[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Captain Nimda I've realized this myself but never thought too, too much about it. Overly balanced? I can see your point here as things become pretty predictable. I agree. But, maybe only for your average player I think. When you really start to play well and play against players with a higher skill.. the play become a little less predictable. Exactly why skill and rankings need to make their way back into Halo and not this silly experience point system they got going. [i](ehh.. getting a little more off topic here, I know.)[/i][/quote] Off topic - not really ... its all about that "innovation" you mentioned before. 343 currently have the option to do some serious changes, before they (like bungie before them) get locked into the need-to-change-without-changing prison. Hell, if they dont feel that brave - open up different play groups, each with different ranking models and appeal to both sides. The stats come back from each game regardless, it is only a change to how the stats system processes the results. Tune the maps slightly within each group set ... save on financial costs as they would re-use the same map investment, just let them play out differently and appeal to different "[i]rank appreciation[/i]" groups of players. At the moment Halo is locked down and restricted by this concept of over balance.