Got my dailies for the day, it's funny, pre MLG I was a Warrant Officer Grade 3, but since MLG was introduced I've climbed to a Major. I honestly can't really stomach vanilla reach, I found the DLC playlist to be a nice novelty but now I've tasted a slightly quicker experience with the bullshit diluted to tolerable levels I feel pretty happy playing the game.
I've also seen that spark for Halo return, compelling me to play game after game, day after day. I actually care about completing the challenges which is something I was apathetic too previously.
It saddens me that Bungie did what they did to Halo's core. Even having fun with MLG and returning to my donging ways I still get frustrated by the bloom from time to time, although I have learnt to manage it a lot better the past couple of days. I still wouldn't describe it as 'fun' though, even when I have it under control.
I want the leveling system back too. I know I have trueskill behind the scenes, I've seen the effects in matchmaking as my skill has risen, but I don't see the harm in displaying it in the UI like previous games as a visual reward for a good team performance. It really did add that extra spice needed to keep the matches important and tense.
