Halo: The Master Chief Collections latest patches main focus is in the matchmaking and party balancing
The next time you log onto Halo: The Master Chief Collection, expect to be prompted to download 343 Industries latest patch which this week is mainly focused on matchmaking and part balance. The newest patch also helps fix some problems with the achievements, stability and some updates specific to particular titles and here’s the full list of patch notes from the Halo Waypoint:
MATCHMAKING & PARTIES
- “Made improvements to matchmaking team balance”
- “Made an update to improve matchmaking search times and success rates, specifically expediting the “Players Found” and “Connecting Session” search phases”
- “Made improvements to prevent a player’s rank from resetting unexpectedly”
- “Made an update to resolve an issue that allowed players to be placed into an incorrect lobby after a matchmaking game”
- “Made improvements to prevent the party from being disbanded upon returning to lobby”
- “Made an update to ensure that players are sorted by team in the “Match Found” screen”
- “Resolved an issue where Team Slayer matches in Halo 3 could separate players onto individual teams”
- “Resolved an issue where players could be placed into a group of 7 players and unable to find more”
- “Made improvements to ensure that the party-leader is prompted to “Bring Party” when leaving a lobby”
- “Made an update to ensure that split-screen players cannot be divided onto different teams”
- “Made improvements to ensure that clients are not kicked from parties at the end of matchmaking games with a “failed to connect” error”
- “Made an update to ensure that Halo 2: Anniversary matches do not continue indefinitely after entire opposing team quits”
- “Made an update to ensure that parties are not separated when the party leader navigates through multiple titles”
CUSTOM GAMES
- “Made improvements to prevent manual team selection from getting reset after a Custom Game match”
- “Made an update to ensure that the “Make Party Leader” command functions correctly”
ACHIEVEMENTS
- “Made an update to ensure that the “Too Close to the Sun” achievement unlocks when prerequisites are met”
- “Made an update to ensure that the “Monopolized” achievement unlocks when prerequisites are met”
- “Made an update to ensure that the “Devastating” achievement unlocks when prerequisites are met”
- “Made an update to ensure that the “You’re Joking” achievement unlocks when prerequisites are met”
GAME-SPECIFIC
- “Made improvements to Halo 2: Anniversary objective pickup, specifically in regards to objective “juggling””
- “Made an update to Halo 3’s movement input, specifically to resolve a deadzone issue which affected moving in a straight line”
- “Made additional improvements to Halo: CE fall damage scenarios”
- “Made an update to resolve a Halo 2 Classic campaign issue where a black screen could overlay the gameplay screen”
STABILITY
- “Made a variety of stability improvements across the following areas:
- “Matchmaking”
- “Custom Games”
- “Halo 4 Campaign”
MISC.
- “Made an update to ensure that clan tags appear in the post-game carnage report for all players”
- “Made an update to ensure that players are sorted by team in the post-game carnage report”
- “Made an update to ensure that emblems are displayed correctly in the post-game carnage report”
343 Industries has just released its latest patch for Halo: The Master Chief Collection which main focus is on matchmaking and party balancing. 343 Industries also mentioned in the post that “While this update contains a variety of improvements, we continue to work on additional content updates that will be rolled out to address further issues.”
Original Source: Halo Waypoint