: I'm officially done with Halo4 matchmaking! No matter what game-type I enter,
: I'm ALWAYS either paired with idiots or pitted against base campers! What
: follows is a rant followed by fix suggestions. Feel free to ignore if you
: wish. But I would like to hear your views on my 'fix' suggestions.

Get your BR up, kid.

: For the last few days I've tried hard to enjoy the new Ricochet game. The
: rules are very simple. Defend your goal while your team attempts to score
: on the opponents' goal. But can anyone I'm teamed with do this? NO!
: Instead the ENTIRE TEAM always rushes for the ball. If its the start of
: the game then its understandable. But not when its clear on the other side
: of the bleeding map! I'm so sick of always having to play goaly by default
: because of idiot players. It's Grifball all over again. Only with guns
: instead of hammers and swords.

Randoms are randoms. Have any other shocking news to report?

: That's the other thing. Why are there guns in Ricochet?

Guess that's one of life's great mysteries, innit? On a serious note, are you trolling?

: All it does is encourage players to go out on their own and kill. And completely ignore
: the goal of the game or camp. Plasma Pistols should be all anyone gets to
: fight with.

Wow, that sounds fun as shit.

: No swords or hammers because they have no range, encourage
: camping, & are instant kills long range weapons (including the magnum)
: and o e shot kill weapons have no place in ball based games. Grenades sure
: but none o. the maps unless its rare.

: Grifball & Ricochet
: One of the great things about Grifball is that you can kill from across the
: map.

You must be pretty good.

: Granted the courts sre wide open & w/o levels. But those are no
: reasons to include guns in Ricochet. And why hasn't 343 addressed the
: camping issue that was raised in Grifball when they made Ricochet?

Why are you comparing Ricochet to Grifball? Ricochet is a competitive gametype. Grifball is a mini-game. Let's compare Oddball to Knockin' Zombs.

: Enemy Team Camping (ETC) complete ruin the game considering the fact that the
: teams ALWAYS spawn near the goal. Just how difficult is it to create a 'No
: Camping' zone/hill? A hill or zone that allows the Forger to set settings
: that do the following: -Team Selection
: -Respawn Timer: 0 to 10 seconds (respawns players after set time within the
: zone.
: -Weapons: Yes/ No (Despaws weapons once player enters the zone/hill. This
: will also help with machinima)
: -Weapon Select (If weapo s are allowed in settings this determines their
: weapons.

Yeah, I dunno. That sounds like it would be catering to BKs.

: The hill/zone should also work on all gametypes as well.
: If we could set teleports to only effect certain teams and not those carrying
: the ball then we could fix this now. But sadly, even though teleporters
: have team selection, they don't work that way. We can use trait zo es to
: slow down teams but not teleport them to keep them in the game
: effectively.

Yo dawg, I think somethings wrong with your N key.

: KOTH
: You should o ly be able to kill or be killed if you are within the hill.

That's a pretty stupid idea.

: Oddball & CTF
: Only allow players to die if they are within a certain ratios of the
: ball/flag. Doing so will force players to focus on the ball instead of
: randomly killing to improve their k/d.

Equally horrible.

: Respawning
: Allow players to choose where to respawn if they wish like we do in Halo
: Reach's Invasion gametype.
: Instead of using zones like in Invasion, allow players to choose (cycle
: through) between team spawns or buddy spawn. Doing so would greatly cut
: down on spawn killing and also provide players backup if they need it.

So, is this like, your guide to making everything uncompetitive?

: Bloom!

Yep. It is.