a decently lasting game of Firefight. I'd even go far enough to say that Firefight sustained a population of players by itself that was up to par with any other popular game play mode, and sometimes I actually would hop on just to play some Firefight. After a while things started to get a little different, and I'm one for a bit of change every now and then, I thought it was cool to play Firefight sometimes with unlimited ammo, or snipers only, but then things started to get even more different. Then came the lag, I thought maybe it was a temporary malfunction with the playlist, but til this day I still find it very hard to aim and fire while I'm facing legendary Covenant. Next was the actual game types of Firefight, I had trouble finding a original firefight game like when Reach was first released, I would only stumble across Grenadefight, Fiestafight, Rocketfight, and I even believe I saw a Fistfight in there? Maybe there is a playlist of normal Firefight in there and I just can't find it, but if anyone can then I'd love for you to let me know, It'd be appreciated. Last but not least is the problem finding other players, I know people can sometimes quit and uneven the odds of any game, but this was starting to be a constant problem. I would hop on Reach to play some Firefight with friends or family and it would say two other people were found, but when the actual game started it was only me and my partner against waves of Covenant, and as you can presume... we didn't last too long. Even sometimes I would attempt to find games by myself, and end up being the only person in the game when it started, forcing me to quit, because obviously I can't beat Firefight alone, not on those difficulties. I honestly don't want to try and bash anyone for these changes, but I'd like to know some decent answers as to why this is going on, if anyone knows any fixes or reasons to my questions I'd love to hear them. Much appreciated for reading this long winded forum post, thanks!
[Edited on 08.07.2012 9:23 AM PDT]