Here is a link to the power point presentation I am getting all of this from:
http://www.bungie.net/images/Inside/publications/presentations/gdc2008_butcher_chris_matchmaking.ppt
This is from GDC '08. I will be picking and choosing the more interesting tidbits.
There are some interesting things in the presentation. Gives a good overview of what it is, how it works, and what works about it. The last two slides I linked to are particularly telling for what Reach's system will entail.
Reach will probably have goals to reach instead of/in addition to ranks.
Rewards will be given for reaching said goals.
They feel they have solved the majority of the issues from Halo2/3 and Reach should have an even better matchmaking system.
And the last line is particularly interesting. "Peer-to-peer is the future"
I think we should expect an incredibly tuned system for Reach. I cannot wait.
