I do hope you are proven wrong about the no ranked playlist thing. honestly when I was playing with a full party we just ran over everyone in almost always 1 sided crub stomps. This is the same thing that happened to reach / halo 4. without a split between ranked & social the good players party up and just steamroll almost every game. Thats not the sort of thing you want to do to your casual playerbase. They will just get up and go play something thats easier like cod =P Im not sure why developers keep down this path of a loose matchmaking true skill and no visible ranks or even a split between "hardcore & casual" playlists. Why would you allow the casual players to be set a fire by the good teams over & over again D= So many times when my team was winning it just didnt seem fair. I felt bad for the people we were steam rolling. its like they never had a chance -.- when I am playing with a full party i want to get matched against people that will give us a fight =)