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Subject: August Matchmaking Playlist Update

Reach was in far better hands with bungie... They should strip out the TU from everything and bring back Reach to how it was when bungie was running the show.
Get over it mate, reach has clearly improved and TU has made halo more fair and more skilled based rather than luck/camping based.

  • 08.11.2012 9:46 AM PDT

Founder of Team Reclaimer where we specialize in Big Team Battle and Invasion games. We are all about Communication, Dedication and Fun.

People are NOW complaining about DLC when for 2 years, DLC has been horribly mismanaged and shafted by only having ONE playlist instead of multiple DLC required playlist. Yes, I understand the argument that u paid $60 for the whole game and shouldnt be locked out of part of it (ala Playlist) BUT sacrifices have to be made and weren't made for Reach. That argument in certain instances works because lets face it, the pool of DLC to NON-DLC users is substantially favoring NON DLC owners and regardless of what the halo 4 limited edition does, I dont see DLC moving much more population. Do you honor those with DLC who "invested" more into their Halo experience or hold them back because the much broader population has no interest in DLC? <-- Interesting and debatable question that imo has multiple outcomes making either side unhappy.

In terms of future reach updates,I assume the basics are gonna be kept. Post Halo 4 launch:

Team Slayer
Griftball
Living Dead
Team Swat


Will have the highest population with the majority of what few people are left
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MLG
Team Objective
The Arena
Super Slayer
Invasion
Big Team Battle
Firefight (anniv) & regular

All of the playlist left( even ones not listed) in Reach will have HUGE drops but these first four will suffer the worst population drops with foreseeable long 15 min+ search times. Big team battle will over the long term suffer a similar fate as with invasion.






[Edited on 08.11.2012 12:33 PM PDT]

  • 08.11.2012 12:31 PM PDT

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:o so how can I play on Headlong or Timberland???

  • 08.13.2012 9:07 AM PDT


Posted by: mstrchief117
DLC is not common in non-DLC playlists so no.

  • 08.13.2012 9:07 AM PDT
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I'm new to competitive Halo and Halo itself (Reach being my first video game ever actually). Message me if you want to play;

Reach: MLG, Arena, Doubles, BTB and customs.
Halo 3: Ranked MM and customs.

Also I have every Halo title and all of its DLC on the Xbox 360.
-Umpa

Sucks for the people who only have anniversary disc.

They only get two playlists for MM.

  • 08.13.2012 9:18 AM PDT

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Posted by: Phoenix1710
No more action sack? That's a shame. I was starting to like it for its nice change of pace from normal matchmaking. Except for team hotshot. Freaking hated that...
Hotshot was the best Gametype in there, besides Splockets.. the one with Lasers and Rockets :)

  • 08.13.2012 3:47 PM PDT

Herroh. U have reached teh BOOGIE LAND

The majority are still going to play Team Slayer, Swat, BTB, and Living Dead, so there really isn't much excitement.

  • 08.13.2012 4:28 PM PDT
Subject: August Matchmaking Playlist Update Goes Live Today (Tuesday 14th)!
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Posted by: aBlueBookshelf
global warming isn't proven and won't be - it's more of a political play for funding for "research"

Today is still Monday

So the title is wrong

  • 08.13.2012 4:37 PM PDT


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It's Tuesday where I am.

  • 08.13.2012 4:37 PM PDT
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Posted by: aBlueBookshelf
global warming isn't proven and won't be - it's more of a political play for funding for "research"

Posted by: Mythical Wolf

Posted by: Clone


It's Tuesday where I am.

It's still Monday where 343 is.

  • 08.13.2012 4:38 PM PDT

Herroh. U have reached teh BOOGIE LAND


Posted by: Mythical Wolf

Posted by: Clone


It's Tuesday where I am.


You're British O_o?

  • 08.13.2012 4:45 PM PDT


Posted by: ChemicalEnvy


Scottish. Can we get back on topic, please?

  • 08.13.2012 4:47 PM PDT

Herroh. U have reached teh BOOGIE LAND


Posted by: Mythical Wolf

Posted by: ChemicalEnvy


Scottish. Can we get back on topic, please?


no

  • 08.13.2012 4:57 PM PDT

Update goes lives later today. Enjoy those playlists while you can.

  • 08.14.2012 1:45 AM PDT
Subject: August Matchmaking Playlist Update

***KEEP IT CLEAN***

Feedest Ye Notte Yon Trolles

As a consumer. I'm pissed off. What the hell did I buy all this DLC for?

  • 08.14.2012 9:02 AM PDT

Take a step back with me and enjoy a taste of the bittersweet that is our current generation.

I enjoy Battlefield and Call of Duty, and Gears of War.

20 years old, manager of my family's business, aspiring officer of the law.

I love anything political.

I like the way DLC was handled in this game because the DLC was far and away the worst I've ever purchased for any game in the Halo series, and yes, I bought the DLC with Orbital.

It is much better for me to be able to play every playlist than be forced to purchase maps which aren't good for gameplay and then be restricted to a select few playlists.

The perfect to go about doing this is to have a DLC filter.

  • 08.14.2012 9:21 AM PDT

I miss playing Halo with my friends.

People still play this game?

  • 08.14.2012 11:44 AM PDT


Posted by: Kaiser TheGreat

Yes. There's those of us of actually enjoy this game.

  • 08.14.2012 1:12 PM PDT

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Posted by: pizzaguy199
Hotshot was the best Gametype in there
Are you joking? Hotshot was the only thing keeping me from going in to that playlist as much as I would have liked. It was horribly unbalanced and as soon as a few people on the same team achieved tier 3 they would just wander around the map with a needle rifle spraying people down in 3 shots.
:/

  • 08.14.2012 1:23 PM PDT

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Posted by: mstrchief117
DLC is not common in non-DLC playlists so no.

That sucks.

  • 08.14.2012 2:42 PM PDT
Subject: Matchmaking Playlist Update now live.

Posted by: AngryBrute1
Oh yeah, since somebody does not believe what YOU believe; that makes us vapid...
I cannot grasp that what you call "Something happened to nothing, and that nothing became something, and it was smaller than than a period."

A bit disappointed Action Sack was removed.

  • 08.14.2012 4:09 PM PDT
Subject: August Matchmaking Playlist Update

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This doesn't even makes sense. It sounds like something you have read/heard and you typed it out without thinking it through.
Posted by: Killerboy JJ
Reach was in far better hands with bungie... They should strip out the TU from everything and bring back Reach to how it was when bungie was running the show.
Get over it mate, reach has clearly improved and TU has made halo more fair and more skilled based rather than luck/camping based.

  • 08.14.2012 6:58 PM PDT
Subject: Matchmaking Playlist Update now live.

Does anyone have lotion?
*Raises hand*
Is mayonnaise a lotion?

THEY REMOVED ACTION SACK????

WHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?????????????? ?????????????

Well, at least they have more playlists without the updated settings now.

Even though Big Team Battle isn't one of them :(

[Edited on 08.14.2012 7:12 PM PDT]

  • 08.14.2012 7:10 PM PDT
Subject: August Matchmaking Playlist Update

Posted by: Tom T
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Posted by: TenguNova
Team Slayer
Griftball
Living Dead
Team Swat


You know MM has failed horribly when 3 out of 4 of the top playlists are nothing close of the default product ore regular gametypes.

  • 08.14.2012 8:13 PM PDT
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This was 343s chance to actually try to fix up MM finally but NOPE. So many things they could have done with this.

  • 08.14.2012 8:54 PM PDT