According to Bungie.net, they've already hosted over 1 million matches in the Beta. Pretty impressive.
As for the game. I really like it. Switched my controls to 'Recon' before playing a single match. Works well enough. I wish they'd just let you customize every button. That would make things so easy.
Love both maps, however Powerhouse isn't that great for Flag matches. Once the other team gets it out of the base, there is so many obstacles they are basically scot free.
I'm not digging the load-outs. I'd much rather have the items from Halo 3. The Power Drainer and Bubble Shield were far more useful than this jetpack, running, shield nonsense. How will these work on a big map with vehicles? The only one I do like is the Active Camo for the Radar Jamming capabilities. I find it works pretty well when defending a base as the enemy has no idea where to look for you.
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I'm just saying, they underestimated demand before, no one should be surprised they did it again.[/QUOTE]
Actually they said they were expecting 3mil for the beta (which is insane, btw) and the servers crapped out at 300k tonight. Kinda funny, while I was sitting on the matchmaking loading screen for 20 minutes, the number of users dropped from 311k to 250k. People dropping like flies. lol