QUOTE(Storm28 @ Jan 11 2006, 04:21 PM)
They only talked about addressing the lag. They haven't said anything about the lobby system. Hopefully they'll surprise us, but I wouldn't count on it.
They talked both about working out Live "lag" and Live "issues" so obviously there's more than just 'lag' that they're trying to fix.
This news is actually 4-days old (but who's counting). Not that this matters...
But anyway, no, CoD2 gameplay plus Halo 2 Live setup would not be the best match. Although 'matchmaking' is a good thing, Bungie essentially says "screw you" to players like me who want to play H2 on Live without matchmaking. The only way to play it non-matchmaking on Live is via friends. Although this isn't a total loss, there's a huge segment of people who want to play custom gametypes/game options/game maps/player limits/etc. without it -having- to be via friends. I am not the only one who quit playing H2 on Live within a month of it's release because of this.
Please keep in mind people that I'm just stating fact. In conclusion, the best Live setups for FPS have been RTCW, PDZ, CS to name a few.