New update for Halo: The Master Chief Collection will contain fan-requested changes

New update will contain the changes requested by fans

343 Industries released a large update earlier this week which was meant to address the games matchmaking issues. While the update did not manage to fix everything, it still resolved a lot of matchfixing problems, with many players reporting faster matchmaking times. And now 343 has released a new matchmaking update which contains a number of fan-requested changes and other features to offer more variety to players. The update does not contain matchmaking fixes though, as those are probably scheduled in future updates.

The update will contain a few changes like an updated voting mechanic, making playlists 4v4 instead of 5v5 and re-adding Team SWAT to playlist options.

Here is the full list of changes this update will contain:

• SWAT has returned as the featured playlist. It features a variety of game types from Halo 2: Anniversary, Halo 2 Classic, and Halo 4, and we’re making additional investments to include Halo 3 in the game type rotation for a future update. As we roll out additional content updates, we’ll be bringing other playlists back into the rotation – these include Halo: CE, Halo 4, Team Hardcore, and future featured playlists, such as Team Doubles, Team Snipers, and more. As we mentioned before launch, we’ll be keeping an eye on voting data and player feedback to determine which playlists stay in the rotation.

• Updated the player count to 4v4 (6 minimum, 8 maximum) for the following playlists:

- Team Slayer– Halo 2 Classic– Halo 3– Halo Championship Series– SWAT

• Updated voting options across multiple playlists to improve the balance of appearance of BR-start and objective game types.

• Updated the “max party size” for Big Team Battle from 4-6, and the team is working on resolving issues that are affecting parties with 8 players. Once resolved, the max party size will return to 8.

• In a future update, the ranked Halo 2: Anniversary playlist will be moved to 4v4. For now, as the playlist contains a variety of mid-size maps, we’ll be temporarily allowing both 4v4 and 5v5 matches, but have optimized the voting options for this player range. For example, you’ll see less 5v5 Team Slayer BRs on Warlord and more voting options that are catered to the current player counts of 4v4 and 5v5 (8 minimum, 10 maximum). Additionally, you’ll now be able to search as a party of 5. These changes are temporary until we turn ranking online for additional playlists.