I swear it wasn't this hard 15 years ago
I would chalk it up to being er but I can still jump into a random game of Gears of War and do okay, so who knows. I guess the skill ceiling in the old Halos is just much higher due to the battle-hardened diehard audience left playing them?
I don't even want to think about my KD ratio
Any of the 4v4 Slayer gamemodes, especially in 3 and Reach are a fucking slaughter. I've had some luck limiting myself to stuff like Oddball, Assault or Action Sack in 4v4, but you can still get stomped by guys advertising their Twitch under their gamertag. As much as I didn't care for Halo 4 when it came out, I've found that Halo 4 matches in the MCC tend to be more casual. Conversely Halo 3, my favorite multiplayer, can be nigh unplayable even in BTB