Nutter said:
Game has so many issues, its not even worth discussing anymore since it is clear nothing will be done. Objective Playlist needs tweaks all over the place, but if it takes 8 months to finally even look at BTB, then nothing can be said how long it will take for Objective to get some changes. Flag return times are stupid long on small maps. 2 Grenades in Classic needs to be changed to 1 at spawn. Sniper re-spawn times are stupid, in fact snipers re-spawn faster then the flag returns on Asylum in a regular flag game.
Just remember, around the 12 month frame in Halo 3's launch, we still had Team Snipers/Shotty Snipers in Team Slayer, Ranked BTB still had KotH/VIP and was removed in the midst of that, Team Objective had mostly Territories, VIP, and Land Grab around the same stature of Assault and CTF, and like BTB, was doing extremely awful in population so they also killed it, and the social gametypes all had AR starts, no matter the map. I'm in the state of mind that... this is the best we're going to get in terms of playlist management (from Bungie).
BTB in Reach is finally getting boosted. Only little information has been drawn, so I'm kind of skeptic what's abound. Atom and Countdown are gone, thankfully. He mentioned Assault coming in, but no word on Headhunter, Bro Slayer, Snipers, Elite Slayer, and Crazy King in the playlist. They need axed. Drop Shields are another case of remove altogether from MP. I'm worried little things like that will remain, thus neutering CTF and Assault anyway.
Team Slayer, Squad Slayer, and Arena will offer some variety. I personally would nix the regular Team Slayer since Squad Slayer is coming in, but what ya gonna do. Arena, Objective, and Classic bring the most competition for me and entertainment. It's a shame they're also lowly populated because shit like Living Dead is still around. Objective has a few flaws, but it's still a solid playlist. Classic is still in its infant stage - it will get improvements I imagine, and I believe it's getting 2-flag, Neutral Bomb, KotH, and Oddball.