: So what, like four of you? I can understand why they would prioritize
: matchmaking systems over custom games, and considering that they're
: barely getting their crap together for multiplayer (although the latest
: patch does include some long-awaited fixes to Forge), it's a bit early to
: declare their hatred of the dying Forge community. I'd say that now that
: most of the MM systems are coming together, they might turn their focus to
: their smaller communities (although with Halo 5 on the horizon, they might
: just leave you guys to rot), as evidenced by the continued outsourcing of
: the fixes. Maybe the Forge community is next on the list...
: Though to be fair, the theater community got screwed over with Halo 4, and
: it's only gotten worse with the MCC, so who knows. "Power of the Xbox
: One", huh?

: : So yeah. Five months might not be "almost a year" but that
: doesn't

: I guarantee that Halo 5 is going to finally be a step forwards for the
: Forge/Customs/Theater communities. Heck, the fact that they are letting
: you disable their stupid "Spartan Abilities" when they've been
: so arbitrary in the past speaks volumes about them realizing how stupid
: they've been, and that's encouraging.

: I guarantee that the minute they reveal what Halo 5 has in store for
: Forge/Customs, you'll shut right up and sing their praises.

: I'd say they've screwed things up for too long to not learn a few things from
: their mistakes.
: Heck, I'm hopeful that even Theater mode will make a return to its days of
: glory.

: Quit being so negative.

I have to disagree. Halo MCC has caused a lot of harm to not only the customs/forge community but also to the Halo brand as a whole. People like myself are in no rush to preorder Halo 5 and quite frankly at this point I'm not going to buy it until 343i starts showing they actually care about the state of the game by working on the updates themselves as they should be rather than outsourcing their screw ups.

Remember, this is the same company who accidently gave everyone the first Halo 4 map pack free and then made up some BS about a free download and play promotion.