Well first off, Vahn doens't control Elite.  I'm sure he'll have it integrated more into BOII, but he doesn't control that product.  Just multiplayer. 

But in the end, you'll still get maps early and cheaper.  I'm going to renew personally.  I'm not happy with what Elite is and where it's at at this point.  I think that it's ridiculous we've had to wait this long for stuff.  But in the end, zombie maps trump my anger.

I bought elite for the maps, anything else that comes with it is a secondary benefits (working or not)

I will buy it again simply for the maps!

my elite is running till december with the free month , if bo2 hardend edition includes elite il go that route , if not i think i will still get elite just to save the hastle of buying map packs one off payment and forget about it ,new maps early and all of them . the major let down this time was putting the map packs on sale felt like a real kick in the teeth . the elite computer app is a waste its just to clunky and does not feel finished they should do away with elite tv and get the basics running right imo.

Never subscribing to elite again, not buying blackops2 on console if elites intergrated into it and will only play the pc version

Definitely buying Elite. If you want DLC, it's a must-have!

I will buy it again IF AND ONLY IF current members get a discount along the lines of at least 25% off.  Otherwise no, the promises made of what features would be available and when they would be available were all broken.  On top of that, Activision insists on packaging DLC I will actually play (MP maps) with spec ops missions that I would not buy on their own.  The same goes for the face off maps, interesting idea but I would not have bought them if I didn't have Elite.  Looking at it like that I got a good deal on stuff I didn't need.   

I see no reason to expect better when Beachhead is still hiring people to catch up with what they are working on, and Activision is still in charge and squeezing all the money they can out of us, quality of service be damned.

In all seriousness, this was sold as a finished product and was at best in BETA stage.  If you don't compensate consumers for that then no matter how good your service is next go round, people won't want it and they won't buy it.  It might work in that new 8 year olds have mommy buy the game for them each year, but at some point your reputation is so bad no one cares what you have for them.

I am on the fence. I know buying map packs are more expensive but it seems like we got more maps faster that way. Here we are just a few months from a new game and still waiting on new maps. Honestly all the ELITE members who will continue to play these games will move on to BO2 and MW3 will become a place for hackers and glitchers. I myself am unable to log on to my ELITE account from anywhere but the Xbox and even though I've requested help have yet to recieve anything. The only way I can see them saving this is if ELITE went cross platform. I normally end up having to buy the game on three systems. The Xbox, the PS3, and the PC. I've only ever bought map packs for MW2 and BO1 on all systems, because really those were the last good games released. If you play them now though you get to watch a kill cam at the beginning of the game where the guy shoots the ground with a sniper and kills all of your team and you spawn in the air and fall to your death. It's CoD fashion to stop caring about the last game when the new game is out. So ten to one the reason why ELITE is so bad atm is cause Beachhead stopped caring and moved on to the new one. I feel as founders/Premium members we should be reward for staying as long as we have and dealing with all that we have with our subscriptions free for a year due to the lack of meeting promises. This will probably not happen and I'm afraid to say that even though I've spent a lot of money on this company that I will most likely not even buy BO2. I'm sorry if this came off as me crying, but lets face it we paid 50 dollars for services that we only got half of and when it is finally getting close to being what we paid for we are going to have to pay another 50 to enjoy it. Like I said it's like paying for xbox live but only getting to do one thing they have promised you you could do.

A: Elite was a huge disappointment and I still feel ripped-off even after getting most of the included DLC for "free". My main issue was the "Elite Playlists". I got the maps early true, but didn't really play them since they were thrown into mosh-pit lobbies. So, I really didn't bother playing them until they made their way into the main lobbies, since the Elite Playlists didn't include my mode of choice. So much for getting them early!

B: I really am not excited about the new Call of Duty: Halo Warfare at all... so again, won't need Elite!

I'll probably move onto the new Medal of Honor and revisit MW3 when I need my COD fix.

I will not be renewing elite again and her is why.  I break it down to its simplest form, the multiplayer maps.  The face off maps are not important or worth paying for in my opinion,   When ever I look at how many people are playing F/O, it is around 5K.  That's out of 200K or more. If, anything, F/O should be a free mode availble to those that buy elite or the map packs.  As should Spec Ops.  It is a cool mode, but again, how many people play it?  So, lets look at he MP maps.  There will be 12 well all are released.  They are:

Collection #1

Black Box, Liberation, Overwatch, Piazza

Collection #2

Oasis, Foundation, Sanctuary

Collection #3

No new MP maps

Collection #4

Decomissioned, Offshore, Boardwalk, Parish, Gulch

Elite was $50 but for the MP maps only (collection 1, 2 and 4) it would be $45.  Not to mention collection 1 and 2 were on sale ($7.50) not long after they were released, so it would have been even cheaper buying them individually.  All the other lite things like clan ops are just bonuses, when they work. I don't see the point of buying elite again.  One exception, if there is a hardened edition and it includes elite.  I will definately buy it then sell the elite card/code to some one.  But that's just me. 

Ill give Treyarch a chance, but for IW, never again.

I'm torn because elite sucked   But when I was Playing black ops I only bought the map packs for the zombie maps.  I also hear that elite is set to automatically renew after when year.  So is it worth paying 50dollars for something that hasn't really been worth it?  If they give us some kind of discount for renewing then I would definitely feel better about spending the money.    Owell I guess I'll have to wait and see