TC, in their all knowing greatness, have decided that instead of a level-based approach for the no duplication rule, or even a “first come first serve” approach, that the LOBBY ORDER of the players dedicates who gets to play what. So you may join into a lobby where you have a higher level character than someone else and been there first, but the person who joined in later landed in a spot above you and as such, for some dumb and unknowable reason, they get the priority for that character regardless of the level and when they joined into the lobby. It really is a terrible approach. Haven’t seen any word from TC on whether they plan on improving it.
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In September, I wanted to be with JD. But there was an another JD. The game turned me into Marcus. So then there were two Marcuses. 
And even the Gnasher stopped working for me.
I thought it was random, which is still terrible.
But if it’s really a matter of what position you are on the score board… I have no words.
I’ve experienced being allowed to have duplicate characters a couple of times a while back and for a moment I thought they had added it at everyone’s request.
When I figured it was just a glitch I was disappointed once again.
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You can check it when someone gets switched out. It will always be the person above that gets their character, unless there has been a change I’m unaware of, when the lobby timer ends.
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Now that you mention it, that did happen last night.
Luckily I was in the number 2 spot as Keegan. I was at level 5 while the other player was level 3.
Overall skill rank though, I was 73 while they were at 11 I think.
In curious if TC are aware of this thread and reading it silently or have no ideal that it even exists.
If they are reading it but not replying at all, I’m not sure if that’s a good ideal seeing as they are the ones who suggested it.
343 did the same thing for Firefight and made, maybe 2 replies in a looong thread, but that whole thread ended up being a waste of time, as they didn’t really address the concerns and requests made by the community.
If anyone has a twitter or reddit account, maybe they could put a link up there. @TC_Octus seems to reply on those, at least. Kind of seems they’ve abandoned the forum for the most part.
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Also what happened with 343 and the Firefight thread on their official forums.
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Can’t we just do what L4D did and have vote to kick?
It seems a much easier feature to implement, given that vote to skip already exists (although it does break at wierd times and never recovers).
A scoreboard one could be useful, but the system doesn’t get it right 100% of the time.
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I’ve not been on the Halo forums for a while, I imagine it’s still abandoned?
343 did step up a bit with their matchmaking updates on the forums, then it kinda died down a bit.
I’m not sure if it’s abandoned now. I haven’t been there in forever. Not since around when they brought Firefight back.
It has only been a couple days and most of it over the weekend, so that may be why they haven’t seen it. If we can keep the thread alive and keep adding to it, there’s a better chance of them seeing it.
Though I realize I may be reaching here.
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Well let’s be sure that people who don’t even play much have the most say.
Heck, let’s allow them to control the matches of people who do play too.
Since it’s “not fun” to those who aren’t playing anyhow, I’d definitely cater the game to that group if I was TC.
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Ohh no I know it’s only been a couple of days and so I don’t expect any type of response so soon. I’m just wondering if we’ll get one eventually or not.
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How do you even expect me to react to this? At this point you’re fishing for a reaction. News flash, you’re not going to get one because I already said I was done with the subject and at this point am just waiting for TC to provide an alternative to their terribly designed and balanced hero system. Good day.
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I’ll drop them a tweet on Monday. Weekend and Superbowl might account for lack of any communication for last few days.
Don’t have Reddit though if someone else wants to try that?
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That’s a great idea. Didn’t realize it was based on lobby position.
Yeah, agreed just one of the many reasons just finding a game can be a nightmare.
Not particularly looking for any reaction.
Not particularly looking for a response. If you don’t play a much anymore, good on ya.