New Halo MCC patch released and working well

343 have released the latest patch for Halo: The Master Chief Collection which addresses a variety of issues such as parties, matchmaking search times, and overall stability. After playing around with the patch for quite a few hours, I can say that it is working quite well, and the new backdrop video that plays while searching is absolutely beautiful. Patch notes are as follows:

MATCHMAKING

• Made a variety of updates to improve matchmaking performance and success rates
• Improved matchmaking search times/time to match
• Improved stability throughout the matchmaking process across all titles

PARTIES

• Improved party stability

HALO 2

• Made improvements to multiplayer shot registration
• Improved campaign stability across a variety of levels
• Addressed stability issues for matchmaking and custom games
• Fixed issues around resuming H2A Campaign from “remastered” mode
• Improved medal display consistency

HALO: CE

• Fixed issues regarding aim assist which resulted in the reticle being pushed away from an enemy

• Improved shot registration consistency between host / client in peer-to-peer custom game matches

• Resolved a variety of UI inconsistencies, including team color randomization, medals, and in-game scoreboard display

Let us know how the patch is treating you. This is one of multiple upcoming updates, so we should hopefully be seeing Ranks and Forge/Custom fixes soon!