14 DAY TRIAL // 343 Industries has released the patch they promised a few days ago, addressing some of the most glaring issues with Halo: The Master Chief Collection's multiplayer matchmaking system.
The news comes from a tweet from the official Halo Twitter, informing the masses that several "high-priority matchmaking issues" have been addressed.
Xbox One users will find that, upon logging into Halo: The Master Chief Collection, they will be prompted to download a content update, improving balance issues. However, the developer cautions users that it might not fully resolve uneven teams. The good news is that they plan to issue a further update sometime next week, in order to address that problem.
Many recent titles seemed to have difficulties getting off the ground at launch, from multiplayer problems to server login issues and performance challenges, and Halo: The Master Chief Collection was, sadly, one of them.
The game bundles together the first four games in the highly popular series, with spruced-up visuals, enabling old-timers to experience some of their favorite gaming moments once again, in HD, and newcomers to the Halo universe to get their hands on an important, influential piece of gaming history.
A critical update
Today's update introduces a number of changes, listed on the Halo Waypoint blog, starting with the option for matches to begin once a certain minimum number of players is met, in order to enable gamers to start playing the game faster.
In addition to this, 343 Industries has also corrected an issue that caused false matches to be created, resulting in a variety of matchmaking problems, including slow matchmaking and erroneous session starts.
The update to the matchmaking system has also streamlined the process of maintaining party continuity throughout a series of games, and has enabled a different high-level matchmaking flow, consistent with previous entries in the science-fiction first-person shooter franchise. Players and party leaders are now able to press B after the post-game report and select a playlist for their next match.
Furthermore, the update also removes some non-actionable error messages, improving the overall user experience, with less interruption and confusion, resulting in a more seamless matchmaking flow.
The patch has also corrected an issue which would incorrectly send a player to another player's lobby, rather than to the matchmaking screen.
In closing, the developer thanked everyone for the continued feedback and support, and pledged to keep on iterating fixes in order to improve gamers' experience with Halo: The Master Chief Collection.
We've released a content update that addresses several high-priority matchmaking issues. Read the patch notes here: http://t.co/byjWa1FKYS
— Halo (@Halo) December 4, 2014
