: You know, my experience with the Reach call outs was exactly the same. I
: loved that they implemented a call out system, but in practice, it went
: unused by me and the folks I played with. So, I didn't really have an
: issue with 343 removing them.

I hardly used that but that was just because I have a bad memory and they didn't show up when you were dead. I do remember a few times directing people towards "the shed" on Powerhouse and getting a confused response back-- which is a shame, it makes so much sense. "Where's the hammer?" "It's in the shed." Another one of the first finished maps shows a problem with it, though-- the callouts on Sword Base add some character and detail to the map and they make sense well enough, but most of them aren't that obvious or particularly memorable or short, and you get people looking around for the markings on the walls (or just trying to think of them), and the mental "wait is that 4E or 4C...?" that tends to happen on both ends slows things down and makes the communication less effective. I think customs callouts would have really helped.